## Daylighting Controls ### Add a Daylighting:Controls Object Enter into the zone where you want to place the Daylighting:Controls object. If you try to add Daylighting:Controls outside a zone you will see this alert. (Credit: David Goldwasser/NREL) Click on the toolbar button to activate the tool. Click on the model where you want to insert the Daylighting:Controls object. When you place the object, it will locate 30 inches above the surface, edge, or vertex you click on. (Credit: David Goldwasser/NREL) See below to learn how to relocate the Daylighting:Controls once you have placed them. You cannot add more than one Daylighting:Controls object to a single zone. To obtain results from EnergyPlus for your Daylighting:Controls, make sure the zone also has a Lights object. You can add lights through OpenStudio with the Zone Load tool. ### Make Changes You can switch between one and two sensors and change the position of each sensor through the Object Info dialog box. (Credit: David Goldwasser/NREL) You can change the position of the sensors by double-clicking the Daylighting:Controls object and using SketchUp's move tool to drag the sensors around. (Credit: David Goldwasser/NREL) The arrow on Daylighting:Controls object reflects the Glare Calculation Azimuth Angle of View Direction setting. Rotating the sensors does not change this setting.
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