Friday 22 January 2016

Honeywell Evohome - Multi-Room Zones - Step-by-Step

I found the evohome Installation Guide uninformative for setting up a multi-room zone. Here's what the Guide says:


Verbose it is not, so here's a step-by-step guide.

The starting point is that there is already a zone set up with one HR92 bound to that zone. First get into the System Settings by pressing and holding the Settings icon for a few seconds. Then select the Zone Settings icon in the top row:


Select the Edit Zone option:


Then select the zone you want to add a radiator or room to. Use the arrow in the bottom right of the Controller to get to the Application Settings option, and select it:


You can then use the Single/Multi Room Zone option to change the type of zone:


Select the Multi Room Zone option, then press the green tick icon in the bottom right hand corner of the Controller: 


Use the arrow in the bottom left of the Controller to get back to the Zone Configuration screen, and the select the Radiator Valve option:


The next step is non-obvious, use the arrow in the bottom right of the Controller to bind an additional HR92 to the current zone:


You'll then be presented with the standard Binding screen, so press and hold the button on the HR92 to get to the Bind function, then a short press of the button on the HR92 to initiate binding to the Controller in the current zone. On the Controller press the green icon in the middle:


When bound successfully you'll get a message on the Controller of the form:


In this case there are 2 HR92s (2 actuators bound) bound to the zone, with bi-directional comms (2-way). You can continue to add more HR92s to the same zone by using the arrow in the bottom left of the Controller, or complete the zone by using the green tick in the bottom right of the Controller.

Note that on the main screen of the Controller it will display the actual temperature from the first HR92 that was bound to the zone. In our lounge and dining room space we bound the lounge radiator to the zone first then the dining room radiator, and so the Controller shows the temperature from the lounge radiator. We've set up the local display on all of the HR92s to show the actual temperature, rather than the setpoint temperature, so I can always take a look at the dining room radiator if I'm interested.

[Whilst the HR92 can tell you on demand what position the valve is actually in, I'm geeky enough to have liked to see the valve position displayed on the HR92 all the time. But that's probably just me!]

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