Light Control 2.0 - User Manual
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1. Sunset Calendar On 73 1h Om w ETA Garden Private Off Z 25 min wife Calendar Hue Holiday Scene Setup Scene Settings Fade in 1 min Scene Agenda Reload Save ci ea ta WY h ai ade o pi a O A a e o RETTE A Tu A k A Rr a hat za o A 2 m F i Zu ri M gt E re em Ad a A et pi AU A RA zeta PEN E A A es a OF Ei ca aa a da elt i aai T Bar aai a a Er i es aa T A Las as PEIN E A EAE T EEE Me With the power switch you can enable or disable this module Enabling it however will only be effective when the Main Power switch on the Status View has also been switched on 27 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 6 1 Active Period Since it would be a waste of energy when the lights are being switched on at noon since Ill have an appointment in the afternoon you can set a period of time between which this module will respond Say it will be set to 4 00 AM till 9 00 AM So if I ll have to work from 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM the lights will be switched on for me when I come out of bed When I ll have to work from 2 00 PM till 11 00 PM the lights will just ignore me The active led will be lit when the lights have been turned on and are being handled by this module 4 6 2 Calendar Settings These settings are specific to the selected agenda only Here you can set the offset before the start time of the agenda event when the lights need to be switched on and the sam2. User Manual version 2 0 AMO Penn wes ctions Copyright OMHCP Software Productions 2015 EE ER Ser BR Tr E sar o gs ai qem E Light Control for Hue MHCP Software Productions Copyright 2015 MHCP Software Productions All rights reserved The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Light Control software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate MHCP Software Productions is not responsible for printing or clerical errors Because MHCP Software Productions frequently releases new versions and updates to its applications and Internet sites images shown in this book may be slightly different from what you see on your screen Portions of the Light Control Software utilize or include third party software and other copyrighted material and your use of such material is governed by their respective terms User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 Contents 1 INTRODUCING LIGHT CONTROL 5 1 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5 1 2 SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS 5 1 3 INSTALLATION 5 1 3 1 STEPI 6 RA ZEOTERZ 7 1 3 3 STEP3 8 1 3 4 STEP 4 9 1 4 RESOURCES 9 1 5 CONTACT amp SUPPORT 10 1 6 PRIVACY POLICY 10
3. button all the lights will be deselected You can find these buttons on the left bottom of the table 4 3 3 Save changes The changes you ve made will not be active until you ve clicked the Save button If you want to discard the changes you ve made you can click the Reload button which will restore the settings When you click the Preview button the selected scene will be set instantly to let you see what it will look like 32 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 S Proferene The preference window let you edit some preferences for Light Control It can either be opened by clicking on Preferences within the App Menu or by pressing the 45 button in the bottom left corner of the Main Window At the top of the window you can select one of three segments General Sunset Sunrise and Hue Bridge 9 1 General Settings Light Control Preferences t S Sunset Sunrise Philips Hue Bridge General Settings Launch Light Control at login Restore module states on startup Log level Info Reset all ignored messages Reset The General preferences panel contains the following options 33 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 Control at login Restore module states on startup Log Level Reset all ignored messages 34 When checked Light Control will automatically launch when you login to your Mac When checked all modules that were running when Light Control last qu
4. 1 6 1 YOUR LOCATION 10 1 6 2 YOUR CALENDAR 10 2 MODULES 11 2 1 SUNSET MODULE 11 2 1 1 OVERRIDE 11 2 2 GARDEN MODULE 12 2 3 CALENDAR MODULE 12 2 4 HOLIDAY MODULE 13 2 4 1 TV SIMULATOR 13 3 STATUS BAR ICON 14 3 1 STATUS ICON 14 3 2 POWER CONTROLS 15 3 3 APP MENU 15 3 3 1 SHOW MAIN WINDOW 16 3 3 2 SHOW STATUS WINDOW 16 3 3 3 OPEN WARNING WINDOW 16 3 3 4 ACTIVATE SCENES 16 3 3 5 ABOUT LIGHT CONTROL 16 3 3 6 HELP 16 3 3 7 PREFERENCES 17 3 3 8 QUIT LIGHT CONTROL 17 4 MAIN WINDOW 18 4 1 QUICK STATUS VIEW 19 4 2 STATUS VIEW 20 4 2 1 MAIN POWER 20 4 3 LIGHTS VIEW 21 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 3 1 LIGHTS 21 4 3 2 CONTROL 21 44 SUNSET MODULE 22 4 4 1 SETTINGS 23 4 4 2 AUTO SWITCH OFF 23 4 4 3 OVERRIDE 24 4 4 4 SAVE CHANGES 24 4 5 GARDEN MODULE 25 4 5 1 SETTINGS 25 4 5 2 SAVE CHANGES 26 4 6 CALENDAR MODULE 26 4 6 1 ACTIVE PERIOD 28 4 6 2 CALENDAR SETTINGS 28 4 6 3 SCENE SETTINGS 28 4 6 4 SAVE CHANGES 28 4 7 HOLIDAY MODULE 28 4 7 1 ACTIVE PERIOD 29 4 7 2 SCENES 29 4 7 3 TV SIMULATION 30 4 7 4 SWITCH OFF 30 4 7 5 OVERRIDE SUNSET MODULE 30 4 7 6 SAVE CHANGES 31 4 8 SCENE SETUP 31 4 8 1 SCENES 32 4 8 2 LIGHTS 32 4 8 3 SAVE CHANGES 32 5 PREFERENCES 33 5 1 GENERAL SETTINGS 33 5 2 SUNSET SUNRISE SETTINGS 35 5 2 1 YOUR LOCATION 36 5 3 HUE BRIDGE SETTINGS 37 6 SUPPORTING WINDOWS 38 6 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 38 6 2 WARNINGS 38 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 Introducing Light Control With Ligh
