Block Scene

This control element triggers a scene: with one tap several lights, blinds or other devices are set to prepared values together – for instance “Dinner” with dimmed light and half-closed blinds. On request the user can learn the scene anew or set its values one by one.

Operation

A tap on the element opens the dialog – on the tile as well as on the circle (basic screen). The symbol does not show a state, because a scene is only triggered and does not stay “on”.

The dialog

Clock, presence – switching times and the behaviour when the presence changes, see below.
Learn (floppy disk): after the confirmation prompt “Learn scene?” the current values of all devices of the scene are stored as the new scene. So first set everything as desired, then learn the scene.
Edit: opens the list of devices of the scene, see below.
Start: triggers the scene, the dialog closes.
Stop: cancels a running scene – devices that have not been switched yet because of a delay then stay unchanged. The dialog closes.

Exit closes the dialog without any further action. Whether the floppy disk, edit and stop are present is decided during setup.

Editing the scene

Check box: when ticked the device belongs to the scene, when not ticked it is not switched when the scene is triggered.
Value: the value sent when the scene is triggered.
Edit: opens the settings of this device:
- Delay: the device is only switched after this many seconds, e.g. so that the light follows the blind.
- Value: depending on the type of device a tap toggles between On and Off (with forced control also Force Off and Force On) or opens a numeric keypad, for colours the colour selection.
Save there returns to the list.

Save in the list applies the changes and closes it.

Switching times and presence

Behind the clock are switching times that trigger the scene at a certain time. Behind the house you select for each presence state whether the scene is triggered when changing to it – then Execute is shown next to it. This way, for instance, a scene “All off” can be triggered when leaving the house. Both are described in detail under Presence.

Setup

This section is meant for the installer of the system.

The control element is linked to a function block: first create the function block including its addresses, then right-click the control element and select the function block. Available are:

Block Scene basic – sets its outputs to the stored values. Only with this block does the dialog offer the symbol Edit.
Block Scene sequence – start, stop and learn act as described there.

The inputs Start, Stop and Save of the function block must be linked to addresses so the control element can trigger them. It sends a short pulse each time: 1, immediately followed by 0.
If the input Enable of the function block is 0, the scene is neither triggered nor learned.
In the list Edit the devices carry the comment of the address linked to the output. If it contains a text in round brackets, e.g. “(Ceiling light)”, only this text is shown; with \n it becomes two lines.
In addition to the delay per device, the function block switches the outputs one after the other at the interval of the standard delay.

Parameters

Display
View	Block (tile) or Basic screen (circle). The third choice List(deprecated) comes from older projects and should no longer be used.
Text	Caption of the tile. Its size scales with the element, a line break is inserted with \n, at most two lines.
Show learning	Shows the floppy disk for learning the scene in the dialog. Default: on.
Show stop	Shows the button Stop in the dialog. Default: off.
Show edit	Shows the symbol Edit in the dialog, only with the function block Block Scene basic. Default: on.
Icon
Symbol	Only in the new block design: symbol from the symbol catalog or an SVG graphic imported into the project. It is colored to match the style. Empty: the previous scene symbol.
Icon style theme dark / light	Only in the old block design: own graphic from the project. For styles with a dark icon theme dark applies, otherwise light; without a style dark applies. Empty: the previous scene symbol.
Zoom	Size of the icon in percent, 10 to 300. The position stays fixed in the center of the circle. Default: 100 %, i.e. the previous size.

Tip: If the background is deselected at the transparency, the basic screen only shows the symbol. This makes it easier to lay the element over another one.

Address links

All addresses sit at the function block, see Block Scene basic or Block Scene sequence.