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“ TOUCH CONTROLLER SYSTEM “

(User Manual)

Summary of Contents for ACQ140

Page 1: ...1 TOUCH CONTROLLER SYSTEM User Manual ...

Page 2: ... 9 Icons Glossary 10 Display Icon Information 11 Main Menu Home 12 Main Menu Overview 12 Main Menu Settings 14 Main Menu Home Setup 16 Main Menu Agenda 17 Main Menu Sequences 18 Main Menu Programs 23 Main Menu Power Units 27 Main Menu Sensors 32 Main Menu Light Dimmer 36 Main Menu Pump Dimmer 42 Main Menu Dosing Pumps 46 Main Menu Ethernet 50 ...

Page 3: ...th of July 2005 Clause no 151 2002 95 CE 2002 96 CE and 2003 108 CE issued by the European Parliament regarding the use reduction of dangerous substances in electrical and electronic equipment as well as waste disposal Products bearing the barred dustbin symbol must be disposed of separately from other waste Therefore the user must dispose of this product at suitable recycling centers for electron...

Page 4: ...ot be liable for damages to things or people Only original AQUATRONICA parts or those approved by AQUATRONICA SRL should be connected to the product The use of accessories that have not been approved can lead to damage fire electric shock and injury to people Keep the product out of the reach of children in order of electric shock The warranty does not cover failures due to the use of unapproved m...

Page 5: ...NECTION DIAGRAM LAN RJ45 Connection POWER SUPPLY 12VDC 1A AQUATRONICA BUS OPTIONAL CONNECTORS BACK SIDE INTERNAL BATTERY CR2032 BOTTOM SIDE SD CARD READER MINI USB CONNECTOR WI FI KEY or USB KEY TOP SIDE FUNCTION KEY BUTTONS ...

Page 6: ...the device cover following the same process backwards OPEN and CLOSE USB EXTERNAL DEVICE COVER Open the device slot for USB or Wi Fi key lifting up the small lid and pull Close the device slot following the same process backwards USB or Wi Fi USB port The USB External connector allows the connection of USB devices USB key drive or USB Wi Fi key ...

Page 7: ...NSTALLATION Remove device cover pull out battery and replace it with a new one 3V button CR2032 type then replace cover BRACKET INSTALLATION Install bracket only after all required cables have been plugged and the rear panel has been properly closed At first install rib into the slot on the bottom side then use your fingers to push the slot in pivot into the back cover slot see picture ...

Page 8: ...fect Summer Function Redox Plot Graph Measure Unit Change Name Temperature Level pH Density Conductivity Lights Light Dimmer Pump Dimmer Simple Program Manual Cmd Advanced Program Moon Light Home Setup Demo Change Name Water Leakage Dosing Pump Ethernet Connection Manual Cmd Programs Change Name Manual Cmd Programs Calibration Change Name General Email Settings Email Test Remote Access ...

Page 9: ...s the arrow on the bottom to the right to access the other Menu pages Browsing through the pages you will see the available icons colored and those not available because not connected to any accessory yet light grey colour MAIN SCREEN DESCRIPTION 1 Aquatronica Logo Press it to return back to the Main Menu 2 Notification Area 3 Touch Screen Lock Unlock 4 Date and Time section 5 Main Menu Button 6 B...

Page 10: ... menu where you can insert the plugs settings Unit Power Temperature Temperature Icon It allows entering into the Temperature Menu Level Level Icon It allows entering into the Level Menu Light Icon It allows entering into the Light Menu Light Redox Icon It allows entering into the Redox Menu Redox Conductivity Conductivity Icon It allows entering into the Conductivity Menu Density Icon It allows e...

Page 11: ...ensor program Plug Enabled Disabled from High Conductivity Density Sensor program Plug Enabled Disabled from pH Sensor program Plug Enabled Disabled from Redox Sensor program At least one lights channel is on Manual status Light dimmer on Demo Mode At least one dimming pump is on Manual status Dosing pumps active program Plug Enabled Disabled from Water Leakage Sensor program Power unit with outle...

