Clipsal C-bus
Your CBus home:
Your home is about living, and with Clipsal C-Bus Home Automation Control, it’s about living with ease. C-Bus provides an enhanced lifestyle of entertainment, convenience, comfort, security and energy efficiency, through the automation of routine tasks.
Dimmers |
Switches |
Relays |
Sensors |
Interfaces |
Touchscreens |
General |
Heating Controllers |
It enables you to set personalised scenes and modes, such as a “Goodnight” button that turns everything off when you go to bed and a “Watch DVD” button that activates your home cinema and dims the lights when you watch a movie. Press a “Goodbye” button upon leaving your home, and you can be confident that all the lights and controlled appliances are off and your alarm is armed. With so many advanced features, C-Bus allows you to take complete control of your lighting and electrical devices, and as a result potentially reduce the energy consumption around your home. The possibilities are endless with CBus home automation control. Whether you are building or want to enhance your existing home, anyone can enjoy the benefits of an automated home. You can even start small and add to the system as your lifestyle changes. That's a smarthouse!!
Improve the ambience, atmosphere and emotion in you r home with Clipsal C-Bus Home Automation Control "scenes" that instantly deliver the lighting environment you require. For example, if you love hosting dinner parties, why not configure a “Dinner Party” scene? At the press of a button lights dim, music fades up, the curtains close and the temperature is just right.
A smarthouse adds “wow factor” and can assist to enhance the elegant features of the home. In addition to this, C-Bus greatly improves the usability and functionality of any home. Smart homes give you total control of your home and have a completely polished appearance due of the clever use of touch screens and switches to control blinds, lights, audiovisual equipment, and much more.
There’s a good chance if it’s powered by electricity, C-Bus can control it! CBus Home Control can also be integrated with your security system to provide added peace of mind. Whether you’re at work or away on holiday, the smart home can alert you to what’s going on with your home security. CBus even provides an immense amount of help in an emergency, such as turning on all your lighting when the smoke alarms are activated.
Set the scene
You can create a personal touch to your home with special modes called “scenes”, ideal for entertaining, relaxing or looking after your home.
Scenes are created by controlling elements such as light levels, audio and air conditioning, and pre-programming them to work in unison to create a specific mood or environment within the room. Combine all of today’s best technology with the benefits of C-Bus Home Automation Control to create individual scenes to suit your needs.
Wireless
C-Bus Wireless is a simple cost effective way to save energy or upgrade an existing C-Bus installation. It's a common misconception that lighting control is only available to those building a new home. With C-Bus Wireless, remodels, renovations or home extensions can be enhanced with personalised lighting scenes to fit every occasion.
With C-Bus Wireless control you can start with just one room and add to it piece by piece. Your electrician simply replaces your normal light switches with C-Bus Wireless light switches - meaning no damage to the walls or existing décor and a home that can grow as your lifestyle changes.
You can also set up multi-way switching, so you can turn any light on or off from any switch, anywhere in the house. Individual switches can also be fitted as you need them and programmed to suit your specific requirements or to complement your existing Clipsal C-Bus system.
A smarthouse is all about making life easier and more convenient. In a world that is so demanding on our time, wouldn’t you love being able to control lighting, audiovisual, temperature and much more from your couch or anywhere throughout your home?
Enhance your lifestyle!
If you are technically competent, the following suggested items should get you started on C-Bus (see connection diagram below):
- 5500PCU DIN Rail Mounted PC Interface
- L5504D2A 4-Channel Dimmer, 220V AC, 2A, with power supply
- 5085DL 5-Key Saturn DLT Switch
- 5005C305B C-Bus Pink or standard CAT5e cable
- CT12NS 12-Module Distribution Unit
- 2 Light switch backboxes (for the Neo switch and light level sensor)
- 4 Incandescent lights and holders
- 3-cord mains cable and 3-pin mains plug
- Laptop or desktop computer running Windows 98 or above with a spare serial port
The cabling for this example is the following:
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= Earth |
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= Neutral |
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= Live 230V AC |
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= Load 230V AC |
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= C-Bus CAT5e |
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= RS-232 Serial Cable |
Lastly, don't forget to plug in a physical Network Burden (recommended) or enable a software one on the PC Interface otherwise the C-Bus communications will not work properly. The software selectable Network Burden on the PC Interface can only be enabled on a unit with an address of 01. The Burden can be enabled from the "Global Tab" within the GUI for the PC Interface or Network Interface module. CBUS-SHOP
