Firmware Upgrade Release Notes. Release Notes for VT8000 Series Room Controllers

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1 Firmware Upgrade Release Notes Release Notes for VT8000 Series Room Controllers

2 2 VT8000 Series Room Controllers Release notes are configured to Firmware Version 1.6.2, effective June 5, Information in this document dates back to Firmware release Version on January 19, TABLE OF CONTENTS VT VTR VT

3 VT ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Screen Saver Screen Saver page always on. Requires a password to access the home screen page once the screen saver, lock screen, and user password have been enabled. This feature is used to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Home Screen information when a room controller is installed in a public or high traffic location. 2 HMI Feature for Relative Setpoint 3 Objects HMI 12 with Relative Setpoint. For hospitality or public locations where a facility manager does not want to provide its customer the actual temperature or setpoint value on the home page, but still wants to provide a minimum level of control. The feature displays the incremental/decremental steps in numeric format from which the user has changed the setpoint from the facility manager s default value. The adjustable range will vary depending on the facility manager s setting of the Max heating and Min cooling values on page 2/2 Setpoints. Enabled LUA scripting of MV/MI/MO and MSV/MSI/MSO BACnet objects. This permits Room Controller client communications with third party HVAC devices such as a VRF. 4 Zero Crossing Zero crossing feature enabled automatically on production units with new PCB without requiring the installation of a jumper wire. New PCB expected in production July 2017 timeframe and subject to depletion of existing inventory levels. Zero Crossing issue solved on PCB version 3-02 for SE8300 model. 1 Changeover Temperature Sensor When the measured changeover temperature sensor surpasses 150 F, the Room Controller reads the value as being out of range and the mode of operation can remain in its default Cool mode. It now correctly switches the reversing valve from Cool to Heat when reaching this threshold. 2 Fan Control Heat Default Setting Correction to the default setting on page 2 of the Configuration Menu to match the User Guide documentation that the default value is On. 1 Range Display on Home Screen 2 Languages +/- 9.5F off the median In Celsius, depending on min/max, it may fluctuate from -5.0 to +5.5 or from -5.5 to +5.0 Bulgarian language disabled 3 Range Display on Home Screen High and Low limits used to calculate median value require using formulas Setting the setpoint to max/min on Home screen and then changing the max/min, the setpoint falls outside of range 4 Temperature Compensation Manufacturing issue and not related to FW Measured temperature error exceeds 3 C 5 Zero Crossing on PCB Version 3-01 Zero Crossing not supported. Requires Jumper to be installed.

4 4 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE ZigBee Operating Enhancements Re-establishment of network when swapping out a room controller and using previously deployed VCM module, Change in the alarm message when communications is lost between the room controller and an external ZigBee device to No communication. 2 Zero Crossing Feature Closure or opening of onboard relays governing the Inputs/Outputs that control external HVAC equipment loads is now switched at the zero crossing point of the input AC power source to reduce possibility of high inrush currents that may prematurely wear out the relays. A jumper wire between pins 5 and 24 needs to be installed to enable the feature. 3 CO 2 Sensor Plugin Module Firmware detects the presence of the plug-in CO 2 module and displays the readings (in PPM) on the home screen. 1 A ZigBee sensor rejoining the network rejoins back to its original position in the Ecosystem page, Pairing Ready status disabled when exiting the Wireless Ecosystem menu. 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

5 5 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support the screen saver mode To reduce ghosting effect on the LCD, a screen saver mode is added to the object standby screen. When this mode is selected and the occupancy status is STANDBY or UNOCCUPIED, the LCD backlight gets cut and a white page is displayed. Note. The screen saver mode will reduce the possibility of having ghosting images and decrease its severity. 2 Change translation of two words in Finnish (Fan setting and Mode setting) 3 Implement on-press handling of UI buttons 1 Confirmed COV Notifications for BACnet COV now wait for the Simple-ACK 2 BACnet COV Notifications are now sent in a fixed order 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

