Compare

Note:

• You must be in Editor mode to compare An attempt to automatically match corresponding items, and their descending items, in an Upload Design and a Workgroup Design / Real Workgroup. items.

Compare is an automatic matching tool. This means that it attempts to match An attempt to match corresponding items in an Upload Design and a Workgroup Design / Real Workgroup. the selected items, and all child An item in the next level below a given level in the Devices Tree. and descendant items, between the Upload Design and the real workgroup A specific group of devices in the lighting system, and its representation in Designer. / workgroup design A simulation of a Lighting System, which may or may not correspond to the devices in a Real Workgroup.. If you select the Workgroups in both trees, for example, then all corresponding items in each Workgroup are matched, where possible (see picture below).

Tips:

• Workgroups can only be matched with Workgroups; routers can only be matched with routers; and subnets can only be matched with subnets.

• Control devices can only be matched with control devices of an identical type.

• Control Gear For example, dimmers, relay units, ballasts etc. Control gear receives messages from control devices via the router, and performs the relevant action; for example, it sets the lighting (lamps) that it controls to the relevant level. Some control may be possible at the device itself. Also known as LIU or Load; see entries for both. (loads) have a certain amount of flexibility when matching, due to their generic nature. For example, you can match different types of ballasts, different types of dimmers and different types of relay units.

Notes:

• When using the Compare tool, Designer uses a cross-matching process. It first tries to match the selected items by serial number. If this fails, then it tries to match the items by address.

• If a pair has been matched using the Match tool, then you cannot override that match by using Compare.