Example project for the Events controller component

Practical example of configuring the Events controller component in Ilevia Manager to disable events during a garden party.


Introduction

This guide explains and shows how to configure the Events controller component in a real context within the configuration software Ilevia Manager. In this specific example, the scenario is as follows: a garden party has been organized, the user wants the lights to stay on, keep irrigation off, and disable the alarm so that it does not trigger while the party is in progress.

Project configuration

Step 1:

Open the Ilevia Manager software, then go to the Components section.

Ilevia configuration software.

Step 2:

Add an Events controller component to the project; the component is in the Component library under the Schedule section.

Adding the Events controller component from the Component library

Step 3:

Add a new Switch component in the Components section from the Home automation menu; it will be used as the Event disable component.

Adding the switch component for event disabling in Ilevia Manager.

Step 4:

Connect the Switch component to the Events controller component.

Connecting the event disable component to the Events controller component in the Ilevia Manager software.

Step 5:

Add the Weekly timer component to the Timer list in the Events Controller component properties.

Adding the weekly timer within the timer list of the Events controller component in the Ilevia Manager configuration software.

Step 6:

Add the outdoor lights, the command for alarm activation, and the Irrigation start command to the component list of the Events Controller component.

Adding components to be disabled within the Events controller component list.

Step 7:

Add the Disable events component to the User interface and finally upload the project to the server.

Adding the disable component in the user interface and uploading the project to the Ilevia server.

Conclusion

Once the Disable events component is activated, the components in the Components list of the Events controller that have active time schedules in the Weekly timer added to the Timer list will be disabled.

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