6 6 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support for new external flash memory. The current flash memory will be obsolete, however this firmware version supports both the old and the new flash memory chip. 2 Added generic input capability for UI20, UI22, and UI23 inputs: UI20 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI22 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI23 configurable as binary input or 0-10 Vdc input 1 Improved display resolution of objects with the voltage unit

7 7 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Added Modbus slave functionality 2 BACnet now BTL certified 3 New unique setpoint display on HMI. When the mode button is set to Off-Auto, only one setpoint shows on HMI 4 5 New configurable inputs: UI16 fixed as binary input UI17 fixed as binary input UI19 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI20 configurable as temperature sensor UI22 configurable as temperature sensor UI23 configurable as temperature sensor UI24 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input Advance schedule: 7 days schedule 5+2 days schedule (weekdays + week-end) days schedule (weekdays + Saturday + Sunday) 6 15 languages added: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish and Turkish 7 New graphical library with new button images for the flexible HMI and more options for the custom icon and function. 8 Updated Micrium OS version and IAR compiler version now used 9 Improved flexibility of configuring custom pages for BACnet/Lua script applications 10 Added a parameter for the LCD contrast to improve screen parameters. Also improved touch screen accessibility for the home page icons. 11 Added the COV function in BACnet. Management stations can now subscribe to change-of-value events instead of polling the device in a loop to reduce network traffic and improve response time 12 Added a separate parameter to change the type of ZigBee node. This decouples the PAN ID and the Router/Coordinator options, allowing for more flexible configuration of the ZigBee network as well as more robustness when hopping PAN IDs. When used with an older ZigBee card, this parameter keeps the old semantics and changes dynamically according to the configured PAN ID in order to keep compatibility with V5 ZigBee modules. Also, the Permit Join parameter is read-only when the thermostat is not a coordinator and the value gets read from the network. 13 Removed the Occupied status display from the main screen 14 Added a new BACnet multi-state value to control the bottom right-hand button to enable all types of HMI buttons set settings perform the following: Default Button use the standard button for that particular HMI setting No Button remove it System Mode Heat/Cool Change the system mode, showing the heat/cool button face System Mode On/Off same with the on/off face Fan Mode Override Button occupancy status override Units Button select between SI and Imperial units for display Help Button always the help button, regardless of the HMI setting Schedule Button schedule menus Lighting Button Lua script parameter page, with a custom title and customizable descriptions 15 Added a BACnet variable for the last button pushed to enable the Lua scripts running on a device to better customize reactions to user inputs

8 8 1 Improved the Lua program loading process when using BACnet 2 Corrected issue when restoring the BACnet instance number to the default 3 Improved BACnet compatibility by checking input data types for schedules and program commands 4 Improved stability of Lua scripts running on device 5 Corrected text labels 3 Developing feature for Lua-based BACnet client to connect from Room Controller to other devices

9 9 VTR8300 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Screen Saver Screen Saver page always on. Requires a password to access the home screen page once the screen saver, lock screen, and user password have been enabled. This feature is used to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Home Screen information when a room controller is installed in a public or high traffic location. 2 HMI Feature for Relative Setpoint 3 Objects HMI 12 with Relative Setpoint. For hospitality or public locations where a facility manager does not want to provide its customer the actual temperature or setpoint value on the home page, but still wants to provide a minimum level of control. The feature displays the incremental/decremental steps in numeric format from which the user has changed the setpoint from the facility manager s default value. The adjustable range will vary depending on the facility manager s setting of the Max heating and Min cooling values on page 2/2 Setpoints. Enabled LUA scripting of MV/MI/MO and MSV/MSI/MSO BACnet objects. This permits Room Controller client communications with third party HVAC devices such as a VRF. 1 Changeover Temperature Sensor When the measured changeover temperature sensor surpasses 150 F, the Room Controller reads the value as being out of range and the mode of operation can remain in its default Cool mode. It now correctly switches the reversing valve from Cool to Heat when reaching this threshold. Fan Control Heat Default Setting Correction to the default setting on page 2 of the Configuration Menu to match the User Guide documentation that the default value is On. 1 Range Display on Home Screen 2 Languages +/- 9.5F off the median In Celsius, depending on min/max, it may fluctuate from -5.0 to +5.5 or from -5.5 to +5.0 Bulgarian language disabled 3 Range Display on Home Screen High and Low limits used to calculate median value require using formulas Setting the setpoint to max/min on Home screen and then changing the max/min, the setpoint falls outside of range 4 Temperature Compensation Manufacturing issue and not related to FW Measured temperature error exceeds 3 C

