ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CONTROL 
DE5468U  15 
4. Electrical Appliance Control 
Control Options and Pushbuttons 
The system allows manual or automatic remote 
control of up to 15 electrical sensors (lights, radio/TV, 
tape recorders, fans etc.). This requires an optional 
X-10 controller and up to 15 remote X-10 units (see 
Fig. 2). ON / OFF control codes are communicated 
via the regular household electrical wiring. 
Besides the X-10 units (numbered 1 to 15), it is 
possible to control a sensor connected to the PGM 
output (unit # 00). 
The user defines the ON and OFF times via the 
Scheduler  (see Chapter 7 - Scheduler Function). The 
installer determines which zone sensors will switch the 
remote controlled appliances on and off. However, the 
decision whether the remote controlled appliances 
will respond as programmed is up to you (see next 
table). 
Note: The X-10 output operates on the entire alarm 
system and not per partition. 
Key Function 
 
Manual activation of lights or other 
household electrical appliances. 
 
Manual deactivation of lighting or other 
household electrical appliances. 
 
Selecting the active automatic control 
method: 
  Sensors: Appliances are controlled by 
sensors (assigned by the installer for 
this).  
  Timer: Appliances are controlled by 
timer (ON and OFF times are defined 
by the installer). 
  Both: Appliances are controlled by 
sensors as well as by a timer. 
Examples of benefits gained by automatic remote 
control:  
•  Timer Control. When you are away, the timed 
activation / de-activation of lights, radio and TV 
simulates the presence of people at home, to 
deter potential burglars. 
•  Zone Control. Upon disturbance of a perimeter 
zone, lights are switched on and a tape recorder 
starts running, playing back a series of dog 
barks. 
Note: Automatic activation and deactivation of electrical 
appliances depend also on the Scheduler setup (see 
Chapter 7 - Scheduler Function). 
Manual Switch-On 
You can switch appliances ON as instructed below. 
This example shows how to switch on the lights 
controlled by X-10 unit No. 01. 
PRESS
 RESULTANT DISPLAY 
 
LIGHT ON      
 
LIGHT ON       1 
 
↓
 
 
READY    HH:MM 
The lights controlled by X-10 unit No. 01 are 
switched on. 
Manual Switch-Off 
You can switch appliances OFF as instructed below. 
This example shows how to switch off the lights 
controlled by X-10 unit No. 01. 
PRESS
 RESULTANT DISPLAY 
 
LIGHT OFF    
 
LIGHT OFF      1 
 
↓
 
 
READY   HH:MM 
The lights controlled by X-10 unit No. 01 are 
switched off. 
Light DIM/BRIGHT 
Immediately after activating a light (see above - 
Manual Switch ON), you can dim or brighten it as 
desired. For this purpose, enable the DIM/BRIGHT 
function by pressing 
 or   (in older versions 
of the PowerMax Pro), then press several times (as 
desired) the 
 
(DIM) or 
 (BRIGHT) button. 
Automatic ON/OFF Control 
You can select two of four options:  
 By Timer ON     By timer OFF 
 By sensor ON     By sensor OFF