5. been setup Light Control is now ready to launch Before you re able to start a module you ll have to make the desired setup and save it first You can do so within the module screens More information can be found within Light Control s Help section You can launch the app by clicking on it s icon in your Statusbar lt Back jej Finish This is the final screen confirming that the initial setup has been done You can click the Finish button which will end the Installation Wizard and launch Light Control You re now able to open the App Menu by clicking on the V icon within your Status bar of OS X 1 4 Resources There are a couple of possibilities to get information about Light Control e This user manual The built in help accessible by either clicking the Help button within the App Menu after clicking the Status bar icon or clicking the icon on the bottom left in the Main Window The Light Control website at http hue mhcp software nl The user forums at http www mhcp software nl User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 5 Contact amp Support In case you have any questions problems feedback or just want to get in touch for any other reason feel free to contact us any time Through our website http www mhcp software nl Through Twitter M HCPsw By E Mail hue mhcp software nl 1 6 Privacy Policy 1 6 1 Your Location In order to calculate your local suns
6. of it you will also find a button to open the Preference Window see also 5 Preferences and next to it a button 2 to open the built in help e The Quick Status View This is the top part of the right part of the window This will always display the states of different features of Light Control see also 84 1 Quick Status 18 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 View and if applicable it may show a power switch for the module currently being displayed within the Details panel The Details panel This will display the details of the item selected in the Navigator 4 1 Quick Status View Main Controller Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday w w w w This is the top part of the right part of the Main Window and will always be shown If applicable on the left side will be a power switch to enable or disable the module being shown beneath In case of the Status View this will be the main power switch On the right the current states of the different modules will be displayed as well as the state of the connection with your Hue Bridge In case of a successful connection this led will be green When the connection is disrupted this led will be red The possible states of the 4 modules can be The module has been powered off 4 The module is powered on but either on hold or busy shutting down amp The module is powered on and either idle or active 19 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 2 S
7. there you can open all other windows or quit the app 3 1 Status Icon The status icon within the status bar will be grey when the Main Power has been switched off It will be green when the Main Power is switched on and in that case the letters S unset G arden C alendar H oliday will be displayed right of the icon These letters will be grey when the module is powered off red when the module is powered on but idle e g daytime state of the sunset module or green when the module is actively controlling the lights Some examples The main power is switched off The main power is switched off and there are active warnings The main power is switched on and there are active warnings The main power is switched on The Sunset and Garden modules are switched on but idle The Calendar and Holiday modules are switched off The main power is switched on The Sunset module is actively controlling your lights The Garden and Calendar modules are switched on but idle The Holiday module is switched off The main power is switched on The Sunset and Garden modules are switched on and actively controlling your lights The Calendar module is switched on but idle The Holiday module is switched off When you hover your mouse over the icon a text balloon will appear describing the current states of the app By clicking the icon you can either open or close the App Menu 14 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 Light Automat
8. Ckast Computer Desktop Hoekspot TV TV Strip 56655555 Tuin 88 Reload Preview The Scene Setup lets you manage all of your scenes which are being used throughout of the app 31 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 8 1 Scenes You can create as many scenes as you like and select them through the different modules as well as directly activate them out of the App Menu see also 3 3 4 Activate Scenes To manage your scenes you can use these buttons Add a scene RE Delete the selected scene Rename the selected scene Uy i Duplicate the selected scene e g when you want to create a slightly different variant and keep the original 4 8 2 Lights Here you can setup the lights for the selected scene Only the checked lights will be handled the others will be ignored With the power switch 0 1 you can toggle the light s power The slider sets the brightness of the light most left 0 most right 100 and if you press the color a color well will open where you can set the color for the light In case you have a light linked to your Hue Bridge which does not support color e g a wall outlet or the white energy saving light you can t select a color only white leveled colors Note that changing the color will also change the brightness and visa versa since they are related to each other By clicking the button you can select all of the lights at once by clicking the
9. Garden Module Garden Module Light Control Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday Km o A o Status Jul 29 2015 State a 5 58 AM Daytime FadeOn On Dimmed Fade Off Sdz da 938PM Forced Sunset zma Gardenlights On Garden Sunset en 10 min Scene Garden On La Holiday Dimm Lights Scene Setup Dimm 2 00 AM 2 Scene Garden Dimmed D Switch Off Scene Garden Off Z Reload Save This module assumes you re having at least one Hue light outside in the garden at the front door etc For safety measurements you might want to keep that light on at all times So when you go to bed and hit the All Off button this light will automatically be forced on again Besides the safety there s also some energy consumption involved Therefore you will be able to dim the light to a lower brightness at a specified time With the power switch you can enable or disable this module Enabling it however will only be effective when the Main Power switch on the Status View has also been switched on 4 5 1 Settings Activation of your garden lights can be set relatively to today s sunset time When today s sunset is at 9 00 PM for example and you slide the offset to 2 hour the scene will be activated at 7 00 PM 25 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 You can choose to let the scene activate right away or slowly being faded into the scene you ve creat