10 10 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE ZigBee Operating Enhancements Re-establishment of network when swapping out a room controller and using previously deployed VCM module, Change in the alarm message when communications is lost between the room controller and an external ZigBee device to No communication. 2 Zero Crossing Feature Closure or opening of onboard relays governing the Inputs/Outputs that control external HVAC equipment loads is now switched at the zero crossing point of the input AC power source to reduce possibility of high inrush currents that may prematurely wear out the relays. A jumper wire between pins 5 and 24 needs to be installed to enable the feature. 3 CO 2 Sensor Plugin Module Firmware detects the presence of the plug-in CO 2 module and displays the readings (in PPM) on the home screen. 4 SEC-TE Interoperability Added interoperability with the SEC-TE Smart Terminal Controller family of variants. The SEC-TE devices are now supported as part of the SER8300 Room Controller ZigBee ecosystem permitting a maximum of 3 devices to be bound to its wireless network. The Room Controller can use the SEC-TE in similar fashion to the hardwired relay pack providing wireless switching function of line voltage equipment. Note: all SEC-TE devices will have the same Mode of operation (heating/cooling) and Fan Speed setting requires Room Controller with VCM firmware Revision 09 (R09) or later requires SEC-TE with firmware Version 16 (V16) or later 1 A ZigBee sensor rejoining the network rejoins back to its original position in the Ecosystem page, Pairing Ready status disabled when exiting the Wireless Ecosystem menu. 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

11 11 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support the screen saver mode To reduce ghosting effect on the LCD, a screen saver mode is added to the object standby screen. When this mode is selected and the occupancy status is STANDBY or UNOCCUPIED, the LCD backlight gets cut and a white page is displayed. Note. The screen saver mode will reduce the possibility of having ghosting images and decrease its severity. 2 Change translation of two words in Finnish (Fan setting and Mode setting) 3 Implement on-press handling of UI buttons 1 Confirmed COV Notifications for BACnet COV now wait for the Simple-ACK 2 BACnet COV Notifications are now sent in a fixed order 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

12 12 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support for new external flash memory. The current flash memory will be obsolete, however this firmware version supports both the old and the new flash memory chip. 2 Added generic input capability for UI20, UI22, and UI23 inputs: UI20 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI22 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI23 configurable as binary input or 0-10 Vdc input 1 Improved display resolution of objects with the voltage unit

13 13 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Added Modbus slave functionality 2 BACnet now BTL certified 3 New unique setpoint display on HMI. When the mode button is set to Off-Auto, only one setpoint shows on HMI Vdc output on terminal #12 for PCB V2. Also, UO12 Analog Output added on terminal #12 for PCB V2 for analog cooling output 5 Advance schedule: 7 days schedule 5+2 days schedule (weekdays + week-end) days schedule (weekdays + Saturday + Sunday) 6 15 languages added: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish and Turkish 7 New graphical library with new button images for the flexible HMI and more options for the custom icon and function. 8 Updated Micrium OS version and IAR compiler version now used 9 Improved flexibility of configuring custom pages for BACnet/Lua script applications 10 Added the capability of using the modified PCB V2 for the SER8300 model 11 Added a parameter for the LCD contrast to improve screen parameters. Also improved touch screen accessibility for the home page icons. 12 Added the COV function in BACnet. Management stations can now subscribe to change-of-value events instead of polling the device in a loop to reduce network traffic and improve response time 13 Added a separate parameter to change the type of ZigBee node. This decouples the PAN ID and the Router/Coordinator options, allowing for more flexible configuration of the ZigBee network as well as more robustness when hopping PAN IDs. When used with an older ZigBee card, this parameter keeps the old semantics and changes dynamically according to the configured PAN ID in order to keep compatibility with V5 ZigBee modules. Also, the Permit Join parameter is read-only when the thermostat is not a coordinator and the value gets read from the network. 14 Removed the Occupied status display from the main screen 15 Added a new BACnet multi-state value to control the bottom right-hand button to enable all types of HMI buttons set settings perform the following: Default Button use the standard button for that particular HMI setting No Button remove it System Mode Heat/Cool Change the system mode, showing the heat/cool button face System Mode On/Off same with the on/off face Fan Mode Override Button occupancy status override Units Button select between SI and Imperial units for display Help Button always the help button, regardless of the HMI setting Schedule Button schedule menus Lighting Button Lua script parameter page, with a custom title and customizable descriptions 16 Added a BACnet variable for the last button pushed to enable the Lua scripts running on a device to better customize reactions to user inputs

