Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 4—Devices
6 The Home Control Assistant
Modifying an existing device
Once a device is created, you can modify any of the properties that you set in the New Device
Wizard. You do this in the Properties dialog box for the particular device. There are two ways
that you can get to the device properties:
1. Select either:
 the device icon on a display or
 the device name in the design pane
2. Click the right mouse button.
3. From the popup menu, select Properties.
The Properties dialog box title reflects the name of the device you selected. The Name, Notes,
Type, and Icon tabs have the same information as the corresponding Wizard steps.
4. Click the tab you want to change properties on, or click each to review the settings for this
device. You can change whatever you like, and click OK to save your changes.
In addition to the tabs that are similar to the Wizard steps there are many others. Some of these are
specific to the type of device and others always appear.
Triggers Tab
Each device has a single address that it responds to. For X10 devices this is something you
choose. For Insteon it is set at the factory. For UPB it is automatically selected when added to a
UPB network. But the common thing is that each device has exactly one address and this can be a
problem.
You may have a situation where you would like to give a device multiple addresses. Perhaps even
a different address on a different protocol. For example, to control an X10 device with a UPB
keypad.
This is what the triggers tab is for. This can be a complex topic so an example with some X10
devices may help make the concept clearer.
Suppose your home contains a device called “Den lamp” and is assigned an address of B1. Also
imagine that you have a keypad someplace in your home set to housecode B. You can use this
keypad to control this lamp.