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1. SceneMaster Plug In User Guide Guide for creating and using SceneMaster scene control Plug In SceneMoster User Guide Page Revision Sheet Revision History Revision Description 9 30 2015 Initial Version 1 2 10 16 2015 Updated for version 1 2 0 0 Add animated dim Add log level control SceneMaster User Guide Page ii Table of Contents REVISION SOS a A 11 Ta OF COMING NA A S TE E E es 0 ke ANNO ln 0 Mam F Cates ui cias E tddi ici 1 Usage Sena TIOS ii NE a TIELEN 2 Simple SCE MS COMO A A sa ent dees ln aula ete des ene een eee i asdees 2 Control dimmine Of lts Ira ro a E A 2 MOLON V TN EE E E en ecmnieenavenahe tac resnzssawene teats 2 2 COn OUTO ROSE EOE A a Sn TT eee eT E 3 WOPMIMOIOSY cescsavchchsecesceatesaesodsessctsascndstususvoacadevasewsseneusesuanes vasecssuasoteecassnstesteasasestavstcnssvansscwenssecweneeetees 3 CR CAUING A O LT 3 A A RO 5 Scene Member Der ScoS q Scene Protesis 9 A RI 11 Basto DIMIN saer e e a E E E S E E 11 Dimmi o A II a aE leach mc Gesssmeoneseateaes 12 Adjusting the Dim Pros ad 12 Advanced Dam Prone Omer Ol A RA Laat adam ec E A EE 13 A O A A ad o 13 3y USIAP ICONO MAS TO A ica 15 Basic Controls AAA andaina eaea a aoaaa aa aa o Eear EdT RoE R E RS 15 ROOL SCONE DEVICE e E E EE e E E 15 Dir Cono l DEVICE etn e A ii 16 Scene Prole Device sirina a a at de ete onan aes Gal atid te erate 16 Timer Wat eer DEVICES 17 OS 17 1 Introduction Ty2. Looking at the diming profile graph on the x axis is the position of the slider and the y axis shows the value for each member device The dashed vertical line shows the initial slider position the y axis values at this point correspond to the device value selected for this scene profile Adjusting the Dim Profiles The diming profiles can be adjusted in the auto calculation mode by changing the dim min dim max and dim scale The dim scale is a floating point value that controls the slope of the dimming curve a higher number e g 1 25 will be a steeper slope The min and max values are obvious in that they control the bounds of the dim control for that device The best way to adjust the dim values is to tinker with the numbers and use the dimming profile graph to see the results SceneMoster User Guide Page 12 Advanced Dim Profile Control Since the built in algorithm for calculating the dim profiles is not perfect and cannot accommodate every situation it is possible to have direct control over the values Clicking on the Adv Dim Ctl checkbox will expose a list of values to be used for control that device Figure 12 shows the advanced control data Adv Dim Dim Dim Dim ctl Min Max Scale A 0 1 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 2 O 0 TO 0 5 Figure 12 Advanced Dim Control The text box exposes a comma separated list of 101 values corresponding to positions 0 100 of the dim slider Th
3. exposes a slider control but also exposes dim and dim buttons These can be useful to dim a scene based on some button press for example a Z Wave FOB Member Devices This is where devices are added or removed from a scene Below Figure 5 shows the configuration options when the timed scene option is enabled MM Enable timed scene Timed Scene 30 A Control Select Profile My Scene Profile1 Figure 5 Timed Scene Setup Time Value When the trigger is activated the scene will turn on for the duration specified here If the trigger happens while a timer is running the timer is reset scene Profile When triggered this profile is activated When a timed scene is enabled a device is created in HomeSeer that allows the timer to be activated and canceled y Today O O Off SceneMaster My Scene Timer Trigger 8 12 57 AM Activate Timed Scene Cancel timer Figure 6 Timed Scene HS Device SceneMoster User Guide Page 6 Scene Member Devices A scene is useless without adding any member devices Member devices are HomeSeer devices that will be controlled as part of a scene To add member devices click on the mutli select list Select Scene Members See Figure 7 From here select HomeSeer devices to be included in the scene To complete the selection process Click the top part of the control Select Scene Members and the page will update with the member devices Member Devices Select Scene Me
4. Kitchen Island Light Off v N A N A N A N A N A Living Room Recessed Lights Off M N A N A N A N A N A Kitchen Sink Light Off F N A N A N A N A N A Save Changes Figure 8 Full Scene There are several options that control the way that SceneMaster will handle controlling each device and they are summarized below Change if Higher When activating a scene only change this member device s value if the current value is higher than the value to be set Change if Lower When activating a scene only change this member device s value if the current value is lower than the value to be set Dim Specifies if the member device supports dimming SceneMaster will attempt to determine this automatically so only change this if it guessed wrong Use CAPI Control The default way to control a device Keep this checked unless the device does not respond SceneMaster User Guide Page 8 Scene Profiles A scene profile can be thought of as a setting of the devices in a scene At least one scene profile must be created to make SceneMaster useful There is one built in profile named Off that is created when the scene is created The Off profile should not be edited unless the device values that SceneMaster guessed for the off state of all devices are incorrect This just provides a way to deal with non standard HomeSeer devices that may have some other state or device value to indicate Off Y ene My
