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EnergySavingThermostat

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InstructionManual

Modelno.GES2181

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CONTENTS

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PRODUCTOVERVIEW

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.

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SAFETYINSTRUCTIONS

Purposeandcorrectuse:

• Readtheseinstructionscarefullyandkeepinasafeplaceforfuturereference.

• Onlyanauthorized,qualifiedinstallershouldinstallthisunit.Allmanual/safetyinstructions

andelectricitysupplier’sregulationsmustbeadheredto.

• Onlyconnectthisunittoa24‐voltA/Cpowersource.

• Donotinstallthisunitatanaltitudeofover2000meters.

• Thisstandalonemountedelectronicunitservesasatemperaturecontrolsystemonlyindry,

closedlivingandofficespaces.Donotplacetheunitinabathroomorareaofexcessive

moisture.Donotallowtheunittogetwet.

• Placetheunitinaneasy‐to‐reachpositionwhereyoucancomfortablyreachthebuttonsand

viewthescreen.

• Donotexposetheunitto:temperaturesbelow5°Corabove40°C;humidityabove80%or

pollutionabovelevel2.

• Donotexposetheunittovoltagefluctuationsofmorethan+/‐10%.

• Cleantheunitwithadry,softcloth.Donotusesolventsoraggressivecleaningagents.

Themanufactureracceptsnoresponsibilityfordamagecausedbynon‐observanceofthese

instructions.

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).

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INSTALLATION

PleaserefertoAppendixforinstallationguide.

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HOMESCREEN

TheHomescreenisthemaindisplayscreen.Ifyoudonotpress

anybuttonsfor30seconds,thethermostatwillreturntothe

Homescreen.

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Comment [Kairy1]: Addedbelow

ThelargetemperaturereadingontheHomescreenisthecurrenttemperature.Thesmalltemperature

readingisyoursetpointtemperature.

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Toquicklychangethesetpointtemperature:

PressUPorDOWN.

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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.

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SETHEAT/COOLMODE

1. WhenyouareintheHomescreen,pressSYSandthe

screenoppositeappears.

2. PressSYSrepeatedlytoselectoneofthefollowing

options:

• ‘Heat’,‘Cool’or‘Off’(ConventionalHAVC)

• ‘Heat’,‘Emer’(EmergencyHeating),‘Cool’or‘Off’

(HeatpumpHVAC)

3. PressMENUtoconfirmyourselectionandreturntotheHomescreen.

Note:MakesureyoupressMENUtoconfirmyourchangesortheywillnotbesaved.

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SETFANMODE

1. WhenyouareintheHomescreen,pressFANandthe

screenoppositeappears.

2. PressFANrepeatedlytoselect‘FanOn’or‘FanAuto’.

3. PressMENUtoconfirmyourselectionandreturnto

theHomescreen.

Notes:

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eheating/coolingsystemisworking.

urchangesortheywillnotbesaved.

MAINMENUSETTINGS

een,pressMENUand

thescreenoppositeappears.

• Whenthefanissetto‘Auto’itonlyrunswhenth

• MakesureyoupressMENUtoconfirmyo

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1. WhenyouareintheHomescr

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tions.

sortheywillnotbesaved.

menu

ilitycompany,‘Event’or‘Message’appearson

anyeventsormessagesyouhavereceived,and

canviewthedetailsbyrepeatedlypressingINFO(seethe

ssages’sectionformoreinformation).

orejectevents:

t

AllEvents’.

confirm.Ifyourejectanevent,amessage

ttorejectit,press

en.

inuetorejectallnew

nthesystemandanyneweventsthat

mustselect‘AcceptCurrentEvent’

asshownbelow.

CurrentEvent’or‘Accept

AllEvents’.

confirm.

have

ogrammenuwhileyou

. SelectandentertheOverridemenu.

lect‘Vacation’andthescreen

SELECTtoconfirm.

settingsand

‘On’toactivatethisfunction.

dreturntothepreviousscreen.

2. PressUPorDOWNtoscrollthroughtheMainmenuop

3. PressSELECTtoenteramenu.

Note:MakesureyoupressMENUtoconfirmyourchange

Override

Whenyoureceiveaneventormessagefromtheut

thebottomoftheHomescreenandadviseshowm

theevent'slevelofimportance.You

‘Viewingeventsandme

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IntheOverridemenu,youcanchoosetoacceptorrejecteventsandmessages,andsetthe

thermostatto‘Vacation’tooverridetheprogrammedsettings.

