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Features and
Benefits
Integrated
Rooftop
Systems:
Profitable,
Simple
Trane integrated rooftop systems make
design and installation of building
management systems cost effective and
easy. Trane offers two choices for
building management controls: Tracer
Building Automation System with a
Trane Control Interface (TCI) or Tracer
with LonTalk® Communication Interface
(LCI).
Integrated
Comfort with
Trane Tracer™
TCI
The Tracer TCI Integrated Comfort™
System (ICS) improves job profit and
increases job control by combining Trane
rooftop units with the Trane Tracer
building management system. This
integrated system provides total building
comfort and control. Some of the
primary motivations for building
owners/managers in deciding to
purchase a HVAC controls system is
energy savings, cost control, and the
convenience of facility automation.
Simplifying the Comfort System
Trane’s technology and innovation brings
more capabilities, more flexibility, and at
the same time, offers equipment and
systems that are easy to use, easy to
install, commission, and service. The
Tracer TCI Integrated Comfort system
saves time and money by simplifying
system design and system installation.
When used with Trane’s DDC/VAV boxes
(or VariTrane™), system balancing
almost goes away because each VAV box
is commission and tested before it
leaves the factory. All the status
information and editing data from the
rooftop units, VAV boxes, lighting,
exhaust and other auxiliary equipment is
available from Tracer TCI for control,
monitoring and service support of your
facility. Tracer, a family of building
automation products from Trane, is
designed with robust, application
specific software packages to minimize
custom programming requirements and
enable system setup and control
through simple editing of parameters in
the standard applications software.
Should you select an Integrated Comfort
system for your facility, the
accountability for equipment,
automation and controls is Trane’s,
Trane’s, and Trane’s!
The IntelliPak
rooftop, as a part of an
Integrated Comfort system, provides
powerful maintenance monitoring,
control and reporting capabilities. The
Tracer places the rooftop in the
appropriate operating mode for
operation for: system on/off, night
setback, demand limiting , setpoint
adjustment based on outside
parameters and much more. Up to 56
different unit diagnostic conditions can
be monitored through Tracer to let you
know about things like: sensor failures,
loss of supply airflow, and a compressor
trip out. Further, the addition of Building
Management Network software offers
remote scanning, automatic receipt of
alarms, and easy dial-up access to over
100 various Tracer sites across town or
across the country.
Typical points available through Tracer:
IntelliPak Rooftops monitoring points
available through Tracer
• all active Rooftop diagnostics
• history of last 20 unit diagnostics
• all system setpoints
• system sensor inputs
• supply fan mode and status
• inlet guide vane position/VFD speed
• unit heat/cool mode
• exhaust fan status
• exhaust damper position
• economizer position, minimum
position setpoint, economizing
setpoint
• on/off status of each compressor
• refrigerant evaporator and saturated
condenser temperatures
• hydronic heat valve position
• electric heat stage status
• ventilation override mode status
Tracer control points for IntelliPak
Rooftops
• cooling and heating setpoints
• zone setpoint offsets for use with
demand limiting
• VAV discharge air setpoints
• supply air pressure setpoint
• space pressure setpoint
• zone and outdoor temperature values
• cooling and heating enable/disable
• economizer enable/disable
• economizer setpoint
• economizer minimum position
• activation of ventilation override
modes
• diagnostics reset
• unit priority shutdown
IntelliPak Rooftops setup and
configuration information through Tracer
• supply fan mode
• configuration of supply air reset
• ventilation override mode
configuration
• default system setpoint values
• sensor calibration offsets
Interoperability
with LonTalk
The Trane Tracer LonTalk Control
Interface (LCI) for IntelliPak offers a
building automation control system with
outstanding interoperability benefits.
LonTalk, which is an industry standard, is
an open, secure and reliable network
communication protocol for controls,
created by Echelon Corporation and
adopted by the LonMark Interoperability
Association. It has been adopted by
several standards, such as: EIA-709.1, the