5. Scene Add scene profile Thu Fri Sat A Y MA Name My Scene Profile1 Dim j A al A ly Scene Profile Off Add New Profile Figure 9 Add Profile To add a new profile click Add New Profile and provide a name SceneMaster will automatically prefix the profile with the scene name As with scenes this name can be edited later using HomeSeer device editor It is useful to keep the Scene name as it will help in identifying the profile SceneMoster User Guide Page 9 Scene My Scene Profile My Scene Profile1 Select Profile My Scene Profile1 v Add New Profile Delete Selected Profile i Support dimming for this scene profile Scene Profile Options C Default Dimming Profile Dim slider will use this profile when no profile is active 1 Base initial value for Scene Dim slider 1 AutoCalc Calc value 30 Show Dim Slider Profile Device Name Scene Include Adv Dim Dim Dim Dim Value In Dim ctl Min Max Scale Kitchen Recessed Lights Dim 10 v A O 0 100 1 Kitchen Island Light Dim 30 v Al O 0 100 1 SA s Living Room Recessed Lights Dim 40 v A C 0 100 1 Kitchen Sink Light Dim 40 v A C 0 100 1 Learn Profile My Scene Profile1 from Current Status Save Changes Figure 10 Scene Profile After a new profile is added device values can be specified It is also possible to learn the profile values from the current device state by clicking the Learn Profile button By defaul
6. cene All Off Today 8 04 31 AM Dim Dim Today SceneMaster My Scene Dim Control SceneMaster My Scene Profilei On Off Learn 8 11 17 AM Today T S 3 8 12 57 AM Activate Timed Scene Cance timer SceneMaster My Scene Timer Trigger Figure 15 SceneMaster HomeSeer Devices Root Scene Device The Root scene device is the master device for the scene and is named based on the Scene Name entered when creating the scene and has two controls The status text shows the basic state of the scene Control Deactivate Turns the scene off The action on deactivate depends on the option set under scene options Control All Off Turns all devices in the scene to the values in the Off profile Status Off Displayed when all members devices match the Off profile Status Profile Displayed when all members devices match one of the profiles Active See Figure 16 for an example Status On No Displayed when the member devices don t match any of the SceneMaster User Guide Page 15 Profile selected profiles See Figure 17 for an example TA ne Profi 2 39 59 O Xe My Seene Profilet SceneMaster My Scene Mco EE Deactivate Scene All Off us Active PM gt O O Dim 32 SceneMaster My Scene Dim Control roay 2 2252 Dim Dime C On SceneMaster My Scene Profilel pet is On Off Learn _ ft My Scene Timer Today z m L Off SceneMaster Trigger 8 12 57 AM Act
7. en the incandescent are still dim Motion events Many motion event scenarios by combining time schedule change if higher lower and cancel on scene member device change Example Bathroom light Turn on the bathroom light to 20 at night only if it is lt 20 currently retrigger on each motion event cancel timer if light switch hit so it does not expire when you are in there SceneMaster User Guide Page 2 Say you have your garage lights set on a schedule to 50 to come on at night Setup a timer based on motion trigger that sets them to 100 at night when the timer expires they will go to the previous state 50 2 Configuration Terminology The terminology used by the plugin may be confusing so a description is provided e Scene o A scene is a group of devices that are controlled together e Scene Profile o A scene profile is a specific set of device values for the member devices e Member Device o AHomeSeer device that is controlled by SceneMaster There 1s no limit to the number of scenes or member devices Member devices can be present in multiple scenes this can allow for some nice options when controlling scenes large spaces where rooms are open to other rooms Creating a New Scene Creating a new scene is relatively straightforward Navigate to the Plug In menu and open the SceneMaster Scene Config page SceneMaster User Guide Page 3 Manage HSTouch Server SceneMa
