NOBOCOOL Orion 512 User Instruction

HOW CAN YOU LOWER YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION?

Congratulations on purchasing the Nobø Orion 512. In these instructions for use we will tell you how
you can use the Orion 512 to control your house's electrical heaters, floor/ceiling heating etc., in such
a way that you can considerably reduce your heating costs while retaining the same heating comfort.
You can also use the Orion 512 to control other electrical equipment such as engine heaters, TVs,
radios, lights etc. Among other things, it enables you to make your house look inhabited when you are
not at home.

NETWORK SIGNALLING

The Orion 512 sends its control signals along the house's normal wiring network. Receivers are fitted
to the electrical equipment which is to be controlled. The receivers switch the heaters and other elec­trical equipment ON and OFF at times chosen by you. The time can be set at intervals of one hour 24
hours of the day.

DIVISION INTO ZONES

The Orion 512 can control up to 12 independent zones. A zone is one or more rooms or heaters/appli­ances, which follow(s) a certain program in the course of 24 hours. Every zone can be programmed
individually for every day of the week. There are thus 12 different programs for heating and other
functions. The number of heaters/appliances in each zone is not restricted.

CONTROLLING HEATING

If you have installed modern Nobø heaters, you must remember to set the comfort (right slider) and
economy (left slider) thermostats to the required temperatures. If you have heaters with a built-in,
fixed set-back function, the set-back will be limited to 5-7oC depending on the make. Heaters with a
cable and plug have no restriction on the temperature during economy periods. For ceiling/floor hea­ting we recommend that the heating be controlled by Nobø's VENUS TR36 room thermostat for com­fort and economy temperatures. It has a built-in receiver for the Orion 512.

System 500

NOBØ ELECTRO AS

P.O. Box 16, N-7501 Stjørdal

Norway

DESCRIPTION OF THE ORION 512

FUNCTION SWITCH

The FUNCTION SWITCH "1" in the position "SET CLOCK" is used when first
starting up the Orion 512, after the power has been disconnected for more
than 14 days or when sending a test signal. The position "SET PROGRAM"
is used when first making your control programs or when changing them at a
later stage. The position "OPERATION" is the position in which the switch
should be during normal use.

DISPLAYS

The CLOCK DISPLAY "2" shows the time in hours and minutes. The ZONE
DISPLAY "3" shows the zone for which the program in "5" applies. The ROW
OF LIGHTS FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK "4" indicates with a yellow light
the day of the week for which the program in "5" applies.
The PROGRAM DISPLAY "5"consists of a row of lights with 24 light seg­ments. Each segment corresponds to one hour and the display shows a
complete program for 24 hours with red lights in the comfort temperature
periods and green lights during economy temperature periods.

OPERATING BUTTONS

The DAY - HOUR - MINUTES BUTTONS "6" are used to set the day and
time in the Orion's clock. The ZONE BUTTON "7" is used to select the zone
(1-12) for which a program is to be made or which is to be overridden. You
use the red and green PROGRAM BUTTONS "8" to set the control program
you require. The CANCEL BUTTON "9" is used to correct incorrect entries
during programming or to cancel overrides. The COPY BUTTON "10" is
used to copy a 24-hour program from one day to another day or from one
zone to another zone when the programs are the same. The red and green
CONSTANT OVERRIDE BUTTONS "11" are used when you want long-term
comfort (red) or long-term reduced (green) temperatures in one or more
zones. Does not affect the program entered. SEQUENCE OVERRIDE "12"
is used for short-term changes to the current program sequence. It automati­cally switches back to the program at the next change in level. The STATUS
BUTTON "13" shows the current situation (comfort/economy) in all 12 zones
simultaneously.

RESET BUTTON ’’14’’ is used to zeroise the ORION
512 if the processor has frozen and the unit cannot
be used.
Freezing may be due to overvoltage in the mains
following power failure or lightning strike etc. Use a
pen or other sharp object.

OPERATING THE ORION 512

SETTING THE DAY AND TIME

The programming of the Orion 512 applies for a period
of one week. Therefore, you must first set the correct
current time. All subsequent weeks then follow the
same program.

1. Set the FUNCTION SWITCH "1" to the position
"SET CLOCK"

2. Press the DAY BUTTON "6" until the right day of the
week lights up in the ROW OF LIGHTS "4".

3. Set the correct time in the CLOCK DISPLAY "2" by
pressing the buttons HOUR and MINUTES "6".

NB! The time accuracy is ± 10 min. per year and is
independant of the frequency (50/60 Hz).

