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November 15, 2013 Appendix 1 HCA versions and Interface Support..........................................................................................................1 Appendix 2 CM11 / CM15 ............................................................................................................................................3 CM11 features .......................................................................................................................................................3 CM11 menu selections...........................................................................................................................................3 CM15 features .......................................................................................................................................................4 Appendix 3 Thermostats................................................................................................................................................5 Supported Thermostats ..........................................................................................................................................5 Creating a thermostat device..................................................................................................................................5 Thermostat Properties............................................................................................................................................6 Working with thermostats......................................................................................................................................7 Additional information for X10 RCS thermostats .................................................................................................9 Practical Design Group THUM .............................................................................................................................9 Appendix 4 Weather....................................................................................................................................................11 Weather Providers ...................................................................................................................................................11 Weather Provider Setup...........................................................................................................................................12 Weather Underground .........................................................................................................................................12 Reading data from a file...........................................................................................................................................15 WeatherLink Program..........................................................................................................................................16 Weather Display Program....................................................................................................................................18 Virtual Weather Station Program.........................................................................................................................19 METAR weather data ..........................................................................................................................................20 Weather database.....................................................................................................................................................21 Visual Programmer..................................................................................................................................................22 Weather Triggers .....................................................................................................................................................23 Weather Data and the Compute and Compute Test elements ..................................................................................23 Weather Underground .............................................................................................................................................24 Appendix 5 IR Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................27 GC100- Setup ..........................................................................................................................................................28 IR Keypad builder................................................................................................................................................29 Creating a HCA device for an IR Output Port .....................................................................................................32 IR sequences in programs ....................................................................................................................................34 IR sequences in schedules....................................................................................................................................35 GC-100 Digital sensor ports ....................................................................................................................................36 Creating a HCA device for a sensor port .............................................................................................................36 Using a G-100 sensor port for program triggers ..................................................................................................37 GC-100 Relays.........................................................................................................................................................38 Creating a HCA device for a relay.......................................................................................................................38 Using a GC-100 Relay.........................................................................................................................................39 Design Inspector ......................................................................................................................................................39 BC4 Setup................................................................................................................................................................40 Bitwise BC4 device type selection...........................................................................................................................42 IR Keypad builder....................................................................................................................................................43 Creating a HCA device for an IR Output Port .....................................................................................................46 IR sequences in programs ....................................................................................................................................47 IR sequences in schedules....................................................................................................................................49 Appendix 6 Wireless Interfaces...................................................................................................................................51 What are the W800RF32 and the MR26?............................................................................................................51 Use and Configuration.........................................................................................................................................52 MR26...................................................................................................................................................................53 W800RF32 ..........................................................................................................................................................53 Wireless Devices .................................................................................................................................................54 Using Wireless Triggers ......................................................................................................................................55