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FOCUS devices to communicate with the Web-based interface. The company also introduced its Excel Touch, a touch screen operator interface designed for use with Honeywell Excel 800 HVAC controllers. The touch-panel operation screens allow users to customize the controller’s operation to meet specific site requirements or user preferences. The interface instantly recognizes the controller to which it is connected and automatically starts the correct form of communication, the company said. It will be available in the first quarter of 2008. Honeywell’s TR20 directwired wall modules come standard with a space temperature sensor. Some modules are designed with a temperature dial, set point adjustment, LonWorks® bus jack, override (bypass), humidity sensing control and a three- or five-position fan switch. The new family is the successor to AHR EXPO POST-SHOW ISSUE It’s easy to wonder if there could possibly be anything really new. And you would have to admit that yes, there was. the T7770 models. ICM Controls Corp.’s (www. icmcontrols.com) SimpleComfort® vertical thermostats have been designed to simplify installations. The launch of the V-Line family includes four nonprogrammable models (SC1001V, -2000VL, -2001VL, and -2201VL) that complement the company’s expanding line of SimpleComfort thermostats. Each model features temperature control enhanced by the patented Thermal Intrusion Barrier. The SC1001V is a low-cost, single-set point, analog heatcool thermostat featuring a slide bar for temperature control. The SC2000VL (battery) and SC2001VL (hardwired) units are single-stage heat-cool thermostats that feature backlit LCDs with soft-touch controls. The SC2201VL also features a backlit LCD and soft-touch controls, and is designed for heat pump systems. The company’s PRO Series thermostats feature the patentpending SimpleSet™ target programming technology, allowing installers to transfer configurations and programs from one PRO thermostat to another without special tools or a computer. The Thermal Intrusion Barrier, eProduct #20 at achrnews.com light010708.indd 1 12/20/07 1:08:35 PM an insulation layer that seals off the wall opening, helps prevent “in-wall” drafts from affecting thermostat accuracy. Intermatic’s (www.intermatic. com) InTouch wireless residential control system includes controllers, switches, receptacles, thermostats, and motion sensors. The company will offer wireless HVAC thermostat control (CA8900), designed to work with contemporary, 24-vac HVAC units. Features include two-stage heat pump and two-stage cool; automatic compressor short cycle protection; Fahrenheit or Celsius selectability; low-battery indicator; and adjustable temperature calibration. The company also announced that thermostats produced by its White-Rodgers® Division will start to feature the Emerson logo, beginning in early 2008. The move is designed to fully leverage the expertise of White-Rodgers while aligning the thermostats “with Emerson’s commitment to innovation and new technology within HVACR electronics,” the company said. The company said its controllers, switches, receptacles and remotes are 100 percent compatible with a growing number of Z-Wave-enabled control products, which operate in the 900-MHz band to provide a penetrating signal and deliver reliable communications among devices, uses advanced functions to overcome noisy RF environments. Yaskawa Electric America Inc. (www.yaskawa.com) introduced a BACnet communication interface card for its E7 product family. The card is able to communicate over MS-TP (RS-485) BACnet networks. All parameters, diagnostics, and operational commands are accessible via BACnet. ■ a new image J ohnson Controls Inc. (www.johnsoncontrols.com), used the 2008 AirConditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) as an opportunity to roll out a new logo, corporate slogan, and advertising. “We will continue to be a diversified multi-industrial company, dedicated to improving comfort, safety, and sustainability with innovative products and services for the places where people live, work, and travel,” said Stephen A. Roell, who officially became the company’s CEO. “With a focus on customer satisfaction, technology, and global fluency, Johnson Controls is dedicated to helping make its customers more successful.” According to Roell, this strategy underscored the development of Johnson Controls’ new vision: “a more comfortable, safe, and sustainable world.” According to Denise Zutz, vice president of strategy, investor relations and communication, the brand initiative evolved as a better way of communicating the “smart environments” idea. “Our current customers, as well as those whom we’d like to serve in the future, are clear about what’s important to them,” she explained. “They want to do business with companies that can add value and proactively solve problems. As a result, we crafted our new slogan, ‘Ingenuity Welcome,’ to have two meanings: first, that we recognize people welcome innovation in products and services, and second, that we’re a company looking for people with great ideas.” ■ Nate021808.indd 1 eProduct #40 at achrnews.com 2/4/08 10:24:21 AM 22 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS ■ February 18, 2008 http://www.cliplight.com http://www.cliplight.com http://WWW.ACHRNEWS.COM http://www.natex.org http://www.natex.org http://www.natex.org http://WWW.ACHRNEWS.COM

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