Zones

Be thoughtful when creating or editing the zones in each area of the facility. Think about the way each area of the facility is used and design the zones accordingly.

For example, to create visual cues corresponding to the beginning and end of each aisle (where the rest of the lights are off if there is no occupancy), create zones for those areas when the lights are configured as night lights. Similarly, create a zone with night lights if there is a cross-aisle running through the middle of a warehouse area.

Guidelines for Designing and Editing Zones

• Create night light zones at the beginning and end of each aisle.
• If there are cross-aisles, create night light zones containing the lights in those cross-aisles.
• In freezer areas, or any areas with low occupancy, create zones with shorter occupancy sensor delays.
• In busy warehouse storage areas, or any area with high occupancy, create zones with longer occupancy sensor delays.

1. Select Config > Zones from the menu.
2. Click New Zone.
3. Type a name for the zone.
4. Select a Network ID from the dropdown list (use the same Network ID as used by the gateway in that zone).
5. Select the room in which the zone resides from the dropdown list.
6. (Optional) Check Ignore Occupancy Sensors only if the facility has opted not to use occupancy sensing.
   For example, some aircraft hangers do not use occupancy sensing.
7. (Optional) Check Safety Lighting to activate minimum active power/inactive power levels for this zone.
8. (Optional) Check Coordination Enabled to permit coordinated control for this zone.
9. (Optional) Enter descriptive text.
10. (Optional) Enter the active and inactive power levels.
11. (Optional) Enter the desired sensor delay.
12. Click Create Zone.
13. Select Config > Lights from the menu.
14. For each light you wish to add to the new zone, click Edit, select the newly created zone name from the dropdown list, and then click Update Light.
15. Perform a Sync.

Tip: The new zone becomes active when you (a) add Lights to it and (b) schedule Profiles containing the new zone.

1. Select Config > Zones from the menu.
2. Within the row of the zone you wish to modify, click Edit.
3. (Optional) Change the zone's room assignment.
4. (Optional) Check Ignore occupancy sensors if the facility chooses not to use occupancy sensing.
   (Optional) Check Safety lighting to activate the minimum active/inactive light level specified in Administration General Settings.
   (Optional) Check Coordination enabled to activate coordination control.
5. (Optional) Change the text description.
6. Click Update Zone.
7. Perform a Sync.

With the merge feature, you can combine two zones with the same Network ID into a single zone:

1. Select Config > Zones from the menu.
2. Within the row of the zone you wish to merge into another zone (the zone you select here will disappear after the merge), click Edit.
3. Click Merge.
4. Select the destination zone from the dropdown list on zones with the same Network ID.
5. Click Merge.
6. Perform a Sync.

Note: When you merge zones, the rule of the destination zone is retained.

With the split feature, you can split a single zone into two separate zones. This is a quick way to change the zone rule for a subset of a zone:

1. Select Config > Zones from the menu.
2. Within the row of the zone you wish to split, click Edit.
3. Click Split.
4. Name the new zone and select the lights you want to add to that zone.
5. Click Split.
6. Perform a Sync.