Technotherm TPF-Eco, Eco Interface Control Manual

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Technotherm Panels Control Guide – TPF-Eco + Eco Interface

Contents:

1. TPF-Eco – Thermostat Control

How To:

a. Connect Panels
b. Use Manual Mode
c. Program and Set Time
d. Use Auto Mode
e. Disconnect Panels

Menu Guides:

f. Pairing Menu
g. Configuration

2. Eco Interface – App Control
a. Setting up the Eco Interface
b. Setting up the App
c. Connecting to your Panels
d. Using the App

1 – TPF-Eco

Thermostat Control

The TPF-Eco thermostat is a necessary component for controlling your Technotherm
panels. It sends commands via RF to the receivers fitted on the back of the panels. It
measures the room temperature, turning all paired panels on or off to maintain your set
temperatures and programs. The TPF-Eco can be paired with up to 9 panels.

How To Guides

1A – How to Connect Your Panels

• Press to put the TPF-Eco in shutdown mode:

• Hold down the second button from the left until you see “tAP”, the software version screen.

• Again, hold down the second button from the left, until you see “rf01”, the receiver

configuration screen.

• Press OK to tell the TPF-Eco to search for receivers.

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• Put your panel(s) into pairing mode by holding the button on the

receiver down for more than three seconds.

• The thermostat will flash to show it is searching for receivers. It will

do this for about 10 seconds before it solidifies on the number of
panels it’s found, i.e. “P03” for three panels.

• OPTIONAL – the last step is to set the wattage for each paired panel.

This allows the thermostat to measure the energy consumption of
your system. You can skip this step if you want.

o SET WATTAGES – The thermostat will show you the code for each panel in turn, i.e.

“P01”, “P02”, etc. The receiver of the relevant panel will “tick” when its code shows,

so you know which wattage to enter. Use the +/- buttons to set the wattage and
press OK. Repeat until all panels are set.

▪ NOTE – Earlier versions of the receiver do not tick. If your panels don’t tick,

you may find it easier to connect each panel separately.

o SKIP – You can skip this step by repeatedly pressing OK, cycling through the panels.

You can set wattages later via CF18 in the configuration menu.

1B – Manual Mode

• Make sure the thermostat is on. (Press to toggle between shutdown and ON mode.)

• Turn the dial to switch between the modes: auto (follows program), comfort, economy, anti-

frost and program (edit your program).

• Comfort, economy and anti-frost are the three fixed heating modes. On these modes, the

TPF-Eco will tell the panels to switch on or off to maintain your set temperature for that
mode.

• To adjust the set temperatures, turn the dial to your chosen mode, use the +/- buttons and

press OK. Temperature choices are restricted as follows:

o Comfort – 5-30 °C (or maximum comfort temperature).

▪ The mode for occupied places where

you want to be warm. E.g. living rooms,
dining rooms, evenings.

▪ Maximum comfort temperature can be

set via CF10 in the config. menu. Can be
set between 22 – 30 °C. Default is 28 °C.

o Economy – 5-19 °C

▪ This is the mode for when you’re active

or absent from the room but don’t
want the temperature to drop too low.
E.g. overnight, bathrooms, gyms.

o Anti-Frost – 5-10 °C

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▪ This is the mode for when you’re away from the house. The thermostat will

only engage the heating when the temperature drops
low enough to risk bursting your pipes.

• Display colour – By default, the display backlight will change colour

based on your set temperature. The colours follow a traffic light system
to indicate when energy consumption is reduced, average or high.

• Information – You can use the button on any of the modes to check

information about your heating. Press repeatedly to cycle through:

o Room temperature
o Outside temperature (only available if you have an

outdoor sensor paired with the thermostat)

o Total consumption of paired heaters

• Lock – Hold down for 5 seconds to lock. Repeat to unlock.

1C – How to Program and Set Time

• Use mode dial to scroll to program mode

• Set the time:

o Hours will flash. Use +/- keys to adjust. (24-hour clock.) Press OK when done.
o Minutes will flash. Use +/- keys to adjust. Press OK when done.

• Set the date:

o The date will flash. Use +/- keys to adjust. Press OK when done.
o The month will flash. Use +/- to adjust. Press OK when done.
o The year will flash. Use +/- to adjust. Press OK when done.
o NOTE – the thermostat asks the date so that it can automatically update the time

when the clocks go back/forward. You can disable this feature via CF13 in the

configuration menu. You will no longer be prompted to set the date.

