Lutron Sivoia QS shades, Wireless, Sivoia QED, Sivoia QS Venetian blinds, P5 HomeWorks Illumination system, QSE-CI-NWK-E interface, null-modem RS-232 cable Application note
Below you will find brief information for Sivoia QS shades, Sivoia QS Venetian blinds, QSE-CI-NWK-E. This document describes how to interface HomeWorks Illumination with Sivoia QS wired shades and Venetian blinds. You will learn about the hardware and software needed, how to connect the systems, how to program them to work together, and how to configure the QS shade groups and shade scenes in the QSE-CI-NWK-E.
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Revision B March 2011 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds Overview Lutron HomeWorks Illumination systems are fully compatible with and should be used with Sivoia QED shades. In some instances, a customer may have Sivoia QS shades or Venetian blinds installed and would like to have control of the shades or blinds from a HomeWorks Illumination system. It may be necessary to interface the HomeWorks Illumination system with the Sivoia QS devices. This application note addresses the above scenario and describes a solution for interfacing HomeWorks Illumination with Sivoia QS wired shades and Venetian blinds. Sivoia QS Wireless shades are not covered by this document. HomeWorks System Sivoia QS Shades or Blinds 1. What hardware do I need? A Lutron HomeWorks Illumination system with a P5 processor with one available RS-232 port. A null-modem RS-232 cable with male connectors on both ends. A Lutron QSE-CI-NWK-E interface. Lutron Sivoia QS shades / blinds and power supplies / power panels. 2. What software do I need? Lutron HomeWorks Illumination QSE-CI-NWK-E Driver for HomeWorks (included with Illumination 1.60 and later) QSE-CI-NWK-E firmware revision 8.21 or later Sivoia QS Shade firmware revision 0.100 or later A telnet utility on the PC (for programming / configuring the QSE-CI-NWK-E) 3. How do I connect the systems? The Sivoia QS shades / blinds and the QSE-CI-NWK-E should be wired together using the QS link wiring. The Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds must be 1 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds powered using shade power supplies or power panels. These devices form the QS Shade network. The RS-232 connector on the QSE-CI-NWK-E must be connected to an RS-232 connector on the HomeWorks processor (Link 3 or Link 7) using the null-modem RS-232 cable. HomeWorks System Sivoia QS Shades QSE-CI-NWK-E Smart Power Panel HW Keypad Link RS-232 QS Link QS Link 4. How are the systems programmed to work together? The QSE-CI-NWK-E has 100 phantom buttons that can be configured with shade groups or shade scenes. Each shade group or shade scene can be activated, raised, or lowered through RS-232 integration commands sent from the HomeWorks Illumination system. The QSE-CI-NWK-E driver for HomeWorks contains all of the commands that can be sent from a HomeWorks Illumination system. These commands can be assigned to button actions in the HomeWorks Illumination software, similar to programming a HomeWorks dimmer to go to a level. No feedback will be sent to the HomeWorks Illumination system from the Sivoia QS shades or Venetian blinds. 5. How do I program or configure the QS shade groups and shade scenes in the QSE-CI-NWK-E? The QSE-CI-NWK-E Phantom Button User Guide describes how to program Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds to the phantom buttons on the QSE-CI-NWK-E. This document can be found here: http://resi.lutron.com/Portals/3/Support/App Notes - FAQs/QSE-CI-NWK-E Phantom Button User Guide.pdf For a complete list of all integration commands, refer to the Lutron Integration Protocol. This document can be found here: http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/040249f.pdf In order to use the HomeWorks RS-232 driver for the QSE-CI-NWK-E, the NWK should be given the name “nwk” using the following command: #INTEGRATIONID,1,<nwk serial number>,nwk 2 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds In the previous command, <nwk serial number> should be replaced with the actual serial number of the QSE-CI-NWK-E device. This can be found on a label affixed to the side of the device or by sending the ?DETAILS,ALL_DEVICES command. 6. How do I get the HomeWorks QSE-CI-NWK-E Driver into HomeWorks Illumination? HomeWorks Illumination version 1.60 and later has the driver for the QSE-CI-NWKE included in the RS-232 global drivers list. For older versions of HomeWorks Illumination, the driver can be downloaded from the http://resi.lutron.com website. a. The COM parameters for the QSE-CI-NWK-E should be configured as follows: Baud Rate: 115200 Data Bits: 8 Parity: None Stop Bits: 1 Handshaking: None The “Suppress” checkboxes should be checked for L232 Prompt, Modem String, and Replies. The driver settings tab should be configured as follows: 3 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds b. Refer to section 2.10 Serial Strings in the HomeWorks Illumination Help File to learn how to program the serial strings to buttons in the HomeWorks Illumination software. 7. What does the programming look like in HomeWorks Illumination for activating a phantom button in the QSE-CI-NWK-E? In the above example, the HomeWorks keypad button is programmed as a singleaction button to activate the Button 1 Preset on the QSE-CI-NWK-E interface. 4 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds Frequently Asked Questions: Can I address and program Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds in a HomeWorks Illumination system? No, Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds are not natively compatible with a HomeWorks Illumination system and must be addressed and programmed independently using the QSE-CI-NWK-E network interface. It is recommended to use Sivoia QED wired or wireless shades with a HomeWorks Illumination installation to simplify system setup, programming, control, and feedback. What are the benefits to using Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds instead of Sivoia QED shades with a HomeWorks Illumination system? There are several benefits to using QS shades and Venetian blinds over QED shades, but there are also some disadvantages (see next question). Here are the benefits: Simplified wiring (QS shades and Venetian blinds require 4 wires, QED shades require 7 wires) More flexible power supply requirements. Future-proof shading solutions. QS Shades and