Configure Corridor Linking

Configure Corridor Linking Relationships

Area Cascading areas can be created directly on the floor plan, which shows the relationships between the configured areas.

Click the Highlight Area Cascading Areas icon to show Area Cascading areas on the floor plan. As the cursor hovers over each area, they are dynamically shaded in contrasting colours to show their Area Cascading relationships.

Add a Corridor Linking area (floor plan):

  1. Draw the child areas and then draw the corridor area.

  2. Right-click the desired parent/corridor area and select sb icon area cascading Area Cascading > sb icon corridor linking Add Corridor Linking to open the Edit Corridor Linking dialog.

  3. Click on each area on the floor plan that you want to make a child area. The child areas are shaded in blue and their area names are added to the dialog list.

  4. After adding all the required child areas, click OK.

  5. To edit an existing Corridor Linking parent area, right-click the area and select sb icon area cascading Area Cascading > sb icon corridor linking edit Edit Corridor Linking to open the Edit Corridor Linking dialog.

    sb floor plan corridor linking editor

Configure Corridor Linking properties

Standard properties are shown in bold. Advanced properties are shown in bold italics.

Initially only the basic fields are shown. To reveal all fields, click the sb icon advanced  Advanced button.
Add a Corridor Linking area (editor):

  1. Select the job name in the Areas View tree and click the Area Cascading tab, or click Tools > sb icon area cascading Area Cascading Editor.

  2. Click sb icon add Add > sb icon corridor linking Corridor Linking.

  3. In the Properties section:

    • Enter a Name for the Corridor Linking function.

    • Set Enabled to True to enable the Corridor Linking function. You can also set this to False to temporarily disable the function without deleting it.

    • Set Enabled at startup to True if required. You can set this to False to leave it disabled initially and enable later by using a DyNet message.

    • Enter a value for the Heartbeat timer (seconds).

      This property sets the interval between child area notification messages (current occupancy state) to the parent area. Only one child area will send the heartbeat, as child areas reset their heartbeat timer when they see a notification message from another child area.

      The heartbeat timer should be shorter than the no-motion timeout of the parent area.

  4. In the Corridor Linking Parent Area section:

    • Select the Area for corridor linking. Click the Change button to select a different area.

    • Set the Occupation timeout (seconds). This determines how long the parent area waits after receiving the last notification message from a child area before it recalls the unoccupied preset.

    • Select the Occupied preset. The parent area recalls this preset when it receives a notification message is received from a child area.

    • Enter the Occupied fade (ms). This is the fade time when the parent area recalls its Occupied preset.

    • Select the Unoccupied preset. The parent area recalls this preset if the Occupation timeout expires without receiving a notification message from a child area.

    • Set Unoccupied fade (ms). This is the fade time when the parent area recalls its Unoccupied preset.

    • (Optional) Select an Enter mode preset that can trigger the Corridor Linking function in the parent area. It is added to the list of unoccupied presets for the parent area.

    • Select the Configured on device that has to be configured for corridor linking properties.

      This is automatically set to the most appropriate device available in the area for corridor linking, but you can click the Change button to open the Device Selection dialog. The Items column indicates the number of available Area Cascading Object slots in each device’s memory.

  5. In the Child Areas section:

    • Click sb icon add Add to open the Area Selection dialog and add one or more child areas for the Corridor Linking function.

    • Select the child area(s) from the list and click OK.

    • Select a child area and check/configure the following Properties:

      • Area - The name of the child area.

      • Occupied presets - A list of presets for which the child area will send a notification to the parent area on each heartbeat.

      • Configured on Device - The device to be configured for corridor linking properties.

        This is automatically set to the most appropriate device available in the area for corridor linking, but you can click the Change button to open the Device Selection dialog. The Items column indicates the number of available Area Cascading Object slots in each device’s memory.

  • You can have more than one child area configured for each parent area.

  • Tick the sb icon checkbox tick Modify all Areas checkbox to modify properties for all the child areas at once.

You have now configured the parent and child areas for the Corridor Linking function.