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Owner’s Manual  
PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL THERMOSTAT  
53DFS250-SL-BRY  
Cancels: New  
OM 17-101  
1/04  
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Front Panel  
Am  
Su:  
COOL  
HEAT  
Backlit LCD Display  
Warmer or + Button  
AUTO  
Am  
Su:  
COOL  
AUTO  
HEAT  
Cooler or - Button  
Override Button  
Heat or Cool Indicator  
Red = Heat, Green = Cool  
7-Day Programmable  
3 Occupied periods and 1 Unoccupied period  
Auto Changeover  
Large, Easy To Read Display  
Thermoglow™ Backlight  
Remote Sensor Ready  
ProgramOn  
Pm occupied  
Su:  
1
COOL  
HEAT  
Dry Contact Equipped  
Energy Saving Smart Fan  
Fan Purge, IAQ Feature  
Meets California Title 24  
MODE  
FAN  
HOLIDAY  
PROGRAM  
SET CLOCK  
OVERR  
Table of Contents  
FRONT PANEL  
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DISPLAY  
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QUICK START Set the clock and go  
BASIC OPERATION  
PROGRAMMING Occupied and  
Unoccupied Periods  
ADVANCED SETUP  
ABOUT ADVANCED FEATURES  
AND OPERATION  
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WARRANTY  
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Display  
Quick Start Set the Clock and Go  
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10  
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NOTE: During Setup and  
Programming:  
Pressing the Mode button  
selects different flashing  
items (represented in  
black).  
Pressing the Up and  
Down buttons will modify  
the flashing selection.  
ProgramOn Setup  
Am  
:
2
Pm Stop Start  
4
unoccupied 123  
SuMTuWThFSa  
COOL  
Override  
HEAT  
1
5
1
AUTO  
1
9
:
Pm  
OFFON  
Locked  
4
8
Fan  
3
M
1
Mode Indicators  
Selects the operation mode of the equipment.  
COOL  indicates the air conditioning mode.  
HEAT  indicates the heat mode.  
AUTO  indicates the system will automatically  
changeover between the heat and cool  
modes as the temperature varies.  
The thermostat is preprogrammed from the factory to oper-  
ate equipment* without the need for further programming.  
To optimize the installation of this thermostat follow the in-  
structions in the Advanced Setup section.  
OFF  indicates the entire system is turned off.  
PROGRAM ON —indicates the stored program is  
enabled to run. See below.  
*
The thermostat is not preprogrammed from the factory to operate heat  
pump systems. To control these systems, follow the steps in the  
Advanced Setup section, page 4.  
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Clock with Day of the Week  
Indicates the current time and day. This clock is also  
used to program the timer periods. See below.  
Room Temperature Display  
Indicates the current room temperature.  
Desired Set Temperature  
Indicates desired room temperature(s). See page 3.  
Override Indication  
Indicates the current program is currently being  
overridden for up to 4 hours. See pages 3 and 5.  
Basic Operation  
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4
5
Select Mode  
The HEAT setting indicates  
:
Pm  
Pm  
Pm  
Pm  
Pm  
the temperature the room has  
to reach before the unit will  
turn on to heat the room.  
M
M
M
HEAT  
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7
8
Occupied or Unoccupied Indication  
Indicates the program number: Occupied 1, 2, 3, or  
Unoccupied. See pages 3 and 4.  
The COOL setting indicates  
the temperature the room has  
to reach before the unit will  
turn on to cool the room.  
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COOL  
Setup Indication  
Indicates the thermostat is in the programming  
mode. See page 4.  
AUTO will automatically  
select heat or cool based on  
room temperature demand.  
Fan Operation Indication  
Fan On Icon  indicates constant continuous fan  
operation.  
When Fan On Icon is not lit — indicates the fan will  
only operate when necessary to heat or to cool.  
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COOL  
HEAT  
AUTO  
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Locked Indication  
Program On will activate the  
ProgramOn  
unoccupied  
:
Locked appears after the right combination of  
buttons are pressed, rendering the buttons  
inoperative. See page 5.  
stored timer operation.  
Occupied and Unoccupied  
periods.)  
