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Dingo Reference Manual
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active when all of the preset conditions are met.
The numeric figure shows the state of each of
these conditions.
The first digit shows the status of the STRT and
STOP conditions. If the event is off (EOFF), the
first digit shows the state of the STRT condition
(0 = inactive, 1 = active). If the event is on (E
ON) the first digit shows the state of the STOP
condition. In the example, above, this figure will
be “0” during the day (i.e. STRT condition is
inactive), then “1” at dusk when the solar panel
voltage drops to the pre-set SOLV value. If the
battery was fully charged, the event will start,
the display will change to “E ON” and the first
digit will flick back to “0” to show that the STOP
condition is inactive. If the battery was not fully
charged, the event will not start, the display will
stay on “EOFF”, and the first digit will remain
on “1” until either the Dingo enters the Float
state (when the event will start), or 11pm comes
(when it will flick to 0 until next evening).
The second digit shows the state of the EMOD
condition. In the example above, this digit will be
“1” when the battery is in the Float state, and “0”
if it is in the Boost, Equalise or Absorption states.
The third digit shows the state of the TMOD
condition. In the example above, TMOD was not
used, and this digit will always be “1”.
Examples:
1. To turn a light on all night
STRT STOP EMOD TMOD
0
0
2
0
The first two conditions have the effect of
making STRT and STOP irrelevant. The STRT
condition will always be on, and the STOP
Whether EMOD is on (1) or off (0)
if EOFF: Whether STRT is on (1) or off (0)
if E ON: Whether STOP is on (1) or off (0)
Whether TMOD is on (1) or off (0)
Whether event is on (E ON) or off (EOFF)
EOFF
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Fig. 7.7A - Event State
condition will never happen.
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. (The light would also turn off
if the battery voltage drops low enough for the
LBD function to operate)
2. Pushing a button turns a light on at night
for 10 minutes:
STRT TIME STOP RUN EMOD TMOD
6
0
14
10
2
0
If a momentary ON push-button is wired
up between B+sense 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: The user
also needs to set 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 STOP TIME EMOD TMOD
0
7
0
1
0
The STRT condition is always true. The STOP
condition becomes true when a float switch in
the tank (wired between the Dingo’s BAT+ and
B+ sense terminals) switches off (open), i.e. the
tank is full.
To add the ‘fully charged condition’, EMOD is
set to 1. This requires the controller to be in the
float condition (i.e. almost fully charged) before
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