The round controller on your wall. How to switch on, set the temperature, choose heating or cooling, set the clock, use the app, and what the symbols mean. Written from Daikin's UK Madoka manuals.
A wired controller fixed to the wall and linked to your indoor unit. It has a round screen with a light around it and four buttons underneath.
It comes in white, silver or black. They all work the same way.
Everything day to day is on the four buttons. The free Madoka Assistant app adds schedules, a holiday setting and energy use.
Not every option shows on every system. If something in this guide is missing, your indoor unit doesn't have it.
Four buttons do everything.
If the screen has gone blank, press any button to wake it up.
Press ON/OFF. The light around the screen comes on while it runs. Press it again to switch off.
The fan can run on for a short while after you switch off from heating. That's normal: it's clearing warm air out of the unit.
On the home screen, press the right arrow to go warmer or the left arrow to go cooler. It moves 1°C at a time, from 16 to 32°C.
The number is the temperature you've asked for, not the room temperature. Most people are comfortable at 20 to 22°C for heating and 23 to 25°C for cooling.
Your installer sets one of two layouts:
To save power the screen and light dim when nobody has pressed a button for a while.
Madoka Assistant, free on iPhone and Android. It talks to the controller by Bluetooth, so stand close by.
A clock symbol on the home screen means a schedule or the off timer is running. Some settings, such as setback, are set up by your installer.
Shown on the detailed home screen. Daikin's symbols are drawn simply here, so yours may look a little different.
The air conditioning is switched on.
The air conditioning is switched off.
The fan has stopped while the unit defrosts or warms up. Normal, it carries on by itself.
A schedule or the off timer is running.
The filters need cleaning. See step 13.
Something needs attention or maintenance. See step 14.
A message is waiting for you.
The controller is talking to the Madoka Assistant app.
That setting has been locked and can't be changed.
A central controller in the building limits what you can change here.
Another unit or controller decides heating or cooling. See Part 05.
While it's off, the unit keeps the room from getting too hot or too cold.
Most things have a simple answer.
A filter symbol on the home screen, or a Time to clean filter message, means the filters need cleaning.
Clean them as your indoor unit's manual shows, then press the tick to clear the sign. Your yearly service includes a full clean if you'd rather leave it to the engineer.
If the light blinks or a warning symbol shows, press the tick to see the message and its code, such as U4.
Write down the code and which room it's in, then contact your installer. The code tells the engineer what the unit needs, so please don't keep switching it off and on.
Newer systems use the Madoka as a refrigerant leak alarm. If it buzzes, the light flashes and the screen shows a code starting A0:
Tick them off as you try each one. Nothing here is saved or sent.
Daikin keep the full Madoka manuals on their UK website.
Manuals: daikin.co.uk, then search for Madoka or BRC1H52.
The app: search Madoka Assistant in the App Store or Google Play.
Your yearly service keeps the system running efficiently and keeps your warranty in place.