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1
0 Start/Stop Indication  
Start or Stop appears when programming timer  
functions. See page 3.  
OFF indicates the system is  
:
turned off.  
M
OFF  
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Basic Operation  
unoccupied  
Adjust the heating  
set point for unoccupied  
periods.  
COOL  
HEAT  
Select Desired Temperature  
In any mode, adjust the  
desired Set Point Temperature  
with  
(
35 to 99 F)  
:
Pm  
M
COOL  
HEAT  
AUTO  
occupied 1  
M
Select the day for  
Occupied 1.  
buttons.  
Pressing the up/down buttons in Auto mode will adjust both the heat  
and cool set point temperatures simultaneously.  
Pressing the up/down buttons in Heat or Cool modes will adjust only  
the heat or cool set point temperature.  
Am  
:
M
Start  
occupied 1  
Adjust the start time  
for occupied 1.  
During programmed, unoccupied  
Override  
periods a press of the Override  
button will force the thermostat into  
Occupied 1 comfort settings,  
ProgramOn  
Pm  
Stop  
unoccupied  
temporarily.  
:
Su  
With each successive push of the  
Override button, the override timer  
will add 30 minutes, until the maxi-  
mum of 4 hours is reached. Then  
the next press will zero out the over-  
ride timer, returning to unoccupied if  
there are no further button presses.  
COOL  
HEAT  
:
Pm Stop  
occupied 1  
Adjust the stop time  
for occupied 1.  
M
When in Override, the Override icon  
and the Occupied 1 icon appear on  
the display.  
The time of day clock alternates with  
the time remaining in override.  
During Override, the set point tem-  
peratures are adjustable, provided  
the keypad is not locked.  
:
Pm  
occupied 1  
M
Select Occupied 1 to run  
on this day (On), or not to  
run this day (Off).  
ProgramOn  
:
ON  
Su  
occupied 1  
COOL  
Override  
HEAT  
The copy command becomes available after the maxi-  
mum number of occupied periods are programmed in a  
day. This example uses 1 as the maximum occupied  
periods ever programmed in one day.  
Programming  
Occupied and Unoccupied Periods  
Tu  
occupied  
1
Select the maximum number  
of occupied periods to be  
used on any one day.  
Typically 1.  
Selecting Yes, then pressing mode will copy the previous day’s program and  
then will ask the same copy question again. If yes is selected each time, this  
routine will repeat until Saturday is copied to Sunday. After Saturday is  
copied to Sunday, the copy command is unavailable.  
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1,2 or 3)  
Adjust the cooling  
set point for occupied 1.  
occupied 1  
occupied 1  
unoccupied  
COOL  
occupied 1  
Tu  
(
35 to 99 F)  
Adjust the heating  
set point for occupied 1.  
COOL  
HEAT  
Am  
Start  
occupied 1  
:
(
35 to 99 F)  
Tu  
Adjust the cooling  
set point for unoccupied  
periods.  
COOL  
(
35 to 99 F)  
:
Pm Stop  
occupied 1  
Tu  
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Setup  
Select the cycles per  
hour limit.  
Programming  
Occupied and Unoccupied Periods  
d=cycles per hour  
limit defeated.  
d1=d + defeat 5 min.  
Compressor lockout.  
(
d, d1, 2 - 6)  
Setup  
Yes  
Locked  
Locked  
Locked  
Setup  
Selecting Yes, then pressing mode will copy the previous day’s program and  
then will ask the same copy question again. If yes is selected each time, this  
routine will repeat until Saturday is copied to Sunday. After Saturday is copied  
to Sunday, the copy command is unavailable.  
(
35 to 99 F)  
If no is selected, as in previous steps, flashing prompts for input will appear  
for start and stop times for Occupied 1. If more than one occupied period was  
selected in Step 1 on page 3, then cool/heat set point temperatures, and  
start/stop times for additional occupied periods will be prompted.  
Setup  
PROGRAMMING NOTES  
If only 1 Occupied period is selected in step 1 on page 3, Occupied 2  
and 3 programming steps are skipped. Further, if only 2 occupied  
periods are selected, Occupied 3 programming steps are skipped.  
