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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Getting Started Tools Needed Small Phillips screwdriver Drill with ¼" bit (6 mm) CAUTION To avoid electrical shock and to prevent damage to the furnace, air condi- tioner, and thermostat, disconnect the power supply before installing or servicing the thermostat or any part of the system .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Getting Started Interior View Unit Back and Mounting Plate Wire terminals Up Button Unit Front Screen Side Button Down Button Bottom Edge Light...
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Getting Started Installation Location To avoid having to move your wiring to a new location, mount the thermostat in place of the old thermostat . • Install the thermostat on an inside wall of an often-used room, about 5 ft.
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Preperation CAUTION • Read instructions carefully before removing any wiring from an existing thermostat . • Label all wires before disconnecting them form the existing thermostat . 1. Switch off electricity to the heating and cooling systems. This can be done at the circuit breaker .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Attaching the Mounting Plate to the wall 1 . Carefully pull the labeled wires through the center hole in the mounting plate . 2 . Position thermostat for best appearance to cover the hole in the wall .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Prepare Wires Wiring Make sure your wires are labeled. If necessary, find the “other end” connection for each wire on your heating or air conditioning equipment and note the label there . 1 . Fan out wires so that they are aligned with their terminals .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Connecting Your Wires Wiring Reference the Detailed Wire Diagram on page 23 to identify your wiring diagram and set-up information . If necessary, contact customer support for help . 1 . Connect a labeled wire only to a matching lettered terminal .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Power Supply While the thermostat can run without batteries on C-wire power, you should install batteries as well to provide power to the unit during outages . See the Thermostat Battery Cautions . 1 . Install four (4) AA alkaline batteries following the marked polarity in the battery compartments.
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring THERMOSTAT BATTERY CAUTIONS • Always use new Alkaline batteries . • Do not use rechargeable batteries of any type . They will not operate the thermostat properly and may lead to damage . •...
Connecting the Thermostat to a Z-Wave Network ® The Vivint Element Thermostat is a Z-Wave® compliant thermostat . It has an onboard radio that can be connected to an existing Z-Wave® network . This device can be used on a network with products from different vendors.
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup Z-Wave and Power Supply The thermostat’s node type is fixed when it connects to the Z-Wave network; if the C-Wire is not connected and is only battery-powered when connecting to the network, the thermostat will remain a frequent listening routing slave (FLiRS) node until it is removed from the network .
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup SETTINGS Units Humidity Display Info Installer Navigating the Vivint Element Screens • Use the UP and DOWN buttons to move the cursor on the screen . • Use the SIDE button to make a selection or scroll through options .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup Selecting Heat Pump Settings Selecting HVAC & Heat Types 1 . From the Thermostat's Home 1 . From the Thermostat’s Home screen, press and hold the screen, press and hold the SIDE button for 3 seconds .
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup Selecting Cooling Type Selecting Humidity Settings 1 . From the Thermostat’s Home 1 . From the Thermostat’s Home screen, press and hold the screen, press and hold the SIDE button for 3 seconds . The SIDE button for 3 seconds .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup Test Installation If you have a heat pump, leave the Thermostat in Off mode for 4 (four) minutes before checking Cool . Do not operate AC if the outside temp is below 65°F .
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Setup temperature, as well as the To Check Cool proper wires indicated as 1 . From the Thermostat’s Home being active . If the temperature screen, press and hold the appears to rise, or the wrong SIDE button for 3 seconds .
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams Detailed Wiring Diagrams 3 Wire Heat 4 Wire Heat 5 Wire Heat/Cool 6 Wire Heat/Cool WIRES WIRES WIRES WIRES C W R C W R G C W Y R G C W Y RH RC G...
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams Step-By-Step Wiring Diagrams 3 Wire Heat GAS MILLIVOLT or HVAC SYSTEM 24VAC System POWER 1 . Connect the R (or RH) wire to the RH terminal . This connects the heat power .
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams 6 Wire Heat/Cool HVAC SYSTEM 1 . Connect the W wire to the W POWER terminal . This connects the heat . 2 . Connect the Y wire to the Y terminal . This connects to the...
