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Siemens Synco™ living CE1B2740en
Building Technologies System overview 13.12.2010
System overview
System functions
The Synco™ living system offers you a number of choices. In addition to room
climate and DHW heating control, the system enables you to control a ventila-
tion system, lighting and blinds, monitor smoke detectors and door/window
contacts and water detector, issue alarm message using sirens, release air
conditioners as well as acquire and display consumption data.
Central unit
Central apartment unit QAX903 or QAX913
The heart of the system is the central apartment unit.
It allows for operating the entire system and ensures
communication between the different devices.
Heating/cooling
Models/Combinations
Heating and/or cooling can be performed in different models and combina-
tions:
Heating
• Radiator heating (per room)
• Floor heating (per room)
• Air conditioner (per room)
Cooling
• Central (entire apartment) via common 2-pipe heating/cooling system
• Cooling release output for external component (per room)
• Air conditioner (per room)
• Radiator/floor cooling (per room) via common 2-pipe heating/cooling sys-
tem.
Heating/cooling mode
The individual rooms can be configured for pure heating or cooling mode or
for automatic changeover between the two operating modes.
The central apartment unit switches the apartment or individual rooms to cool-
ing or heating mode as per the settings.
Plants with rooms comprising controllable air conditioners (e.g. air
conditioner via Zennio module) can heat or cool rooms independent of
each other.