OMEGA User manual v0.0.2
smartLEDs
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2.4 Controller’s operation
2.4.1 Operating modes
OMEGA can work in three modes, switched one after another. These are activated and set up from the
CONFIGURATION menu in the app:
DAY (optional) - the controller is disabled, the lamps are either off or backlit constantly;
MAX (compulsory) - the controller is active and all of its functions are available;
NIGHT (optional) - the controller is active like in the active mode but a separate limited set of
functions can be chosen, e.g. switching on the edge lamps only, lower brightness etc.
Mode switching is performed automatically in the order DAY -> MAX -> NIGHT -> DAY -> … Given that
the DAY and NIGHT modes are optional, the alternative combinations are DAY -> MAX -> DAY -> …, MAX
-> NIGHT -> MAX -> …, or just MAX. Starting and ending the DAY mode may be controlled either by the
DIS input or by the clock, while the MAX -> NIGHT and NIGHT -> MAX transitions are controlled by the
clock only.
NOTE: Switching of the modes takes place only when the controller is inactive (either disabled or on
standby).
2.4.2 Controller states
disabled – the only possible state in the DAY mode; dimmable lights are either constantly backlit or
off; non-dimmable lights are off; the controller does not react to signals from the UP, DN or MID
inputs; can switch into the MAX mode with a signal from the DIS input or the clock.
standby – a state possible in the MAX and NIGHT modes when none of the inputs UP, DN or MID are
active; dimmable lights are backlit or off; non-dimmable lights are off. In this state, the controller
may switch either into the active state or into another mode.
active – a state possible in the MAX and NIGHT modes; the controller carries out the lighting
sequence consisting of: switching on the lights; lights on phase; warning (only in the MAX mode);
and finally switching off. At the end of the active state the controller moves into standby.
2.4.3 Switching on the lights
This is the first phase of the active state. There are two available styles: ‘Light wave’ (default) and
‘Simultaneous’. The style of switching on/off the lights and their parameters may be set up (separately
for the MAX and NIGHT modes) in the app (see 3.6 PREFERENCES).
NOTE: If the ‘Switching-on time’ is set to zero, all lamps will switch on simultaneously irrespective of the
style chosen.
‘Light wave’ style – the lamps are switched on one by one with a smoothing effect (subsequent lamps
start lighting up before the previous ones have reached their target luminosity; applies to dimmable
lamps only). The lamps are switched on from the first to the last (if activated by the UP input), from the
last to the first (if activated by the DN input), or from the mid-floor towards both ends at the same time
(if activated by the MID input). If another signal appears at another input, the lamps will start switching
on from the respective end also.
‘Simultaneous’ style - all lamps are switched on simultaneously (smoothly in the case of dimmable
lamps).
