tekmar 542 Programmable Thermostat User Manual

tekmar 542 Programmable Thermostat

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on the purchase of your tekmar programmable thermostat with communication. This thermostat combines easy-to-use programming with advanced features to increase both comfort and energy efficiency. Your tekmar thermostat allows you to: • Set a single schedule for your heating system that all of your tekmar thermostats can follow.

•  Adjust the time and date on all your tekmar thermostats from a single thermostat
•  View the outdoor temperature on all of your tekmar thermostats.
• Easily set up custom “Scenes” to match your home and lifestyle.
•  Easily override your tekmar thermostats if you are planning an extended absence

Display

Symbols Description

MODE OF OPERATION Displays whether in heating or cooling mode.	OPTIMUM START / STOP Indicates that Optimum Start or Optimum Stop is active.
FIRST STAGE OF HEAT Indicates when the first stage of heat is operating.	WARNING Indicates an error is present.
SCHEDULE MASTER Indicates this thermostat is a schedule master.	TEMPORARY HOLD Indicates that the temperature has been temporarily adjusted from the scheduled event temperature.
tN4 COMMUNICATION Indicates when a communication network is detected.	SCHEDULED EVENT Indicates the current scheduled event.
LOCK Indicates that the access levels are locked. Also indicates when an item is visible but not adjustable.

User Interface

The control uses a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) as the method of supplying information on the operation of the thermostat

Access Levels

This thermostat has two access levels:

• USER (User)
• INST (Installer)

Menu

All of the items displayed by the thermostat are organized into four menus:

• View
• Adjust
• Time
• Schedule

Item
Each menu has several items. The abbreviated name of the selected item will be displayed in the Item Field of the display. To view the next available item, press and release the Item button

Adjustment

To make an adjustment to a setting in the thermostat:

•  Use the Menu button to select the appropriate menu.
•  Use the Item button to select the desired item.
•  Use the Up or Down button to adjust the setting.
•  To cycle backwards through a menu, hold Item and press .

Default Item
When you display an item in the menu for more than 5 seconds it becomes the default item. After you navigate other menus, the display reverts back to the default item after 60 seconds of button inactivity. When is selected, it will be displayed indefinitely until Menu is pressed.

Viewing Current Temperatures

• Room Temperature
  • This is the current air temperature of the room being controlled.
• Outdoor Temperature
  • If an outdoor sensor is connected, this is the current outdoor air temperature.
• Floor Temperature
  • If a floor sensor is connected to the thermostat, this is the current floor temperature.
• Remote Temperature
  • If a remote sensor is connected to the thermostat, this is the current temperature at the remote sensor.
• Outdoor High
  • Highest recorded outdoor temperature.
  • Pressing the Up and Down buttons at the same time while viewing the temperature resets the item.
• Outdoor Low
  • Lowest recorded outdoor temperature.
  • Pressing the Up and Down buttons at the same time while viewing the temperature resets the item.

Viewing the Room Set Temperature

The Room Set temperature is the temperature that the thermostat is currently set to maintain. To view the Room Set temperature:

•  Use the Menu button to select the View menu.
•  Use the Item button to select Room Set.

Setting the Heating Temperatures

To set the heating temperatures:

• Use the Menu button to select the Adjust menu.
• Use the Item button to select Set Heat.
• Use the Up or Down button to adjust the temperature

Temporary Temperature Adjustment

You can temporarily adjust the temperature above or below the set temperature for three hours. To temporarily adjust the temperature:

• Use the Menu button to select the View menu.
• Use the Item button to select either Room or Room Set.
• Use the Up or Down button to select a temperature. “TMPY HOLD” flashes in the display while the thermostat operates at the new temperature.
• To cancel the temporary temperature, press the Up and Down buttons at the same time.

Adjusting the Temporary Zone Hold

You can adjust the length of the Temporary Zone Hold. To adjust the length of the Temporary Zone Hold

• Use the Menu button to select the Scene menu.
• Use the item button to select Tmpy Zone Hold.
•  Use the Up or Down button to set the length of the Tmpy Zone Hold.

Choosing the Mode of Operation

The thermostat has two modes of operation:

• Heat: Provides heating only.
•  Off: Does not provide heating.

To choose the Mode of Operation:

• Use the Menu button to select the Adjust menu.
• Use the Item button to select the Mode item.
•  Use the Up or Down button to select either Off or Heat

Setting the Floor Warming Temperatures

If a floor sensor is installed, you can set the minimum floor temperature.

To set the floor minimum temperature:

• Use the Menu button to select the Adjust menu.
• Use the Item button to select FLOOR MIN.
• Use the Up or Down button to adjust the temperature

There are up to four periods:

•  Wake
• Occ (Occupied)
•  Unocc (Unoccupied)
• Sleep

Viewing the Current Time

To view the current time
Use the Menu button to select the Time menu.

Setting the Time

• Step 1: Use the Menu button to select the Time menu. The current time and day displays. If the clock has not been set, the time will flash
• Step 2: Use the Item button to advance to the next item. The minutes begins to flash. Use the Up or Down button to set the minutes.
• Step 3: Use the Item button to advance to the next item. The hours begins to flash. Use the Up or Down button to set the hour
• Step 4: Use the Item button to advance to the next item. The day begins to flash. Use the Up or Down button to set the day.