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1. SelectandentertheOverridemenu.

2. PressUPorDOWNtoselect‘RejectCurrentEvent’or‘Rejec

3. PressSELECTto

appearstoaskifyouaresureyouwan

SELECTtoconfirmtherejectionorMENUtoreturntothe

previousscre

Note:Onceyouhaverejectedacurrentevent,theunitwillcont

haverejectedallevents,theunitwillrejectalleventsstoredo

mayoccur.Toenabletheunittoaccepteventsonceagain,you

or‘AcceptAllEvents’

events.Ifyou

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Toacceptevents:

1. SelectandentertheOverridemenu.

2. PressUPorDOWNtoselect‘Accept

3. PressSELECTto

Note:Theunitwillautomaticallyaccepteventsunlessyou

setittorejecteventsandvice‐versa.

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Tosetyourvacationtime:

ThissettingwilloverrideyourselectedprogramsettingsinthePr

vacation.

areon

2. PressUPorDOWNtose

oppositeappears.

3. Press

4. UseUPorDOWNtoscrollthroughthe

pressSYSorFANtochangeasetting.Youmustsetthe

‘VacationMode’to

5. PressMENUtoconfirman

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overrideyourtemperaturesetting

whentheneweventsettingsavesenergy,forexample:

a) Inwintertimewhentheoutdoortemperatureiscold,youmaysetyourvacation

temperatureto10°Ctopreventpipesfromfreezing.However,iftheutilitycompanysends

aneventtoreducethetemperatureto8°Ctosaveenergy,itwilloverrideyourvacation

temperatureandmakethenew‘HeatSetPoint’8°C.

b) Insummertime,ifyouhavesetyourvacationtemperatureto20°Candtheutilitysendsan

eventtoincreasethetemperatureto25°Cinordertosaveenergy,itwilloverrideyour

vacationtemperatureandmakethenew‘CoolSetPoint’25°C.

Note:Theutilitycompanycannotoverrideyourvacationtemperatureifyouhavesettheunitto

‘RejectAllEvents’.

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Programmenu

Toeditthetimeandtemperaturesettingsforanydayof

theweek:

1. SelectandentertheProgrammenuandthescreen

oppositeappears.

2. UseUPorDOWNtoscrollthroughthesettingsand

pressSYSorFANtochangeasetting.

3. PressMENUtoconfirmandreturntotheprevious

screen.

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Tocopyorresetaprogram:

1. SelectandentertheProgrammenu.

2. PressINFOandthescreenoppositeappears.

3. UseUPorDOWNtoselect‘CopyProgram’or‘Reset

program’andpressSELECTtoconfirm.

• Ifyouselected‘CopyProgram’,usetheUPand

DOWNbuttonstoselectadaythatyouwant

theprogramsettingstobecopiedtoandpressSYSuntilthe‘N’cha

pressSELECTand‘SuccessfullyCopied’displays.

• Ifyouselected‘Resetprogram’,‘AreyousureyouwanttoRESETthe

PressSELECTtoconfirmorMENUtoexitandreturntotheprevious

resettheprogram,alltheProgrammenusettingsreturntothefact

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Whenthevacationmodeisactivated,yourutilitycompanycan

ngestoa‘Y’.Then

program?’appears.

screen.Whenyou

orydefaultsettings.

Setupmenu

ToedittheSetupmenu:

7

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,‘Thisactionwillrestorealluser[thermometric]settingstothe

Continue?’displays.PressSELECTtoconfirmorMENUtoexitandret

screen.

1. SelectandentertheSetupmenuandthescreen

oppositeappears.

2. UseUPorDOWNtoscrollthroughthesettingsand

pressSYSorFANtochangeasetting.

3. PressMENUtoconfirm.Here’salistofwhatthe

Setupmenusettingsmean:

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UnitChangesthedisplaymeasurementfromCelsiustoFahrenheitorvice‐versa.Ifyouselectthis

option defaultsettings.

urntotheprevious

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

thepreviousscreen.SELECTtoconfirmorMENUtoexitandreturnto

TimeChangesthetime.

DateChangesthedate.

GetNetwork

Time

Ifyouselectandconfirm‘Yes’,asignalwillbesen

willbeupdatedonyourthermo

touttosearchforthenetworktimeandthis

stat.

