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Controlling outdoor lighting using time schedules

Use case

Your customer wants to automatically control the outdoor lighting. 

  • In the morning: 

    • Activate the lighting when it is still dark, but only after 7:00. This means that the lighting is activated when the sun rises after 7:00.

    • Deactivate the lighting at sunrise, if it was activated.

  • In the evening: 

    • Activate the lighting when it becomes dark, but only before 19:00. This means that the lighting is activated when the sun sets before 19:00.

    • Deactivate the lighting at 19:00, if it was activated.

For this example, there are 2 solutions. Both are described below:

  • a solution with 2 time schedules

  • a solution with 6 time schedules



Procedure - using 2 time schedules

Creating the control and the time schedules

  1. Create a lamp (LAMP1).

  2. Create a daily time schedule from sunrise until sunset (TIME1).

  3. Create a daily time schedule from 7:00 until 19:00 (TIME2).

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Creating the condition

Create a condition (COND1) that uses the time schedules to control the outdoor lighting. From sunset until sunrise (TIME1 = false) and from 7:00 until 19:00 (TIME2 = true) the outdoor lighting is activated. Use the following logic:

  • IF (TIME1: On/off = false) and (TIME2: On/off = true)

  • THEN  LAMP1: Value = on

  • ELSE  LAMP1: Value = off

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Filling the cabinet and addressing the device

Fill the cabinet with ...

and address the following device ...

a switching module (3X) 2U (

MOD1

)

lamp LAMP1.



Example

Click here to download the programming example (nhc2 file).

Procedure - using 6 time schedules

Creating the control and the time schedules

  1. Create a lamp (LAMP1).

  2. Create the following time schedules:

    • a daily time schedule before sunrise (TIME1)

    • a daily time schedule after 7:00 (TIME2)

    • a daily time schedule at sunrise (TIME3)

    • a daily time schedule before 19:00 (TIME4)

    • a daily time schedule after sunset (TIME5)

    • a daily time schedule at 19:00 (TIME6)

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Creating the conditions

  1. Create a condition (

    COND1

    ) that activates the lighting before sunrise and after 7:00. Use the following logic:

    • IF (TIME1: On/off = true) and (TIME2: On/off = true)

    • THEN LAMP1: Value = on

    • ELSE leave empty

  2. Create a condition (

    COND2

    ) that deactivates the lighting at sunrise. Use the following logic:

    • IF ( TIME3: On/off = true) 

    • THEN LAMP1: Value = off

    • ELSE leave empty

  3. Create a condition (

    COND3

    ) that activates the lighting before 19:00 and after sunset. Use the following logic:

    • IF (TIME4: On/off = true) and (TIME5: On/off = true)

    • THEN LAMP1: Value = on

    • ELSE leave empty

  4. Create a condition (

    COND4

    ) that deactivates the lighting at 19:00. Use the following logic:

    • IF (TIME6: On/off = true)

    • THEN LAMP1: Value = off

    • ELSE leave empty

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/guideimages/Screenshots/V2.9/EN/SPE_020_213_04.png

Filling the cabinet and addressing the device

Fill the cabinet with ...

and address the following device ...

a switching module (3X) 2U (

MOD1

)

lamp LAMP1.



Example

Click here to download the programming example (nhc2 file).