alpha home / introduction

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1 alpha home

2 alpha home / introduction What does alpha home provide? Intelligent individual room control system Communication between heat pump and heating distribution system Radio system, fits for new built and existing homes Supports heating and cooling function Easy solutions for Under floor heating system Radiator system Operation by app on smart phone or tablet Access from home or whilst travelling

3 alpha home / introduction domestic hot water temperature radiator actuator room sensor floor heating switch control box & gateway heat pump

4 alpha home / introduction What are the advantages of the alpha home system? INSTALLER Intelligent individual room control system for heating and cooling Easy installation in new built homes without cable (slot) work existing homes easy to retrofit Easy commissioning process Automatic, demand-driven flow temperature adjustment and therewith optimum set heating curve Air source heat pumps without buffer tank in series, lowers the system costs and reduces installation time END CUSTOMER Energy- and heating cost reduction demand driven flow temperatures heating the rooms that are in use User friendly Comfortable operating interface (App for Smartphone or Tablet) End customer friendly controlparameters for the heating system (room temperatures & domestic hot water temperature) Pre-programmed scene- and timer programs; own profiles can be created Secure and reliable Remote control optional

5 alpha home / introduction Reach Free-field range up to 100m Indoor about 30m depending on the circumstances Transmission power and therefore charge of radio systems Radio roomcontrol system Bluetooth Wireless LAN DECT Cordless phone Walkie-Talkie Babyphone Mobile phone

6 alpha home / introduction Individual room control advantage? source: study - TGA Fachplaner With an individual room control system the rooms will be heated up on demand, additional the rooms will not be over heated Saving potential in this study in comparison to an uncontrolled system is up to 21% Single family house, 160m² living square Cumulative frequency room temperature with individual room control Cumulative frequency room temperature without individual room control

7 alpha home / intelligent defrost function Review onto conventional systems Defrost operation by reverse circulation requires energy from the heating system individual room control systems (mostly autarkic) does not release this energy all the time (closed circuits/loops) Therefore a system buffer tank for defrosting mode is required at air source heat pump system alpha home is able to open this heating circuits Heat pump can open the circuits/loops automatically System buffer tank (in series) is not required, anymore Conditions must be fulfilled: sufficient surface of under floor heating system is needed to ensure the required water-/energy amount for defrosting mode

8 alpha home / intelligent defrost function Planning chart required surface under floor heating system piping distance 10cm Heat pump type minimum quantity for defrosting process inner diameter under floor heating system pipe 6 mm 8 mm 10 mm 12 mm 14 mm 16 mm required surface of under floor heating system to ensure defrosting process LWD 50A 90l 301 m² 169 m² 108 m² 75 m² 55 m² 42 m² LWD 70A 100l 336 m² 189 m² 121 m² 84 m² 62 m² 47 m² LWD 90A 120l 407 m² 229 m² 147 m² 102 m² 75 m² 57 m² LW 160H(-A)/V 200l 690 m² 388 m² 249 m² 173 m² 127 m² 97 m² piping distance 15cm Heat pump type minimum quantity for defrosting process inner diameter under floor heating system pipe 6 mm 8 mm 10 mm 12 mm 14 mm 16 mm required surface of under floor heating system to ensure defrosting process LWD 50A 90l 502 m² 282 m² 181 m² 125 m² 92 m² 71 m² LWD 70A 100l 561 m² 315 m² 202 m² 140 m² 103 m² 79 m² LWD 90A 120l 679 m² 382 m² 244 m² 170 m² 125 m² 95 m² LW 160H(-A)/V 200l m² 647 m² 414 m² 288 m² 211 m² 162 m² Planning notices: LWD values are valid for combinations with HMD1 For reversible air/water heat pumps an parallel buffer tank for cooling is required, furthermore The minimum quantities must be fulfilled; these planning charts don t replace a detailed calculation

9 alpha home / overview

10 alpha home / system alpha home is an upgradable individual room control system for indoor heating systems, that is operable via ios and Android devices The control box (CB) is the central system controller. It can communicate with the heat pump control and transmit the heat demand to the heat source. It communicates with the gateway via home network. The gateway (GW) is the central radio interface of the system. It connects all radio components to control the radiators and the under floor heating as well as to record room temperature to the control box. The radiator actuator (RA) is an radio actuating drive to control heating elements. It communicates with the gateway via radio. The floor heating switch (FHS) is a controller for the alpha home individual room control system for under floor heating and heating coils in heating systems. The room sensor (RS) operates to record the actual temperature in rooms with under floor heating. It communicates with the gateway via radio.