PROGRAMMING

A program means an indication of how many of the 24
hours of the day and night are to be set for comfort tem­perature (for example 22oC) and how many hours are to
be set for economy temperature (for example 15oC).
The program chart on the next page can be used to
give an overview of ZONES and PROGRAMS. Use
your own symbols for comfort and economy temperatu­res and mark the periods in the diagram. Programming
will then be much easier to carry out afterwards.
EXAMPLE:

X = 22oC (ON)
O = 15oC (OFF)

Remember: All segments must be filled in!

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CONTROL UNIT Orion 512

USER INSTRUCTION

SETTING THE PROGRAM

Move the FUNCTION SWITCH "1" to the position "SET
PROGRAM". The unit will now automatically switch to
zone 1 in the ZONE DISPLAY "3" and Monday in the
ROW OF LIGHTS FOR DAYS OF THE WEEK "4", and
where all LEDs in the PROGRAM DISPLAY (5) are red
(new units) or show an earlier chosen program.
The programming can now begin. Each time you press
the GREEN PROGRAM BUTTON "8" a green bar of
light will light in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5". Pressing
the red button produces a red light. Follow the program
selection which you have prepared in the program chart
and remember to "fill in" all 24 segments. When
Monday has been programmed, press the DAY BUT­TON "6" so that the lamp for Tuesday lights up. Then fill
in the 24-hour program again. Continue like this until all
7 days have been programmed. Then press the ZONE
BUTTON "7" until zone 2 is shown in the ZONE DIS­PLAY "3". Set Monday again with the DAY BUTTON "6"
and repeat the procedure for zone 2 and then the other
zones which are to be used.
If you wish to DELETE all of the existing programs, this
is done in the following manner:

1. Move the FUNCTION SWITCH(l) to the position SET
PROGRAM.

2. Press the DAY BUTTON(6), the GREEN PROGRAM
BUTTON(8), the ZONE BUTTON (7), the CANCEL
BUTTON (9) and the COPY BUTTON (10) simultan­eously.

CANCEL

If you make an incorrect entry during programming, an
unfinished program can be deleted by using the CANCEL
BUTTON "9". The Orion 512 will then display the last
selected program in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5" and
the programming can start again. See also the section
on OVERRIDE.

COPYING PROGRAMS

If one or more zones are to have the same program for
several days in the week, you can save time and effort
by using the COPY BUTTON "10" to copy the 24-hour
program displayed in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5".

Orion 512

SET CLOCK
SET PROGRAM
OPERATION

036912 1815 21 24

CANCEL COPY

12 ZONES

STATUS

OVERRIDE PROGRAM

SEQUENCE

MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN DAY HOUR MINUTES ZONE

• CONSTANT •

•

PROGRAM •

23:59 5

1 326 7

11 12 10

13

8 954

CONSTANT OVERRIDE

CANCEL BUTTON

SEQUENCE OVERRIDE

COPY BUTTON

STATUS BUTTON

DAYS OF WEEK

PROGRAM DISPLAY

PROGRAM BUTTONS

DAY - HOUR - MUNUTES

FUNCTION SWITCH

CLOCK DISPLAY

ZONE BUTTON

ZONE DISPLAY

RESET

14

RESET BUTTON

DESCRIPTION OF
FRONT PANEL

SET CLOCK
SET PROGRAM
OPERATION

23:59

DAY

MON TUE WED

HOUR MINUTES

Mon

oooooo oooooo oxxx xxxxxxxx

Living room

1

You can copy from one day to another day in the same
zone, or from one day in a zone to a freely selected day
in another zone.
This is done in the following manner:

1. Press the COPY BUTTON "10" once (2-3 sec.). The
ZONE "3" and DAY "4" lamps will now begin to flash.

2. Press the DAY BUTTON "6" to change to the day
which is to have the same program.

3. Press the COPY BUTTON "10" once more (2-3 sec.).
The flashing will stop and the first copy has now been
made. Repeat this procedure for all copies to
days/zones which you require. Use your own pro­gram chart.

CHECKING PROGRAMS

To check the programs which have been entered, press
the DAY BUTTON "6" to "leaf through" the various
days. You can select the various zones you want to
check by using the ZONE BUTTON "7".