10. a window that shows all of the active warnings Note that this option is only available in case there are any active warnings See also 86 2 Warnings 3 3 4 Activate Scenes You can directly activate a scene from here By clicking All Off all of your lights will be switched off note that in case the Garden Module is actively controlling your lights it will switch on your garden lights again By clicking All Full all of your lights will be switched on with a white color and 100 brightness When you click Activate Scene gt an other popup will be shown From there you can activate a scene you have assigned to a specific module state or at the bottom pick any of your scenes through a drop down menu to activate 3 3 5 About Light Control This will show a window with details about Light Control From here you can also view the installed version and build of it In case you contact us regarding an issue or want to mention a bug please include this information into your message 3 3 6 Help This will open the built in help Since this will automatically be handled by OS X s Help Viewer it may take up to a minute before the help will actually be visible 16 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 3 3 7 Preferences This will open the preferences window from where you can change some preferences and behavior for Light Control See also 5 Preferences 3 3 8 Quit Light Control This will quit the app In
11. any burglaries taking place while using this Holiday module certainly not when it were just your Hue lights being stolen 090 Light Control Holiday Modul x z Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday zi m o Status Active Period Initial Scene Lights e may 2016 AS Fade in 1 min s t 1 2 Randomness 0 min unse ner ws 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Scene HolidayO Garden 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NG c w Calendar 31 Holiday Scenes 5 00 PM Randomness Scene 1 Scene Setup O Scene oemetii Scene Switch Off Time 2 00 AM Randomness 0 min Reload Save With the power switch you can enable or disable this module Enabling it however will only be effective when the Main Power switch on the Status View has also been switched on 4 7 1 Active Period On the calendar within the Active Period section you can select the period when you are away from home The active led will be lit when you are currently within the selected period of Holiday 4 1 2 Scenes You can define as much scenes as you like 29 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 The first scene can be setup with the Initial Scene settings all other scenes with the Next scene settings The first scene will be relative to the sunset time of that day the next scenes to the activation time of the previous scene So practically when today s sunset time is
12. at 8 00 PM Scene 1 initial has an offset of 1 hour scene 2 next has an offset of 30 minutes and scene 3 next has an offset of 10 minutes All of the random times are set to 0 Scene 1 will be activated at 7 00 PM 1 hour to sunset scene 2 at 7 30 PM 30 minutes to scene 1 and scene 3 at 7 40 PM 10 minutes to scene 2 When the random value is larger than 0 the scene will be activated at a random time between 0 minutes and the random time being set after the 0 random time so if you for example let the third scene activate 10 minutes after the second scene with a randomness of 20 minutes this scene will never be activated before the second scene but 10 till 30 minutes after it 4 7 3 TV Simulation Ever noticed how much light your TV is producing and reflecting on your walls and windows And each time when theres been switched to a different camera this reflected light changes color and brightness This is exactly what the TV Simulator is doing You can assign a light for it for example the Hue light strip on the back of your TV but also any other light as long as the light itself is not visible through your window curtains and that light will change in short random times in color and brightness Just like youre at home watching TV 4 7 4 Switch Off This is the time when all of your lights will be switched off However perhaps not all of your lights 4 7 5 Override Sunset Module Upon activating the Holiday Mod
13. be started automatically 4 3 Lights View Light Control Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday w G Status Lights Control Power m Lights Bloemetjes Ckast Sunset Computer Desktop Hoekspot Calendar TV Brightness 0 TV Strip Holida y Tuin Scene Setu sb ns P Whiskey kast Alert With the lights view you are able to change one or more lights manually 4 3 1 Lights Here you can select one ore more lights When you select the first light its status will be shown in the Control section You can select more lights by selecting them with the amp key held 4 3 2 Control When changing any of these controls it will be applied to all of the selected lights 21 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 This will toggle the power of the light s on or off Color Clicking the color will open a color well where you can pick a color for the selected light s Note that changing the color will automatically change the brightness since these are related to each other Brightness Here you can change the brightness of the selected light s This can be between 0 which does not power off the light and 100 Note that changing the brightness will also change the color since these are related to each other Colorloop This is an effect that continuously fades the color of the light s This is also being used when linking new lights to the bridge It will blink the light s