11 alpha home / network technology overview Control Box Gateway App Radiator actuator Floor heating switch Room sensor Repeater WLAN-Stick Installation Kit LAN integrated, DHCP or static IP integrated, DHCP or static IP integrated, USB-port to Control Box and Gateway static IP: WLAN external (with WLAN USB key only), DHCP or static IP integrated, DHCP or static IP Connection via local network with WLAN integrated, USB-port to Control Box, DHCP or static IP Mobilfunk Connection via mobile network with UMTS / LTE z-wave integrated, master function integrated integrated, Repeater function integrated Integrated, repeater function

12 alpha home / heat pump control Settings at heat pump control Activating the alpha home system with the heat pump under room station / Smart Set the existing heating and mixing circuits to Yes in the smart menu. Enter the maximum deviation 0 to +5K / 0 to -5K as control range to the heat curve. If existing domestic hot water supply exists set the option to Yes.

13 alpha home / control box Electrical connection A Connect the alpha home control box to the customer s home network. Hook up to the internet router or switch of the customer with a network cable (3) and a free Ethernet port Alternatively use WLAN-connection: The alpha home WLAN- Stick (2) is not included in the standard scope of supply, but has to be ordered as an accessory. C Hook up the voltage supply to the alpha home CB according to the terminal allocation. Connect the plug to a 230V power outlet. D Reattach the terminal cover

14 alpha home / control box Initial setup Connect the USB-LAN adapter unit (1) from the installation kit to the alpha home control box and the computer / laptop: A Plug in the USB-LAN adapter unit in a free USB port on the upper side of the control box. B Start the computer / laptop. Connect the USB-LAN adapter to the network connection of the computer / laptop.

15 alpha home / control box Setup wizard control box After connecting to the PC / laptop the setup wizard will start automatically. Welcome to the setup wizard If not, open a browser window and insert into the address line.

16 alpha home / control box Network configuration LAN (recommended) If the customer s network does not assign an address automatically, ask the network administrator for the right figures and insert them here manually.

17 alpha home / control box Network configuration WLAN (alternatively for LAN) WLAN is necessary, only if there is no LAN connection available. Ask the customer to insert the WLAN key himself for security reasons.

18 alpha home / control box Network configuration Proxy Proxy servers are rather rare in the private sector. If necessary, ask the network administrator for proxy data and enter them here.

19 alpha home / control box system update After connecting to the internet, the control box will check for a system update automatically. If this is the case, it has to be installed before commissioning the alpha home system.

20 alpha home / control box Activate alpha home smart connect Activate smart connect to make the system accessible from outside. Only if smart connect is activated, it will be possible for the customer to control his heating system the mobile way and for the technician to remote control the system and receive error messages. The data security of smart connect is certified and no data will be recorded from the network.

21 alpha home / control box Connecting heat pumps At this point choose whether the control box is to be connected directly to the heat pump or if a single room control without connection to the heat generator is preferred.

22 alpha home / control box Room mapping Please do not use umlauts for text input. (ä = ae / ü = ue / ö = oe)

23 alpha home / control box Name the system This name will appear in the App, later on Insert postcode and location for exact weather data Please enter postcode and location, so that appropriate weather information from the internet can be provided.

24 alpha home / control box Create user The installer creates at least one Expert (installer himself) and one owner (the customer). Later on the owner will be able to create further users via APP and assign relevant rights to them. Please keep in mind all login data and passwords as they are not readable (use form on the last page in the user manual)!