14 14 1 Improved the Lua program loading process when using BACnet 2 Corrected issue when restoring the BACnet instance number to the default 3 Improved BACnet compatibility by checking input data types for schedules and program commands 4 Improved stability of Lua scripts running on device 5 Corrected text labels 6 Added the ZigBee motion sensor status in the HMI 3 Developing feature for Lua-based BACnet client to connect from Room Controller to other devices

15 VT ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Screen Saver Screen Saver page always on. Requires a password to access the home screen page once the screen saver, lock screen, and user password have been enabled. This feature is used to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Home Screen information when a room controller is installed in a public or high traffic location. 2 HMI Feature for Relative Setpoint 3 Objects HMI 12 with Relative Setpoint. For hospitality or public locations where a facility manager does not want to provide its customer the actual temperature or setpoint value on the home page, but still wants to provide a minimum level of control. The feature displays the incremental/decremental steps in numeric format from which the user has changed the setpoint from the facility manager s default value. The adjustable range will vary depending on the facility manager s setting of the Max heating and Min cooling values on page 2/2 Setpoints. Enabled LUA scripting of MV/MI/MO and MSV/MSI/MSO BACnet objects. This permits Room Controller client communications with third party HVAC devices such as a VRF. 4 Zero Crossing Zero crossing feature enabled automatically on production units with new PCB without requiring the installation of a jumper wire. New PCB expected in production July 2017 timeframe and subject to depletion of existing inventory levels. Zero Crossing issue solved on PCB version 3-02 for SE8600 model. SE8600 model with PCB version 3-01 requires a jumper. 1 When Fan Control Mode is in Heating Mode, default value now set to ON 1 Range Display on Home Screen 2 Languages +/- 9.5F off the median In Celsius, depending on min/max, it may fluctuate from -5.0 to +5.5 or from -5.5 to +5.0 Bulgarian language disabled 3 Range Display on Home Screen High and Low limits used to calculate median value require using formulas Setting the setpoint to max/min on Home screen and then changing the max/min, the setpoint falls outside of range 4 Temperature Compensation Manufacturing issue and not related to FW Measured temperature error exceeds 3 C 5 Zero Crossing on PCB Version 3-01 Slight noise exists for Analog Input before adding a filter.

16 16 EENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE ZigBee Operating Enhancements Re-establishment of network when swapping out a room controller and using previously deployed VCM module, Change in the alarm message when communications is lost between the room controller and an external ZigBee device to No communication. 2 Zero Crossing Feature Closure or opening of onboard relays governing the Inputs/Outputs that control external HVAC equipment loads is now switched at the zero crossing point of the input AC power source to reduce possibility of high inrush currents that may prematurely wear out the relays. A jumper wire between pins 5 and 24 needs to be installed to enable the feature. 3 CO 2 Sensor Plugin Module Firmware detects the presence of the plug-in CO 2 module and displays the readings (in PPM) on the home screen. 1 A ZigBee sensor rejoining the network rejoins back to its original position in the Ecosystem page, Pairing Ready status disabled when exiting the Wireless Ecosystem menu. 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

