Air group operation, Floor cooling – tekmar 538 Thermostat Installation User Manual
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If the thermostat operates a thermal motor (wax actuator) zone valve, set the Heat 
Supply Pump Delay setting to On. This provides a three minute delay to allow the 
zone valve to open before the primary or mix pump is turned on.
In special applications with multiple zoning manifolds, the Heat Supply Pump setting 
can be set to Off. This allows a Zone Group Pump located on the Zone Manager, 
or Wiring Center to operate the pump for the manifold.
DHW Tank Priority
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When a tekmarNet
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reset control is heating an indirect Domestic Hot Water (DHW)
tank, the thermostat may shut off the heating zones to allow the DHW tank to recover 
quickly. This is determined by the DHW priority of the tekmarNet
®
reset control.
Warm Weather Shut Down
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When the outdoor air temperature exceeds the Warm Weather Shut Down (WWSD) 
setting on the tekmarNet
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reset control, the heating system is shut off.
Air Group Operation
Section B
In order to prevent heating and cooling at the same time, this thermostat can operate 
together with other thermostats on a tekmarNet
®
system to form an air group.
In an air group, one thermostat is assigned as the air group master. The air group 
master operates the cooling equipment for the group. This thermostat can be set 
to be a member of the air group.
When operating as an air group, the air temperature readings of all the air group 
member thermostats are communicated to the air group master and a temperature 
average is determined.
When the air group master is in cooling 
operation, the air group member thermostats 
do not operate the heating system for air 
heating.
If the Set Room Heat temperature is adjusted 
while the air group is cooling, the snowflake 
icon is flashed to alert the user that the cooling 
is presently on. Once the cooling shuts off, 
the heating can start operation.
Air Group
Master
Member
Member
tekmarNet Communication
Floor Cooling
Section C
The thermostat has the option to support radiant floor cooling when connected to a 
heat pump control using tekmarNet
®
communication. The floor cooling setting must
be set to On and the heating system must be in Warm Weather Shut Down (WWSD). 
When the heat pump system control operates in cooling mode, all thermostats set for 
floor cooling on the tekmarNet
®
bus all activate the first stage heating contact (H1)
at the same time to allow chilled water into the system. The thermostat continues 
to operate the cooling until either the room temperature reaches the Set Heat 
temperature plus 3°F (Set Heat+1.5°C) or reaches a minimum temperature of 74°F. 
If only a floor sensor is installed, the floor cooling setpoint is 67°F (19.5°C).
