Hello, In regards to writing a program and setting an action for a KPL button, I was hoping somebody could explain what the following means?

 

ON 0 / OFF 0 (Backlight level)

 

ON 15 / OFF 7 (Backlight level)

Those are the brightness levels for the KPL itself.

 

Rand

Those are the brightness levels for the KPL itself.

 

Rand

 

Thanks Rand,

 

Could you please elaborate?

 

There are many selections from the pull down menu for the THEN statement in a program. I posted two of them to try and understand... as example...what the ON 15 /OFF 7 are. I assume it's brightness level but I am confused as to what happens.

 

As an example, what will the following program do to the KPL button A?

 

If

Time is 9:00:00PM

 

Then

Set 'Mud Room KP A' On 9 / Off 5 (Backlight Level)

 

Else

- No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

There are many selections from the pull down menu for the THEN statement in a program. I posted two of them to try and understand... as example...what the ON 15 /OFF 7 are. I assume it's brightness level but I am confused as to what happens.

The KPL button backlight values can be adjusted independently for button ON brightness ('ON 15' above) and button OFF brightness ('OFF 7'). All buttons in a KPL use the same values; writing to any of the buttons sets the values for the KPL as a whole. The OFF values are 0 (off) to 7 (bright). The ON values are 0 (dimmer) to 15 (brighter), and is relative to OFF brightness such that the dimmest ON value is always brighter than the specified OFF value. (ON=0 and ON=1 may actually be the same as ON=15 in some cases; ON=2 is generally reliable as the dimmest value for a given OFF brightness.)

 

So the pulldown menu simply lets you select the combination of values that you want. You can use the LED Brightness button on the device page itself (in My Lighting) to experiment and see what it looks like on the specific device in question.

 

Lots more technical details in other threads. Start here and wind your way back through the references:

http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?p=28079

 

--Mark

Super.

Thanks Mark!

 

 

There are many selections from the pull down menu for the THEN statement in a program. I posted two of them to try and understand... as example...what the ON 15 /OFF 7 are. I assume it's brightness level but I am confused as to what happens.

The KPL button backlight values can be adjusted independently for button ON brightness ('ON 15' above) and button OFF brightness ('OFF 7'). All buttons in a KPL use the same values; writing to any of the buttons sets the values for the KPL as a whole. The OFF values are 0 (off) to 7 (bright). The ON values are 0 (dimmer) to 15 (brighter), and is relative to OFF brightness such that the dimmest ON value is always brighter than the specified OFF value. (ON=0 and ON=1 may actually be the same as ON=15 in some cases; ON=2 is generally reliable as the dimmest value for a given OFF brightness.)

 

So the pulldown menu simply lets you select the combination of values that you want. You can use the LED Brightness button on the device page itself (in My Lighting) to experiment and see what it looks like on the specific device in question.

 

Lots more technical details in other threads. Start here and wind your way back through the references:

http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?p=28079

 

--Mark