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Beforeyougetstartedyouwillneedthefollowingitems:1. AnactiveInThrMaEMSaccountwithconnectedthermostats2. AnactiveThinkMinistryaccountwitheventspopulatedinthecalendar3. EstablishanOAuthtokenperhttp://www.thinkministry.com/kb/develop/oauth/4. TheAPIendpointforyourTMaccount(ex:

https://connect.mychurch.com/ministryplatformapi/tables/)5. Up-to-datefloorplandiagramofyourchurchw/thermostatsindicated

Step Instructions

1 StartingattheMainMenu,clicktheCalendaricon…andthenclickontheWorshipEditiontab

2 Workingfromtoptobottom,wewillconfigureInThrMaEMSWorshipEditionsetupparameters

3 CalendarType–select:“ThinkMinistry”

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4 CalendarURL–pasteinyourTMAPIendpointURL

5 SpacesThisisaonetimeprocesswhereyoumapeachspacethatcanbescheduledtoacorrespondingthermostat.ThisprocessallowsWorshipEditiontoknowwhichthermostat/scontrolwhichspaces.

• Aspacemayhavemultiplethermostats–example:yourgymnasiummighthave4thermostats• Athermostatsmaycontrolmultiplespaces–example:theClassroomsthermostatmaycontroltheHVACin6

differentclassrooms• Aspacemayhaveasinglethermostat

Thismappingmustbeaccurateasitwillaffectallfurtheroperations.Asrenovationsandorfloorplanchangeshappenatyourchurch,besuretokeepthismappinguptodateandaccurate.

6 EventSetpointsYouwillspecifyyourglobaltemperaturepreferencesforspaceswhenoccupied.Specifyyourheat&coolsetpoints.FanusuallystaysonAuto

7 UnoccupiedSetpointsLeavethisblankunlessyouusePelicanWirelessorRadioThermostatbrandthermostat.Thisreflectsyourunoccupiedtemperaturepreferenceswhenspacesarenotinuse.

8 UseSmartStartDefault:YesThisisourpre-cooling&pre-heatingfeature

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9 EventEndSaverOptional:specifyasmallamountoftime.Wewillendeacheventearly(byspecifiedduration).Helpsyouderiveadditionalsavingsoverthecourseofacoolingorheatingseason.

10 SundaySkipPriorSpecifywhattimeyourSundayAMworshipservicesconclude.YourSundayworshipschedulewillbeputinthethermostat’sbase(built-in)schedule.Anycalendareventsfoundinthecalendarpriortothisthresholdwillbeskippedandhandledbythebuilt-inschedule.Anycalendareventsfoundafterthisthreshold,willbeprocessed.

11 Thesystemwillruneveryhour,onthehour,tocheckandsyncyourThinkMinistrycalendarwithyourHVACsystem

MiscToDoItems

FloorplanPleaseannotateafloorplandiagramwiththeapproximatelocationofeachthermostatandideallyincludecolorcodedHVACzones.Thiswillbeaninvaluabletoolforcustomizingthesystemanddiscussingsystemoperations.PleaseuploadthisfiletoyourInThrMaEMSaccountusingthe“Files”tabfoundalongtheleftedgeofanypageonInThrMaEMSonceloggedin.

CustomRulesEverychurchfacilityhasuniqueneedsfortemperatures,fanoperations,etc.PleasethinkaboutsuchneedsanddocumentthemsothatwecanworktoimplementanycustomHVACprogramminglogicperyourneeds.Example:openbasketballinthegymshouldhavecoolersummertempsduetothebodyheat

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BaseThermostatProgrammingThermostatprogrammingfallsinto3categories:

1. SundayWorship–weusethethermostat’sbuilt-inschedulefortheareasofthechurchincludedinyourSundayAMworshipschedule.

2. Weekdayofficehours–weusethethermostat’sbuilt-inschedulefortheareasofthechurchwhereyourweekdayofficehourstakeplace(aswellasanyK-12/educationalprograms)

3. Calendarbasedevents(WorshipEdition)–InThrMaEMSWorshipEditionhandlesallothereventsfoundinyourcalendar.Asidefromthetwoabovetimeblocks/categoriesyourthermostatsshouldbesettotheirunoccupiedtemperatures(ex:heat:60º/cool:89º)theremainderofthetime.

Example:SanctuarythermostatscheduleMon-Sat:24hrs/day:heat:60º/cool89ºSunday:7AM-1PM:heat:69º/cool72º“2AMprogramming”Somethermostatmodelsstillhaveabaseschedule–theschedulethattheynativelyoperatewith.Insuchcases,thebaseschedulecannotbeshutoff.Toavoidhavingabasescheduleinterferewithyoureventprogramming/WorshipEdition,wewillsetyourbaseprogrammingtomakeanysetpointchangesinthemiddleofthenight(ex:2AM)asopposedtodaytimewheneventsmaybeinprogress.

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PassThrough&MergedEventsAspartofthesetupprocess,wewillstudyyourfloorplansandbuildingusepatternstodefine“PassThrough”spaces.Entrances,hallways,bathrooms,etcthatwillneedtobeconditionedforeventsoccurringinyourfacilities.TheseHVACeventswillshowupautomaticallyinInThrMaEMSwiththe“(PT)“prefix.When2eventsoccurbacktobackormultipleeventsoccurinthesamespace,InThrMaEMSwillconsolidateHVACprogrammingtothelogicalstart/endtimesofthecorrespondingevents.Insuchinstancesyouwillsee“[Merged]“appearinfrontofthecombinedeventname.

Ad-hocusageDuringsetupwewilldiscusshowyouwishtohandlead-hocspaceusage.ThetimeswhensomeoneshowsupandwishestouseaspaceandneedsHVAC.WeofferaQRCodebasedwaytohandlethesescenarios.

UnoccupiedsettingsDoyoulockthethermostatfunctions.Keepunlockedw/minimalrange,etc…

TAGSPutNOHVACinthetitleordescriptionofanycalendareventwhichdoesnotrequireHVAC.WorshipEditionwillignoreanyeventswithtitlesthatcontain:NOHVAC,CANCELED,TENTATIVEUseourSKIPsyntaxtoskipHVACprogrammingforaspecificspaceduringaspecificevent.

Conclusion

ValidationOncealltheabovestepshavebeencompletedwewillperformaninitialsyncofyourcalendar.Oncesynced,wewillthenvalidateHVACprogrammingwithyourcalendar,ensuringaccuracyandexpectedresultsbeforegoinglive.

FineTuningOnceoperationalyoumaygetfeedbackfromyourcommunitythatcertainareasmightneedtemperaturetweaksorperhapscertaineventsarenotbeingprocessedbyWorshipEdition.Wewillworktogethertofinetunetheseissuessothatyouhavesmooth,comfortableautomatedoperations.

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WorshipEditionControls

PurgeDeletesanyeventspreviouslyfoundinyourcalendar.Onthenexthourlycheck,eventswillbesyncedfromyoureventscalendar.Usethisanytimeyouhavemodifiedtheabovepreferences.Thiswillensureafreshrunwithallofyournewpreferences.DoNotpurgeifyouhaveeventscurrentlyinprogress–dowaittilltheyfinishbeforeusingthisfeature.

PausePausessyncwithyoureventscalendar.ExistingeventsremainprogrammedinInThrMaEMS,new/update/deletedeventswillnotbysyncedfromyoureventscalendar.Syncwillbepauseduntilyoureactivate(withtheActivatebutton).

DeleteDeletetheconnectionwithyoureventscalendar.ExistingeventsremainprogrammedinInThrMaEMS.Usethe'Purge...'buttonabovetodeleteexistingprogramming.