Toro DEC-RS-1000-DR, Installation And User Manual

Page 1: ... HOME ADJUST START PAUSE RESUME STOP SYSTEM SETTINGS MANUAL WATERING SCHEDULED WATERING DIAGNOSTICS STATION SETTINGS Remote Gateway Installation and User Guide Remote Gateway Installation and User Guide ...

Page 2: ...ation Settings 22 Scheduled Watering 23 Station Based Flow Management Manual Watering 24 Percent Adjust 24 Diagnostics 25 Motherboard Diagnostic Display 25 Checking and Clearing Alarms 26 Alarm Conditions 27 Short Circuit Alarm Thermal Alarm High Current Alarm Phase Current Imbalance Alarm Clear Alarms Specifications 28 Warranty and FCC Notice 28 Table of Contents Toro Commitment to Quality 2 Toro...

Page 3: ... cabinet designed for indoor or outdoor installation Install the Remote Gateway on a vertical wall or other sturdy structure so that the display is at or below eye level near a grounded power source so that it is in shade during the hottest hours of the day with as much protection from direct sunlight rain wind and snow as possible IMPORTANT Do not mount the controller where it is exposed to direc...

Page 4: ...y located as well as providing access to the ground wire connection s 2 Using a 5 8 17mm clamp or Cad weld fastener attach an 8 AWG 8mm2 solid copper wire near the top of the ground rod Avoiding wire bends of less than 8 20 3cm radius and more than 90º route the wire through conduit and into the cabinet Secure the wire to the copper ground lug Make sure the soil surrounding the ground rod s remain...

Page 5: ... cables and secure them to the terminal block Reference Table 1 for the appropriate type of power connection 4 Reinstall the power supply cover 5 Apply power to the controller WARNING AC POWER WIRING MUST BE INSTALLED AND CONNECTED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES MUST COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODES SOME CODES MAY REQ...

Page 6: ...rground without conduit All field wiring splices must be accessible to facilitate troubleshooting and or service Steps 1 Route communication cable from the controller to the station decoder module installation location The maximum wire length between the controller and the decoder module is 13 800 4200 m 2 Secure the communication wires to terminal 1 of the Remote Gateway output board White wire o...

Page 7: ...on Wire Connect to the Red White solenoid wire Green with Black Stripe Station Wire Connect to the Black solenoid wire Station 3 Solid Orange Station Wire Connect to the Red White solenoid wire Orange with Black Stripe Station Wire Connect to the Black solenoid wire Station 4 Solid Blue Station Wire Connect to the Red White solenoid wire Blue with Black Stripe Station Wire Connect to the Black sol...

Page 8: ...rom the decoder and controller to decoder cable Use 3M DBR Y to properly water proof all wire connections See Figure 5 4 Connect the lightning arrester s ground wire to the ground rod or plate s wire If the ground rod or plate is not pre wired use a 10 AWG bare copper wire See Figure 5 IMPORTANT If using a ground rod verify that the straight line distance between the lightning arrester decoders an...

Page 9: ... Connect the Negative Equipment ground wire of the power source to the master valve solenoid or pump relay 5 Place the controller s switch to ON Gateway Synchronization The Gateway controller must be synchronized with other Gateway controllers for proper communication Gateway synchronization is achieved using a shared terminal with either the RAIN sensor or the PUMP PRESSURE sensor To enable Gatew...

Page 10: ...rly insulated with a waterproof splicing device Using an appropriate splicing kit such as Scotchcast 82 A1 or equivalent is recommended Placing the cable splice in a small valve box for protection and accessibility is a good installation practice Steps 1 Starting at the Surge Protection Unit SPU part 35 7353 route the communication comm cable to each gateway leaving enough cable at each location t...

Page 11: ...outs making use of one or both methods Layout 1 Local The Gateway is attached to the Field Interface Unit by a Wireline The Gateway typically resides in the office with the Lynx computer and FIU HOME ADJUST START PAUSE RESUME STOP SYSTEM SETTINGS MANUAL WATERING SCHEDULED WATERING DIAGNOSTICS STATION SETTINGS HOME ADJUST START PAUSE RESUME STOP SYSTEM SETTINGS MANUAL WATERING SCHEDULED WATERING DI...

Page 12: ... limited to about 9 miles Layout 3 Wireless The Remote Gateway DEC RS 1000 DR digital radio and modem communicates with the Lynx computer via radio The system is preconfigured at our production facility GDC 200 HOME ADJUST START PAUSE RESUME STOP SYSTEM SETTINGS MANUAL WATERING SCHEDULED WATERING DIAGNOSTICS STATION SETTINGS GDC 200 HOME ADJUST START PAUSE RESUME STOP SYSTEM SETTINGS MANUAL WATERI...

Page 13: ...lick Start Operations button Figure 2 D Certain gateway information should be displayed on the screen Figure 3 If communication fails the software will display a fail message Figure 4 Figure 3 Figure 4 Radio range can vary Under normal conditions a range of two miles should be feasible To boost radio range mount radio antennas on masts If radio interference is a problem please see the section belo...

