Controlling Actuators

If you have any DX sensor packages with actuators connected, which can move or control a mechanism or system, you can remotely turn on or off the actuators to control the connected mechanism or system.

  1. Expand the Peripheral Devices folder. See Expanding the Tree.
  2. Click the desired actuator from the navigation tree. That actuator's page opens in the right pane.
  3. Click "Switch on" to turn on the actuator, or "Switch off" to turn it off.
  1. Click Peripheral Devices in the PX Explorer pane, and the Peripheral Devices page opens in the right pane.
  2. Select the checkboxes of the desired actuators on the Peripheral Devices page.

    Tip: An actuator is indicated with the icon server monitoring Enabled icon (srp50%) displayed in the 'Actuator' column.

  3. Click "Switch on" or "Switch off" to turn on or off the selected actuators.

See Also

Environmental Sensors and Actuators

Identifying Environmental Sensors and Actuators

Managing Environmental Sensors or Actuators

Configuring Environmental Sensors or Actuators

Viewing Sensor or Actuator Data

Unmanaging Environmental Sensors or Actuators

Disabling the Automatic Management Function