8. ese values can be easily cut amp paste into text file named as csv and imported to excel to graph and edit Note When the profile is activated the dim slider will be set to the Base initial value specified so for the scene to dim properly the dim value corresponding to that slider position should equal the value to be set when the scene Is activated Animated Dim Control Creating an animated dim control adds a HS device that will control the scene s dim slider according to the parameters specified This can be used to make a slow ramp on off among other things Since this controls the Scene s dim slider the slider values will update and be tracked by HSTouch Multiple animated dim triggers can be created per scene To add a new one press the Add New button as shown in Figure 13 SceneMaster User Guide Page 13 SceneMaster v1 2 0 0 Ex Select scene to Add animated dim Name Animated Trigger Slow Ray Scene Valid Times Add If specified scene operators will oy happen during these times Timed Scene Control Animated Dim Add New Triggers E Allow HS events to be triggered when setting member device values Figure 13 Add Animated Dim After adding the control it shows up in the list and a HomeSeer device is created to activate it Name Start End StepSize StepTime Sec Animated Dim Animated Trigger Slow Ramp 0 100 10 1 Delete Triggers Add New Fig
9. he profile is active this can be setup in HS event engine to easily trigger other events when a profile match occurs e Easy integration into HSTouch by exposing a learn button per profile to set the current state as the values of devices for the profile e Allows for easy reconfiguration of profile settings without using Web UI e Scenes can have specified enable times where commands to control the scene are only valid at specific hours e Scene timer function SceneMaster User Guide Page o Activate a scene profile for a specified duration o Re triggering a scene timer resets the timer o On expire devices will be returned to the previous state great for motion triggers o Option to cancel the timer if any device in the scene is changed outside the plugin for example pressing the light switch on o Upon scene activate options to change device values always when current value is lower and when current value is higher than the value specified by the scene profile e Scene Dim Animation o Create a control to dim a scene from to specified values at a given step size and user defined interval 1 Sec gt 24Hrs Usage Scenarios Simple scene control Set lights devices to certain values when activated and restore them to their previous state when deactivated Control dimming of lights in a group Setup a scene with multiple devices define specific curves for a dim slider so your LED lights don t go to full bright wh
10. im 5 Member Devices Select Scene Members dal Figure 4 Newly Created Scene Figure 4 shows a newly created scene The properties are described below Scene Valid Times Times Days when the current scene is operational Actions on the scene will only be performed during the valid period The default value with no valid times listed is to be enabled all of the time Note If external control of the member devices results in a profile to become active the profile device will change state Click Add to add a time period multiple time periods can be added to create any schedule you desire Timed Scene Clicking enable timed scene creates a HomeSeer device that Control will be used to trigger the scene See below for more details Animated Dim Adds HS devices to start controlling the scene dim with a Triggers specified interval SceneMaster User Guide Page 5 Allow HS Events to When SceneMaster controls a device this specifies if HS be triggered events that are set to fire on the device changing are triggered Use member SceneMaster will monitor all devices status changes and keep a device state cache cached version for performance It is recommended to keep this option selected Action on When a scene profile is deactivated this specifies the action to Deactivate take either to turn all devices off or to set to the state that they were when the scene was activated Dim step size The dimming control
11. imated trigger was added a HS device will be created to control it SceneMaster User Guide Page 17 Ox SceneMaster Animated Trigger Slow Ramp Today 12 25 43 PM Figure 19 Animated Tigger Activate Cancel When activated the device status will be updated showing the progress lo On No Profile SceneMaster My Scene Today 12 47 23 PM Deactivate Scene All Off O O ne 90 108 nc nica PA ae 12 47 27 m A a C Dim 90 rere Scene Dim Control Lea 12 47 27 PM 4 et Dim Dim o O Off A My Scene Profile1 ay 12 47 23 PM I m Off Learn Figure 20 Animated Trigger Active SceneMaster User Guide Page 18
12. ivate Timed Scene Cancel timer Figure 16 SceneMaster HomeSeer Devices Example 1 O Ey On No Profile SceneMaster My Scene Today 2 40 30 PM Deactivate Scene All Off C Dim 73 SceneMaster My Scene Dim Control Today 2 40 30 PM SSS Dim Dim i Off SceneMaster My Scene Profile1 Today 2 40 30 PM On Off Learn 5 zs Today x L off SceneMaster My Scene Timer Trigger 8 12 57 AM Activate Timed Scene Cancel timer Figure 17 SceneMaster HomeSeer Devices Example 2 Dim Control Device The scene dim control exposes a slider and two buttons and dims the group of devices in the scene The Dim and Dim step sizes can be set under the scene options section on the configuration page Note Since different profiles can have different dim configurations the dim controls are only active when a profile is set as active When a dim action is performed the scene state will change to On No Profile since the current device state no longer matches the profile In this case the dimming remains active until the scene is deactivated Scene Profile Device Whenever a profile is added excluding the built in Off profile a HomeSeer device is created to control that profile Each scene profile will have a separate HS device and each device has the following controls and statuses Control On Activates the scene profile Control Off Deactivates the scene profile Action on deactivate is determined by the scene co