Heat and Cool set points for Occupied 1 are the same for every day  
of the week. Heat and Cool set points for Occupied 2 and 3 can be  
adjusted differently for each day of the week, if desired.  
If the start time is set later in the day than the stop time, the pro-  
gram will run from the start time to midnight and from midnight to the  
stop time on the same day. For example: 9:00pm start, 8:00am stop,  
on Monday. In this example the program will run from 12:00am Mon-  
day to 8:00am Monday and again from 9:00pm Monday to 12:00pm  
Monday.  
(
35 to 99 F)  
Setup  
The Unoccupied settings take effect at all times when: (1) the pro-  
gram is on and (2) the current time is outside a preset occupied  
period. For this reason start and stop times are not necessary for  
unoccupied.  
If the same start and stop times are programmed in for an occupied  
period, then it will run 24 hours.  
If one occupied period starts and stops within another occupied  
period the lower occupied number has priority. For example: If Occu-  
pied 3 is programmed to be “on” 24 hours, and Occupied 2 is pro-  
grammed to run that day, then Occupied 2 settings will take over from  
Occupied 3 between Occupied 2 start and stop times.  
To program Occupied 2 and Occupied 3 modes repeat programming  
steps for Occupied 1.  
Setup  
ON  
Advanced Setup  
Steps 1 and 2 were performed on page 2. Advanced setup begins with  
Step 3.  
Press the Mode button.  
While holding the Mode button,  
NOTE: Each step number is located  
press the Program button to  
enter the Advanced Setup  
screens.  
at the top right corner of the  
display for easy reference.  
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Press the Mode button. While holding the Mode button, press the Program button  
leave the Setup screens. If no buttons are pressed, the display will leave the setup  
screens after 30 seconds.  
On  
Setup  
Unoccupied123  
Select residential Heat  
Pump, On or Off.  
OFF  
Off  
Setup  
Adjust the deadband  
from 1 to 6 F.  
(
1 to 6 F)  
Setup  
Adjust the minimum  
difference between  
cooling and heating  
set points.  
(
0 to 6 F)  
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Advanced Setup Table  
simultaneously press the Up and Down buttons. The  
Locked icon will appear on the display.  
STEP NO.  
DESCRIPTION  
Time of day clock set  
Day of the week  
RANGE FACTORY DEFAULT  
1
2
3
4
24 hour  
Su - Sa  
Off / On  
1 - 6 F  
12:00 Am  
Program On  
M
Off  
2 F  
:
Pm  
unoccupied  
Heat Pump  
W
Deadband or Temperature swing  
ON  
Locked  
Forced minimum difference  
heat/cool  
5
0 - 6 F  
2 F  
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
Cycles per hour  
Security Levels  
Maximum allowable Heat set point 35 - 99 F  
Minimum allowable Cool set point 35 - 99 F  
Fahrenheit or Celsius  
Thermoglow™ backlight  
Fan Purge timer  
d, d1, 2 - 6  
0 - 3  
6
0
80 F  
65 F  
F
On  
0:00  
0
1
1
1
1
F / C  
Off / On  
0:00 - 3:00  
0 - 99  
To unlock the buttons, again press and hold the Mode  
button. While holding the Mode button in, simulta-  
neously press the Up and Down buttons in together.  
The Locked icon will disappear from the display.  
Soft Start  
DRY CONTACT SWITCH — The terminals are ‘nor-  
mally open’. Closing or completing the circuit will  
cause the thermostat to enter Occupied 1. This feature  
allows an external device such as a Central Time  
Clock, Occupancy Sensor, or a Telephone activated  
device to force 1 or more thermostats into Occupied 1.  
For the Dry Contact to work the thermostat must be in  
Program On. Set Occupied 1 to Off for all 7 days, so  
the Contact closure will be in control. When the ther-  
mostat is forced into Occupied 1 via the Dry Contact  
closure, the icon Occupied 1 will blink.  
About Advanced Features and Operation  
CLOCK BACKUP — In the event of a power loss, the  
thermostat internal clock will continue to keep proper  
time for a minimum of 48 hours without external power  
or batteries.  
