™ INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 ™ INSTEON Dimmer Switch For models: #2476D SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT INSTEON SWITCHLINC DIMMER ................................................................................................. 4 What is INSTEON?.................................................................................................................................... 4 Key SwitchLinc Dimmer Features .............................................................................................................
ABOUT INSTEON ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Understanding Why an INSTEON Network Is Reliable........................................................................... 29 Further Enhancing Reliability .................................................................................................................. 29 Using Smarthome’s SignaLinc RF to Upgrade Your INSTEON Network ......................
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide ABOUT INSTEON SWITCHLINC DIMMER Congratulations on purchasing the INSTEON™ SwitchLinc™ Dimmer. With its elegant look, smooth touch, and stylish LED Bar, you can not only control the lights that you wire it to, but you can add remote control to all kinds of other INSTEON and X10 devices in your home to match your lifestyle.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide HOW TO INSTALL SWITCHLINC DIMMER Caution Read and understand these instructions before installing, and retain them for future reference. SwitchLinc Dimmer is intended for installation in accordance with the National Electric Code and local regulations in the United States, or the Canadian Electrical Code and local regulations in Canada. Use indoors only. SwitchLinc Dimmer is not designed nor approved for use on power lines other than 120V 60Hz, single phase.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Preparing to Install SwitchLinc Dimmer IMPORTANT! If you are not knowledgeable about and comfortable with electrical circuitry, you should have a qualified electrician install SwitchLinc Dimmer for you.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Installing SwitchLinc Dimmer 1. For best INSTEON Network performance, be sure you have properly installed at least two SignaLinc RF Signal Enhancers. 2. At the circuit breaker or fuse panel, disconnect the power for all of the circuits in the switch junction box. Verify that power is off by trying to turn on the lights controlled by the switches. 3.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Installing SwitchLinc Dimmer in a Multi-Way Circuit Understanding Multi-Way Circuits If more than one switch controls a single set of lights (called a LOAD), the switches are part of a multi-way circuit. A 3-way circuit uses two switches to control a LOAD, a 4-way circuit uses three switches, and so forth. Most homes have one or more 3-way circuits, with two switches located in hallways, stairwells, or two different entrances to a room.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Using SwitchLinc Dimmers in Virtual Multi-Way Circuits In a virtual multi-way circuit, only one SwitchLinc Dimmer, called the SwitchLinc Primary, actually controls the LOAD in the multi-way circuit. Any additional SwitchLinc Dimmers, called SwitchLinc Secondaries, are not connected to the LOAD, but only to the powerline (by being wired to the LINE and NEUTRAL). All of the SwitchLinc Dimmers can communicate with one another using INSTEON networking on the powerline.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Step-by-Step Instructions for Installing Multi-Way SwitchLinc Dimmers When replacing a three-way mechanical switch, each switch will have three wires connected to it from the wall box. Four-way or greater circuits will have four wires connected to the switches in the center of the circuit. For this tutorial, we will follow the most commonly used wire colors for homes in North America. 1. Find the LINE wire.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide 3. Cap the other TRAVELER wire. The other TRAVELER wire, usually red, will not be used, so put a wire nut on the end of it. 4. Cap the red LOAD wire from the SwitchLinc Secondary. Put a wire nut on the end of the SwitchLinc Secondary’s LOAD wire to ensure that it won’t connect to anything. 5. Connect the SwitchLinc Secondary’s NEUTRAL Wire. Locate the group of NEUTRAL wires, usually white, in the rear of the box.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide 6. Connect the SwitchLinc Secondary’s GROUND Wire. Connect the bare copper GROUND wire to the other GROUND wires in the junction box. 7. Install Additional SwitchLinc Secondaries. If you have a four-way or greater switching circuit, see Special Treatment for Four- or More-Way Circuits at the end of this section. 8. Identify the Wires for the SwitchLinc Primary. The SwitchLinc Primary is the SwitchLinc Dimmer that will actually control the LOAD.