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1. Aksaray TR Ankara TR Antalya TR Aydin TR Balikesir TR Batman TR Bursa TR Corum TR Cotyaeum TR Denizli TR Diyarbakir TR Edirne TR Elazig TR Erzurum TR Eskisehir TR Gaziantep TR Gebze TR Hatay TR Icel TR Iskenderun TR Isparta TR Istanbul TR Izmir TR Kahramanmaras TR Karabuk TR Karaman TR Kayseri TR Kirikkale TR Kocaeli TR Konya TR Malatya TR Manisa TR Mardin TR Ordu TR Osmaniye TR Sakarya TR Samsun TR Siirt TR Sivas TR Tarsus TR Tekirdag TR MEA TR TUOO2 ADIYAMAN MEA TR TUO03 AFYON MEA TR TUO42 AKSARAY MEA TR TUO07 ANKARA MEA TR TUOOS ANTALYA MEA TR TUO11 AYDIN MEA TR TUO12 BALIKESIR 0000 BATMAN MEA TR TUO21 BURSA MEA TR TU024 CORUM MEA TR TUO54 K TAHYA 0025 DENIZLI 0026 DIYARBAKIR 0027 EDIRNE 0028 ELAZIG MEA TR TUO30 ERZURUM 0031 ESKISEHIR
2. Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Kelowna CA Kingston CA Kitchener CA Laval CA London CA Longueuil CA Markham CA Mississauga CA Moncton CA Montreal CA Nepean CA North York CA Oakville CA Oshawa CA Ottawa CA Peterborough CA Quebec CA Regina CA Richmond CA Richmond Hill CA Saint Catharines CA Saint John CA Saint John S CA Saskatoon CA Scarborough CA Sherbrooke CA Sudbury CA Surrey CA Three Rivers CA Thunder Bay CA Toronto CA Vancouver CA Vaughan CA Victoria CA Windsor CA Winnipeg CA York CA Praia CV George Town KY Bangui CF N Djamena TD Antofagasta CL NAM CA BC KELOWNA CA ON KINGSTON NAM CA ON KITCHENER CA QC LAVAL NAM CA ON LONDON NAM CA QC LONGUEUIL MARKHAM MISSISSAUGA CA NB MONCTON MONTR AL NEPEAN NORTH YORK CA ON OSHAWA
3. Binzhou Cangzhou Changchun Changde Changji Changsha Changshu Changzhi Changzhou Chaohu Chaozhou Chengdu CN Chenzhou CN Chifeng CN Chongqing CN Chuxiong CN Chuzhou CN Cixi CN Daan CN Dali CN Dalian CN Dandong CN Dangyang CN Danjiangkou CN Danyang CN Daqing Datong CN Daxian CN Dengzhou CN Deyang CN Dezhou CN Dingzhou CN Dongchuan CN Dongguan CN Dongsheng CN Dongtai CN Dongyang CN Dongying CN Dujun CN Dunhua CN Dunhuang CN ASI CN CHO23 BINZHOU ASI CHO04 CANGZHOU ASI CN CHO17 CHANGCHUN ASI CN CHO14 CHANGDE ASI CN 28 CHANGII ASI CN CHO14 CHANGSHA ASI CN CHO15 CHANGSHU ASI CN CHO23 CHANGZHI ASI CN CHO15 CHANGZHOU ASI CN 1 ASI CN 17 ASI CH006 CHAOZHOU ASI 10 CHENGDE ASI CN CHO26 CHENGDU ASI CN CHO14 CHENZHOU ASI CN CHO19 CHIFENG ASI CN CH003 CHONGQING ASI CN CH030 CHUXIONG ASI CN CH001 CHUZHOU ASI CN CHOO1 CIXI ASI CN CHO26 DAAN ASI CN CHO30 DALI ASI CN 18 DALIAN ASI CN CHO18 DANDONG ASI CN 13 DANGYANG
4. Hohhot Honghu Houma Huadian Huaibei Huainan CN Huaiyin CN Huanghua CN Huangshan CN Huangshi CN Huaying CN Huixian CN Huizhou CN Huludao CN Hunjiang CN Huzhou CN Jiageda CN Jiamusi CN Jian CN Jiangmen CN Jiangshan CN Jiangyin CN Jiangyou CN Jiaojiang CN Jiaozhou CN Jiaozuo CN Jiaxing CN Jieshou CN Jilin CN Jimo CN Jinan CN Jinchang CN Jingdezhen CN Jingmen CN Jingzhou CN Jinhua CN Jining CN Jinshi CN Jinxi CN Jinzhou CN Jishou CN ASI CN CHO19 HOHHOT ASI CN CH009 HONGHU ASI CN CHO25 HOUMA ASI CN CHO17 HUADIAN ASI CN 25 HUAIAN ASI CN CHOO1 HUAIBEI ASI CN CHO14 HUAIHUA ASI CN 4 HUAINAN ASI CN CHO15 HUAIYIN ASI CN CHO10 HUANGHUA ASI CN 23 HUANGSHAN ASI CN CHOO1 HUANGSHI ASI CN CH026 HUAYING ASI 5 HUIXIAN ASI CN CHOO6 HUIZHOU ASI CN CHO18 HULUDAO ASI CN 17 HUNJIANG ASI CN CHO31 HUZHOU ASI CN CHO19 ASI CN CHO11 JIAMUSI ASI CN CHO16 JIAN ASI JIANGMEN ASI CHOO1 JIANGSHAN ASI CHOO4 JIANGYIN ASI CN 26 JIANGYOU ASI CHO31 JIAOJIANG ASI CN 23 JIAOZHOU ASI CN CHO12 200
5. NAM CA ON PETERBOROUGH NAM CA QC QUEBEC CA SK REGINA CA BC RICHMOND CA ON RICHMOND HILL NAM CA ON SAINT CATHARINES NAM CA NB SAINT JOHN NAM CA QC SAINT JOHN S NAM CA SK SASKATOON NAM CA ON SCARBOROUGH NAM CA NS SHERBROOKE NAM CA ON SUDBURY NAM CA PE SURREY NAM CA QC TROIS RIVIERES NAM CA ON THUNDER BAY NAM CA ON TORONTO NAM CA BC VANCOUVER NAM CA ACO03 VAUGHAN NAM CA BC VICTORIA NAM CA NL WINDSOR NAM CA MB WINNIPEG NAM CA QC YORK AFR CV CV000 PRAIA 000 GEORGE TOWN AFR CF CTOOO BANGUI AFR TD CDO04 N DJAMENA SAM CL CIOO2 ANTOFAGASTA 154 Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China China Arica CL Calama CL Chillan CL Concepcion CL Copiapo CL Coquimbo CL Iquique CL La Serena CL Los Angeles CL Osorno CL Puente Alto CL Puerto Montt CL Punta Arenas CL Quilpue CL Rancagua CL San Bernardo CL Santiago CL Talca CL Talcahuano CL Temuco CL Valdivia CL Valparaiso CL Vina Del Mar CL Acheng CN Anda CN Ankang CN Anlu CN Anging Anshan CN Anyang CN Atushi CN Baicheng CN Baiyin CN Baoding CN Baoji CN Baoshan CN Baotou CN Bazhou CN Beian CN
6. CAROLINA GUAYNABO CAC PR PROOO MAYAG EZ CAC PR PROOO PONCE CAC PR PROOO SAN JUAN MEA QA QA000 AR RAYYAN QA 001 DOHA AFR 002 BRAZZAVILLE AFR RE SAINT DENIS EUR RO 0002 ARAD EUR RO RO004 BACAU EUR RO RO026 BAIA MARE EUR RO RO007 BOTOSANI EUR RO 0008 BRAILA EUR RO RO009 BRASOV EUR RO RO010 BUCURESTI EUR RO RO011 BUZAU EUR RO RO001 CLUJ NAPOCA EUR RO ROO15 CONSTANTA EUR RO RO018 CRAIOVA EUR RO 27 DROBETA TURNU SEVERIN EUR RO ROO19 GALATI 199 Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia lasi RO Oradea RO Piatra Neamt RO Pitesti RO Ploiesti RO Rimnicu Vilcea RO Satu Mare RO Sibiu RO Suceava RO Timisoara RO Tirgu Mures RO Abakan RU Achinsk RU Angarsk RU Arkhangelsk RU Armavir RU Arzamas RU Astrakhan RU Balakovo RU Balashikha RU Barnaul RU Belgorod RU Berezniki RU Biisk RU Biysk RU Blagoveshchensk RU Bratsk RU Bryansk RU Cheboksary RU Chely
7. 106 8 1 3 Rameet t u o 106 8 1 4 8 10 2 cette 106 8 1 5 T EE 106 8 1 6 106 8 2 Alternate Sensor Interface aa 107 8 2 1 Weather Data Rc X m 107 8 2 2 A a 107 8 2 3 MAD a EE EENS 108 8 2 4 EF Radiation Sensor eter dines a e enu UO 108 8 2 5 Water Meter is sasa Q ias 108 8 3 Alternate Control rites ot a TAS Sisan 108 8 3 1 REOR T E T AB EN ENG um ep TAN Aa RE 108 8 3 2 AAPP SO Od aa ade 110 8 3 3 10 Homeseer X10 aaa 110 Redundancy and Backup sape sa a aa beer boi 111 9 1 Single Configura Onain Ng NG op Sa EEN nee 111 92 Dual PE Configuration eos 111 9 2 1 Control Mod A 111 9 2 2 Independent Applications to Support Redundancy eee 113 9 2 3 Associated lt A P Interface eet eerte ite seat ex esee ve a eie beer ees 114 9 3 Multiple Rain8Net Networks beg ga UGD ENG SAN ANG nennen enne EBEN TH NANG q 114 9 4 Configuration Backup and Selection eese naco non wanan anane enne 118 Setup Referencia 120 1041 Setup aia
8. NET unit 2 valve 3 11 2 valves o Ce NET unit 2 valve 4 Riz Rainenet Unit 2 valve o o s NET unit 2 valve 5 R13 Rainenet unit 2 valves o o 36 o NET unit 2 valve 6 Ria Rainenet unit 2 o o s o NET unit 2 valve 7 RIS Rainenet unit 2 vave o 36 T o NeT unit 2 vawe R16 Harness2 wires o 36 o Figure 15 Communication Test for Rain8Net RainSUPB 4 2 3 HomeSeer Devices mcsSprinklers can accept any Homeseer devices to be used as the zone and pump valves In this situation the physical interface to the valve is managed by Homeseer with the logical control of these devices performed by mcsSprinklers It is possible to have a combination of directly connected Rain8 units and Homeseer virtual devices The list of Homeseer devices is identified as a comma separated list of devices codes as is shown in Figure 16 Homeseer X10 IO Devices Comma separated list of Homeseer Devices to be used for valves or pumps 1 2 3 4 5 B 8 Figure 16 Identification of Homeseer Devices 4 2 4 Interface Protocol The Rain8 Net communication typically consists of a three byte command followed by a three byte acknowledges mcsSprinklers confirms that the proper acknowledge bytes are received If not then it will retry once per command sent When a valve control command is sent to the
9. Wafangdian CN Wanxian CN Weifang CN Weihai CN Weihui CN Weinan CN Wendeng CN Wenzhou CN Wuan CN Wugang CN Wuhai CN Wuhan CN Wuhu CN Wulumuqi CN Wuxi CN Wuxue CN Wuyishan CN Wuzhong CN Wuzhou CN Xiamen CN Xian CN Xiangfan CN Xiangtan CN Xiangxiang CN Xianning CN Xiantao CN Xianyang CN Xiaogan CN Xiaoshan CN Xichang CN Xifeng CN Xingcheng CN Xinghua CN Xingtai CN Xingyi CN Xining CN Xinji CN ASI CN CHO11 TONGJIANG ASI CN CHO19 TONGLIAO ASI CN CHOO1 TONGLING ASI CN 8 TONGREN ASI CN 28 TULUFAN ASI CN CHO17 TUMEN ASI CN 22 WAFANGDIAN ASI CN WANXIAN ASI CN 23 WEIFANG ASI CHO23 WEIHAI ASI CN CHO12 WEIHUI ASI CN 22 WEINAN ASI CN 23 WENDENG ASI CN CHO31 WENZHOU ASI CN CHO14 WUAN ASI CN CHO14 WUGANG ASI CN 19 WUHAI ASI CN CHO13 WUHAN ASI CN CHOO1 WUHU ASI CN CHO28 WULUMUAI ASI CN CH003 WUXI ASI CN CHO13 WUXUE ASI CN WUYISHAN ASI CN CHO20 WUZHONG ASI CN CH007 WUZHOU ASI CHO04 XIAMEN ASI CN 10 XIAN ASI CN CHO13 XIANGFAN ASI CN 26 XIANGTAN ASI CN 14 XIANGXIANG 51 013 XIANNING ASI CN 13 XIANTAO ASI CN CHO04 XIANYANG ASI CN CHO13 XIAOGAN ASI CN 1 XIAOSHAN ASI CN CHO26 XICHANG ASI CN CHO23 XIFENG AS
10. Niiza JP Nishinomiya JP Nishio JP Nobeoka JP Noda JP Numazu JP Obihiro JP Odawara JP Ogaki JP Oita JP Okayama JP Okazaki JP Okinawa JP Ome JP Omiya JP Omuta JP Osaka JP Ota JP Otaru JP Otsu JP Oyama JP Saga JP Sagamihara JP Sakai JP Sanda JP Sapporo JP Sasebo JP Sayama JP Sendai JP Seto JP Shimizu JP Shimonoseki JP Shizuoka JP Soka JP Suita JP Suzuka JP Tachikawa JP Tajimi JP Takamatsu JP Takaoka JP Takarazuka JP Takasaki JP Takatsuki JP ASI JP JA035 NIIZA ASI JP JA013 NISHINOMIYA ASI JP JA001 NISHIO ASI JP 025 NOBEOKA ASI JP 4 NODA ASI JP 038 NUMAZU ASI JP JA012 OBIHIRO ASI JP 019 ODAWARA ASI JP 009 OGAKI ASI JA030 OITA ASI JA031 OKAYAMA ASI JP 1 OKAZAKI ASI JP JA032 OKINAWA ASI JAO41 OME ASI JA014 OMIYA ASI JP JA007 ASI JP 009 OSAKA ASI JAO06 ASI JP 012 ASI JP JA036 OTSU ASI 038 OYAMA ASI JA020 SAGA ASI JP 019 SAGAMIHARA ASI JP 14 SAKAI ASI JA013 SANDA ASI JP JA012 SAPPORO ASI 027 SASEBO ASI JP JA035 SAYAMA ASI JP JAO18 SENDAI ASI JP JAO01 SETO ASI JP JA029 SHIMIZU ASI JP 46 SHIMONOSEKI ASI JP 038 SHIZUOKA ASI JP JA035 5 ASI JP 33 SUITA A
11. TU032 GAZIANTEP 0052 GEBZE 0036 HATAY 0037 ICEL 0036 ISKENDERUN 0039 ISPARTA 0040 ISTANBUL MEA TR TUO41 IZMIR MEA TR TUO42 AHRAMANMARAS MEA TR TUOOO KARABUK MEA TR TU044 KARAMAN TR TUO47 KAYSERI 0000 KIRIKKALE 0052 KOCAELI 70053 KONYA 71055 MALATYA 056 MANISA TU047 MARDIN TU062 ORDU 000 OSMANIYE MEA TR TUO65 SAKARYA MEA TR TUO66 SAMSUN MEA TR TUOOO SIIRT MEA TR TUO71 SIVAS MEA TR TUO37 TARSUS MEA TR TUO72 TEKIRDAG 214 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Trabzon TR Urfa TR Usak TR Van TR Zonguldak TR Ashkhabad TM Chardzhou TM Tashauz TM Grand Turk TC Arua UG Entebbe UG Fort Portal UG Gulu UG Jinja UG Kampala UG Lira UG Masaka UG Mbale UG Mbarara UG Moroto UG Port Bell UG Soroti UG Alchevsk UA Berdyansk UA Bila Tserkva
12. i A entente encon d agi aa wan aga yara 55 Figure 25 Individual Sensor Source Selections ooooonicnocnnonocononnononononcnnononononnnonnon nana cn non crono nn na nana nane aran cines 56 Figure 26 Port Selections for Remote Access 57 Eigure 27 Help Setup slots I Det Tee Pan la 58 Figure 28 Browser Links to Help and Other Pages oocoooonccnocnnococonononconccononannncnnononononononnonc en nean anan enne 58 Figure 29 Launch of Interface Nodes and xAP Message Selection sese 59 Figure 30 xAP Reporting Device Selection essent nenne nennen trennen nenne enne 60 Figure 31 XAP Environment OptIons u u ener pe Lote Da eoi EUR REDE ERE EO EA Na gena 61 Figure 32 Homeseer Interface Opt ons 2 2 decr pe ERE e Aa a NAGA ggap na ana an 61 Figure 33 Timed Programs Setup Matrix ea eaa nennen enne nennen nenne 62 Figure 34 Zone Moisture Trends in Area en oa nana anan anan wanen nn rennen enne 67 Figure 35 Area Control Strategy Selections ngana nennen nennen entente eene 68 Figure 36 Zone Area Sequence Control Selections sese 68 Figure 37 Zone Area Scheduling Delays ooooonconcnonncnonconocnnnncncnononcnnnonconnnnncn enne awanan 69 Figure 38 W
13. ura DL a Or EO A Re 237 1233 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers eene 239 12 4 X10 lio t vt a t eu a e ete pete eter ecol e ve eds 241 12 4 1 Equipment List citet erect eet cal can ER eto ede tea Uo dee ER Ce eae 241 124 2 Installation 2 a 241 1243 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers eene 243 1244 Troubleshooting with the Status LED nsn naa 244 12 5 UPB Su au ae sag a RRE 246 12 52 Equipment List gie oa Ho ode od 246 12 5 2 Installation iio ees 246 12 5 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers eene 248 12 5 4 Rain8UPB and UPSt8aft us aaa teen nenne aaa 249 12 5 5 Troubleshooting with the Status LED esee 250 13 R5 232 Ad plets y oet ten ea eta phia eate aiden ir cre Tes wee as 251 13 1 CUSB eSeral25 ue ER Ee etre t maag credite oe u eias 251 Figure System Architecture poa da 19 Figure 2 Desktop Tray Access to Status Pages 22 Figure 3 Standalone Registration Page esses trennen innere nennen enne 26 Figure 4 Homeseer Licensing of mcesSprinklers eese nne nee 26 Figure 5 Startup Splash Ser e dee nene iere ise 26 Figure 6 Visual User Interface ccn a rnt Dee a eoe re 27 Figure 7 Views Available from Graphical U
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15. 20 Syring NET 1 Valve 2 Backyard East Y Auto 5 Manual Syring NET 1 Valve 3 Garden Front Auto 25 20 Syring NET 1 Valve 4 Sideyard Rock Pumps synnal Figure 19 Layout Page The watering strategy to be applied to a zone is described in Automated Control Strategy Auto Minutes applies to this strategy The time for the first program is shown on the zone setup page If multiple watering times i e programs are defined for an Area then a clickable icon will appear next to the Auto time entry By default the zone s duration for each program is the same but can be tailored with a different duration for each watering period By selecting a zero value for a zone s program the zone will be 50 excluded from this specific program but still participate others Clicking the icon will bring up the panel as shown in Figure 21 Manual Minutes applies to direct or remote control Manual control will supersede auto program control and can be used as often as desired without affecting the total duration of the auto program Syringing Minutes is the light sprinkling of water on turf usually done during the hottest part of the day to prevent wilting During the hottest days of the year the Evapotranspiration rate often exceeds the plants ability to draw water in from the soil The result of this water deficit is wilt To reduce the stress from this water deficit syringi
16. Zone Status General Status Run Log Touch screen UI Zone Status General Status Run Log Run Projection Touch screen UI Zone Status General Status Run Log Run Projection Touch screen UI Scripting Automation Interface No No Yes 14 RECORDS and HISTORY Wiring Color Record Yes Wire Harnesses 3 32 32 Zone Area and Site Digital Pictures Yes Yes Water Use Accounting Calculated Soil Moisture Trends No Yes Yes Valve Activation Logging No Yes Yes Number of Loadable Configurations Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Scheduled Historical Database No MS Access MS Access SQL Server My SQL SQLite Historical Calendar No Weather Items Weather Items Soil Moisture Level Soil Moisture Level Runtime Runtime Water Use Fertigation Annual Trend Charts No Yes Yes Daily Detail Statistics No Yes Yes 15 SAFETY and BACKUP Redundancy Hot Backup Self Monitored Multiple PCs Min and Safety Intervals Yes Communication retry and failure Yes Yes Yes Internet Login Authentication Yes Yes Yes Email Notification Yes 1 2 Acknowledgements Version of mcsSprinklers was introduced in 2003 into the Homeseer community Many users provided valuable feedback to improve the usability of mcsSprinklers Of particular value was th
17. 2 LUTSK EUR UA UP013 LVOV 215 Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom Lysychansk UA Makeyevka UA Mariupol UA Melitopol UA Odessa UA Pavlograd UA Poltava UA Rovno UA Sevastopol UA Severodonetsk UA Simferopol UA Slavyansk UA Stakhanov UA Sumy UA Ternopol UA Uzhgorod UA Zaporozhye UA Zhitomir UA Abu Dhabi AE Al Ain AE Al Fujairah AE Dubai AE Ras Khaimah AE Sharjah AE Aberdeen UK Ashfield UK Banstead UK Barking and Dagenham UK Barnet UK Barnsley UK Basildon UK Baskingstoke and Deane UK Bath and North East Somerset UK Bedford UK Bedworth UK Belfast UK EUR UA UPO12 LYSYCHANSK EUR UA 4 MAKEYEVKA EUR UA 4 MARIUPOL EUR UA 2000 MELITOPOL EUR UA UP015 ODESSA EUR UA UP003 PAVLOGRAD EUR UA 26 POLTAVA EUR UA 16 ROVNO EUR UA UP011 SEVASTOPOL EUR UA UP012 SEVERODONETSK EUR UA UPO11 SIMFEROPOL EUR UA UP004 SEAVYANSK EUR UA
18. Config mesSprinklersP Disabled N A mesSprinklersS Disabled N A Figure 4 Homeseer Licensing of mcsSprinklers 3 4 Startup Following validation of the registration or the trial mcsSprinklers will initiate its startup initialization During this time it provides significant checks to assure data is consistent While checking and when not running as a service it will show a splash screen such as Figure 5 At the bottom of the screen will be a progress bar that shows its relative progress and segment it is processing Figure 5 Startup Splash Screen 26 Following this check there will a short delay while Windows manages its resources Startup is complete when the mcsSprinklers icon appears in the Windows tray at the bottom right of the screen When performing setup operations mcsSprinklers looks for unexpected behaviors Since it does not want to save a potentially corrupt setup it will not save changes made while errors are detected The message log or the General Debug output file will provide further information about detected inconsistencies 3 5 Initial Setup 3 5 1 Visual User Interface The setup for various scenarios is shown by example in the remaining paragraphs of this section Once the setup is complete the user has the option of visibility of finest details maintained by mcsSprinklers via the General Status Zone Status and Run List pages These views provide the visibility when needed but for general operations f
