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Re: Beotime increased functionality

Silou — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:37:30 GMT

nobody knows???

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Silou — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:37:40 GMT

it's not clear for me... About the Beotime,

is the ALARM LIGHT with SUNRISE available without the MLGW ?

Thank's

Re: Beotime increased functionality

TWG — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:06:07 GMT

@Rolf:

Thank you very much for the Information! Great.

But I can't get it to work with Lightmanager PRO from jbmedia. The Lightmanager reacts (you can see it on the LED status) but no lamp get's activated. Will have to figure it out AFTER my exam on 14 Feb. ;-)

Re: Beotime increased functionality

PhilLondon — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:16:24 GMT

I thought it would be a basic function of a home automation system to trigger some actions at certain point in time, without the need of an external programmable remote control

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Puncher — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:07:24 GMT

According to couple of posts below, apparently it does work without MLGW - i interpreted the press release as saying it's a new feature only on MLGW.....it seems not.

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Piet van der Zalm — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:46:43 GMT

Puncher:

Piet van der Zalm:

This is very interesting. The reason for me NOT to buy the Beotime is the absence of timer functions for light.

So, it is possible. Is this function avalible with every Beotime or does it need a specific firmware?

Piet

I assume then that you have a MLGW?

No, I don't have a MLGW. Timer light will not function without a MLGW?

Re: Beotime increased functionality

lausvi — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:38:10 GMT

I tried again. The SUNRISE -thing works but I can't make it not to bling. I would like to have it only to make the sunrise effect, no sound.

Re: Beotime increased functionality

beoeric — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:33:26 GMT

Works Nice with Lutron GE without the MLGW

Re: Beotime increased functionality

lausvi — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:23:49 GMT

I bought my BeoTime about a year ago. Surprised that the functions were there all the time but needed to be activated. Wonder if there's some more... ?

Anyway, I don't have a MLGW, but the timed alarm with light does work. Just BeoTime + B&O-IR compatible dimmer. I have been trying the SUNRISE function but can't seem to figure it out.

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Puncher — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:12:36 GMT

Piet van der Zalm:

This is very interesting. The reason for me NOT to buy the Beotime is the absence of timer functions for light.

So, it is possible. Is this function avalible with every Beotime or does it need a specific firmware?

Piet

I assume then that you have a MLGW?

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Piet van der Zalm — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:10:31 GMT

This is very interesting. The reason for me NOT to buy the Beotime is the absence of timer functions for light.

So, it is possible. Is this function avalible with every Beotime or does it need a specific firmware?

Piet

Re: Beotime increased functionality

beocool — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:26:58 GMT

Evan:

Andy,

I bet the charming young woman in the background can stir up the brew!

Maybe she can do your ironing too!

Re: Beotime increased functionality

lausvi — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:05:03 GMT

WOW!

This is great! I just enabled the MLGW on my Beotime. Now I can have an alarm (with the bling-sound) and it turns my lights on! I have one of those B&O -compatible Innovus dimmers connected to a bedside-lamp.

Didn't try the sunrise -option yet but that sounds even better, just what I have hoped for.

Re: Beotime increased functionality

Rolf — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:47:08 GMT

TWG I do no know if you already received this information but here are the instructions as per the MLGW helpfile. I just received my own MLGW yesterday.

BeoTime

For MasterLink Gateway customers, BeoTime will ensure a complete and pleasant wake-up not only via the alarm, audio or video sources, but also via a combination of home automation actions: different light settings, opening of blinds, etc. - all controlled via MasterLink Gateway.

For busy mornings BeoTime can control selected sources and likewise at night ask MasterLink Gateway for a predefined pleasant goodnight.

By offering these new functionalities, we extend the decentralised timer functionality offered by BeoTime in the bedroom environment also to engage and activate home automation sources for the whole house.

BeoTime interacts with MLGW by sending infrared LIGHT commands together with the alarm and the chosen audio/video sources.

This compatibility must be enabled on BeoTime.

Enabling MLGW compatibility on BeoTime

To enable or disable MLGW compatibility on BeoTime:

From idle state press and hold ◼ for at least 10 seconds.
While still holding ◼ toggle the alarm button 4 times (i.e. ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON-OFF or OFF-ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON).
Release ◼.

When MLGW compatibility has been enabled the following features are available:

The menu contains an ALARM LIGHT option for selecting the light command for wake-up
A lights off sequence (see below) is transmitted at the alarm timeout event
A lights off sequence is transmitted at the sleep timer timeout event

Alarm LIGHT functionality

ALARM LIGHT will be added to the main menu - opening up for LIGHT commands used alongside audio/video sources used for wake-up. In the ALARM LIGHT menu the following LIGHT commands can be selected: NONE, ON, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, RED, GREEN, YELLOW or BLUE. Default is set to: NONE.

ALARM TIMEOUT

The sources activated by the ALARM LIGHT can now also switch off at the same time as the ALARM TIMEOUT defined for the audio or video source in your bedroom area. BeoTime will transmit a lights off sequence at timeout.

SLEEP TIMER TIMEOUT

Likewise, the sources activated via the ALARM LIGHT command can now also switch off at the same time as the SLEEP TIMER TIMEOUT defined for the audio or video source in your bedroom area. BeoTime will transmit a lights off sequence at timeout.

Lights off is transmitted as the IR codes LIGHT 0 followed by LIGHT STOP.

The ALARM LIGHT menu also has a SUNRISE option for gradually raising the light level by sending LIGHT-STEP UP commands periodically. This is intended for future use.

Checking BeoTime infrared commands

You can verify the exact sequence of infrared commands by setting up an alarm on BeoTime and then using the monitoring tool on MasterLink Gateway (on the command line interface or the web interface) and checking for LIGHT events in the room.

Kind regards Rolf

Re: Beotime increased functionality

TWG — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:30:43 GMT

Would you be so kind to describe exactly how to "activate" that part of the Beotime?

Or, where can I download the MLGC doc describing the procedure? I didn't find it on the B&O Site

Thank you :)