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide 10. Cap the other TRAVELER wire. The other TRAVELER wire, usually red, will not be used, so put a wire nut on the end of it. 11. Connect the SwitchLinc Primary’s LOAD Wire. Use a wire nut to connect the LOAD wire, usually red, to the SwitchLinc Primary’s red LOAD wire. 12. Connect the SwitchLinc Primary’s NEUTRAL and GROUND Wires. Follow the same instructions as before in Steps 5 and 6 for the SwitchLinc Secondary. 13.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide HOW TO SET UP SWITCHLINC DIMMER TO REMOTELY CONTROL AN INSTEON DEVICE Linking SwitchLinc Dimmer to a Controlled INSTEON Device To use SwitchLinc Dimmer as an INSTEON Controller, follow these steps to link SwitchLinc Dimmer and a controlled INSTEON Device together. Refer to your INSTEON Device’s User’s Guide for detailed instructions on how to properly install it and link it to SwitchLinc Dimmer. The following will work for the most common INSTEON Devices. 1.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Unlinking a Controlled INSTEON Device from SwitchLinc Dimmer If you are no longer going to use an INSTEON Device that has previously been linked to SwitchLinc Dimmer, it is very important that you unlink it, because otherwise SwitchLinc Dimmer will retry any commands intended for the unused INSTEON Device, thus slowing down your system. 1.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide HOW TO SET UP SWITCHLINC DIMMER TO BE REMOTELY CONTROLLED BY AN INSTEON CONTROLLER Linking an INSTEON Controller to SwitchLinc Dimmer To remotely control SwitchLinc Dimmer using another INSTEON Controller, follow these steps to link SwitchLinc Dimmer and the INSTEON Controller together. Refer to your INSTEON Controller’s User’s Guide for detailed instructions on how to properly install it and link it to SwitchLinc Dimmer.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Unlinking SwitchLinc Dimmer from an INSTEON Controller If you are no longer going to control a SwitchLinc Dimmer with an INSTEON Controller, it is very important that you unlink it, because otherwise the controller will retry any commands intended for the unused SwitchLinc Dimmer, thus slowing down your system. 1. Select your INSTEON Controller from the list below and follow the method shown to put it into Unlinking Mode. A.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide HOW TO SET UP ON-LEVELS AND RAMP RATES Setting the On-Level and Ramp Rates (Optional) The On-Level is the brightness that the light you are controlling will go to when you turn it on. The OnLevel is adjustable from OFF to 100% brightness. The default is 100%. The Ramp Rate sets the time it will take for the light you are controlling to go from OFF to the On-Level brightness, or from the On-Level brightness to OFF. This time is adjustable from 0.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Setting the Ramp Rate The Ramp Rate sets the time it will take for the light you are controlling to go from OFF to the On-Level brightness, or from the On-Level brightness to OFF. This time is adjustable from 0.1 to 9 seconds to ramp between full-ON and full-OFF. The default is 0.1 second. 1. Hold down SwitchLinc Dimmer’s Paddle Top or Paddle Bottom to adjust the Ramp Rate of the controlled light.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide ADVANCED FEATURES OF SWITCHLINC DIMMER Restoring Power to SwitchLinc Dimmer SwitchLinc Dimmer stores all of its settings in non-volatile memory, so they are not lost even when power is removed. In the event of a power loss, SwitchLinc Dimmer will automatically return the light being controlled to the brightness level it had before the power was interrupted.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide X10 PROGRAMMING OPTIONS SwitchLinc Dimmer is X10 ready, meaning that it can respond to X10 commands from an X10 Controller and it can send X10 commands to X10 devices. However, to operate SwitchLinc Dimmer in X10 mode, you must first set up an X10 Primary Address. As it ships from the factory, or after a factory reset procedure, SwitchLinc Dimmer will have no X10 Primary Address set up.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Setting the X10 On-Level and X10 Ramp Rate for the X10 Primary Address When an X10 Controller sends an X10 ON or X10 OFF command to SwitchLinc Dimmer’s Primary X10 Address, the Local On-Level and Local Ramp Rate apply. In other words, SwitchLinc Dimmer acts the same way as it would if you manually tapped its Paddle Top or Paddle Bottom.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide ADVANCED X10 PROGRAMMING OPTIONS You can remotely set up X10 Scene Addresses as well as On-Levels and Ramp Rates using an X10 Controller capable of sending an X10 address (house code and unit code) without sending X10 ON or OFF commands. The following procedures will not work with a transmitter that sends the X10 address and an X10 command together. X10 Controllers in which one button is pressed to turn an X10 device on or off WILL NOT WORK.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Brightness Level 100% 97% 94% 90% 87% 84% 81% 77% 74% 71% 68% Ramp Rate in Seconds 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 2.0 4.5 6.5 8.5 19.0 21.5 23.5 Brightness Level 65% 61% 58% 55% 52% 48% 45% 42% 39% 35% 32% Ramp Rate in Seconds 26 28 30 32 34 38 43 47 60 90 120 Brightness Level 29% 26% 23% 19% 16% 13% 10% 6% 3% 0% Ramp Rate in Minutes 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5 6 7 8 9 4. Send the following X10 Address sequence to lock in the new Ramp Rate: O16 P16 N16 M16 O16 5.