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VRI-5

VRI Operation/Installation Manual

General Safety Instructions

CAUTION
Prepare for Emergencies:

Be prepared for any emergency that may occur. Keep emergency

numbers for doctors, hospital, ambulance service and fire department near your telephone.

The following symbols indicate grounding connections that can be found on irrigation systems..

Earth Ground

Protective Earth Ground

Frame or Chassis Ground

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Summary of Contents for GROWSMART

Page 1: ...Variable Rate Irrigation Installation Manual P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095...

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Page 3: ...ion 1 How Variable Rate Irrigation works 1 Installation 2 Installing the VRI System 2 VRI Power Supply 1608401 9 Wiring to the Standard Tower Panel 10 Main Controller Enclosure Mounting 11 Wiring Main...

Page 4: ...P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095 VRI Installation Manual...

Page 5: ...ath or serious injury Orange Black Indicates a hazardous situation that if not avoided could result in death or serious injury Yellow Black Indicates a hazardous situation that if not avoided could re...

Page 6: ...application must be performed only by a qualified technician and all Lock Out removal steps must be followed before power is turned on WARNING Main Disconnect The main power disconnect is located at t...

Page 7: ...Allow all heat generating units to cool Keep all parts in good condition Remove any build up of grease oil and debris Ensure that all parts have been properly installed by a certified technician Tower...

Page 8: ...or mechanical lifting device Do not work or stand under system or components during assembly Due to the weights involved severe injury or death can result if components should fall WARNING Dismantlin...

Page 9: ...Be prepared for any emergency that may occur Keep emergency numbers for doctors hospital ambulance service and fire department near your telephone The following symbols indicate grounding connections...

Page 10: ...trimmed longer than the Line and Neutral conductors Equipment is to be installed securely before operation Burn Hazard Disconnect all power for a minimum of 15 minutes prior to servicing VRI Controll...

Page 11: ...t harmful interference However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfer ence with radio or television reception...

Page 12: ...ated 1 Circuits 42 4 VDC 2 Power source must be isolated from mains supply by reinforcing insulation equal to or greater than 2660 VAC VRI Controller Ratings 2000 Meters Altitude 120 VAC 5A Max Short...

Page 13: ...ype 1 Action SELV Circuit Rated 1 Circuits 42 4 VDC 2 Power source must be isolated from mains supply by reinforcing insulation equal to or greater than 2660 VAC Regulatory Compliance Standards United...

Page 14: ...mbly VRI Height x Width x Depth 14 x 12 x 8 356 x 305 x 203 mm Weight 8 5 lbs 3 9 k g 1605647 Node Assembly Standard VRI Height x Width x Depth 8 25 x 6 29 x 3 94 210 x 160 x 100 mm Weight 5 73 lbs 2...

Page 15: ...ded How Variable Rate Irrigation works VRI provides precision control of all sprinklers on a center pivot irrigation system by pulsing each individual sprin kler on and off This allows the application...

Page 16: ...ons Make sure to install the valve with the flow direction arrow stamped on the body pointing in the correct direction of flow Valve 1608320 3 4 Gooseneck 3 4 Steel Nipple or Senninger 3 4 Poly Nipple...

Page 17: ...are mounted on the same outlet as Valve B for each set of valves The nodes are set up to be connected via power cable in a daisy chain fashion The power line from node 1 con nected to node 2 another p...

Page 18: ...n needs to be wired at installation Refer to the Standard Node Wiring Diagram below Note Use shielded cable that is properly grounded for all external connections The red wire connects to the 24V term...

Page 19: ...gh 4 set the radio communication channel Every set of DIP switches in a single system must be set the same Other nearby pivot systems equipped with VRI control should be set to a different channel to...

Page 20: ...s to the valve plugs Plug Housing Seal Mounting Screw Every plug needs to be fitted with a seal and secured to the coil using a mounting screw Note For Australia and New Zealand the wire colors and wi...

Page 21: ...et a second 1608401 power supply assembly must be in stalled For systems with two power supplies install one at of the system length and one at of the system length Each node can only be connected to...

Page 22: ...95 8 VRI Installation Manual The diagram below shows wiring for three phase power to the 24 Volt DC power supply that provides power to the nodes 1 2 5 6 9 10 1 2 5 6 9 10 Fuse Fuse P N 1346220 160895...

Page 23: ...370 Plug PVC 1 2 MNPT 10 0648220 Latch Pull Down 3 Hole 11 1174291 Sleeve Captive Tower Box 12 0608562 Screw 6 20 x 1 2 Pan Head Phl 13 0642348 Screw 6 20 x 3 8 Pan Head Phl Ref Part No Description 14...

Page 24: ...ring to the Standard Tower Panel BLK RED BLU BRN IN BRN OUT YEL PNK ORG PUR WHT GRN INCOMING WIRES GREEN BLUE RED BLACK Standard Tower Panel Terminal Block VRI Power Supply Cable NOTE Use shielded cab...

Page 25: ...Controller Enclosure Mounting The main controller must be mounted as close as possible to the irrigation system main panel on the pivot Carefully measure and mark hole locations in the pivot angles an...

