Rev 6.3.0 12.09.16
PL Reference Manual
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Examples:
1. To turn a light on all night
STRT TIME STOP TIME EMOD TMOD
12
0
12
25.0 2
0
The first four conditions have the effect of
making STRT and STOP irrelevant. The STRT
condition will always be on, and the STOP
condition will never happen: the time will always
be greater than 0 (midnight), and as the time
returns to 0 after 23.9 (6 minutes to midnight),
it will always be less than 25.0, which is a non-
existent time.
In practice, the EMOD condition will determine
whether the event is on or off. Because it is set
to 2, it will be on at night. If a light is wired to
the LOAD- terminal and LSET=4, then the light
will turn on at night.
2. Pushing a button turns a light on at night
for 10 minutes:
STRT TIME STOP RUN EMOD TMOD
4
0
14
10
2
0
If a momentary ON push-button is wired up
between B- and BAT-, the STRT condition will
turn on with the push-button input (the time
will always be greater than 0). It will stop after
10 minutes due to the STOP and RUN settings.
EMOD=2 makes sure that this will only happen
at night—during the day pressing the push-
button will have no effect.
Note: BSET=2, LSET or GSET=4
3. Pump water if battery is fully charged
until tank is full (i.e. switch in tank turns
off):
STRT TIME STOP TIME EMOD TMOD
12
0
5
0
1
0
The STRT condition is always true, as the time
is always greater than 0. However, until the PL
switches into the Float state, EMOD will not be
active. When the PL enters Float state, EMOD
will become active and, as STRT is always true
and TMOD is always true, the pumping will
start. The STOP condition becomes true when a
switch in the tank (wired between the PL’s BAT
and B- terminals) switches off (open), i.e. the
tank is full.
Note: BSET=2, LSET or GSET=4
4. Water garden for 5 minutes every 100
min from 10am until nightfall
STRT RATE STOP RUN EMOD TMOD TIME
14
100
14
5
3
5
10.0
The STRT condition is true every 100 minutes,
i.e. repeated start at 100 minute intervals. The
STOP condition causes the event to run for only
5 minutes after each event start. This cycle will
continue while it is daytime (EMOD = 3) and it
is after 10am (TMOD = 5, set 3 = 10.0).
Note: LSET or GSET = 4