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20. priority exists because some environments use xAP to obtain data from the internet and the priority schema reduce the internet access traffic Forecast data will be obtained no more often than once per 30 minutes AWS or WeatherUnderground data will be obtained on 5 minute intervals except when Wind in selected as a restriction criteria and then it will be done on 1 minute intervals The AWS or WeatherUnderground data will be obtained from the primary source when available After three no reports from that site the secondary and then tertiary site will be used Since weather and forecast data is obtained from the internet there must be a connection to the internet that allows mcsSprinklers to access the reporting sites This means an always on internet connection must be available and any firewall must allow mcsSprinklers to pass data The reporting sites selected for Current Weather and Forecast are also expected to update their information on a regular basis Should any barrier to successful updates occur for one hour of Current Weather or two hours of Forecast then mcsSprinklers will provide notification a Homeseer environment status will be provided by changing the status of the Last Weather or Last Forecast status devices In the Standalone environment it will popup a message from its tray icon When this situation occurs it may be useful to observe the contents of the files starting with in the C Program FilestmcsS prinklers
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22. Unit 1 8 Unit 9 16 Valve 7 Timers Enable Timers Valve 8 Figure 81 Rain8X10 EPROM Setup Minutes 240 12 4 Rain8 X10 Il The Rain8II is 8 zone irrigation controller that responds to ON and OFF X10 commands that are unique to each zone This product supports the standard X10 Status Request codes for true 2 way operation A is connected to the PC that host mesSprinklers to provide the power line commands to the Rain8 X10 II 12 4 1 Equipment List Initial Module 1 Rain8II module 2 110 to 24 vac 20 wall mounted transformer 3 Black modular cable 4 RS232 serial cable DB9 both ends 5 5 05 Power line interface Expansion Module s 1 Rain8II module 2 Black modular cable 3 Modular cable splitter Other Interface Components 1 CMIIA PC Power line Interface 2 5for 1 splitter 80069 12 4 2 Installation Controller Location e Select a mounting location that is close to an electrical outlet and the valve wires that will connect to it e controller should not be exposed to water If used outside it is necessary to provide a weather proof housing for your Rain8 http www wgldesigns com r8outdoor html Mount your controller to a smooth dry surface by means of the enclosed Velcro strips Wiring the Valves e If the maximum distance is less then 600 feet use a single 20 gauge plastic insulated wire for each valve Each v
23. 12 minutes The Seasonal percentages also apply to a zone s duration These are applied on a month by month basis A month that has 70 value for its seasonal percentage will reduce the zone s duration by 30 If it was setup for 60 minutes and the month s seasonal percentage is 7046 then the actual duration when a cycle is run will be 60 7 2 42 minutes Note that the time slot factors also apply with the resultant time being the composite of the two When a control strategy based upon soil moisture is used then the scheduling automatically changes based up daily and seasonal variations When a time based strategy is used this automatic adjustment does not occur mcsSprinklers provides a means to accomplish a similar effect on a monthly basis In this case the watering times are scaled by a percentage factor so when watering does occur it will occur for a shorter period as the seasonal need for additional moisture is reduced When a zip code is first selected the historical percentages for each month will be inserted as the starting point These can be manually changed and will remain until the zip code is changed The setup segment is shown in Figure 40 and Figure 41 The seasonal variations can be manually entered per Figure 40 or the entire group for all areas can be done with the radio setting of Figure 41 A global selection for 10096 removes the effect of seasonal variation A global setting to Historical averages sets all values to their
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25. GOMEZ PALACIO 14 GUADALAJARA 5 GUADALUPE MX002 HERMOSILLO 11 IRAPUATO 27 JALAPA 15 CIUDAD JU REZ LA PAZ 011 1 15 CIUDAD LOPEZ 5 MX 25 LOS MOCHIS 28 MATAMOROS 25 MAZATL N MX MX002 M RIDA MX002 MEXICALI MX MX009 MEXICO CITY MINATITL N 190 Moldova Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Monclova MX Monterrey MX Morelia MX Naucalpan MX Netzahualcoyotl MX Nogales MX Nuevo Laredo MX Oaxaca MX Obregon MX Orizaba MX Pachuca MX Poza Rica De Hidalgo MX Puebla De Zaragoza MX Queretaro MX Reynosa MX Salamanca MX Saltillo MX San Luis Potosi MX
26. Selection of one of the five strategies for any Area that will be used is required and when selected any additional entries under it are needed The first three are time based strategies which are the traditional modes for irrigation control The last two are based upon the foliage s need for water which is either measured or calculated based upon Evapotranspiration This setup is shown in Figure 35 Area 1 Control Strategy Obs orwe neones O Er Colalated Soil Sensor Scale Sunday Mond Every 100 wet Min Moisture onda 00 1 When soil Tuesday Odd Days days moisture goes Wednesday l Trigger below this Thursd 2 Even Days Starting 30 level a new ursday Date cycle will start Friday 0 dry 60 Saturday 0 Time delay after cycle to allow moisture sensor to register moisture 10 minutes Measured Input Source None 9 Soil Sensor Source Address mcs OneWire MCS6xapmcs1Wire Soil Moisture 11000010F3612430 Moisture Figure 35 Area Control Strategy Selections Sequence control will usually be set so that only one zone at the site is running at a time This is the situation because of limited water pressure availability If pressure is adequate for more than a single zone then the default of one zone at a time can be increased This can be done by either identifying the number of zones that can be running at the same time or it can be done by identifying
27. Send All Off Command Communication Test Find Rain8 Modules Maximum time to wait for Rain8 Net and WiFi response 5000 milliseconds Comma separated Rain8 Net and WiFi Module Numbers 12 Rain8 Net and WiFi 2 Send All Of Command Communication Test Find Rain8 Modules Maximum time to wait for Rain8 Net and WiFi 2 response 5000 milliseconds Comma separated Rain8 Net and WiFi 2 Module Numbers Figure 12 Rain8 Net based Module Address Setup Rain8 UPB Comma separated Rain8UPB Module Numbers UPB Network ID fi Figure 13 Rain8 UPB Module Address Setup The EtherRain is identified by its Name IP address and port The Find EtherRain Modules button is used to populate the information This will list each module on the LAN and complete the number of modules text box If the information is correct the Save Changes button at the top of the page should be used to record the discovered information When mcsSprinklers starts it will show a blue circle next to each EtherRain module name It will change to green after successful communication to it and red after it fails to respond If a setup is being done without the EtherRain modules connected the Number of Modules text box should be completed and a set of blank rows will be presented as placeholders The module names can be entered and the IP will be populated automatically later when the modules are connected When taking this offline ap
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29. 2 1 Figure 74 Rain8 Net Manual Entry of Module Numbers When mesSprinklers commands a valve of a module that is interfaced through xapmcsRain8Net it will send a message over the LAN The module that recognizes the command will act upon it and provide a status response when the valve hardware indicates the desired position has been achieved If a status response is not received by mcsSprinklers within 15 seconds then it will reissue the command up to two additional times Three no responses or the unexpected response will cause mcsSprinklers to show the valve as failed on its status display This is the same behavior as if the valve was connected internally by mesSprinklers 117 9 4 Configuration Backup and Selection mesSprinklers maintains configuration setup information for the currently active setup is retained in the file Config mcesSprinklers ini Each time a configuration change is made it saves a backup copy of the prior configuration in the same location with a numeric suffix added to the filename Up to 10 backups are saved in this manner Restoration of one of these backups can be performed from the Other page Configuration Administration section Restore Configuration from Auto Backup selection as shown in Figure 75 The date of each of these backups will be shown in reverse chronological order It is also possible to develop more than one configuration save the configuration and then restore it For example there may be a
30. 9 Increase up to 200 control 100 to 0 Increase up to 200 control 200 to 0 Figure 42 Area Specific Restrictions and Carryover 5 2 2 Suggestions for Calibration of Calculated Evaporation There are many factors that affect the soil moisture content mcsSprinklers attempts to simplify the setup for this calculation however it is still not a simple matter There are two primary considerations One is how long should a zone be watered and the second is how often should it be watered The duration is based upon the volume of water that can be applied over a fixed area of crop This is dictated by the water flow rates and the efficiency of the irrigation heads at evenly dispersing the water mcsSprinklers does not attempt to calculate the duration but will adjust the duration on a month to month basis to account for seasonal factors related to soil moisture content A nominal duration of 30 to 60 minutes is a reasonable starting point Observe the moisture content in the soil immediately after a cycle and make adjustments up or down to achieve the desired result If allowed to run in auto mode mcsSprinklers will always engage zone for the duration specified When the cycle is complete it assumes that the moisture content is at 100 This is true if the moisture content was 0 or 50 when the cycle started 74 The adjustments to be made with the software settings related to how long does it take for the moisture to be released f
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32. ASI 6 YANGJIANG ASI CN CHO25 YANGQUAN ASI CN CHO15 YANGZHOU ASI CN CHO12 YANJI ASI 23 YANTAI ASI CN 26 YIBIN ASI CHO13 YCHANG ASI CN CHO11 YICHUN ASI CN 20 YINCHUAN ASI CN CHO13 YNGCHENG ASI CN CHO18 YINGKOU ASI CN CHO16 YNGTAN ASI CN CHO16 YINING ASI CN 28 YIWU ASI CN CHO15 YIXING ASI CN CHO12 YYANG ASI CN CHO10 YIZHOU ASI CN 25 YONGAN ASI CN CHO14 YONGZHOU ASI CN CHO30 YUANJIANG ASI CN 25 YUCI ASI CN CHO14 YUEYANG ASI CN CHOO7 YULIN ASI CN CHO22 YULIN ASI CN 5 YUMEN ASI CN 25 YUNCHENG ASI CN 10 YUTIAN ASI CN CHOO4 YUXI ASI CN CHO04 YUYAO ASI CN 12 YUZHOU ASI CN 23 ZAOZHUANG 163 Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Zhalantun CN Zhangjiagang CN Zhangjiakou CN Zhangshu CN Zhangye CN Zhangzhou CN Zhanjiang CN Zhaodong CN Zhaoqing CN Zhaotong CN Zhaoyang CN Zhengzhou CN Zhenjiang CN Zhicheng CN Zhongshan
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36. Connect the DB 9 connector on the to a serial cable with the other end plugged into a serial port on your PC It is not necessary to provide power for the unit as it can derive what it needs for programming from the serial port 12 4 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 83 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with a Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com At this point there is no need for anything to be connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port Select the PC serial port that is connected to the Rain8 Select desired address for this module Each module that is programmed must have a unique address The address consists of an X10 House code in the range A through P and one of two banks of eight unit codes Select the Enable Rain8 Timers checkbox so the Rain8 will turnoff each zone as a safety precaution Enter the timeout amount for each of the 8 valves This value will be a few minutes longer than the longest that a zone will be run at any one time The Rain8 X10 is a two way X10 device that is able to provide its status immediately after command is received or provide its status only when explicitly polled for a status response When using mcsSprinklers as the only X10 controller then the configura
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39. In a setup where a single limited pressure water source is available the selection will be normally to be make zones part of a single master sequence If each area has a pump or the single source capacity can support multiple zones at the same time then the Zones in area sequence will be the normal selection The Zones in area parallel selection is most appropriate for water features such as fountains where these features will all be started at the same time In a setup were adequate water pressure and flow rates are available then zones can be scheduled to run simultaneously to utilize the available flow This can be done by identifying the number of zones that can be running at the same time or by the flow rate that can be supported In the second case the zone by zone flow rates from the Zone Setup Page are used to support the scheduling 10 5 4 Interzone Scheduling Delays A zone will normally be allowed to run for the auto duration specified This total duration can be split into equal time segments so the zones in the area are watered in a round robin fashion until the total duration has been done The number of round robin cycles is a text box entry delay between each round robin cycle can also be added to assure that adequate time for water absorption exists between each cycle 127 A fixed delay between each zone also be added to account for other factors that dictate that irrigation is spaced over time rather than continuous
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43. OVERLAND PARK US CA OXNARD 05 05 Panama City 05 05 NAM 05 PATERSON PEMBROKE PINES US IL PEORIA PHILADELPHIA 05 2 PHOENIX NAM 05150 PIERRE NAM US PA PITTSBURGH NAM US TX PLANO NAM US CA POMONA NAM US FL PORT SAINT LUCIE NAM US OR PORTLAND US VA PORTSMOUTH NAM US RI PROVIDENCE US UT PROVO NAM US CO PUEBLO NAM US NC RALEIGH NAM US CA RANCHO CUCAMONGA 05 05 05 RIVERSIDE 05 ROCHESTER NAM US MD ROCK SPRINGS NAM US WY ROCK SPRINGS NAM US IL ROCKFORD NAM US NM Roswell NAM US CA SACRAMENTO US MO SAINT LOUIS US MN SAINT PAUL US OR SALEM US CA SALINAS NAM US UT SALT LAKE CITY 05 5 ANTONIO 05 BERNARDINO US CA SAN DIEGO 225 United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United State
44. Rain8 X10 Port opened on 1 10 31 2009 6 47 47 P 7 328125 X10 OUT 9B 10 31 2009 6 47 47 P 7 328125 X10 OUT 9B 10 31 2009 6 47 53 P 67673 75 X10 OUT 1 2 04 66 10 31 2009 6 47 53 P 67673 75 X10 OUT 04 10 31 2009 6 47 53 P 3 765625 X10 OUT 66 Figure 17 Serial IO Communications Diagnostic Window 4 2 5 Valve Wire to Controller The valve wires have previously been routed from the field and installed in the Rain8 terminal blocks The next step is to identify how these wires were connected to the terminal block i e what valve wire is associated with which valve control This setup is done with the Setup2 Wiring page shown in Figure 18 The control valves that are available will be shown in the pull down in the second column of the page The valves available are those identified in the prior step The Location column is used to provide a recognizable name for the zone that is controlled by the valve This location name is used for status display and voice commands The Picture File is the file path to a digital image that shows the landscape covered by the valve wire It is used later as a popup image for zone reference identification and as the primary identification method when using the touch screen graphic interface The upper right corner of each harness group is a value that identifies how many wires are contained in the harness It will default to 8 and can be expanded or reduced by changing
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46. SAM PE PEO20 SULLANA SAM PE 23 SAM PE PEO13 TRUJILLO ASI PH RPOO6 ANGELES 196 Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Philippines Bacolod PH Bago PH Baguio Batangas Butuan Cabanatuan PH Cadiz De Oro Calbayog PH Caloocan PH Cebu PH Cotabato PH Dagupan PH Davao PH General Santos PH lligan PH lloilo PH Legaspi PH Lipa PH Lucena City PH Makati PH Mandaluyong PH Mandaue PH Manila PH Marawi PH Muntinlupa PH Naga PH Olongapo PH Ormoc PH Ozamis PH Pagadian PH Pasay PH Pasig PH Puerto Princesa PH Quezon City PH Roxas PH San Carlos PH San Pablo PH Silay PH Surigao PH Tacloban PH Toledo PH Zamboanga PH ASI PH RPOOO BACOLOD ASI PH RPO10 BAGO ASI PH RPO11 BAGUIO ASI PH 16 BATANGAS ASI PH 22 BUTUAN ASI PH 23 CABANATUAN ASI PH RPO24 CADIZ ASI PH 26
