V A N T A G E C O N T R O L S . C O M

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Overview

Vantage's Equinox 40 LCD Keypad has been designed to be located in the same space as a traditional keypad, installed in a single gang wall box. Scalable designs from one, two, or three pages allow a perfect fit in most areas. Each keypad can be configured with three independent mini-widgets, making this an eloquent choice for areas where lighting, AV control, climate control, etc., are wanted, without the added cost of a fully functional touchscreen or the wall clutter of multiple gang keypads. Equinox 40 introduces Vantage’s commitment to a consistent user experience interface across touchscreens, tablets, and smart phones. The interface uses intuitive gestures; swipe left and right to change pages, touch and release for normal button operation, or press and hold for dim-cycle, volume controls, etc.

Features/Operations Overview

• Fits US/European single-gang box or low voltage bracket.

• Available in a “Black Glass” finish.

• Power & communication over station bus.

• Accepts Six-wire pigtail with all functionality.

• Update firmware from Design Center. NOTE: Screen turns a gradient green during a firmware update.

• Built-in ambient light sensor for “Active,” AUTO mode screen brightness.

• Built-in proximity activation, 6” maximum, may be programmed to execute a task with a hand wave across front of station. o

Proximity trigger will not re-trigger for 30 seconds after no keypad usage or when the plus/minus signs disappear (see Steps moving from active to inactive, page 4). o

Re-triggering may also be controlled through task logic.

• Up to three LCD pages available through Design Center programming.

• Each LCD page may have up to 5 scene buttons depending on exclusion of AV mini-widget.

• Raise/Lower graphical buttons via minus / plus (-/+) for dimmable loads and volume control.

• Text tracks status using two fixed colors for ON and OFF.

• Dual operation mechanical button, bottom left and right; o

left navigates to home screen or settings screens with press and hold, o

right may be programmed from Design Center.

• Self discovering widgets for fast setup & programming.

• Five programmable event sounds through Design Center.

• Headers; select one of the following as a page header: o

empty – displays nothing in the header; o

temperature (only select one);

 Internal temperature

 External temperature

 Heat set point

 Cool set point o

thermostat (select one thermostat only);

 Displays internal temperature

 Displays current mode setpoint – setpoint is adjustable via minus / plus (-/+) buttons

 Displays current mode – blue graphic for Cool, red graphic for Heat, blue and red graphic for

Auto, and gray graphic for Off

 Displays the word “heat” or “cool” and the current mode graphic becomes more vivid when system is actively heating or cooling o

time – HH:MM format;

 twelve hour clock only o

weather;

 Displays current outdoor temperature and a graphic of current conditions.

• AV mode – selecting an AV zone replaces bottom two scene buttons on all three pages with pre-designed common AV interface controls.

• Local settings (accessed by a press and hold of Home button); o

volume (touch interaction audio feedback)

 minus / plus (-/+) touch interaction volume

 off when dark checkbox o

Settings

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Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI-II

 Auto Mode option

 Active & Inactive brightness settings

 Advanced

• Low trim – sets minimum brightness

percentage for auto mode,

• Motion sense – sets proximity sensor’s

sensitivity.

 Off When Dark option. o

Station information

 Firmware, graphics, boot code & eprom versions

 Serial number

 use infusion settings,* (Design Center settings) option.

*NOTE: to unselect use infusion settings change any

setting on the Sound or Brightness setup screens.

• Possible Screen Combinations:

1) Header, Scenes, Audio, 2) Header, Scenes,

3) Scenes, Audio, 4) Scenes only.

• Station Reset – simultaneously, press and hold both mechanical buttons for one second. Do not touch the screen when first powered or during the reboot process.

Specifications

Description

Dimensions, HWD

(at wall surface)

Dimensions, HWD

(overall)

Finished Weight

Power

Surge Suppression

Maximum LCD Control

Points (CP) including +/- buttons (with 3 pages)

Maximum Gangs

LCD Button Status

Sound Option

Wiring Connections

Specification

4.9” x 3.44” x 0.44”

124mm x 87mm x 11mm

4.9” x 3.44” x 1.5”

124mm x 87mm x 38mm

11.2 oz. or 317.5g

24V/36V via Station Bus

Yes

Scenes only – 45 CP max.

