Vantage Hearth EQ40TB-TI, Installation Manual

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Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI 

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Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI 

Overview 
Vantage's Equinox 40 LCD Keypad has been  
designed to be located in the same space as a 
traditional keypad, installed in a single gang wall 
box. Scalable designs from one, two, or three 
pages allow a perfect fit in most areas. Each 
keypad can be configured with three 
independent mini-widgets, making this an 
eloquent choice for areas where lighting, AV 
control, climate control, etc., are wanted, without the added 
cost of a fully functional touchscreen or the wall clutter of 
multiple gang keypads. Equinox 40 introduces Vantage’s 
commitment to a consistent

 user experience 

interface across 

platforms using auto-programming mini-widgets. The interface 
uses intuitive gestures; swipe left and right to change pages, 
touch and release for normal button operation, or press and 
hold for dim-cycle, volume controls, etc.  
 
Features/Operations Overview 



Fits US/European single-gang box or low voltage bracket. 



Available in a “Black Glass” finish. 



Power & communication over station bus. 



Accepts Six-wire pigtail with all functionality. 



Update firmware from Design Center. 

NOTE:

 Screen turns a 

gradient green during a firmware update. 



Built-in ambient light sensor for “Active,” AUTO mode 
screen brightness. 



Built-in proximity activation, senses movement under 6”, 
sets screen to 

Active

 brightness. 

o

May also activate tasks that do not use a HOLD 
trigger.  

o

Proximity trigger will not re-trigger for 30 seconds 
after no keypad usage or when the plus/minus signs 
disappear (see 

Steps moving from active to inactive

, 

page 4). 

o

Re-triggering may also be controlled through task 
logic.  



Up to three LCD pages available through Design Center 
programming. 



Each LCD page may have up to 5 scene buttons depending 
on exclusion of AV mini-widget. 



Raise/Lower graphical buttons via 

minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) for 

dimmable loads and volume control. 



Text tracks status using two fixed colors for ON and OFF. 



Dual operation mechanical button, bottom left and right; 

o

left

 navigates to home screen or settings screens with 

press and hold, 

o

right

 may be programmed from Design Center. 



Self discovering widgets for 

fast

 setup & programming. 



Five programmable event sounds through Design Center. 



Headers; select 

one

 of the following as a page header: 

o

empty – displays nothing in the header; 

o

temperature (only select one); 



Internal temperature 



External temperature 



Heat set point 



Cool set point 

o

thermostat (select one thermostat only); 



Displays internal temperature 



Displays current mode setpoint – setpoint is 
adjustable via 

minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) buttons  



Displays current mode – blue graphic for Cool, 
red graphic for Heat, blue and red graphic for 
Auto, and gray graphic for Off 



Displays the word “heat” or “cool” and the 
current mode graphic becomes more vivid when 
system is actively heating or cooling 

o

time – 

HH:MM

 format; 



twelve hour clock only 

o

weather; 



Displays current outdoor temperature and a 
graphic of current conditions. 



AV mode – selecting an AV zone replaces bottom two 
scene buttons on all three pages with pre-designed 
common AV interface controls. 



Local settings (accessed by a press and hold of Home 
button); 

o

volume (touch interaction audio feedback) 



minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) touch interaction volume 



off when dark

 checkbox 

o

Settings 



Auto Mode 

option 



Active & Inactive

 brightness settings 



Advanced



Low trim – sets minimum brightness 
percentage for auto mode,



Motion sense – sets proximity sensor’s 
sensitivity.



Off When Dark 

option. 

o

Station information 



Firmware, graphics, boot code & eprom versions  



Serial number 



use infusion settings

,* (Design Center settings) 

option. 

*NOTE:  to unselect use infusion settings change any 
setting on the Sound 

or 

Brightness setup screens. 



Possible Screen Combinations: 

1) Header, Scenes, Audio, 2) Header, Scenes, 
3) Scenes, Audio, 4) Scenes only. 



Station Reset – simultaneously, press and hold both 
mechanical buttons for one second. 

 
Specifications 

Description

Specification

Dimensions, HWD

(at wall surface)

4.9” x 3.44” x 0.44”

124mm x 87mm x 11mm

Dimensions, HWD

(overall)

4.9” x 3.44” x 1.38”

124mm x 87mm x 35mm

Finished

Weight

11.2 oz. or 317.5g

Power

24V/36V via Station Bus

Surge Suppression

Yes

Maximum LCD Control 

Points (CP) inc/- 

buttons (with 3 pages) 

Scenes only – 45 CP max.

Scenes & Header – 47 CP max. 

Scenes & AV – 37 CP max. 

Scenes, AV, & Header – 39 CP max

Maximum Gangs

Single Gang Only

LCD Button Status

Automatic (white = off, ochre = on)

Sound Option 

Independent volume for each sound:

1 – touch interaction  

5 – programmable event sounds

Wiring Connections 

2 Wire 600V pigtail (included)

6 wire aux. pigtail (order separate)

Power for Aux. External 

Devices

15 mA @ 12V DC 

Station Bus Polarity

Auto-Switching

Station Wiring 

configuration

Daisy-chain/Star/Branch 

Station Bus Specification

2C, 16AWG / 1.31mm2, twisted, non-

shielded, <30pF per foot. Separate a 

minimum of 12" / 30.5cm from other 

parallel communication and/or high 

voltage runs.

Station Buss Power Draw

2.85W on IC-24 / 2.85W on IC-36

Addressing

self addressing through software

Finish 



TRIM - Titanium 



TOUCHSCREEN – Black Glass 

Glass Surface

Chemically Strengthened

Ambient Operating 

Temperature

32-95°F -or- 0-35°C 

Ambient Operating 

Humidity

5-95% non-condensing 

FreeRTOS™ 

Real-time scheduling provided by 

FreeRTOS (www.freertos.org)

CE and RoHS Compliant

Yes

Character / Font Support 
Equinox can render the following Unicode Codepoints* 

Range

Typeface

Unicode Codepages (blocks)

U+0000 -
U+00FF

Rendered in 
Gotham Book

Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement 

U+0400 -
U+06FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

Cyrillic, Cyrillic Supplement, 
Armenian, Hebrew, Arabic

U+2700 -
U+27FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

Dingbats 

U+3000 -
U+30FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

CJK Symbols and Punctuation, 
Hiragana, Katakana

 
* NOTE: Proper computer/keyboard setup or copy/paste is 
required to produce many international characters from the 
above Unicode Codepoints.