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51. VE012 PUNTO FIJO SAM VE VEO21 SAN CRIST BAL SAM VE VE002 TURMERO SAM VE VE007 VALENCIA SAM VE VE022 VALERA ASI VN VM052 ASI VN VMO41 CANTHO ASI VN VMO16 DA NANG ASI VN VM037 DALAT ASI VN VM029 HAIPHONG ASI VN VM017 HANOI ASI VN VMO60 HO CHI MINH CITY ASI VN VM052 HON GAI ASI VN VM044 HUE ASI VN VMO60 LONGXUYEN ASI VN 59 ASI VN VM042 NAMDINH ASI VN VMO11 NHATRANG ASI VN VMO19 QUI ASI VN VMO60 RACH GIA ASI VN VM057 THAI NGUYEN ASI VN VMO60 VINH WI EL YE 001 ADEN YE 004 HODEIDAH YE YMOOO SANAA 008 TAIZ AFR ZM ZA001 CHINGOLA AFR ZM ZA007 KABWE 2 ZA001 KITWE AFR ZM ZA001 LUANSHYA AFR ZM 2 000 LUSAKA 2 ZA001 MUFULIRA 228 Zambia Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Ndola Bulawayo ZW Chitungwiza ZW Gweru ZW Harare ZW Mutare ZW AFR ZM ZA001 NDOLA AFR ZW ZI005 BULAWAYO AFR ZW 21003 CHITUNGWIZA AFR ZW 21000 GWERU AFR ZW 21003 HARARE AFR ZW 21000 MUTARE 229 12 Rain8 Hardware Setup 12 1Rain8 Net The Rain8net is a modular 8 zone sprinkler controller module that is driven by a RS232 serial port Additional units may be daisy chained to provide control and 24 VAC power to as many as 2040 irrigation zones from a single COM
52. When duration is specified it must be in minutes Single minute increments up to 20 and then five minute increments up to 95 are accepted Table 3 Voice Recognition Commands Objective Voice Command Obtain status of active zone or next scheduled Sprinkler Status zone and any inhibits that are active Turn off a sprinkler zone Turn Off ZoneName Turn off a sprinkler zone Turn ZoneName Off Turn on a sprinkler zone for a 20 minutes Turn On For 20 Minutes ZoneName Turn on a sprinkler zone for a 20 minutes Turn ZoneName On For 20 Minutes The voice command can come from either a microphone on the local PC or on one from another PC on the LAN In the LAN activated configuration the xapmcsVoice exe program must be running on the computer with the microphone A voice command can also request status The computer will respond will identification of any zone that is currently running and the projected next start time of the other zones 93 7 Status Reporting Status is available from the two browser pages from which manual control is performed from the run list page and via computer generated speech in response to the voice status request A tray icon is also used to provide a quick status from the local desktop The icon appears as a colored base with water drops spewing upward The base is green with one or more zones are being irrigated It is yellow then a Message Page entry has been made for notification It is blue
53. achieved by applying a set amount of water at regular intervals In more sophisticated situations this objective is achieved by applying water when the soil moisture content becomes sufficiently low In both of these situations there may be overriding considerations such as local water conservation regulations that limit when water can be used for irrigation The basic automation is achieved using a control model similar to standard timer based sprinkler controllers These controllers can be setup to water a zone on a regular interval or on a specific set of days of a week The timed controller will enable cycling of typically four to twelve zones in sequence Multiple controllers can be used to satisfy the needs of multiple distribution areas In a fixed time fixed interval strategy the amount of water delivered is independent of the environmental conditions that drive the actual amount of water that is needed to maintain the desired soil moisture level Hot sunny days will extract more moisture from the plants and soil than cool cloudy days Wind also has a contributory effect on moisture loss and the need for replacement of this loss The amount of water actually needed is a function of several parameters The primary factors are moisture loss soil quality foliage type and efficiency of the sprinkler head distribution All of these factors except moisture loss are known at the time that irrigation valves and sprinkler heads are installed The moi
54. or on or off depending upon the second word In the case of an ON command an optional number of minutes can be spoken followed by the word minutes 10 7 10 RF Code The RF address that is associated with the zone is entered in the box When this RF code is received then the zone will turn ON for the manual minutes or turn OFF depending upon the RF command The manual minutes are entered on the Zone Setup page 134 10 8Setup8 Weather 10 8 1 Time and Weather Setup Sunrise sunset and weather information are based upon location The zip code is used to determine the location Weather data is obtained from the Internet with the zip code as the means of identification of the local vicinity The forecast data is provided by AccuWeather NWS or WeatherUnderground The AWS or WeatherUnderground network of reporting sites provides the current weather data Up to three sites can be selected The primary will be used unless it fails to report then the other sites will be used This will provide forecast information and default ET profile ET Calculations require a measure of the solar radiation which is generally not directly available mcsSprinklers estimates this value based upon other weather related information A calibration factor is provided to allow refinement of this estimate for a specific location The nominal value is 1 If increased to 1 5 then the ET will be approximately increased by a factor of 1 5 This will yield moisture loss at
55. which the mcsSprinklers landscape and portrait views are downloaded into the phone or tablet A screenshot of the designer with the upload service prompt is shown in Figure 55 The two views are available in the Command Fusion Designer Project File mcsSprinklers gui that can be found in the bin folder of the mcsSprinklers install A user is welcome to customize the layout of the two views prior to transferring to the phone or tablet but the customization will be only cosmetic and not functional For example a new button could not be added since mcsSprinklers would not know about the function of that new button A dedicated port is used to communicate between the PC and the client This port is setup on mcsSprinklers Other Page and it is also setup with settings on the client The third location is on the download of the landscape and portrait skins from the PC to the client Port 8019 has been used during testing Note that mcsSprinklers or the download service of the designer can be connected to the port to the client but not both at the same time When downloading the skins to the client mcsSprinklers should not be running mandFusion pem mcsSprinklers gui B Da File Edit View Themes Window Help SE kq elp 5 5 gt 42 8 T ve 5 5 W de Ha 5 Projects System Manager H Upload Service MB 9 xm x Startup ee E E Lo
56. 000 000 0000 enne nete nennen rennen trennen nnne 248 Figure 86 Rain8 UPB EPROM Set Du su alan A er oe 249 List of Tables Table 1 mesSprinklers Version Comparison essere enne nenne nennen nenne 11 Table 2 Sottware Interface Modules eco ena e ni 22 Table 3 Voice Recognition Commands q Sua sS nennen nennen trennen s e nennen nennen 93 1 Overview mcsSprinklers is an integrated commercial residential irrigation control package that uses readily available personal computer resources or low powered dedicated computer to optimally irrigate an installation It takes advantage of internet technology to obtain current environmental conditions as well as forecast data from which projected rainfall and evaporation is determined Ituses the Rain8 and EtherRain family of valve controllers to provide control via the existing power line wired to the PC or wireless It also supports integration with Homeseer and xAP to augment the family of valves that can be controlled and further integration with other aspects of automation Irrigation control can be based upon calculated waterfall evaporation measured soil moisture or three forms of periodic timed control Mixtures of these modes can be used as well Normal watering periods can be altered based upon current conditions such as wind speed day of week forecasted rainfall and several o
57. 1 5 times the initial estimated rate 10 8 2 Optional Alternate Weather Source Current weather conditions can be obtained from either AWS sites or WeatherUnderground sites The AWS stations are shown for the selected zip code while the WeatherUnderground station codes are entered based upon viewing the below link and navigating to your location In general they both provide the same set of weather data used by mcsSprinklers but in some WeatherUnderground sites the Solar Radiation and UV are also available http www wunderground com weatherstation ListStations asp selectedState W A amp selectedCountry Unit ed States Multiple stations can be selected from either provider but only one provider can be used at time 10 8 3 Optional Alternate Forecast Source Weather forecast and solar data can be obtained from AccuWeather NWS or WeatherUnderground When obtained from WeatherUnderground a API license key must be obtained See paragraph 4 2 6 for registration information for WeatherUnderground forecast feed NWS data is based upon latitude and longitude so no additional entries are needed when using NWS 10 8 4 Optional Local Weather Source When a local weather station is available it can provide the most customized current conditions information Weather stations can be interfaced via an IP LAN connection for the Weatherhawk weather station or via a comma separated data file for most other weather stations that support a PC interface If the
58. 9 6 Update mcsSprinklers Version from Web or Local Backup mcsSprinklers updated are often available The latest available is shown on the Version column for Web in this section This is updated each midnight or with use of the Refresh button on the same row If the Update button is used then the current version will be replaced by the one from the web site The current one will become a backup and can be reloaded by selecting to restore from local on the desired row of this section Each version update will result in a restart of mcsSprinklers 10 9 7 HTTP Browser Interface Browser interface to mcsSprinklers is via a specific port to provide maximum security A few ports have specific purposes but most are available 10 9 8 Browser Display Options The colors and general style of the browser user interface presentation can be altered to better suit user preferences The overall style is controlled by the style sheet Individual foreground colors and the overall background colors are independent of the style sheet The icon size on the General Status page can also be adjusted as well as the overall width of the tables in which the data is formatted 137 General Status Zone Status pages information that change over time Refresh setting in this section is used to identify the interval at which the browser page will update for these two status pages The browser size and position can be explicitly co
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62. CM11A Power line interfaces Two W800 RF Interfaces Two Computers running in Active Standby irrigation mode Computer 1 name is and contains CM11A interface and W800 interface Computer 2 name is GARAGE and contains CM11A interface W800 interface Same Rain8 controller hardware as scenario 4 The setup will be performed on the primary computer first and then when completed a few changes will be made from the secondary computer The following applies to the primary computer MAIN This computer needs to have the folder where mcsSprinklers is installed to be shared over the LAN Consult your Windows operating system documentation to make this folder shared Computer 1 MAIN Setup1 Rain8 No Change Setup2 Wiring No Change Setup4 Zone No Change Setup5 Area No Change Setup6 Restrictions No Change Setup7 Remote Control No Change Setup9 Other Redundancy backup mode selected as Standby Backup This will cause a blue highlight to the middle of the Others page when the Save 15 clicked Computer 2 GARAGE On the second computer GARAGE the mcsSprinklers application is started after the computer 1 setup is complete This will allow the sharing of the setup that was previously done It can be changed from either computer at any time and both will be updated Setup9 Other Redundancy backup mode selected as Standby Backup This will cause a blue highlight to the middle of the Others page when the Save is clicked Note
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68. IP interface is used then the IP address is entered on the setup If a data file is used then the path to the data file is entered and this can be aided by browsing the file system 10 8 5 Weather Sensor Source Various internet and local weather station sources of weather sensor and forecast can be used In some case one source may provide more reliable data that another source Each sensor source that is to be used by 135 mcsSprinklers be individually selected from the available sources that have been identified from the various optional sources In some cases only the sensor source needs to be selected Where additional parameters such as the column position of a data file source are needed an entry position will be made available to make that entry 10 8 6 Method to Download Internet Data Two approaches to download internet data area provided The option also exists to not obtain weather and forecast information from the internet The default download method uses a separate control while the other uses core functions within Windows The preferred is but the other is available if problems exist with the primary method 136 10 9Setup9 Other 10 9 1 Version Options Displayed mesSprinklers runs in either of three set of capabilities enabled with the highest level available dependent upon the license obtained Selection of a lower version is primarily intended for trial mode evaluation and can also be advant
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72. LED 1 2 seconds OFF Normal operation to turn on or off a zone Incoming command detected with a NID code and DID code that is enabled The specified zone will now have 24V AC between in and the common terminal s Intermittent flashing LED very short OFF Incoming UPB signal detected with NID or DID codes that are not enabled No zones will be active Checking it out Checkout can be done after setup of the RainSUPB within mcsSprinklers by running the Communication test It can also be setup with a test application that is available from http wgldesigns com rain8upb html This program runs on a PC and requires a second to communicate with the power line and present UPB signals to your Rain8UPB 1 Verify your Rain8upb s green LED is on steady 2 Select the COM port number your second is connected to and click connect 3 Enter the NID that was configured earlier 4 Enter the assigned rain8 module number 5 Click on the key that represents the zone you wish to activate 6 Click on send on cmd and specified zone should now have 24V AC between its terminal and common COM 7 Ifthe auto query is enabled an automatic status request is transmitted each time a command is sent The results of the query are a sold green circle if the zone is active and a checkered one if it is off gray circle indicates no response from the query Possibly due to no matching NID or DID The query command can also
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75. PC Interface selects External via Address The address in the text box can be left blank since only one interface node will be implemented Commands to control the Rain8Wireless will now be delivered as xAP messages over the LAN rather than as a direct connection to the CM17A Setup2 Wiring No Change Setup4 Zone No Change Setup5 Area No Change Setup6 Restrictions No Change Setup7 Remote Control The W800 IP and W800 Port boxes are left blank This means there is no W800 directly connected to this PC but will get the W800 reports via the LAN Setup9 Other Redundancy backup mode selected as Standby Backup This will cause a blue highlight to the middle of the Others page when the Save is clicked Launch Redundant Application on Startup Rain 8 Interfaces Wireless Interface checkbox checked so that the interface to the CM17A will be activated next time mcsSprinklers starts The interface software user interface will appear in the tray as a missile like icon When this icon is clicked a setup option will appear and the port number entered for the CM17A interface is entered Note that is secondary setup can only be done after mcsSprinklers has been restarted Supplemental xAP Interface Start Hub checkbox is checked This will allow xAP communications on this computer Computer 2 GARAGE On the second computer GARAGE the mcsSprinklers application is started after the computer 1 setup is complete This will allow the
76. Password Authentication SPA More Settings Figure 67 Typical Outlook Email Settings The Send a Test Email button can be used to try the settings that you have entered If success you will receive an email message If there was a problem then the information provided by your Email server will be visible from the Messages Link or Messages Menu item 103 Email Notification Email address to send notifications of major events myName myEmail com SMTP Mail Server SMTP Port Authenticatio smtpoutnet 25 Account Username Account Password myEmail 110 Login via Send a Test Email Figure 68 Email Notification of Major Events Setup 7 7 Log of Valve Control Each valve control action is logged in a database and this log can be reviewed to provide evidence if a zone has been run The log is accessed from the Log browser link at the top of each page It will show the sequential record of each valve action over the past week Figure 69 shows a typical log The order can be sorted using the Time Valve Location or Status buttons The view can be restricted to less than seven days by entry of a Since date and using the Log Since button The entire log can be deleted with the Clear Log Button The Control Log selection as part of the Miscellaneous Options on the Site Page is available to toggle the inclusion exclusion of the