Scenes & Header – 47 CP max.

Scenes & AV – 37 CP max.

Scenes, AV, & Header – 39 CP max

Single Gang Only

Automatic (white = off, ochre = on)

Independent volume for each sound:

1 – touch interaction

5 – programmable event sounds

2 Wire 600V pigtail (included)

6 wire aux. pigtail (order separate)

Power for Aux. External

Devices

Station Bus Polarity

Station Wiring configuration

15 mA @ 12V DC

Auto-Switching

Daisy-chain/Star/Branch

Station Bus Specification

Station Buss Power Draw

Addressing

Finish

2C, 16AWG / 1.31mm2, twisted, nonshielded, <30pF per foot. Separate a minimum of 12" / 30.5cm from other parallel communication and/or high voltage runs.

2.85W on IC-24 / 2.85W on IC-36 self addressing through software

• TRIM - Titanium

• TOUCHSCREEN – Black Glass

Chemically Strengthened Glass Surface

Ambient Operating

Temperature

Ambient Operating

Humidity

32-95°F -or- 0-35°C

5-95% non-condensing

FreeRTOS™

CE and RoHS Compliant

Real-time scheduling provided by

FreeRTOS (www.freertos.org)

Yes

Character / Font Support

Equinox can render the following Unicode Codepoints*

Unicode Codepages (blocks) Range

U+0000 -

U+00FF

U+0400 -

U+06FF

Typeface

Rendered in

Gotham Book

Rendered in Arial

Unicode MS

Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement

Cyrillic, Cyrillic Supplement,

Armenian, Hebrew, Arabic

U+2700 -

U+27FF

Rendered in Arial

Unicode MS

Dingbats

U+3000 -

U+30FF

Rendered in Arial

Unicode MS

CJK Symbols and Punctuation,

Hiragana, Katakana

* NOTE: Proper computer/keyboard setup or copy/paste is required to produce many international characters from the above Unicode Codepoints. page 1 of 6

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System Requirements

Equinox 40 is compatible with InFusion Design Center version

3.1 software or higher. For new projects it is recommended that firmware and software be kept to the most current release.

Installation

Installation of Vantage products should be performed or supervised by a Certified Vantage Installer. The Vantage

Equinox 40 keypad installs into US/European style, single gang, wall boxes or low-voltage brackets. Connect to station bus. See Troubleshooting, Expectations and Tips page 5. Do not touch the screen when first powered or reset until it boots.

I.

Installation Overview

Enclosure

Equinox

Keypad

Station Bus*

Equinox

Keypad

* See Vantage Station Bus Specification – table, page 1.

Vantage Station Bus may be ordered separately. pigtail mounting plate station bus

Screws*

Equinox 40

LCD keypad

*Use flat-head screws provided

US – 6-32 x 0.75″ or

Metric – M3.5 x 20mm

Station Install Steps

1.

Run station bus to boxes.

2.

Install mounting plate with screws provided (see A in *Side

View Illustration). Do not bend mounting plate

3.

Connect pigtail to station.

4.

Install station by rotating (see B in *Side View Illustration) and connecting the top first. Then press station in and hold on bottom center while securing the hex screw with provided allen wrench (see C in *Side View Illustration).

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*Side View Illustration:

Press here on front, bottom, center

Set 1/16” hex screw in station bottom

CAUTION: Do not over tighten the 1/16” hex screw in station bottom. If screw will not go in, the mounting plate may need slightly loosened and/or have a thin spacer inserted between the wall and mounting plate. The wall must be repaired if there is still a problem.

Auxiliary Connections

Equinox 40

Auxiliary connections to the keypad station are wired to a six wire pigtail, including motion detectors, door contacts, light sensors, etc. Each aux. connection supplies a 15mA @

12V DC power source, eliminating the need for an external power supply. Aux. powered devices using the

Black wire should not be earth grounded unless isolated.

II.

Configuration

Six Wire Pigtail for sensors, dry contacts, etc.

1.

Connect station bus and confirm it says ready.

2.

Highlight station in Design Center; click Configure Stations.

3.

Station displays tap to configure – tap station.

4.

When configured station goes back to ready until programmed.

-OR-

5.

The station may also be configured by typing the serial number in the project file, using this method the station will automatically be configured when the system is programmed.

