The GES2181 Energy Saving Thermostat can connect to 3 Heat / 2 Cool conventional Heat Pump HVAC systems. The thermostat’s smart ZigBee™ technology enables it to communicate with your utility company so you can receive messages about energy saving events and price reductions. In addition, the easy‐to‐use interface makes it simple to control your energy consumption.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose and correct use:
Environmental Protection
Unwanted electrical appliances can be recycled and should not be discarded along with regular household waste. Please help to support the conservation of resources and protect the environment by returning this appliance to your nearest collection centre (if available).
Please refer to Appendix for installation guide.
HOME SCREEN
SET HEAT/COOL MODE
Note: Make sure you press MENU to confirm your changes or they will not be saved.
SET FAN MODE
MAIN MENU SETTINGS
Note: Make sure you press MENU to confirm your changes or they will not be saved.
Override menu
When you receive an event or message from the utility company, ‘Event’ or ‘Message’ appears on the bottom of the Home screen and advises how many events or messages you have received, and the event’s level of importance. You can view the details by repeatedly pressing INFO (see the ‘Viewing events and messages’ section for more information). In the Override menu, you can choose to accept or reject events and messages, and set the Mthermostat to ‘Vacation’ to override the programmed settings.
To reject events:
Note: Once you have rejected a current event, the unit will continue to reject all new events. If you have rejected all events, the unit will reject all events stored on the system and any new events that may occur. To enable the unit to accept events once again, you must select ‘Accept Current Event’ or ‘Accept All Events’ as shown below.
To accept events:
Note: The unit will automatically accept events unless you have set it to reject events and vice-versa.
To set your vacation time:
This setting will override your selected program settings in the Program menu while you are on vacation.
when the new event setting saves energy, for example:
Note: The utility company cannot override your vacation temperature if you have set the unit to ‘Reject All Events’.
Program menu
To edit the time and temperature settings for any day of the week:
To copy or reset a program:
To edit the Setup menu:
Unit | Changes the display measurement from Celsius to Fahrenheit or vice‐versa. If you select this option, ‘This action will restore all user [thermometric] settings to the default settings. Continue?’ displays. Press SELECT to confirm or MENU to exit and return to the previous screen. |
Span | Changes the temperature span from 0.5 to 2.0°F in increments of 0.5°. |
Fan | The fan will continue to run for 0, 30, 60 or 90 seconds after cooling is turned off. |
Filter | Sets a time (up to 500 hours) for the system to remind you to change or clear the fan’s filter. |
Default | If you select this option, ‘Are you sure to RESTORE all settings to factory default’ displays. Press SELECT to confirm or MENU to exit and return to the previous screen. |
Time | Changes the time. |
Date | Changes the date. |
Get Network Time | If you select and confirm ‘Yes’, a signal will be sent out to search for the network time and this will be updated on your thermostat. |
Networking menu
The networking menu advises if the thermostat is communicating with your utility network or if you are disconnected from the network.
To connect to your utility network:
Note: If your assigned channel number has more than one ID number you can use UP or DOWN to scroll through and select your preferred ID.
To disconnect from your utility network:
Note: The right LED lights up when you are disconnected.
Query Menu
The query menu allows you to retrieve and view recent events, prices or messages from your utility company.
Note:
If ‘Please join network first!’ appears on the display, you need to connect your thermostat to the utility network see the Networking menu section for details. A reply to your query should be received within 15 seconds.
VIEWING EVENTS AND MESSAGES
When you are in the Home screen, press INFO repeatedly to view the following notifications from your utility company:
There are two LEDs. One is Yellow in color and the other is tri-color. The Yellow LED is for For HVAC
system indication and Tri-color (Green, Orange and Red) for Utility Information indication.
Yellow Color LED:
Tri-color (red, green and) LED:
PRICE TEMPERATURE OFFSET
There are (3) three settings programmed in the thermostat in response to different energy price level. Below is a table of for the Price temperature offset:
Energy Level | LED Indicator | Offset (in F) |
Medium | Green | 2 |
High | Orange | 4 |
Critical | Red | 6 |
RESET
To reset the unit, insert a thin, blunt instrument into the RESET hole on the side of the unit. Please note that resetting the unit will return it to the factory default settings.
Temperature unit | °C/°F |
Operating temperature | 32 – 113 °F (0 – 45 oC) |
Indoor temperature measurement range | 40 – 99 °F (5 – 37 oC) |
RF frequency | 2.40 – 2.48 GHz |
RF range | Up to 1300 Ft (400m) Line of Sight |
A/C power | 18‐30 V AC at R and C terminals |
Size | 13.6 (L) x 10.6 (W) x 2.6 (H) cm 5.4” (L) x 4.2” (W) x 1” (H) |
Weight | 0.76lb (345g) |
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radiofrequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
FCC RF Radiation Exposure statement:
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body.
ETL
This thermostat is a Class 3 product and must be operating by approved power source under 18-30VAC. It must be connected to 18-30AC supply of HVAC System or transformer approved by UL/cULICSA.
Rated Impulse voltage: 330V
For installation, please refer to the installation and wiring diagram under
Appendix.
Warning: Do not connect any of the terminals to 110V/220V AC supplv.
Terminal definition
Wiring diagram for Heat pump system
Wiring diagram for conventional Heat Cool system
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