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iPonic 614 Installation Manual
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Power Cool Down Time
When you initially plug in the controller or when you experience a power surge there is a 15 minute (900
second) delay before the light banks will be turned on to prevent damage to the equipment. To change
the length of this default:
Menu->SystemSetup->6. Advanced->Global Light Settings->button 2 Power Cool down time press 1 to
change increment
Advanced Temperature Controls
Temperature Stages
With the iPonic
TM
614 you can program up to six cooling and two heating stages. These stages go from Cool 1
to Cool 6 and Heat 1 to Heat 2. Cool 1 and Heat 1 are the least aggressive; while, Cool 6 and Heat 2 are the
most aggressive. In your program you will determine what equipment you want to be active in each of the
stages. Of course, you do not need to use all the stages; you can program them to your discretion.
When the air temperature in the greenhouse rises above the Cool Setpoint, the system enters the first stage of
cooling, referred to as Cool 1. If the temperature continues to rise, the system will enter the second stage, Cool
2, then the third stage, Cool 3 and so forth. At each increasing cooling stage, more cooling will be brought to
attempt to bring the air temperature below the cool setpoint and within the target “Normal” temperature range.
Heating works the same way as the temperature of your facility falls.
Programming Additional Temperature Stages
When considering adding additional temperature stages you will first want to enable Stages as a menu option
through Advanced Stage Settings. The second thing you will want to set is the Stage Delay, or the amount of
time a condition must persist before switching to a new stage. The Stage Delay by default is 15 seconds.
Finally, you will choose the number of heating and cooling stages to enable and which equipment should be
engaged in each one.
Menu->SystemSetup->6. Advanced->Adv. Stage Settings(6)->1Stage Show/Hide->StageOptionShow
(hide/show)
Menu->SystemSetup->6. Advanced->Adv. Stage Settings(6)->2StageDelay change by 1 sec increments
Menu->SystemSetup->6. Advanced->Adv. Stage Settings(6)->3HeatStages(choose #of heat stages up to
2)
Menu->SystemSetup->6. Advanced->Adv. Stage Settings(6)->4CoolStages(choose #of cooling stages up
to 6)
Next, tell the controller which temperature and humidity equipment to run in each heating or cooling
stage.
Menu->Stages->1. Temp Stages->use buttons 5, 6, 7 & 8 to select stage and equipment type, press
button 3 “Setup” and choose Off or On. Press OK. When you are done making changes press OK. Press
OK again to save your changes.
