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NLC

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100SH

Installation

and

troubleshooting

INSTALLATION & TROUBLESHOOTING MANUAL

NLC-100SH

NETAFIM LANDSCAPE CONTROLLERS

NLC-100SH

Summary of Contents for NLC-100SH

Page 1: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 1 INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING MANUAL NLC 100SH NETAFIM LANDSCAPE CONTROLLERS NLC 100SH...

Page 2: ...oduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Netafim USA 5470...

Page 3: ...he conventional field wires 15 Connecting Two wire with shared Common 16 Connecting pure Two wire 17 Connecting Master valve and Flow sensor via Two wire 18 Programming of decoders and master valve 19...

Page 4: ...an Alarm 54 Connecting a Moisture sensor 55 Connecting Configuring and Using Moisture Sensors 55 Connecting and configuring a moisture sensor 56 Assigning an ID to a soil moisture sensor 56 Configurin...

Page 5: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 5 Test run 75 DIP switches 76 LED Number patterns 76 Act Err LED codes 77 Glossary 79...

Page 6: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 6...

Page 7: ...dition communication between the controller s 3D and the stations happens over a two wire path Depending on the signal from the controller s 3D the stations each activate or deactivate a valve The con...

Page 8: ...of wire Ease of expansion When you need to add a station in the field you don t have to dig in a new cable and risk damaging the existing web of cables already in the ground you simply attach the new...

Page 9: ...urther by increasing the water budget Each program can activate a one or more booster pumps in addition to the stations Master valves and booster pumps will be activated in parallel in all connection...

Page 10: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 10...

Page 11: ...ct all cables to the controller at the location To minimize electromagnetic interference make sure that the controller is placed at least 15 feet away from any high draw motors like air conditioners r...

Page 12: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 12 Marking up the mounting holes 1 Make sure the bracket is in level Mark up the mounting holes...

Page 13: ...e hole in the back of the controller cabinet 3 If you re placing the controller on a concrete wall take down the controller drill out the hole put in the wall anchor and put back the controller on the...

Page 14: ...onnect the power and connect boards follow the instructions in the next section to do this Connecting the Controller Grounding the Controller To secure your NLC against lightning you must ensure that...

Page 15: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 15 Connecting the conventional field wires...

Page 16: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 16 Connecting Two wire with shared Common...

Page 17: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 17 Connecting pure Two wire...

Page 18: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 18 Connecting Master valve and Flow sensor via Two wire For more information turn to Enabling Flow Sensor Input pulses on page 45...

Page 19: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 19 Programming of decoders and master valve Connect the decoder or master valve to the 3D programming connectors Proceed to For decoders or For master valve...

Page 20: ...Manually activate the desired station on the controller for at least 1 sec For example activate station 1 to assign id 1 to the decoder Proceed to the next decoder 1 Push the Prog button twice The MV...

Page 21: ...stay passive In this mode the controller supports two ET devices WR 7 and WR100i To make the controller receive instructions from an ET device connect the ET enable A from the device to the green ter...

Page 22: ...devices to the NLC Connect plus to plus and minus to minus or you won t see the expected behavior from the connected devices Important If for some reason your weather stations fails and does not provi...

Page 23: ...lect 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL OFF RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM STATUS VIEW ALARMS VIEW ET RAIN VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR SETUP SENSORS SOLE...

Page 24: ...troubleshooting 24 4 Select 6 Device Setup Now the display will look like this 5 Select 1 ET Input Method Now the display will look like this 6 Use the item selectors to select Local Weather Station...

Page 25: ...ram will provide when running at a 100 water budget The controller needs this in order to re calculate run times based on ET corrections Push the ENTER button to save the value 9 Push the CANCEL butto...

Page 26: ...balance for a program exceeds this value the program will only irrigate to that limit and the remaining water will be added to the ET figure for the following day 12 Turn the dial to SETUP SENSORS Now...

Page 27: ...this if you use a connected ET device that provides dynamic ET data for the controller Tipping rain bucket ET enabled N O or N C If your ET device simply tells the controller whether to irrigate or no...

Page 28: ...on If you chose ET device Pulses you need to tell the controller how many inches to the current ET figure per pulse it receives please proceed to the next step default setting is 0 01 15 Turn the dial...

Page 29: ...Installation and troubleshooting 29 16 Use the item selectors to select 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 17 Select 6 Device Setup Now the display will look l...

