WAREMA Climatronic© Building Control Automation System

Overview - 

Climatronic is a feature rich control automation system suitable for homes and buildings small and large that measures climate information and operates products intelligently to achieve interior comfort and energy efficiency.

Principle components are a control screen, a series of actuators and a weather station. The actuators are either surface mounted or installed in a switchboard and for wiring convenience are available in modules of 4 or 6 sets of outputs. The control automation program is designed to operate an extensive range of products and can be adapted to many different control requirements. Warema is a manufacturer of sunshading products and their control automation systems established in 1955. Many years of experience and thermal understanding of buildings therefore form the starting point for the program. Additionally however lighting, ventilation and many other devices can be intelligently controlled and integrated into a total energy saving and comfort concept.
Scenes can be formed, families of products can be freely assembled into switching groups and automatic programs can run whilst preserving customizable local overrides. The system can be used as a complete home automation system or can work in conjunction with other such systems providing a higher level control to sunshading and ventilation devices.

Climatronic uses a Bus protocol meaning that communication within the system uses data rather than simple current switching. All components are addressable with the advantages that wiring is simplified and reconfiguration or expansion of the system is possible at any time.

System Details

General System Properties

Property	Description	Standard
Channel Quantity (32 Channels)	A channel is a group of products that operate according to the same automatic function(s). Example roller blinds north façade all drop at the same sun level. It is a separate concept to wall switches and not to be confused with the number of wall switched groups that are possible. In the example used all roller blinds on the north facade could have individual wall switches and be separately operable, but a sun command will operate them as a group.	32
Max number of motors (1200 motors)	The number of motors or appliances that can be connected to the system. If number is exceeded use more than one system.	1200
Low level interface to home automation or building management system	The ability to transmit, receive or exchange simple analog commands with the principle building management system via voltage free contacts.
Fault code export	The ability to export a fault code to an external BMS system
Freely assemblable local wall switching groups	Any arrangement of groups of blinds or individual blinds can be operated by local wall switch independently of channels.
Remote Control receiver in the central unit.	The channels (see above) can be operated from a wall mounted or handheld Warema transmitter.
Remote control receiver in the field	In the field handheld or wall mounted radio transmitting (non wired) switches, operating freely assemblable groups of products.

Automatic Functions

Note that list is not exhaustive. Many other functions may be possible. Contact us for advice.

Type		Description	Available?
Sun Sensoring		Directional measurement of outside lux levels. 12 sensors can be connected.
Slat Turning		After descending slatted products such as external venetian blinds can be programmed to tilt to a specified angle.
Sun Tracking		Mathematical calculation of the position of the sun at any moment relative to the orientation (compass direction) of the product. Used in general to provide consistent shading levels with slatted products.
Dawn & Dusk control		Drives the products to a programmed position at dawn and dusk. For example a school may prefer blinds retracted at dusk and a homeowner may prefer blinds dropped.
Timer Direct Drive		Drives a channel to a position at a programmed time
Timer Auto Functions		Sets an another automatic function to commence at a particular time ie Begin sun sensoring at 8am
Temperature Direct Drive		Drives a channel to a particular position based on internal or external temperature
Temperature Enable Auto Functions		Sets an another automatic function to commence at a particular temperature ie Begin sun sensoring at 18 degrees internal temperature.
Temperature Difference Functions		Measurement of internal and external temperatures and movement of a product based on temperature difference within a temperature range.
Cold Protection		Overiding command to move a product to a position based on a low temperature threshold
Night Purge		Separate temperature difference settings that operate at night to open windows during summer in order to release heat build up from the day. For this special function a separate channel is required for a night purge function in addition to the daytime channel.
Ice Alarm		Uses rain and temperature data to establish if ice is present and retracts external products accordingly.
Rain Monitor I/O		Detects rain and accoringly can retract external fabric products or close windows.
Wind Sensoring		Measurement of wind speed. 12 sensors can be connected.
Wind Direction Sensor		Measurement of wind direction
Intermittent Ventilation		Period (programmable) operation of a product (normally windows) based on a temperature threshold.
Humidity Control		Drives a channel to a particular position based on inside or outside humidity.
PC configurable		System can be programmed via PC-based software.

Connectable Products

Note that list is not exhaustive. Many other products may be possible. Contact us for advice.

Blinds	Connectivity
Internal roller blinds
Internal pleated blinds
Motorised curtains
Internal venetian blinds
Roman blinds
External venetian blinds
All external awning types
Louvre roofs
Openings
Motorised windows
Ventilation louvres
Garage doors
Sliding gates
Breezeway louvres
Velux skylights
Lighting
Dimmable Lights
Standard lights
Home appliances
Air conditioning (model dependent)
Garden watering solenoids
Fans