Page 12: ... HOME icon on the Main Menu Pressing the AQUATRONICA logo on the top left corner of the display MAIN MENU OVERVIEW In the AQUATRONICA TOUCH CONTROLLER the OVERVIEW page is an important Menu because it allows you to get information about your Aquatronica system Home Overview Settings Home Setup Agenda Sequences Programs Power Unit HOME Overview Name Type FW HW Address Power Unit 1 Power Unit 2 Leve...

Page 13: ...e updating UPDATE It allows the update of the firmware of the Touch Controller Near the Flash button you can see the installed version To update the firmware of your Touch Controller follow these steps a Download the update file from the Aquatronica web site It is a zip file b Unzip the file and put extracted files in your USB Key or SD Card do not make any folders just extract the files into the ...

Page 14: ...ch Controller Please BE SURE before proceeding MAIN MENU SETTINGS In the AQUATRONICA TOUCH CONTROLLER the SETTINGS Menu allows you to adjust some parameters of the controller The Settings Menu is composed of GENERAL a Name your Aquatronica System b Set Date and Time c Set the language of your Touch Controller DISPLAY a Change the luminosity of the display b Start the calibration procedure of the d...

Page 15: ...con on Top Bar After the icon selection the unlock screenshot appears Write the selected Password and press unlock SMS a Insert two telephone numbers of the recipients b Update your SMS module c Remove your SMS module from the system If you disconnect the USB cable from the SMS module you can remove it definitively from your system by pressing DISCONNECT Unlock Cancel ...

Page 16: ...ROLLER the HOME SETUP Menu allows to decide which type of information can be showed on the Home Page You can customize the Home adding or removing widget or pages It is very similar to the Home settings of a Smart Phone 1 Mini Home preview it allows selecting the position where you want to add or remove widgets 2 Mini Home preview scroll page it allows selecting in what page you want to add remove...

Page 17: ...the AQUATRONICA TOUCH CONTROLLER the AGENDA Menu allows to set some reminder that will appear later on the screen Pressing the AGENDA icon on page 1 of the MENU you can enter the screen selection of all reminders In the center there is the list of written reminders On the left part there are the three selection icons Add reminder Remove reminder Modify selected reminder Pressing Add Reminder Icon ...

Page 18: ...QUENCES Icon on page 1 of the MENU it is possible to enter into the complete list of all sequences In the center there is the list of fixed Sequences On the left part there are the three selection icons Add Sequence Remove Sequence Modify selected Sequence If you want to insert a new Sequence press on the Add Sequence button and a new page will appear In this page you have to insert the name of th...

Page 19: ...ke a step of the sequence press the VARIABLE button 1 Scroll the type of sensors using the left and right arrow buttons Into the selection type you can have Sensors Time Function Keys F1 F2 F3 F4 2 When the type is the one you desire select on the bottom part of the screen the widget of the sensor that you want to add in the sequence 3 Push on the icon to add the selected widget into the Input Sel...

Page 20: ...t to return back to the Sequence Input Selection To insert other variables into the sequence follow the same steps Add ACTION To add an ACTION like a step of the sequence press the ACTION button Sump Level S 03 A Sequence Setup Cancel Next Sump Level LOW HIGH 6 7 Sequence Setup Variables Action Delay Save Back 1 Sump Level Sequence Setup Selection Type PU 1 PUMP PU 03 A 2 3 4 OutPut Selection Canc...

Page 21: ...is added to the Output Selection List 5 Press Next to go into the Action value page 6 Select the value that the plug must have in this step of sequence 7 Press Next to return back to the Sequence Input Selection To insert other Actions into the sequence follow the same steps Add DELAY The delays are pauses that you can introduce in one or more steps of the sequences to wait for a while without mak...

Page 22: ...equence and press START icon If for any reason you want to Stop the sequence when it is running enter the same menu and press STOP icon WARNING If you stop a sequence next time that you will use the same sequence this one will run again from the beginning For some example of typical sequences please see APPLICATION NOTE section at the end of the manual Sequence Setup Variables Action Delay Save Ba...

Page 23: ...To make a program it is necessary to follow these 5 steps 1 Choose the Variables of the program Sensors Time Repetition 2 Choose the Actions plugs dimming lights dosing pumps Email alarms 3 Set the variable values 4 Set the value of the actions 5 Name the program To insert a new program push on the Icon and start the procedure Choose VARIABLES Program Setup Back Program Setup Selection Type T 1 Te...

