Elk / UPB / x-way lighting setup

[aceman]

OK -

This is what i'd like to do -

1) for a 4-way switch setup (3 switches), i want all switches to show blue LED with no load, all switches to show green LED w/ load turned on. I want this for when any switch is turned on/off manually or by Elk.

2) I want the Elk to track the status of the lighting zone, I am assuming either it needs to track the main switch which had the load connected (not the remote switch) OR it needs to track a link.

Additional INFO:
I am setting up remote switches using standard UPB swtiches which dont control a load - that's the only way to get the LED's of all the switches to "sync" when any one switch in the setup is turned on/off

Links - I guess there are a couple ways to do this, the tech support from AO showed me a way to define 2 links (one for on, one for off), however neither link is tracked in the Elk. My preference would be to have one link, and track it in Elk.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Aceman

 

[Desert_AIP]

What brand and model UPB switches are you using?

The first part is easy.
Program everything in UPStart.
You need a link to operate the lights.
Then program ALL the switches, even the ones not connected to the load, to respond to the link as if they had the load connected.

You can tell the Elk to respond to the link, but that may get out of sync.
On my Omni, I have it send out a status request to the actual load switch a few seconds after it receives the link.
That way you get the true light status rather than an assumption.

You should be able to use one link.
Part of the protocol sends the link name (number actually) and then ON or OFF or other commands.
So you only need to use a single link.

You have to tell the Elk what you want it to do when it receives the link.