Page 30: ...your values and push the ENTER button to save your settings Checking the Current Aggregated ET and Rain Every now and then you might want to check out how much rain has fallen or how much water has e...

Page 31: ...lect 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL OFF RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM STATUS VIEW ALARMS VIEW ET RAIN VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR SETUP SENSORS SOLE...

Page 32: ...the following screen These figures will be reset at midnight when they ll be used to calculate tomorrow s ET budget Note If you use a custom irrigation period this happens at the start of your irriga...

Page 33: ...grey terminals labeled Rain Tip If you are running in AUTO mode and want to check the current accumulated values you can simply push the WATER BUDGET button and you ll skip right to the above display...

Page 34: ...sors and tipping rain bucket Adjust irrigation based on the amount of rain only works with a ripping rain bucket ET GND Rain GND Flow GND V Aux GND MV BO1 BO2 NOM COM COM M204 M203 M202 M205 Important...

Page 35: ...ing on make sure you have connected the rain sensor For more information refer to the separate Installation and Troubleshooting manual 2 Turn the dial to SETUP SENSORS Now the display looks like this...

Page 36: ...Pulses If your rain sensor provides dynamic data in the sense that it sends a pulse for each unit of rain it detects select Pulses Rain contact N O or N C If your rain sensor simply tells the controll...

Page 37: ...you need to tell the controller how many inches of rain each pulse corresponds so please continue to the next step 5 Turn the dial to ADVANCED Now the display looks like this Important If you want to...

Page 38: ...H Installation and troubleshooting 38 6 Use the item selectors to select 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 7 Select 6 Device Setup Now the display will look li...

Page 39: ...ce rain You can set a threshold value for how much it should rain before the rain alarm will be activated Here is how this calculation is done Based on historical ET data for the area the controller k...

Page 40: ...rains intensively for more than an hour you may get so much water that the soil can not benefit from all of it the excess water will simply run off the surface So if you run programs in ET corrected...

Page 41: ...lect 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL OFF RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM STATUS VIEW ALARMS VIEW ET RAIN VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR SETUP SENSORS SOLE...

Page 42: ...Installation and troubleshooting 42 3 Select 1 ET Now the display will look like this 4 Select 3 Max Hourly Rain and Rain Alarm Limit from the menu and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the followi...

Page 43: ...abling the feature Note If you see NA values in this screen you have not configured a rain sensor to provide input using pulses For more information turn to Appendix 2 Configuring for a Rain Sensor on...

Page 44: ...Flow Sensor A traditional flow sensor is connected to the Flow terminals A photo diode type flow sensor is also connected to the Flow terminal and via the V Aux terminal through a resistor Recommended...

Page 45: ...in the NLC 1 Turn the dial to SETUP SENSORS Now the display looks like this Note You can enable flow sensor input even if you haven t attached a physical sensor yet you just won t get any reading from...

Page 46: ...election Now the NLC is ready to accept input from your flow sensor but before you can use it to anything meaningful you need to configure threshold values and actions read more in the next section Co...

Page 47: ...t sensor types if you re not using one of these you ll have to skip to the next procedure to perform a manual calibration for your sensor Using a known sensor type to enable a built in profile Using a...

Page 48: ...and troubleshooting 48 3 Choose 1 Flow Sensor Type by pushing the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 4 Use the item selectors to select one of the 13 built in profiles 1 RS 1 PDH 1 5 RS 1 5 PDH...

Page 49: ...doesn t fit any of the built in profiles you have to enter your own manually Using a custom calibration profile 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard...

Page 50: ...low K Pulses Offset About the two values you need to enter The Offset value is to correct the input from your sensor Note A bit of background on how calibration affects the calculated flow The NLC nee...

Page 51: ...you want to calibrate your flow sensor you can use the sensor adjustment to multiply the values from your sensor with anything between 0 00 and 9 99 This comes in handy if you have a standard sensor t...

Page 52: ...low Sensor Adjustment Now you ll see the screen for adjusting the flow sensor input 4 Use the item selectors to set your adjustment factor Push the ENTER button to save your selection Viewing the Curr...

Page 53: ...o scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 2 Select 4 Flow Sensor Setup and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 3 Select 3 Current Flow Puls...

Page 54: ...eeds this you should use a sensor that has a higher water amount per pulse ratio However a higher frequency is to prefer over a lower one as it provides the most accurate measuring so in an ideal worl...