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide 3. Send an X10 ON or OFF command. 4. Send the following X10 Address sequence: O16 P16 M16 N16 5. Send the X10 Scene Address (house code and unit code) that is to be removed. 6. SwitchLinc Dimmer will flash the light it is wired to and blink an LED in its LED Bar, indicating that the X10 Scene Address has been removed. Remotely Setting the Ramp Rate for an X10 Scene Address The Ramp Rate of each module in each X10 Scene is adjustable.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide HOW TO USE SWITCHLINC DIMMER Using the Paddle The Paddle Top makes your light go ON and the Paddle Bottom makes your light go OFF. • Tap the Paddle Top to make your light go at the Local Ramp Rate from whatever brightness it currently has to the Local On-Level brightness. • Tap the Paddle Bottom to make your light go at the Local Ramp Rate from whatever brightness it currently has to full-OFF. • Double-tap the Paddle Top to make your light go full-ON quickly.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide COLOR OPTIONS FOR SWITCHLINC DIMMER Paddle and LED Colors are Changeable You can change the color of SwitchLinc Dimmer’s LEDs and also its paddle and trim frame to match the décor of any room. SwitchLinc Dimmer comes standard with a white paddle assembly, but with an ivory paddle assembly included. You can optionally purchase almond (#2400AL), black (#2400BK), brown (#2400BR), or gray (#2400GY) SwitchLinc Color Change Kits from www.smarthome.com.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide 5. Orient the new small light pipe with its protrusion facing toward the center of the frame and snap it into place. If placed in backwards or reversed, it will not click into place. Refer to the diagram. 6. Orient the new large light pipe with the side that has the most protrusions facing toward the center of the frame. Using only finger pressure, snap the light pipe into the frame.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide ABOUT INSTEON Understanding Why an INSTEON Network Is Reliable INSTEON messages travel throughout the home via Powerline Carrier (PLC) signals on the existing house wiring, and also via wireless Radio Frequency (RF). As the messages make their way to INSTEON devices being controlled, they are picked up and retransmitted by all other INSTEON devices along the way.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide About INSTEON and X10 Possible BoosterLinc Interference with INSTEON If you have installed older Smarthome Plug-In BoosterLinc™ X10 Signal Boosters or certain other BoosterLinc-enabled products, the older BoosterLinc technology may interfere with INSTEON communications. Plug-In BoosterLinc X10 Signal Boosters, Smarthome #4827, shipped after February 1, 2005, with V3.0 or later firmware, are fully compatible with INSTEON.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Cause Solution Make sure the circuit breaker is turned on. The LED Bar on my SwitchLinc Dimmer is not SwitchLinc Dimmer is not getting power. turning on at all and it won’t control my light. The switch I’m replacing only has two wires. SwitchLinc Dimmer needs a NEUTRAL wire in order to operate. Make sure the air gap (SET Button) is not pulled out.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Problem Possible Cause Solution When I try to turn on my light with another Controller, the light turns on, then back off. SwitchLinc Dimmer may be set up with an INSTEON OnLevel at a high brightness and an X10 Primary or Scene Address On-Level at a low brightness. When I press a button on my SwitchLinc Dimmer, it takes a long time for other INSTEON Devices it is controlling to respond.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide SPECIFICATIONS SwitchLinc Dimmer Specifications General Smarthome Product Number 2476D2, INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer Switch Warranty 2 years Operation On-Levels 32 Ramp Rates (full-ON to full-OFF) 0.125 to 9 seconds if programmed locally, 0.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Mechanical Paddle Type True rocker action Paddle and Trim Frame Color White installed, Ivory included; Optional Almond, Black, Brown, or Gray with #2400xx kits Wire Nuts 5 included Mounting Mounts in single or multiple-ganged junction box. Control 200 W less load for each immediately adjacent SwitchLinc Dimmer installed. For example, 600 W load control becomes 400 W with another dimmer to the immediate right or left.
INSTEON SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer User’s Guide Certification SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer has been thoroughly tested by ITS ETL SEMKO, a nationally recognized independent third-party testing laboratory. The North American ETL Listed mark signifies that the product has been tested to and has met the requirements of a widely recognized consensus of U.
