Ever­y­thing is compo­nent

The compo­nent type is deter­mined by the inter­face protocol, e.g. KNX, TCP/IP, PJLink, DMX, SNMP, etc.

In addi­tion, a compo­nent can also have a compo­nent type to better specify the compo­nent. Let’s take the example from above again, the KNX compo­nent. Basi­cally, NeuroomNet only knows the inter­face (KNX) and the address. But now, as an admi­nis­trator, I can still assign the compo­nent type, either the said socket or light or a heating actuator or, or.

The same is true for most compo­nent types. An SNMP compo­nent can be of type printer, network switch, etc., and a DMX compo­nent of type head-moving spot­light or fog machine, etc…

You don’t have to make a compo­nent type assign­ment, but it gives you the possibility to switch lights and sockets sepa­ra­tely, for example.

Let’s take a museum as an example:

A digital exhibit as the smal­lest unit could consist of a computer, two projec­tors, and an RFID reader. So we need a group-type “exhibit”.However, other stations cannot be directly called exhi­bits. So we also need the group types “Digital Signage” for information displays and “Work­place” for employees*. These three group types are all on the same level, which we call “station” in this example.

Let’s think of a small digital signage station in the foyer that welcomes visi­tors with various images and videos or even inter­ac­tive content. This station consists of a computer, soft­ware that plays the content, and a projector to throw the output on the wall and the whole thing should be discon­nected from the power when it is turned off.

To do this, we simply group our compon­ents.

Now all compon­ents of the group can be addressed toge­ther. If you switch off the group, it is auto­ma­ti­cally ensured that every compo­nent of this station is swit­ched off.

A switching sequence is used to specify in advance that the socket is swit­ched off last after time X or that various devices are swit­ched on first and then wait before the other devices are swit­ched on.

Groups can also be swit­ched on or off auto­ma­ti­cally via a circuit diagram.
If compon­ents are grouped, only the group appears in the building plan.
For the status of a group, the highest warning level of its child compon­ents or child groups is always passed upwards.

Further nesting of groups

To be able to work with the system as comfor­tably as possible, it can be useful to nest groups in turn into further groups. At the lowest level, compon­ents can be grouped, for example, into stations, exhi­bits, work­sta­tions, or similar. The cate­go­ries can be defined by the user. These can be further grouped into depart­ments, depart­ments into floors, and floors into buil­dings.

In this way, buil­dings, floors, or depart­ments can be addressed in no time at all.