Configure Background Lighting

Configure Background Lighting Relationships

Area Cascading Areas can be created directly on the floor plan which will show 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 Background Lighting Area to the floor plan:

  1. Draw the child areas and then a background area (usually surrounding all the child areas).

  2. Right-click on the background area and select sb icon area cascading Area Cascading > sb icon background lighting Add Background Lighting to open the Edit Background Lighting dialog.

  3. If the child areas are completely surrounded by the background area, they automatically appear in the dialog list. Otherwise, click on each desired child area to add it. Added child areas are shaded purple on the floor plan.

  4. After selecting all child areas, click the OK button.

  5. To edit Background Lighting, right-click a configured parent area and select sb icon area cascading Area Cascading > sb icon background lighting edit Edit Background Lighting to open the Edit Background Lighting dialog.

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Configure Background Lighting properties

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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 Background Lighting area:

  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 background lighting Background Lighting.

  3. In the Properties section:

    • Enter a Name for the Background Lighting function

    • Set Enabled to True to enable the Background Lighting 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 Background Lighting Parent Area section:

    • Select the Area for Background Lighting. Click the Change button to select a different area.

    • Set the Standby 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 Standby preset. When a notification message is received from a child area, the parent area recalls this preset.

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

    • Select the Unoccupied preset. The parent area recalls this preset if the Standby 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 Background Lighting properties.

      This is automatically set to the most appropriate device available in the area for Background Lighting, 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 Background Lighting 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. Standby timeout (seconds) - How long the child area waits before it recalls the unoccupied preset.

      • Standby preset - When active, the child area sends a notification to the parent area on each heartbeat.

      • Standby fade (ms) - The fade time when the child area recalls the Standby preset.

      • Unoccupied preset - The child area recalls this preset when it enters an unnocupied state.

      • Unoccupied fade (ms) - The fade time when the child area recalls its Unoccupied preset.

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

      • Enter Mode Preset - This preset can be used to start the Background Lighting function in the child area. It is added to the list of unoccupied presets for the child area.

      • Configured on Device - The device to be configured for Background Lighting properties.

        This is automatically set to the most appropriate device available in the area for Background Lighting, 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 Background Lighting function