Description
The CPLLC Sun Position runs Crestron Home events from the sun, so shades, lights and anything else a sequence controls can follow it through the day: at dawn, sunrise, solar noon, sunset and dusk; when the sun climbs above or sinks below an elevation the installer chooses; and when the sun comes onto or goes off a window wall, given as a range of compass directions and the lowest elevation that counts. Close the west shades when the afternoon sun reaches them and open them again when it has gone; raise the east shades once the sun is 10° up. The sun is worked out on the processor from the house’s latitude and longitude with NOAA’s solar formulas, so no internet connection or account is needed. The tile shows the next event and its time, and its page lists all of today’s.
Drivers->Date-Time->Control Programming LLC->Sun (Latest OS3 Release Notes) (Download OS3 Latest Version)
Drivers->Date-Time->Control Programming LLC->Sun (Latest OS4 Release Notes) (Download OS4 Latest Version)
Windows utility that simplifies sideloading of drivers and extensions.
The extension’s own license key, or a CPLLC site license key, is entered in the extension’s Enter License Key option. The License Manager is not required, but it is the convenient place to enter a site license key once for every CPLLC driver.
All license purchases are final and non-refundable. Every CPLLC driver works fully for two hours without a key: test it on your processor before you buy. See the Terms of Use.
Installer Options
- Obtain License Key – Opens CPLLC.net, where license keys and site licenses can be purchased.
- Enter License Key – The Sun Position license key. Leave blank when the site has a CPLLC site license.
- Show on Home Screen – Shows the tile on the Home screen (default off).
- Show in Room Screen – Shows the tile in its room (default on).
- Latitude – The house’s latitude in decimal degrees, north positive, such as 35.970.
- Longitude – The house’s longitude in decimal degrees, east positive, so west is negative, such as -85.060.
- Dawn and Dusk – How far below the horizon the sun is at Dawn and Dusk: Civil (6°, the default, light enough to see outside), Nautical (12°) or Astronomical (18°, full dark).
- Sunrise Offset – Minutes to move the Sunrise event, -120 to 120: negative is before sunrise, positive after (default 0).
- Sunset Offset – Minutes to move the Sunset event, -120 to 120: negative is before sunset, positive after (default 0).
- Elevation 1 – 6 – name|degrees: the event name and the elevation in degrees above the horizon, -18 to 90, as the sun is seen (refraction included, as suncalc.org shows it) (e.g. Morning Sun|10). Each box filled in adds its Above and Below events; a blank one adds none, and so does one that isn’t valid.
- Window 1 – 8 – name|from|to|lowest|highest: the event name, the compass directions the sun comes on and goes off at (0 to 360, clockwise from north), and the lowest and highest elevations that count, in degrees, blank for 0 and 90 (e.g. West Windows|200|340|5|45). Each box filled in adds its Sun On and Sun Off events; a blank one adds none, and so does one that isn’t valid.
Actions
- Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the tile. A disabled tile shows Disabled and runs no events.
Events
- Dawn – The sun is 6°, 12° or 18° below the horizon in the morning, as Dawn and Dusk sets.
- Sunrise – Sunrise, moved by the Sunrise Offset.
- Solar Noon – The sun is highest, due south (due north south of the equator).
- Sunset – Sunset, moved by the Sunset Offset.
- Dusk – The sun is 6°, 12° or 18° below the horizon in the evening, as Dawn and Dusk sets.
- <Elevation> Above – The sun climbs past the elevation in the morning.
- <Elevation> Below – The sun sinks past the elevation in the evening.
- <Window> Sun On – The sun comes into the window’s range of directions, between its lowest and highest elevations.
- <Window> Sun Off – The sun leaves the window’s range of directions, sinks below its lowest elevation or climbs above its highest.
- Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The tile was enabled or disabled.
