Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 4—Devices
14 The Home Control Assistant
Supports
automatic
status
reporting
Some devices that can report their status do so
whenever they are turned on or off – even if not by an
powerline command. This is called automatic status
reporting.
Enable
automatic
status
reporting
If this is checked, HCA programs the device to turn
on its automatic status reporting capabilities.
Confirm
receipt of
command
sent
If the device reports status, HCA can use that to make
sure that an ON or OFF command sent to it did get
received.
When changing these options, remember that they are used to describe to HCA how the device
works. Regardless of what you select in these options, the device works as it was manufactured.
Your selection in these options only controls how HCA communicates to the device and not how it
works.
web tip: The option for confirm receipt of command sent is more fully explored in a technical note
on the support web site.
Deleting a device
If you find that you have created an incorrect device, or if you get rid of an existing appliance, you
have two options.
 You can modify the properties for the device. For instance, changing the name and notes (but
retaining the house and unit codes) of a lamp that has been replaced with a newer model, or
changing the location and address (house and unit codes) of a lamp that you’ve moved.
 You can delete the entire device.
To delete a device:
1. Use the right mouse button to click the device name in the design pane of HCA.
2. Click Delete.
HCA removes the device name from the design pane, and removes the icon from any displays
it appears on.
Warning: Be sure to check all aspects of a device before you delete it. If you delete a device, it
is gone, any group it was a part of still works, and any schedule it was listed in is still valid,
but
any program it was a part of will not start.
Hint: However, you can use the Undo command on the Edit menu to restore the deleted device. It
will undo just the last change you have made—so if you delete the device for a toaster and
then a lamp, you can undo deleting the lamp, but not the toaster.