TWO-STAGE OPERATION — The Second Stage of  
heat (Heat pump models only) is turned on when (1)  
the first Stage has been on for a minimum of two min-  
utes, and (2) the temperature spread from the set  
point is equal to or greater than: the set point plus the  
deadband, plus 2 degrees.  
Heating  
Cooling  
CK1  
GND  
Dead  
Band  
Dead  
Band  
2
degrees 2 degrees  
2 degrees 2 degrees  
2
nd Stage  
turn on  
1st Stage Heat  
Cool  
turn on Set Point Set Point  
• HOLIDAY MODE — This feature forces the thermostat  
into Unoccupied for a preset duration, up to 99 days.  
The Holiday setup display is entered as follows:  
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rd Stage 2nd Stage  
High Med  
1st Stage  
Low  
Low  
Med  
High  
Fan Speeds  
MINIMUM HEAT/COOL SET POINT DIFFERENCE —  
The Heat and Cool set points will not be allowed to  
come any closer to each other than the value set in  
Advanced Setup Step 5, on page 4. This minimum  
difference is enforced during Auto changeover and  
Program On operation.  
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HOLIDAY  
ENERGY SAVING SMART FAN — If Fan On is  
selected, the fan will run continuously at all times,  
except in Off, and will only run if there is a heating or  
cooling demand in Unoccupied periods.  
OVERRIDE — As explained on page 3, pressing the  
Override button during a programmed, Unoccupied  
period will force the thermostat into Occupied 1, tem-  
porarily, up to 4 hours. If the Override button is  
pressed during an Occupied period, the thermostat  
will be forced into Unoccupied and the occupied num-  
ber (1,2 or 3), it was forced out of will be turned off,  
only for that day.  
2
The thermostat will enter the Holiday mode when the  
clock crosses midnight.  
During Holiday mode Unoccupied set points are  
enforced.  
The Override button is active during Holiday mode. It  
will override to Occupied 1 settings up to 4 hours then  
return to Holiday mode. The Dry Contact Switch is  
ignored.  
During Override periods the set points may be  
adjusted, but they will not be remembered after Over-  
ride ends.  
HEAT — First Stage = Heat Pump. Second Stage =  
Heat Pump and Electric Heat.  
FAN PURGE TIMER — When this feature is activated,  
the fan will turn on during Unoccupied at a preset  
amount of time prior to Occupied 1. This preoccu-  
pancy fan purge timer may be set as instructed on  
page 4, Step 12, from 0 to 3 hours. 0 = this feature  
turned off.  
KEYPAD LOCK — To prevent unauthorized use of the  
thermostat, the front panel buttons may be disabled.  
To disable, or ‘lock’ the keypad, press and hold in the  
Mode button. While holding the Mode button in,  
The thermostat will exit Holiday mode at midnight of  
the final programmed day. To terminate Holiday imme-  
diately, enter the Holiday setup screen and select 0.  
SOFT START — This feature is utilized in multiple  
thermostat installations controlled by the Dry Contact  
terminals. Assigning a unique Soft Start number to  
each thermostat will stagger the turn on times, even  
though the Dry Contact closes, for all the thermostats  
connected, at the same time. Each Soft Start number  
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represents a multiple of 30 seconds from the Dry Con-  
tact closure. For example, 1 = turn on 30 seconds after  
Dry Contact closure, 2 = turn on 60 seconds after clo-  
sure, 3 = turn on 90 seconds after closure, and so on.  
See page 4, Step 13, to configure the thermostat for  
Soft Start.  
temperature sensor inside the thermostat. The thermo-  
stat automatically recognizes when a Remote Sensor  
is connected. When reading the temperature from the  
remote, the degree icon  
above the room tempera-  
ture blinks once a second.  
OVER  
RIDE  
DUAL SET POINT BEHAVIOR — The adjustable set  
point range is: 35 to 99 degrees in Fahrenheit and 7 to  
The Override button on  
OVER  
RIDE  
the Remote Sensor works  
slightly different than the  
Override button on the  
front panel. Each press of  
the ‘External’ Override  
button adds 2 hours to the  
override timer. If the timer  
35 degrees in Celsius. When in the modes Heat or  
Cool, this adjustable range is unhampered.  
