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Shop > Lighting, Appliance & Home Automation Controls > Universal Powerline Bus > UPB Modules, Interfaces, & Programmers > LCP16-0
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PCS Lighting Control Panel (Enclosure Only)
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This product has been discontinued.
Can contain up to (4) LM4L/S-2000 Lighting Modules for control of 16 Circuits
Product Overview
Powerline Control Systems has developed the LCP16-8000 to simplify the design and installation of SceneMaster Lighting Control Systems. The LCP16 panel can contain up to four LM4L/S Lighting Controllers that will control 16 circuits and 8000 Watts of power.
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About PCS SceneMaster Products
SceneMaster System Summary
Scene lighting has long been a great way to enhance a particular mood in areas such as the living room and the dining room. The most effective scene lighting systems were usually found in hard-wired systems such as Lutron, Vantage, or Lightouch. Powerline carrier systems, although an affordable way to create scenes, was considered too slow for multiple lights to be controlled to their lighting level.
Powerline Control Systems is the first and only company to develop a system that can trigger any group of lights to immediately proceed to their lighting level with an ordinary X-10 command. The new SceneMaster lighting system can produce expensive-looking and responsive scene lighting comparable to that found in hard-wired systems at about one-third the cost.
The SceneMaster products not only respond to their own primary address, as any X-10 compatible product would do, but also sixteen other scene addresses. The scene addresses have the capability to trigger any lighting level to occur in any given lighting circuit. In fact, a single address can trigger a group of lights in a room or an entire house to go to user-preset lighting levels.
Other features of the SceneMaster system highlight the flexibility of a microprocessor-based solid-state lighting design. The scene can have a ramp rate varying between an instant on and 13 minutes. The long ramp rates, as an example, can help the user simulate a sunrise or sunset effect. A special ramp rate was designed for security applications making selected lights flash on and off at 2 second intervals. To better cope with different X-10 transmission environments, the receive level of the PCS products can be chosen between 5 mV and 350 mV. Additionally, the products have a tri-color LED designed to serve as feedback in the programming and setup process. It also indicates, during normal operation, the status of the powerline transmissions (blinking green for recognized addresses, blinking off for unrecognized transmissions and blinking orange for noise or corrupted transmissions).
A big advantage to SceneMaster programming is that it allows the installer to program or to set scenes with an inexpensive X-10 Maxicontroller. The user has the capability to program the lights from the location of the lighting loads, which makes it easy to visually set the lights. In an effort to prevent inadvertently entering the programming modes, the Remote Access programming can be disabled.
PCS is incorporating SceneMaster in all versions of their product line. The single-channel Smart Switch (SS1) is a true-rocker wall-mounted switch that can deliver 600W or 1000W. The two-channel Multi-Modules (MM2) are 800W devices that can be plugged into common power outlets and are perfect for quick installation of plug-in lamps. The single-channel (LM1) and four-channel (LM4) Lighting Module provides 2000W to up to four lights in a homerun-type wiring setup. The SS1s and the LM4s also have remote switch capability for multi-way control.
All PCS products have been fully tested in the field and enjoy a very low failure rate. They are made in the USA and carry a 5-year warranty due to their high quality and rugged construction.
SceneMaster System
The SceneMaster Lighting System has the capability to create sixteen lighting scenes for rooms, the whole house, or "pathways". This powerful and versatile system compares with hard-wired systems that cannot be retrofitted and costs 3 to 4 times as much as a SceneMaster system. With a four button transmitter and either 4 SS1s or 2 MM2s or 1 LM4, you can implement a complete single room, four-scene system. Instead of using an expensive central controller, only one transmitter and the appropriate number of PCS receivers are necessary.
All new PCS products are now designated with "/S" in the part number and incorporate all SceneMaster features and capabilities.
Scene Features
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- Sixteen scenes such as 8 whole house scenes, 4 room scenes, 4 pathway scenes
- Single X-10 address triggers scene lighting
- Security mode flashes selected lights automatically
- Variable scene ramp rates from instant-on to 13 minutes
- Channel disable feature to remove selected channels from specific scenes
- Setting or changing scene lighting levels is fast and simple
- Visual lighting feedback helps installer know if program changes are accepted
Programming Features
The SceneMaster System programming can be performed by two convenient methods. The first is by using the local program button on the PCS product in conjunction with an X-10 compatible transmitter. The second method is using a hand-held transmitter and monitoring the lights that is being programmed. The transmitter must be capable of sending a complete set of X-10 signals, that is, numbers 1 to 16, letters A to P, and transmission of an address separately from an ON, OFF, BRIGHT, AND DIM command.