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79. STATUS_REQUEST and response in the log This selection is shown in Figure 41 104 5 9 2006 File Sunrise 5 55 AM Sunset 8 05 3 1 Clear Log 5 9 2006 s s 2006 10 52 044 11 RainsLeftFrontEntry Shrubs 5 9 2006 10 54 32 off 5 9 2006 10 54 42 AM STATUS REQUEST 5 9 2006 10 55 05 AM 5 9 2006 10 56 05 AM off 5 9 2006 10 56 15 AM STATUS REQUEST 5 9 2006 10 56 36 AM off 5 9 2006 10 57 59 AM on Figure 69 Log of Prior Week Valve Actions 105 8 Interface Details 8 1 Rain8 Module Control 8 1 1 Rain8 Net The Rain8 Net is managed directly via a serial port on the local PC A valve command is delivered the Rain8 Net acknowledges the commanded valve state and mcsSprinklers status devices are updated Three retries will be performed should the expected acknowledge not be received After three retries the valve status will be set to Fail In a Homeseer configuration the fail status will be observed as Unknown status For Rain8Net devices connected through IP Serial adapters mcsSprinklers will cycle power on these devices when a connection is lost and cannot be reestablished To take advantage of this capability there needs to be a device such as an appliance module that can be controlled by X10 UPB xAP or Homeseer device 8 1 2 Rain8 Wireless The Rain8 Wireless is managed via a local serial port via 10 command or the Homeseer X10 interface should this Homeseer int
80. The export from UPStart is used as the input when other automation is integrated with UPB Unfortunately UPStart does not see the Rain8UPB as a standard UPB module The solution is to create 8 UPB Appliance modules with their DID s mapped into the 8 Rain8 DIDs to become place holders for the Rain8UPBs 249 To installer must enter the module numbers that were previously programmed into the RainSUPB For example you have one RainSUPB module and it is configured to be module ID 3 the actual UPB device ID s will be 17 through 24 for these 8 valves As the user installer you need to select module ID s that will result in Device IDs that are not already being used by UPStart If what you have selected overlaps with your existing UPB network then you will need to reprogram the Rain8UPB to find an unused sequence of UPB DID s It also means that in the future when you add other UPB modules you will not want to add these at the same device address as the Rain8UPBs 12 5 5 Troubleshooting with the Status LED This Rain8 features a status LED visible from the bottom on the module just the left of the RJ45 network jacks No LED The Rain8 is not running Verify 24VAC transformer is connected to the last two terminals Steady LED Everything is working okay No incoming commands Regular flashing LED No PIM detected Check modular cable and verify correct type Verify interface plugged in to outlet and connected to Rain8 Intermittent flashing
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84. When xAP is used then one xAP hub must be running on each involved computer If one does not already exists then it can be launched by mcsSprinklers by checking the Start Hub checkbox Furthermore each applications that uses as a communication mechanism needs to have a unique identifier The default for mcsSprinklers is FF000800 The default for the secondary mcsSprinklers is FF000900 These can be changed as necessary to assure that each application has a unique identifier 9 3 Multiple Rain8Net Networks When using the power line to provide distribution of commands to the Rain8X10 or the Rain8UPB there is usually no need to have more than a single power line interface for mcsSprinklers to manage In the case of a large wired network using the Rain8Net then situations may arise where more than a single Rain8Net or Rain8 WiFi master will be put into service This is especially true if the Rain8Net is in the Rain8 WiFi configuration were multiple WiFi IP addresses are being employed The multiple network configurations are supported by one of two methods One is with multiple ports on the host PC and the other is with distributed interfaces using the LAN and xAP When using multiple ports on the host PC then the setup is simply the identification of the number of masters and the port for each master on the Rain8 setup page The only special consideration is that each Rain8 modules must have a unique modules address event though it is interfaced t
85. adapted from code posted by Gregg Housh 17 2 System Architecture The system architecture uses a modular and incremental structure that leverages modern computing technology Internet and low cost interface electronics The architecture is scalable from a single value residence controller to a very large commercial controller It can operate within an existing small personal computer to minimize cost or run as a network of computers to maximize reliability The personal computer provides a dramatic improvement in the user interface in the operation of a sprinkler controller vs dedicated controllers The use of the Internet also provides a dramatic improvement in the efficiency of commercial and residential irrigation The two primary components to the irrigation controller are the electronic control of the sprinkler zone valves and the optimal scheduling of water distribution Small Rain8 modules perform the electronic control Each of these can control eight watering zones with wiring from the zone valve to the Rain8 module being the same as the wiring to traditional timed controllers The watering schedule is determined on the PC and this schedule is conveyed to the Rain8 modules in one of three mechanisms This can be with a direct cable connection an interface using existing house wiring or a wireless radio frequency interface The scheduling is setup by the user with a rich interactive interface and is augmented with real time informat
86. at all other times 7 1 General Status The General Status page provides current status for over 70 aspects of the scheduling Most of the status fields will be obvious by their name The Predicted Rain and Predicted Evaporation are a composite of 3 days of rain evaporation data and these are the values used to base calculated control strategy actions ET is a one hour Evapotranspiration index Max Light and One Day Rain reflect the maximum solar intensity and maximum one day rainfall that was measured in the last 30 days If none is measured then this value will typically be 0 5 inch The Forecasted levels are based upon these maximums The top segment of the status reporting is shown in Figure 50 This page has column header buttons that can be clicked to sort the order of the reported status Each status line contains a graphic or textual representation of the status in the first column and a description of the status being reported in the others Often the status field is blank and it indicates an inactive situation The color of the zone valve and the pump change to red when a communication failure occurs This applies to the Rain8 Net since it provides a positive feedback of status When a zone is delivering water then the status icon is animated The tray icon also changes color to green when a zone is being watered The calculation of ET is dependent upon internet data with particular attention given to UV 578 and Temperature S69 If these
87. be used to simulate a master valve for the entire site The Remote setup page assumes an X10 RF type device to be used for remote activation If other virtual devices are used for this purpose then the alternate HS interface is indicated via checkbox 139 On Off as conveyed in the Homeseer DeviceStatus is the normal valve control mechanism If 0 1 using the Device V alue is to be used then this is indicated via checkbox 10 9 20 Homeseer Notification Options mesSprinklers maintains its log of valve actions and is visible from the Run Log link The valve actions can also be sent to the Homeseer log The internally managed hardware 1 Rain8Net valve actions will not normally be available to the Homeseer log but this option can be selected The Homeseer log can also be the repository for changes in the reason an Area is inhibited 10 9 21 Homeseer Display Options The browser pages can be formatted without header content for display in dedicated applications When this option is selected it will suppress the contents at the top of each display page It can also be formatted using a custom header 10 9 22 Database Options SQL mySQL SQLite or Access options are available If Access or SQLite is used then enter full path to the database mdb db file If SQL or mySQL is used then enter the name of the SQL table Different version of MySQL and MS SQL Server have different connection mechanisms so this will affect the information entered d
88. can be enabled or disabled selectively When other xAP applications are present on the same computer then a hub must run If no others are being used the mcsSprinklers can launch one also requires unique IDs for each node so the ID is made configurable so no conflict will occur When the Basic Status and Control is selected then an additional browser link is provided that allows the selection of which devices will report when its state changes and of these which will set the database key to allow xap enabled databases to maintain the history of the device This page is shown in Figure 30 2 xAP V2 8 33 Professional Copyright 2004 2008 mcsSolutions Windows Internet Explorer 108 xAP Reporting V2 8 33 Professional Copyright 2 mor B da y Page 2 Tools v 4 23 2008 6 07 03 PM Sunrise 7 02 AM Save Changes 51 J ooo mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 forcemaxdayswithoutwater sprinklers s1 switch mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitdayofweek sprinklers s2 switch mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitbetweenhours sprinklers s3 switch 004 mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitrainforecastfuturedays sprinklers 54 lt mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitrainactualpastdays sprinklers s5 switch 0006 mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitraintoday p s6 switch mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitaveragewind spr P s7 switch 0008 mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitodd even sprinklers s8
89. confirm the setup 232 Rain8 EPROM and Timers Read EPROM Write EPROM Rain8 Timers EH Minutes EH JUN E Minutes Minutes Minutes L Valve 1 Valve 2 Programming Port Valve 3 Programming Port Module Type NET Valve 5 Address Valve 6 Module WEE IS alve Rain8 Net Timers Enable Rain8 Net Timers Valve 8 Figure 78 Rain8Net EPROM Setup 233 12 2 Wireless Rain8wireless is an 8 zone irrigation controller capable of accepting X10 RF codes to control each zone 12 2 1 Equipment List Initial Module 1 Rain8 Wireless controller with detachable terminal block in place 2 24VAC transformer 3 RS232 Cable with DB9 Connectors 4 Cable 5 Antenna and mounting bracket Expansion Slave Module s 1 Rain8 Wireless controller with detachable terminal block in place 2 Network cable Interface Components CM17A X10 RF PC Interface 12 2 2 Installation Controller Location e Select a mounting location that is close to an electrical outlet and the valve wires that will connect to it e The controller should not be exposed to water If used outside it is necessary to provide weather proof housing for your Rain8 http www wgldesigns com r8outdoor html e Mount your controller to a smooth dry surface by means of the enclosed Velcro strips Connecting the Antenna e Connect one end the RG6 coaxial cable to the F
90. connector on the Rain8 module e Connect the other end to the quarter wave whip antenna e The antenna should me mounted on the furnished bracket at a location clear of interfering RF noise and metallic items like air handling ducts Wiring the Valves e If the maximum distance is less then 600 feet use a single 20 gauge plastic insulated wire for each valve e Each valve has two wires One wire is designated as the common of the common valve wires can be connected together to one wire going to the controller e connections should be made using wire nuts in grease caps to prevent corrosion e Only one valve should be connected to each zone e Therated output is 24 at 25 amps 250ma per zone Some valves require a greater current then 25 amps to initially open and drop back to a lower value This will present no problem as long as the drop back value is 25 amps or less Connecting the Valve Wires to the Controller 234 e Determine which valve is to be connected to each zone Insert each valve wire into its respective position on the terminal strip and gently tighten the setscrew e Connect the common wire from the valves to the terminal labeled common Connecting the Transformer 8 Interface e Locate the two terminals labeled 24 vac in Connect the two transformer wires to these terminals Prepare to Program the Rain8 module e Please note that the Rain8 terminal strip is removable Gently unplug the
91. from automatic control with a checkbox entry It will retain this disabled status until the checkbox is cleared The two rows in the left column are used to enable and disable automatic and manual control respectively Automatic control times are done in the Area Tabs of the setup page and can be changed from the web view in the text box on the first row of the zone information The number entered is an integer number of minutes Manual control times are done with the text box on this web view The prefix to the automatic control time text box is the predicted time when the zone will next be run based upon the current parameters defined for sprinkler control Below this predicted next watering time is the actual last watering time If the zone has been watered today then another checkbox will appear to the right of the last watering time If this checkbox is checked then this zone will again be enabled for watering today On the right is a graphic showing the moisture level over the last seven days It is scaled with the control threshold as the minimum level and 100 as the maximum current moisture level graphic is also shown 7 5 Run List The run list is a view that shows the projected watering time for all enabled zones It is sorted in order of run time to provide a quick view of the sequence that is projected based upon the control strategies and current conditions The page can be seen in Figure 65 The Status indication w
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93. in the Auto Program column The slider changes the Zone time with the number being shown actually being the composite of the Zone time Area factor and Site factor For example if the Site adjustment is 10 and the Area factor is 70 and the nominal Zone time is 50 minutes then the slider will show 50 70 1 10 39 minutes If the slider is adjusted to 20 minutes then the nominal Zone time will change to 20 70 1 1 14 minutes After changing the Auto Program slider to 20 in this example then going to the Zone Setup page one will see a value of 14 for the Zone Auto program time The number that is seen on the slider is the number of minutes that the zone will actually run based upon the other setup information There is also a slider under the Manual Program column This slider is used to change the timeout duration for a zone when the zone is controlled manually Manual control can be with a handheld device or from the browser The time set for the manual duration timeout has no effect on the auto program times If the manual time is set to zero then the zone cannot be manually controlled A control button is provided under the Manual Program slider This button toggles between Run and Stop When the Run button is activated then the manual program for that zone will be started It will run the zone until the zone is stopped or until the manual program duration timeout is exceeded When the button shows Stop then it will stop the current
94. in the range A through and one of two banks of eight unit codes e Select the Enable Rain8 Timers checkbox so the Rain8 will turnoff each zone as a safety precaution e Enter the timeout amount for each of the 8 valves This value will be a few minutes longer than the longest that a zone will be run at any one time e The Rain8 Wireless can be configured so the 8th valve will turn ON when any of the other seven are ON Since mcsSprinklers manages the pump the selection for this setting should be to configure to use valve 8 as a valve 235 e Click on the Write EPROM button to save the setup e Click on the Read EPOM button to confirm the setup Rain8 EPROM and Timers Read EPROM Write EPROM Programming Port Rain8 Timers Programming _ Module Type Module Address 10 House Code valves Minutes ntis C Timers Enable Tirners Rain8 Wireless Valve 8 Use C Use as a Valve Use as a Pump Figure 79 Rain8 Wireless EPROM Setup 12 2 4 Check Out To test these new settings unplug the RS232 cable and return the Raing to its original location Plug in the terminal and connect the antenna Verify the 24 vac transformer is plugged in Connect the antenna coax cable Using the settings of the module configured at E1 sending the X10 signal E1 ON with a X10 PalmPad HR12A would cause the valve connected to terminal 1 to open Sending it an E1 OFF it would close If nothing were done it w
