Alarm functions

Qbus gives you the option to receive alerts when certain situations occur. This can be done with the Alarm function.

The type of warning can be virtual, e.g. by lighting up all LEDs on our smart swithces, or written, in the form of a text message on a mobile phone.
When you select the Alarm menu of the program, the following screen will be displayed.

Giving a name to an alarm is essentially creating a new alarm. The screen above then takes the following form.

The selection used under the name is usually the one shown in the screen above.

An overview of the options depending on the priority:

• Alarm code: (e.g. burglary)

It has the highest priority and will be displayed to the desired switches, regardless of their color setting, lock LEDs or pushbuttons. Flash LEDs with an adjustable rhythm and color pattern.
Blocking keys possible on one or more SWC’s.
Unlock all SWC’s by pressing key on unblocked SWC(‘s), via touch screen, logic, or PC.

The ratio of the flashing on/off can be set in the following ratios:

• Activating an external I/O: (e.g. door opener, mute audio, open garage door, etc.)

With certain actions, e.g. doorbell rings, garage door is open, heating is on with open windows, this ‘alarm’ can be shown to one or more SWCs in the form of flashing the LEDs. When pressing any key, one can control an I/O (e.g. door opener) regardless of the programming of that switch. When the button is released, the switch returns to its original functions.
Other switches, with the same alarm code, will also stop flashing.
Up to 4 arbitrary I/O’s (or scenes) can be defined per SWC.

ATTENTION!
Please use a timer with a short reload (e.g. max. 2s) as an external I/O or only use scenes without delay! A pulse is given that simulates this input. For example, if the timer1 is still on, it will be turned off when the alarm stops!

• LED intensity reduction:

When going to sleep or leaving a house, it may be desirable that all switches go into a standby mode: pressing a scene, (e.g. “All lights off”) can also cause some or all switches to turn off their LEDs. (small power saving up to about 5W). 

With the first options, the LEDs remain off.
With the second option, the LEDs will return to their normal functions after a pulse on one of the push buttons and the LEDs are reduced again if there is no action on that switch for 5 seconds.
With the third option, the LEDs on that switch will revert to their normal color settings.
The fourth option will stop this alarm and turn the LEDs on ALL switches, where this alarm
is still active, will return to their normal color settings.
The latter also applies when this alarm is stopped via logic, scene or clock time

You can choose between LEDs completely off (both on and off status) or a value of 15 for the on
position and 4 for the off position. These are values compared to the maximum color setting of 200

• Change LED colors:

Would you like a different color on your switches without using a PC?
An evening with friends and create a different scene?
Simple: a single button on a selected switch can display different colors to all designated switches: red on/greenoff or blue on/purple off…
The composition of these 7 basic colors can be set via the SETUP screen – SWC Colours.

This function will not be stopped when "- stop all alarms -" is activated. This notification code must be deactivated to return to the normal colors.

If you select one switch or multiple switches (via CTRL or SHIFT) in the list on the right hand side and then press the green arrow, you can transfer the selected alarm setting to the selected switches.

These settings can still be changed per switch. E.g. a useful example is to block all inputs. The alarm can then be modified in one switch to raise the alarm…
Go to modules, choose the desired intelligent switch and click on the Alarms button and adjust the desired setting. The alarm is therefore performed wherever it is set.
But the settings can have a different function per switch. In the list 'Used in…' one can see if the alarm has the general setting ( = ) or it has a custom setting ( < > ) or if the alarm is not set to that switch (blank)

A maximum of 8 alarms and 4 external I/O’s can be set per switch. By double clicking on an alarm it will be added or removed. Also selecting in group and clicking on the arrows is possible.

The alarm activation setting is made by means of logic functions. By logic functions we mean that when one or more events occur, the corresponding alarm will be triggered.