Venetian blinds are forward compatible with Lutron HomeWorks QS. Lutron Venetian Blinds are only available as a Sivoia QS device. What are the disadvantages to using Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds instead of Sivoia QED shades with a HomeWorks Illumination system? Although QS shades and blinds have many benefits (see previous question), they also have several disadvantages when used with a HomeWorks Illumination system. Additional equipment will be required to interface a HomeWorks Illumination system with Sivoia QS shades and blinds, adding to the cost and complexity. HomeWorks Illumination will not receive feedback (LED updates, shade levels, etc) from the Sivoia QS shades and blinds. HomeWorks Illumination will be limited in the number of shade scenes that can be activated (100 phantom buttons). Programming scenes for the Sivoia QS shades and blinds will be a manual process requiring information to be typed into a terminal window. How can I determine the firmware version of my QSE-CI-NWK-E and Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds? Wire the Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds to the QSE-CI-NWK-E, then send the ?DETAILS,ALL_DEVICES command to the QSE-CI-NWK-E. All devices on the QS Link, including the Sivoia QS shades, Venetian blinds, and QSE-CI-NWK-E will report information including the firmware versions. 5 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466 Interfacing HomeWorks® Illumination with Sivoia® QS Shades and Venetian Blinds What is required to use Sivoia QS Venetian Blinds with a HomeWorks Illumination system? This application note describes everything you need to interface HomeWorks Illumination with Sivoia QS Shades and Venetian blinds. Venetian blinds are programmed to the QSE-CI-NWK-E phantom buttons the same way that other Sivoia QS shades are programmed, with the exception that Venetian blinds support additional programming parameters for lift and tilt (other shades only have lift). The QSE-CINWK-E must have firmware version 8.21 or later for Venetian blind programming support. How can I get LED feedback on my HomeWorks Illumination keypads? The HomeWorks Illumination system does not receive status updates from the QSE-CINWK-E indicating the state of the programmed shades, and therefore cannot update the keypad LEDs. State variables can be used in the HomeWorks Illumination system to make the LEDs turn on or off if this feature is desired. How can I adjust the lift and tilt of a Venetian with a single phantom button press? Venetians should be programmed to phantom buttons using action number “5” if both lift and tilt are to be adjusted from a single button press. Refer to the QSE-CI-NWK-E Phantom Button User Guide for details. http://resi.lutron.com/Portals/3/Support/App Notes - FAQs/QSE-CI-NWK-E Phantom Button User Guide.pdf What happens when I raise or lower a phantom button that has a Venetian blind programmed to it? The effect of raising or lowering a phantom button that has a Venetian blind programmed to it will depend on how that button is programmed. If the Venetian blind was programmed with action “1” or “7” (lift level only), raise or lower will only affect the lift level of the Venetian blind. If the Venetian blind was programmed with action “5” or “6” (lift & tilt or tilt only), raise or lower will affect the tilt level only. Help and Support: For additional support and information regarding interfacing HomeWorks Illumination Systems with Sivoia QS Shades and Venetian blinds, please contact [email protected]. 6 Lutron Technical Support 1.800.523.9466
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Key Features
- Interfacing HomeWorks Illumination with Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds
- Using Sivoia QED wired or wireless shades with a HomeWorks Illumination installation
- Simplified wiring (QS shades and Venetian blinds require 4 wires, QED shades require 7 wires)
- More flexible power supply requirements
- Future-proof shading solutions
- Lutron Venetian Blinds are only available as a Sivoia QS device
- HomeWorks Illumination will not receive feedback (LED updates, shade levels, etc) from the Sivoia QS shades and blinds
- HomeWorks Illumination will be limited in the number of shade scenes that can be activated (100 phantom buttons)
- Programming scenes for the Sivoia QS shades and blinds will be a manual process requiring information to be typed into a terminal window
Frequently Answers and Questions
Can I address and program Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds in a HomeWorks Illumination system?
No, Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds are not natively compatible with a HomeWorks Illumination system and must be addressed and programmed independently using the QSE-CI-NWK-E network interface. It is recommended to use Sivoia QED wired or wireless shades with a HomeWorks Illumination installation to simplify system setup, programming, control, and feedback.
What are the benefits to using Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds instead of Sivoia QED shades with a HomeWorks Illumination system?
There are several benefits to using QS shades and Venetian blinds over QED shades, but there are also some disadvantages (see next question). Here are the benefits: Simplified wiring (QS shades and Venetian blinds require 4 wires, QED shades require 7 wires) More flexible power supply requirements. Future-proof shading solutions. QS Shades and Venetian blinds are forward compatible with Lutron HomeWorks QS. Lutron Venetian Blinds are only available as a Sivoia QS device.
What are the disadvantages to using Sivoia QS shades and Venetian blinds instead of Sivoia QED shades with a HomeWorks Illumination system?
Although QS shades and blinds have many benefits (see previous question), they also have several disadvantages when used with a HomeWorks Illumination system. Additional equipment will be required to interface a HomeWorks Illumination system with Sivoia QS shades and blinds, adding to the cost and complexity. HomeWorks Illumination will not receive feedback (LED updates, shade levels, etc) from the Sivoia QS shades and blinds. HomeWorks Illumination will be limited in the number of shade scenes that can be activated (100 phantom buttons). Programming scenes for the Sivoia QS shades and blinds will be a manual process requiring information to be typed into a terminal window.
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