25 alpha home / control box Date and time The time is important to control the system temporally. We recommend automatic time synchronization via internet. Alternatively the time setting can be made manually. The system time shown right here will be updated through clicking the next arrow at the latest.

26 alpha home / control box The control box setup is now finished

27 alpha home / gateway Electrical connection Gateway A Hook up the alpha home gateway to the internet router or switch of the customer with the network cable or free Ethernet port. Alternatively connect via WLAN with the integrated WLAN module in the alpha home gateway. B Plug in the supplied wall wart into the alpha home gateway. C Put the wall wart into a power outlet of the electricity supply.

28 alpha home / gateway setup Connect the USB-LAN adapter unit (1) from the installation kit to the alpha home gateway and the computer / laptop. A Plug in the USB-LAN adapter into a free USB port on the upper side of the gateway. B Start the computer / laptop. Connect the USB-LAN adapter to the network connection of the computer / laptop.

29 alpha home / gateway Connection of gateway and control box There will be an unambiguous assignment to a CB. The gateway can only be connected to a single CB.

30 alpha home / gateway Password security Continue to the installation of the radio communication components Installation and programming should take place near the gateway.

31 alpha home / radio communication components Radiator actuator RA The control system alpha home with radiator actuator is built for wall heaters with standard market valves. alpha home can control and manage 24 rooms maximum with 4 radiator actuators each, which makes 96 heating elements in total. One room for alpha home is a group of wall heaters that are always controlled homogeneously and usually is equal to one room of an apartment. Radiator actuators include an room temperature sensor and consequently do not need a separate one.

32 alpha home / radio communication components Compatibility table RA Adapter scope of supply RA 23mm with 4 notches Adapter-Set 1 (accessory optional) Adapter for heating element valves RAV 34mm with 4 notches RAVL 25,5mm with 4 notches

33 alpha home / radio communication components commissioning RA Choose Radio components in the gateway menu Put the batteries into the radiator actuator Click Include under Include and exclude

34 alpha home / radio communication components commissioning RA Push the include button of the radiator actuator and wait for response Name the radiator drive and assign it to a room Install the radiator actuator on the valve of the corresponding heater Repeat that process for further drives

35 alpha home / radio communication components Check and registration RA In the display Manage it is shown which radio component is assigned to each room Furthermore you can check the battery state of the devices and change its names.

36 alpha home / radio communication components Room sensor RS and floor heating switch FHS Zone controller for floor heating control Room sensor with room temperature sensor

37 alpha home / radio communicatio components Floor heating switch FHS The FHS is suited for thermo electrical actuators, 230V, currentless closed (Actuators are not included in the scope of delivery and can be obtained from wholesalers). The FHS is designed for up to 8 channels with up to 3 thermo electrical actuators. One FHS can consequently serve 24 actuators on heating circuit manifold maximum. Each channel is like a room considering the RA. So if 3 actuators are hooked up to the same channel, the FHS will control them equally. The FHS has a integrated repeater function to improve the radio coverage of other radio communication components. As the room sensor and the FHS are only practical in combination, they are always installed together.

38 alpha home / radio communication components Installation FHS Choose an appropriate place for the FHS in the distribution box and fix the profile rail included in delivery. Then engage the hooks of the FHS to the profile rail by pressing them down. Make sure that you can assemble the antenna outside of the distribution box later on and connect the antenna plug to the antenna port of the FHS. Yet the antenna should be fixed at the end of the commissioning process, after all radio communication components have been registered and assembled. If necessary the antenna s position can so be optimized.

39 alpha home / radio communication components Connection scheme FHS antenna 230 V port Up to 3 actuators can be plugged into each of the 8 channels.

40 alpha home / radio communication components Registration First of all complete the initial setup of the gateway and control box. Choose Radio Components >> Include and exclude in the gateway menu.

