Adding, Modifying Lighting Rules

Adding, Modifying Lighting Rules

Applicable for: All the lighting devices

The lighting rule is a set of controls set by the user (facility manager) to control a specific Lighting workspace (zone). These Lighting rules use various input parameters as part of the decision matrix to alter the device behavior.  For all lighting devices functions can be configured, such as occupancy-based control, light intensity control, daylight sensor control (if applicable), daylight threshold control (if applicable), HCL CCT control (if applicable), time-based scheduling, etc.


Warning
Before starting to read the next section, we recommend that the users have gone through key concepts of lighting rule article 

 


Adding New Lighting Rule


  1. Log in to your IQnext account with Administrator Privileges 

  2. Go to Settings IQnext Settings > Device RuleLighting Rule                                                       

  1. On the Lighting Rules page, click on the Add button in the top right corner and select default.   

  2. Enter a name to the rule and description

  1. In the Add New Lighting Rule Page, there are 5 tabs - Default, Override Configuration 1, Override Configuration 2, Override Configuration 3, HCL Configuration.



Default Rule


  1. Under the Default Rule tab, under the Action when the spaceis occupied section, enter the following details: 

    1. Set the light intensity that you want the Light devices to go on when the zone is occupied. Choose a value between 80 to 100 %.                                                                 

    2. Select the Human Centric Light Configuration mode - Auto/ Manual

a.   Auto – In the Auto Mode, the light’s Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) varies from 2700K to 6500K over the length of the day to mimic the daytime/night-time cycle.

b.   Manual – In the manual mode, you can set your preferred CCT value between 2700K to 6500K.

  1. Next, under the Action when the space is not occupied section, enter the following details:

  1. Set the light intensity that you want the Light devices to go on when the zone is unoccupied. Choose a value between 50 to 100 %.

  2. Select the Human Centric Light Configuration mode - Auto/ Manual

  1. Next enter the occupancy to unoccupancy time delay

  2. Choose from Yes/ No for enabling walking detection

  3. Choose from Yes/ No for enabling daylight sensor

  4. Click Save


NOTE
If your IQnext gateways are inactive and the relevant lighting devices are rebooted, those devices will work according to the default rule until the gateways are active again.

Override Configuration 


  1. After saving the default rule, you add the desired configurations that will override the default rule. 

  2. If you want to enable the override configuration, Select Yes from the Enable Configuration option to enable the rule.

  1. Select the weekdays to apply this rule

  2. Enter the start time for which this override should commence.

  3. Enter the end time for which this override config should end. 

  4. Can choose all day, if you want the rule to be active 24 hours of the day

  5. Follow the same steps as you would for the Default Rule

  6. Click  Save

Similarly, you can apply Override Configuration 2 and Override Configuration 3 


HCL Configuration 

Under HCL configuration, set the CCT value for each hour, click on Save button



Modifying Lighting Rule

Existing Lighting rules can be managed and modified here to modify Lighting Rules details

  1. The rules that have already been added are listed in the lighting rules page

  1. For the rule that you wish to edit, click on the 3 dots to edit

  2. Edit the parameters you wish to change as per the above procedure. 

  3. Click Save.  




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