Connecting To A Home Wi-Fi Router; Network Settings Method; Enable Wi-Fi - Lennox iComfort Wi-Fi Setup Manual

Connecting to a Home Wi-Fi Router

IMPORTANT
Never use the home router's guest account. Also do not use
any unsecured (no security encryption is enabled) or public
Wi-Fi access.
Check the router utility program or contact service
provider for help. When determining the location for the
Wi-Fi thermostat, be sure it is in an area near enough to the
homeowners Wi-Fi router to ensure good communications
signal between the thermostat and the router. (Hint: Use a
smart phone with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi finder application to locate
and determine signal strength.)
NOTE - Thermostat will not be able to reliably connect to a
router if the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is -70 or
greater.
ENABLING WI-FI
To enable the Wi-Fi feature to communicate with a wireless
router
1. Press and release Wi-Fi in the lower left corner of the
HOME screen
indoor temperature
indoor humidity is 41%
system is cooling
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
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1
Figure 25. Press Wi-FI
2. Press the Wi-Fi disable button to enable Wi-FI.
WI-FIL SETTINGS
Thermostat is not connected to the Wi-FI network
WI-FI
disabled
Press to enable /
disable Wi-FI
Wi-Fi
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Figure 26. Enable Wi-FI
3. The User Agreement screens will appear next. Press next
as many times as necessary; then press accept after
reading the User Agreement.
ESTABLISHING A WI-FI CONNECTIONS
There are two methods to setup your Wi-Fi connection. Select
either NETWORK SETTINGS or connection status.
®
iComfort Wi-Fi
outdoor
set temp temperature
enter
80
away
75
heat
or
cool
cool-to
72
fan is
AUTO fan is fan is
Heat-to
AUTO OFF
Zone 1
?
X
Zone 1
?
Method 1 — Network Settings Method
1. Press NETWORK SETTINGS; this screen shows a
graphical view of buttons representing OPEN and
SECURE Wi-Fi networks and a button for adding a
network.
WI-FI SETTINGS
connection
status
Press to see
connection status
Must setup a network connection before registering thermostat
Wi-Fi
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Figure 27. Enable Wi-FI
• Open connection which which requires no password
(It is highly recommend that only a secure connection
is used).
• Secure connection which requires Wi-Fi password
(security key).
• Add a network is required when Wi-Fi identification
(SSID) is being hidden (not broadcasting). You will
need to know the Wi-Fi network name (SSID),
security encryption type (if enabled), and security
password (if security encryption is enabled).
2. When selecting a:
• unsecured connection a screen will appear with two
options, connect and router info. Press connect to
continue.
• secured connection a screen will appear requesting
the Wi-Fi network password (security key). There are
two options to select from which are connect and
router info. Using the on-screen keyboard, enter the
password (security key) and then press connect to
continue.
Open connection (no password required (It
HOME
is highly recommend that only a secure con­
nection is used).
DS9
Secure connection (password required)
(lock icon is present)
BSG
Signal strength. For best results, the
higher the bar levels, the more reli­
able a connection.
Figure 28. Typical Connection Type and Signal
NOTE - The router info button provides information
concerning the home Wi-fi connection (i.e, RSSI, IP address,
MAC address and wait state) all of which may be helpful in
troubleshooting network connection issues).
3. If connection is successful the screen will return to the
available networks screens. Press X to return to the
7-Day Programmable Communicating Thermostat
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Thermostat is not connected to the Wi-FI network
WI-FI
NETWORK
SETTINGS
enabled
press to change
press to enable /
network settings
disable Wi-FI
Zone 1
Strength
X
?