Each module is represented by a switch face plate as shown here.
The top line is the module Status Line showing the house and device code. Hotkeys to access the switch are indicated by a number and a dash. See below for explanation. If a check mark shows, then the module is enabled and time settings will be uploaded to the CP290 interface. Double-clicking on the status line will bring up the edit notebook.
Each slider can be accessed through a hotkey. The hotkeys are ALT-F1 through ALT-F12 for sliders 1-12 and SHIFT-ALT-F3 through SHIFT-ALT-F8 for switches 13-18. The status line of each switch shows the hotkey number followed by a dash, i.e. 10 - for switch 10 of the current group. This hotkey assignment allows to attach speech macros to each slider for speech controlling all your modules.
The bottom line shows the switch Name. To move the module to another group or position, simply drag the name and drop it on a group or other switch name within the same group. To delete a module, you can also drag the name to the trash can in the upper right corner of the program window.
If the module has dimming capability, then the slider Label displays 0 to 100% otherwise it shows ON or OFF. The color of the label will change to green if the module is turned on or dimmed to a value larger than zero.
Each module has a Toggle Switch to turn it on (up position) or off (down position). This is useful for dim modules. Note that regular dim modules will fully turn on with this toggle switch. If your dim module supports the pre-dim feature (the Two-Way lamp LM14A does for example), then you have two options for toggle switch operation: Turn to pre-dim setting (the previous dim setting before it was turned off the last time) or force to 100%. You must have a pre-dim capable module and set the module type to Two-Way Lamp LM14A for this to work. Also, the Toggle Switch forces 100% setting in the Configuration - Settings - Misc page must be set accordingly.
Note: The CP290 does not support the additional Two-Way module features like status request, beyond ON, OFF and DIM.
The sliders for modules can be controlled with the mouse, keyboard or voice commands.
Slider control with the mouse.
Non-Dim Modules:
To turn a module ON or OFF, change the state by grabbing the slider knob itself and sliding it to the ON or OFF position. Slider positions for non-dim modules can only be positioned to ON or OFF. The slider will jump to the ON position if the slider is positioned above 50%. Below 50%, the slider will jump to OFF. You can also toggle the slider position by clicking inside the slider channel. The toggle switch duplicates the on/off action of the slider.
Dim Modules:
To turn a dim module ON or OFF, simply grab the slider knob and move it. This action will override the pre-dim setting of certain modules. If you want to preserve a pre-dim value on turn on, then use the toggle switch to turn the modules on. For the pre-dim feature to work, you must un-check the Toggle Switch forces 100% setting in the Configuration - Settings - Misc page and also select the module type as Two-Way Lamp LM14A Slider positions for dim-type modules can be set to anywhere from 0% to 100% by dragging the slider. Clicking inside the slider channel will raise or lower the dim value by 4%. Because of integer calculations, some percentage settings may not be possible.
Slider control with the keyboard.
Before you can control the sliders with the keyboard, you must give the module focus. Use the TAB key until the desired slider has the focus or use the hotkeys ALT-F1 through ALT-F12 for switches 1-12 and SHIFT-ALT-F3 through SHIFT-ALT-F8 for switches 13-18. Then using the up or down arrow will turn the slider ON or OFF for non-dim module. For dim modules, one arrow action represents approximately 4% if Dim Percent Offset is set to zero. This offset value can be changed in the Configuration - Settings - Misc page. For repeated keyboard actions, the slider must be given focus again. The toggle switch can also be changed with the up and down arrow keys if the toggle switch has focus.
Slider control with Speech Navigation.
The speech commands for controlling sliders are "UP" for ON or "DOWN" for OFF. Before you can control the modules you must give focus to sliders by saying "SLIDER" repeatedly until the desired slider is highlighted. You can also create speech macros that will play back keyboard commands to activate the sliders. ALT-F1 through ALT-F12 give focus to switches 1-12 and SHIFT-ALT-F3 through SHIFT-ALT-F8 for switches 13-18. Then using the up or down arrow will turn the slider ON or OFF. You can play back these keystrokes whenever a "Living Room Lights On" speech command is received. To control dimming with speech commands, you can use the keyboard sequences as listed above in a speech macro. The percent change per activation can be adjusted with the Dim Percent Offset on the Configuration - Settings - Misc page.
To control HOUSE/290 with speech controls in general, you can execute any buttons or pull-down menus by simply saying the text that appears on these objects. You can also use "What can I say" to find out what HOUSE/290 supports.