OPERATING THE SYSTEM

NORMAL OPERATION

Set the FUNCTION SWITCH "1" to the position "OPE­RATION". The Orion 512 will now automatically show
the correct day and time. The PROGRAM DISPLAY "5"
will display the program for the zone which is displayed
in the ZONE DISPLAY "3". The program for the other
zones is displayed in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5" by
"leafing through" the zones with the ZONE BUTTON "7".

STATUS

By holding down the STATUS BUTTON "13", the 12
first segments in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5" will show
the current momentary situation for all 12 zones simult­aneously. Zones with temperature reduction (OFF) will
light up green and the others will light up red.

OVERRIDING THE PROGRAM

(Function switch in position OPERATION)

ZONECOPY COPY

DAY

ZONE

12 ZONES

STATUS

036912

• CONSTANT •

REMEMBER:
RED = COMFORT
GREEN = ECONOMY

CONTROLS

036912

CANCEL

ZONE

DAYCOPY COPY

036912

• PROGRAM •

SET CLOCK
SET PROGRAM
OPERATION

according to the original program again. If you want to
cancel the override during the period, you can

A. Press the SEQUENCE BUTTON "12" again
B. Press the CANCEL (9) button briefly (less than 2

sec.). NB ! If you press for more than 2 - 3 sec.,
both constant and short - term overrides on all
zones will be cancelled.

Use of Frost Protection and STOP override functions
(R80 RDC - 120E thermostats on zones 1 - 10 only)

- When an economy signal(green) on Zone 12 is trans­mitted, the operation of the R80 RDC 120E thermostats
is stopped regardless of any of its settings. It will appear
not to work at all. - When an economy signal(green) on
Zone 11 is transmitted, the operation of the R80 RDC
120E thermostats is switched to Frost protection (7°C
approx.) regardless of any of its settings. - Zone 12 in
economy mode(green) will override Zones 1 - 10. Zone
11 in economy mode(green) will override Zones 1 - 10
and 12. - When both Zone 11 and Zone 12 are in comfort
mode(red), Zones 1 - 10 will operate normally according
to their program. - When R80 RDC - 120E thermostats
are in Frost Protection mode, a green LED is visible.

- When R80 RDC - 120E thermostats are in STOP
mode, no LEDs at all are visible.

EXTERNAL OVERRIDE

The ORION 512 is equipped with 5 potential free inter­nal connection terminals for remote override switching.
Terminals 1 - 4 correspond with zones 1 - 4. Terminal 5
overrides zone 11! When the appropriate pair of termi­nals (1 - 4) are short - circuited (potential free), the cor­responding zone is forced into economy mode (green)
for as long as the short - circuit exists. When terminal 5
is short - circuited, zone 11 is forced into economy
mode, and all R80 RDC - 120E thermostats will auto­matically provide frost protection for as long as the
zone 11 override exists.

OPERATING LOCK

To prevent unauthorised persons changing the selected
programs, the operating buttons on the Orion 512 can
be locked. This is done as follows:

The FUNCTION SWITCH "1" must be in the posi­tion "OPERATION". Then press the DAY BUT­TON "6", the green PROGRAM BUTTON "8" and
the ZONE BUTTON "7" simultaneously for about
3 seconds - the unit is now locked. To cancel the
lock, just repeat the same procedure.

POWER RESERVE IN THE EVENT OF THE
POWER BEING DISCONNECTED

On the ORION 512 all lights will be estinguished,
when the power is disconnected. However, the
new ORION 512 has infinite back - up time
(power reserve) for the microprossessor pro­grams. The clock itself has 10 - 14 days of back ­up time. If the power is disconnected for longer
than 14 days, the CLOCK (2) will have to be set
again, when the power is reconnected.
Notification is given of this with a flashing light in
the CLOCK DISPLAY (2).

TYPES OF RECEIVER

The Orion 512 transmits OFF and ON signals to
various types of receiver, depending on the type
of the appliance which is to be controlled. All
types of receiver are fitted with a 12-position
switch to set the correct zone (1-12).

1.

R80 RDC - 120/120E RDC Pluggable function
unit with separate

settings for comfort and
saver temperatures and integral receiver with
channel selector. Yellow operating light and
red and green light diodes. Compatible with all
NOBØ’s heaters of type -N.

2. RCE 512 GB Earthed socket outlet receiver
for controlling heaters with cables and plugs,
household appliances, engine heaters etc.

