Honeywell TB7200 Series, TB7600 Series User Guide
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ZigBee Wireless Survey Toolkit
for TB7200/TB7600 Series
Thermostats
USER'S GUIDE
The TB7200 and TB7600 Series wireless communicating
thermostats are ideal for retrofit applications where the
addition of communicating field bus wiring within the
building space is prohibitive. These wireless thermostats
allow for the use of equipment wiring used by existing
electronic thermostats.
The Honeywell wireless thermostats, along with the
TB-VWG-APP-1014 wireless communication card and
the network driver and device .jar files, are specifically
designed to be used by Honeywell WEBs-AX controllers
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Honeywell TBST-5014W wireless survey tools are
intended to verify and validate the deployment and use of
the Honeywell TB7200 and TB7600 Series wireless
thermostats on a potential job site.
This document provides wireless guidelines and
instructions on how to use the wireless survey tools to
perform a site survey.
NOTE: Wireless installations require careful con-
sideration of the environment where the
wireless devices will be installed. We highly
recommend a site survey be performed prior
to bidding on or accepting a job.
WEB-2xx, WEB-6xx, and WEB-7xx controllers powered
by Niagara
More Information
To learn more about the TB7200 and TB7600
thermostats visit http://customer.honeywell.com.
• Wireless Installation & Integration Reference Guide
• TB7600 Series RTU/Heat Pump Communicating
• TB7200 Communicating Zoning Thermostats
• Sensor Selection Guide (Form No. 63-9285) for a
Product Overview ..................................................... 1
ZigBee Mesh Network Overview .............................. 3
Basic Design and Deployment Considerations ........ 4
Site Survey Overview ............................................... 5
Disclaimer .............................................................. 10
Trademarks .............................................................. 10
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for TB7200, TB7600 Series Thermostats (Form No.
63-4522)
Thermostats Specification Data (Form No. 63-2706).
Specification Data (Form No. 63-2708).
complete listing of compatible sensors.
Contents
ZIGBEE WIRELESS SURVEY TOOLKIT FOR TB7200/TB7600 SERIES THERMOSTATS
HONEYWELL THERMOSTAT(S)
MAIN MESH CLUSTER
NETWORK
FIELD WIRING
ELIMINATED
MESH TOPOLOGY
WIRELESS NETWORK
TB-RP5000W
REPEATER
REMOTE HONEYWELL
THERMOSTAT(S) CLUSTER
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M33045
Fig. 1. TB7200, TB7600 ZigBee Wireless Network.
GETTING STARTED
Included in the TBST-5014W wireless survey kit, you will
find the following items:
• 2 ea. survey tools
• 2 ea. 120 Vac charger for the survey tools
IMPORTANT
Before performing a survey, please insure that
both survey tools are fully charged overnight.
The survey tool will display a numerical percentage value
on the LCD screen which represents the wireless network
ZigBee RSSI dBi value (Receiving Signal Strength
Indicator).
IMPORTANT
Please note that it is normal for the value to fl
uctuate slightly (up to 10-20%). The final reading
value is representative of the median averaged
values displayed.
• Any value from 10 to 100% indicates good ZigBee
connectivity.
• Any value below 10% may indicate that a repeater (TBRP5000W) may need to be installed.
Before you use the wireless survey toolkit to complete a
site survey, review this document to learn how to
configure the site survey tools and how to perform a site
survey using these tools.
About the Wireless Survey Tools
About The Survey Tools
• The survey tools feature an auto-shutdown after 10
minutes. After 10 minutes, 10 quick beeps will sound; if
the ON button is not re-pressed, the unit will shutdown
to prevent unnecessary battery drainage.
• The minimal expected battery life is at least 50 full
charge cycles. The maximum expected battery life is
200 full charge cycles.
• Contact Honeywell for replacement batteries. The
survey tools use a custom rechargeable battery type.
DO NOT USE regular rechargeable batteries for
replacement. Doing so MAY result in critical failure
and/or injury.
Configuring the Wireless Survey Tools
1. Charge the survey tools overnight.
2. Press the red ON button on the top of each device.
The green ON LED will light and the LCD will display Signal % 254 then display Signal % 0. If the
devices have already been configured, the signal
strength reading will be greater than zero and very
likely 99 or 100 since the devices are in close proximity to one another.
3. Press and hold the Override button for five seconds,
as shown in Fig. 2, until Com addr displays on the
LCD.
Fig. 2. Press the left (red) button.
4. Press the Override button once and PAN ID will dis-
play.
5. Assign the PAN ID with the up/down arrows on the
right, as shown in Fig. 3. Both devices should be
assigned the same PAN ID.
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Fig. 3. Assigning PAN ID.
6. Press the Override button once and Channel will
display.
7. Assign Channel number 15 or 25 with the up/down
arrows on the right. Both devices should be
assigned the same Channel.