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III.

Design Overview

Keypad Areas:

Headers

Page

Indicators

Custom Scene

Buttons

AV

Controls

Mechanical

Buttons

1. Headers – top portion of keypad, may be set to:

• Empty,

• Temperature,

• Thermostat,

• Time,

• Weather.

2. Page indicators 0, 2, or 3 dashes – beneath header:

• In Design Center, setup the Equinox keypad with 1, 2, or 3 pages. Dashes are added for two and three page layouts. o

Use a left or right swipe gesture to navigate the pages.

3. Scene Buttons – middle portion of keypad:

• Button text uses a variable width font, allowing approx. 9 to

15 lower case characters & spaces that change color for status. In Design Center, text turns red if text is to long. o

White = off and ochre = on. spots spots

• Dimmable load tasks, in addition to text, also display a horizontal load level indicator. o

Example:

33%

100%

Heat

Off Auto

Time Header: o

Displays current time in hours and minutes.

• Weather Header Widget: o

Select Header Data Weather. o

Create Weather Data in o blizzard freezing rain rain showers

Design Center’s programming view. To create a location, right click and select the Add Weather

icon.

Weather Location formats may be typed in as:

(1) City, State, (2) City, Country, or (3) U.S. Zip Code. o

Weather Icons and Descriptions

 Current Condition icons are updated automatically from Vantage’s weather service provider. cloudy hazy smoke cold day hot day

Cool drizzle mixed dust partly cloudy snow snow sunny showers freezing drizzle rain thunderstorm

• Dimmable loads/tasks also display , –/+

(minus/plus) buttons that support press and hold for fading or ramping and press and release for stepping down or up.

4. AV Zone – bottom portion of keypad:

• When enabled, the AV Zone replaces the bottom two scene buttons on all three pages. Using a mini-widget, common

AV controls are automatically programmed. o

AV controls are dynamic and self-changing depending on the AV Zone’s source equipment and the Driver Designer, driver used. o

Vantage’s 850D-DA and NūVō® or DMM-4S-(T) are great examples using this integration. (See AV Zone below)

5. Mechanical Buttons – bottom bar left/right buttons: o

Pressing the home (mechanical) button on the bottom left will return to page 1. o

Press and hold the home button for station setup. o

Note: The right button may have a task assigned to it.

IV.

Equinox Headers and AV Zone Graphics Overview

Headers

• Empty – may be left blank.

• Temperature Header Widget o

Select thermostat sensor or setpoint property, (e.g., indoor or outdoor temperature) o

Displays sensor or setpoint value.

• Thermostat Header Widget: o

Select one thermostat. o

, –/+ (minus/plus) buttons change the current mode’s setpoint. o

The text heat or cool appear under the setpoint when the call for either is active.

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AV Zone

• May be left blank: o

Allows for two additional scene buttons at the bottom of all three pages.

• Select an AV Zone: o

In Design Center, select a multi-room zone or filtered zone; for example select Zone 1 from the 850D-DA

Amplifier. The sources available to that AV Zone and the current source selected determine the controls that will be available in the AV section of the keypad. o

Vantage recommends naming sources with short names using lower case letters. Equinox changes all text to lower case characters in each source name.

 Examples; dmm s1 or technics s2. o

Some AV Zone display icons are dynamic to include appropriate information and/or interface controls depending on the source selected.

 Example: If the selected source is a DMM playlist or an AM/FM tuner, the control buttons and other metadata update automatically.

Playlist Control & Status Icons selected source dashes: – swipe left or right source icon – press / release playlist | ellipsis – press / release skipprevious | pause/play | skipnext volume — | source name/zone power | volume + volume level indicator

Tuner Radio Control & Icons selected source dashes: – swipe left or right tuner presets (see Tuner Operation Detail): frequency: - press / release | band icon seek previous | tune up/down | seek next volume — | source name/zone power | volume + volume level indicator

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• Tuner Operation Detail

Each Equinox 40 station, on a project, supports six, independent, learnable presets for each tuner/band source available to the assigned AV Zone. Follow steps in order.

1.

Press/Release on frequency to select presets 1–6.

2.

|< or >|, seek

3.

<< or >>, tune to station

4.