13. mbers HVAC 2 Vacation Heat Setpoint Y Kitchen Island Light Y Kitchen Recessed Lights Kitchen Sink Light Kitchen Table Light Laundry Room Light 7 Tl ivin Banml Raraccor inhte Figure 7 Select Scene Members After scene members are added the Member Devices section is updated with all of the members of the scene Adding and removing devices can be done at any time by the same process Figure 8 below shows the web interface after some devices have been selected SceneMaster User Guide Page 7 Scene My Scene Scene Valid Times Always Enabled Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat eee El eee eee Add during these times Timed Scene prea C Enable Timed Scene Animated Dim Add New Triggers Allow HS events to be triggered when setting member device values i Wf Use member device state cache to determine if a member device should be updated ap Set Last State Y on scene deactivate Step size for Dim 5 Select Scene Members y s Change Change 2 Use ie ec if Higher if Lower CAPI Ctrl sn Kitchen Recessed Lights A A HA A Devices Kitchen Island Light A A A A Living Room Recessed Lights A Y Y Y Kitchen Sink Light Y a Za m Scene My Scene Profile Off Select Profile Off v Add New Profile Scene Profile Options Scene Include Adv Dim Dim Dim Dim Value In Dim ctl Min Max Scale eee E Kitchen Recessed Lights Off M N A N A N A N A N A Values
14. nfiguration options Control Learn Learn the current device state into this scene Status On The current status of the member devices match the device SceneMaster User Guide Page 16 values set for this scene profile Status Off The current status of the member devices do not match the device values set for this scene profile Timer Trigger Device If the scene has Enable timed scene checked then a timer trigger device will exist for the scene Control Activate Activates the timed scene The profile set in the scene Timed Scene configuration is activated for the time value specified in the configuration If the timer is currently active the timer is reset and continues to count down Control Cancel Cancels an active timer timer Status Off The timer is not active Status Active nn The timer is active and will expire in nn seconds Sec remaining In Figure 18 is an example of the device status where the timer is configured to activate My Scene Profile1 and the timer is active AT Scene My Scene Profile1 Today 2 48 50 i i D O Active peana My Scene Deactivate Scene All Off O O Dim 32 SceneMaster My Scene Dim Control Veo os Di Dim O O On SceneMaster My Scene Profet 069Y 2 48 50 on off Learn S eT E 48 59 O Active 21 Sec Remaining SceneMaster ee sli Jog Mao Activate Timed Scene Cance timer Figure 18 Timer Active Example Animated Trigger If an an
15. pe text Page O SceneMaster provides flexible scene control of existing HomeSeer devices It can be used to make setting up scenes less cumbersome and more friendly One common problem in setting up scenes is that after they are setup you often need to tweak the dim levels of certain lights etc By providing a Learn button SceneMaster automates this process and makes it possible for everyone in the home to enjoy and make the most use of the home automation system you have invested in Main Features e Group devices into a scene Create multiple profiles for each scene group of devices o Each profile exposes a HomeSeer device to activate deactivate that profile o Each profile can have a custom dim control to dim all the devices in the profile according to a pre calculated or user specified per device curve To accommodate different lighting technologies such as Incandescent LED etc that do not dim at the same rate o Plugin monitors external control of devices and will change the state of the scene profile device if the scene members values match a profile For example If you have some scene control outside this plugin UPB link etc that sets devices to a specific state the plugin will monitor this and set the HS profile device to active For UPB this can be desirable as sending individual commands to multiple devices can be slow Since the Scene Profile is a HS device that gets on off values when t
