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Programming Examples
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Electrical heating

Use case

Your customer has an electrical heating system with 4 zones. Each zone is equipped with an electrical heating controlled by a thermostat. 

You can also use push buttons with LED(s) and comfort sensors instead of thermostats, or a combination of both.

Procedure

Creating the controls and the devices
  1. Create the thermostats (THT1 and THT2).

  2. Create the electrical heatings (HEAT1 and HEAT2).


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Creating the routine

Create a routine Electrical heating (ROUT1). Use the following behaviour, select the electrical heating and corresponding thermostat per zone (THT1 and HEAT1, THT2 and HEAT2).

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Filling the cabinet and addressing the devices

Fill the cabinet with ...

and address the following devices ...

a switching module (3x) 2U (MOD1) (*)

  • the electrical heating HEAT1.

  • the electrical heating HEAT2.

(*) In this example a switching module (550-00103 or 550-00106) is used. You can also use a heating or cooling module (550-00150).


Example

Click here to download the programming example (nhc2 file).