Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 9—Groups
The Home Control Assistant 3
Creating a group
You create a group using the New Group Wizard. Most of the steps are exactly the same as when
you create a device. However, there is one additional step specific to the New Group Wizard—
specifying which devices and programs are members of this group.
1. On the Home Control Assistant menu bar, click New, and then choose Group. This opens the
New Group Wizard.
2. Type in a name for the group and type in or choose an existing folder to store the group. If you
have two-part names enabled, the name you choose must be unique within the folder. If you
don’t have two-part names enabled, then the group name must be unique within your design.
To help you later, you can name groups with descriptions, or function identifiers. For
instance, you could name groups: Entry lights, My Room, or Welcome Home.
3. Click Next and add any notes you might want to remember about this group. The notes can
tell you what the group controls or why you created it. You can review and revise or delete
these notes later at any time. These notes also popup in a window when you move the mouse
over a group icon on a display.