Control Plus networking is simply a means of sharing up to 5 signals between control devices. There is nothing to program and you won’t need a computer, instead just link the required Control Packs together with plug-in network leads that plug into each Control Pack via a special network ‘Y’ adaptor. Selecting the correct adaptor dictates which of the 5 signals the Control Pack will share with others on the network. The 5 signals are:
3 x Switch (inputs)
These are identical to those found on the end of a plug-in Switch Drop Lead and so are referred to by the same core colours:
red wire, green wire & yellow wire
So for example, if a number of the same type of Control Packs were connected via adaptors and network leads where these signals are shared, then operating any connected switch would control all the lights in the same manner.
1 x Occupancy (input/output)
Where adaptors are used that share occupancy, any sensor head on the network that is detecting (or not yet timed-out) holds all the lights on on all Control Packs (regardless of whether they possess their own sensor head or not). Conversely, and where presence is enabled, any sensor head detecting can initiate all the lights on.
1 x Corridor Hold (output)
Similar to occupancy, except that there will be no observable effect on Control Packs within the network. However if the network is continued and plugged into the input of a Corridor Hold Unit, and the output of which is further linked to another network (typically driving corridor lighting) then those lights will be held on whenever and wherever occupancy is detected on the original network.
Example illustrates a network using adaptors that share occupancy and corridor hold. Therefore: occupancy is global
switching is local