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Networkingmenu

sifthethermostatiscommunicatingwithyourutilitynetworkorifyou

ork,the‘Not

Note:IfyourassignedchannelnumberhasmorethanoneIDnumberyou

toscrollthroughandselectyourpreferredID.

4. PressSELECTtoconfirmandstartthechannelsearch.

5. Whenyouhavesuccessfullyconnected,the‘Joined’screenappearsand

Itwilltakeapproximatelyoneminutefortheconnectionprocesstocompl

problemsconnectingtoyourutilitynetwork,pleasecontactyourutility

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Thenetworkingmenuadvise

aredisconnectedfromthenetwork.

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Toconnecttoyourutilitynetwork:

1. SelectandentertheNetworkingmenu.

2. Ifyounotconnectedtoyourutilitynetw

Connected’screenappears.

3. UseUPorDOWNtoselectoneofthefollowing:

• ‘Auto’–enablesanautomaticscanforthe

channel.

• ‘All’–searchesallchannels.

• ‘Channel’–Ifyouknowyourchannelnumberenterithere(numbers1to26).

canuseUPorDOWN

theLEDlightisgreen.

ete.Ifyouexperience

company.

8

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yourutilitynetwork:

tworkingmenu.Youshouldseethe

yousure?’

nfirm,or

viousscreen.

ed.

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ryme

Thequerymen ty

company.

electan

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‘Get

time orFANtoenterthedate



scro dthiswillautomaticallysend

• ‘Getcurrentprice’–Whenyouselectthisoptionyourrequesttobe

priceoptionswillautomaticallybesentout.

e’–Followthesamestepsas‘Getevent’toautomaticallysendoutyour

• ‘Getlastmessage’–Whenyouselectthisoptionyourrequesttobenotifiedofyourlast

aticallybesentout.

ay,youneedtoconnectyourthermostat

etheNetworkingmenusectionfordetails).

hin15seconds.

Todisconnectfrom

1. SelectandentertheNe

‘Joined’screenopposite.

2. PressSELECTtodisconnectandthemessage‘Are

appears.

3. PressandholdMENUandINFOsimultaneouslytoco

pressMENUtoexitandreturntothepre

Note:TherightLEDlightsupwhenyouaredisconnect



Que nu

uallowsyoutoretrieveandviewrecentevents,pricesormessagesfromyourutili

1. SdentertheQuerymenuandthescreen

appears.

2. Use rDOWNtoscrollthroughtheonscreen

que ndpressSELECTtoenterthemenuoption:

orDOWNtoselectthe•event’–PressUP

anddate.UseSYS

you wishtovieweventsfrom.ThenuseDOWNto

lltothelastsettinginthemenuan outyourquery.

notifiedofthecurrent

• ‘Getschedulepric

requestforthescheduleprice.

messagereceivedwillautom

Note:

• If‘Pleasejoinnetworkfirst!’appearsonthedispl

totheutilitynetwork(se

• Areplytoyourqueryshouldbereceivedwit



9



VIE GES

screen,pressINFOrepeatedlytoviewthefollowingnotifications

Description

WINGEVENTSANDMESSA

1. WhenyouareintheHome

fromyourutilitycompany:

Screen

EVENT:AnEvent

• Pending–AneventwillhappenattheSTARTTIME.

• Active–Thiseventiscurrentlyinprogress.

• Rejected–Youhaverejectedthisevent.

LEV

•

EL:Thereare9differenteventlevels:

‐5–Levelofmessageimportance;1islowand5ishigh

cy

• Plannedoutage

nnect

Green–Energysaving

• Levels1

• Emergen

• ServiceDisco

STARTTIME:Theeventwillstartatthistimei.e.8am.

DURATION:Theeventwilllastforthisdurationi.e.2hours.



YourcurrentenergyusageispricedatLevel1,whichiscurrently

$2.2perkilowatt‐hour.



APrice



AMessage



Yourutilitycompanywillsendyouawiderangeofmessages.

you’veWhenpromptedonthescreen,pressXXXXtoconfirmthat

readaspecificmessage.



Ifthemessageneedstheendusertomakeaconfirmation,

oraCancelcommandforapreviousmessageneedstobe

confirmed,the“Confirm”buttonguidestheusertoconfirm

it.



SUPPORT–Callthistelephonenumberforsupport.

