Commissioning

Check all wires and connections. Overvoltage on inputs or short circuit on outputs will destroy your HIQ device(s). Bad connections will cause unreliable operation and overheating.

Power up the whole system.
Light on/off and dimmer push buttons should already work.

Install HIQ Configurator.

Autodetect
To switch from controller to controller use Autodetect function.

On “System” page press “Autodetect” button to detect and then select your Home controller (HC). If there are many controllers you have to choose appropriate NAD number (written on the top or side of HC / MC). Repeat next steps for all controllers.

According to the different configurations of hardware and software on your computer it can happen that Autodetect fails. In this case “Enter NAD manually”.

Autoaddress
To get all modules in order use Autoaddress function.

Devices inside switchboard are addressed sequentially, from left to right. Devices outside of switchboard (field modules) are addressed in order of ascending serial numbers - lowest serial number gets the first address, second lowest the second and so on.
Note that thermostat with lowest serial number controls FC controller with lowest serial number and so on.

Manual address:
If we have system with non-standard layout, then Autoaddress will not work (correctly) and we have to make manual address.

FW update

When (auto)address is finished we check if all the modules have the latest firmware installed. We check installed firmware versions on the “System” page.
DC device type is circled in red, DC version in blue and HC version in green:

We compare our firmware versions with the table below:

If needed we make firmware update and run “Autoaddress” again.

HIQ-DC configuration

For HIQ-DC configuration we follow all steps in HIQ Configurator.

Connect to HIQ Universe.

We save configuration and restore it later if there are any unwanted changes.

Proceed with HIQ Commander setup.