rollease acmeda AUTOMATE CONTROL4 User manual

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QUICK START GUIDE - AUTOMATETM CONTROL4
INTEGRATION SUPPORT
CONTROL4 HUB DRIVER INSTALLATION
1. Connect the Rollease Acmeda Pulse Bridge to an available Control4 serial port.
2. Download the AutomateTM Pulse Hub Serial Driver (here).
3. In Composer software, place the AutomateTM Pulse Hub driver into the project.
4. Navigate to the connections tab and bind proper serial connection binding to the driver.
a. The driver will automatically find the hubs on the serial connection.
b. If there is only 1 hub, the driver will automatically select the hub and find all shades for the hub and create bindings for them.
5. Select a hub from the ‘Hub Address’ property.
a. The driver will automatically find the shades available for the hub and create connections for them.
6. The “Automate Pulse Hub” driver is now fully functioning.
HUB OVERVIEW
Take your Automate experience to the next level by integrating AutomateTM motorized shades into Savant’s
industry-leading smart home control systems. TSS’s rich integration supports discrete shade control and
features a two-way communication system offering real time shade position and battery level status.
The Pulse Hub supports plug ‘n play RS485 or RS232 Serial integration through a RJ9 port conveniently
located on the back of the hub. Each hub can support integration of up to 30 shades.

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7. For each shade that the “AutomateTM Pulse Hub” has added to the connections, add an “AutomateTM Pulse Shade” driver to the project
8. Bind the “AutomateTM Pulse Shade” drivers to the “AutomateTM Pulse Hub”
a. You can use the “Jog” action to more easily identify shades
b. Once the connection has been bound, the driver will automatically populate shade properties
9. Set the ‘Shade Movement Type’ to ‘Move’ or ‘Rotate’ in order to determine what the driver should Control.
a. ‘Move’ will control basic shade movement
b. ‘Rotate’ will control the motor rotation
10. Run the ‘Calibrate’ action on the shade, this will inform the driver of how long it takes for the shade to open and close
11. Refresh Navigators
CONTROL4 MOTOR DRIVER INSTALLATION
AUTOMATETM CONTROL4 DRIVER GUIDE
Simple installation of the hub driver, connect the serial binding and select the hub
Responsive serial communication
Automatically calculates the travel time of the motors accurate to within 50ms
PROPERTIES
Property Description
Auto Update Enables or disables real time updates of the driver
For support of this property the annex4 LiNK driver is required
Driver Version The current version of the driver
Properties The server version of the driver
For support of this property the annex4 LiNK driver is required
Debug Mode Reports information to the log and Lua output window
Modes
Debug Reports the data being moved around
Trace Reports the flow of the driver
Info Reports important pieces of information
Warning Reports any small issues that arise
Error Reports any large issues that arise
Fatal Reports issues that cause the driver to fail
Hub Address The hub address that the driver is primarily communicating to
If only 1 hub is on the serial connection it will be automatically selected when the serial connection is bound
Detected Shades Lists the addresses of all shades discovered on the hub
Terminal Allows the dealer to manually send commands to the automate hub
Commands should be formatted with a starting ! and an ending ;
Responses will show in the property after a couple hundred milliseconds

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ACTIONS
Action Name Description
Retrieve Shades Create bindings for paired shades on the serial connection
Clear Shades Clear the bindings created for shades on the serial connection
Retrieve Hubs Retrieves the available hubs on the serial connection
Calibrate All Informs each motor endpoint to calibrate its motor travel times
Update Now Updates the driver to the latest version
Open All Opens all shades
Close All Closes all shades
CONNECTIONS
Control Name Connection Type Description
Serial RS-232 RS_232 The communication binding to the hub
<Shade Address> AUTOMATE_SHADE The communication binding to blind shade endpoint
LiNK Reveal LINK_REVEAL This connection is used for annex4’s notification and display type devices.
By using this binding you can get notifications on display type devices with
minimal programming.
INTEGRATION DIAGRAM PULSE HUB CONNECTIONS
SERIAL CONNECTION KIT PART #: MTSER-BASE-KIT

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
QNo Pulse hub detected.
AMake sure that your serial binding is assigned to the correct serial output of the Control4 controller.
Confirm you are using a Rollease Acmeda approved RS232 adapter. Serial connection kit part number is: MTSER-BASE-KIT.
QShade limits are not set properly.
ACalibrate shade limits with your Rollease Acmeda remote before setting the appropriate open and close time within Control4.
QShade is not moving at all.
AMake sure the selected Pulse Hub is the correct Pulse Hub for the shade to be controlled. Confirm the correct bindings are set
in the Control4 connections tab between the Pulse Hub and Shade drivers.
QI have multiple Pulse Hub’s, what do I do?
ALoad two Pulse Hub drivers. After selecting “Retrieve Hubs” located in the driver actions tab , you will see different Pulse Hubs
- select the desired one.
QI don’t see any shade bindings in the Pulse Hub driver?
ASelect “Retrieve Shades” located in the driver actions tab.
QHow do I scan for available Pulse Hubs?
AOnce the Pulse Hub is properly connected via the RS232 to RS485 adapter, navigate to the Pulse Hub Properties page within Composer.
Select “Retrieve Hubs” located in the driver actions tab.