Managing Devices

Managing Devices

THIS ARTICLE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

Managing Lights
Managing Thermostats
Managing Sensors
Managing Door Locks

 

Managing Lights

The Subscriber Portal lets you remotely monitor and control up to 30 light devices. The current state of your light settings is displayed on the Main page.

% shows the current dimming percentage of the light.  100% is undimmed, 0% is totally off, while a light that does not have a % sign means the light is not dimmable.

Common lighting icons are:

lighton Indicates that the light is on.

lightoff Indicates that the light is off.

lightonslider Indicates that the light is on.

lightoffsliderIndicates that the light is off.

To manage your lights, click on Manage Lights on the main screen of the Subscriber Portal, or click on Lights>Lights from the toolbar.  This will display the lights page.

lightcontrol

 

Managing Thermostats

The Subscriber Portal lets you monitor the state of up to five thermostats in real time and manage basic settings. The current states of your thermostats are displayed on the Main page.

To operate your thermostat, on the main page of the Subscriber Portal, click MANAGE THERMOSTATS, or on the toolbar click SETTINGS>THERMOSTATS.

SPoperatestat

This will display the Thermostat page.  If you have multiple thermostats, they are displayed in modular form.

spstatmodular

You can change the temperature settings from this page, or you can click on the statsetting icon to access the Thermostat details page.  NOTE:  The thermostat details page is displayed immediately if you only have one thermostat.

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Refer to the following key for descriptions of different icons found on the thermostat details page.

MODE

statcoolThe thermostat is set to COOL and will prevent the room from warming above a set temperature.

statheatThe thermostat is set to HEAT and will prevent the room from cooling below a set temperature.

No icon shows that the thermostat is OFF and will not manage room temperature.

SETTING INCREMENT:

tempupIncrease the current temperature setting.

tempdownDecrease the current temperature setting.

 

TEMPERATURE SCALE:

fahrenheitAll temperature values are in Fahrenheit.  Click to toggle to Celsius.(This setting only affects the Subscriber Portal.  The temperature values of the thermostat must be set at the device.)

celsiusAll temperature values are in Celsius.  Click to toggle to Fahrenheit.(This setting only affects the Subscriber Portal.  The temperature values of the thermostat must be set at the device.)

FAN:

lightonsliderON:  Fan runs continuously, regardless of whether the heat or air conditioning is active.  Click to toggle OFF.

lightoffsliderOFF:  Fan only comes on when the heat or air conditioning is active.  Click to toggle ON.

HOLD TEMPERATURE:

lightonslider ON:  Maintain the current mode and temperature settings and ignore any rules that would otherwise change the temperature setting and mode.  Click to toggle OFF.

lightoffsliderOFF:  Allow the thermostat setting and mode to be changed by rules.  Click to toggle ON.

Managing Sensors

Your Touchstone system supports the following sensors.  Click HERE to view the activation page where you can view guides for individual devices.

  • Door/Window Sensors
  • Motion Sensors
  • Carbon Monoxide Sensors(CO)
  • Water/Flood Sensors

The main page of the Subscriber Portal displays the status of all your sensors:

SPManageSensors

If the sensor icon is green, the sensor is in normal state. If a door/window icon is red, then the door or window is open. Otherwise, the sensor has detected motion, carbon monoxide, or water.

When you hover the mouse over the SPSensorIconicon for any sensor, the recent history for that device appears.  As soon as you move the mouse, the recent history disappears.

On the Main page, in the Sensor Activity Tool, click MANAGE SENSORS or on the Toolbar, click SENSORS>Sensors to display the sensor page.

SPSensorPage

To change the order in which sensors are displayed, drag the call order buttonsSPCallOrder up or down until the sensors are in the order that you like.

To change the name of a sensor, click EDIT.  Enter the new name and click SAVE.

To disable a sensor, click the Turn Sensor Off button.  CO Sensors cannot be disabled.  NOTE:  If you turn off a sensor, any rules that act on that sensor will not work.

 

Managing Door Locks

Your system supports a maximum of 4 ZigBee door locks.  The current states of your door locks is displayed on the Main page.

managedoor1

managedoor5Unlocked

managedoor4Locked

managedoor3Unlocked

 

managedoor2Locked

You can create rules to lock and unlock door locks based on events with the following exceptions:

  • You cannot create an Event rule to lock a door based on the mode changing to Home.
  • You cannot create an Event rule that changes the mode to Home whenever the door becomes Locked.
  • You cannot create an Event rule to unlock a door based on the mode changing to Night, Away, or Vacation.
  • You cannot create an Event rule that changes the mode to Night, Away, or Vacation when the door becomes Unlocked.