If you would like to install several components and in several rooms, it is often difficult to keep track of everything. Let the convenient functions of the MRF Software help you. In addition, Comfort Mode offers you access to the full range of functions of the Moeller wireless systems. You have detailed settings options for each of the radio components. These include time functions, scenes, control options, presence simulation, etc. With the routing function, you can realise solutions for difficult ambient conditions.
See also the documentation for the MRF Software. In the radio system training courses offered by Moeller, you can acquire more detailed knowledge on handling components and software, using practical examples.
You will require the RS232 programming interface, which can also be operated at an USB port via a serial/USB adapter. This RS232 programming interface can be supplied with electricity via a mains adapter or operated for several hours independent of the mains supply using an internal battery. The mains adapter also charges the battery.
The Software for the Moeller RF System is readily available and can be downloaded from the download section of the Moeller website: http://www.moeller.net/de/buildings/xcomfort/download/download_wireless system.jsp
diagrams of the system configuration access to the full range of functions offered by the components scanning of the radio components and their settings separately according to mains-powered and batterysupplied devices (without having to press programming push-buttons) integration of new devices replacement of defective devices measurement of reception quality calculation of routing paths loading and saving configurations recording radio traffic documentation
How to proceed from here?
Here, we offer a proposal for a tried and tested structured workflow which you can adapt to suit your requirements. We recommend that for your first applications you do not choose very large projects until you become familiar with way the radio components and the software react.
Take your Notebook and the RS232 programming interface and position yourself as equidistant as possible from all RF components.
Start scanning the radio components by clicking on the "Scan" icon. In the case of an existing project, enter the password with which the radio system is protected against unauthorised access. In the case of a new project, this request can be skipped and a password entered after completion of all tasks. The program now automatically requests the data of all mainspowered components. If the data of a RF component has not yet been fully scanned, a red question mark is displayed in place of the device icon.
If it is not possible to scan all components from the central position you have assumed, move through the building with the notebook and the connected RS232 programming interface. Important: The reading in process must not be interrupted to do so!
Now scan all battery-supplied devices. To do so, actuate each sensor. Wait each time until the software again signals readiness to receive.
When you are certain that all RF components have been scanned and are displayed by the software, you can terminate the reading in process.
Depending on the RF component in question, scanning time will vary: approx. 10 seconds for an actuator, shorter for a push-button and approximately 30 seconds for a Home Manager or approx. 1 minute for a Room Manager.
If there are already assignments between sensors and actuators (e.g. in Basic Mode or from earlier configurations), these connections will already be displayed.
If there is an assignment for an actuator but the corresponding sensor cannot be found because it is not installed or the transmission quality is insufficient, a red question mark is displayed. Clicking on the right mouse key opens a menu in which you can decide what to do with the assignment.
Click on the "Connection mode" icon . Start drawing lines connecting the icons of the sensors and actuators while holding the left mouse key down.
These manually drawn lines are later displayed by the software as straight red lines. Right-click on a connection to re-calculate or delete a falsely drawn connection.
Right-click on sensors (e.g. room controller, temperature input, ...) and actuators (e.g. dimming actuators, shutter actuators, ...) to open menus in which you can make individual adjustments. In this way, you can also trigger actuators to check that they are installed and functioning correctly.
In the "Edit" menu, select the "Change password..." input and assign a password used by the system to protect against unauthorised access. This password remains valid in all components, even in the event of power failure or battery replacement.
Once you have drawn in all connections and made all adjustments, upload the configuration to the RF components by clicking on the "Load" icon. When prompted, activate the battery-operated components.
All connections, routings and adjustments are stored in the RF components. Again, if not all radio components can be controlled from the central position you have assumed, take the notebook and the connected RS232 programming interface and move through the building with it.
When upgrading existing systems, scanning in the new components in Comfort Mode will usually involve a fresh calculation of the connection. To do so, scan the new components and then the reception quality of all components again. After drawing the new connections, click "Recalculate all connections" in the "Edit" menu and upload the changes to the system.
Changes made in Basic Mode while the project is processed in the MRF Software are not automatically scanned. Even clicking on the "Scan" icon will only trigger a search for new devices. So it is necessary either to begin a new project and read in all RF components again or to right-click on the corresponding device icon and select "Scan device again".
If you have forgotten the system password, the only possibility to regain access is to reset all devices by actuating all sensors and deleting the actuators (in Basic Mode) when prompted by the software. However, the system will then have to be reconfigured.