Page 14: ...io Figure 6 5 Plug in 12V power supply 6 Launch Radio Manager See Figure 7 7 Select appropriate COM port Figure 7 A 8 Change the baud rate to 1200 Figure 7 B 9 Press Discover Radio button Figure 7 C The computer should discover the radio Figure 8 10 To see current radio frequency enter ATFX into the command line Figure 9 11 To change the frequency simply add an appropriate frequency number to that...

Page 15: ...uency Frequency coordination selection is handled through the Personal Communications Industry Association PCIA 800 759 0300 and an application must be submitted to the FCC There is a PCIA fee and FCC license fee that must be paid as well 15 Figure 9 Figure 10 ...

Page 16: ...gation programs Off Mode When placed in Off mode the gateway will not execute any watering operation whether it is program or manually initiated Any watering operation will terminate once the gateway is placed in Off mode Watering operations will resume once the gateway is placed back to Central or Local mode In this mode the gateway will allow the central to edit time date and operation mode but ...

Page 17: ...r diagnostic information 10 Station Settings button allows you to modify station parameters Within this setting you can disable the station from any activity hold station watering for a specific number of days set the station type to a switch and create or edit the station description name 11 Percent Adjust is not used at this time 12 Start button will execute selected manual operation 13 Pause wi...

Page 18: ...Button Pressing the Home button will revert to the default display When editing irrigation programs Station or Gateway settings pressing the Home buton will save any setting modifications and return the user to the Home display Home display examples Sun 04 02 06 02 31 pm GW 001 001 Sec 57 Next start 03 00am Sun 04 02 06 02 31 pm GW 001 001 Sec 57 Running 02 programs P01 Sta01 00 09 46 P05 Sta25 00...

Page 19: ...ve Man Sta22S 00 10 00 The S symbol after the station number indicates that program 02 is stacked Start Button Use the Start button to execute a manual function Pressing the Start button while the controller is idle will prompt the Manual Watering menu Multi Manual Start Display Multi Manual Starting 03 STOP to cancel Press the Stop button to cancel Pause Button The Pause button can be used to can...

Page 20: ...ful reset Reset Unit Use this menu item to reset the gateway settings by selecting Yes Select Yes using the Input Dial and press the Up or Down Arrows to activate There is countdown before the gateway reboots The following will display Reset All Defaults 10 STOP to escape Resetting the unit will erase all user defined program data and configuration values in the gateway s memory Power Mode Use thi...

Page 21: ... CSG address all the gateways within that group will receive and execute the command DB Address Use this menu item to set the gateway address Each gateway must be given a unique gateway address Lynx uses this address to identify individual gateways when sending gateway specific commands Max Sim Sta Use this menu item to set the maximum number of simultaneously operating stations This threshold wil...

Page 22: ...ctivated via the output hardware switch will not be captured Water Yestr Total station runtime that occurred for the previous irrigation day Runtime resulting from a station that is manually activated via the output hardware switch will not be captured Disable Disable station operation by selecting Yes Resume station operation by s electing No S016 100 1STSTLAWN Decoder Addr 38684 Dec Sta 4 Board ...

Page 23: ...y available after a successful download from the Central computer 2 Use the Right arrow to navigate to the event number 3 Use the Input Dial to select the event number you want to review SBF Station Based Flow Sample Screen SBF List Event 001 1st line will indicate the Event Number Start 12 00am S22 2nd line will indicate the Start Time followed by the Station Number Run 00 10 00 P26 3rd line will...

Page 24: ...ue should be the same as the first value For this example select station 12 5 Press the Right Arrow to advance the cursor to the next entry field This entry field will indicate the runtime in hours minutes and seconds HH MM SS Use the Input Dial and the Right Arrow Key to select the appropriate runtime value For this example set the value to 00 05 00 6 Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to...

Page 25: ...y motherboard features a 2 line 16 character LCD display for quickly viewing for system diagnostic information see Figure 6 page 9 Use the left button below the LCD to scroll through the display lines and if needed use the right button the scroll through the available options Rev 2 02 03 28 2011 After power up the screen will display board s firmware version D1 A 1 500 D2 OFF After the initial Rev...

Page 26: ... capacity from the last Power Down PD PU will display the date and time of the last Power Up Total Timeouts 001 Total Failed 002 Clear Total No Menu Link Monitor Sent GetPumpPress Resp 2nd Total Bad Resp 001 Menu Event Codes Clear log No Last code 93 06 30 11 10 21 46 This menu will display the last logged event that may help diagnose problems The event code date and time the event occurred will b...

Page 27: ...ove 1 0 Amps for a minimum 10 seconds 10 second timer is reset when below 1 0Amps Does NOT shut off or disable daughter board Motherboard LCD toggles alarm message and load current Affected daughter board s alarm LED blinks on and off Phase Current Imbalance Alarm D1L1 High Amp D2 A 0 500 D1L1 A 0 750 D2 A 0 500 Triggered when load current of one wire is 2x higher than the opposite wire for a mini...

Page 28: ...either Toro nor Toro Warranty Company is liable for indirect incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of equipment including but not limited to vegetation loss the cost of substitute equipment or services required during periods of malfunction or resulting non use property damage or personal injury resulting from installer s actions whether negligent or otherwise Some states ...