Page 26: ...per 2 2 0608414 Nut 1 4 20 Hex 4 3 0615104 Washer 1 4 Lock 6 4 0639369 Screw 1 4 20 x 1 Hex Gr 5 6 5 1029859 Screw 1 4 20 x 3 4 Hex Gr 5 2 6 1130624 Screw 1 4 20 x 3 8 Hex Type 23 4 7 1194610 Tie Pivo...

Page 27: ...P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095 13 VRI Installation Manual This page is left blank intentionally...

Page 28: ...kit P N 1507010 next to the main panel schematic decal This decal illus trates the field wiring to connect the irrigation main panel to VRI Panel P N 1499570 NOTE Use shielded cable that is properly g...

Page 29: ...ss panel control of system end guns For VRI panel control configure the VRI panel software I O settings for FieldBoss Vision for both the Endgun 1 and Endgun 2 outputs If VRI panel control of end guns...

Page 30: ...P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095 16 VRI Installation Manual VRI VISION BOSS Control Panel Wiring...

Page 31: ...P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095 17 VRI Installation Manual RJ12 SERIAL CABLE FROM BOSS VISION PANELS CONNECTS HERE...

Page 32: ...the VRI software I O Settings must be set to Output OUT2 for End Gun 1 and Out put OUT3 for End Gun 2 If VRI panel control of end guns is not desired use software settings of Disabled for both end gun...

Page 33: ...turn back to the VRI irrigation plan NOTE The Plan cannot be changed while Pulse Mode is enabled Force Valve Open 100 Pressing this button will force all nodes to open the valves 100 application rate...

Page 34: ...3 Rev M ECN 34095 20 VRI Installation Manual Outputs The Outputs column allows the digital outputs to be turned on and off After selecting deselecting the outputs press the Update button to accept the...

Page 35: ...ayed Send Command This function allows for the manual operation of each individual node Set the node s unique 16 bit MAC address and set the command for the valves within that node from the drop down...

Page 36: ...s generating log reports and changing the units of measure for the VRI program General Settings Used to set application rates or depths system speed based on the last tower and irrigation system type...

Page 37: ...ttings Used to set the Input signals from the Main processor to the VRI panel for the different system pro cesses and Output signals from the VRI panel to the endguns and drive motors Use the radio bu...

Page 38: ...a USB cleared deletes all log data refreshed clears the screen but does not delete the history The total num ber of entries displayed can changed as well as the priority level of the event displayed L...

Page 39: ...utton will toggle between metric units and the English equivalent Press the Close button to accept the changes and return to the main display screen Sprinkler Settings Use this to fine tune endgun spr...

Page 40: ...the safety circuit and will send power to the nodes At the VRI control screen the Nodes Connected display on the Overview tab will start to count up If this does not happen stop the machine and troubl...

Page 41: ...SIC and Pivot Control Only 1 From the VRI Control panel set the VRI mode switch to Full VRI 2 Set the machine speed to 100 at the Main panel 3 The VRI main controller will now control the machine s sp...

Page 42: ...for the same node location in Field Map If different update the plan and upload it to the VRI control Node driver chip is defec tive Node driver chip is defective replace node board The new MAC addre...

Page 43: ...heck wire terminals on valve and in node panel GPS VRI main controller recog nizes the GPS node but the GPS position cannot be found GPS is not correctly plugged in Check the GPS cable connection on t...

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Page 45: ...f they match those here follow this diagram for wiring the power and valves If the wiring matches that on page 4 of this manual the node is factory wired in the USA follow that wiring dia gram instead...

Page 46: ...owever if this needs to be changed refer to the equipment manufacturer s instructions on Wireless Network Setup The wireless connection uses a set of Ubiquiti NanoStations to allow connection to an ex...

Page 47: ...POE Power Over Ethernet adapter inside the VRI panel Plug in the RJ45 connector of the adapter cable into the RJ45 socket on the side of the touchscreen panel Connect the power lead adapter on the PO...

Page 48: ...er to the antenna Connect another CAT5 or CAT6 cable from the LAN socket in the POE adapter to the network switch or router 4 Ensure the VRI control panel is using the latest software version The late...

Page 49: ...res a SIMM card not supplied and will have associated data transfer costs Lindsay NZ currently supplies the NetComm NTC 6200 series modems These come supplied with an external mounted antenna power ca...

Page 50: ...the cable plugs into the modem s RJ45 socket One end of the cable plugs into the RJ45 socket on the side of the VRI touch screen 3 Ensure the VRI controller is using the latest software version The la...

Page 51: ...dix Once the modem is installed with its SIMM card the Power LED should illuminate and the Network LED should be illuminated or blinking If the signal strength is indicating a low signal try to reposi...

Page 52: ...P N 1600043 Rev M ECN 34095 APDX 8 VRI Installation Manual Appendix...

Page 53: ...th new node assembly 1 14 14 F 32140 32140 Added High Power Node Antenna Mounting 2 6 14 32226 Updated Note Bracket Design 3 14 2014 G 32317 32317 Changed High Power Node to Repeater Node 5 15 2014 32...

Page 54: ...P N 1600043 VRI Operation Installation Manual Revisions...

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