Create a Blinds Control Routing Entry
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This topic explains how to create a Blinds Control Routing Entry capable of controlling the position of the blinds integrated in the lighting system. It is structured as follows:
Blinds Control Routing Entry describes how to create a routing entry capable of controlling the position of blinds that use:
a Somfy Sonesse® motor;
a QMotion Qconnect Q0244 serial bridge; or
a generic RS485 blinds controller.
DALI Blinds Control Routing Entry describes how to create a routing entry capable of controlling the position of blinds that use a Helvar 490 Blinds Controller.
Both routing entries allow you to control the position of your blinds in two ways:
Programmatically: Through an intelligent interface between the router system and the blinds controller. Thus, the routing entry can be triggered by another routing entry, such as a Sun Tracking Routing Entry.
Manually: Using a control panel or module to override the programmatical control. So different users can position their local blinds to their own liking, or to a height that is more appropriate to their current task.
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As with all Designer routing entries, you can set Scene Conditions (so that the desired scenes are called only under certain circumstances) and set Conditions for the routing entries to occur.
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This section describes how to create a routing entry capable of controlling the position of blinds that use:
a Somfy Sonesse® motor;
a QMotion Qconnect Q0244 serial bridge; or
a generic RS485 blinds controller.
In all cases, the required devices must be wired to the DMX port of a DMX-capable router, such as the Helvar 920 Imagine.
To create a blinds control routing entry:
Go Online to your lighting system.
In the Devices View, select the router to which the blinds are connected, and then note its IP address.
Select the appropriate DMX subnet of the router.
Select Properties from the View menu, or press F4, to display the Properties View of the selected DMX subnet.
In the Properties view, under DMX Subnets, from the Mode drop-down list, select Blinds Somfy ST30, Blinds QMotion or RS485 Out as applicable.
If you selected RS485 Out in the previous step, set the following serial communications properties as required: Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity, and Flow Control.
If necessary, create the group(s) to which you want to assign the blinds (the ‘destination groups’). For information about how to create groups, see Groups Window. For information about the various groups involved in a blinds control routing entries, see Manual Override of Blinds Control.
In the Properties view of the selected, mode, under Groups, select the groups to which you want to assign the blinds (the ‘destination groups’).
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Select
Routing Entries from the View
menu, or click 
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Entries view.
Right-click in the Routing Entries view, point to Insert, point to Blinds Control, and then select Blinds Control Somfy, Blinds Control QMotion, or Blinds Control RS485 as required.
The Blinds Control routing entry appears in the Routing Entries view.
Select the Blinds Control routing entry that you have just inserted, and then select Properties from the View menu, or press F4, to display the Properties view of the routing entry.
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In the Properties view, under Common, in the Name text box, type a name for the new routing entry.
Under Routing Entry, do the following:
From the Cancel Trigger Scene Recall drop-down list, do one of the following:
To have the scene recall commands sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which they were originally configured, as well as to the group, scene block, and scene to which the command is redirected, select False.
To have the scene recall commands sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which the command is redirected but not sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which they were originally configured, select True.
To apply a condition on when the blinds control routing entry must occur, select it from the Condition drop-down list.
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From the Group Name drop-down list, select the name of the trigger group.
In the Group Number drop-down combo box, enter the number of the trigger group.
From the Scene Block drop-down list, select the number of the scene block that will trigger the routing entry.
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From the Group Name drop-down combo box, enter the name of the override group.
From the Group Number drop-down combo box, enter the number of the override group.
Under Somfy Output, QMotion Output or RS485 Output, depending on the type of blinds control routing entry that you are creating, do the following:
If you are creating a Blinds Control Somfy routing entry, do the following:
Under Destination, do one of the following:
To make all the blinds respond to the routing entry, select Broadcast from the Type drop-down list.
To make only a specific Somfy group of blinds respond to the routing entry, select Group from the Type drop-down list, and then, in the Group text box below, type the index of the relevant Somfy group of blinds.
To make only a specific blind respond to the routing entry, select Address from the Type drop-down list, and then, in the Address text box below, type the address of the relevant blind.
Under Scene 1 Command, do one of the following to set the action that the blinds must perform when this scene is called:
To make the blinds move to a specific height, select Move to from the Blind Command drop-down list, and then, in the Blind Position text box, type the required percentage.
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To make the blinds move up or down in small increments, select Jog Up or Jog Down, as appropriate, from the Blind Command drop-down list, and then, in the Duration of Travel text box, type how many seconds you want this movement to last.
To make the blinds stop, select Stop from the Blind Command drop-down list.
Repeat the previous step for all the required scenes.
To allow manual positioning of the blinds, select Jog Up/Down under Modify Proportion.
If you are creating a Blinds Control QMotion routing entry, do the following:
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In the Interface ID drop-down combo box, enter the interface ID of the QMotion Qconnect serial bridge that is paired with the blinds that must respond to the routing entry. This ID is shown in the Rotary switch of the relevant QMotion Qconnect serial bridge.
In the RF Channel ID drop-down combo box, enter the number of the channel on which the relevant blinds are paired.
Under Scene 1 Command, do one of the following to set the action that the blinds must perform when this scene is called:
To make the blinds retract completely, select Up from the Blind Command drop-down list.
To make the blinds close completely, select Down from the Blind Command drop-down list.
To send the blinds to any of the positions stored in the buttons on your QMotion hand-held controller, select Button from the Blind Command drop-down list, and then, from the Button drop-down list below, select the number of the required button.
Repeat the previous step for all the required scenes.
If you are creating a Blinds Control RS485 routing entry, do the following:
In the Data Packet text box, type the command that represents the action that you want the blinds to take. Such commands are specific to the blinds that you want to control.
Repeat the previous step for all the required scenes.
This section describes how to create a routing entry capable of controlling the position of blinds that use a Helvar 490 Blinds Controller.
In all cases, the Helvar 490 Blinds Controller must be wired to the DALI port of a DALI-capable router such as the Helvar 905 Imagine, the Helvar 910 Imagine, or the Helvar 920 Imagine.
To create a DALI blinds control routing entry:
Go Online to your lighting system.
Select the appropriate DALI subnet of the router.
Select Properties from the View menu, or press F4, to display the Properties View of the selected channel.
If required, in the Properties view, create the group(s) to which you want to assign the Helvar 490 Blinds Controllers (the ‘destination groups’). For information about how to create groups, see Groups Window.
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Select
Routing Entries from the View
menu, or click , to display the Routing
Entries view.
Right-click in the Routing Entries view, point to Insert, point to Blinds Control, and then select Blinds Control Redirect.
The Blinds Control Redirect routing entry appears in the Routing Entries view.
Select the Blinds Control Redirect routing entry that you have just inserted, and then select Properties from the View menu, or press F4, to display the Properties view of the blinds control redirect routing entry.
Under Routing Entry, do the following:
From the Cancel Trigger Scene Recall drop-down list, do one of the following:
To have the scene recall commands sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which they were originally configured, as well as to the group, scene block, and scene to which the command is redirected, select False.
To have the scene recall commands sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which the command is redirected but not sent to the group, scene block, and scene to which they were originally configured, select True.
To apply a condition on when the blinds control redirect routing entry must occur, select it from the Condition drop-down list.
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From the Group Name drop-down list, select the name of the trigger group.
In the Group Number drop-down combo box, enter the number of the trigger group.
From the Scene Block drop-down list, select the number of the scene block that will trigger the routing entry.
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From the Group Name drop-down list, enter the name of the override group.
From the Group Number drop-down combo box, enter the number of the override group.