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NLC

100SH

 

Installation

 

and

 

troubleshooting

 

40

how

 

much

 

rain

 

will

 

evaporate,

 

and

 

mapping

 

this

 

number

 

against

 

the

 

known

 

amount

 

of

 

fallen

 

rain,

 

the

 

controller

 

will

 

intelligently

 

know

 

when

 

it

 

is

 

safe

 

to

 

turn

 

off

 

the

 

rain

 

alarm

 

(i.e.

 

when

 

enough

 

rain

 

has

 

evaporated

 

that

 

we

 

are

 

below

 

your

 

defined

 

alarm

 

level.)

• The

 

soil

 

holding

 

value

 

is

 

also

 

a

 

parameter:

 

since

 

you

 

can

 

never

 

benefit

 

from

 

more

 

rain

 

than

 

the

 

soil

 

is

 

capable

 

of

 

holding,

 

the

 

rain

 

alarm

 

will

 

not

 

stay

 

on

 

forever

 

after

 

a

 

few

 

days

 

of

 

intensive

 

rain.

• If

 

it

 

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

 

mode,

 

the

 

controller

 

won't

 

subtract

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

rain

 

from

 

tomorrow's

 

ET

 

figure

 ‐ 

it

 

will

 

"cut

 

off"

 

the

 

amount

 

of

 

rain

 

to

 

subtract

 

at

 

the

 

hourly

 

maximum.

 

Example:

 

If

 

the

 

hourly

 

maximum

 

is

 

0.02"

 

and

 

it

 

rains

 

0.03"

 

per

 

hour

 

for

 

three

 

hours,

 

only

 

0.06"

 

and

 

not

 

0.09"

 

will

 

be

 

subtracted

 

from

 

tomorrow's

 

ET

 

budget.

See

 

the

 

NLC

 

User

 

Manual.

Setting

 

the

 

Hourly

 

Max.

 

Rain

 

and

 

Rain

 

Alarm

 

Level

1 Turn

 

the

 

dial

 

to

 

ADVANCED

Note:

 

If

 

you

 

have

 

not

 

provided

 

any

 

historical

 

ET,

 

a

 

default

 

of

 

0.20"

 

per

 

day

 

is

 

used.

 

See

 

the

 

NLC

 

User

 

Manual.

Содержание NLC-100SH

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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