16. ster Scene Config SceneMaster General Setup SceneMaster Help Figure 1 Plug In Menu SceneMaster v1 2 0 0 Add New Scene No scene selected Select or Add Scene to edit Figure 2 No Scenes Present After an initial installation with no scenes present the management interface will look as it does in Figure 2 Add new scene Name Add New Scene bal Elements Control Panel Manage Plug ins About Figure 3 Add Scene After pressing Add New Scene a dialog will appear as in Figure 3 Name your new scene and press the Add New Scene button Note the name of the scene Is only used to create the HomeSeer device You can edit later by editing the name of the device using HomeSeer device editor if you wish SceneMaster User Guide Page 4 Scene Options After the scene is created the new scene properties will appear When more scenes are added the scene to be edited can be selected with the drop box SceneMaster v1 2 0 0 Select scene to edit My Scene v Add New Scene Delete Selected Scene Scene My Scene Scene Valid Times Always Enabled Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat during these times Timed Scene CE C Enable Timed Scene Animated Dim z Add New Triggers E Allow HS events to be triggered when setting member device values y W Use member device state cache to determine if a member device should be updated a Set Last State on scene deactivate Step size for D
17. t if the scene contains any devices that are capable of dimming the Support dimming option is enabled The Base initial value for Dim Slider will be discussed later under the Dimming section The option Default Dimming Profile makes this scene s dim control active when no other scene profile is active Only one profile can be marked the default dimming profile If no scenes have this option set then the dimming for the scene is not enabled unless a profile is activated To set the value of the scene adjust the values for each device under Scene Value After changing any values make sure to click Save Changes Below is a summary of the options for each device Scene Value When the scene is activated the device is set to this value Include in Dim If checked when the profile is active and a dimming event occurs this device will participate in dimming Advanced Dim Enables the entry of a user specified profile for the device Control control See Dimming section for more detail Dim Min Used for the auto calculation of Dim profile see Dimming SceneMoster User Guide Page 10 Dim Max section for more detail Dim Scale Dimming SceneMaster gives you complete control over the dimming of member devices in a scene Since all devices are combined into a single dimming control it can be challenging to have a single slider control all of the device Using the paramaters given SceneMaster will at
18. tempt to caluclate the best dimming curve Basic Dimming By default most devices support dimming values between 0 and 100 percent The profile member device options give the possibliy to limit the dim range of certain devices When a scene profile is activated the dimming control is enabled if the profile is marked as dimmable The initial postiion of the dim control slider is then set to the base value initial position of the dim control slider This value can be specified or auto calculated When auto calculating a dim profile SceneMaster takes into consideration the dim min dim max dim scale as well as the scene values to determine a dim profile that will best suit the scene If the auto calculated profile is not exactly what is wanted it is possible to manually specefiy the dim values for each device in the scene SceneMaster User Guide Page 11 Dimming Profile Graph To help visualize how the dimming slider will control each device in the scene profile an option is given to show a graph of the dimming profile By clicking on the button Show Dim Slider Profile a graph like the one in Figure 11 below is displayed Dimming Profile Scene My Scene Profile My Scene Profile1 Device Value wi o o Pa 5 ha A as Slider Initial Position Scene Dim Slider Position ey Recessed Lights Island Light E Recessed Lights E Sink Light Back to Scene Edit Figure 11 Dim Slider Profile
19. ure 14 Animated Dim Detail Start Starting dim slider position 0 100 Start must be lt End End Ending dim slider position 0 100 End must be lt Start StepSize Starting at slider position Start increment this amount every StepTime until reaching End StepTime Sec Step time in seconds Minimum value is 0 1 max is 86 400 24 Hrs Delete Delete this control and the corresponding HS device Once there are animated dim sequences added a new scene option is available Wf Cancel any active animated dim sequences if a member device changes state This option causes the sequence to abort if a scene member changes state This is useful to avoid having an automated process clash with a user s desire SceneMaster User Guide Page 14 Note The animated dim controls the scene dim slider and will only have an effect when the scene dim slider is active If it is desired to have this always active make sure to enable one profile as the default dimming profile for the scene 3 Using SceneMaster Basic Controls When a scene is created several HomeSeer devices are created To see all of the devices make sure that you have turned on the view of all SceneMaster device types Newly created HomeSeer devices will be created with Room SceneMaster and Floor as unset These can be changed as desired The scene control devices created can be seen in Figure 15 below A Today gt SceneMaster My Scene 18 04 31 AM Deactivate S
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