Recommended practices before commissioning of Lumos Controls' devices

Following a good commissioning plan is invaluable for control, reconfiguring, and troubleshooting at later stages. Here's how we recommend proceeding with commissioning:

1. Ensure that the building hierarchy is properly set according to how you intend to configure & control it. Lumos Controls provides Buildings, Floors, and Zones. So why not take advantage of that?

2. When you commission devices, make sure to give them recognizable names so that they are easy to identify during configuration. Examples of device names could be "Amy's office Light -1", "Pantry Light -1" and so on. You can also rename devices later

To illustrate this, imagine the Office layout image on the 1st floor of a building with 3 floors

If you are the facility manager, you would have created a building with 3 floors in it

On the 1st floor, this particular office can be considered a Zone. Let us assume each room in this office has 4 lights (and 4 Controllers)

While commissioning devices in this office to the zone, make sure to give them recognizable names - for example,
a. The 4 devices in John's office could be called JOL-1, JOL-2, JOL-3, and JOL-4
b. The 4 devices in Tony's office could be called TOL-1, TOL-2, TOL-3, and TOL-4

This will ensure that when you are trying to create Groups or Scenes, it is easy to identify and add the right lights to the configurations

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