CHANNEL–Writedownyourchannelnumberandputitinasafe

place.Itmaybeusefulifyouneedtoreconnecttothenetwork.

NetworkInformation

SHORT/PAN/EPAN/EU164/FIRM/HVAC–Ifyouphonefor

10



umaybeaskedtoprovidethesecodes.supportyo



2. viewinganyofthesescreens,lo right‐handcornertoseehowmanypages

therearei.e.1/2.UsetheUPandDOWNbuttonstoscrollthroughtotheendofthemessage.



INDICATORS

TherearetwoLEDs.OneisYellowin co HVAC

systemindicationandTri‐color(Green,Orange .

YellowColorLED:

HVACsystemworkingnormal:

HVACsystemworkingnormal questfromServerorutilitycompany:

Flashing

HVACsystemerror/warnin



Tri‐color(red,greenand)LED:

DemandResponsefromUtilityCompa

CurrentenergypriceisatLowlevel:G

tenergypriceisatMedium:Gr enLEDon

CurrentenergypriceisatHighlevel:O

CurrentenergypriceisatCriticallevel:

PRICETEMPERATUREOFFSE

There are (3) three settings progra med in the thermostat in response to different

energy price level.

Below is a table of for the Price ffset:

vel LED Indicator Offset (in F)

When okinthetop

lorandtheotheristri‐color.TheYellowLEDisforFor

andRed)forUtilityInformationindication

Off

withNetworkIdentifyRe

g:On

nyisrunning:RedLEDon

reenLEDon

Curren e

rangeLEDon

RedLEDon

T

temperature o

Energy Le

Medium Green 2

High Orange 4

Critical Red 6

For example, if the current programmed temperature is 75F and the current price level

from utility company is High (Orange, the actual set point for the home will be 79F.



RESET

Toresettheunit,insertathin,bluntinstrume

thatresettingtheunitwillreturnittothefact



SPECIFICATIONS

Temperatureunit

ntintotheRESETholeonthesideoftheunit.Pleasenote

orydefaultsettings.

°C/°F

Operatingtemperature32–113°F(0–45oC)

Indoortemperaturemeasurementrange40–99°F(5–37C)

11



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)



FCCDECLARATION

party r

quipm

h Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

rmful interference, and

) this luding interference that

ay ca

OTE: nd to comply with the limits for a

lass B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are

tion against harmful interference in a

t generates, uses and can radiate radio

equency

instruc ver,

there is no guarantee that

this eq

which in the eq and on, the user is

encour co rferen more of the following

measures

• Re r relocat eiving antenna.

• Increase separat ween the equipment and receiver.

•

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

xposure statement:

ipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an

TL

lass 3 product and must be operating by approved power

8-30VAC. It must be conne supply of HVAC

System or transformer approved by UL/cUL/CSA.

Disconnection means: Type 1B

Pollution Degree: 2

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the

esponsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the

e ent.

This device complies wit

following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause ha

eived, inc(2 device must accept any interference rec

m use undesired operation.

N This equipment has been tested and fou

designed to provide reasonable protec

residential installation. This equipmen

fr energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

tions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Howe

interference will not occur in a particular installation. If

ipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, u

can be determ

age to ed by turning

rre inte uipment off

ce by ne ord to try

: ct the o

orient o

the e ecthe r

ion bet

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

FCC RF Radiation E

This equ

uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with

a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body.

This thermostat is a C

source under 1 cted to 18-30VAC

12



lse voltage: 330V

allation, please refer to the install

Warning: Do not connect any of the termi ply.

Rated Impu

For inst ation and wiring diagram under

Appendix

nals to 110V/220V AC sup

Appendix:InstallationandWiringDiagram

13



Terminaldefinition



TerminalConventionalHeatCoolSystem

HeatPump

System

NouseSystemmonitor

24VACcommonforcontrolcircuitandthermostat

powerinput

Fan

1ststagecooling1ststagecompressor

2ndstagecooling2ndstage

compressor

1ststageheatingAuxiliaryheating

2ndstageheatingEmergencyheating

3rdstageheatingChangeovervalve

24VACPowersupplyforHeatingside

L

C

G

Y

Y2

W

W2/E

W3/O/B

RH



24VACPowersupplyforCoolingside



RC

14



iringdiagramforHeatpumpsystemW



Aux heating

Emergency

15



systemWiringdiagramforconventionalHeatCool

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