IHC/LexControl programming model consists of physical input and output devices plus function blocks. Function blocks implement the programming of the system, and the interface between the programming and the actual components is done by linking physical input signals to function block inputs. Actuators can also be handled directly (dimmers and shades).
Importing resources from LK project file
The configuration tool for the controller (LK Visual) saves all the programming and setup in an XML file with extension .VIS.
Use the Import Resources feature on BeoLiving Intelligence resources
screen in order to import the resources from the VIS file into each zone.
The Visual project file is absolutely necessary, since there is no way to inspect all of the events occurring on the controller. Therefore, monitoring information will only be available for already defined resources.
It is also possible to extract the list of resources from the LK controller. This works by downloading the Visual project file from the LK contoller itself, and is equivalent to loading the project file manually.
The supported resource types are:
- Airlink inputs
- Dataline inputs
- Function block inputs:
- Function block output
- Dataline output
- Airlink dimmers
- Wired shutter
- Wireless shutter
Events
The following list indicates which IHC activities generate a BeoLiving Intelligence event:
- AirLink inputs and Dataline inputs:
- PRESS: Input set to True.
- RELEASE: Input set to False.
- Airlink dimmers:
- _RAISE: Internal variable airlink_dimmer_increase set to True.
- _LOWER: Internal variable airlink_dimmer_decrease set to True.
- _STOP: Internal variable airlink_dimmer_increase or airlink_dimmer_decrease set to False.
- Shutters:
- RAISE: Shutter being raised. On a dataline (wired) shutter, this corresponds to the first dataline_output within the shutter being set to True. On an Airlink shutter it corresponds to the shuttter’s airlink_shutter_up variable being set to True.
- LOWER: Shutter being lowered. On a dataline shutter, this corresponds to the second dataline_output within the shutter being set to True. On an Airlink shutter it corresponds to the shutter’s airlink_shutter_down variable being set to True.
- STOP: After RAISE or LOWER, the corresponding ID being set to False.
Commands
BeoLiving Intelligence commands produce the following IHC activity:
- AirLink inputs and Datline inputs:
- PRESS: Set value to True.
- RELEASE: Set value to False.
- TAP: logical pulse (True followed by False).
- Function block inputs and outputs, Dataline outputs:
- SET: Set value to variable.
- PULSE: Logical pulse (True followed by False).
- TOGGLE: Set opposite of current value.
- Airlink dimmers:
- _RAISE: Set internal variable airlink_dimmer_increase being set to True.
- _LOWER: Set internal variable airlink_dimmer_decrease being set to True.
- _STOP: after _RAISE or _LOWER, set the corresponding variable to False.
- SET: Set dimmer level, in percentage. This corresponds to setting the dimmer’s airlink_dimming internal variable to the given value.
- Shutters:
- RAISE: Raise shutter. In a dataline shutter, this corresponds to setting the first dataline_output within the shutter to True. On an airlink shutter it corresponds to setting the shutter’s airlink_shutter_up variable to True.
- LOWER: Lower shutter. In a dataline shutter, this corresponds to setting the second dataline_output within the shutter to True. On an airlink shutter it corresponds to setting the shutter’s airlink_shutter_down variable to True.
- STOP: After RAISE or LOWER, set the corresponding variable to False.
Resource State
- Function-block inputs and outputs, Dataline outptus:
- STATE: The state of the variable (True or False).
- Airlink dimmers:
- LEVEL: Current dimmer level (value of the dimmer’s airlink_dimming variable).