Lighthouse For Windows
(610-2617W)                Planning Module Use        Faxback Doc. # 19270

The plan for using Plug'N Power/X-10 modules in your home will depend on 
the number and type of items to be automated.

Let us assume that you have a house with a living room, dining room, 
bedroom, kitchen, and playroom to be automated.  You have a lamp module
and an appliance module in the kitchen for the coffee pot and a lamp on a
counter.  In the dining room, there is a lamp module for the hanging
fixture over the table.  In the living room, a couple of lamp modules
control lamps at each side of the room, and a appliance module turns the TV
on and off, and another one turns the stereo on and off.  In your bedroom,
a lamp module controls a lamp by your bed.  In the playroom, a lamp module
controls a hanging light fixture.  In each of two children's bedrooms, a
wall switch controls the overhead lights.

    That makes 6 lamp modules and 3 appliance modules, and 2 wall switches.

Now, we must think about the events that take place during a given day.
The coffee is started early in the morning, but not so early that no one is
up.  Some lights may come on in the bedroom and the kitchen about this 
time.  After the sun comes up, the lights tend to go off, and of course,
the coffee pot is turned off after dad's at work and it's time to take the
kids to school.  Things are pretty settled until the kids come home from
school.  And then dad comes home from work.  Then the sun is starting to 
set, and lights begin to go on and off, again.  First, the lights in the
kitchen and dining room come on, as the evening meal is prepared and eaten. Then, the playroom and living room lights come on, as everyone settles in 
for their evening's leisure.  Then on comes the TV, only to go off after a
while, to be followed by the stereo, in kind.  Then the lights go off in
the playroom as the children are put to bed, and the lights come on in
their rooms, and then go off a while later.  Finally, it's time for mom and
dad to retire.  The lamps in the bedroom come on, and then the lights in
the living room, kitchen, and dining room go off.  Finally, the lights in
the bedroom go off, and the cycle starts over, again, the next day.

Now that we know where they are, and what order they operate in, let's
begin transferring that information to a list.

Let's see.  We're in the bedroom, lights come on, first.  The lights come
on, then the coffee pot.  While everybody is getting ready for their day,
Sol rises in the east and the lights go off, first in the kitchen, then
in the bedroom.  Dad leaves for work.  The coffee pot is turned off.  The
kids go to school.  Mom comes home.  You know, come to think of it, she
might like to watch her favorite soap opera or listen to the radio during
the day.  The TV and radio go off.  The kids come home from school.  Dad
comes home from work.  Sol sets in the west.  Kitchen and dining room 
lights come on.  Dinner is eaten.  The lights in the playroom come on and
the kids go play.  The living room lights come on.  The TV and radio come
on, again.  The kids go to bed.  The lights in their rooms come on, then
go off.  The playroom lights go off.  Then the TV and radio go off.  The
lights in the bedroom come on.  The lights in the living room, dining
room, and kitchen go off.  Lastly, the lights in the bedroom go off.

As a list of automatable events, then, it looks like this:

1.  bedroom lights on.
2.  kitchen lights on.
3.  coffee pot on.
4.  kitchen lights off.
5.  bedroom lights off.
6.  coffee pot off.
7.  TV on.
8.  TV off.
9.  radio on.
10. radio off.
11. kitchen lights on.
12. dining room lights on.
13. playroom lights on.
14. living room lights on.
15. TV on.
16. TV off.
17. radio on.
18. playroom lights off.
19. child's bedroom lights on.
20. other child's bedroom lights on.
21. child's bedroom lights off.
22. other child's bedroom lights off.
23. radio off.
24. bedroom lights on.
25. kitchen lights off.
26. dining room lights off.
27. living room lights off.
28. bedroom lights off.

Now that we've determined the sequence of events during a day, the next 
step is to begin determining our unit codes for the various modules around
the house.  We will assume, for this exercise, that they will all be set
to house code "A", as will the Home Control Interface.  As we stated
earlier, there are 6 light modules, 3 appliance modules, and 2 light
switch modules.

    In the bedroom, there is a lamp module.  We'll assign unit code "1" to
    this module.

    In the kitchen, there is a lamp module, and an appliance module for the
    coffee pot.  We'll assign unit codes "2" and "3", respectively.

    In the dining room, there is a lamp module.  We'll assign it "4".

    In the bedroom, there are two lamp modules and two appliance modules.
    Since the lamp modules both go on and off at the same time, we can
    assign them both to unit code "5". The appliance modules, on the other
    hand, do not act in tandem, and, therefore, need to be assigned 
    separate codes.  "6" for the TV and "7" for the radio will do.

    In the playroom is a lamp module.  We'll give it code "8".

    There is a wall switch module in the first child's bedroom.  It 
    receives code "9".  The wall switch module in the other child's
    bedroom will get code "10".

Listing them gives:

1.  bedroom lamp
2.  kitchen lamp
3.  coffee pot
4.  dining room lamp
5.  living room lamps
6.  TV
7.  radio
8.  playroom lamp
9.  first child's bedroom light
10. other child's bedroom light

Now that we've assigned our codes and have a plan for automation, it is
time to begin entering the information into the program.


(CS 1/4/96)