Vantage Hearth EQ40TB-TI, Installation Manual

  I N S T A L L A T I O N

©Vantage, 41380 / IS-0541-A / InFusion 

Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI 

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Headers 

Page

Indicators

Custom Scene

Buttons

AV

Controls

Mechanical

Buttons

spots

spots

Playlist Control 

&

 Status Icons 

selected source dashes: – swipe left or right 
source icon – press / release 
playlist | ellipsis – press / release 
skipprevious | pause/play | skipnext 

volume — | source name/zone power |  

volume level indicator 

Tuner Radio Control 

&

 Icons 

selected source dashes: – swipe left or right

tuner presets (see Tuner Operation Detail):

frequency: - press / release | band icon

seek previous | tune up/down | seek next

volume — | source name/zone power |

volume level indicator

III.

Design Overview 

Keypad Areas:

1. Headers – top portion of keypad, may be set to:



Empty, 



Temperature, 



Thermostat, 



Time, 



Weather. 

2. Page indicators 0, 2, or 3 dashes – beneath header:



In Design Center, setup the Equinox keypad with 1, 2, or 3 
pages. Dashes are added for two and three page layouts. 

o

Use a left or right swipe gesture to navigate the 
pages. 

3. Scene Buttons – middle portion of keypad:



Button text uses a variable width font, allowing approx. 9 to 
15 lower case characters & spaces that change color for 
status. In Design Center, text turns red if too long. 

o

White = 

off

 and ochre = 

on.



Dimmable load tasks, in addition to text, also display a 
horizontal load level indicator. 

o

Example:  



Dimmable loads/tasks also display 

,  

–/+ 

(minus/plus) buttons that support 

press and hold

 for fading 

or ramping and 

press and release

 for stepping down or up. 

4. AV Zone – bottom portion of keypad:



When enabled, the 

AV Zone

 replaces the bottom two scene 

buttons on all three pages. Using a mini-widget, common 
AV controls are 

automatically programmed

. 

o

AV controls are dynamic and self-changing 
depending on the AV Zone’s source equipment and 
the 

Driver Designer

, driver used. 

o

Vantage’s 850D-DA and DMM-4S-(T) are great 
examples using this integration. (See 

AV Zone

 below) 

5. Mechanical Buttons – bottom bar left/right buttons:

o

Pressing the home (mechanical) button on the 
bottom left will return to page 1. 

o

Press and hold the home button for station setup. 

o

Note: The right button may have a task assigned to it. 

IV.

Equinox Headers and AV Zone Graphics Overview 

Headers



Empty – may be left blank. 



Temperature Header Widget 

o

Select thermostat sensor or 
setpoint property, (e.g., indoor 
or outdoor temperature) 

o

Displays sensor or setpoint 
value. 



Thermostat Header Widget: 

o

Select one thermostat. 

o

, 

–/+ (minus/plus) buttons change the current 

mode’s setpoint. 

o

The text 

heat

 or 

cool

 appear under the setpoint when 

the call for either is active. 

Heat

Cool 

Off

Auto 

 
Time Header: 

o

Displays current time in 
hours and minutes. 



Weather Header Widget: 

o

Select Header Data Weather. 

o

Create 

Weather Data

 in 

Design Center’s 
programming view. To create 
a location, right click and select the Add Weather 

 icon. 

o

Weather Location formats may be typed in as: 
(1) 

City, State,

 (2) 

City, Country,

 or (3) 

U.S. Zip Code

. 

o

Weather Icons and Descriptions 



Current Condition

 icons are updated 

automatically from Vantage’s weather service 
provider. 

blizzard

cloudy

cold day 

drizzle 

dust

freezing

drizzle

freezing

rain

hazy

hot day 

mixed 

partly 

cloudy

rain

rain

showers

smoke

snow snow 

showers 

sunny

thunder-

storm

wind

 
AV Zone



May be left blank:  

o

Allows for two additional scene buttons at the 
bottom of all three pages. 



Select an AV Zone: 

o

In Design Center, select a multi-room zone or filtered 
zone; for example select Zone 1 from the 850D-DA 
Amplifier. The sources available to that AV Zone and 
the current source selected determine the controls 
that will be available in the AV section of the keypad. 

o

Vantage recommends naming sources with short 
names using lower case letters. Equinox changes all 
text to lower case characters in each source name. 



Examples; dmm s1 or technics s2. 

o

Some AV Zone display icons are dynamic to include 
appropriate information and/or interface controls 
depending on the source selected. 



Example: If the selected source is a DMM 
playlist or an AM/FM tuner, the control buttons 
and other metadata update automatically.