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We assume you

already have:

Downloaded and

installed Upstart

Upstart is open

and running

You’ve already

created a network

by choosing a

Network ID and

Password

And you’ve

connected a PIM

Now you should be

seeing this screen.

First, click on Device

from the menu.

Then, Select Add from

the Device Menu.

Upstart will tell you to

put the device into

Setup (or Program)

mode.

On the SW-7, you do

this by tapping the top

(or bottom) rocker five

times fairly quickly.

You know you’re

successful when the

LED on the SW-7

starts flashing green.

Click Next.

Now, you see Upstart

start communicating

with the device. At this

point, it’s merely

reading the switch to

get it’s current

information.

When it finishes

reading the device, you

get the opportunity to

assign the device to a

room (i.e. Kitchen) and

give it a name

(Overhead Lights).

Select Configuration of

the rocker or faceplate

that is on the device

from the dropdown

menu.

Normally, just accept

the default Unit ID

Upstart Assigns

Click Next.

Now, Upstart will

write the selected

Room Name,

Device Name,

NID, and DID to

the switch.

Once Upstart

completes

programming,

click Done.

Now you will see

your new device

show up in

Upstart as an icon

on the main

screen.

Now let’s explore

the characteristics

of the switch.

Doubleclick on the

icon. This will

bring up the Edit

Window.

Notice there are

tabs at the top of

the Edit Window

for:

ID

Receive Components

Transmit Components

Options

Advanced

Test

Communications Test

ID Tab

There are several

pieces of key

information on the ID

tab:

Naming info:

Network Name

Room Name

Device Name

ID info:

Unit or Device ID

Network ID

Product info from

manufacturer

Network Password

Normally, no changes

are made to this

screen

Receive Components

Tab

The Receive

Components is

where you define

how the switch will

respond to various

Scenes / Link

commands sent on

the powerline.

By default, right

out of the box, the

switch will

respond to Scenes

/ Links 1, 2, and

241.

Scenes / Links are groups. The terms Scenes and Links are interchangeable. Groups can be as few as one device or as many as 250 devices.

For example, Link 001 was programmed at the factory on most UPB devices by default. Therefore, if a Link001 Activate command is sent on the powerline, all devices programmed for Link001 will go to their assigned levels at their defined fade rates.

You can add the switch to 16 different scenes or links.

Link 241 is a special link on the SW7. The mere action of pressing the rocker does not cause the light to turn on. Instead, you must transmit Link 241 from the switch to itself. The same link must be in the Receive and Transmit tables. This allows for very flexible programming, such as having one rocker press turn on the overhead light, but also turn on a lamp in the room.

Transmit Components

Tab

The Transmit

Components are used

to determine what

command the switch

will transmit.

If the selected rocker

or faceplate is a single

rocker, then normally

it will not transmit out

onto the powerline

(based on a selection

on the Options tab)

and no further

changes are needed to

this tab.

Options Tab

From the Options tab,

you can:

Change the LED

functions

Enable / disable

dimming and set the

fade rate

Change the local

response time

Here is where you

tell the rocker to

transmit out on to

the powerline or

not. If checked, it

will transmit onto

the powerline.

Normally, this is not

checked, and the

switch will only

transmit to itself.

Advanced Tab

The Advanced tab

provides several

more options, but

most of the time,

these are unused.

Unless you have a

specific need to

customize these, it is

suggested that you

use the standard

defaults.

Test Tab

The Test tab gives

you a quick and easy

way to test the switch

and determine if it is

wired up properly

and operational.

Communications Test Tab

The Communications

Test is a powerful and

simple way to test

signal levels from the

PIM to the Device.

Signals are shown in

green and typically

should be greater than

10 for reliable

operation.

Noise and interference

is shown in red. High

levels of noise and

interference can cause

reliability issues.

Ok, so you’ve programmed your SW-7 and added it to your UPB and Upstart network.

But, what if you want to take advantage of one of the multi-button faceplates to create a sophisticated wall controller?

Let’s go through an example of doing that by using the 1 Rocker / 4 button WC-5O faceplate as shown here.

First, let’s add the

switch to Upstart just

like we did before. Tap

the top or bottom

rocker 5 times.

The LED will start

flashing.

Go to Device, Add in

Upstart, and click Next.

When it gets to the

screen where you can

rename the switch,

name the device and

room as you desire, but

then click on the Select

Configuration button.

Scroll down and select

WC-5x One rocker + 4

buttons. Click OK.

Click Next.

Upstart will continue

with its reading and

writing. Once it

completes, click

Done. Now your

newly added switch

will show up as an

icon on the main

screen of Upstart.

Double click on the

switch icon to open

the Edit Window,

then click on

Transmit

Configuration. You’ll

see a screen

something like this.

Under Scene Name, use the

dropdown and select the

Scene / Link you want that

button to control. Notice

that in this example, we have

button 1 tied to Scene 1,

button 2 tied to Scene 2, etc.

Notice also that the rocker

looks just like the single

rocker from our earlier

example. Scene 241 is on the

rocker.

RT stands for Rocker Top,

while RB stands for Rocker

Bottom. B01 – B04 are the

buttons.

Notice also that each

rocker and button can

have different “modes”

assigned to it.

A rocker / button can

have 4 actions – single

tap, double tap, hold,

and release.

This table provides a

definition of the

modes, but you will

also see the 4 actions

listed to the right of the

rocker or button mode.

Make your selection for

all rockers and buttons,

then click OK.

There’s one more

selection you need to

make. Click on the

Options tab.

Under Transmit

Enables, check the box

for any rocker or button

that you want to

transmit out onto the

powerline. In this case,

Rocker 1 is not checked

– it will only transmit to

itself to control the local

load while all the

buttons are checked so

they become full

transmitters.

Now, click on Program

Device. Once it

completes, you’re done!