Home Automation SECURITY SYSTEM owner manual Control, About UPB

CONTROL

The control features of the OmniLT make it easy and convenient to control almost any light or appliance from the console or over the telephone. You may also have your heating and air conditioning (HVAC) under control of the system, which will allow you to save energy dollars by setting the temperature appropriately when you are home, asleep, or away.

Furthermore, the OmniLT can be used to program lights to make your home look occupied as a deterrent to potential thieves.

The methods that the OmniLT uses to control different things are:

•UPB switches, modules, and keypads for lights and appliances

•CentraLite loads and relays on a LiteJet and Elegance lighting system

•RadioRA switches and dimmers on a Lutron RadioRA lighting system

•ALC switch modules for lights and appliances

•X-10, X-10 Pro, Leviton, PCS, ACT, Lightolier, and compatible modules for lights and small appliances.

•HAI Communicating Thermostats for controlling Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems.

•Programmable Energy Saver Modules (PESM) for central heating and air conditioning systems.

•Direct Relay Control for sprinklers, lighting, electric heating, etc.

An OmniLT will control:

¾16 UPB switches, modules, and keypads (2 rooms of HLC Lighting)

¾16 CentraLite loads and relays

¾16 RadioRA switches and dimmers

¾16 ALC switch modules

¾16 X-10 modules (one house code)

¾2 PESMs or Voltage Outputs (expandable to 10)

¾2 HAI Communicating Thermostats

OmniLT also has 8 internal "flags" that are used for programming conditionals and running buttons.

About UPB

UPB is a powerline communications standard for lighting and home control. UPB is a robust, two-way digital powerline carrier communications protocol which transmits signals over the existing wires in a home. UPB can coexist peacefully with X-10 systems, intercoms, baby monitors, speakers, etc. that communicate over the powerline.

Using a Powerline Interface Module (PIM), OmniLT sends UPB commands over the existing electrical wiring to special switches, modules, and keypad controllers (UPB devices) that are designed with UPB technology. UPB switches are two-way devices, so OmniLT knows the actual status of the switch when it is controlled locally. In addition, UPB switches, modules, and keypads can be used to trigger macros in the OmniLT controller.

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