Yes. There are three scenarios where a floating actuator can be controlled by Pelican thermostat:
Floating a valve for a unitary air handler. This is commonly a hot water, steam, or chilled water valve.
Note: This configuration is only able to be enabled by Pelican technical support.
For Hot Water or Steam Floating Valve Control: You will want to wire the thermostat’s (W) output to open the hot water valve and (W2) to close the hot water valve.
For Chilled Water Valve Control: You will want to wire the thermostat’s (Y) output to open the chilled water valve and (Y2) to close the chilled water valve.
This configuration is found under the Thermostat’s configuration > Thermostat Operation > Floating Valve.
- None – there is no two position or floating valve to control.
- Heat – the thermostat uses (W) to open the heat valve and (W2) to close the heat valve.
- Cool – the thermostat uses (Y) to open the cold valve and (Y2) to close the cold valve.
- Heat & Cool – the thermostat uses (W) to open the heat valve and (W2) to close the heat valve. And the thermostat uses (Y) to open the cold valve and (Y2) to close the cold water valve.
Floating a bypass damper for a unitary air handler. This is commonly a unit ventilator's face and bypass damper.
Note: This configuration is only able to be enabled by Pelican technical support.
Wire to the Face and Bypass Damper Actuator: You will want to wire the thermostat’s (W) output to place the damper to Face and (W2) to place the damper to Bypass the coil.
This configuration is found under the Thermostat’s configuration > Variable Temperature Control.
- Turn Variable Temperature to ON.
- Select a variable source (Heat, Cool, Heat & Cool). Note: This represents controlling a variable hot water, steam, and/or chilled water valve, which is another mechanical function of a unit ventilator with a face/bypass damper.
- Configure all the variable source configurations.
- Set Face/Bypass to ON. This sets the thermostat to use (W) to place the damper to Face and (W2) to place the damper to Bypass.
- Set the Actuator Travel Time – This tells the thermostat how many seconds it takes for the damper to go from full Face to full Bypass.
- Set the Ventilation Face Position – This tells the thermostat where to place the damper during a ventilation cycle.
- Set the Maximum Face Position – This tells the thermostat the maximum face allowed during a heating or cooling cycle.
A floating zone damper actuator for a zone that is ducted to a multi-zone air handler.
Note: Admins can set this configuration, but it is only available for a thermostats when there is also a Z8 or Z24 part of your Pelican Solution.
This configuration can be found by selecting Admin > Thermostat Configuration > “select any thermostat” > System Type = Zone Damper > Zone Controller = “select the zone controller the thermostat communicates with” > Damper Settings > Damper Type = Floating
Floating Damper: You will need to set the following configurations.
- Actuator Travel Time: Tells the thermostat how many seconds it takes for the damper to go from full closed to full open.
- Ventilation Damper Position: Tells the thermostat what position to place the damper when only a ventilation cycle is active (normally 100%).
- Maximum Damper Position: Tells the thermostat what position to place the damper when a heating or cooling cycle is active.
A floating zone reheat valve for a zone that is ducted to a multi-zone air handler.
Note: Admins can set this configuration, but it is only available for a thermostats when there is also a Z8 or Z24 part of your Pelican Solution.
This configuration can be found by selecting Admin > Thermostat Configuration > “select any thermostat” > System Type = Zone Damper > Zone Controller = “select the zone controller the thermostat communicates with” > Damper Settings > Reheat Type = Floating
Floating Reheat: You will need to set the following configurations.
- Actuator Travel Time: Tells the thermostat how many seconds it takes for the reheat valve to go from full closed to full open.
- Maximum Reheat Position: Tells the thermostat what position to place the reheat valve when a reheat cycle is active.