41 alpha home / radio communication components Registration of the room sensor RS First register one or more room sensors: Therefore click Include in the gateway menu. You will be asked to press the include button on the radio component. Press the include button of the RS for about 2 3 sec. (The LED light will flash shortly. When it lights again, release the include button). As soon as the gateway identifies the RS, you can choose the room, where the sensor will be assembled and also name the position (e.g. left wall). The rooms were already registered during the control box setup.

42 alpha home / radio communication components Registration of the floor heating switch FHS Register the FHS at the gateway: Click Include in the gateway menu. You will be asked to press the include button on the radio component. Press the include button of the FHS for about 2 3 sec. The LED light will flash shortly. When it lights again afterwards, release the include button. As soon as the gateway identifies the FHS, you can assign a name for it, e.g. hall ground floor

43 alpha home / radio communication components Room allocation FHS Afterwards assign the channels to this floor heating switch with its connected heating zones and corresponding rooms. The rooms have already been registered during the control box setup:

44 alpha home / radio communication components Registration check All floor heating switches and room sensors should now appear in the Radio Components menu under Manage. The floor heating switch should be listed as a device itself as well as in the assigned rooms.

45 alpha home / radio communication components Connection check Change from the menu Radio Components to the field Connection status : A list of radio components including their status will appear. Click and start connection test Activate the connection check at the radio component If single radio components are not marked green, optimize their radio reception by changing the antenna s position of the floor heating switch or by assembling an additional repeater.

46 alpha home / radio communication components Repeater REP Plug the alpha home Repeater into a 230Vpower outlet (spaced between the gateway and a radio component out of reach) Choose the field Include and exclude in the menu Radio Components and press the button Include Sign in the repeater with the include button and wait for response. Name the repeater. Repeat the connection check and make sure, that all radio components are contained.

47 alpha home / radio communication components Control As of now alpha home will control the system. The radio sensors regularly measure the room temperatures (actual temperatures) and transmit the information to the alpha home gateway, which passes it on to the control box. Based on the adjusted target temperatures the control box calculates the regulation requirement and controls the actuators via gateway.

48 alpha home / configuration record Generation of a configuration record in the CB menu

49 alpha home / expert menu expert - settings in the CB menu Here you can set and request basic settings and information about relevant rooms.

50 alpha home / Reset control box gateway radiator actuator room sensor floor heating repeater switch control box reset reset reset reset reset reset gateway reset reset reset reset reset radiator actuator remove defective radio component reset room sensor remove defective radio component reset floor heating switch remove defective radio component reset repeater remove defective radio component reset Attention: A reset deletes all data of the component irreversibly and resets it to its factory default settings. A reconfiguration will be necessary. A reset does not require network connection. The following table shows the consequences of a single component s reset for the remaining components.

51 alpha home / Reset System reset directly via USB-LAN adapter Connect the USB-LAN adapter to the control box or gateway and to your computer / laptop. Open your internet browser (Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google chrome or Safari) Insert into the address line. Sign in to the control box menu as technician or administrator and enter the gateway-password. Now choose system administration. In system administration you will find the button restore now. System reset via tablet APP Sign in to the desired heating system as technician or administrator. Choose settings/system/system administration for the control box or settings/gateway/system administration for the gateway. In system administration you will find the button restore now.

52 alpha home / Reset Reset without system log in data Use an empty USB memory stick. Create an empty text document with the title reset. Open USB stick folder right-click new text document rename in reset Disconnect control box and gateway from the LAN-connection of the home network. Supply the control box with electricity. Hook up the USB stick with the reset.txt data file to the control box. Wait until the network LED starts flashing red The reset of the gateway is carried out analogously.

53 alpha home / Reset Radiator actuator reset Remove one battery of the radiator actuator. Press and hold the learn button. Put the battery back in and hold the learn button until the display goes blank and the actuator wants to audibly disassemble from the valve (it is not necessary to assemble the RA to a radiator valve. In case of resetting an assembled actuator, please check if the following reregistration can take place spaced near the gateway. If this is not the case, disconnect the RA from the radiator valve and reassemble it after registration). Room sensor reset and floor heating switch Press the learn button for 7-10 seconds. If reset is successful, the LED will light for 2 sec. steady. If the reset failed, the LED will flash rapidly. Repeater reset Press the learn button for about 40 seconds until the LED starts flashing.

