Protherm Ptcp User manual

INSSTCP0408

“PTCP”

Heating Floor Programmable

Electronic Thermostat

User’s Guide

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1.Description

The PTCP electronic thermostat can be used to control heat-

ing ﬂoors with electrical current − with a resistive load − rang-

ing from 0 A to 16 A at 120/208/240 VAC. It has an easy user

interface and can manage up to four programming periods a

day. It keeps the temperature of a room (Ambient mode) and a

ﬂoor (Floor mode) at a requested set point with a high degree

of accuracy.

Floor Mode (factory setting): this control method is ideal in ar-

eas where you want a hot ﬂoor at any time and when the temper-

ature of the ambient air can be high without causing discomfort.

For example, in a bathroom.

WARNING WARNING

Before installing and operating this product, the

owner and/or installer must read, understand and fol-

low these instructions and keep them handy for fu-

ture reference. If these instructions are not followed,

the warranty will be considered null and void and the

manufacturer deems no further responsibility for this

product. Moreover, the following instructions must

be adhered to in order to avoid personal injuries

or property damages, serious injuries and poten-

tially fatal electric shocks. All electric connections

must be made by a qualiﬁed electrician, according to

the electrical and building codes effective in your re-

gion. Do NOT connect this product to a supply source

other than 120 VAC, 208 VAC or 240 VAC, and do not

exceed the speciﬁed load limits. Protect the heating

system with the appropriate circuit breaker or fuse.

You must regularly clean dirt accumulations on or in

the thermostat. Do NOT use ﬂuid to clean thermostat

air vents. Do NOT use where exposed to water. Suitable

for insulated walls.

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Ambient Mode (you only have to press down the A/F button to

switch from one mode to the other): this control method is ideal

when you want a stable ambient air temperature (without ﬂuc-

tuation). Usually, this mode is used in large and often occupied

rooms where temperature variations can be uncomfortable. For

example, in a kitchen, a living room or a bedroom.

Some factors cause variations in ambient air temperature. They

include large windows (heat losses or gains due to outside tem-

perature) and other heat sources such as a central heating sys-

tem, a ﬁreplace, etc. In all these cases, the Ambient mode will

ensure a uniform temperature.

This Thermostat is not Compatible with the Following

Installations:

•electricalcurrenthigherthan16Awitharesistiveload(3840W

@240VAC,3475W@208VACand1920W@120VAC);

•inductiveload(presenceofacontactororrelay);and

•centralheatingsystem.

Parts Supplied:

•one(1)thermostat;

•two(2)mountingscrews;

•four(4)solderlessconnectorssuitableforcopperwires;and

•one(1)oorsensor.

2. Installation

Selection of Thermostat and Sensor Location

The thermostat must be mounted on a connection box, at

around1.5m(5feet)abovetheoorlevel,onasectionofthe

wall exempt from pipes or air ducts.

Do not install the thermostat in a location where tempera-

ture measurements could be altered. For example:

•closetoawindow,onanexternalwall,orclosetoadoorlead-

ingoutside;

•exposeddirectlytothelightorheatoftheSun,alamp,are-

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placeoranyotherheatsource;

• closeorinfrontofanairoutlet;

•closetoconcealedductsorachimney;and

•in a location with poor air ow (e.g. behind a door), or with

frequent air drafts (e.g. head of stairs).

To install the sensor, refer to the installation guide of your heat-

ing ﬂoor.

Thermostat Mounting and Connection

1. Cut off power supply on lead wires at the electrical

panel in order to avoid any risk of electric shock.

2. Ensure that the air vents of the thermostat are clean and clear

of any obstruction.

3.Usingascrewdriver,loosenthescrewretainingthemounting

base and front part of the thermostat. Remove the front part of

the thermostat from the mounting base by tilting it upward.

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4. Align and secure the mounting base to the connection box

using the two screws supplied.

5.Route wires coming from the wall through the hole of the

mounting base and make the required connections using the

“Four-wire installation” ﬁgure, and using the supplied solder-

less connectors. A pair of wires (black) must be connected

to the power source (120-208-240 VAC) and another pair

(yellow) must be connected to the heating cable (refer to the

drawings displayed on the back of the thermostat). For con-

nections with aluminum wires, you must use CO/ALR connec-

tors. Please note that thermostat wires do not have polarity,

meaning that any wire can be connected to the other. Then,

install the ﬂoor temperature sensor.

