Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes
Peripheral Scene Settings Panel
You open the Peripheral Scene Settings panel by clicking an icon on the Scene Overview.
The Peripheral Scene Settings panel contains the following settings for Lights and Fans:
• Brightness: you define the brightness of the light.
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• Intensity: you define the maximal percentage of the capacity that the Fan can use.
• Status: you define if the peripheral should participate in a scene or not.
Note: These settings are only relevant in static scenes. When you add an animation to a scene, these settings are overruled.
Tip
When you started the scene, before opening the Peripheral Scene Settings panel, you see the peripherals change automatically, according to your adjustments.
Note
The Wall washer & Controller is a composed peripheral: it is treated as one peripheral when you want to reposition it, but it has 3 individual lights that can be customized individually. You open the Peripheral Scene Settings panel of an individual Light by clicking one of the 3 Light icons.
Animation Settings Panel
You open the Animation Panel by clicking the
Animation button in the Scene Settings screen.
In the Animation Settings panel you create a new animation or change an existing animation.
In an animation you define the following settings:
• Intensity range: you define the range of capacity you want the light to pass through during the defined
• Color range: you define the range of colors you want the light to pass through during the defined
• Duration: you define the time you want the lights to take to pass through the color and intensity range.
In the Animation panel you can also take a peak at the animation by previewing the animation and you can choose to turn the animation off temporarily.
Range sliders in the Animation Settings Panel
You determine the range of the intensity or the color or the brightness with the handles on the slider. These handles determine the starting point and end point of the range, as well as the direction of the range.
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