17 17 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support the screen saver mode To reduce ghosting effect on the LCD, a screen saver mode is added to the object standby screen. When this mode is selected and the occupancy status is STANDBY or UNOCCUPIED, the LCD backlight gets cut and a white page is displayed. Note. The screen saver mode will reduce the possibility of having ghosting images and decrease its severity. 2 Change translation of two words in Finnish (Fan setting and Mode setting) 3 Implement on-press handling of UI buttons 1 Confirmed COV Notifications for BACnet COV now wait for the Simple-ACK 2 BACnet COV Notifications are now sent in a fixed order 3 The combination of a Jace, VT8000 and Confirmed COV notifications results in token-passing issues. Revert to polling only when combining VT8000 series controllers with a Jace.

18 18 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Support for new external flash memory. The current flash memory will be obsolete, however this firmware version supports both the old and the new flash memory chip. 2 Added generic input capability for UI20, UI22, and UI23 inputs: UI20 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI22 configurable as temperature sensor, binary input or 0-10 Vdc input UI23 configurable as binary input or 0-10 Vdc input 1 Improved display resolution of objects with the voltage unit

19 19 ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW FEATURES - FIRMWARE Added Modbus slave functionality 2 BACnet now BTL certified 3 New unique setpoint display on HMI. When the mode button is set to Off-Auto, only one setpoint shows on HMI Vdc output on terminal #12 for PCB V2. Also, UO12 Analog Output added on terminal #12 for PCB V2 for analog cooling output 5 Advance schedule: 7 days schedule 5+2 days schedule (weekdays + week-end) days schedule (weekdays + Saturday + Sunday) 6 15 languages added: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish and Turkish 7 New graphical library with new button images for the flexible HMI and more options for the custom icon and function. 8 Updated Micrium OS version and IAR compiler version now used 9 Improved flexibility of configuring custom pages for BACnet/Lua script applications 10 Added the capability of using the modified PCB V2 for the VTR8300 model 11 Added a parameter for the LCD contrast to improve screen parameters. Also improved touch screen accessibility for the home page icons. 12 Added the COV function in BACnet. Management stations can now subscribe to change-of-value events instead of polling the device in a loop to reduce network traffic and improve response time 13 Added a separate parameter to change the type of ZigBee node. This decouples the PAN ID and the Router/Coordinator options, allowing for more flexible configuration of the ZigBee network as well as more robustness when hopping PAN IDs. When used with an older ZigBee card, this parameter keeps the old semantics and changes dynamically according to the configured PAN ID in order to keep compatibility with V5 ZigBee modules. Also, the Permit Join parameter is read-only when the thermostat is not a coordinator and the value gets read from the network. 14 Removed the Occupied status display from the main screen 15 Added a new BACnet multi-state value to control the bottom right-hand button to enable all types of HMI buttons set settings perform the following: Default Button use the standard button for that particular HMI setting No Button remove it System Mode Heat/Cool Change the system mode, showing the heat/cool button face System Mode On/Off same with the on/off face Fan Mode Override Button occupancy status override Units Button select between SI and Imperial units for display Help Button always the help button, regardless of the HMI setting Schedule Button schedule menus Lighting Button Lua script parameter page, with a custom title and customizable descriptions 16 Added a BACnet variable for the last button pushed to enable the Lua scripts running on a device to better customize reactions to user inputs

20 20 1 Improved the Lua program loading process when using BACnet 2 Corrected issue when restoring the BACnet instance number to the default 3 Set the default occupancy source for PIR occupancy sensor instead of the schedule 4 Deactivate the PI cool/heat demand when the window open alarm is active. The economizer output can also be deactivated if the fan output is off (in auto mode) 5 By default, use the Relay to RH configuration for the W2 heating output 6 Improved BACnet compatibility by checking input data types for schedules and program commands 7 Improved stability of Lua scripts running on device 8 Corrected text labels 3 Developing feature for Lua-based BACnet client to connect from Room Controller to other devices