• Set program:

NOTE – this menu has a thirty second timeout. If it times out before you press OK, the day you were
programming will not be saved.

o Starting with Monday (day 1), use the and buttons to set economy and

comfort intervals through the day.

▪ E.g. press for every interval up to 6am if you want economy mode from

midnight to 6. Press repeatedly to switch to a comfort interval.

▪ The bars at the bottom of the display show which mode you have set – i.e.

full bar for comfort, no bar for economy.

▪ When you reach the end of the day the thermostat will go back to the

beginning of the day until you press OK – so you don’t need to get it perfect
the first time round.

▪ NOTE – you cannot set anti-frost intervals.

o Press OK to confirm and move onto the next day.
o Alternatively, hold down OK to copy the program on to the next day.

o When complete, the thermostat will switch directly to auto mode

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NOTE – By default the thermostat sets modes to hourly intervals. However, if you prefer, you can set
it to program at half-hourly intervals, via CF11 in the configuration menu. When you set a program
to half-hourly intervals, the bars at the bottom will be unchanged – i.e. still just one bar per hour. In
the event there are two different modes set in one hour – i.e. comfort at 4, economy at 4:30 – the
bar will show as comfort but will heat as economy for the relevant half hour.

1D – Auto Mode

• Use mode dial to scroll to auto mode

• Panels will heat as per your set program (displayed at the bottom of the TPF-Eco display).

• You can temporarily suspend programming using the special event modes:

o Party mode

▪ Press key.
▪ Use +/- keys to set temperature for given period. (5 °C – max comfort).
▪ Press OK.
▪ Use +/- keys to set duration. (30 mins to 12 hours).
▪ Press OK.

▪ The thermostat will display the symbol and a countdown timer until the

timer finishes. Press C on this screen to cancel.

o Away mode

▪ Press key.
▪ Use +/- keys to set away days. (1 – 365 days).
▪ Press OK.
▪ Use +/- keys to set away temperature. (5 °C – max comfort).
▪ Press OK.

▪ The thermostat will display the symbol and a countdown timer until the

timer finishes. Press C on this screen to cancel.

• Information – You can use the button on auto mode to check information about your

heating. Press repeatedly to cycle through:

o Room temperature
o Outside temperature (only available if you have an outdoor sensor paired with

the thermostat)

o Total consumption of paired heaters

• Lock – Hold down for 5 seconds to lock.

1E – How to Disconnect Your Panels

• Press to put the TPF-Eco in shutdown mode:

• Hold down the second button from the left until you see “tAP”, the software version screen.

• Again, hold down the second button from the left, until you see “rf01”, the receiver

configuration screen.

• Use the + key to advance to “rf03”. Press OK to tell the TPF-Eco to search for receivers.

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• Thermostat will display number of receivers found.

• Hold down OK for 5 seconds to remove the receivers. The thermostat will flash the number

of connected receivers until it reduces to 0. This removes the association from both the
panel and the thermostat.

NOTE – under rF03, the thermostat will only break associations with receivers that are in range. If
the number of connected receivers does not reduce to zero, this is because there are panels
associated with the thermostat that it cannot currently communicate with. This may be because the
panel is switched off at the wall or has been moved out of range.

• If you want to remove associations with panels you can’t connect to – for instance if the

panel has been lost or given away – follow the steps above but proceed to rF04.

o Press OK.
o Hold down OK for 5 seconds until the number of connected receivers

reduces to zero.

NOTE – This channel removes wireless associations from the thermostat but not the
receiver. If you later find the panel, you will need to remove its association with the
thermostat by holding down the top button on the receiver for over 30 seconds until
the indicator flashes.

Menu Guides

All the TPF-Eco’s adjustable settings can be accessed via two menus: the receiver menu and the
configuration menu. Both can be reached via shutdown mode:

• Hold down second button from left for 5 seconds

• To go to pairing menu, hold down 2nd button from left until you see “rf01”.

• To go to configuration menu, press OK.

1F – Pairing Menu

This menu allows you to add and remove associations with panels, as well as troubleshoot
connectivity issues. Use +/- keys to scroll through menu items and OK to select.

• rF01 – Thermostat searches for receivers.
o See “How to connect your panels” for full guide to pairing.

• rF02 – Displays signal strength between thermostat and receivers.

o Shows a number from 0 to 4, where 4 indicates maximum strength.
o You can use this for troubleshooting. If the number is low, move the thermostat

closer to the panels.

• rF03 – Remove wireless associations (from thermostat and receivers).
o See “How to disconnect your panels” for full guide.