Description
The CPLLC CoolAutomation CoolMaster Platform brings a VRF or mini-split air conditioning system into Crestron Home through a CoolAutomation CoolMasterNet gateway. The CoolMasterNet sits on the HVAC system’s own communication lines (Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, LG, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Panasonic and others) and controls every indoor unit on them. The platform reads the gateway’s list of indoor units and adds each one to Crestron Home as a thermostat of its own, with the name, modes and fan speeds set up for it on the gateway. A Thermostats tile lists every indoor unit, so a whole building can be run from one tile.
Drivers->Platform->CoolAutomation->CoolMasterNet (Latest Release Notes) (Download Latest Version)
Windows utility that simplifies sideloading of drivers and extensions.
The platform’s own license key, or a CPLLC site license key, is entered in the platform’s Enter License Key option. The License Manager is not required, but it is the convenient place to enter a site license key once for every CPLLC driver.
All license purchases are final and non-refundable. Every CPLLC driver works fully for two hours without a key: test it on your processor before you buy. See the Terms of Use.
Platform Installer Options
- IP Address / Hostname – The CoolMasterNet’s IP address or host name, on the first page.
- Port – The gateway’s ASCII server port (default 10102), on the first page.
- Obtain License Key – Opens CPLLC.net, where license keys and site licenses can be purchased.
- Enter License Key – The CoolAutomation CoolMaster Platform license key. Leave blank when the site has a CPLLC site license.
- Temperature Scale – The scale every unit’s page shows its temperatures and setpoint in: As Reported (the default, the gateway’s own scale), Fahrenheit in whole degrees, or Celsius in half degrees. A change shows once the platform is reloaded.
Indoor Units
Each indoor unit is a Crestron Home thermostat named as it is named on the CoolMasterNet, or by its address on the gateway (“L1.100”: line 1, unit 100) when it has no name there. Its page shows the room temperature and its one setpoint, a Mode list, a Fan Mode list, a Swing list when the unit has louver control, and a Sync button that reads it again.
Indoor Units Actions
- Set Setpoint – Sets the unit’s setpoint, in the scale its page shows.
- Set Mode – Sets the unit to Off or one of its modes: Cool, Heat, Auto, Dry or Fan.
- Set Fan Mode – Sets the unit’s fan speed: Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Top or Auto, as it allows.
- Set Swing – Sets the louver position, on a unit with louver control.
- Sync – Reads the unit from the gateway again.
- Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the unit. A disabled unit shows Disabled and ignores its tile and page.
Indoor Units Events
- Temp Above Setpoint / Temp Below Setpoint – The room temperature crossed the setpoint, once per crossing; never while the unit is Off.
- is On / is Off – The unit turned on (from Off to a mode) or off.
- Mode is Off / Mode is Cool / Mode is Heat / Mode is Auto / Mode is Dry / Mode is Fan – The unit changed to that mode, from Crestron Home, a wall controller or the gateway. Only the modes it allows.
- Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The unit was enabled or disabled.
- Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered.
Thermostats Overview
The platform also adds a Thermostats device, paired with the first indoor unit it finds. Its tile shows how many units it lists; its page lists every indoor unit with its mode and a Select button that opens that unit’s own page: the same thermostat, mode, fan, swing and Sync controls its own tile has. A unit added to the gateway later is added to the list too.
Thermostats Overview Events
- Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered.
Sequences
Each indoor unit brings its actions and events (above) to Crestron Home sequences, under its name in Customize Actions & Events: a Leave scene can, for example, set every unit to Off, and a unit’s Temp Above Setpoint can send a notification with the CPLLC Pushover extension.
