Learn How HAI Lighting Control (HLC) Works

HLC "smart" switches and room controllers let you easily set elegant lighting scenes for each room or for the whole house, without the use of complicated software programs.

The HLC product line gives you the option of saving specific lighting configurations or "scenes" according to time of day or occasion. Set warm and comfortable moods for dining, movies or entertaining; create a soft light pathway to the bathroom or kitchen at night; turn all indoor and/or outdoor lights on or off from a central location; coordinate landscaping lights for drama and beauty; or schedule indoor and outdoor lighting for a lived-in look when away.

HAI's Lumina family of home control systems was specifically designed for lighting control. If you are looking for a home control system that includes security, HAI's Omni family of home control systems can provide the lighting control you need.

When you add an HAI home control system to your home you add the ability to change your light settings by the time of day, a set schedule, by the triggering of events (including motion), via a telephone call, or by a computer connected to the Internet.

A home control system can send commands directly to any of the switches, to any Scene Switch that control a bank of switches or to any House Status Switches that control Scene Switches. Note that House Status Switches and Scene Switches are not required when you connect your HAI Switches to a home control system.

Examples

Diagram

The following diagram demonstrates how HLC may be setup with a home control system:

In our example diagram the House Status Switch is in the Master Bedroom. It monitors the status of the smart switches and Scene Switches to determine if any light in the room is on. If so, the LED for that room is illuminated and pressing that button will automatically turn off all of the lights that are on. Similarly, if all of the lights are off, the LED is not illuminated, and pressing the button will illuminate the room. A House Status Switch allows the homeowner to turn off all indoor and/or outdoor lights on or off from a central location.

Up to 7 switches may be assigned to a Scene Switch, which can turn them fully on, turn them all off, or set them to different dimming levels for 4 different scenes.

When used with an home control system the House Status Switches and Scene Switches are fully customizable and may be used in other ways than HAI's standard setup. For example, a button on a House Status Switch in a home theatre room may be set to run a program within the home control system that shuts the room's outside curtains, opens the curtains in front of the theatre screen, adjusts the temperature to a cozy setting, and dims the room's lights to an optimal setting to watch a movie.

Limitations

The following are the limits for Lumina family home control systems as they relate to HLC:

Lumina System	MAX Rooms	MAX Loads	MAX House Status Switches
Lumina	8	56	8
Lumina Pro	31	217	31

The following are the limits for Omni family home control systems as they relate to HLC:

Omni System	MAX Lighting Scenes	Max Lighting Addresses	Max Lighting Rooms	Max House Status Switches
Omni LT	16	16	2	2
Omni IIe	64	64	8	8
OmniPro II	128	256	31	31

HLC Products may work as standalone without a home control system. You may use the HLC switches as just replacement switches; however, to get the most basic lighting control system you must add a Scene Switch, which can control up to 7 different switches.

Examples

Diagram

The following diagram demonstrates how HLC may be setup in a basic lighting control system by using a Scene Switch:

In our example the Kitchen Switches and Great Room Switches are being controlled by Scene Switches. The switches assigned to a Scene Switch may be turned fully on, turned all off, or be set to 4 different scenes that involve different dimming levels.

Easy to Setup

No home control system or software is required for you to setup your lighting scenes on a Scene Switch.

The 4 scenes on a Scene Switch are easily set by first pressing the Scene Switch button that is to remember the scene, then setting the lights to the desired levels, and then pressing the same Scene Switch button 5 times in a row.