Page 24: ...e of sensors using the left and right arrow buttons Into the selection type you can have Power units Dosing Pumps Dimming modules Alarms Email 7 When the type is the one you desire select on the bottom part of the screen the widget of the module that you want to add in the program 8 Push on the icon to add the selected widget into the Output Selection List 9 The selected widget is added to the Out...

Page 25: ...zero as value 12 Press OK 13 After setting values press Next button to set the value of the Action Cancel Next Temperature S 03 A Temperature 26 5 Hysteresis Up Ref Value Hysteresis Down C C C HH MM SS Waiting Time Condition 0 0 25 5 0 5 00 00 00 HEATER Program Setup Cancel Next HEATER Action 2 15 PU 03 A ON 13 Program Setup Program Setup C C Hysteresis Up Ref Value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 0 Canc OK 0...

Page 26: ...ter this time the program turns off and it is blocked 18 Press Next to end the program In the last column you can see the Run icon It means that the program is working If in the last column you see the Warning Icon it means that this program is on alarm condition HEATER PROGRAM Program Name Time Limit 00 00 00 HH MM SS Cancel Next 16 17 18 Back 1 HEATER PROGRAM Program Setup Program Setup ...

Page 27: ...ng an USB cable connected to the ACQ Bus the Plug Play procedure will recognize it In this page you have the possibility to accept the connected devices pressing OK or to change the name of the connected power unit before acceptance pressing Rename HOME Power Unit Plugged PU00 Power Unit A B C D F G H OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF PU PU PU PU PU PU PU PU 00 A 00 B 00 E 00 D 00 C 00 F 00 G 00 H R...

Page 28: ...utomatic mode If a plug is manually set ON or OFF there are no programs that can change the status of this plug The manual command has the highest priority on all the other commands Power Unit Manual Cmd Timer Program Wave Effect Tide Effect Blackout Summer Function Change Name PU00 Power Unit 1 A B C D E F G H OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF PU PU PU PU PU PU PU PU 00 A 00 B 00 E 00 D 00 C 00 F 0...

Page 29: ...en In this page you can select Canc Into the Timer Program page you have the list of all programs for the selected plug On the left part you have four icons you can use to ADD Program DELETE Program COPY Program MODIFY Program To delete copy and modify program you have to select the program in the previous table Manual Cmd Wave Effect Tide Effect Blackout Summer Function Change Name Plug A Timer P...

Page 30: ... you can select From To the time you want the wave effect is active Three fields to select On the top choose 3 pumps or 2 pumps and a pause On the bottom the time with plug settled ON MM SS Days You can select in which days the program has to work Manual Cmd Wave Effect Tide Effect Blackout Summer Function Change Name Timer Program PU00 Power Unit Tab 1 From To 10 00 20 00 Pump1 Pause Pump2 00 15 ...

Page 31: ...f the program is active or not 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 0 Back Canc Action Duration Blackout Duration Plug Status Enable 00 05 HH MM HH MM 00 00 OFF ON Manual Cmd Wave Effect Tide Effect Blackout Summer Function Change Name Timer Program A B C D E F G H OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF PU PU PU PU PU PU PU PU 00 A 00 B 00 E 00 D 00 C 00 F 00 G 00 H PU00 Power Unit In this control panel you have to selec...

Page 32: ...face are Temperature and Level because each power unit is already provided with 2 inputs for this kind of sensors If you want to connect more sensors of this type it is possible to use an interface as for the other probes When you connect a sensor to the Aquatronica System using an USB cable connected to the ACQ Bus the Plug Play procedure will recognize it Temperature Level Light Redox Conductivi...

Page 33: ... the system but they do not work If you reconnect the sensor to the system it will work properly Pressing on a Sensor Icon in the Main Menu it is possible to enter each dedicated Menu For example we show you the Temperature Sensor Menu which is very similar to the other sensors Menu On the left part of the screen you can find the Sensors Menu Plot Graph Plot Graph Measure Unit Change Name Calibrat...

