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Temco Tstat10

Temco Tstat10

Temco Tstat10

Temco Controls

Platform
ThingsBoard
Hardware Type
Other devices
Connectivity
HTTP, Ethernet, WIFI, BACnet, RS485
Industry
Smart Buildings, Industrial Manufacturing, Energy Management
Use Case
Smart energy, Smart Office, Smart Metering

Introduction

Temco Tstat10 Bacnet programmable controller is a low-cost high performance programmable controller. With an I/O configuration, it can be extended through external I/O modules to form a complete building automation solution. There are five relays and two analog outputs as well as 8 universal inputs. These i/o can be configured using the free software. There are more than 300 settings with many options for each of the settings so it’s possible to configure these devices for almost any application. Once the unit is configured, save the config file for copying to other controllers and backing up project settings. Options are available for occupancy sensor, zigbee, and humidity / enthalpy. Supports Bacnet MSTP and Modbus RTU for the RS485 model. Wi-Fi version supports Bacnet IP and Modbus IP.



Prerequisites

To continue with this guide, we will need the following:

Devices connection

According to the official user manual, firstly you need to wired connection between the controller and the temperature sensor. The controller has to be connected to the PC using the RS485 to USB converter for configuration. Also, you need to download and install the T3000 software from the official website.

Controller configuration

Using the T3000 software, you can configure the controller. You need to connect the controller to your network over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. For this purpose, use the following steps:

  1. Connect Tstat10 to PC by RS485 and start T3000 software. Click the button “Search” to scan your network, the following view will appear
  2. When Tstat10 will discover, close the view
  3. Click on “Tstat10” device in the sidebar, in the opened window select “TCP/IP” tab and click on the “Wifi Configuration” button. In the opened window, provide your Wi-Fi network credentials and click “Apply”.

Creating and configuring ThingsBoard IoT Gateway

  1. Open the ThingsBoard in your browser and log in. Go to “Entities” > “Gateways” tab in the sidebar and click on ”+” button. Fill in “Name” and “Device profile” fields and click “Create” button
  2. Start gateway using launch command
  3. The gateway has been created. Click on the “Connectors configuration” button in the sidebar menu
  4. Click on ”+” button to add a new connector
  5. Select “BACnet” connector type, fill in the “Name” field and click “Add” button
  6. The connector has been created
  7. In the created connector go to “Devices” tab and delete default device
  8. Click on “Add device” button
  9. Fill in the “Host” and “Port” fields (you can find this information in the T3000 software). Fill in the “Device name” and “Device profile name” with “Temco Tstat10” and “default” respectively. Poll period set to 3000 ms (you can change it according to your purpose)
  10. Click on “Time series pencil” icon
  11. In the opened window click on “Add time series” button
  12. Fill in the “Key” field with “sensor_temperature”, “Object ID” with “Analog Input” and “1”. Click “Add time series” button
  13. Fill in the “Key” field with “sensor_humidity”, “Object ID” with “Analog Input” and “2
  14. Fill in the “Key” field with “controller_temperature”, “Object ID” with “Analog Input” and “9”. Click “Apply” button
  15. Click “Add” button
  16. Device added.

Check data on ThingsBoard

Once you have successfully done all the steps above and Gateway sent data, you can see it in the device telemetry tab:

  1. Click on the device row in the table to open its details;
  2. Navigate to the “Latest telemetry” tab.
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Let’s display Temco Tstat10 time series on a dashboard. For this purpose, you can create your own dashboard with your custom widgets or use a ready-made dashboard and simply import it.

Import dashboard

Download Check Device Data Dashboard and import it.

You can import a dashboard in JSON format. To do this, you should go to the Dashboard group, click on the ”+” button in the upper-right corner of the page and choose “Import dashboard”. The dashboard import window will appear, prompting you to upload the JSON file and click “Import”.

After importing, we should choose an entity alias for our device. Start by clicking the “pencil” icon, selecting entity aliases, choosing the “My device” alias and then clicking the “pencil” icon again to open it for editing. Then, choose the created device from dropdown list and save entity alias. Now, you should be able to see the data from the device.

If you did everything right, you should see the following dashboard:

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Conclusion

With the knowledge in this guide, you can easily connect your Temco Tstat10 controller with Temperature and humidity sensor to ThingsBoard. After connecting the devices to the gateway, you will be able to see and process the data coming from the devices on the ThingsBoard.

Explore the platform documentation to learn more about key concepts and features.