Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 9—Groups
The Home Control Assistant 7
Group tab on Device Property Dialogs
You can always open a group’s property dialog and change the group members but there is another
way to modify a group.
The Group property dialog provides you an answer to the question:
What are the members of this
group?
When you open a device property dialog there is also a Group tab. This helps answers the
question:
What groups is this device a member of?
You can remove the device from a group or add it to a group using this dialog.
Hint: Which way should you modify a group using the group properties or the Group tab on
devices? Either method accomplishes the same task – adding or removing members.
Sometimes you want to focus on the device and sometimes on the group. It’s up to you.
Adding to a group using drag and drop
You can also add a device to a group by dragging the device name or icon and dropping it on a
group name or icon. Using this method you can only add and not remove from the group.
Deleting a group
If you find that you have created a group that doesn’t work the way you want it to, you have two
options.
 You can modify the properties for the group. For instance, you can change the devices that it
controls, or change the display where it displays.
 You can delete the entire group.
To delete a group:
1. Use the right mouse button to click the group name in the design pane of HCA.