95. inhibit the current days auto cycle When a zone has completed a watering cycle today then the Zone Status page will present a third Auto Mode control button Rest Watered Today Use of this button will reset all zones so that it appears as if not watering cycles have occurred today For the three timed control strategies there will also be a checkbox for each zone Reset to Allow Cycle Today that will allow selective zones to be reset rather than all zones The selective update is actioned with the Update button after the checkbox es has been checked A full manual cycle can be started with the Stat Manual button Individual areas can be manually started with the Run Area Now button Individual zones can be manually started by checking the Enable Manual Control checkbox on the zone and when all desired zones have been checkboxed then the Start Manual button clicked Unlike on the General Status page the number of minutes for manual control can be entered at the same time the manual control action is taken Controls are also provided on the General Status page to give access to manual control This includes the individual zones as well as the area and complete set of zones Figure 51 shows the OFF and ON controls provided on the General Status page for the composite areas and total of all zones Manual control can also be performed from the Zone Status page as shown in Figure 52 In this case the desired manual cont
96. is the only place where this master control can be energized The ON and OFF buttons in the right most column are used to individually turn a zone ON or OFF at the soonest possible time This time will normally be immediately but could be at some later time if other zones are scheduled for watering before this zone When the zone does start then it will continue for the number of minutes previously entered for the manual duration This setup is on the Setup4 Zones page as shown in Figure 18 85 When zone is manually turned then the manual mode master button at the top of the page will be relabeled to an Exit button When the Exit button is clicked then all zones that have been manually started will be stopped immediately Individual zones can be manually stopped with the OFF button associated with the zone The second browser page that provides manual control ability is the Zone Status page with an example shown in Figure 52 There are several elements integrated into this view Those that relate to manual control operations are the four center buttons on the top row and the checkbox and textbox in the left column associated with manual control of a specific zone The Stop button has the same function as the Exit button on the General Status page It will stop the watering off all zones for the remainder of the day This Stop button will change to a Restart button when a manual stop has been performed The Inhibit Tomorrow button
97. listens for commands via radio frequency transmissions The PC can generate these commands with an interface to one of its COM ports The most basic of these interfaces is a CM17A Firecracker RF communications can penetrate walls but are also sensitive to nearby RF noise sources For this reason it may be desirable to connect an RS232 extension cable between the PC s COM port and the CM17A Additional Rain8 Wireless modules are interconnected with RS485 cables The Rain8 Power line module listens for commands per the X10 protocol on the household AC wiring The electronics at both the PC and Rain8 Power line end cannot be directly plugged into the 120VAC line The Rain8 Power line module uses a TW523 adapter to protect it Up to two Rain8 Power line modules can share TW523 adapter The PC side connection is a connection to a PC s COM port The and can share the same COM port if both types of Rain8 modules are used 40 The EtherRain is connected to the LAN with typical Cat5 6 cable to an Ethernet switch or router Multple modules are connected via different ports on the switch or router Since multiple Rain8 modules can be used in a single installation it is necessary to configure each module to respond to a unique address This configuration is done from the Setup1 Rain8 page The programming of any Rain8 module is done one module at a time The module is connected to a COM port on the PC The module cannot have t
98. location field then click tap on the Next button see screenshot below NOTE Subsitute task name in the target with the name ex CCleaner within quotes that you used in step 3 schtasks run tn task name For example For my task name CCleaner used from step 3 would type schtasks run tn CCleaner 259 What item would you like to create a shortcut for This wizard helps you to create shortcuts to local or network programs files folders computers or Internet addresses Type the location of the item schtasks run tn CCleaner Click Next to continue 15 Type in a name you want for the shortcut ex CCleaner then click tap on the Finish button see screenshot below 260 What would you like to the shortcut Type a name for this shortcut CCleaner Click Finish to create the shortcut Finish Cancel 16 Right click on the new shortcut ex CCleaner on the desktop then click tap on Properties 17 Click tap on the Shortcut tab and on the Change I con button see screenshot below 261 Target type Application Target location System32 Target Start in C Windows system32 Shortcut key None Bn Comment A The file C Windows System32 schtasks exe contains no icons Choose an icon from the list or specify a different file 19 Click tap on the Browse button see screenshot below 262 Look for icons i
99. mcsSprinklers will accumulate the water use based upon the run times for each zone This water use can be viewed as a running total as a status device on the General Status page Day by Day and hour by hour visibility of the water use can be viewed from the calendar popup when the water flow status device calendar icon is clicked If water flow meters are available then they can be used to measure the water use during the time a zone is active In this case the Calc entry on the Zone Setup page should be left blank The average of the use over the last 30 days will be shown for reference and this value will be used to project future water use while a zone is running A Max flow per day value can be entered When this value is exceeded a message will be recorded and email notification performed if email is setup Provisions exist for one water meter per area If only one water meter exists then the same meter source location should be used for each area When a zone is turned ON mcesSprinklers will take a snapshot of the water meter reading and then accumulate the water meter readings as long as the zone remains ON If multiple zones are ON at the same time then mcsSprinklers will assume each zone has an equal consumption The water use can be viewed on the General Status page in the Area and Site status devices as a rolling total over the past 30 days The raw water meter readings are also shown for each meter when a meter is present An example can b
100. next cycles 15 started The other alteration is by inserting a fixed delay between when one zone completes and the next starts This may be used if the water supply needs time to recharge The delay setup entries are made in the section shown in Figure 37 Area 1 InterZone Scheduling Delays Run zones of area in round robin style with duration distributed over i round robin cycles and delay of 1 minutes between each cycle Add delay of 0 minutes between each zone Figure 37 Zone Area Scheduling Delays The pump entry is optional but if a pump is involved then the control valve for this area s zones needs to be identified with the pull down If it is wired such that control voltage will turn it ON then Enable on should be selected The Enable off is used for inverse control If some form of holding tank lake or well is used that has limited capacity then the discharge interval and recharge interval can be specified When the run time or recharge times are exceeded the area will be inhibited and an Area inhibit notification will be provided If the ability exists to measure water usage while the Area has zones active then the source for the water meter measurement can be entered mcsSprinklers will read the meter as it controls zones and will then make this information available on the General Status and Calendar views The pump and water flow metering setup is shown in Figure 38 The monitoring of water use when a meter is used can
101. of day when it has an opportunity to soak into the soil When applied in the middle of a sunny day most of it will be burned off 77 rather than soaked in many climates surface water will encourages undesirable fungus growth length of time that surface water is present should be minimized to combat fungus This means that the best time to apply water is at sunrise so it will have time to soak and remaining water quickly burned off There are two ways to control when watering will occur The first is with start time preferences as shown in Figure 38 The second is to limit when watering cannot occur per the setup shown in the Between Hours selections of Figure 45 It is also desirable to restrict the normal watering cycle to conserve either water or money Any wind over a light breeze will affect the location where the sprinkler water falls Wind cannot be controlled but when it is windy it is smart to not run the sprinklers For similar reasons it is also does not make sense to run the sprinklers when it is raining Not only is it a conservation cost issue but it also reflects on being a good neighbor and not doing something that appears dumb Going beyond this it also makes sense to take advantage of Mother Nature If she is going to be providing the necessary rainfall in the near future then just wait for her and save your water for a non rainy day Rain restrictions take three forms Prior actual rain actual rain today or fore
102. of minutes that a valve will be activated when the syringing stress conditions have been satisfied The syringing conditions are setup on the Site Page The values for the duration of three modes can also be setup on the Zone Setup Page The Zone Setup Page will also allow for additional information that zone operations 125 10 4 Setup4 Zone The valves identified in this area group will be controlled by the control strategy of the associated area This control strategy is defined in the Area Setup Page Up to twelve zones can be grouped into an area When an area is scheduled for watering then each zone in the order entered will be sequentially watered 10 4 1 Valve The control valve for the zone is entered with the pull down Selections available are those that have been defined in the Rain8 Setup and Wiring Setup pages 10 4 2 Auto Minutes The number of minutes of watering for the selected valve is entered in the text box This will be the number of minutes the valve will remain ON when an automatic watering cycle occurs Integer values are used to indicate minutes If durations with resolution to approximately one second is desired then the value is entered in the format mm ss 10 4 3 Manual Minutes The number of minutes of watering for the selected valve is entered in the text box This will be the number of minutes the valve will remain ON when a manual control via the Web page Voice or Remote is actioned Integer value
103. portion with screw heads from the socket mounted on the PCB Remove the Rain8 from the wall and bring it to the location of the PC that will be used for programming Disconnect Antenna coax e Connect the Rain8wireless RJ1 1 RS232 jack on the left side of the housing to a serial COM port on your PC with the WGL 10002 cable e Important At completion of programming disconnect serial cable before reconnecting terminal strip and antenna 12 2 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers At this point there should be nothing connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 78 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with a Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 79 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com e Atthis point there is no need for anything to be connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port Select the PC serial port that is connected to the Rain8 e Select desired address for this module Each module that is programmed must have a unique address The address consists of an X10 House code
104. selectedCountry Unit ed States For non USA location the navigation can be started at http www wunderground com weatherstation ListStations asp For current weather conditions a selection from one to three of these stations is made Not all stations report reliably so more than one should be selected as backup s Either AWS or WeatherUnderground can be used at one time with the selection made with the radio button shown on Figure 22 If AWS is used then there is no need to enter WeatherUnderground stations The converse is also true Forecast weather conditions are also obtained from the Internet using either WeatherUnderground AccuWeather or National Weather Service The Setup8 Weather page segment to support these selections is shown in Figure 22 For forecast information from WeatherUnderground there needs to be a free registration to obtain a license key from http www wunderground com weather api d pricing html This license key as well as a station identifier are used on the setup The station identifier can be zip code or a variety of other means to identify Review of the Documentation tab from the same WeatherUnderground page where the license API key is requested for other means to identify the location For AccuWeather the stations can be zip code internationally from the codes list in Section 11 Many AWS or WeatherUnderground reporting stations do not contain a full suite of sensors and are able to provided only a subset of wea
105. sharing of the setup that was previously done It can be changed from either computer at any time and both will be updated Setup9 Other Redundancy backup mode selected as Standby Backup This will cause a blue highlight to the middle of the Others page when the Save is clicked Note the backup mode setting is the same as on 38 the first computer The setup entries shown blue not shared so each needs to be made individually on each computer Redundancy Backup Mode Path to primary mcsSprinklers edited to change the computer name GARAGE to MAIN This path is where the configuration information is stored It will be stored only on one computer and MAIN was selected to be the primary After editing it will show as GARAGE C Program Files mcsSprinklers Launch Redundant Application on Startup Rain 8 Interfaces Handheld Remote checkbox should be checked so that the interface to the W800 will be activated next time mcsSprinklers starts The interface software user interface will appear in the tray as a ray like icon When this icon is clicked a setup option will appear and the port number entered for the W800 interface is entered Note that is secondary setup can only be done after mcsSprinklers has been restarted Supplemental xAP Interface Start Hub checkbox is checked This will allow xAP communications on this computer Supplemental xAP Interface xAP UID changes from 000800 to 000900 to give the second instance of
106. source of the sensor This may be a weather station address or a few letters to represent the source Weather Sensor Source Temperature 6 aws wu MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAP xAPBSC C Weatherhawk C csv File Humidity 6 aws wu MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC C Weatherhawk C csv File xAPBSC Weatherhawk File Computed Source data reporting Hourly Total Daily Total Wind 6 aws wu MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC C Weatherhawk csv File Rain aws wu Weather Report xAPxAPBSC Weatherhawk CSV File Source data reporting Hourly Total Daily Total Yearly Total Solar 6 Computed Address mcs OneWire MCS6xapmes1Wire_Solar BFO000002C6EE328 Solar uv MSNBC Weather com xAP Weather Report xaPxaPBsC csvrile None Solar Radiation xAPBSC Weatherhawk None Current MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC Forecast MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC Forecast Min MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC Forecast Rain 6 MSNBC Weather com xAP Weather Report xAPBSC Forecast Icon MSNBC Weather com Weather Report xAPBSC Figure 25 Individual Sensor Source Selections McsSprinklers will also
107. springtime configuration a summer one and a third used to winterize the system After all the settings are made as desired for a specific configuration then it is saved by giving it a simple name i e not a file path or file name and clicking the Save button from the Configuration Administration section The configuration can be restored using the Load Configuration pull down from the same area The configurations can be manually loaded at any time or they can be scheduled for any day of the year to be loaded at midnight The automatic scheduling could be used for situations where seasonal adjustments are necessary that go beyond the normal range of parameters provided by mcsSprinklers To use the automatic scheduling of configuration changes there will need to be a set of configurations saved Access to schedule these is from the calendar icon shown in Figure 75 Use of this icon will bring up the annual calendar Clicking any cell in the calendar will make a second popup visible where the scheduled configuration file can be observed changed or a new one entered See Figure 76 It is also possible to undo the last Load Configuration selection by selecting the Restore to Before Last Loaded Configuration button When this is done the configuration that was active immediately before the Load Configuration operation will be restored Configuration Administration Load Configuration Scheduled Manual Now Configuration Last Loaded Confi