Press and hold frequency to learn to selected preset.

5.

Preset selection turns white when learned. o

AV Source Icons and Descriptions

 Icons are updated automatically from selected source driver.

AirPlay Amazon Aupeo! GoogleMusic HDRadio

IHeartRadio InternetRadio2 InternetRadio LastFM MediaFly MOG

SiriusXM

Slacker Spotify Stitcher StreamingMedia Wolfgang’s Vault

VTuner XBoxMusic AM FM XM

Binding Methods, Substitutions, and Driver Implementation

Play

Interface

|<

||

Standard

Binding Method

Binding Method

Substitute 1

Binding Method

Substitute 2

SkipPrevious Rewind ScanPrevious

Pause — —

>

>|

Tuner

Interface

|<

<<

>>

>|

Channel

Interface

|<

Play — —

SkipNext Forward ScanNext

Standard

Binding Method

Binding Method

Substitute 1

Binding Method

Substitute 2

SeekDown ScanDown —

TuneDown — —

TuneUp — —

SeekUp ScanUp —

Standard

Binding Method

ScanDown

Binding Method

Substitute 1

CategoryPrevious

(Tuner Interface)

Binding Method

Substitute 2

—

<<

>>

>|

Down — —

Up — —

ScanUp

CategoryNext

(Tuner Interface)

Zone Switching Implementation

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Drivers utilizing switching for the Equinox 40 must support the AVZone2 model with implementation of the AVZone2, AVSource, Power and

Volume2 interfaces.

Media Server Implementation

Media server support must implement the data provider interface using the Equinox 40 data model.

V.

Equinox 40 Configuration Pages

Setup – To enter the settings screens, press and hold the Home button for about 2 seconds (mechanical button, bottom left).

Press and hold again to select a different settings page or press and release to exit.

• Setup Screen – displays three choices

Using Local Settings Using Design Center settings

(notice icon on right)

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Press and hold the home button to select one of the following three categories:

• Sound Settings – touch interaction feedback

• Adjustable volume level

• off when dark check box

• Brightness Settings

• auto mode check box – auto sets active brightness to ambient light

• active – sets active brightness level

• inactive – sets brightness to inactive level after 60 seconds of non-use

• advanced (advanced brightness)

 Low trim – sets minimum brightness percentage for auto mode,

 Motion sense – sets proximity sensor’s sensitivity level.

• off when dark – when checked turns LCD screen off, if ambient light level is very low, when going to inactive level.

Steps moving from active to inactive

• after 30 seconds the minus/plus buttons and load levels dissappear.

• After another 30 seconds (1 minute total) the screen dims to inactive level or off, if off when dark is checked and ambient light is very low. active after 30s / no plus/minus or load levels after another 30s,

(1 minute total) the screen goes inactive or off

• Information Settings

 Station firmware version

 G(xx), B(xx), & E(xx) – graphics, boot, and eprom versions

 Station serial number

 use infusion settings check box*

*Note: To uncheck the use infusion settings check box, make changes to the Sound or Brightness settings.

Configuration Screens:

Sound (left) touch interaction configuration screen

NOTE:

Play Sound Effects is available through Design

Center programming. In the Procedure Wizard,

Select Advanced | Stations

| Play Sound Effect. This feature does not change the Equinox interaction sound when touching the screen. Uses would be as an alert triggered by a motion sensor, etc.

Brightness (below, left) – (active / inactive) configuration screen and advanced

Advanced Brightness (above, right)

Low trim – sets minimum brightness percentage in auto mode,

Motion sense – proximity sensor’s sensitivity.

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( Configuration Screens continued)

Information (right)

Firmware*, graphics, boot code, and eprom versions & use infusion settings configuration screen.

NOTE: Firmware may be updated from Design Center. Screen turns a gradient green color during a firmware update.

Troubleshooting, Expectations and Tips

1.

Header Widget Area - Comfort/Weather/Clock/Blank

Provides relevant thermostat, weather or clock information

Aprilaire 8870 or 8800, including internal and external temperature sensors – thermostat in thermostat mode only – no support for Humidistat.

• Weather Supported – Current outside temperature and conditions.

Tips/Troubleshoot -

• Auto Mode – last known mode setpoint shown, +/- buttons increment BOTH heat and cool modes at the same time, unknown currently if it is heat or cool when walked up to.

