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©Vantage, 7/23/2015 / IS-0541-A 

Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI-II 

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V A N T A G E C O N T R O L S . C O M  

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1061 South 800 East, Orem, Utah 84097 

 Telephone: 801 229-2800 

 Fax: 801 224-0355  

 

Equinox 40 LCD Keypad – MODEL: EQ40TB-TI-II 

 

Overview 
Vantage's Equinox 40 LCD Keypad has been  
designed to be located in the same space as a 
traditional keypad, installed in a single gang wall 
box. Scalable designs from one, two, or three 
pages allow a perfect fit in most areas. Each 
keypad can be configured with three 
independent mini-widgets, making this an 
eloquent choice for areas where lighting, AV 
control, climate control, etc., are wanted, without the added 
cost of a fully functional touchscreen or the wall clutter of 
multiple gang keypads. Equinox 40 introduces Vantage’s 
commitment to a consistent

 user experience 

interface across 

touchscreens, tablets, and smart phones. The interface uses 
intuitive gestures; swipe left and right to change pages, touch 
and release for normal button operation, or press and hold for 
dim-cycle, volume controls, etc.  
 
Features/Operations Overview 

 

Fits US/European single-gang box or low voltage bracket. 

 

Available in a “Black Glass” finish. 

 

Power & communication over station bus. 

 

Accepts Six-wire pigtail with all functionality. 

 

Update firmware from Design Center. 

NOTE:

 Screen turns a 

gradient green during a firmware update. 

 

Built-in ambient light sensor for “Active,” AUTO mode 
screen brightness. 

 

Built-in proximity activation, 6” maximum, may be 
programmed to execute a task with a hand wave across 
front of station.  

o

 

Proximity trigger will not re-trigger for 30 seconds 
after no keypad usage or when the plus/minus signs 
disappear (see 

Steps moving from active to inactive

page 4). 

o

 

Re-triggering may also be controlled through task 
logic.  

 

Up to three LCD pages available through Design Center 
programming. 

 

Each LCD page may have up to 5 scene buttons depending 
on exclusion of AV mini-widget. 

 

Raise/Lower graphical buttons via 

minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) for 

dimmable loads and volume control. 

 

Text tracks status using two fixed colors for ON and OFF. 

 

Dual operation mechanical button, bottom left and right; 

o

 

left

 navigates to home screen or settings screens with 

press and hold, 

o

 

right

 may be programmed from Design Center. 

 

Self discovering widgets for 

fast

 setup & programming. 

 

Five programmable event sounds through Design Center. 

 

Headers; select 

one

 of the following as a page header: 

o

 

empty – displays nothing in the header; 

o

 

temperature (only select one); 

 

Internal temperature 

 

External temperature 

 

Heat set point 

 

Cool set point 

o

 

thermostat (select one thermostat only); 

 

Displays internal temperature 

 

Displays current mode setpoint – setpoint is 
adjustable via 

minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) buttons  

 

Displays current mode – blue graphic for Cool, 
red graphic for Heat, blue and red graphic for 
Auto, and gray graphic for Off 

 

Displays the word “heat” or “cool” and the 
current mode graphic becomes more vivid when 
system is actively heating or cooling 

o

 

time – 

HH:MM

 format; 

 

twelve hour clock only 

o

 

weather; 

 

Displays current outdoor temperature and a 
graphic of current conditions. 

 

AV mode – selecting an AV zone replaces bottom two 
scene buttons on all three pages with pre-designed 
common AV interface controls. 

 

Local settings (accessed by a press and hold of Home 
button); 

o

 

volume (touch interaction audio feedback) 

 

minus

 / 

plus

 (-/+) touch interaction volume 

 

off when dark

 checkbox 

o

 

Settings 

 

Auto Mode 

option 

 

Active & Inactive

 brightness settings 

 

Advanced

 

 

Low trim – sets minimum brightness 
percentage for auto mode,

 

 

Motion sense – sets proximity sensor’s 
sensitivity.

 

 

Off When Dark 

option. 

o

 

Station information 

 

Firmware, graphics, boot code & eprom versions  

 

Serial number 

 

use infusion settings

,* (Design Center settings) 

option. 

*NOTE:  to unselect use infusion settings change any 
setting on the Sound 

or 

Brightness setup screens. 

 

Possible Screen Combinations: 

1) Header, Scenes, Audio, 2) Header, Scenes, 
3) Scenes, Audio, 4) Scenes only. 

 

Station Reset – simultaneously, press and hold both 
mechanical buttons for one second. Do not touch the 
screen when first powered or during the reboot process. 

 
Specifications 

Description

Specification

Dimensions, HWD

(at wall surface)

4.9” x 3.44” x 0.44”

124mm x 87mm x 11mm

Dimensions, HWD

(overall)

4.9” x 3.44” x 1.5”

124mm x 87mm x 38mm

Finished

Weight

11.2 oz. or 317.5g

Power

24V/36V via Station Bus

Surge Suppression

Yes

Maximum LCD Control 

Points (CP) inc/- 

buttons (with 3 pages) 

Scenes only – 45 CP max.

Scenes & Header – 47 CP max. 

Scenes & AV – 37 CP max. 

Scenes, AV, & Header – 39 CP max

Maximum Gangs

Single Gang Only

LCD Button Status

Automatic (white = off, ochre = on)

Sound Option 

Independent volume for each sound:

1 – touch interaction  

5 – programmable event sounds

Wiring Connections 

2 Wire 600V pigtail (included)

6 wire aux. pigtail (order separate)

Power for Aux. External 

Devices

15 mA @ 12V DC 

Station Bus Polarity

Auto-Switching

Station Wiring 

configuration

Daisy-chain/Star/Branch 

Station Bus Specification

2C, 16AWG / 1.31mm2, twisted, non-

shielded, <30pF per foot. Separate a 

minimum of 12" / 30.5cm from other 

parallel communication and/or high 

voltage runs.

Station Buss Power Draw

2.85W on IC-24 / 2.85W on IC-36

Addressing

self addressing through software

Finish 

 

TRIM - Titanium 

 

TOUCHSCREEN – Black Glass 

Glass Surface

Chemically Strengthened

Ambient Operating 

Temperature

32-95°F -or- 0-35°C 

Ambient Operating 

Humidity

5-95% non-condensing 

FreeRTOS™ 

Real-time scheduling provided by 

FreeRTOS (www.freertos.org)

CE and RoHS Compliant

Yes

 

Character / Font Support 
Equinox can render the following Unicode Codepoints* 

Range

Typeface

Unicode Codepages (blocks)

U+0000 -
U+00FF

Rendered in 
Gotham Book

Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement 

U+0400 -
U+06FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

Cyrillic, Cyrillic Supplement, 
Armenian, Hebrew, Arabic

U+2700 -
U+27FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

Dingbats 

U+3000 -
U+30FF

Rendered in Arial 
Unicode MS

CJK Symbols and Punctuation, 
Hiragana, Katakana

 
* NOTE: Proper computer/keyboard setup or copy/paste is 
required to produce many international characters from the 
above Unicode Codepoints. 

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