Page 55: ...cribes how you actually get the moisture sensors ready for use and how they can improve your irrigation The NLC works with the following moisture sensors SMS 100 single sensor Note An alarm is used in...

Page 56: ...license from your distributor and perform some basic configuration Follow this procedure to get your moisture sensor up and running Assigning an ID to a soil moisture sensor 1 Connect the soil moistur...

Page 57: ...lect 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL OFF RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM STATUS VIEW ALARMS VIEW ET RAIN VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR SETUP SENSORS SOLE...

Page 58: ...tion and troubleshooting 58 4 Select 4 Moisture Sensor Id Assign and push the ENTER button Now the display looks like this 5 Select 4 Moisture Sensor Id Assign and push the ENTER button Now the displa...

Page 59: ...the ID you wish to assign to the newly connected moisture sensor and push the ENTER button Now the controller will first check that there are no existing moisture sensors with the ID you chose If no...

Page 60: ...ollow this procedure to make the sensor known to the NLC Configuring a soil moisture sensor 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED Now the display looks like this PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL OFF RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM...

Page 61: ...ation and troubleshooting 61 2 Use the item selectors to select 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 3 Select 2 Moisture and push the ENTER button Now the display...

Page 62: ...then adjust each column 6 Push the ENTER button to save your configuration 7 Repeat steps five and six for all sensors you wish to configure Now the moisture sensors are ready to use and the next sect...

Page 63: ...nsed stations follow this procedure Station license 1 Turn the dial to Advanced Note The NLC comes predefined with the station license you have purchased Further licenses are only needed if the system...

Page 64: ...y looks like this 2 Press the arrow key down to 9 License and you will see a display like this your ID will be different Note To obtain a license key for more stations you need to know the ID you see...

Page 65: ...is correct you will see a message like the following In this case the license is valid for 36 stations Your new license will take effect immediately and you can start building irrigation programs wit...

Page 66: ...st license key character starts blinking Now you can use arrow keys to select the right characters and the right arrow to move on to the next character If your license code is correct you will see a m...

Page 67: ...e most important tool in day to day troubleshooting is the built in current readings To enable current readings in the display of the NLC follow this procedure 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED Now the disp...

Page 68: ...le and push the ENTER again When you return to either AUTO or MANUAL mode you ll see the line status in the upper right hand corner Note The display will return to showing the time if you power down t...

Page 69: ...order to check if they are responding correctly The stations must be connected to the solenoids that activate valves in the landscape and the test can tell whether the stations and solenoids are worki...

Page 70: ...n is ok the display will look something like this In this case the station is pulling a current of 238mA to keep the valve open which is ok since this is typically in the 200 400 mA range Note The num...

Page 71: ...pecial current readings from the station test Reading Meaning 1mA 1mA There is a short on the terminal on the controller Important If you experience a short on the terminal and fix it you must restart...

Page 72: ...stations are actually pulling the valves open Running the test program 1 Turn the dial to MANUAL 2 Push the PROGRAM button locate the Test program called T and push the ENTER 3 Now you can set the tim...

Page 73: ...t program 4 Once the test program starts running you ll see each station activated in turn starting at the station you chose in the last step Note All 100 station identities will activate in turn this...

Page 74: ...Booster Pumps Tip You can pause the test program just as any regular program Tip You should enable Line Survey to be able to see the current pulled by each station Tip If you don t want to wait the en...

Page 75: ...tested in the following order FS MV ST1 ST2 ST24 The green LED will blink if the station is active the red LED will blink in case of an error The Flow sensor is only checked for presence If the test p...

Page 76: ...mple The space between numbers will be shown as a pause Number Off Default On 1 Station Normal Power About 25mA Station High Power About 35mA 2 MV Normal Power About 25mA MV High Power About 35mA 3 Dy...

Page 77: ...type The number of the station causing the error is shown on the ST or MV LEDs Check decoder solenoid and splices You do not need to open the 3D box 21 Station activation error Too many active station...

Page 78: ...Station programming Verification of the programmed station failed Decoder could be defective Connect decoder again or replace decoder 33 Station programming General operation timeout Station programmi...

Page 79: ...NLC 100SH Installation and troubleshooting 79 Glossary Term Description Cable Two wires surrounded by insulation Two wire Synonym for a cable Wire An individual copper wire...

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