• Weather – check gateway and DNS on controller

• Time – may take up to one minute to synchronize with system time if controller time is changed.

2.

Middle Button Area – Scenes/Tasks

Provides standard button control and feedback for any scene

• Supported Button Count – Max three per page with audio; Max five per page without audio

• Supported Page Count – Max three

• Supported Scenes – All Vantage tasks for lighting, shades, a/v, pool/spa, drivers, conditional logic, etc.

Tips/Troubleshoot -

• +/- Buttons – Check conditional logic on tasks, confirm power profile standard/dimmable (use of simple conditional logic and dimmable loads).

Supported Cases –

1.

Procedures and loads support adjust/dimmable.

2.

All devices are same type (no mixed scenes).

3.

Same objects in all branches of conditional logic.

4.

Dimmable Loads required (for loads) a.

If all power profiles are relay, adjust/dim is not supported

5.

Make sure all objects support required methods

• LED Status – Status using fixed colors for ON and OFF.

• Character counts – based on non-proportional characters used, typically 9-15. Turns red if too long.

• No Capital letters – not allowed based on Industrial

Design guides.

• Button allocation on Pages – only draws pages with buttons assigned, Only draws buttons if text or task assigned

3.

Bottom AV Widget Area – Audio Zone/Sources

Provides single zone audio control for power, volume, source selection, playlists, tuner presets and transport commands.

• Supported Multi-room Systems – Vantage 450, 850, and

Nuvo Grand Concerto.

Autonomic Mirage MMS - playlists & Pandora, Mozaex

Solo (use DMM object renamed), Nuvo Music Port, Nuvo

T2, Nuvo iPod Dock, Russound ST2, Speakercraft STT2,

Elan DTNR, Onkyo T4555, Integra TUN 3.7, iPort FS/IW.

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Tips/Troubleshoot -

• Initially tuner presets are empty; the initial project file does not have tuner presets.

• Tuner presets are read back in from system every time there is full program or firmware update once they exist.

Project file must be open for read back to work and then saved.

• Tuner presets are lost if keypad is deleted from Design

Center project.

• Check to see if using supported drivers

• Check source parameters for drivers assigned

• Check AV zone or filtered AV zone selections

• Check firmware on 450/850

• Check to see if using unsupported drivers, IR (discrete play/pause), interfaces implemented?

• Check source parameters, check zone parameters

• For unsupported systems use keypad/scene buttons

Firmware Update / Boot Code Operation Mode -

If station appears to be locked and will not accept a firmware update from Design Center, place the station in boot code operation mode.

• Press and hold both buttons until station resets.

• Release left button and a second later the right button.

• The screen will turn to gradient green and should now accept a firmware update from Design Center.

• Firmware updates to EQ40 screens take just under three minutes-approximately.

• When the firmware update is complete the station should automatically boot to normal application mode.

Back Label (right)

Mounting Plate

Use flat-head screws provided to mount the

Mounting Plate.

Pan-head screws will not allow the station to fit snugly to the wall and may damage electronics. Do not bend mounting plate.

Use either type screw supplied:

• 2 Each – US: o

US: VHC-01090–

SCREW, 6-32 X .750”

P-FH, ZINC

• 2 Each – Metric: o

VHC-01089–SCREW,

M3.5 X 20mm P-FH,

ZINC

Close-Up of Back

Label

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Equinox 40 –/+ (minus/plus) Adjust Buttons Descriptions For Press and Release or Press and Hold

The following task procedures will cause the Equinox 40 to display the –/+ (minus/plus) adjust buttons and status bar.

The percentage of change when tapping the minus/plus buttons is adjustable in Design Center by clicking on Settings | Procedure

Preferences | System Defaults and adjusting the Bump Percentage (default is 10%).

Dim

Dim Cycle

Dim Scene

Off with Lower

On with Raise

Multi-View Line Drawing

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Default Dimmer Behavior

Toggle

Toggle With Auto Off

Toggle With Auto Learn

On

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On With Auto Off

On With Auto Learn

Standard Fan Control

Set Blind Position

Set Volume (Volume2)

Please see http://dealer.vantagecontrols.com/ for latest installation instruction.

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