
Programming and Operation,
continued
25
Selecting Valve Types
Valve types refer to the electric requirements of
magnetic solenoids. There are 10 Valve Types
already programmed into the MDC2 Controller.
The first five Valve Types are used by decoders
controlling irrigation
Programs
and will start
master valves and pumps. The last five control non-
irrigation
Programs
(such as activating auxiliary
alarms, etc.) and will not start pumps. Irrigation
valve Types
use
switch code
59F350. If setting up a
normally open master valve that needs to close on
an alarm, the switch code is 39F350. Non-irrigation
valve Types
use a
switch code
of 3FFA20 when
using a relay. These default
switch codes
are used
for Rain Bird
®
24 VAC solenoids.
Note:
The number of solenoid (valve) outputs varies
with the Rain Bird
®
Decoders in your system. For
example, FD-102TURF and FD-202TURF can operate
one or two solenoids on each output. Whereas
FD-401TURF and FD-601TURF can only operate one
solenoid on each output.
Note:
If your system uses
Standard
Rain Bird
®
24 VAC solenoids, do not change any of these
settings. For the
New
Rain Bird
®
24 VAC (White
strip wires) solenoids the recommended settings are
59F370.
Please move to the next section,
Naming
the Field Decoders
.
Note:
If your system operates solenoids that are
not Rain Bird
®
, do not change the default
switch
codes
before verifying if the solenoids open. If the
solenoids do not open, you may need to change the
Activation Time
and/or
holding Voltage
. Please
see
Appendix II: Selecting Electrical Codes for
Solenoids
on page 93.
Naming the Field Decoders
You must give each field decoder in your system a
name (up to six characters) so that you can easily
identify that decoder and pinpoint its location.
For example, MAPLE1 (or the shorter M1) could
represent the first decoder facing Maple Street and
ELM5 (or E5) could identify the 5th decoder on Elm
Street. It is easier if you make the name as short and
descriptive as possible.
1. From the
Main Menu
, move the
indicating
arrow
to
1. Set-up Data
and select
OK
to reach
the
Set-up Data Menu
.
2. Move the
indicating arrow
to
2. Decoders
and
select
OK
to reach the list of decoders.
Note:
The
indicating arrow
points to the first
available space. If you want to change information
about a specific decoder already programmed,
move the
indicating arrow
to the decoder you want
to change.
Valve Types
1. 59F350 1
2. 59F350 2
3. 59F350 1
4. 59F350 1
5. 59F350 1
OK
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Decoders
1. –
1
0
OK
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