Luminaire Groups

Overview of luminaire groups

In Casambi Pro, a luminaire group is a container within a space used to organize luminaires once they are paired to a network. Users can freely create groups within spaces to designate specific locations for luminaire pairing. Every luminaire group automatically joins the same network as its parent space.

Group principles:

• Spatial Constraints: A luminaire group must always reside within a single space. It cannot span across multiple spaces or extend beyond the boundaries of its parent space.
• Visual Overlap: Groups are allowed to visually overlap on the layout.
• No Nesting: Luminaire groups cannot be nested; a group cannot contain other luminaire groups.
• Controller Hierarchy: Controllers (switches, sensors, and schedules) reside at the space level only. Even if a controller is visually placed inside a group on the layout, its parent element remains the space, not the group.
• Network Consistency: A luminaire group and all its contents always belong to the single network defined by the parent space.
• Movement Constraint: Individual luminaire groups cannot be moved or copied between different spaces.
• Deletion Protection: If a luminaire group contains any paired physical luminaires, neither the group nor its parent space can be deleted.

Key notes and constraints

• Features only in Casambi Pro for Windows:
  • Creating new luminaire groups
  • Deleting existing luminaire groups
  • Editing the shape or repositioning the luminaire group in the layout
• Features only in Casambi Pro for iOS:
  • Pair physical luminaires to groups
  • Unpair physical luminaires—and unpairing them—is possible only with the iOS version.
  • With an iPad, you can change the fixture profile for luminaires or other Casambi-enabled devices.
• In Both Casambi Pro for Windows and iOS
  • Possibility to edit the luminaire group name, notes, and the estimated number of devices.
  • Moving a luminaire from one group to another as long as both groups are within the same network.