Zone settings

About Zone Settings:

The Zone Settings allow you to make amendments to the configuration of the associated equipment of that zone. This may include items such as the control parameters, energy savings strategies and minimum acceptable thresholds. 

Navigation:

To navigate to the Zone Settings screen:

1. Log in to the panel using your 6-digit PIN
2. Click the navigation logo in the top left hand corner of the panel
3. Select Settings from the drop down menu
4. Select the Zone Settings option

Understanding the Zone Settings:

The zone settings will allow you configure many aspects of how that zone behaves. Different zones can have different zone settings, so that you can ensure each zone is perfectly optimised based on site requirements. 

Note: The zone settings screen is applicable for zone types such as Heating, Lighting, Compressors and Fan zones. Air Conditioning zones have their own separate settings as these are typically non-outstation controlled zones. The relevant settings for each zone type will load automatically as per the zone selected in the top dropdown.  More information on individual equipment settings types is explained below.
 
When you load, the zone settings, you will see a screen similar to the below: 

There are two different menu items in the zone settings, one which is to amend a single zone (as shown above) and one to amend all zones simultaneously with the same setting configuration (as shown below). 

Each dropdown when selected will show the settings related to that area. All individual settings have an "I" logo which when selected will explain the setting in further detail.

Note: Different zone setting options will display based on your user role type.  

Heating Settings:

The heating settings are the zone settings that are displays when the zone is configured as a heating zone. Heating zones can be identified by the flame icon, as shown in the graphic below:
It allows you to configure the following settings below:

Setting	Description	Site Managers	Managers
Fallback	This is the lowest temperature that can be reached before heating activates when "outside of a shift", providing frost protection/production protection for the site.	Y	Y
Max Fallback Temp	This is the maximum value for the fallback temperature.	Y	N
Min Fallback Temp	This is the minimum value for the fallback temperature.	Y	N
Control Modifier	This is the mode of operation for the equipment. It provides the primary objective for the equipment behaviour.	Y	Y
Cooling Difference	This is the temperature difference between target temperature and actual temperature at which cooling activates.	Y	Y
Max Day Temp	Maximum target temperature that can be set for a day pattern shift.	Y	N
Min Day Temp	Minimum target temperature that can be set for a day pattern shift.	Y	N
Max Override On Time	Maximum amount of time that this zone can be overridden ON from the browse screen.	Y	N
Max Override Off Time	Maximum amount of time that this zone can be overridden OFF from the browse screen.	Y	N
Max Override Temp	Maximum temperature at which this zone can be overridden ON at from the browse screen.	Y	N
Max Preheat Time	Maximum amount of time that this zone will preheat, even if the self-learning algorithm calculates a longer amount of time is needed.	Y	N
Stop Mode Active	If stop mode is active, then if it gets warm enough outside, the internal target temperature will be adjusted inside, using the logic that the temperature is warm enough outside to maintain a reasonable temperature inside.	Y	N
Stop Mode Target Temp	The new internal target temperature when Stop Mode becomes active.	Y	N
External Trigger Temp	The external temperature at which stop mode becomes active.	Y	N
Compensation Strategy	In future, we hope to have more compensation strategies available. For now, this is the first step to switching stop mode on.	Y	N
Learning Active	If learning is active, then the self-learning algorithm will continuous recalculate preheat times in line with recorded temperature information to ensure that the preheat time is as accurate as possible.	Y	N
Max Number of Shifts Used	The maximum number of shifts in a single day pattern for this zone.	Y	Y
Optimum ON	Switching on preheat using the self-learning algorithm.	Y	N
Rate of rise	The number of minutes between each time increment at which the target temperature increases during the preheat period.	Y	N
Optimum OFF	Another energy saving strategy which ramps down the target temperature at the end of a shift. 45 mins before shift end the target goes down by 0.5 degrees, 30 mins before shift end the target goes down by 1 degrees, 15 mins before shift end the target goes down by 3 degrees.	Y	N

Compressor Settings:

The compressor settings are the zone settings applicable for a compressor zone. They will allow you to make amendments to the configuration of any compressors controls at your site.

To navigate to the Compressor Settings screen, log in to the panel using your 6 digit pin, and click the navigation logo in the top left hand corner. You will then see a new dropdown menu. Click Settings, followed by selecting the zone settings. You can then select the Compressor zone type that you would like to change by choosing a zone with the compressor icon, as seen below: 

Lighting Settings:

The lighting settings are the zone settings applicable for lighting zones. They allow you to make changes to the settings of any lighting zones at site.

To navigate to Lighting settings, log into the panel with  your 6 digit pin and click the navigation logo in the top left hand corner. You will then see a new dropdown menu. Click Settings, followed by selecting the zone settings with the lighting logo seen below. Here you can help edit the settings for the on/off patterns.