14. case one or more modules are powered on these will be terminated first This process may take up to 30 seconds which will be indicated by a progress bar When the app has been quit it won t obviously control your lights anymore Depending on your preferences see 85 1 General Settings upon starting Light Control next time the modules that were active when you quit the app will automatically be started again By default this option has been enabled 17 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 Main Window The Main Window lets you setup the different modules Besides that it shows you the current states of all of your lights lets you change them manually and contains the Scene Setup in where you can manage all of your custom scenes being used throughout of the app Light Control Main Controller Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday On o 60 ee Status Lights f Lights Name Status Color Bloemetjes Switched off bow Ckast Switched off Sunset Lo Computer Switched off P gt Garden Desktop Switched on at 83 PJ Hoekspot Switched off kk Calendar TV Switched off EEE Holiday TV Strip Switched off NM Tuin Switched off EMMI Scene Setup Verwarming Switched off E Whiskey kast Switched off Do The Main Window is separated into three parts The Navigator This is the left part of the window In here you can choose what to be displayed within the Details panel At the bottom
15. cation to be able to calculate the local sunset and sunrise times for your specific location e Your location will solely be used for this purpose and no other purpose at all e Your location will be stored locally within your user folder on your computer in the form of your longitude and latitude coordinates and city name Your location will never be transmitted to or shared with the developer or any other third party 36 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 9 3 Hue Bridge Settings Light Control Preferences General Sunset Sunrise Mima essa WEN zj fefe Connected Bridge IP adress 192 168 0 222 Mac adress 00 17 88 16 51 b8 Last heartbeat 1 29 39 PM Find new Bridges This preference panel shows information about the Hue Bridge Light Control has been connected to By clicking the Find new Bridges Light Control will start looking for any new Hue Bridges within your network and when found allows you to connect to an other Hue Bridge Note that Light Control can only be connected to 1 Hue Bridge at a time 37 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 6 Supporting Windows 6 1 System Overview Clicking on Show Status Window within the App Menu will show the System Overview Window i kaw lt ini dk ka kN ii kad cc z in ini zo z R kC zk z i di i Nd co zn okna O Light Control States Light Control Bridge Main Power Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday w Sunset Daytime PreEvening MidEvenin
16. cene should Vwalsaucesalssrdetecme be activated Light Control will verify whether all lights are off being used in this scene are powered off e g you ve not switched some lights on manually earlier that day When not all of those lights are powered off the Sunset Module will become Overridden immediately When all of those lights are powered off Light Control will activate the scene and operate as usual 35 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 When not checked the Sunset Module will just activate the Pre Evening scene as usual Your local time zone used for calculating the sunset and sunrise times Your location information used for calculating the sunset and sunrise times 9 2 1 Your location In order to calculate the local sunset and sunrise times for your specific location Light Control needs to know where you are There are two ways to do so Click on the Ton to get your location from the OSX Location service a popup will be shown requesting access to this Enter the name of the city you re in into the text field Either press Enter or click on the button to start searching for your city When the search is completed all of the matching cities will be displayed within the table at the center of the screen In there select your city When your location has been set you can click the Next gt button to continue Please note As stated above Light Control needs to know your lo
17. choosing for Light Control We will now first configure some initial settings FETTINE This is just a title screen you can press the Next gt button to continue User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 3 2 Step 2 Light Control Setup Wizard Privacy Statement In order to calculate your local sunset and sunrise times Light Control needs to know your location Please enter your cityname cupertino PY Cupertino Santa Clara CA Verenigde Staten 8 Next gt In order to calculate the local sunset and sunrise times for your specific location Light Control needs to know where you are Ihere are two ways to do so e Click on the To to get your location from the OSX Location service a popup will be shown requesting access to this Enter the name of the city you re in into the text field Either press Enter or click on the button to start searching for your city When the search is completed all of the matching cities will be displayed within the table at the center of the screen In there select your city When your location has been set you can click the Next gt button to continue Please note As stated above Light Control needs to know your location to be able to calculate the local sunset and sunrise times for your specific location e Your location will solely be used for this purpose and no other purpose at all e Your location will be stored locally within your user
18. de Bring some color into your life All three evening scenes can be activated relatively to today s sunset time When today s sunset is at 9 00 PM for example and you slide the offset to 2 hour the scene will be activated at 7 00 PM The evening scene can either be activated relatively to the sunset time or at a fixed time You can choose to let the scene activate right away or slowly being faded into the scene you ve created Finally you may choose to switch off some of the lights at a specified time If you dont enable this option the lights will remain at the evening scene until you manually switch them of like you ve use to do either with this app or your iPhone iPad or Hue Tap 2 1 1 Override The Sunset Module will keep track off all the changes within the lights n case the automated system has enabled a scene and you will change the lights manually for example with your iPhone when one or more of the automated lights have been changed the system will get an override In this case the app will presume you control the lights manually and wont interfere for the rest of the day which can be reset within the Main Window 11 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 2 2 Garden Module This module assumes you re having at least one Hue light outside in the garden at the front door etc For safety measurements you might want to keep that light on at all times when its dark So when you go to bed and h