108. switch mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitexternaldiscrete sprinklers s9 relay 000A mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitmindaysbetweenwater sprinklers___s10 switch 511 0008 mcs mcsSprinklers MCS5 inhibitarealspecific sprinklers s11 switch Figure 30 xAP Reporting Device Selection Additional specification for the xAP environment is also contained on the Other Page In this case a set of local sensors rather than internet sensors can be specified as a xAP source per Figure 25 These setup features also provide for special control device and database options These are shown in Figure 31 60 Notification specified will result in event messages before an area s watering starts or a record of Rain8 Net actions The Display options will control how the browser status information is displayed and the content of the xapbsc Display Text key The database will default to Microsoft Access but if MS SQL Server is available then it may be used Normally when SQL is used the database entry is left blank so the default server will be used External xAP Source Options Valve Protect Device Code Database Options Database cAprogram files Homeseer 2YDateymcsSprinklersmcsSprinklers mdb Use SQL Figure 31 xAP Environment Options 4 2 7 2 Homeseer The interface to Homeseer is customized with virtual devices browser display and various other options The virtual devices are used to identify valves pumps restrict watering
109. the flow rate that can be supported In the latter case mcsSprinklers will use the zone by zone flow rates setup on the Zone Setup Page to schedule the zones to come as close to using the available flow capacity In the case of pump driven areas it is usually an advantage to keep the pump running rather than having it cycle The sequence controls for zones part of a single master sequence with simultaneous zone per site are used for this selection The other options are described in paragraph 10 5 3 and the setup is shown in Figure 36 Area 1 Zone Sequence Control 9 Maximum Simultaneous Zones by Site 1 7 Zones part of single master sequence Maximum Gallon per Minute Flow by Site 40 E f 9 Maximum Simultaneous Zones by Area 1 9 Zones independently run within each area Maximum Gallon per Minute Flow by Area 40 Zones in area by user Zone controlled by external automation controller Figure 36 Zone Area Sequence Control Selections Two forms of altering the normal back to back auto mode scheduling of zones are provided One is round robin control where the total time for all zones in an Area is modulated based upon the round robin 68 settings If two round robin cycles are selected then the zones in the area will be turn ON and OFF two times with the run time for the zone split evenly between the two cycles An additional delay at the end of the Area s cycle can also be specified to give additional time before the
110. the number in the box followed by a Save The upper left contains a text box to enter any labeling information that may help to identify the wire bundle This labeling information is not used elsewhere It is provided here as a means of retaining the information for future reference The page will always show one harness at the bottom that has no wires present If wires are added followed by a Save then a new blank harness will appear at the bottom 48 Harness 1 Wiring Wire Harness 1 Name Hamess 1 number of Wires in Harness 1 a Wire Color Control Yalve Location Red INET 1 Valve 1 BackYard Picture File C Program Files images back jpg Browse Valve 2 Side Yard Picture File Browse Blue INET 1 valve 3 gt 0 Picture File Browse Brown NET 1 Valve 4 gt Front Flowers Picture File O O Browse Figure 18 Harnesses Wiring to 8 Valve Setup The Layout setup is used to make assignments as to how each valve will be used and make basic assignments of how long the valves will be enabled The Zone setup is used to provide additional information about zone This includes efficiency of application and rate of drainage or sunlight exposure and water utilization rates These setup options are shown in Figure 19 and Figure 20 49 E Auto 30 Manual 20 Syring NET 1 Valve 1 Sideyard Bushes Auto 25
111. then the EPA should be used as the UV source if a local UV or ET measurements is not available EPA is automatically used for Standard mcsSprinklers version as long as a zip code is present 53 Time and Weather Setup Method to Determine Hourly and Daily ET 9 Calculate Based on Weather 7 Use Historical Averages Calculate Based on Weather and Limit Solar Intensity Factor to within of Historical L Method to Download Internet Data to Download Internet Data Download Using Dont Download Weather and Forecast Data Time Before Reporting Loss of Forecast Updates 150 minutes Time Before Reporting Loss of Weather Updates 60 minutes Evaluate Internet Download from Selected Stations Optional Alternate Weather Source Use AWS Zip Use AWS Station Use WeatherUnderground AWS Station WeatherUnderground Station ID Primary KCAALAMET1 Secondary KCAALAME4 Tertiary KCAOAKLA34 For Only Rainfall 9 NWS NOAA 7 AccuWeather Location 94501 Figure 22 Weather Source Selections Use of weather information from a local weather station is possible if a station is installed at the site The interface mechanism available for local equipment follows a client server model so that the local weather station can be used for multiple needs This is either via an IP address using HTTP protocol or via the Windows File System using comma separated values csv file format The WeatherHawk is interface
112. this case we will set it to 1 and then search to confirm first step is to remove the Rain8 module from connection to any valves The programming of the unit cannot be done in an installed configuration All programming is done from entries made in the Timers group at the bottom of the Setup1 Rain8 page The programming port number is selected to identify the serial connection to the PC The module type radio button is selected to be Rain8 Net The address box entry is 1 The timeout safety times will be set to 80 in this scenario since it is a reasonable value above the maximum time of 60 minutes that is planned After all entries are made then the Write EPROM button is clicked This will reprogram the connected module After a few seconds the Read EPROM button can be clicked to read back the current settings to confirm that the proper settings were applied The module can be removed from the programming port now and connected to the port that will be used for normal operation These may be the same ports and in this case no move is required At this point we know the Rain8 module s address is 1 so we can do a search and know what to expect The search is done from the top of this same page First the Rain8 Net interface port is identified to be 2 in the Interface group This is the port that will be used to communicate with the Rain8 Net in a normal operational setup The second group on the page contains two buttons The rightmost o
113. this is happening then no adjustments are needed If it only goes down from 10046 to 5096 over two days then the moisture loss calculation needs to be tuned to yield a faster moisture loss rate The moisture loss is computed each hour based upon the average ET calculation over the past hour This calculation is driven primarily by solar radiation and this measurement is not directly available from the internet in real time so estimates need to be made The estimates can be adjusted with the Soil Efficiency factor on the Zone Setup Since the factor is associated with only one zone then different values can be used to account for shade and soil type 5 3 Zone Sequencing Area irrigation is enabled by the control strategy and the restrictions applied to an area Once an area has been enabled then the zones will cycle based upon the order that the zone was setup in the Zone Setup page If the Area sequence control is set for use of a single master sequence then the sequence order will be by Area If the Area sequence control is set for Area Sequence then multiple areas can be active at the same time with the zone order within an area being the order setup on the Zone Setup page A normal sequence will irrigate a zone for the duration setup for the auto program for that zone This value is a combination of three setup entries The first is the Auto minutes on the Zone Setup page The second is the Duration Factor associated with an Area Setup page Start Tim
114. to the two terminals labeled 24 VAC Note that this is required only on the first module installed as the power for additional units is supplied by means of the network connections Wiring the RS232 connection Master unit only Connect the RS232 cable s RJ11 plug to the RJ11 jack labeled RS 232 on the left side of the module The other end of the cable with the DB9 connector attaches to your computers serial port The maximum allowed distance for this connection is 1000 It is strongly recommended that a RS232 Serial Surge Protector be installed on outdoor installations of the Rain8net Available from http www tmanufacturing com Adding additional modules As many as 254 additional 8 zone modules may be added by daisy chaining the modules Rain8 Network Jacks See Figure 77 Individual Rain8net modules are shipped set to an address of 1 and the default run timers disabled For most eight zone single module applications this is the desired configuration and the hardware installation is complete 231 t ToRS 232 UE MG Valve Valve Valve Valve D Figure 77 Rain8 Master and Expansion Wiring Prepare to Configure the Rain8 module only if you are installing multiple modules Please note that the Rain8 terminal strip is removable Gently unplug the portion with screw heads from the socket mounted on the PCB Remove
115. water If used outside it is necessary to provide a weather proof housing for your Rain8 http www wgldesigns com r8outdoor html e Mount your controller to a smooth dry surface by means of the enclosed Velcro strips Wiring the Valves e If the maximum distance is less than 600 feet use a single 20 gauge plastic insulated wire for each valve e Each valve has two wires One wire is designated as the common All of the common valve wires can be connected together to one wire going to the controller e connections should be made using wire nuts in grease caps to prevent corrosion e Only one valve should be connected to each zone rated output is 24 VAC at 35 amps 350ma per zone Some valves require a greater current then 35 amps to initially open and drop back to a lower value This will present no problem as long as the drop back value is 35 amps or less 246 Connecting the Valve Wires to the Controller e Determine which valve is to be connected to each zone Insert each valve wire into its respective position on the terminal strip and gently tighten the setscrew e Connect the common wire from the valves to the terminal labeled com Figure 84 UPB Rain8 Valve and 24V AC Connections Connecting the Counter Switch Wires to the Controller e Connect the rain sensor or flow meter to terminals identified as input and second 24 12 Connecting the Transformer Master unit
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123. 10 5 5 Area Water Supply This setup is used when control or monitoring of the water source is needed When no entries are made then the assumption is that the water supply is always available 10 5 6 Pump Control Valve The pull down is used to identify the Rain8 valve that is to control the water source If the water supply is enabled when the Rain8 valve is turned ON then the Enable on selection is made If the polarity is reversed then the other radio button selection is made 10 5 7 Well or Water Storage Discharge and Recharge Times Tf irrigation is limited by capacity of well or other holding tank then provisions can be specified as to how long an area can be continuously be running and then how long to wait for recharge 10 5 8 Flow Volume If a water meter is available to measure water flow when the area is active then select the source of the reading from this meter It can be a address UPB Counter Input DID or Homeseer device code where the Device String contains the meter reading If the same meter is used for multiple areas then include the meter in each area The meter will be read when a zone is turned ON and when turned OFF to determine the consumption by that zone 10 5 9 Water Leak Monitoring Monitoring for excessive water use with a valve is turned on is setup by identifying the period of time in the recent past for which the average water use will be established The second setup parameter is the percentage abou
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127. 24VAC between in and the common terminal s Intermittent flashing LED very short OFF 244 Incoming 10 signal detected with house 4 unit codes that are not enabled No zones will be active Verify Rain8 configuration matches transmitted X10 address 245 12 5 Rain8 Rain8upb is a modular 8 zone sprinkler controller module that is driven by UPB power line interface PIM It is configured as either a master or expansion unit The difference being that only the master is connected to the and 24VAC transformer A system UPB configuration consists of a UPB PIM connected to the PC running mcsSprinklers a UPB connected to the master Rain8 UPB module 24V AC transformer connected to the master Rain8 UPB module optional expansion modules that are connected with daisy chained RJ45 wiring 12 5 1 Equipment List Initial Module 1 Rain8upb master module 2 110 to 24 vac 20VA transformer 3 3 RJ11 DB9 cable assembly Expansion Slave Module s 1 Rain8upb controller with detachable terminal block in place 2 Network cable item 10004 Interface Components Rain8 Master UPB power line interface PIM 2 PC UPB power line interface PIM PCS PIM R Simply Automated UMC DB9 or HAI 36A00 1 12 5 2 Installation Controller Location e Select a mounting location that is close to an electrical outlet and the valve wires that will connect to it e The controller should not be exposed to
128. 3 3 4 4 7 E a Registration V2 11 0 9 2 11 0 45 Professional Copyright 2004 2011 mcsSolutions Microsoft Inter File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q sak 4 ya Search Sie Favorites E AS r fw id 3 Address E http 192 168 0 134 8008 registration 08 13 2011 6 45 Sunrise 4 02 AM Sunset 5 55 PM 1 1 3 A registration code is needed to unlock the software The software will function for only 45 days without registration This code is obtained over the internet when the Register button is clicked This registration will generate a unique unlock code based upon identification of the hardware The software will only run on the computer on which it was registered If this is not the computer which is intended to run then it should be uninstalled and reinstalled on the desired computer The registration will also send the encrypted unlock code encryption key and software serial number over the internet Only information displayed on this form will be transmitted during the registration process The encrypted information will be used to assure that future attempts to register with the same license on another computer will not be successful The serial number will be used to identify you should it be necessary to reset the registration to allow you to reinstall or move the software The contact information is optional and is only used in the case you should loose your registration code
129. 32 cmd exe Browse Add arguments optional start CCleaner Start in optional SevenForums com Cancel 10 Click tap on the Conditions tab the Stop if the computer switches to battery power box first then uncheck the Start the task only if the computer is on AC power box see screenshots below NOTE This step is mostly for laptops so that you will be able to run the program when the laptop is running on battery power 256 General Triggers Actions Conditions Settings When you create a task you must specify the action that will occur when your task starts Action Details Jowindir System32 cmd exe c start CCleaner C Program Files CCleaner CCleaner64 exe 257 5 Create Task x Specify the conditions that along with the trigger determine whether the task should run The task will not run if any condition specified here is not true Idle Start the task only if the computer idle for 10 minutes Wait for idle for 1 4 Stop if the computer ceases to be idle Restart if the idle state resumes Power V Start the task only if the computer is AC power Stop if the computer switches to battery power Wake the computer to run this task Network Start only if the following network connection is available Any connection 11 Click tap on OK See screenshots a