Page 34: ...libration of a Density probe Density Sensor Plot Graph Measure Unit Change Name Calibration Density 53 7 mS S 00 A Density Sensor Back Reset Calib Start 1 Select CALIBRATION from sensor menu 2 Push on the widget of the sensor you want to calibrate 3 Put the sensor in its calibration solution 4 Press on START button 5 Set the Value of calibration You can read this value on the calibration solution ...

Page 35: ...se the Measure Unit that you want to use 4 Press OK For the Level Sensor there are different measure units that you can show depending on what you are measuring and on the position of the sensor See the following table Change Name To rename the sensors the procedure is always the same 1 Press the CHANGE NAME button 2 Press the sensor widget 3 Use the keyboard to insert the new Name 4 Press OK LEV1...

Page 36: ...ou unplug a Light Dimmer after few seconds the Touch Controller shows the Disconnection Message You have two different possibilities 1 Pressing Remove button you remove definitively the device from the system This operation erases from the system all the programs and settings of this device If you reconnect the device after the remove command it will be recognized as a new one 2 Pressing Hide butt...

Page 37: ...a light push on Manual Cmd and then on the desired light widget If you want to set all channels at once press on the Manual Cmd and then on the widget of the module but not on the channel Simple Program In this menu it is possible to set easily a program for the dimming light module You have only to decide four parameters to use the lamp or dimming light module Light Dimmer LD 00 C Blue 0 Red 0 Wh...

Page 38: ...0 and finish at 0 To make this kind of program you have to 1 Select the Advanced Programs Menu 2 Press the channel you want to program 3 Press Next button In this way you can enter the Channel List Menu where you can find all the points of the channel curve Manual Cmd Simple Program Advanced Prog Moon Light Demo Change Name Light Dimmer LD 00 Manual Cmd Simple Program Advanced Prog Moon Light Demo...

Page 39: ...dd points to obtain the desired curve Manual Cmd Simple Program Advanced Prog Moon Light Demo Change Name White Graph Activate Canc HH MM Time Value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 0 Canc OK 13 00 0 Light Dimmer Manual Cmd Simple Program Advanced Prog Moon Light Demo Change Name White Graph Activate Canc Light Dimmer 1 15 00 0 Manual Cmd Simple Program Moon Light Demo Change Name White Graph Activate Canc Lig...

Page 40: ...to decide how to use this light Moon Phases The system automatically commands the moonlight following the moon phases The only one parameter you have to set in this case is the Noon Time It s your midday hour in your tank Manual Set a value for all time Full Moon Set 100 value for all time New Moon Set 0 value for all time OFF Moonlight disabled Light Dimmer Manual Cmd Simple Program Moon Light De...

Page 41: ... the Demo please press OFF CAUTION If the Demo is active all lights programs do not work Light Dimmer Change Name To rename the Light Dimmer module the procedure is always the same 1 Press the CHANGE NAME button 2 Press the Dimmer Light widget or module Widget 3 Use the keyboard to insert the new Name 4 Press OK Manual Cmd Simple Program Moon Light Demo Change Name Advanced Prog LD 00 Light Dimmer...

Page 42: ...ou unplug a Pump Dimmer module after few seconds the Touch Controller shows the Disconnection Message You have two different possibilities 1 Pressing Remove button you remove definitively the device from the system This operation erases from the system all the programs and settings of this device If you reconnect the device after the remove command it will be recognized as a new one 2 Pressing Hid...

Page 43: ... change the status of this pump The manual command has the highest priority on the other programs To use manually a pump push on Manual Cmd and then on the wished pump widget Programs In this Menu it is possible to insert all programs for the Pumps Dimmer module Selecting the Programs Menu the Touch Controller will open the program page PD 00 1 A 0 PD 00 2 B 0 PD 00 3 C 0 PD 00 4 D 0 PD 00 Pump Di...

Page 44: ...ant to insert in the program You can use the ADD Pump Icon to add a pump the DELETE Pump Icon removes a pump from a program and the MODIFY Pump Icon changes some parameters of the selected Pump If you push the ADD Icon you can enter the pump selection Next The selected pump starts to increase the power only when the previous pump returns to the minimum power Same The selected pump moves its power ...

