Browse screen – ArcSett

About the Browse screen:

The browse section provides you with a summary overview of the current status of each zone. The browse screen also provides you with the option to override the current settings, such as to raise or lower the temperature, or switch the zone off.

Navigation:

To navigate to the Browse screen:

Log in to the panel using your 6-digit PIN
Click the navigation logo in the top left hand corner of the panel
Select Browse from the drop down menu

Understanding the Browse screen:

When selecting the browse screen you will then be presented with the a list of zones.

The slide-buttons at the top will let you filter by zone type (Heating, Aircon, Lighting, Compressors or Fans)

If you then click the down arrow symbol to the right of the zone name, this will give you more information about the zone, including a quick summary of the temperature settings/readings and allow you to apply schedule overrides.

For more information about overrides, please see this article.

Depending on the type of zone (Heating/Air Con/Lighting/ Fans/ Compressors) and the engineer mode it is set up in, the view for each zone on the browse menu will differ slightly. This article will take you through a few of the standard settings and modes. If your view differs slightly, just contact our team and we can walk you through what each attribute means.

It is important to note that there are two types of mode.

One is set up by the engineer and will dictate time-only, indirect heater, hi/Lo heater, radiant tube, extract fan etc.

One is in the heating settings, and is referred to as the control modifier. This will initially be set by the engineer and dictate if the zone is heating, cooling, auto (both dependent on the temp) or off.

Heating Zone - Time Only Controls

This type of zone is a heating zone in auto mode, set up to Time-Only control settings - that means that the Energy Controls for the heating can be ON or OFF, but the temperature is still controlled locally using a thermostat or a similar device - this will be a device which was installed with the heater - not a ArcSett device.

In the top left, you see the name of the zone and an icon indicating that it is a heating zone. In the top right you will see the mode (control modifier), a refresh button and the zone ID. You can use this zone ID to locate the zone on a site map.

We have one output signifying that we are controlling the boiler only. On the right hand side we can see the current status of the relays.

In this case, the output light will tell you if we are currently calling for the zone to be switched on.

The status light is the response from the boiler. In this example, both lights are green indicating that we are allowing heat to be used, and that the boiler is responding to acknowledge this and is switched on.

Heating Zone - Heater Indirect - Heat Mode

We have one output signifying that we are controlling the heating only (you'll notice that the control modifier in this case is heat).

On the left hand side we can see the current temperature reading from the internal sensor attached to this zone, the current target temperature for this zone and the fall-back temperature.

On the right hand side we can see the current status of the relays. If the status light is green, then we are calling for heat. If the output light is green, the heater is responding and is switched on.

We can see here a section showing outstation inputs. In this example we have an override switch. This means that the engineer will have installed an override switch onto the outstation. This will look like a round button on the physical outstation. This can be pressed to switch the heater on for a short span of time, or switch it off for a short span of time. This is configured by the engineer whilst on site at the time of installation. It can be disabled by our team remotely if required.

Zones with a Door Switch/Sensor

On occasion, an engineer may have installed a door sensor - sometimes referred to as a door switch on one of the doors at your site. This will allow the heaters to automatically be switched off if the doors are left open for a certain amount of time. They will come back on if the door is then closed.

On the browse menu, you will see that a zone is being controlled by a door switch if the door icon is present in the top right hand corner, as in the example above. You may notice that in this example, there is no outstation input, even though the zone settings are being changed depending on if the door is open or not. This is because the door switch is attached to a different zone, but we still have the ability to turn multiple zones on/off using a single door sensor/switch.

If you click the door icon, you will see the list of zones that are being controlled by the single door switch.

If we look at HEATER 2 we can see that here, we have a door switch on the outstation inputs. This means the door switch is physically wired to the same outstation as HEATER 2.

Heating Zone - Heater Indirect - Auto Mode

This one is a little more complicated!

On the left hand side we can see the current temperature reading from the internal sensor attached to this zone, the current target temperature for this zone and the fall-back temperature.

On the right hand side we have multiple outputs. The bottom two Heater and Cooler outputs signify that the heater can be controlled in AUTO mode (we have both a cooling and a heating output). The top two outputs indicate two analogue outputs. In this case, we have a Heater and a Cooler. The browse menu will show what capacity each function is being used at.

We can see the current status of the relays again. If the status light is green, then we are calling for heat/cooling. If the output light is green, the heater/cooler is responding and is switched on.

Aircon - Wall mounted units using Time-Only controls

This type of zone is an Air Conditioning (AC) zone set up to Time-Only control settings - that means that the EMS system controls when the unit can be ON or OFF, but the temperature is still controlled locally using a remote control.

In the top left, you see the name of the zone and an icon indicating that it is a cooling zone. In the top right you will see a refresh button.

Aircon - Ceiling cassettes

This type of zone is an Air Conditioning (AC) zone which is a ceiling cassette.

Here we can see

The status of the unit (whether it is switched on or off)
The current target temperature set up in the AC day pattern .
The temperature reading from the aircon unit's internal temperature sensor - not a Pilot temperature sensor.
The control mode - which is set up in the AC day pattern
The vane position - which is set up in the AC day pattern
The horizontal vane position - which is set up in the AC day pattern
The fan speed - which is set up in the AC day pattern

Compressors

This type of zone is a Compressor zone, which by default is set up in Time-Only configuration, so that you can control when the compressors can and can't be used (when they are energised).

In the top left, you see the name of the zone and an icon indicating that it is a compressor zone. In the top right you will see a refresh button and the zone ID. You can use this zone ID to locate the zone on a site map.

On the right hand side we can see the current status of the relays.