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131. 6 AM Figure 71 Redundancy and Moding Status Devices 9 2 2 Independent Applications to Support Redundancy mesSprinklers contains interface drivers for the power line CM11A RF output CM17A RF input W800 Voice and internet for forecast and weather of these interfaces are also available as independent applications that are interfaced to mcsSprinklers via the LAN using a xAP message protocol With the use of external interfaces then additional levels of redundancy and backup exist For example assume the X10 power line interface is setup on the Rain8 page to use xAP as the interface rather than an internal communication port This then allows the Power line Interface application to be run independently and this same application can be used by both the primary and secondary computer This works well in an active active configuration to avoid potential X10 power line collisions that reduce the reliability It is also possible to run these impendent interfaces on a third computer or to run them on multiple computers which each computer having the redundant interfacing hardware The way the system is configured is determined by the failure modes that one is trying to overcome When running in active active mode then it is important that both computers see the same inputs This included internet data and manual control inputs If a W800 is used to accept handheld remote control inputs from a palm pad then this same input should be seen by both
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138. ASI CN 13 DANJIANGKOU ASI CN 15 DANYANG ASI CN 11 DAGING ASI CN CH001 DATONG ASI CN CHO26 DAXIAN ASI CN CH023 DENGZHOU ASI CN CH026 DEYANG ASI CN CH023 DEZHOU ASI CN CH010 DINGZHOU ASI CH030 DONGCHUAN ASI CN CH016 DONGGUAN ASI CH019 DONGSHENG ASI CN CHO15 DONGTAI ASI CN CHO11 DONGYANG ASI CN CHO19 DONGYING ASI CN CHO16 DUJUN ASI CN CHO17 DUNHUA ASI CN CHOO5 DUNHUANG 156 Enshi Fengcheng Fenghua Fushun CN Fuxin CN Fuyang CN Fuyu CN Fuzhou CN Ganzhou CN Gaocheng CN Gejiu CN Gongzhuling CN Guanghan CN Guangshui CN Guangyuan CN Guangzhou CN Guichi CN Guilin CN Guiyang CN Haicheng CN Haikou CN Haining CN Hami CN Hancheng CN Handan CN Hangzhou CN Hanzhong CN Harbin CN Hebi CN Hechi CN Hefei CN Hegang CN Heihe CN Hengshui CN Hengyang CN Heshan CN Hetian CN Heyuan CN Heze C
139. ASI CN CHO10 RENQIU ASI CN CHO23 RIZHAO ASI CN 10 RONGCHENG ASI CN 4 RUIAN ASI CN CHO16 RUICHANG ASI CN CHO04 RUZHOU ASI CN 12 SANMENXIA ASI CN CHO04 SANMING ASI 9 SANYA ASI CN CHOO1 SHAHE 160 Shanghai Shangluo Shangqiu CN Shangrao CN Shangzhi CN Shangzhou CN Shantou CN Shanwei CN Shaoguan CN Shaowu CN Shaoxing CN Shaoyang CN Shashi CN Shenyang CN Shenzhen CN Shihezi CN Shijiazhuang CN Shishi CN Shishou CN Shiyan CN Shizuishan CN Shuangcheng CN Suihua CN Suining CN Suizhou CN Sugian CN Suzhou CN Tacheng CN Taian CN Taiyuan CN Taizhou CN Taizhou CN Tangshan CN Taonan CN Tengzhou CN Tianjin CN Tianmen CN Tianshui CN Tiefa CN Tieli CN Tieling CN Tongchuan CN Tonghua CN ASI CN CHO24 SHANGHAI ASI CN CHO22 SHANGLUO ASI CN CHO12 SHANGQIU ASI CN 16 SHANGRAO ASI CN CHO11 SHANGZHI ASI CN CHO26 SHANGZHOU ASI CN CHO06 SHANTOU
140. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Angola Angola Angola Angola Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina City Herat AF Kabul AF Kandahar AF Mazar l Sharif AF Tirana AL Alger DZ Annaba DZ Batna DZ Bechar DZ 02 Biskra 02 Blida 02 Chlef DZ Constantine 02 Mostaganem 02 02 Setif DZ Sidi Bel Abbes 02 Skikda 02 Tebessa 02 Tiaret 02 Pago Pago AS Andorra La Vella AD Benguela AO Huambo AO Lobito AO Luanda AO Lubango AO Saint John AG Avellaneda AR Bahia Blanca AR Buenos Aires AR Catamarca AR Comodoro Rivadavia AR Concordia AR Cordoba AR Corrientes AR Formosa AR General San Martin AR Location Code ASI AF AFO11 HERAT ASI AF AF013 KABUL ASI AF AF014 KANDAHAR ASI AF AF004 MAZAR I SHARIF EUR AL ALO24 TIRANA AFR DZ AGO04 ALGER AFR DZ AG039 AFR DZ AGO06 BATNA AFR DZ AGO007 BECHAR AFR DZ 46008 BEJAIA AFR DZ 009 BISKRA 02 010 2 014 DZ 15 5 AFR DZ 030 MOSTAGANEM AFR DZ 46032 ORAN AFR DZ AG037 SETIF AFR DZ AG038 SIDI BEL AB
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142. BR 86022 SAM BR 86009 SAM BR 86015 COLOMBO SAM BR 86012 SAM BR BRO23 COTIA SAM BR BROO6 CRATO SAM BR BRO22 CRICIUMA SAM BR BRO23 CUBATAO SAM BR BRO10 CUIAB SAM BR BRO15 CURITIBA SAM BR BRO23 DIADEMA SAM BR BRO12 DIVIN POLIS SAM BR BRO11 DOURADOS SAM BR BRO17 DUQUE DE CAXIAS SAM BR BRO23 EMBU SAM 88005 FEIRA DE SANTANA SAM BR 86023 FERRAZ DE VASCONCELOS SAM BR 86022 FLORIAN POLIS SAM BR 86006 FORTALEZA SAM BR BRO15 FOZ DO IGUA U SAM 88005 FRANCA SAM BR 86023 FRANCISCO MORATO SAM BR 86023 DA ROCHA SAM BR BRO26 GARANHUNS SAM BR 86027 GOIANIA SAM BR012 GOVERNADOR VALADARES SAM BR BRO19 GRAVATAI SAM BR BRO15 GUARAPUAVA SAM BR BRO23 GUARATINGUETA SAM BR BRO23 GUARUJA SAM BR BRO23 GUARULHOS SAM BR BRO23 HORTOLANDIA SAM BR BRO12 IBIRIT SAM BR BROOS ILH US SAM BR 86009 IMPERATRIZ SAM BR 86023 SAM BR BRO12 IPATINGA SAM BRO17 ITABORA 149 Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Itabuna BR Itaituba BR It
143. Beihai CN Beijing CN Beipiao CN Benxi CN SAM 1012 SAM 1002 CALAMA SAM CL 1005 CHILL N SAM CL CIOO5 CONCEPCI N SAM 1004 COPIAP SAM 1006 COQUIMBO SAM CL CIO12 IQUIQUE SAM CL CIOO6 LA SERENA SAM CL CIOO5 LOS ANGELES SAM CL CIO08 OSORNO SAM CL CIO11 PUENTE ALTO SAM CL CIO08 PUERTO MONTT SAM CL CIOO9 PUNTA ARENAS SAM CL CIO13 QUILPU SAM CL CI007 RANCAGUA SAM CL CIO11 SAN BERNARDO SAM CL Cl011 SANTIAGO SAM CL CIO10 TALCA SAM CL CIOO5 TALCAHUANO SAM CL CIO03 TEMUCO SAM CL CIOO8 VALDIVIA SAM CL CIO13 VALPARA SO SAM CL CIO13 VI A DEL MAR ASI CN 11 ACHENG ASI CN 11 ASI CN 22 ANKANG ASI CN CHO13 ANLU ASI CN 1 ANQING ASI 1 5 ASI CN 12 ANYANG ASI CN 28 ATUSHI ASI CN 28 BAICHENG ASI CN CHOO1 BAIYIN ASI CN CHOO1 BAODING ASI CN 18 BAOJI ASI CN 1 ASI CN 19 BAOTOU ASI 8 BAZHOU ASI CN CHO16 BEIAN ASI CN CHOO7 BEIHAI ASI CN CH002 BEIJING ASI CN CHO18 BEIPIAO ASI CN CHO18 BENXI 155
144. Dabrowa Gornicza PL Elblag PL Gdansk PL Gdynia PL Gliwice PL Gorzow Wielkopolski PL Jastrzebie PL Kalisz PL Katowice PL Kielce PL Koszalin PL Krakow PL Legnica PL Lodz PL Lublin PL Olsztyn PL Opole PL Plock PL Poznan PL Radom PL Ruda Slaska PL Rybnik PL Rzeszow PL Slupsk PL Sosnowiec PL Szczecin PL Tarnow PL Torun PL Tychy PL Walbrzych PL Warszawa PL Wloclawek PL Wroclaw PL Zabrze PL Zielona Gora PL Amadora PT OCN PN PC JADAMSTOWN EUR PL PLO10 BIALYSTOK EUR PL PLO12 BIELSKO BIALA EUR PL PLOO2 BYDGOSZCZ EUR PL PLO12 BYTOM EUR PL PLO12 CHORZ W EUR PL PLO12 CZESTOCHOWA EUR PL PLO12 DABROWA G RNICZA EUR PL PLO14 ELBLAG EUR PL PLO11 GDANSK EUR PL PLO11 GDYNIA EUR PL PLO12 GLIWICE EUR PL PLOO5 CORZ W WIELKOPOLSKI EUR PL PLO12 JASTRZEBIE ZDR J EUR 015 KALISZ EUR PL PLO12 KATOWICE EUR PL PLO13 KIELCE EUR PL PLO16 KOSZALIN EUR PL PLOO6 KRAKOW EUR PL PLOO1 LEGNICA EUR PL PLOO3 LODZ EUR PL PLOO4 LUBLIN EUR PL PLO14 OLSZTYN EUR PL PLOO8 OPOLE EUR PL PLOO7 PLOCK EUR PL PLO15 POZNAN EUR PL PLOO7 RADOM EUR PL PLO12 RUDA SLASKA EUR PL PLO12 RYBNIK EUR PL PLOO9 RZESZ W EUR PL PLO11 SLUPSK EUR PL PLO12 SOSNOWIEC EUR PL PLO16 SZCZECIN EUR PL PLOO4 TARN W EUR PL PLOO7 TORUN EUR PL PLO12 TYCHY EUR PL PLOO1 WALBRZYCH EUR PL PLOO7 WARSZAWA EUR PL PLOO2 WLOCLAWEK EUR PL PLOO1 WROCLAW EUR PL PLO12 ZABRZE EUR PL PLOO5 ZIELONA G
145. EUR NO NO005 TRYSIL OM MUO06 MUSCAT ASI PK 7 BAHAWALNAGAR ASI PK PKOO7 BUREWALA ASI PK 7 CHINIOT ASI PK PKOO8 DADU ASI PK PK007 DASKA ASI PK 7 DERA GHAZI KHAN ASI PK PKOO7 FAISALABAD ASI PK PK007 GOJRA ASI PK PK007 GUJRANWALA ASI PK 7 GUJRAT ASI PK PKOO7 HAFIZABAD ASI PK PK007 HYDERABAD ASI PK PK004 ISLAMABAD ASI PK PKOO8 JACOBABAD ASI PK PKOO7 JARANWALA ASI PK 7 JHANG ASI PK PKOO7 ASI PK PKOO7 KAMOKE ASI PK PKOO8 KARACHI ASI PK PK007 KASUR ASI PK PKOO8 KHAIRPUR ASI PK PKOO7 KHANEWAL ASI PK 7 KHANPUR ASI PK PK005 KOHAT ASI PK 7 LAHORE ASI PK PKOO8 LARKANA 195 Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Panama Panama Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Paraguay Paraguay Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Philippines Mangora PK Mardan PK Mirpur Khas PK Multan PK Muridke PK Nawabshah PK Okara PK Pakpattan PK Peshawar PK Quetta PK Rahimyar Khan PK Rawalpindi PK Sadiqabad Sahiwal PK Sargodha PK Sukkur PK Tandoadam PK Ciudad De Colon PA Panama PA San Migue
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147. G xs gt eee ms m ra ms x NATE mes eism T emis om eem ma L C P Figure 57 Remote Control Setup Page 6 4 Remote with Wireless Handheld PDA It is possible to control mcsSprinklers valves with a small handheld computer such as a Palm special browser page is used to provide just the essential information necessary to accomplish this control The URL to access this page is the URL of the computer and port where mcsSprinklers is running with the page parameter of handheld For example http 192 168 0 31 8008 handheld The page presented is a condensed version of the General Status page where no graphics are presented and only devices that have control buttons are listed The layout is shown in Figure 58 The screen width is tailored for a 320 pixel wide screen and no graphics are included so as to minimize the resources needed in the PDA The four buttons in the top row can be used to sort the rows per the column title 91 Figure 58 Handheld Remote Control Browser Page When accessing mcsSprinklers from a PDA or other remote host the LAN firewall becomes a consideration The firewall must allow this communication In some cases it is possible to setup a rule to allow mcsSprinklers exe to pass through the LAN or WAN firewall In some cases it will require an adva
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160. OS In this case connect it to the Rain8 module using only the RJ11 to RJ45 wide plug cable that came with the 1132B e Upto 5 Rain8 modules may share a single power line interface e PSCO5 interface A2 for 1 splitter is provided in this package for two Rain8s sharing one Interface for 16 zone operation PSCOS or TW523 only e A5 for 1 splitter item 80069 is available for installations of up to 40 zones Powerlinc 1132B interface 5 1 splitter item 80071 is available for PowerLinc installations of up to 40 zones Use the enclosed black modular cable to connect from the splitter to each Rain8 module 238 EE quud El El Valve Valve Modular Splitter Valve Valve D X10 Interface Power Supply Figure 80 Rain8 X10 Power line and Valve Connections Prepare to Program the Rain8 module Please note that the Rain8 terminal strip is removable Gently unplug the portion with screw heads from the socket mounted on the PCB Remove the Rain8 from the wall and bring it to the location of the PC that will be used for programming e Connect the DB 9 connector on the Rain8 to a serial cable with the other end plugged into a serial port on yo
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162. P server and this is normally the router that provide access to the internet The default port is 8008 and the IP is available from the DHCP server router or from the ARP table The ARP table can be viewed from a command prompt run cmd from Windows Start with the command a Use the MAC address printed on the bottom of the embedded platform to identify the specific IP associated with that address Any valid mcsSprinklers page can be used as the initial routing will be to the registration page For example http 192 168 0 101 8008 status would be a browser URL to get initial access to the embedded mcsSprinklers if the DHCP server assigned 192 168 0 101 as the IP address 3 2 Homeseer For the Homeseer install the Homeseer Updater is used to assist in the installation In this case care must be exercised to assure that the install is placed in the correct folder where Homeseer is running as different versions of Homeseer run in different folders The menu items available in the standalone tray icon are available from the Homeseer menu where the Homeseer log is displayed When installation is performed on a Homeseer PRO 100 or similar processor then one needs to be aware that the C drive where the system files are stored needs to be explicitly unlocked to allow files to be saved to this drive and this unlocking operation needs to occur prior to installing mcsSprinklers After installation it can be write protected again If this step
163. P text box is left blank and the port number is placed in the W800 port box This will be a number such as 1 2 etc If the W800 is interfaced via the LAN then the IP and port are entered in these two boxes such as is shown in Figure 56 RF transmissions such as from a palm pad actually send the same command multiple times with each push of the button It is done to assure that at least one reaches the receiver To assure that only one is received the extra ones are filtered out for a short period of time This filtering interval is the Debounce Period entry The value of 1000 means that the same button press will be ignored for one second If the value is reduced to 500 then two of the same button pushes within one second will be accepted W800 For Handheld Wireless Input w800 IP 192 168 0 40 W800 Port 3003 Debounce Period 1000 milliseconds Figure 56 W800 Port Selection for Internal W800 Connection The same remote functionality is achieved with an X10 mini maxi controller that provides a set of buttons that can be activated to send codes over the power line In this case the W800 interface is not needed that is used to drive the power line will also function to listen to commands 90 Disable Direct Valve Control Disable Alias Valve Control 7 Disable Remote Direct Valve Control 7 Disable Remote Valve Control via Alias mote Control Activation Setup _ Zone Valve Cod mo ws xs
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168. Rain8 Net mcsSprinklers will also send a status request If the expected status is not received then it will send the command a second time Each Rain8 Net module can have up to four valves on at the same time mcsSprinklers will verify that no more than four are on and will ignore commands for additional valve on until other valves have been turned off The Rain8 Wireless communications via the CM17A interface uses the DTR and RTS discrete signals of the COM port to provide power and to command the transmission of RF codes The modulation rate of 47 DTR and RTS determine which RF code is transmitted status feedback is available on the RF interface The Rain8 Power line communications via the CM11A interface uses a five byte command packet Acknowledgement is received for a successful transmission and if not received the command is resent This acknowledge however only relates to delivery of the command onto the power line It does not necessarily it is received by the Rain8 Power line The also listens to commands from other sources such as a remote control device The data reception events are processed by reading the delivered command An additional diagnostic aid is available to see the serial communication to the valve hardware It is referenced from the Serial IO link or iowindow page on the mcsSprinklers URL from the browser Each character that is sent or received on the COM port is displayed in this window ClearLog
169. Rain8 module that is connected to the programming port The section is made with the radio buttons 10 1 18 Module Address The Rain8 Net uses a numeric address in range 1 to 255 The other units use an alphabetic house code in the range A to P plus and identification of the bank The selection made for the Wireless and Power line modules will have a corresponding entry in the above table when the unit is deployed 122 10 1 19 Rain8 Net Timer Disable Rain8 models can use timers as a safety measure With only the Rain8 Net can these timers be disabled to allow a valve to remain on for an indefinite time The checkbox is used to make this selection for the Rain8 Net model 10 1 20 Rain8 Wireless Valve 8 Use The Rain8 Wireless model can be configured as 7 independent and 1 slave or 8 independent valves When configured in the 7 1 mode then the slave valve will be ON when any of the other 7 is ON and OFF when all the other 7 are OFF 10 1 21 8 10 2 Status Response The Rain8 2 Way can deliver a status response following each command or it can deliver this response only when requested using an X10 Status Request command In a shared environment where the X10 interface is not managed by mcsSprinklers then the unit should be configured for poll status response only In this case it will operate much like a 1 Way Rain8 X10 with the ability to poll When managed directly by mesSprinklers then the immediate status response is used to u
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173. The port used is entered into the text box shown in Figure 9 if the local computer contains the CM17A CM11A interface It is also possible to interface the module using a remote interface rather than one directly connected to the computer The remote interface must be somewhere on the LAN and at the remote location an interface module will be installed and the interface software run The interface modules are those shown in Table 2 The remote vs internal connection is selected and if remote then the target address of the interface is entered This address can be wild carded so an entry such as will usually accomplish the objective In the case of all Rain8 types except the Wireless it is possible to interface these devices with LAN connection to an IP Serial converter These adapters can be wireless or wired Communication to these devices can be direct to the IP and Port of the IP Serial converter or can be through a port driver that maps the IP Serial device to an extended COM port The setup of the Rain8UPB in Figure 9 shows the connection directly to the IP Serial device If a COM port is used then the port entry would be simply the port number such as 6 and the IP entry would be blank such as is shown for the Rain8Net connection When using the Homeseer X10 interface the entry that should be made is the list of Homeseer devices per Paragraph HomeSeer Devices or X10 devices per the grid of Figure 11 The Save button at the top of the page
