CommScope Redwood version 3.1 - Manual (Page 19)

Commissioning and Administration User Guide 18
Events and Policies
A Policy is a set of rules that define what to do—which actions are performed by the lights in a
specific Location. A Policy identifies the light levels, occupancy mode and timeouts, and when to
turn daylight harvesting on and off.
An Event is a set of rules that define when to perform an action on the lights. An Event can be:
Ÿ Scheduled and recurring, such as “Do this every workday”
Ÿ Scheduled, nonrecurring, such as “Do this on a holiday”
Ÿ Unscheduled, such as “Do this when the utility company wants us to save power”
Each Event has an associated Policy. The Policy becomes active when the Event’s schedule
specifies or when the Event receives a manual or external trigger. A single Policy can be
triggered by many different Events.
Locations and Fixtures are automatically assigned a default set of Policies. You can modify these
Policies or create new ones to accommodate the needs of the occupants and meet energy-
savings targets.
It is also possible to create Scenes for short Events like a presentation. These Scenes can
adjust a Location’s Fixtures to different brightness levels to achieve the desired lighting effect.
You can assign specific Scenes to the buttons of the Scene Control Wall Switch to allow users to
override the current Scene. When the need is over, the Scene can be deactivated to return the
room’s lighting control to its regularly scheduled Event/Policy combination.
Task-Tuning is also configurable from the Control tab within Redwood Manager. This allows
individual lights to be dimmed or brightened in response to specific needs at that Fixture’s
Location.
If you have a number of Locations to commission, it is more efficient to identify the Events you
want and which Policies are globally applicable, and then create them in one session. Assign the
Events and Policies to one Location to verify the configuration before copying or exporting them
to other Locations. This process generates more consistent Policies and is easier to maintain and
manage.
IMPORTANT NOTE
The Location Commissioning of the lighting system should be complete before investing effort
defining and modifying policies – please refer to The Location Commissioning Process Section
for instructions on completing this process.