3. RS 512 Receiver for controlling fixed heaters
and appliances. Mounted in a wall box or con­nection box. The RS receiver disconnects
from the appliance when it receives an "eco­nomy signal". (13A).

CONSTANT OVERRIDE

The red and green CONSTANT BUTTONS "11" are
used when you want long-term override of one or more
programs, for example if you are going to be away for a
long time. By pressing in the green button for a few
seconds, all lights in the PROGRAM DISPLAY "5" will
light up green.
Thus all the appliances which are located in the zone
which is displayed in the ZONE DISPLAY "3" are swit­ched to reduction or OFF. If you want to "switch off"
several zones, these zones must be selected in turn
and in order with the ZONE BUTTON "7" and the green
CONSTANT BUTTON "11" must be pressed for each
zone. If, on the other hand, you want comfort tempera­ture (ON function) in one or more zones, press the red
CONSTANT BUTTON "11". All lights in the PROGRAM
DISPLAY "5" will then light up red.

Use the CANCEL (9) button to remove an override. A
short press (less than 2 sec) will remove only the over­ride of the program on DISPLAY(3). A long press
(more than 3 sec.) will remove all overrides. The ZONE
(3) and DAY(4) LEDs will flash while the CANCEL
BUTTON (9) is being pressed to confirm removal of all
overrides. If the ORION 512 is locked, this must be
cancelled before the override can be implemented.
(See the section on operating lock).

SHORT-TERM OVERRIDE

Any program can be overridden for a shorter period of
time by pressing the SEQUENCE BUTTON "12".
When you press the button, the rest of the current peri­od will be changed to the opposite in the PROGRAM
DISPLAY "5".

Example:
The selected zone has a comfort period (red light) from
4 pm to 11 pm. At 7 pm the SEQUENCE BUTTON "12"
is pressed. Thus the period from 7 to 11 pm is changed
to an economy period (green light). The reverse occurs
if the current period is an economy period when the
SEQUENCE BUTTON "12" is pressed.

After 11 pm the heaters are automatically controlled

4. RSX 512 As above but the RSX receiver is mounted
on a rail in a fuse cabinet. (16 A).

5. RBS 512 Like the RS 512 but with the difference
that the RBS receiver connects the power to the
appliance when it receives an economy signal. Used
for heaters with built-in night reduction resistor. (13 A).

6. RBSX 512 As above but the RBSX receiver is
mounted on a rail in a fuse cabinet. (16 A).

7. RDS 512 Like the RS 512 but with the difference
that the RDS receiver has a changeover contact for
switching between 2 appliances/ functions. (10 A).

8. RDSX 512 As above but the RDSX receiver is
mounted on a rail in a fuse cabinet. (10 A).

9. RSM 512 For disconnection of f.i. internal and exter­nal lights when receiving an «economy signal».
Mounting in wall connection boxes (lA).

10. RBSM 512 For connection of night set - back in
heaters and room thermostats when receiving an
«economy signal». Mounting in connection boxes
(lA).

11.RF 512 Receiver with switch relay and double pole
switch for flush mounting in ELKO, ELJO or Bush
Jaeger frames. Can be linked with underfloor hea­ting thermostats or for control of internal/external
lighting. Has red/green light diodes. (10A).

12. VENUS TR 36 Room thermostat (16A) with integral
Mains Signalling receiver for use with Orion 512
system. Switches between economy and comfort
temperature setting on receipt of Orion signals. Also
available with remote sensor or floor sensor.
(Replaces GEMINI TRR thermostat).

13.RP 512 Plug-in receiver for NOBØ heaters of types
GER/KER/TER and PER.

CHARTS FOR YOUR OWN USE:

2

4

6

8

1

0

1

2

RC 512

RF 512

RSX 512/RBSX
512/RDSX 512

RS 512/RBS 512/
RDS 512

RP 512

RSM/RBSM 512

VENUS TR36

RC512/RCE 512

CANCEL

PERIODIC

SET CLOCK
SET PROGRAM
OPERATION

DAY

• PROGRAM •

ZONE

09

Zone no.

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Wed

Thur

Fri

Sat

Sun

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 2 4

Zone description

1

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4

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Zone description

Sats: T.Berg graf.komm XP

11 12

R80 RDC/120/120E

1

2

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4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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12

System 500

RECEIVER RSM 512

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3

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