Four-wire installation

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6. Reinstall the front part of the thermostat on the mounting base

and tighten the screw at the bottom of the unit.

7.Turnonthepower.

8. Set the thermostat to the desired setting (see the following

section).

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3. Operation

First Start-up

At the ﬁrst start-up, the thermostat is initially in the Man (man-

ual) and Floor modes. The temperature is displayed in degrees

Celsius and the standard factory set point adjustment is 21°C.

The hour displays --:-- and must be adjusted before switching

to the Auto or Pre Prog mode. The maximum ﬂoor temperature

is limited to 28°C.

Ambient and Floor Temperature

The ﬁgures displayed below the word “AMBIENT” indicate the

ambient temperature, ±1 degree. The ﬁgures displayed below

the word “FLOOR” indicate the ﬂoor temperature, ±1 degree.

Both temperatures can be displayed in degrees Celsius or Fahr-

enheit (see “Display in degrees Celsius/Fahrenheit”).

Red Indicator

(EGFPD Te st)

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Temperature Set Points

The ﬁgures displayed beside the word “SET” indicate the ambi-

ent or the ﬂoor temperature set points. They can be displayed

in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit (see “Display in degrees Cel-

sius/Fahrenheit”).

Out of any adjustment mode, press down the + button to in-

crease the set point, or the - button to decrease it. Set points

can only be adjusted by increments of 1 degree. To quickly scroll

through the set point values, press and hold down the button.

Maximum Floor Temperature Limitation

At any time, the ﬂoor temperature (in Floor mode) is maintained

at less than 28°C (82°F) in order to avoid overheating caused

by an excessive heating request, which could damage some

materials or be detrimental for health. It is however possible to

increasethislimitto35°C(95°F).Todoso,youmustpressdown

the A/F button for at least 20 seconds. After 20 seconds, the

new maximum temperature will be displayed in replacement of

theFloormodesetpointandwillblinkduring5seconds.Then,

you can release the A/F button. To return to a maximum tem-

perature of 28°C, you must repeat the operation. Regardless of

the maximum ﬂoor set point (Floor mode), the maximum Ambi-

entmodesetpointwillalwaysbe35°C.

Adjustment of the Hour and the Day of the Week

Adjustment procedure of the hour and the day of the week.

1.Press down the Day/Hr button, whether it is in Man, Auto or

Pre Prog mode.

2.At this moment, the SET icon and the day of the week blinks

and you can adjust the day of the week using the + or - button

and conﬁrm your choice by pressing down the Mode or Day/

Hr button. You can also press down the desired day of the

week button without using the + or - button and conﬁrm your

choice using the Mode or Day/Hr button.

3.Thetwoguresindicatingthehourblink.Youmustadjustthem

using the + or - button and conﬁrm your choice by pressing

down the Mode or Day/Hr button.

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4.The two ﬁgures indicating the minutes blink. You must adjust

them using the + or - button and conﬁrm your choice by press-

ing down the Mode or Day/Hr button. The adjustment is then

completed and the thermostat returns to the previous mode.

N.B. At any time, you can exit the adjustment mode of the day

and the hour by pressing down the Exit button or by not

pressing any button during 1 minute.

In case of a power failure, the thermostat is self-sufﬁcient for 2

hours. If the failure lasts less than 2 hours, the thermostat saves

the adjustment of the hour and the day of the week. When the

power is restored after an extensive failure (more than 2 hours),

the hour and the day of the week are recovered, but you must

update them.

Display in Degrees Celsius/Fahrenheit

The thermostat can display the ambient temperature and the set

point in degrees Celsius (standard factory setting) or Fahrenheit.

Adjustment procedure for degrees Celsius/Fahrenheit display.

1.To switch from the degrees Celsius to the degrees Fahrenheit,

and conversely, simultaneously press down the + and - but-

tonsformorethan3secondsuntiltheSETiconblinks.

2.Press down the + button to switch from the degrees Celsius to

the degrees Fahrenheit, and conversely. The degree Celsius or

Fahrenheit symbol is displayed.

3.Whentheadjustmentiscompleted,pressdowntheExitbut-

tonordonotpressdownanybuttonduring5secondstoexit

the adjustment function.

N.B. This adjustment can be done from any of the three principal

modes.