54 alpha home / App Handling with ios- and Android App

55 alpha home / App home display settings current, locationrelated weather data from the internet rooms actual temperature scene settings and activation Rooms target temperature

56 alpha home / App / Scenes Boost for a remarkably rapid heating Holiday Lower room temperature to frost protection temperature Leave Lowers room temperature to set-back temperature Party Maintains temperature at feel-good temperature Shower Heats up room and DHW for a certain time Standby Switches off room heating

57 alpha home / App / settings

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59 alpha home radio tips & tricks

60 alpha home / radio tips & tricks Network Z-Wave

61 alpha home / radio tips & tricks Indications for function and use of the radio system alpha home works with 2 different ways of communication Control box and gateway are connected via network Gateway and the radio communication components in the rooms share information with Z- Wave The control box cannot communicate directly with the radio communication components, but needs the gateway for transmission assistance

62 alpha home / radio tips & tricks A good organization is essential to reach a proper radio coverage. On the following charts we will show various alternatives to describe how good organization can be characterized.

63 alpha home / radio tips & tricks Possible arrangement I The ideal arrangement of radio components is star-shaped. Of course it is also possible to position the radio components in 3D over several floors. Child 1 Living room Bathroom Gateway Bedroom Child 2 Kitchen

64 alpha home / Funk Tipps & Tricks Possible arrangement II Radio coverage is difficult to measure in meter. It could happen that room conditions like wooden paneling or steel wardrobes/reinforced concrete ceilings create high damping values. Then one ore more repeaters are needed. Living room Child 1 Bathroom Repeater Gateway Repeater Bedroom Child 2 Repeater Kitchen

65 alpha home / radio tips & tricks Repeater chains Avoid long chains of several repeaters in a row. Building your network like this it could happen that all radio components lose their connection if only one breaks down. All components behind will then lose their function. Living room Child 1 Bathroom Repeater Repeater Repeater Gateway Kitchen Child 2 Bedroom

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67 alpha home Network technology

68 Service / network technology The setup wizard does not start? A possible reason could be a static IP address in the network connection settings of the laptop. It is helpful to change the setting to: IP Adresse automatisch beziehen The DNS server address is not relevant for the setup wizard. Open the browser window and insert into the address line.

69 Service / network technology Still the setup wizard does not start? The network connection of the computer / laptop does not refer to the IP as standard gateway despite the setting IP-Adresse automatisch beziehen. Solution: Folgende IP-Adresse verwenden: IP-Adresse: Subnetzmaske: Standardgateway: ATTENTION! This setting has to be undone after the alpha home device setup, so that the network adapter can reconnect to the internet and other devices. Open the browser window and insert into the address line.

70 Service / network technology Automatic configuration via DHCP With the configuration report DHCP the alpha home devices automatically receive a free IP-address from the customer s router when connecting a cable. They are then immediately involved in the network. Internet connection is assured without further settings. DHCP is active in most networks by default.

71 Service / network technology There is no automatic adressing? If the connection status does not turn green within 60 seconds after plugging in of the cable, the network will probably not assign IP addresses via DHCP. Ask the network administrator for the right figures and insert them here manually. The IP address must not be used by another device. IP addresses are assigned in the range of xxx.002 until xxx.255

72 Service / Network technology WLAN connection is not established correctly? Check, if the WLAN name of the customer s network is displayed correctly. Some WLAN networks do not show their names. Then use the function Zu einem versteckten WLAN verbinden and enter the name manually. Watch out for the correct spelling. Sometimes it is uncertain, if it is meant 0 (zero) or an O or o, also I (capital i) und l (small L) are difficult to differentiate. Ask the customer / network administrator to insert the WLAN data himself for security reasons.

73 Many thanks for your attention! ait-deutschland GmbH Industriestrasse Kasendorf alpha innotec eine Marke der ait-deutschland GmbH