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Table of Contents
Light Control
Content → Objects → Light Control
Photo: Gebr. FALLER GmbH.
| Menu location | Rocview → Tables → Light Control |
| Toolbar icon |  or  |
Introduction
The Light Control has been introduced for managing lights on the layout.
- Buildings
- Street lights
- Events
- and so on…
The Rocrail Server model time is used for calculating the light actions.
Setup
ID
Unique ID of this Light Control entry.
Output
The selected output, switch or Accessory Group ID.
Multiple entries for the same ID are valid as long as they do not overlap in time with each other.
Description
Free text to describe the light usage.
From
Activate this light from time.
Format: HH:mm
To
Deactivate this light to time.
Format: HH:mm
Action
The wanted light action:
- Continuous
- Random
- Blink
- Fade-in
- Fade-out
Parameter
The parameters for the actions:
| Action | Parameter 1 | Parameter 2 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous | - | - | No parameters used |
| Random | On time | Off time | Randomised time in seconds |
| Blink | On time | Off time | Time in seconds |
| Fade-in | Steps per second | Max. brightness | Max. 255 (For color/light outputs only.) |
| Fade-out | Steps per second | Start brightness | Max. 255 (For color/light outputs only.) |
Enable
Enable the selected light control record.
Deactivate
Deactivated after the "to time" has been reached.
This option should be disabled to fade-in a light and keep it active after the "to time" has been reached, and fade-out with another record for the same light.
RGB
Color support for Outputs.