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    Installation of My Building at Customer's Site

    This article covers the installation of the My Building software on a customer's computer, physical, or virtualized. The audience is the devops engineer that will be installing the software. You may find it helpful to review the following articles prior to beginning installation which should...
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    Communication To & From My Building....What ports must be open?

    My Building communicates between software modules, the network, and other Leviton equipment on the IP network. Most of this communication is TCP/IP communication, however, some of it is UDP/IP. This article document what type of communication is required between various parts of the system...
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    My Building Terminology/Definitions

    There are several terms used in these training articles, some of which may be unfamiliar to you. This is a short list of said terms and information about how we use them. Feel free to comment before if you'd like us to add some to the list! the term in the parenthesis following the name is...
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    Can GreenMAX Relay Panels be used with My Building?

    This is one of those yes & no questions. First, the yes....GreenMAX Relays themselves can be used with My Building so long as they are first enrolled to a DRC Room Controller. The GreenMAX Relay is enrolled as a "channel" to the DRC Room controller which will give you the ability to assign...
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    Virtualization

    Can My Building be installed on a "virtual" sever? Absolutely! It also can be installed on a local physical server if that's more your cup of tea. However, in this article we will be working through the details of what virtualization is, how to achieve it with the My Building software suite...
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    Upgrading My Building

    From time to time you may need to update one or more parts of the My Building software. This article walks you through said process. The steps identified herein assume you're running a k8s deployment. If your system is different, the steps will be similar but may have to be custom tailored...
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    Deploying a Leviton My Building Computer - coordinating with the IT team

    Congratulations! You have a "customer hosted" version of My Building that is provided on a Leviton supplied computer. Integrating this into your system will be performed by Leviton's Field Service team however there are some options with respect to how it's tied into your system (aka Customer...
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    Configuring Ubiquity Wired and Wireless networks

    In this post we will discuss how to setup and configure a Uniquity UniFi network for the purpose of facilitating communication between Leviton products. The high level steps are outlined below with additional details that can be found in the attached video. Pre-requisites: Download UniFi app...
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    Virtual Panel configuring on ColorNet version

    Please find attached pointer for configuring Virtual Panels in the ColorNet version of LumaGraphics
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    Networking - run length, voltage drop, and how to stay out of trouble

    The Alfred tool can be used to ensure that you have a big enough power supply to power your network....without running into trouble. To use the tool: Add up the total current draw of your system at your power supply voltage Identify your actual run length Using the attached chart, find the row...
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    Are LumaCAN 2 components still available?

    LumaCAN 2 (LC2) GreenMAX relay panels were discontinued in 2013 in favor of a revised LumaCAN protocol called LumaCAN 3 (LC3). The LC3 products offer both improved network efficiency and an improved user experience. The two protocols however are incompatible with each other. You can not use LC3...
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    HDU Vertical Lines on startup

    In some situations the HDU will get vertical lines or other screen anomaly during startup making the screen hard to read. We have investigated this issue and determined that the root cause is to a specific unique sequence of events which can occur during Windows CE startup/boot. Windows CE...
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    What is a project?

    There are some points to consider when making a decision about which buildings should be part of a project. Obviously if it's different owners and customers it should be a different project, what about multi-tenant spaces? What about city/school buildings? This content aims to address some of...
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    Creating a project license

    A project license determines the features that are available to a project. There are many features which are available for no additional charge and do not require the specific creation or modification of a license, however, others, like BACNet, require specific license. Users that can create...
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    Can Voltage Barriers be used between power supply and first relay?

    Can voltage barriers be used between the power supply in the upper portion of the cabinet, and, the first relay? This would be useful when you have a 347V relay but only a 120V power feed.
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    What's the difference between a device, node, & point?

    The above three terms are often inappropriately used interchangably and oft distinctly. What are they? How are they the same...and different? What is the correct terminology? These are the questions we'll address in this article. Device Represents an enrolled device in a DRC Room...
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    Specification Cheat Sheet

    Boiler plate performance specifications can be downloaded from leviton.com to drive the spec process. This article quickly walks you through some the specification decisions to be made. Connectivity Connectivity between Leviton devices and the server running the My Building software is...
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    Single Sign On (SSO)

    My Building supports Single Sign On (SSO) in a variety of ways. This article discusses how SSO is used in your projects. There are some key differences in the SSO implication based on whether you are hosting the My Building Application yourself (Customer Hosted), Leviton is hosting My Building...
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    Commissioning of a DL057 and ZS057

    I know that when doing "wireless 3-way" with 0-10V loads, I have to use a DL057 and ZS057 - and that same solution can be used in a single or two zone application. Can you walk me through how to set that up?
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    How does the recent NEC code change related to batteries impact Leviton products?

    How does the recent NEC code change related to batteries impact Leviton products? I have heard that battery operated switches are no longer allowed in lighting control systems because they are forbidden in the NEC. What is Leviton's position on this?
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