OutletLinc Dimmer Owner’s Manual INSTEON® Remote Control Dimmer Outlet (Dual-Band) (#2472D) Page 1 of 13 2472D - Rev: 1/21/2014 7:48 AM
About OutletLinc Dimmer The award-winning OutletLinc Dimmer is the most elegant remote-control lamp dimmer in the world. The top outlet gives you INSTEON remote and automatic control of dimmable lamps up to 300 watts. The bottom outlet is a standard, always-on 15 amp receptacle. Because OutletLinc is dual-band, it also acts as an Access Point for battery-powered INSTEON devices, as well as a wireless electrical phase bridge.
• X10 compatible • Beeper and dual-color LED for easy setup • 32 brightness levels and ramp rates • All settings saved in non-volatile memory, even through power outages • Wires into standard J-box exactly the same as a standard outlet • Comes with the innovative Outlet Dimmer Key • Two-year warranty What’s in the Box? • OutletLinc Dimmer • Outlet Dimmer Key • Three wire nuts • Quick Start Guide Installation CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS Read and understand these instructions before installing
1) Turn off the circuit breaker (or remove fuse) supplying power to the outlet location. 2) Remove the existing wallplate from the outlet you are replacing. Then, unscrew the outlet itself and pull it out from the junction box. 3) Disconnect the wires from the outlet you are replacing. If the wires cannot be detached by unscrewing them, cut the wires where they enter the switch and then strip ½” of insulation off the ends. 4) Twist together the bare copper OutletLinc wire to the Ground wire with a wire nut.
Set Button Tap the Set button to toggle connected lamp on and off. Press and hold (as per instructions) to manage other properties and INSTEON scenes (as per instructions below) Load Sense If outlet is off, then turning on the connected load (e.g. lamp) via manual adjustment (e.g. rotating lamp’s on/off knob) will result in the outlet turning on.
LED will turn green. 3) Press and hold the scene controller button until it beeps. 1 Controller’s LED will blink. 4) Press and hold OutletLinc’s Set button until it double-beeps. OutletLinc’s LED will flash once and return to green. 2 Controller will double-beep and its LED will stop blinking. 5) Confirm that scene addition was successful by tapping on then off on the controller’s scene button. The light plugged into OutletLinc will toggle on and off.
2) Press and hold Set button until it beeps again. LED will blink red. 3) Press and hold Set button until it beeps a third time. LED will stop blinking and its intensity will be equal to that of the connected lamp. 4) Use an OutletLinc scene controller of OutletLinc to adjust the LED to the desired brightness. 5) Once you have reached the desired LED brightness, tap the Set button OutletLinc will beep once and return to ready mode.
Using OutletLinc as a Phase Bridge OutletLinc automatically bridges the electrical phases in your home (via communications with dual-band devices on the opposite phase). Use the following procedure to confirm that the phases are bridged: 1) Start Phase Bridging Detection Mode by tapping the Set button on OutletLinc four times quickly OutletLinc will begin beeping and LED will be green. 1 2) Check the LED behavior of the other dual-band devices.
Blink LED on INSTEON Traffic This feature can be enabled (and subsequently disabled) via compatible software packages. Beep on Local Set Button Presses This feature can be enabled (and subsequently disabled) via compatible software packages. Factory Reset The factory reset procedure clears all settings from OutletLinc, including INSTEON links, on-levels, ramp rates, X10 addresses, etc. 1) If possible, remove all scene memberships prior to performing the factory reset. 2) Turn off circuit breaker.
FCC ID SBP2472D Patent Number 7,345,998 US, International Patents Pending Warranty 2 Years, Limited INSTEON INSTEON ID 1 INSTEON 256 responder groups and 1 controller group Brightness Levels 32 (256 with software) Maximum Scene Links 400 Scene Commands Supported as Controller On Off On Off Press and Hold Bright Press and Hold Dim Incremental Bright Incremental Dim Fast On Fast Off Scene Commands Supported as Responder Software Configurable Yes, Always RF Range 150’ Open air X10
with ON command or front button push.
Problem Possible Cause Solution slowing down communication signals to If the above doesn’t work, perform a factory reset OutletLinc. on the controller. Monitor for recurrence and remove reason if you Another controller, a timer or stray X10 can determine what it is. If necessary perform a signals could have triggered OutletLinc. factory reset. The load turned on by itself. The OutletLinc sensed a change in the connected table lamp and triggered the load sense feature.
ETL / UL Warning (Safety Warning) CAUTION: To reduce the risk of overheating and possible damage to other equipment, do not install this device to control a receptacle, a motoroperated appliance, a fluorescent lighting fixture, or a transformer-supplied appliance.
