This application can be used to give the impression that someone is at home when you are away.
The Qbus system can be set up to record all events that occur on the bus. These events are then repeated on a weekly basis each time the simulation program is activated.
Step 1: Select I/O’s
First you need to select which I/O’s will be part of the simulation. For example, it makes no sense to include heating I/O’s - after all, heating is not visible from the outside and switching them on would be a waste of energy.
For each I/O you can indicate in the properties whether it may be activated during simulation.
Simulation is deactivated by default.
- Step 2: Record Simulation
Now that you have selected all the I/O’s that you want to use during the simulation, you need to record the events that occur over a period of time so that they can be repeated during the simulation. To record a simulation, you must assign one key of a switch or touch screen to "Record Simulation" or you can click the “Record” via Utilities – Setup:
Using a Smart Switch (SWC).
Click on a button of the specific switch you wish to use, click on "- Scenes -" on top of the I/O list and scroll through the list until you find "- Record sim. -" at the bottom. Click that button when you want to start recording.
Using a touch screen
You can assign the "Simulation Record" key to the touch screen. In the I/O’s list of the control table, you can select Scenes and choose the desired simulation key.
Using the switches connected to the input modules
The "Record Simulation" key can be assigned to the switches connected to the input modules, including INP02, INP04, INP08, INP16, INP08/230. The allocation procedure is the same as that described above
Comments:
• The recording of a simulation starts immediately. The system will continue to record until you stop recording by pressing the button again. If you do not interrupt the recording, the system will continue to record - when the end of the week is reached, the events recorded during this week will be gradually overwritten.
• The system can record at a maximum speed of 1 recording per 4 seconds, and up to 90 recordings per hour. When the recording function is stopped, the system will remember all events up to 1 minute before the recording stops.
• If the recording is stopped, then turned on again during the same hour, the events that were previously recorded during that hour will be erased (activating the recording will erase the events during the hour in which the recording is activated ).
• To download the recorded events to your .qdb file, go to the menu item "Edit", "Simulation", and click on the down arrow. As a result, only the recorded events of the indicated weekdays will be downloaded from the controller. ATTENTION: BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE SIMULATION, RECORDING MUST BE STOPPED (Simulation off); THE RECORDED EVENTS WILL NOT BE SAVED ON THE CONTROLLER'S SD CARD WHEN RECORDING HAS STOPPED. If you changed certain events in the simulation list, you can send the modified simulation list to the controller by clicking the red upload arrow.
• Scenes are also fully recorded, but when the Simulation is played back, only those I/O’s are used in a scene where those I/O’s were specified to be allowed to be used in simulation.
- Step 3: Activate the simulation
You can activate the simulation by clicking the "Simulation" button, which you can assign to a switch or control table as you did for the "Record Sim." button (see above). When you click on "Simulation", the simulation starts playing the next hour (Simulation ON at 1:26 PM, starts simulation at 2:00 PM).
The simulation repeats the events on the same day, and the same time in hours, minutes and seconds as the recording. You can check the list of events by day and time by clicking "Edit", "Simulation". In this screen, select the desired day to view the list of recorded events. You can change this list by adding events (click on "Insert line" and then on the I/O you wish to add). You can view the time in the list of I/O’s (select an I/O in the list of simulations and change the time with the clock on the right), and the status of the I/O (click the up or down arrow to the right of the list of simulations).
Since the simulation program records all events per day, you must record an entire week to have a list of events for each day in the simulation program. If you have only recorded one day, the simulation will only be active during that day. However, you can add events to other days by copying days for which you have recorded events (use the button "Copy from .." in the list of simulations.