Page 45: ...o select the Min and Max power of the pump The last information to set into the pump program is the relation with the previous pump You can choose between the following relations Next The selected pump starts to increase the power only when the previous pump returns to the minimum power Same The selected pump moves its power at the same times of the previous one Added The selected pump starts to i...

Page 46: ...ws to make all settings for the connected Dosing Pumps You can connect many dosing pumps to the same system When you connect a Dosing Pump to the Aquatronica System using an USB cable connected to the ACQ Bus the Plug Play procedure will recognize it DP 00 Dosing Pump Plugged Dosing Pump A OFF DP 00 1 OK Home DP 00 2 DP 00 3 B C Rename OFF OFF DOSING PUMP CONNECTION DOSING PUMP DISCONNECTION DP 00...

Page 47: ...ograms and settings remain in the system but they do not work If you reconnect the Dosing Pump to the system it will work properly Pressing on a Dosing Pump Icon on the Main Menu you can enter its specific Menu MANUAL CMD The Manual Command Menu allows to dose manually in your tank a specific quantity of liquid Push on the Manual Command Menu and then push on the widget of the Dosing Pump To dose ...

Page 48: ...ual Cmd Calibration Change Name Timer Program KH OK Canc Into the Timer Program page you have the list of all the programs for the selected dosing pump On the left part you have four icons you can use to ADD Program DELETE Program COPY Program MODIFY Program To delete copy and modify program you have to select the program in the previous table Manual Cmd Calibration Change Name Timer Program Dosin...

Page 49: ...nual Cmd Calibration Timer Program Dosing Pump KH Change Name To calibrate a dosing pump follow the next steps 1 Press on Calibration button 2 Press on the desired Pump widget 3 Insert the quantity of liquid for the calibration 4 Take the graduated container provided in the package 5 Through the button related to the pump you wish to calibrate make sure the pipes are full of liquid and completely ...

Page 50: ...n the AQUATRONICA TOUCH CONTROLLER the Ethernet Menu allows to make all settings related to the Internet settings of the system There are two ways to connect the Touch Controller to Internet LAN CABLE CONNECTION WI FI KEY CONNECTION LAN Cable ...

Page 51: ...ce is enabled it appears the button for setting the LAN parameters Click SETUP General Email Test Email Settings OK Remote Access Ethernet Enable LAN Interface Enable WLAN Interface ON Setup ON Setup General Email Test Email Settings Remote Access Ethernet DHCP ON IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway MAC DNS1 DNS2 For an automatic configuration set the DHCP on ON mode The Touch Controller will automatic...

Page 52: ...by the device GMAIL address is recommended The Touch Controller uses email services to send alarms information on the status of the tank and any other general information To configure the email settings enter the Main Menu select the ETHERNET icon and click on Email Settings on the left submenu General Email Test Email Settings Remote Access Ethernet DHCP ON IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway DNS1 DNS...

Page 53: ...hown in the screenshot sideways SSL ON SMTP PORT 465 recommended by Gmail USERNAME aquatronica test gmail com PASSWORD aquatronica Email aquatronica test gmail com At the end Press OK OK General Email Test Email Settings Remote Access Default Address Ethernet Ethernet Send Email Test Send Report on crash to Aquatronica NO service aquatronica com Let s assume we want to receive notifications from t...

Page 54: ...in order to grant the communication from and to the external world To open the router port please refer to the instruction manual of your own router For any further explanation please contact your email provider Customer Service Once the port is open e g port n 9000 you may continue with the Touch Controller settings Usually it is necessary to make a Port Forwarding Rule on the router settings Nam...

Page 55: ...vice equipped with an Internet browser PC laptop smart phone tablet etc To access please enter into the Aquatronica WebSite www aquatronica com When the remote access page is open you can see the next screenshot where you can insert the same ID and Password selected into the Remote Access Menu of the Touch Controller ...

Page 56: ...s GO In this way you can only see the PUBLIC IP of your Touch Controller and the external port used Press directly GO without selecting the flag on WHAT IS MY IP ADDRESS In this way you can open the remote access on your Touch Controller user password ACQ140 Manual English Version V012015 ...

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