aquilar AquiTron AT-WFM, Installation & Operation Instructions

Page 1: ...AT WFM Water Flow Monitor AquiTron INSTALLATION OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS ...

Page 2: ...intenance H Connection 1 Power Battery Connection 2 Volt Free Relay Connections 3 External Trigger Input 4 Water Meter Connection 5 Solenoid Valve Connection 6 Pulse Output Connection I Home Screen J Setting The AT WFM K Menu Screen 1 Controller Info 2 Installer Info 3 Manual Override 4 Event History L Setup For Authorised Users Only 1 Date and Time 2 Protection Level Mode a Volume Per b Timed c C...

Page 3: ...Unit Please read the instructions carefully before attempting to install and connect the AT WFM unit AT WFM Water Flow Monitor A GENERAL INFORMATION The AquiTron AT WFM water monitoring system that has been specifically designed to help achieve the requirements of BREEAM 2018 BRE Environmental Assessment Method The AT WFM system will allow designers M E contractors and developers to achieve the on...

Page 4: ...t View C FITTING THE MODULE The unit should be installed in a dry area with easy access This controller is not suitable for external use Before installation the front section should be removed and stored somewhere safe NOTE To open the enclosure Remove the two screws at the bottom of the enclosure see Fig B on page 3 To remove carefully unplug the interface board as shown in fig A Before doing so ...

Page 5: ...16 mating flanges will be required on some models over 50mm Never hold the water meter or solenoid body when tightening E PLUMBING INSTALLATION Figure A Interface board Connector Plugged In Connector Disconnected We recommend that meters and valves attached to the AT WFM are installed with a maintenance by pass and strainers to prevent debris entering them They can be fitted vertically or horizont...

Page 6: ...BMS Ch1 Ext ve 8 Pulse Out Ground Connection 9 6Vdc Solenoid Valve Ch2 ve Connection 10 6Vdc Solenoid Valve Ch2 ve Connection 11 Pulse Ground Connection 12 Meter 2 Ext Pulse ve Connection 13 Meter 2 Ext Pulse ve Connection 14 Pulse Output to BMS Ch2 Ext ve 15 Pulse Output to BMS Ch2 Ext ve 16 Pulse Out Ground Connection 17 External Volt Free Trigger Input 18 Normally Closed Volt Free Relay Output ...

Page 7: ...ly open input is required If enabled in software closing this contact will place the AT WFM unit into low volume mode See section L3 for set up information Volt Free Relay Output Normally Closed Normally Open Common External Volt Free Trigger Input H4 WATER METER CONNECTION Connect the pulse output of the water meter to the AT WFM as shown above The connections are not polarity sensitive If the ca...

Page 8: ...alves an AT RU1 valve controller must be used Please see the connection diagram below Power Connections to Relay Mains 230Vac supply L Live N Neutral E Earth Power Connections to Relay Relay Valve 230Vac supply L1 Live Close L2 Live Open N Neutral E Earth Control Connections from AT WFM Controller 1 Solenoid 2 Solenoid NOTE Wiring should only be done by a qualified electrician Third party valves a...

Page 9: ...The information available is listed below D D E F A B C G H I J A Displays current screen B Displays date and time C Status LED Green System on and no alarm present Red System is in alarm Blue System is in manual override Pulsing LED in any of the above colours indicates unit is running on battery power D Displays system status Ok System is monitoring and no alarms present Leak System has detected...

Page 10: ...k alarm or has an Error Protection Level Times This displays the current high volume Building occupied period see section L2B Current Operation Mode Displays selected mode for high volume period see section L3 Valve Status 1 2 Displays whether valves are enabled and if so whether currently open or closed see section Meter Value 1 2 Displays if meter is enabled and if so current live meter reading ...

Page 11: ...e this has reached zero the status LED will return to green and the system will automatically go back to normal operation Manual Override can be cancelled at any time by pressing the cancel button The system will then revert back to normal operation as per the programmed parameters K4 EVENT HISTORY Home Screen Menu Event History Figure 15 Event History Screen The events history contains informatio...

Page 12: ...d Enter To prevent unauthorised tampering with settings pressing the setup button in the menu screen will ask you to input a password before entering into the setup menu Using the on screen keyboard input AT WFM then press enter DEFAULT PASSWORD ATWFM Use Capitals This will open the setup menu Figure 16 Setup Password Screen From this page you can access the screens necessary to setup the AT WFM c...

Page 13: ...sential the date and time are correctly entered here To adjust the date and time press the edit button under the value you wish to adjust Use the side arrows to select the value you wish to adjust then the up and down arrows to select the required value Only true values can be selected Press enter to return to the time and date screen then enter to save the values and return to the setup menu Note...

Page 14: ...er the value edit screen Then use the arrows to select and adjust values then press enter to save and return to the screen above See section L3 on adjusting high low volume times In the example shown in Fig 19 above the system will allow 1500ltr per half hour during high volume periods and 60ltr per half hour during low volume periods Any water use above this level will put the system into alarm L...

Page 15: ...tage and allows a differential of up to 20 between channel pulse inputs Options are 0 10 20 Volume per specifies the period of measurement Options are hour Hour Day e g 1 Select tolerance 10 and volume per hour This means each half hour if the pulse input of each channel varies by more than 10 the system will go into alarm On this setting an expected 100ltr measurement could vary by up to 20ltrs p...

Page 16: ...troller and will be measured as such according to the volume levels in put in section H2 Volume per The general rule for the high volume times is to set this higher value for when the building is occupied Eg For an office you may want to set the high volume building is occupied period to start at 8 00 and end at 18 00 In this example in the time between 6pm and 8am the controller will be using the...

Page 17: ...lected here Options available are pulse every 1 10 100 litres It is important that the pulse selected should match the output from the meter fitted If not the system will not be able to accurately measure water volume Please contact Aquilar if you require a suitable pulse meter Note If this screen is blank it is because no meters have been enabled See section H4 Fig 23 a shows a typical pulse tran...

Page 18: ...hown simply press the Change button next to the information you wish to adjust This will bring up the on screen keyboard Type in the new information and press enter to save Note Entering no information not pressing enter or pressing back will keep the existing information L6 VALVES Menu Setup Password Valves Figure 24 Valve s Setup Screen If valves are fitted they must be enabled here for the syst...

Page 19: ...tery backup LA LEAK ALARM Leak Alarm Message to record the time when a new leak is discovered This message will be logged every time the system goes into alarm AR ALARM RESET Alarm Reset Message to record that the system has been reset Log messages can only be viewed directly on the screen under Menu Event History It is possible to scroll through them by using the up and down arrows M EVENT LOG ME...

Page 20: ... a trademark of AquiTron Limited Aquilar is a trademark of Aquilar Limited V1 2 06 2022 SYSTEM FAULT System Fault Message will be displayed when a system fault has been detected if problem persists please contact Aquilar MC PROTECTION LEVEL MODE CHANGED Protection level mode changed to XXXX X can be volume per timed crosscheck Logs a mode change upon exit of the Protection Level Mode screen TC PRO...