19. e at different times each day Disclaimer burglary prevention takes more then only using your lights Therefore I cannot be held responsible for any burglaries taking place while using this Holiday module certainly not when it were just your Hue lights being stolen Through a calendar view you can select the period when you are away from home and the module should control your lights You can define as much scenes as you like The first scene will be relative to the sunset time of that day the next scenes to the activation time of their previous scene You re also able to define a randomness period between 0 and 30 minutes for each scene so besides the sunset will be different each day there will be another randomness within the activation of the scenes 2 4 1 TV Simulator Ever noticed how much light your TV is producing and reflecting on your walls and windows And each time when there s been switched to a different camera this reflected light changes color and brightness This is exactly what the TV Simulator is doing You can assign a light for it for example the Hue light strip on the back of your TV but also any other light as long as the light itself is not visible through your window curtains and that light will change in short random times in color and brightness Just like youre at home watching TV 13 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 3 Status bar leon The Status bar Icon is the heart of the app From
20. e when they need to be switched off All offsets are relative to the start time of the agenda event These settings will be merged with all other selected agendas So for example My agenda will switch the lights on at 06 00 AM and off at 07 30 AM and my partners agenda will switch the lights on at 07 00 AM and off at 08 00 AM on a specific day On that day the lights will be switched on at 06 00 AM and off at 08 00 AM since they overlap each other 4 6 3 Scene Settings The scene setting is a setting for all agenda s You can choose to let the scene activate right away or slowly being faded into the scene you ve created 4 6 4 Save changes The changes you ve made will not be active until you ve clicked the Save button If you want to discard the changes you ve made you can click the Reload button which will restore the settings In case the module is running when you save changes these changes will be already be used in the forthcoming action 4 7 Holiday Module Every now and then well have to flee live and enjoy a time of Holiday somewhere at a nice sunny location But of course we dont want Joe the Burglar to know were not at home 28 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 With the Holiday Module you can set as many light switching scenes as you like at different times each day Disclaimer burglary prevention takes more then only using your lights Therefore I cannot be held responsible for
21. ed For this you may select one of three options All of the scene lights will be set to their selected state instantly All of the scene lights will remain as they currently are and from there being faded into their selected state All of the scene lights will be switched off first and then faded into their selected state Switching off these lights in the morning can be set relatively to that day s sunrise time You can either switch it off immediately fader has not been checked or fade it of slowly fader has been checked Notice that this will be a big difference when setting up your scene When NOT fading the light off you must select the light in the scene setup and set it s power to Off When you DO fade the light off you must select the light in the scene setup and set its power to On When you ve enabled the fade off the light will first be set to the state you ve setup in the scene setup and will from there be faded off 4 5 2 Save changes The changes you ve made will not be active until you ve clicked the Save button If you want to discard the changes you ve made you can click the Reload button which will restore the settings In case the module is running when you save changes these changes will be already be used in the forthcoming action For example in case the module s current state is on and you change the on scene the new setting won t be used until the next day However if you ve c
22. et and sunrise times Light Control needs to know your location e Your location will solely be used for this purpose and no other purpose at all e Your location will be stored locally within your user folder on your computer in the form of your longitude and latitude coordinates and city name e Your location will never be transmitted to or shared with the developer or any other third party 1 6 2 Your Calendar In order to use the Calendar Module Light Control needs to access your calendar e Your calendar data will solely be used for this purpose and no other purpose at all e Your calendar data will not be stored only be consulted e Your calendar data will never be transmitted to or shared with the developer or any other third party 10 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 2 Modules Light Control contains four different modules to control and automate your lights for you 2 1 Sunset Module The main objective of the Sunset Module is to automatically switch lights on when it s getting dark Usually that happens when the sun goes down Since the sun going down is a slowly process this module has been divided into three scene settings e Pre evening You might only want to enable a few lights on a low brightness just to lit up the corners that get dark first e Mid evening You might want to get some more light or just some bright light while eating Evening This is when it s dark outside and you want to get it cozy insi