Selecting a Scene

Scenes is a feature that your installer selects when he sets up each thermostat in your system. Please refer to the Job Record J 542 for a record of how your installer made these settings Scenes allow you to change the temperature of all the thermostats that use the Scene feature from a single thermostat Several of the Scenes are preset from the factory. However, your installer can customize several of the scenes based on your needs. Refer to the Scene table below for a description of each scene.

Scene	Description	Thermostat Operation
1	Permanent 1	Scheduled event, Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep, Away
2	Permanent Away 2	Away DHW demands are ignored (applies to reset modules) Setpoint demands operate (applies to reset modules)
3	Permanent Unoccupied 3	Unoccupied
4	Permanent 4	The scheduled event, Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep, Away
5	Permanent 5	Scheduled event, Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep, Away
6	Temporary Occupied 6	Occupied for 3 hours
7	Temporary 7	Scheduled event, Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep, Away for 4 hours
8	Temporary 8	Scheduled event, Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep, Away for 8 hours

To select a scene:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Scene menu.
• Use the Item button to select the Select item.
• Use the Up or Down button to select the desired scene.
• Default Scene: The default scene is Permanent 1. In a typical installation, the thermostat follows the schedule.
• Factory set scene: When you select a factory set scene (2, 3, and 6), all of the thermostats using the scene feature use the temperature specified by the scene.
• Custom scenes: When you select a custom scene, your installer will have preset each thermostat using the scene feature to either follow its regular schedule, or go to the set wake, occupied, unoccupied, sleep or away temperature.

Example:
A house is normally in scene Permanent 1. There is a master bedroom that operates on a schedule and there is a guest bedroom that is normally set to Unoccupied. When a guest arrives, the scene is to change to Permanent 4. Scene 4 changes the guest room to operate on the setback schedule.

Location	Scene	Temperature
Master Bedroom	1	Schedule
	4	Schedule
Guest Bedroom	1	UnOccupied
	4	Schedule

Extended Absences

If you are going away for an extended period of time, the AWAYHOLD feature allows you to override the regular schedule of the thermostat for a set number of days. During the Away Hold, the thermostat operates at the Away temperature set by your installer. After the Away Hold has expired, the thermostat returns to its normal operation.If you have multiple tekmar thermostats installed, you need only to do the following on one thermostat.

To set the number of days you will be away:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Scene menu.
•  Use the Item button to select Away Hold.
•  Use the Up or Down button to set the number of days that you will be away.

To start the Away Hold:

• Use the Menu button to select the Scene menu.
• Use the Item button to select the SELECT item.
• Use the Up or Down button to select Scene 2 Permanent Away.

Selecting a Schedule

To view the schedule your installer has selected:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Schedule Menu
•  Use the Item button to select the Heat Schd. You will see one of the following:
•  None: This thermostat is not using a schedule and operates at a single temperature.
•  Zone: This thermostat is using its own schedule.
• MST1 to MST4: This thermostat is a schedule master. The schedule on this thermostat is being used by this thermostat as well as several other thermostats. Changing the schedule will affect other thermostats.
• MBR1 to MBR4: This thermostat is a member of a master schedule that has been set on a separate thermostat. If the master schedule is changed, it affects this thermostat.

Schedule	Description
None	No schedule is used.
Zone	The schedule only applies to this thermostat.
MST1, MST2, MST3, MST4	This thermostat is a system schedule master. There are four possible system schedules.
MBR1, MBR2, MBR3, MBR4	This thermostat is a system schedule member. The number indicates which of the four system schedules the thermostat is following.

Selecting the Schedule Type

• Use the Menu button to select the Schedule menu.
•  Use the Item button to select SCH TYPE.
•  Use the Up or Down button to select one of the following four schedule types:
• 24 Hour: All days have the same schedule.
• 5-2: Monday to Friday follow the same schedule. Saturday and Sunday follow the same schedule.
•  5-11: Monday to Friday follow the same schedule. Saturday and Sunday have their own schedules
•  7 Day: All seven days of the week have their own schedule.

Schedule Type
Day	24 Hour	5-2	5-11	7 day
Sa	•	•	•	•
Su			•	•
Mo		•	•	•
Tu				•
We				•
Th				•
Fr				•

Selecting the Schedule Mode

To select the schedule mode:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Schedule menu.
•  Use the Item button to select SCH MODE
•  Use the Up or Down button to select one of the following two schedule modes:
•  4: Wake, Unoccupied, Occupied, Sleep
•  2: Occupied, Unoccupied

Setting the Schedule

To set the schedule:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Schedule menu.
•  Use the Item button to select the first event of the schedule.
•  Use the Up or Down button to set the start time of the event.
• If you wish to skip the event, select “– –:– –” as the time. “– –:– –” is found between 11:50 PM and 12:00 AM.
•  Use the Item button to advance to the next available event.
•  Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all of the available events