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Manual Mode (Man)

From the Manual mode, you can manually adjust the thermostat

set point by pressing down the + or - buttons to increase the

value, or to decrease it. Please note that if the backlight is off,

the set point will not change when you press down these but-

tons for the ﬁrst time instead, the backlight will be activated. To

quickly scroll through the set point values, press and hold down

the button. From both modes (Ambient/Floor), the set points can

rangebetween1and35°Candcanonlybeadjustedbyincre-

mentsof1°C (from34 to95°F; by incrementsof1°F fromthe

Fahrenheit mode). The thermostat will turn off if the set point is

loweredbelow1°C(34°F),andthesetpointvaluedisplayedwill

be OF. The standard factory set point adjustment is 21°C (Floor

mode). From this mode, the screen displays the Ambient/Floor

mode temperature, the Ambient/Floor mode set point, the hour

and the day of the week.

This mode is initially activated when the power is turned on for the

ﬁrst time. You must adjust the hour (as described in the section

“Adjustment of the hour and the day of the week”) before switching

to other modes by pressing down the Mode or Pre Prog button.

Automatic Mode (Auto)

To switch from the Manual mode to the Automatic mode, and

conversely, press down the Mode button. The Man or Auto icon

is displayed at the bottom of the screen as applicable.

From the Automatic mode, the thermostat adjusts the set points

according to the programmed periods. If no data is entered, the

thermostat acts as in Manual mode and the standard factory

set point adjustment is 21°C (Floor mode). It is always possible

to manually adjust the set point using the + or - button. The se-

lected set point will be effective until one period is programmed,

which represents an hour and a day of the week. Note that, if the

set point is lowered to OF, the programming will not be effective.

It is possible to program 4 periods a day, meaning that the set

point can change automatically up to 4 times a day. The period

order is not important.

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From this mode, the screen displays the temperature, the set

point, the hour, the day of the week and the current programmed

periodnumber(1to4;asapplicable).

Programming Procedure of the Automatic Mode

After programming a day of the week, you can copy this setting;

see “Copy of the Programming”.

1.To access the Programming mode, press down the day of the

week button that you want to program (Mon to Sun). Once you

release the button, the selected day of the week is displayed,

the SET icon blinks and the period number 1 blinks too.

2.Select the period number (1 to 4) that you want to program us-

ing the + or - button. For each period, the hour and the set point

are displayed. The hour displays --:-- and the set point displays

-- if there is no programming for the period. You must conﬁrm

the period by pressing down the Mode button.

3.Thetwoguresrepresentingthehourblinktoindicatethatyou

canadjustthem(from00to23)usingthe+or–button.Youmust

conﬁrm the adjustment by pressing down the Mode button.

4. After conﬁrmation, the ﬁgures representing the minutes (the

last 2 ﬁgures) blink. You can adjust and conﬁrm them in the

mannerdescribedinpoint3.Notethattheminutescanonly

beadjustedbyincrementsof15minutes.

5.The period set point blinks and you can adjust it using the

+ or - button. You must conﬁrm the adjustment by pressing

down the Mode button.

6.After set point conﬁrmation, the programming is completed.

The following period number blinks. For example, if the previ-

ously programmed period was 1, period 2 blinks. It is then

possible to continue the programming of this period by press-

ing down the Mode button. You can also select another period

usingthe+or–button.

7.Attheendofperiod4programming,youautomaticallyexitthe

Programming mode.

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At any time, you can exit the programming mode using one

of these 3 methods:

1-Press down the button of the day you are adjusting.

2-Press down the button of another day to program it.

3-PressdowntheExitbutton.

Moreover, if you do not press down any button for more than 1

minute, the thermostat will exit the Programming mode. In all

cases, the programming is saved.

Anticipated Start

This mode enables the room to reach the selected tempera-

ture at the programmed hour by starting or stopping the heat-

ing before this time. In fact, the thermostat estimates the delay

required to reach the set point of the next period at the pro-

grammed hour. This delay is obtained by the observation of the

temperature variations in the room and the results obtained dur-

ing the preceding anticipated starts. Therefore, results should be

increasingly precise day after day. From this mode, the thermo-

stat displays at any time the set point (SET) of the current period.

The “anticipated start” icon will blink when the anticipated start

of the next period begins.

For example, if the requested temperature between 8h00am

and 10h00pm is 22°C and between 10h00 pm and 8h00am is

18°C,thesetpoint(SET)willindicate18°Cuntil7h59amandwill

switch to 22°C at 8h00am. Thus, you will not see the progres-

sion carried out by the anticipated start, only the desired result.