23. folder on your computer in the form of your longitude and latitude coordinates and city name e Your location will never be transmitted to or shared with the developer or any other third party User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 3 3 Step 3 Light Control Setup Wizard Searching for SmartBridges MAC IP M lt Back In this step Light Control will search for and connect with your Hue Bridge Please make sure it s powered and ready Immediately when entering this step Light Control will start searching your local network for available Hue Bridges This process may take up to one minute to complete When the search process has been completed all available Hue Bridges will be displayed in the table If none are found please verify your bridge is powered and active and your system is connected to the same network as your Hue Bridge is in You can click the Refresh button to start the search process again Select the Hue Bridge to control from the list and click the Connect button Light Control will try to connect with the Hue Bridge and will show a popup when you need to verify the connection by pressing the push button on your Hue Bridge When the connection has successfully been established the Next gt button will become enabled and you can press it to continue User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 3 4 Step 4 0 OG ZZ Light Control Setup Wizard The basic settings have
24. for 15 seconds and the alert state will then be reset to normal 4 4 Sunset Module m 000 Light Control Sunset Module Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday o oe 6 Status Jul 29 2015 State 5 58 AM O Daytime Pre evening Mid evening Evening Night j n a Lig te upe 9 38 PM Overide i Su sat Settings Pre Evening Fade Brightness RA k 2 min i Calendar l Scene PreEvening Holiday Mid Evening Sunset a C A 4 Ss 30 min i Scene Setup Fade Brightness B DB 1 min Scene MidEvening B Evening O Offset ak 1h Om Time 8 00 PM Fade 10 min Scene Avond Auto Switchoff Enabled 1 00 AM Reload Save 22 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 The main objective of the Sunset Module is to automatically switch lights on when it s getting dark Usually that happens when the sun goes down Since the sun going down is a slowly process this module has been divided into three scene settings e Pre evening you might only want to enable a few lights on a low brightness just to lit up the corners that get dark first e Mid evening you might want to get some more light or just some bright light while eating e Evening this is when its dark outside and you want to get it cozy inside Bring some color into your life With the power switch you can enable or disable this module Enabling it however will only be effective when the Main Power switch on the Status View has also been s
25. g Evening Night Overridden w w w w w w Garden Daytime Fade On On Dimmed Fade Off Forced w w w w w w Calendar Holiday au Active Active Scene TV Sim a w Q This window will show you all of the states of Light Control at a glance 6 2 Warnings In case there are active warnings the icon in the Status bar will display A next to it To open the Warnings window you have to click on Show Warnings within the App Menu 38 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 PEPE SP PE initial nim etica a a nina tia iai EPC NE EPA ENEA EEEE ME NE REA PP a EP PAZ 000 Light Control Warnings 1 warnings Filter All 3 Date Time Type Warning i 8 7 15 8 44 PM Lights The light Tuin is unreachable x Eo O ne ee Ben Eu faz LTR i Brat w gat ge WYM k a id s a er kJ A MEL sa T nh PE aa pa A Be as Be up ER A im zg Bie t Er Je a Ro gt Tad Ra A im rg z oor r E 1 aa R te EA pr Clear All AR Z 4 4 hr e a Tu e tate Es Ea ye ris a A Hy Fr Her A x RE Jes M u u N z N pes ile 1 TEA gt EN EN TEA PA EN p i a i a w Tez A single warning may be cleared by pressing the red cross X next to it You can clear all warnings at once by clicking the Clear All button In case a light becomes reachable again the warning will automatically be cleared by Light Control 39
26. hanged the dimmed scene the new setting will already be used as soon as the dimmed scene will be activated pasa 4 6 Calendar Module m For our jobs both my partner and me are working at irregular times Sometimes a morning shift sometimes an evening shift Of course I can set a timer in the default Hue app but these shifts may differ each day 26 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 Ive already added all these shifts into our agendas and since Im being lazy thank God for technology that s the only thing I want to do That s where this Calendar Module comes in Let s say today Ill have to work at 8 00 AM It takes me 20 minutes to travel to my work and I want to get up an hour before I have to leave Ive linked my work agenda in this module and set the on time which can be set differently for each agenda to 1 hour and 20 minutes The off time has been set to 20 minutes 50 when I wake up the lights downstairs will already be switched on to a freshening morning scene and when I leave the house the lights will automatically switch off You can assign multiple agendas to work with this module and you can set the offset for start and end times for each separate agenda specifically all relative to the start time of the agenda event 0960 Light Control Calendar Module Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday w w w w Status Active Period Active Active from 4 00 AM 2 Until 9 00 AM Lights Calendar Settings
