On August 24, 2016 at 22:09, pesci said...
wow! im surprised most kps are mostly toggles? i rarely use toggles for loads or rooms? thats to easy. i like scenes for 5 out 7 buttons then maybe toggles for that room and adjacent...
i feel like we control a house from one button why not do it?
The toggles are because it's one button instead of 2 otherwise we would do an ON and an OFF for the room.
Shades are probably the biggest thorn in our side...especially rooms with doors to the exterior because then we have to break out window shades and sun shades. So for a bedroom you end up with.
Bedroom
WIC (Walk in closet)
Win Sun (sun shade)
Win BO (black out)
Door Sun (sun shade)
Door BO (black out)
In a typical bedroom we have minimum 3 keypads. Usually 4. One at the entrance, 1 at the door to the exterior and 1 (or 2) on either side of the bed. This makes life a little easier because you can have "entrance" commands on one keypad like...
Bedroom
Hall
WIC
Pendant
Windows (Shades)
Door (shades)
Then by the exterior door you can break out the shades like...
Bedroom
Patio (or deck)
Win Sun (sun shade)
Win BO (black out)
Door Sun (sun shade)
Door BO (black out)
Then by the bed you can break out individual load control...
Bedroom
Reading (lamps)
Pendant
Sconce
Windows (Shades)
Door (shades)
Out GUI also has a floor plan view with lightbulb icons and house scenes for global control.
