Scene VS Program

[Autonow]

A bit of a newbie question. I have a scene with 2 buttons (an on button and off button) when I press the button it will ramp the light on or off until i release the button.

All is good. I have the Max value of the light at 100%.

 

Question 1.. if I set the max value to 50% will the max the light can go on be 50% with the buttons? or will it still go to 100%

 

Reason I ask is because I have criteria (a program) that will turn on the light as well. except i only want the light to go on to 50%.

 

So in my program, should I set the scene on? or should I set the light on? I can set the light on to any value I want in the program. I assume the scene control will still control the light.

 

Question 2 Can you set a scene on to a certain value? If so how? Or is this value the value you set in the scene ie 50%? so a scene on command will yield 50% but the buttons can still ramp to 100?

 

Confused....

[LeeG]

Question 1.. if I set the max value to 50% will the max the light can go on be 50% with the buttons? or will it still go to 100%

 

No. The load will ramp to 100% On if the button is held long enough. The Local On Level (max? don't know what that is) controls what the load does when the button/paddle is pressed on the device physically controlling the load.

 

Reason I ask is because I have criteria (a program) that will turn on the light as well. except i only want the light to go on to 50%.

 

A Direct command specifies the On Level. A Scene controls the On Level with the Responder On Level when the Scene is created. The Adjust Scene statement can alter the value.

 

So in my program, should I set the scene on? or should I set the light on? I can set the light on to any value I want in the program. I assume the scene control will still control the light.

 

Your choice. Direct command affects that specific device. A Scene can control a single device or a collection of devices.

 

Question 2 Can you set a scene on to a certain value? If so how? Or is this value the value you set in the scene ie 50%? so a scene on command will yield 50% but the buttons can still ramp to 100?

 

The Scene On Level is initially determined by how each Responder On Level is set. An Adjust Scene statement can be used to alter each Responder On Level. The Adjust Scene statement changes the Responder link record On Level value. The Scene still has to be turned On after the Adjust Scene statement makes the change to the Responder On Level.