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams 4 Wire Heat Pump (heat/cool) HVAC SYSTEM without Auxiliary Heat 1 . Connect the O wire to the O POWER terminal or the B wire to the B terminal . This connects the change-over valve .
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams Accessory Wiring Zoned Hot Water Heat For Solenoid or Motor valves, SOLENOID VALVE MOTOR VALVE connect the wires based on the CT102 CT102 diagrams to the correct terminal on the CT200 . When controlling a...
Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams Wire Reference Table Possible What They Control Wires R or V or VR RH and RC Single power for HEAT and COOL RH or 4 RH Power for HEAT (RH not connected to RC jumper clip...
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Vivint Element CT200 Installation Guide Wiring Diagrams Lennox Heat Pump V or VR or R RH Power for HEAT M or Y Y COOL control Y or W or W2 W2 2nd stage HEAT F or G G Fan control...
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CT200 OPERATION GUIDE Product Overview Exterior View Screens Home Screen Outside Temp Screen Menu Screen Settings Screen Compressor Protection Settings Units Humidity Display Info Installer Equipment Comfort Calibration Cycling Staging Network Link Reset Testing Reset Restart Reset Other Device Information Low Battery Warning Network Disconnected...
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Product Overview Exterior View SETTINGS Units Humidity Display Info Installer Screens Navigating the Vivint Element screens • Use the UP and DOWN buttons to move the cursor on the screen . • Use the SIDE button to make a selection or scroll through options .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Product Overview Home Screen Mode Target Temp Room Temp This is the default screen on the Thermostat . Anytime the unit wakes from sleep (or senses you approaching, if the sensor is enabled), the screen lights up and displays the system’s mode (top), the target temperature (center), and the current room temperature (bottom) .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Product Overview Outside Temp Screen This screen displays the outside temperature and inside humidity (in %), and lets you put the system OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE into Vacation mode . 60° To see this screen, press the SIDE...
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Product Overview Z-Wave and Thermostat Programs The Thermostat must be connected to a Z-Wave network in order to operate . Use your Z-Wave application to adjust the heating and cool- ing programs that the Thermostat uses to run your system . You can...
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Customization Vivint Element CT200 User Guide...
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization The Settings screen provides access to many features and settings of the Thermostat . Features you can control on the Settings screen are ºF / ºC display, humidity targets, display behavior, information about the Thermostat, and installer settings . The following pages provide detailed information about each of these settings .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization Display The Thermostat display can operate in one of two modes: Approach or Button Tap . Approach means that the device’s display will automatically turn DISPLAY ON: on when it senses you approach Approach Button Tap within 4 (four) feet of the unit .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization 1 . From the Home screen, press and hold the SIDE button for three (3) seconds . 2 . Press DOWN to highlight Info, then press the SIDE button . Information about the Thermostat displays .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Installer: Comfort Cont . Customization STAGING: Used for multiple stage systems only . Staging is the number of degrees between the room temperature and the target temperature at which the next stage in multi- stage systems will engage to bring the room temperature back to the target .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization STAGING 1 . From the Home screen, press and hold the SIDE button for three (3) seconds . 2 . Press DOWN to highlight START STAGE Installer, then press the SIDE 2 WHENEVER button .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Installer: Network/Reset Cont . Customization 5 . Highlight Link, then press the SIDE button . The unit attempts to connect to a local Z-Wave Network . RESET The Network>Reset resets the Thermostat's radio to unlink it from its linked Z-Wave Controller .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization Reset The Reset menu enables you to restart the Thermostat, as well as to reset the device to factory defaults . RESTART 1 . From the Home screen, press and hold the SIDE button for three (3) seconds .
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide Customization Other Device Information Low Battery Warning The Thermostat displays this screen when the batteries are running low on charge and should be replaced . This screen will only display once per day the first time the screen wakes.
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Vivint Element CT200 Operation Guide FCC WARNING Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment . NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules .
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This device complies with Industry Canada’s licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
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