INfoRMATIoN oN yoUR SySTEM GETTING STARTEd HoME PAGE Boost fan Child Lock Control Volume / Contrast / Brightness / Power Reset SySTEM Heater filter Contact SETTINGS Climate Temperature Heater Normal / Timer / Override Fan Speed / Fan Mode fans Heat Trans Heat Transfer / HT Temperature Clock...
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1. InformatIon on Your SYStem Smart-Vent Positive pressure systems offer a 24 hour, 7 day a week ventilation, drawing fresh drier air from the roof space and passing it through a filter before gently distributing it around the home via diffusers set in the ceiling. the introduced air positively pressurises the home and forces moist air generated by human activities such as washing and cooking out of your home.
3. Home PaGe The Home Page (pictured below) is where you enter all other pages from and provides you with a snap shot of the following readings: Room Temperature: Your current Room Temperature as read from your wall panel controller Ceiling Temperature: The ceiling temperature measures at the ceiling control box Air Supply: The source of inlet air either ceiling or outside.
BooSt fan The Boost Fan function is used to CONFIRM increase Smart-Vents fans to their maximum speed for a 15 minute interval. Useful when the home environment is experiencing a build Con rm turn Boost Fan ON? up of toxins (e.g. cigarette smoke, cooking smells) or high levels of humidity in specific areas of the ˚...
CHILd LoCK Press the OFF tab: Prevents those ‘little fingers’ from changing details on your controller. When in Child lock mode, the Touch BOOST FAN Screen will not respond to anything other than a direct touch of the Child Use the Boost Fan when you want to lock ‘key’...
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Press the Unlock button for 5 seconds CONFIRM to disable the Child lock mode. After a 5 second time period a CONFIRM page will prompt you to confirm your decision. Press Confirm to Unlock the Controller screen: Con rm Key Lock? CONFIRM ˚...
ControL VoLUME The CONTROl page allows you to: To adjust the speaker volume, press the Adjust the controller speaker Volume button: volume level Adjust screen contrast & CONTROL brightness Turn Smart-Vent ON and OFF Volume Brightness Brightness To access these settings, press the Control ‘cogs’...
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BRIGHTNESS CoNTRAST To adjust the screen Brightness, press To adjust the screen Contrast, press the the Brightness button: Contrast button: CONTROL CONTROL Brightness Volume Volume Brightness Brightness Brightness Contrast Contrast Screen/Sound ON/OFF Screen/Sound ON/OFF and a new CONTROl page will appear and a new CONTROl page will appear with an up and down arrow and a sliding with an up and down arrow and a sliding...
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PoWER Press the OFF button: Turning Smart-Vent off CONTROL When Smart-Vent is turned OFF , the ventilation system and heat transfer will stop. All your customised settings will be remembered for the next time you turn the system ON. This excludes SMART VENT the Heater Override mode;...
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Turning Smart-Vent back oN Once confirmed, the Home page will Press the Control ‘cogs’ icon to access display and Smart-Vent will be switched the CONTROl page: back ON, restoring all your previous MY SeTTINgS. 10:30 10:30 Smart Vent is OFF 19˚C Room Temp To turn Smart Vent ON press the...
reSet When Smart-Vent is first installed, To ReSeT Smart-Vent, press the ReSeT the operating system defaults to set icon on the Home page: conditions. Most importantly, the in-line tempering heater (if installed) is 10:30 disabled. Room Temp 19˚C The following is the status of Smart-Vent Ceiling Temp 23˚C when Reset or when first installed:...
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To check that the ReSeT was successful go to SeTTINgS / ClIMATe and the minimum and maximum temperature settings are °C Maximum Temperature = 30 °C Minimum Temperature = 5 Climate Heater Fans Heat Trans Clock CLIMATE Min Temp: 5°C Max Temp: 30°C...
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4. SYStem SySTEM Pages within the Smart-Vent SYSTeM menu are designed to present you with a summary ‘snap-shot’ of your Smart-Vent system. The information contained within these pages can not be altered, they contain decisions you have made using the SYSTeM pages as well as readings made by the system. Smart-Vent SYSTeM MeNU provides different information pages: Heater Filter...
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Heater HEATER HEATER An information page providing the status of your heater (if installed), Heater showing whether the heater is ON ENABLED Heater currently: or OFF and (if ON) which of the 3 modes (Normal, Override or Timer) Mode:Normal is active. This information reads directly from your settings in the To change these settings press the Flame on SYSTeM HeATeR pages (refer to...
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HEATER Heater ENABLED Time remaining: 3hrs 15mins Mode:Override To change these settings press the Flame on the right or go back to the Settings menu and press ‘Heater’. In this example the heater is in override mode and there is currently 3 hours and 15 minutes remaining of the ON time, irrespective of ceiling temperature.
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fILterS To Reset your filter fILTER The Filter Reset is to be used when you have replaced your filter and wish to An information page displaying the reset the filter usage back to empty/new. usage of your F7 filter in terms of This will reset the replacement time back weeks remaining before it requires to the start.
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Press the button to take you directly to the FILTER RESET page and follow the maintenance instructions on Page 31 . CONTACT Phone: (09) 259 1662 Email: sales@securimax.co.nz 10:30 Website: www.smartvent.cvo.nz Software V x.x 19˚C Room Temp 23˚C...
5. SettInGS SETTINGS SeTTINg pages are the control pages where you setup your Smart-Vent system to your desired settings. every time you change settings within SeTTINgS it automatically changes your SYSTeM pages where applicable. SeTTINgS MeNU provides five different setting pages: Climate Heater Fans...
