{"id":4736,"date":"2021-08-21T18:51:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T17:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=4736"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:35:27","slug":"mdt-push-button-smart-86-configuration-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=4736","title":{"rendered":"MDT Push Button Smart 86 Configuration Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Push Button Smart 86 is a good option where the wall switches warrant an upgrade from the simple &#8220;Press&#8221; buttons installed initially. They&#8217;re highly configurable, with 6 buttons configurable as a simple set of 6 functions or up to 12 functions (arranged as 3 sets of 4 functions) via multiple &#8216;levels&#8217; (as they&#8217;re called in the documentation but really they&#8217;re &#8216;tabs&#8217; or &#8216;pages&#8217;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s one downside to these switches, it&#8217;s that they have a lot of configuration options and the programming isn&#8217;t that intuitive (and the documentation isn&#8217;t that great &#8211; at least not in English).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These notes describe how they are configured and some of the lessons from trial-and-error configuration. Bold text indicates changes from the defaults. Verified for v2.5 of the KNX database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group Objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;106  Day \/ Night&#8221; links to Group Address 1\/0\/1 (Ground Floor Night Mode)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;107  Presence&#8221; links to Group Address 0\/0\/4 (Occupied)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;112  Time&#8221; links to Group Address 0\/0\/1 (Time from IP Interface Time Server function)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;114  Time\/Date&#8221; links to Group Address 0\/0\/3 (Date\/Time from IP Interface Time Server function)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parameter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardware select<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The same KNX data file supports a few different devices and here it&#8217;s necessary to select the specific variant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glass Push Button II Smart (BE-GT20x.01)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Push Button Smart 86 (BE-TAS86.01)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operation \/ Display<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General settings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Send &#8220;operation&#8221; cyclic: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Startup time: 2s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behaviour after bus power return:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Value for toggle: request<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day\/Night object: request<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date\/Time: request<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Language: German \/ <strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value for day\/night: <strong>Night = 1 \/ Day = 0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Display settings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Background colour: day = white, night = black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Font size in function name: big<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Font size for labelling of push buttons: small<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behaviour if the text is too long: text size is reduced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proximity sensor: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behaviour at presence: <strong>display is switched on and Standby is exited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapt display brightness to ambience: yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brightness: brightness level 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimum brightness at day: 10%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimum brightness at night: 3%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overnight shutdown in Standby: threshold 2 (dark)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>user defined color [1-3] &#8211; no changes from defaults<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priority of HVAC-Status\/RHCC: Frost\/Comfort\/Night\/Standby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information screen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Color of orientation-LEDs in standby: white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standby permanently visible in the upper keypad (from R2.4): not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timeout until standby (0 = never): 20s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standby display: individually in change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Change standby display after: 5s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standby display at day: standby in the upper keypad, LED A\/B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>State element 1: time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State element 2: not active<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State element 3: not active<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State element 4: not active<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indicated level after standby: <strong>Level 3<\/strong> (i.e. Scenes)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note: Only available once the Levels have been enabled under Push Buttons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Standby display at night: behaviour like day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indicated level after standby: <strong>Level 3<\/strong> (i.e. Scenes)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note: Only available once the Levels have been enabled under Push Buttons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Action at push button if display is disabled: Standby is exited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action at push button if Standby is active: function is executed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State value 1: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State value 2: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State value 3: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message 1: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message 2: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message 3: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message 4: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message text: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cancel the message via object: not active, only push of button and duration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Color of message text: red<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indicate a message via LEDs: no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Push button functions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Display Mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6 functions \/ 1-2 levels\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note: Uses hidden buttons (at bottom) to move between &#8216;levels&#8217;, if 2 levels used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4 functions \/ 1-3 levels<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note: Uses top buttons to move between &#8216;levels&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2. level \/ 8 functions: <strong>active<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. level \/ 12 functions: <strong>active<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 1 (Push buttons 1\/2 central, push buttons 3\/4 bottom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Push button 1\/2 (left, right): single-button function<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Push button 3\/4 (left, right): single-button function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 2 (Push buttons 5\/6 central, push buttons 7\/8 bottom) &#8211; assuming no more than 2 blinds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Push button 5\/6 (left, right): two-button function<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Push button 7\/8 (left, right): two-button function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 3 (Push buttons 9\/10 central, push buttons 11\/12 bottom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Push button 9\/10 (left, right): single-button function<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Push button 11\/12 (left, right): single-button function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Toggle between levels over Scene object: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slap \/ cleaning function: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaction time at the push button: fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time for long push of button: 0.4s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Level Setting<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 1 (Functions 1-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Level Labelling &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Lights<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color of symbol &#8211; &#8220;foreground color&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level symbol &#8211; &#8220;Symbol 17: light on&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 2 (Functions 5-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Level Labelling &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Blinds<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color of symbol &#8211; &#8220;foreground color&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level symbol &#8211; &#8220;Symbol 12: shutter &gt;90%&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Level 3 (Functions 9-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Level Labelling &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Scenes<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color of symbol &#8211; &#8220;foreground color&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level symbol &#8211; &#8220;Symbol 24: scene&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PB1: Push Button 1<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PB2: Push Button 2<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PB9: Lights Off<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Description of objects: &#8220;<strong>Lights Off<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Single function of push button: <strong>scene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save scene: no save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scene number: <strong>&lt;As Appropriate&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Function name: over text input<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Text: <strong>Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Color of symbol: <strong>red<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbol: <strong>Symbol 30: on\/off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blocking object: not active<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PB9: Lights On<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Description of objects: &#8220;<strong>Lights On<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Single function of push button: <strong>scene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save scene: no save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scene numberL <strong>&lt;As Appropriate&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Function name: over text input<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Text: <strong>On<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">State LED<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For blinds, in Two-Button mode, set the &#8220;Operation function&#8221; to: &#8220;short=up\/down \/  long=stop\/&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scene &#8220;Off&#8221; is the top-left button, symbol 30 (On\/Off) and colour Red<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scene &#8220;On&#8221; is the top-right button, symbol 30 (OnOff) and colour Dark Green<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Push Button Smart 86 is a good option where the wall switches warrant an upgrade from the simple &#8220;Press&#8221; buttons installed initially. 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