Optional  
Remote Sensor  
When adjusting any Auto mode, including program-  
ming Occupied and Unoccupied periods, the thermo-  
stat will not allow the Heat set point to get closer to the  
Cool set point than the value programmed as the mini-  
mum difference in Step 5, page 4.  
When entering the Auto mode from Cool, the Heat and  
Cool set point temperatures will remain spread apart  
by the amount that they were adjusted, prior to enter-  
ing Auto.  
For example: If the Cool set point was set to 80 while  
in the Cool mode and the Heat set point was adjusted  
to 70 while in the Heat mode, upon entering the Auto  
mode the Heat and Cool set points would be 80 and  
Optional Sensor  
was already active, the first button press will round the  
runtime to either 2:00 or 4:00.  
Subsequent button presses will not wraparound as the  
Override button on the thermostat does, so the second  
or greater button press will set the runtime to 4:00. The  
Locked feature has no effect on the external Override  
button. The wired Remote Sensor is connected to the  
thermostat with up to 500 ft of 20 ga. or 300 ft of  
1
8 ga. thermostat wire. See the Remote Sensor  
instructions for further details.  
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0. Both set points would then move up and down  
FACTORY DEFAULTS — Before restoring factory  
defaults, set thermostat to OFF mode. If, for any rea-  
son it is desirable to return all stored settings back to  
the factory default settings, press the Mode button.  
While holding the Mode button in, press the Fan button  
for 5 sec. All icons will appear. Press and hold in the  
Fan button until Fd appears. This resets all factory set-  
tings. To calibrate room temperature, press the Up  
and Down buttons at the same time twice. At this point  
use the Up and Down buttons to calibrate room tem-  
perature, if needed. Press the Mode button to return to  
normal operation.  
together, (in this example spread by 10 degrees), by  
pressing the up or down buttons.  
To move the Heat and Cool set points closer together,  
enter the Cool or Heat mode by pressing the Mode  
button, then adjust the set point(s) closer together.  
Heat is limited to how close it can come to Cool by  
Step 5, page 4.  
REMOTE SENSORS (Optional Accessory)  When  
connected to terminals RS+5, RS, and GND on the  
back of the thermostat, the thermostat will read the  
temperature from the Remote Sensor and ignore the  
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Warranty  
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THIS WARRANTY DO ES NOT INCLUDE LABOR OR OTHER C O STS inc urre d fo r d ia g no sing , re p a iring , re m oving , in-  
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vic ing , una utho rize d a lte ra tio n o r im p ro p e r o p e ra tio n.  
. Fa ilure to sta rt d ue to vo lta g e c o nd itio ns, b lown fuse s, o p e n c irc uit b re a ke rs o r o the r d a ma g e s d ue to the  
ina d e q ua c y o r inte rrup tio n o f e le c tric a l se rvic e .  
. Da m a g e a s a re sult o f flo o d s, wind s, fire s, lig htning , a c c id e nts, c o rro sive e nviro nm e nts o r  
o the r c o nd itio ns b e yo nd the c o ntro l o f the  
Ma nufa c ture r.  
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. Pa rts no t sup p lie d o r d e sig na te d b y the Ma nufa c ture r, o r d a m a g e s re sulting fro m the ir use .  
. Ma nufa c ture r p ro d uc ts insta lle d o utsid e the c o ntine nta l U.S.A., Ala ska , Ha wa ii, a nd Ca na d a .  
. Ele c tric ity o r fue l c o sts o r inc re a se s in e le c tric ity o r fue l c o sts fro m a ny re a so n wha tso e ve r inc lud ing a d d i-  
tio na l o r unusua l use o f sup p le m e nta l e le c tric he a t.  
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. ANY SPECIAL INDIREC T O R C ONSEQ UENTIAL PROPERTY OR C OMMERC IAL DAMAG E OF ANY NATURE  
WHATSO EVER. So m e sta te s d o no t a llow the e xc lusio n o f inc id e nta l o r c o nse q ue ntia l d a m a g e s, so the  
a b ove ma y no t a p p ly to yo u.  
This wa rra nty g ive s yo u sp e c ific le g a l rig hts, a nd yo u ma y a lso ha ve o the r rig hts whic h ma y va ry fro m sta te to  
sta te .  
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