27. has not been checked it won t be switched off so it has to be switched off manually as described above unless it wasn t even on of course 44 3 Override The sunset module will keep track off all the changes within the lights n case the automated system has enabled a scene and you will change the lights manually for example with your iPhone when one or more of the automated lights have been changed the system will get an override and the override led will turn red In this case the app will presume you control the lights manually and won t interfere for the rest of the day If thats the case you may press the v button right of the override led and the override state will be reset meaning any forthcoming actions will be handled again by the system 4 4 4 Save changes The changes you ve made will not be active until you ve clicked the Save button If you want to discard the changes you ve made you can click the Reload button which will restore the settings In case the module is running when you save changes these changes will be already be used in the forthcoming action For example in case the module s current state is pre evening and you change the pre evening scene the new setting won t be used until the next day However if you ve changed the mid evening scene the new setting will already be used as soon as the mid evening scene will be activated 24 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 4 9
28. ion Of Show Main Window Show Status Window ER Pre Evening Mid Evening All Off 8 Evening All Full Activate Scene gt Garden Full Garden Dimmed About Light Control E Help Calendar Preferences E a Quit Light Contro 3 2 Power Controls Within the top section of the menu you ll see a power switch and the 4 module icons The power switch is the equivalent of the Main Power switch within the Status View within the main window With this switch you can either disable all of the automation or enable it to allow the selected modules to automate your lights The 4 module icons beneath it represent the power switches of these modules within the main window By pressing an icon you can start or stop that module right out of this menu A colored icon e g means the module is powered on a gray icon e g means the module is powered off 3 3 App Menu Besides the power controls the App Menu contains the following options 15 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 3 3 1 Show Main Window Opens the main window where you can control and setup all of the modules see the active states of your lights and change them manually and manage your custom scenes within the Scene Setup See also 84 Main Window 3 3 2 Show Status Window Opens a smaller window displaying the current states of the app and all of the modules See also 86 1 System Overview 3 3 3 Open Warning Window Opens
29. it will be started automatically again when launching Light Control When unchecked all modules will be powered off each time you launch Light Control Determines the kind of messages that will be logged If you select a log type all messages of that type AND all of the types beneath it will be send to a log file This log file is being stored locally on your computer and may be used for diagnostic info The file will be stored at romana Come summer com MREFPZEKGKME Control bala Librar hogs For some messages you can check Don t show me this message anymore By clicking this button all of those messages will be reset showing all messages again User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 9 2 Sunset Sunrise Settings e Light Control Preferences General JGZZNEJ Philips Hue Bridge Settings for Sunset Module Override Module when scenelights change Only start Module when scenelights are off Settings for local sun times Timezone Europe Amsterdam City Zoetermeer a 1 _The Sunset Sunrise preferences contains the following options owsssteE tei When checked the Sunset Module will get overridden Valsauciesalsardatey when a light activated by the module has manually change been changed See also 84 4 3 Override When unchecked the Sunset Module will ignore those changes and keep controlling the lights even when you ve changed them manually ONZE STOSIE When checked at the time the Pre Evening s
30. it the All Off button this light will automatically be forced on again Besides the safety there s also some energy consumption involved Therefore you will be able to dim the light to a lower brightness at a specified time Activation of your garden lights can be set relatively to today s sunset time When today s sunset is at 9 00 PM for example and you slide the offset to 2 hour the scene will be activated at 7 00 PM You can choose to let the scene activate right away or slowly being faded into the scene you ve created Switching off these lights in the morning can be set relatively to that day s sunrise time You can either switch it off immediately or fade it of slowly 2 3 Calendar Module For our jobs both my partner and me are working at irregular times Sometimes a morning shift sometimes an evening shift Of course I can set a timer in the default Hue app but these shifts may differ each day Ive already added all these shifts into our agendas and since Im being lazy thank God for technology that s the only thing I want to do That s where this Calendar Module comes in Let s say today I ll have to work at 8 00 AM It takes me 20 minutes to travel to my work and I want to get up an hour before I have to leave Ive linked my work agenda in this module and set the on time which can be set differently for each agenda to 1 hour and 20 minutes The off time has been set to 20 minutes So when I wake up the ligh
31. t Control you will be able to automate all of your Philips Hue lights You can let your indoor lights go on at a specified time before sunset and let them change during the evening as it is getting darker outside and cozy inside In case you have one or more lights outside you can use them as a garden light and for safety may choose to keep them on all night Even when you go to bed and hit the All Off switch Further more you may also link one or more off your calendars to it so the system knows if you have to get up early tomorrow If you do so you re morning lights will be on and awaiting you when you get downstairs 1 1 System Requirements e OSX 10 10 Yosemite or higher e 64 bit processor 1 2 System Recommendations In order to take full advantage of Light Control s features it should be run on a system that is 24 7 active When Light Control will be quit or your system gets suspended or shut down Light Control won t be able to perform it s tasks and control your lights anymore The Garden Module and Calendar Module specifically assume that your system is running the whole night 1 3 Installation After downloading Light Control from Apple s App Store it will be installed into your Programs folder Upon launching Light Control for the first time it will initiate an installation wizard which will guide you through the initial setup User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 1 3 1 Step 1 t Control Thank you for