Schedule Mode	Event	24Hr	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
4 events per day	Wake	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM
	Unoccupied	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM	8:00 AM
	Occupied	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM	6:00 PM
	Sleep	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM
or
2 events per day	Occupied	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM	6:00 AM
	Unoccupied	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM	10:00 PM

Units of Temperature

To change the units of temperature:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Misc menu.
•  Use the Item button until the units flash.
•  Use the Up or Down button to select Fahrenheit (°F) or Celsius (°C):

Backlight

To change the backlight setting:

•  Use the Menu button to select the Misc menu.
• Use the Item button to select Backlite.
•  Use the Up or Down button to select a setting:
• ON: Backlight stays on.
•  TMPY (Temporary): Backlight stays on for 30 seconds.
• FF: Backlight is off.

Cleaning the Thermostat

Clean the thermostat’s exterior using a damp cloth. Moisten the cloth with water and wring out prior to wiping the thermostat. Do not use solvents or cleaning solutions

Error Messages

When the thermostat encounters a problem, a Warning Symbol appears and a description of the error message is displayed. To troubleshoot how to correct the error, please refer to the Data Brochure or contact a qualified installer. An electronic version of the Data Brochure D 542 is available on the tekmar website: www.tekmarcontrols.com.

Warranty

Limited Warranty and Product Return Procedure

Limited Warranty The liability of tekmar under this warranty is limited. The Purchaser, by taking receipt of any tekmar product (“Product”), acknowledges the terms of the Limited Warranty in effect at the time of such Product sale and acknowledges that it has read and understands same. The tekmar Limited Warranty to the Purchaser on the Products sold hereunder is a manufacturer’s passthrough warranty which the Purchaser is authorized to pass through to its customers. Under the Limited Warranty, each tekmar Product is warranted against defects in workmanship and materials if the Product is installed and used in compliance with tekmar’s instructions, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The pass-through warranty period is for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the production date if the Product is not installed during that period, or twelve (12) months from the documented date of installation if installed within twenty-four (24) months from the production date.

The liability of tekmar under the Limited Warranty shall be limited to, at tekmar’s sole discretion: the cost of parts and labor provided by tekmar to repair defects in materials and / or workmanship of the defective product; or to the exchange of the defective product for a warranty replacement product; or to the granting of credit limited to the original cost of the defective product, and such repair, exchange or credit shall be the sole remedy available from tekmar, and, without limiting the foregoing in any way, tekmar is not responsible, in contract, tort or strict product liability, for any other losses, costs, expenses, inconveniences, or damages, whether direct, indirect, special, secondary, incidental or consequential, arising from ownership or use of the product, or from defects in workmanship or materials, including any liability for fundamental breach of contract.

The pass-through Limited Warranty applies only to those defective Products returned to tekmar during the warranty period. This Limited Warranty does not cover the cost of the parts or labor to remove or transport the defective Product, or to reinstall the repaired or replacement Product, all such costs and expenses being subject to Purchaser’s agreement and warranty with its customers Any representations or warranties about the Products made by Purchaser to its customers which are different from or in excess of the tekmar Limited Warranty are the Purchaser’s sole responsibility and obligation. Purchaser shall indemnify and hold tekmar harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, and damages of any kind or nature which arise out of or are related to any such representations or warranties by Purchaser to its customers.

The pass-through Limited Warranty does not apply if the returned Product has been damaged by negligence by persons other than tekmar, accident, fire, Act of God, abuse or misuse; or has been damaged by modifications, alterations or attachments made subsequent to purchase which have not been authorized by tekmar; or if the Product was not installed in compliance with tekmar’s instructions and / or the local codes and ordinances; or if due to defective installation of the Product; or if the Product was not used in compliance with tekmar’s instructions. THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHICH THE GOVERNING LAW ALLOWS PARTIES TO CONTRACTUALLY EXCLUDE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, DURABILITY OR DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT, ITS NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY RELEVANT PATENTS OR TRADEMARKS, AND ITS COMPLIANCE WITH OR NON-VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY LEGISLATION; THE TERM OF ANY OTHER WARRANTY NOT HEREBY CONTRACTUALLY EXCLUDED IS LIMITED SUCH THAT IT SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTHS FROM THE PRODUCTION DATE, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LIMITATION IS ALLOWED BY THE GOVERNING LAW.

Product Warranty Return Procedure All Products that are believed to have defects in workmanship or materials must be returned, together with a written description of the defect, to the tekmar Representative assigned to the territory in which such Product is located. If tekmar receives an inquiry from someone other than a tekmar Representative, including an inquiry from Purchaser (if not a tekmar Representative) or Purchaser’s customers, regarding a potential warranty claim, tekmar’s sole obligation shall be to provide the address and other contact information regarding the appropriate Representative

tekmar

• tekmar Control Systems Ltd., Canada
• tekmar Control Systems, Inc., U.S.A.
• Head Office: 5100 Silver Star Road
• Vernon, B.C. Canada V1B 3K4
• (250) 545-7749 Fax. (250) 545-0650
• Web Site: www.tekmarcontrols.com

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