Overview General parameters of all function blocks and page





Parameters Function blocks
Deactivate With this option the outputs of the block are no longer updated. This option can be used to temporarily disable blocks for diagnostic purposes. Disabled blocks are displayed with a red title.
Send cyclically
 Outputs are updated cyclically. If variables are linked at the outputs, they are updated cyclically. If the linked variable is changed e.g. from the visualization, the block resets it after the set time. A practical example would be the time switch: Normally, the output (e.g. an outdoor light) is only updated at the switching time, after which the outdoor light can also be switched on and off via the visualisation. If you set this parameter to 600 seconds, for example, you can switch on the light and after 10 minutes the clock would switch back to the original value.
Comment
 General comment, this is displayed in the middle of the function module
Update outputs on startup.
 With this parameter the outputs are forcibly updated at start and telegrams and the function block is called at all events.

For pure KNX projects it may be useful to switch off this parameter to avoid duplicate telegrams.

Important: This parameter should always be active for projects with IO modules or critical outputs.

Note: For function blocks that manage their outputs themselves or have their own device, bus or cloud communication, this option is disabled and not displayed. Such blocks only receive their values from the device. A forced update at start would put a value that has never been measured (0) onto the bus. This applies among others to KNX assignments, KNX dimmer 4bit, KNX RGBW converter, KNX gate switch, Modbus, M-Bus, DMX, KNX gateway, network bridge, Sonos, Alexa, Matter, Hue, Shelly, alarm system, set value, weather station, OpenWeatherMap, sauna, eKey, CPU info, M2020, LAN/CAN master, camera, door station, intrusion alarm panel, robotic mower, home appliances, VELUX gateway, JSON/XML, SNMP get, electricity price blocks as well as wallboxes, battery storage and inverters.





Parameters Page
Name
 Name of the page
Start delay
 This can be used to set a start delay, which causes the function blocks to be processed internally, but no outputs are written. These are then only updated when the next change is made. This function is useful if the status of the system is not to be changed when program changes are made, for example, if work is still being carried out in a building and no lights or blinds are to be activated during the changes.

Important: This parameter should always be set to 0 for projects with IO modules or critical outputs.
Deactivate This parameter deactivates all function modules on this page. The blocks of the page are then displayed with a red title.
Deactivate Address An address can be entered here to dynamically activate or deactivate all function modules on this page (1=deactivate).