ZIGBEE MESH NETWORK OVERVIEW
ZigBee is a specification for a suite of high level
communication protocols using small, low-power digital
radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard for
wireless personal area networks (WPANs).
Mesh networking is a type of network where each node
acts as an independent router. It allows for continuous
connections and reconfiguration around broken or
blocked paths by “hopping” and “re-meshing” from node to
node until the final destination is reached.
General characteristics of the wireless
physical communication layer are:
• Uses a wireless physical layer of 2.4GHz with data
rates of 250 kbps
• Yields high throughput and low latency
• Automatic topology configuration: star, peer-to-peer,
mesh
• Handshake protocol for transfer reliability
• Range: 50 feet (15 meters) typical and up to 100 feet
(30 meters) depending on environment
IEEE 802.15.4 along with ZigBee
networks and application support layer
provide:
• Low cost installation deployment
• Ease of implementation
• Reliable data transfer
• Shor t range operation
• Very low power consumption
For a successful ZigBee deployment, it is important to
understand that the ZigBee wireless network is influenced
by the same environmental factors that affect other
wireless systems:
• Interference from radio emitters
• Various electronic devices
• Interference caused by solid objects that may slow or
stop communication between devices
Even with potential sources of signal interference, the
presence of these factors should not result in noticeable
network performance degradation. Environmental issues
will occur with any wireless network installation.
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ZIGBEE WIRELESS SURVEY TOOLKIT FOR TB7200/TB7600 SERIES THERMOSTATS
MCR32615
NOTE: MAXIMUM 50 FEET (15 M) BETWEEN 2 THERMOSTAT NODES.
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10 FEET (3 M)
PREFERABLY 10 FEET (3 M) OR MORE BETWEEN WI-FI
EQUIPMENT AND HONEYWELL WIRELESS DEVICES
3 FEET (1 M)
MINIMUM 3 FEET (1 M) BETWEEN WI-FI
EQUIPMENT AND HONEYWELL WIRELESS DEVICES
MCR32635
BASIC DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS
Proper design considerations need to be addressed prior
to any installation of a WEBs-AX controller with a
Honeywell wireless communication card and related
wireless thermostats.
• Honeywell recommends using a per floor horizontal
architecture vs. a vertical one. Transmitting from one
floor to the other may be possible in certain
applications (such as going through stairways), but the
design and optimization of the thermostat antenna is
designed for optimal horizontal distance penetration
and not a vertical one. As such, be prepared to use AT
LEAST ONE WEBs-AX controller and wireless
communication card per floor.
• Please note that radio transmissions CANNOT travel
through steel. If floors are constructed with steel joists
or other steel materials it is highly unlikely that the
wireless thermostat transmissions will be successful
between floors.
Clear line of sight deployment
• To avoid network interference with 802.11 Wi-Fi
devices in the 2.4GHz spectrum, Honeywell
recommends the use of 802.15.4 channels 15 and 25
ONLY. 802.11 Wi-Fi transmissions overlap and may
interfere with other channel selections allowed by
802.15.4 (Channels 11 to 26).
• With clear line of sight deployment (no physical
obstacles between 2 communicating thermostats), the
maximum distance between each thermostat is 100
feet (30 meters). See Fig. 4 .
Fig. 5. Non-clear line of sight distance between two
thermostat nodes is a maximum of 50 feet (15 M).
• In order to avoid interference from other wireless
devices, such as wireless routers, wireless adapters or
laptops using wireless networks, etc., ensure that a
minimum distance of 3 feet (1 meter) is maintained
between any Honeywell wireless device and any Wi-Fi
devices. A distance of 10 feet (3 meters) or more is
preferred when possible (Fig. 6).
NOTE: LINE OF SIGHT DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO NODES IS A MAXIMUM
OF 100 FEET (30 M).
Fig. 4. Line of sight distance between two nodes is a
Non-clear line of sight deployment
• The maximum non-clear line of sight distance between
thermostats for gypsum wall partitions which may
include metal stud framing is a maximum of 50 feet (15
meters). See Fig. 5.
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maximum of 100 feet (30 M).
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Fig. 6. Minimum 3 feet (1 M) between Wi-Fi equipment
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• Ensure that at least one thermostat is within 50 feet
• Always install the controller with wireless card closest
and Honeywell wireless devices.
Preferably 10 feet (3 M) or more between Wi-Fi
equipment and Honeywell wireless devices
(15 M) of the controller with wireless card for every
cluster of 10 thermostats installed. WEB-2xx
controllers have a recommended max of 30 wireless
thermostats per controller. If 30 thermostats are
installed, three thermostats should be installed within
50 feet of the controller with wireless card. WEB-6xx
and WEB-7xx controllers have a recommended max of
50 wireless thermostats per controller. If 50
thermostats are installed, five thermostats should be
within 50 feet of the controller with wireless card. (Fig.
5 and Fig. 6)
to the center of all associated wireless ther mostats.
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