To activate or deactivate the anticipated start, the thermostat

must be in Auto or Pre Prog mode. Then, you must press down

theMODEbuttonforatleast5 seconds. Theanticipatedstart

icon ( ) is displayed or hidden to indicate the activation or the

deactivation of the mode. This modiﬁcation will apply to the Auto

as well as the Pre Prog mode. If you modify the temperature set

point manually when these modes are activated, the anticipated

start of the next period will be cancelled.

N.B. Please note that the anticipated start is initially activated when

you enter the Automatic or Preprogrammed mode. Thus, you

must deactivate it following the above procedure if needed.

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Copy of the Programming

You can apply the programming of one day of the week to other

days by copying the programming day by day or in block.

To copy the programming day by day, you must:

1.Press down the source day button (day to be copied).

2.Hold down this button and press down the destination days one

by one. The screen displays the selected days. If an error occurs

when you are choosing a day, press down the erroneous day

again to cancel the selection.

3.Afterallselectionsarecompleted,releasethesourcedaybut-

ton. The selected days have the same programming as the

source day.

To copy the programming in block, you must:

1.Press down the source day button, hold it and press down the

last day of the block you want to copy.

2.Holddownthesetwobuttonsfor3seconds.Afterthistime,

the days of the block are displayed indicating that the copy in

block is activated.

3.Releasethebuttons.Thedaysoftheblockarenotdisplayed

anymore and the current day is displayed.

N.B. The block order is always increasing. For example, if the

source day is Thursday and the destination day is Monday,

the copy will only include Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mon-

day.

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Erasing of the Programming

You must proceed as follows to erase a programming period.

1.Access the Programming mode as described previously by

pressing down the button corresponding to the day to modify.

Select the period to erase using the + or - button.

2.You do not have to press down the Mode button to conﬁrm the

selection. However, doing so will not impact on the erasing.

3.Simultaneouslypressdownthe+and–buttonstoerasethe

period programming. The hour displays --:-- and the set point

displays -- to indicate that the programming is erased.

4.The erased period number blinks and you can select another

period to be erased or exit the Programming mode following

oneofthe3methodsdescribedabove.

Preprogrammed Mode

The Preprogrammed mode allows an automatic programming of

thethermostat.252preprogrammingshavebeendenedforAmbi-

entmodeand252,forFloormode(A0toZ1and0to9;seeappen-

dix 1 to consult the corresponding tables). This mode gives you the

possibility to quickly program the thermostat using preprogram-

mings commonly used without having to do it manually.

As from the Automatic mode, it is possible, at any time, to manu-

ally adjust the set point. This set point will be effective until the

next set point change anticipated by the preprogramming. Note

that if the set point is lowered to OF, the programming will not

be effective.

From this mode, the screen displays the Ambient/Floor tem-

perature, the Ambient/Floor set point, the hour, the day of the

week and the letter and current number of the preprogramming

(A0toZ1and0to9;alpha-numericsegmentdisplayedonthe

right-handsideofthehour;seeappendix1).

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Choice of the Preprogramming

You can only access the Preprogramming mode when the ther-

mostat is out of any programming or adjustment function. Make

sure to choose the preprogrammings corresponding to the right

mode (Ambient /Floor, according to the attached tables).

You must proceed as follows to access the Preprogramming

mode:

1.Press down the Pre Prog button.

2.The Pre Prog icon and saved selected preprogramming are

displayed. This preprogramming can range between 0 and

Z1.

3.FromthePreProgmode,youcanchoosetherst10preprogram-

mings by pressing and releasing the Pre Prog button. Each time you

pressdownthebutton,thepreprogrammingswitches(from0to9).

4.To choose advanced preprogrammings, (see appendix 1), press

downthePreProgbuttonduring5seconds.Theletterindicator

blinks and you can adjust it by pressing down the + or - but-

ton. Once the letter is chosen, you must validate your choice by

pressing down the Mode button. The letter ceases to blink and

the ﬁgure starts to blink. The choice of the ﬁgure is made in the

same way as that of the letter (using the + or - button). Once

the ﬁgure is selected, you must validate your choice by pressing

down the Mode button.

N.B. If you do not press down any button for more than one minute

or press the Exit button, the thermostat exits the adjustment

function and saves the current choice. Then, the icons cease

to blink and the letter and the ﬁgure corresponding to the

selected preprogramming blink alternately until you select

another preprogramming. If the Pre Prog mode is activated

and you successively press down the Pre Prog button, the

preprogramming comes back to 0 and increases normally,

as described above.