Ramp Rates
Each lighting scene can be programmed to ramp up or down from an instantaneous change (setting of "1") to a 13 minute (setting of "15") rate of change. A ramp rate of "16" creates a flashing condition that turns lights on and off at 2 second intervals.
| Setting | Ramp Rate |
| 1 | Instantaneous |
| 2 default | 3 seconds |
| 3 | 6 seconds |
| 4 | 9 seconds |
| 5 | 12 seconds |
| 6 | 15 seconds |
| 7 | 20 seconds |
| 8 | 40 seconds |
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| Setting | Ramp Rate |
| 9 | 1 minute |
| 10 | 3 minutes |
| 11 | 5 minutes |
| 12 | 7 minutes |
| 13 | 9 minutes |
| 14 | 11 minutes |
| 15 | 13 minutes |
| 16 | FLASHING CONDITION
(1 sec on /1 sec off)
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NOTE:
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- If a primary address of a light is sent before a scene, containing that particular light, is completed, the light will respond as programmed and the scene will disregard the programmed ramp rate and revert to the 3-second ramp rate.
- A light starting from Off and going to 50% will take half as long as another light starting from Off and going to full On, if the lights are part of the same scene.
- The flashing mode will make a light flash on and off continuously until the scene is turned off or until another scene is turned on.
Preset Dimming
These single commands contain all the information necessary to set lighting levels. This means that regardless of the previous lighting level, the output can quickly and reliably be set to any new level in one command. With this feature direct lighting control, as seen in expensive hard-wired systems, can be easily produced.
Micro Step
These commands will dim or brighten lighting levels in 1/200 step increments or 0.5% of the total. These commands are programmed similar to normal Bright or Dim commands except the lighting steps are much finer. The very fine lighting levels allow for more believable sunrise or sunset effects.
Multi-Way Control
All PCS SceneMaster modules can be controlled directly by one or more remote switches to produce three, four, or five-way lighting circuits.
Variable Receive Level
All PCS SceneMaster models can be set to receive signals from 5mV to 350mV.
Powerline Signal Indication
The tricolor LED (green/red/orange) indicates what signals the product is receiving. This is valuable for trouble-shooting as an indication of proper system operation. The table below shows the meaning of the various LED colors.
| Action | LED Color |
| Normal Operation (no transmissions) | Continuous Red
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| Receive valid X-10 commands including primary address and scene addresses (if Master Scene Enable is on)
| Blink GREEN for + second
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| Receive valid X-10 Command with any other address
| Blink OFF for + second
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| Receive corrupted X-10 Command or noise
| Blink ORANGE for + second
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Advanced Programming Options
The following options are accessed and set in Program Mode 5.
Ramp Rate Enable
The Ramp Rate Enable option allows the output to gently ramp up or down when being turned on or off. When enabled, the lights will respond with soft-start and programmed ramp rate to its primary and scene addresses, respectively. When disabled, the lights will turn on or off instantly when responding to primary or scene addresses.
All Lights On, All Lights Off, and All Units Off
These options control all lights or units to turn on or off if they are on the same House (Letter) Code regardless of their Device (Number) Code. This allows a local area of devices with different Device Codes, but the same House Code, to be controlled with one command.
Universal All Lights On, Universal All Lights Off, Universal All Units Off
These options control all lights or units to turn on or off regardless of their address (House Code and Device Code). This allows all devices that have these options enabled to be controlled with one command.
Master Scene Enable
This controls the PCS product's ability to respond to any scene address. It is important to remember that the factory default for this option is disabled.
Remote Access Enable
The remote programming capability using external controllers can be enabled or disabled. This avoids the SceneMaster products unintentionally going into programming mode in response to inadvertent X-10 signals from external controllers.
Receive Level Sensitivity
The product receive level can be set from 5mV to 350mV. The module settings range from "1" to "16" with the following designations:
| Setting | Receive Level
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| 1 | 5 mV |
| 2 | 10 mV |
| 3 | 25 mV |
| 4 default | 50 mV |
| 5 | 75 mV |
| 6 | 100 mV |
| 7 | 125 mV |
| 8 | 150 mV |
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| Setting | Receive Level
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| 9 | 175 mV |
| 10 | 200 mV |
| 11 | 225 mV |
| 12 | 250 mV |
| 13 | 275 mV |
| 14 | 300 mV |
| 15 | 325 mV |
| 16 | 350 mV |
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PCS SceneMaster Programming
Programming your SceneMaster products can be fast and easy.
The following is a step-wise description of the SceneMaster Programming procedures. This section will summarize the ease at which the PCS SceneMaster products can be programmed to get into any mode. For complete instructions, please read our SceneMaster Programming Manual.
 Normal Operation
Under normal operating conditions, the LEDs on the SceneMaster products will be steady red.
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 System Disconnect
You will hear a distinct click, the lower paddle will stay depressed, and no power will be delivered.
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 Reconnect Power
The LED will momentarily show some non-red colors before steady red.
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 Push both paddles down and release when the LED goes blank
Before steady red is seen, use two fingers to push down on top-right corner and bottom-left corner of paddles.
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 You are now in Mode 1
When the LED goes blank, lift both fingers and the LED will be blinking green.
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 Push top paddle and you are in Mode 2
Press the top of the paddle once and the LED will be blinking red.
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 Push top paddle and you are in Mode 3
Press the top of the paddle once and the LED will be blinking orange.
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 Push top paddle and you are in Mode 4
Press the top of the paddle once and the LED will be alternating green and red.
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 Push top paddle and you are in Mode 5
Press the top of the paddle once and the LED will be alternating green and orange.
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