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CLImate CLIMATE In SeTTINgS Press ClIMATe and the page will display SeTTINgS ClIMATe is the defining setting for the control over your home comfort. Some modes are Climate dependent on this temperature range being setup such as the Heat Heater Transfer and Tempering Heater.
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CLIMATE Min Temp: 15°C Max Temp: 26°C Press the help page icon at any stage to provide information on Climate. Press the Home button to return to the Home Page at any time. Press the Back button to step back to the SeTTINgS Menu. If any changes have been made to the settings in this section, Smart-Vent will prompt you to confirm your decision:...
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Heater If installed, the HeATeR page will HEATER appear. When the heater is OFF , the OFF button will have a blue border and the An in-line tempering heater is flame will be white. available as an optional extra to the Smart-Vent system.
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To enable the Override mode press the HEATER Override tab: HEATER Heater ENABLED Heater ENABLED Timer Normal Override Note: Timer Normal Override Normal mode is the default mode. Smart-Vent will automatically select this mode when the heater is turned ON, providing neither of the and the OVeRRIDe page will be displayed: other two modes were active prior to the heater being turned OFF .
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Two timers allow morning and evening Note: Once this setting is confirmed the heater will operations but there are no restrictions instantly turn ON. After the time has lapsed, of the timer band width or even overlap. the heater will turn OFF and the system will To enable the Timer heater mode press revert back to the previous active mode (either the Timer tab:...
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Use the arrows to adjust the time in To deactivate Timer heater mode hours and minutes that the heater will either turn the heater OFF on the turn on, provided the room temperature HeATeR page or change to another is below than the minimum temperature heater mode.
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fanS fAN SPEEd FANS The Smart-Vent controller uses a multi- speed motor to control the flow of filtered air into the house, the Fan speed is determined by your Minimum and Maximum temperature settings. Above Maximum temp. Summer Models: Vents from Fan Speed Fan Mode outside - does not change...
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FANS FANS Fan Mode Fan Mode ENABLED ENABLED Fan Speed Fan Mode Fan Speed Fan Mode Press ON to disable the Fan above maximum temperature Press the help page icon at any stage to provide information on FANS Fans Press the Home button to return to the Home Page at any time.
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Heat tranSfer SETTINGS - HEAT TRANSfER HEAT TRANS Smart-Vent incorporates a Heat Transfer Mode to provide complete control of your system for all year round ventilation. Heat Transfer ENABLED HEAT TRANSfER This mode is used to enable or disable Heat Transfer HT Temperature the heat transfer of air.
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If a heat transfer kit is not installed the HEAT TRANSfER TEMPERATURE following screen will be displayed when you press PReSS: When the Heat Transfer Mode has been ‘enabled’, the controller uses the temperature sensed (the comfort temperature) at the wall panel controller to control the transfer of This optional extra is not currently installed, please contact your installer...
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HEAT TRANS Max Temp: 26°C Heat Transfer HT Temp Range The HT Temperature Range setting is highlighted to indicate that this is the active setting. Use the arrow to decrease and the arrow to increase the temperature to your desired level.
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CLoCK My SETTINGS - CLoCK Use the red arrows to adjust the Hour Use the blue arrows to adjust the The Smart-Vent controller has a real Minutes time clock, to display the time but es- sentially to allow the householder to Use the black arrows to adjust the Day set the times the heater is active.
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(as pictured below) in your roof space and replacing it with the new Filter Media Box. Alternatively you can contact your installer to purchase and replace it for you. You can purchase your replacement filter from any electrical Wholesalers by simply quoting the Securimax order code ‘dCT2093’. In-Line F7 Filter Replacement F7 Filter...
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maintenance CLEANING THE CoNTRoLLER 1) Turn your Smart-Vent system OFF (refer to page 8 for instructions on turning your system OFF). 2) Clean the control screen by gently wiping the surface with a slightly dampened tissue moistened with water only, cleaning solution is not recommended. DO NOT spray cleaning solutions or water onto the control screen as it is NoT WATERPRoof.
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In the event of a system error, Smart-Vent SYSTEM ERROR will display this page. Refer to page 35 ERROR No.1 for more information. Please contact Securimax on 09 259 1662 for more information on this error. What is the difference between The Heat Transfer and Heater modes ‘oN’...
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8. GLoSSarY of termS Air Source The source of inlet air: either the ceiling cavity or outside. Comfort Range/Zone The range of temperatures found most comfortable to live in which, once programmed into the Controller, Smart-Vent will try and work within the temperature range you have set in the ‘Climate Settings’.
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User variables memory error. Note: Error No. 7 indicates an unspecified error. In all cases, please contact Securimax on 09 259 1662 to speak to an advisor and quote the error Number displayed on your Controller so that they can direct you accordingly.
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10. WarrantY & SerIaL numBerS 5 yEAR WARRANTy Securimax warrants to the purchaser that this product is free from defects in the material and workmanship for a period of five years from the date of the original retail purchase. The warranty only applies if proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale, invoice or purchase receipt is presented at the time of request of service and if the attached warranty card is completed and returned to Securimax.
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Customer Support Telephone (09) 259 1662 Facsimile: (09) 259 1661 S E C U R I M A X L I M I T E D Email: sales@securimax.co.nz Website: www.smartvent.co.nz PUB0296 iss:01 09/08...
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