Manual Load Control

Manual Load Control


Manual load controls enable a user to override a configured Occupancy-Based Load Control (OBLC) setting​.

Warning
Before using Manual Load Control, an occupancy-based load control profile must be created for the desired device.

Create/Enable Manual Load Control

  1. Navigate to the Sense Application
  2. Click Load Control
  3. Hover over a configured load in the Load Control tab of SiteWorx Sense to bring up the magic wand icon
    1. Click on the icon to open the override screen

      Load Control Configuration menu

  4. Choose the desired relay override setting (Open or Closed), and click Save Overrides to enable override

    Manual Load Control Configuration Window

Once a manual load control has been created, the override condition will be annotated in green on the Load Control Configuration screen.
Load control configuration page with active manual load control

Disable Manual Load Control

  1. Navigate to the Sense Application
  2. Click Load Control
  3. Hover over a configured load in the Load Control tab of SiteWorx Sense to bring up the magic wand icon
    1. Click on the icon to open the override screen
  4. Select the red X that appears to the right of the override options
    1. Click Save Overrides to confirm and cancel the override condition
Cancel manual load control
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