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Import from Cbus
This allows .cbz files created by C-Bus Toolkit to be imported. The cbus group addresses are imported into the Lighting, Enable, Trigger, and Measurement Application tables accordingly

Note:
Comfigurator up to 3.8.7 does not separate the different C-Bus networks. Instead ot reads  the group addresses from multiple networks in the cbz file and causes duplicate group addresses. To workaround, please delete networks from the project if there are more than 1 network



The screenshot below shows the Lighting Table when populated



Each Lighting Group address is listed with its name as extracted from the cbz file. The cbus group name can also be edited in the right pane.

A Lighting Group address may be mapped to the following Comfort Registers;
Counter, Flag, Virtual Input, Output, Output Toggle, Output Pulse by clicking the Register Type handle on the right pane.


Map to Counter
Select a Comfort Counter to map to the Cbus Lighting group address.
This synchronises the group address with the Counter so that the counter has the same value 0 to 255 as the Cbus device. When the cbus value changes, it also triggers a Counter Response. This can be used to get Cbus trigger something on Comfort using the codes
If Last UCM Counter = 0  then
   do ThisResponse
Else
   do that Response
Endif

That means that if the cbus group is off, it triggers ThisResponse, if other values it triggers another Response

The counter value can be used to monitor the  state of the mapped cbus group address for the Comfort control menu or for the smart phone apps.

Changing the Counter value in Comfort will also set the Cbus device at the group address to the new value. This allows a simple way to control a Cbus dimmer,
eg
"Set Counter  NN =128"  will dim the mapped group address to 50%
"Set Counter NN = 255 " will turn on the device at mapped group address
"Set Counter NN = 0" will turn off the device at mapped group address

Note that changing counter values in Comfort does not trigger the Counter Response as that would be a circular action.

For advanced linkage, the same counter may also be mapped to another device eg Zwave or KNX so that the KNX device can be linked to Cbus via the counter

Map to Flag
Select a Comfort Flag to map to the Cbus Lighting group address. This synchronises the flag with the state of the Cbus device. There are only 2 states to a Flag; on and off. If the device is Off, the flag becomes Off, and if the cbus device has level 1 to 255, that will turn on the mapped flag. This is suitable for cbus relays.
Mapping to flags allows the cbus On/off device to be controlled by setting or clearing the flag, and the state of the cbus device to be monitored by means of the flag

However there are no Flag Responses, unlike the situation with Counters. The cbus device cannot trigger Responses by mapping to a flag.

The same flag may be mapped to other devices eg Comfort Thermostat or blinds function or other external devices. This will be a very powerful way to link devices in future

Map to Virtual Input
This allows a lighting Group Address to be mapped to a Comfort Input/Zone to be used as an alarm input. The Virtual Input can be any Comfort Input on the Controller, LEMs or Slaves. An input mapped as Virtual Input will no longer work as a physical input, ie the physical input is ignored. A virtual Input will have On and Off Response, its Zone Type and entry path settings will still be applicable, ie it will act exactly like a physical input. Virtual Inputs can also be on an input which is not present on any Slave or LEM, ie the zones may go up to 32 (ie with 1 slave) but Virtual Inputs can be on inputs 33 onwards which do not have a real slave or LEM.

Map to Output
A lighting group address can be mapped to a Comfort Output to synchronise the output to the Lighting device. This means that turning on the lighting group turns on the output and vice versa. Turning on the output in Comfort will also cause the lighting group to turn on, ie it is a 2 way mapping

Map to Output Toggle
This also maps an Output to a lighting group address. Every change of state of the lighting device causes the Output to be toggled. However this is one way only as the output change is not sent to the cbus group. Instead a Physical Input can be mapped to the cbus group to provide feedback. The application is for Cbus to control a Comfort TWS lighting module. The cbus device toggles the output and the Input from the TWS gives the feedback to the lighting switch.

Map to Output Pulse
This is another way to map an Lighting group address to an output. Every change of state of the Cbus device causes the Output to Pulse on for 1 second. The state of the output is not sent back to Cbus. Instead a Physical Input can be mapped to the cbus group to provide feedback.  The application is for C-Bus to control an airconditoning system (eg Daikin, Mitsubishi etc) by the manufacturers Interface card.

Test Buttons
For each Cbus group address in the list there is an On and Off test button on the right pane. This tests the ucm/cbus2 by sending On or Off commands to the group address

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