House with old IHC system. Need new controller.

[Draven]

Hello i have a house with IHC. And need a new IHC win controller or an upgrade.

Its a IHC Win Controller 1.32   E1736001. I have installed this 2009..

Is there a way of replace this without changing the entire system ?

I am swedish so kindly help me if possible in English.

[Draven]

Nobody ?

[Mikkel Skovgaard]

No there is no "easy" way to move it to a new controller sadly

[Martin Abildgaard]

But is only the controller that needs to be replaced. All I/O modules can be reused. But the controller needs to be programmed from scratch. 

[Astronaut]

On 2/3/2021 at 9:03 PM, Draven said:

Hello i have a house with IHC. And need a new IHC win controller or an upgrade.

Its a IHC Win Controller 1.32   E1736001. I have installed this 2009..

Is there a way of replace this without changing the entire system ?

I am swedish so kindly help me if possible in English.

As the others have written, what you need is a new controller. All of your existing hardware will work with the new controller.

The new controller will allow you to use IHC wireless, to have network access and to use dimmers that work better with the controller than any dimmer you may have today. In particular, the new dimmers have feedback to the controller so that it knows the current output level. To get full value out of your controller you may want to upgrade your dimmers.

You will also need to rewrite to program running on the controller. The style of programming on the Visual 2 and 3 controllers are similar to your Visual 1 controller but still different and not compatible.

[Draven]

På 5.2.2021 at 08:38 , Astronaut skrev:

As the others have written, what you need is a new controller. All of your existing hardware will work with the new controller.

The new controller will allow you to use IHC wireless, to have network access and to use dimmers that work better with the controller than any dimmer you may have today. In particular, the new dimmers have feedback to the controller so that it knows the current output level. To get full value out of your controller you may want to upgrade your dimmers.

You will also need to rewrite to program running on the controller. The style of programming on the Visual 2 and 3 controllers are similar to your Visual 1 controller but still different and not compatible.

Hello, ok many thanks. Now i have a plan.

I talked to LK,s support (Patrik) and he said it will work with Visual3 controller (820B1600). I need to upgrade the firmware and then there is a import function. So my older program  can be reused, only small modifications ?

[Lars Jacobsen]

Hi Draven.

I dont Think that true, or Patric has access to some special Firmware or tools that is not available for the public. It’s not been posible for 15 years to import or converter Old Visual 1 to new Visual 2 or 3.
But Visual 2 code can be used on the Visual 3 controller.

 

[Draven]

På 5.2.2021 at 08:38 , Astronaut skrev:

As the others have written, what you need is a new controller. All of your existing hardware will work with the new controller.

The new controller will allow you to use IHC wireless, to have network access and to use dimmers that work better with the controller than any dimmer you may have today. In particular, the new dimmers have feedback to the controller so that it knows the current output level. To get full value out of your controller you may want to upgrade your dimmers.

You will also need to rewrite to program running on the controller. The style of programming on the Visual 2 and 3 controllers are similar to your Visual 1 controller but still different and not compatible.

Ok thanks. I will now get me a visual 3 controller.

I suppose firmware update and software is freeware and i get that on LK,s homepage ? And maybe a manual of the blocks that are used in a visual 3 controller ?

[Astronaut]

13 hours ago, Draven said:

I suppose firmware update and software is freeware and i get that on LK,s homepage ? And maybe a manual of the blocks that are used in a visual 3 controller ?

Yes. However, the version on the homepage is in Danish but an english version seems to exist. I seem to remember that a number of people have asked on this site for an English language version and I think they have also gotten directions on how to find it. I suggest you search for it on this site.

[Draven]

På 12.2.2021 at 09:54 , Astronaut skrev:

Yes. However, the version on the homepage is in Danish but an english version seems to exist. I seem to remember that a number of people have asked on this site for an English language version and I think they have also gotten directions on how to find it. I suggest you search for it on this site.

Got it now.

https://www.se.com/de/de/download/document/VIS.R.03.04.69/