32. tatus View 090 Light Control Main Controll Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday G Status Lights Lights Name Status Color Bloemetjes Switched off BEER Ckast Switched off Sunset Lo Computer Switched off Pos Garden Desktop Switched on at 83 EJ Hoekspot Switched off ESEJ Calendar TV Switched off EZR Holiday TV Strip Switched off p Tuin Switched off NEM Scene Setup Verwarming Switched off Whiskey kast Switched off Within the Status View you can t change or control anything It s just showing you the current states of all of your connected lights To do this you ll see a table with 3 columns e Name The name of your light Status This describes the current status of that light In case a light is busy fading from one state into another it will display the remaining time of this fading Color The current color of this light In case a light is busy fading it will still show the color it currently has so not the start or end color of this fader 4 2 1 Main Power The Main Controller or Main Power Switch lets you enable or disable the light automation for the whole app 20 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 When the main switch will be switched off all of the enabled modules will be switch off as well This might be used when you want to temporarily disable the app When switched on all of the modules that are switched on will
33. ts downstairs will already be switched on to a freshening morning scene and when I leave the house the lights will automatically switch off Since it would be a waste of energy when the lights are being switched on at noon since Ill have an appointment in the afternoon you can set a period of time between which this module will respond Say it will be set to 4 00 AM till 9 00 AM So if I ll have to work from 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM the lights will be switched on for me when I come out of bed When I ll have to work from 2 00 PM till 11 00 PM the lights will just ignore me 12 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 You can assign multiple agendas to work with this module and you can set the offset for start and end times for each separate agenda specifically all relative to the start time of the agenda event These settings will be merged with all other selected agendas So for example My agenda will switch the lights on at 06 00 AM and off at 07 30 AM and my partners agenda will switch the lights on at 07 00 AM and off at 08 00 AM on a specific day On that day the lights will be switched on at 06 00 AM and off at 08 00 AM since they overlap each other 2 4 Holiday Module Every now and then well have to flee live and enjoy a time of Holiday somewhere at a nice sunny location But of course we don t want Joe the Burglar to know were not at home With the Holiday Module you can set as many light switching scenes as you lik
34. ule you will get a notice unless you choose to ignore it previously that the Holiday Module will override and disable the Sunset Module Upon activating the Holiday Module the Sunset Module will still automate your lights however within the period of days selected as Active Period for the Holiday Module the Sunset Module will be put on hold 30 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 During that period the Holiday Module will determine the scenes to be set overruling the Sunset Module However this does NOT apply to the Garden Module When the Holiday Module will switch off all lights the Garden Module will still force on the garden lights as it should After the specified Active Period the Holiday Module will become idle again and the Sunset Module will resume its tasks automatically 4 7 6 Save changes The changes you ve made will not be active until you ve clicked the Save button If you want to discard the changes you ve made you can click the Reload button which will restore the settings In case the module is running when you save changes these changes will be already be used in the forthcoming action 4 8 Scene Setup 090 Light Control Bridge Sunset Garden Calendar Holiday w w w w Status Scenes Agenda Fug Lights Avond Garden Dimmed Garden Off by Sunset Garden On HolidayO Garden Holiday Holiday Calendar Lights Holiday Name State Bloemetjes Scene Setup
35. witched on 4 4 1 Settings All three evening scenes can be activated relatively to today s sunset time When today s sunset is at 9 00 PM for example and you slide the offset to 2 hour the scene will be activated at 7 00 PM The evening scene can either be activated relatively to the sunset time or at a fixed time as selected in the box You can choose to let the scene activate right away or slowly being faded into the scene you ve created For this you may select one of three options All of the scene lights will be set to their selected state instantly All of the scene lights will remain as they currently are and from there being faded into their selected state All of the scene lights will be switched off first and then faded into their selected state 4 4 2 Auto Switch Off You may choose to switch off some of the lights at a specified time If you dont enable this option the lights will remain at the evening scene until you manually switch them of like you ve used to do either with this app or your iPhone iPad or Hue Tap 23 User Manual Light Control versie 2 0 When enabled you can set the time at which you want to switch off lights When you click the Select Lights button a popup will be shown where you can check the lights you want to be switched off Notice that this is not related to any scene so you can also turn off lights that have not been switched on by the module In case a light
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