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179. Weatherhawk 107 Other weather instruments are typically interfaced using the computer s system and a text file The software interfacing the weather instrument will produce a comma separated values text file with the current conditions reported by the instrument mcsSprinklers will periodically read the first line of this text file and extract the data in the column specified in the Setup8 Weather for CSV input Column 1 is the first column number Data will be time stamped by mcsSprinklers when it is input Any timestamp produced to the weather instrument interface software is ignored Multiple lines are also ignored so it is not possible to import historical data into the mcsSprinklers database but can only input current conditions The preferred method to accept csv data is with a one line file It is also possible to accept a larger file and use the last line of the file Provisions exists to process multiple lines to sum data over an hourly interval should it be necessary The options for these capability will be provided when the sensor is selected to have a csv source The csv file can be local to the computer the LAN or retrieved via http or ftp protocol for a remote location If the start of the file name is http or ftp then it will be retrieved via IP interface If running on a Linux system then the file path can be relative to the root of the data drive and this is indicated by not using a slash at the start of the path For all o
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183. able An alternate power line interface the Smarthome powerlinc 1132B can be used rather than the PSCOS In this case connect it to the Rain8 module using only the RJ11 to RJ45 wide plug cable that came with the 1132B e Up to 5 Rain8 modules may share a single power line interface PSCO5 interface A2 for 1 splitter is provided in this package for two Rain8s sharing one Interface for 16 zone operation PSCOS or TW523 only e A5 for 1 splitter item 80069 is available for installations of up to 40 zones Powerlinc 1132B interface A5 for 1 splitter item 80071 is available for PowerLinc installations of up to 40 zones Use the enclosed black modular cable to connect from the splitter to each Rain8 module mum 5 PLE j ih Valve Modular Splitter Valve Valve D X10 Interface F Power Supply L T Figure 82 Rain8 X10 II Power line and Valve Connections 242 to Program the Rain8 module Please note that the Rain8 terminal strip is removable Gently unplug the portion with screw heads from the socket mounted on the PCB Remove the from the wall and bring it to the location of the PC that will be used for programming
184. able to reconfigure to a version that has fewer setup options Only those versions available for the license obtained will be displayed If the version is changed then mcsSprinklers should be restarted 141 10 10Setup10 xAP Reporting When the Basic Status and Control checkbox in the Supplemental xAP Interface section of the Other setup page is checked then the xAP Reporting page is made available via a browser link at the top of page The xAP Reporting page will itemize all the control and status devices maintained by mcsSprinklers and include two checkboxes for each The BSC checkbox when checked will generate a BSC schema message for each change in the value of the device This page is shown in Figure 30 142 10 11Setup11 Picture Entry 10 11 1 Pictures Pictures of the zone that a valve controls can be selected and these pictures will be available during the setup and during general monitoring of the irrigation The source pictures can be any size and can come from any location on the client s computer network The Browse buttons are used to locate the original pictures mcsSprinklers will copy resize and label these pictures for service via the browser through which access to mcsSprinklers is made Use of pictures is optional When a display of a picture is available the camera icon will appear in the applicable context 143 11 AccuWeather Location Codes Country Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan
185. ageous during the interview process to allow essential setup to first be performed and then the more advances setup later 10 9 2 Configuration Administration Setup configurations can be saved and restored to accommodate different control configurations An auto backup is produced each time a configuration change is made This time tagged backup can be restored as well 10 9 3 Load Configuration Saved configurations can be loaded that exists on either the host computer or the client computer A pull down selection of all previously saved configurations on the host computer is presented or a file system browse button is available for finding the files on the client computer When one is selected the current configuration will be restored to the selected one If configurations are available on the client browser s computer then they can uploaded to the host by browsing the client file system for the desired ini file 10 9 4 Save Configuration Configurations can be saved on the host computer and each is identified by a user entered name After the name is entered the Save button is used to actually perform the save of the current configuration 10 9 5 Restore Configuration from Auto Backup Each time the Save Changes button is used to record a change to the current configuration a backup is automatically made The configuration can restored from this prior state by selecting it from the pull down Up to ten backups will be saved 10
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187. ain module is managed as a set of eight valves When communications are lost to the module then all eight valves are considered failed Two retries are used for each communication attempt before failure is declared 8 1 6 Homeseer Virtual Devices When the Homeseer interface is used for X10 or other virtual devices then mcsSprinklers will use the status provided by Homeseer mcsSprinklers status will be updated on command and changed if Homeseer provides a later change of status Commands going through the Homeseer interface will occur no faster than one command per 3 seconds This is done to minimize the chance of power line bandwidth overutilization 106 8 2 Alternate Sensor Interface 8 2 1 Weather Data Weather data can be obtained from a variety of sources that are selected on the Setup8 Weather Page These can be from the Internet from AccuWeather US National Weather Service WeatherUnderground AWS It can be obtained via the LAN using xAP message schema Weather Report or xAPBSC It can be obtained from the LANs file system using a text file in a comma separated values format It can also be obtained from Homeseer virtual devices when interfaced via Homeseer Weather information is expected from the xAP interface using the Weather Report schema for both localized current weather and the more general Forecast Should either of these sources become stale mesSprinklers will initiate the collection of data from the Internet The
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189. alendar icon next to the fertigation valve is clicked In this case the calendar shows the icon associated with the fertigation valve for any day that the fertigation valve was ON There is also a level indicator icon where the level is angled This is the projected day when the next fertigation will occur When any day s cell is clicked then the detail for the day pops up 82 E Zone R9 U1 Irrigation and F Soil Moisture Start Moisture End Moisture 100 Weather ET Total for Day Rain During Day UV During Day Temp During Day Max Wind During Day Irrigation Figure 48 Fertigation Data on Calendar Detail for Zone Valve 83 Area 0 valve R11 U3 IDI x Weather Rain During Day o max uy During Day o Temp During Day 0 Max Wind During Day o Fertigation MinutesforDay 6 Figure 49 Fertigation Calendar Detail for Fertigation Valve 84 6 Manual Control Options While the focus of mcsSprinklers is to provide a fully automated irrigation solution it also integrates the automatic modes with a manual control capability The manual control will override the automatic control when this mode of operation is enabled This means that the Don t Water and Start Time restrictions imposed on the automatic control are not obeyed for manual control Seasonal Emergency actions take priority over individual zone Manual Control actions When mesSprinklers has been put into Seasonal Shutd
190. alve has two wires One wire is designated as the common of the common valve wires can be connected together to one wire going to the controller e connections should be made using wire nuts in grease caps to prevent corrosion e Only one valve should be connected to each zone The rated output is 24 at 25 amps 250ma per zone Some valves require a greater current then 25 amps to initially open and drop back to a lower value This will present no problem as long as the drop back value is 25 amps or less Connecting the Valve Wires to the Controller e Determine which valve is to be connected to each zone Insert each valve wire into its respective position on the terminal strip and gently tighten the setscrew e Connect the common wire from the valves to the terminal labeled common 241 Connecting the Transformer Interface e Locate the two terminals labeled 24 vac on the Rain8 module and connect an appropriate length of 18 gauge 2 conductor zip cord to the transformer screw terminals The same is done for the 24VAC power connection for all expansion Rain8 units Warning Make sure that 24V AC terminal 11 on one unit connects to terminal 11 on the next and 24VAC terminal 12 to 12 in a similar manner Your Rain8 modules and transformer will be damaged if the wires connecting between units are reversed e Connect the Rain8 to a PSCOS power line interface using only the WGL furnished black modular c
191. ameter can also be used as a means to restrict irrigation There may be water cost rate schedules that may make use of water beyond some threshold prohibitively expensive A limit can be selected to be within the current day week or month period or it can be set to be a fixed interval or one seven or thirty days For example if a consumption limit is set to 1000 gallons for the month and on the 20 of the month this level has been utilized then no more auto schedule irrigation will be allowed for the remainder of the month The interval selected for water consumption restriction is the same interval that is used for the Site status device where the water consumption is displayed If no interval is selected then the default display will be for water use within the last 30 days If no restriction is needed yet different intervals desired on the display then setup a restriction with a level that will not be achieved It is possible that a normal day s irrigation cycle will not complete before midnight due to exercise of restrictions that limit the amount of time that is available to run during a day If a timed control strategy is used for a zone that does not complete then a notification message will be delivered at midnight to indicate that the zone did not complete during the day and it will be run the following day at the first available time When this situation occurs for the other control strategies no message will be delivered since the scheduling
192. an have a different duration 24 time slots are available A factor of 0 5 will decrease the Zone duration by 50 A factor of 1 5 will increase it 50 10 5 14 Area Inhibit Times The Area inhibit times perform the same function as the Restriction page between hours inhibit however they only apply to the zone in a specific area For the span of time between the From and To entries no watering will occur for the area The times are entered in the format of HH MM or just HH if no minutes are used The times are based on a 24 hour clock with values of 0 and 24 being equivalent The inhibit times will prevent a zone from starting zone or area that is already started before the inhibit period can be allowed to complete based upon settings 10 5 15 Area Restrictions and Carryover Considerations Minimum days between watering will assure that an automatic watering cycle will occur no faster than the specified time The maximum days values will assure the foliage will be watered at least as often as the specified interval The maximum days does not override other restrictions Both the min and max considerations are most appropriate for the calculated ET and measured soil moisture control strategies With timed strategies the interval between watering will be well defined by the control strategy except in cases where restrictions may be such that watering times are skipped The Wind and Temperature restrictions are the same as the site restrictions for
193. and above e Select the Enable Rain8 Timers checkbox so the Rain8 will turnoff each zone as a safety precaution e Enter the timeout amount for each of the 8 valves This value will be a few minutes longer than the longest that a zone will be run at any one time e timer resolution expected by mcsSprinklers is in Minutes so that selection should be made at the radio button e mesSprinklers will support either a counter input for water use measurement or a switch input for an inhibit Select the radio for how it will be used in this application If input is not used then select the unused radio position The input data will be presented on a UPB DID that is entered on the input This is a single DID and not a Rain8 Module ID that is used for the output control If the counter input data is to be delivered when UPB DID 99 is queried t hen a value of 99 would be entered on the setup The same is true for any other input UPB DID Click on the Write EPROM button to save the setup e Click on the Read EPOM button to confirm the setup Rain8 EPROM and Timers Programming Port Module Type Rain8 Timers Module Address Win UPB Timers Enable UPB Timer RainsuPa Resolution Minutes Seconds Rain8 UPB Network alve i Rain8 UPB Input Signal ANDABA G Input unused C Counter C Switch Figure 86 Rain8 UPB EPROM Setup 12 5 4 The Rain8UPB and UPStart In the UPB world everything is setup with UPStart
194. and goes for 24 hours At midnight of the next day a control cycle will start for the times and conditions setup for that new day A carryover provision exists if selected on the Area Setup Page as shown in Figure 42 will allow zones that did not complete the day s scheduled irrigation to continue to run past midnight until completion This carryover is intended to deal with situations where a scheduled irrigation did not complete due to some temporary inhibit conditions that delayed the schedule It is not intended to allow full irrigation schedules to shift into the next day This means that a normal irrigation cycle will start sometime after midnight but generally not just before midnight Lawn and Garden Calculated ET 50 Run Area 1 Now 50 E 10026 B1 Front Lawn 7 Disable Automatic Control 7 Enable Manual for 1 mins Set Soil Moisture B2 Back Lawn Status Round Robin Round Robin with 4 mins left Last on Today 9 39 AM Soil 67 Cycles 2 Wk Mins 214 Status Watering Now Disable Automatic Control Started at 9 39 AM with 5 mins left Enable Manual for 2 mins Last on Today 9 39 AM Cycles 1 Wk Mins 157 Soil 58 50 100 Set Soil Moisture B3 Garden Round Robin with 5 mins left Disable Automatic Control mins Last on Today 9 38 AM Cycles 1 Wk Mins 118 Figure 43 Round Robin Scheduling Status E Enable Manual for 2 Status Round Rob
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197. artup Rain8 Rain8 Interfaces _ Control Interfaces Interfaces Data Datatollection Powerline Interface voice Control Current Weather Wireless Interface Handheld Remote Forecast Weather Supplemental xAP Interface Figure 29 Launch of Interface Nodes and xAP Message Selection The redundant architecture option provides a means to assure maximum availability of the control function A second aspect of assured operation is command redundancy and safety provisions The timeout safety was previously shown in Figure 8 It provides the safety against excessive water delivery at the point of the Rain8 module Within the PC OFF commands can be delivered at times when a zone is not being watered These can be setup to be hourly and or daily Setup options are also available to repeat any ON or OFF command to assure that the command is received by the Rain8 In the case of the Rain8 Net module there exists a two way interface so the PC always obtains positive status of the state of the valves and the need for special safety provision are reduced The Rain8 Wireless and Rain8 Power line have no mechanism to report valve status back to the PC so command redundancy is a good idea These safety setups are performed on the Setup6 Site page as shown in Figure 41 Other xAP applications can interact with mcsSprinklers using the messaging providing in the Supplemental xAP Interface section Valves can be controlled and checked for statu
198. ated at the top of each browser page 30 To illustrate the basic setup flow a few scenarios will be used to base the setup actions The first will be a minimal setup of one zone to be watered for 30 minutes every other day Two other scenarios will be shown to illustrate some of the setup features Some of these scenarios are available as preconfigured setups that can be selected as the first item in the Setup Interview The interview is selected from the tray icon 3 5 3 Sample Scenarios 3 5 3 1 Scenario 1 One Zone Setup A Rain8 Wireless unit is being used to control a single zone on a schedule of 30 minutes every other day The computer has a CM17A Firecracker installed on Com Port 1 to control the Rain8 Wireless Select Setup1 Rain8 Choose Rain8 Wireless to identify that the Rain8 Wireless is being used It comes from the factory programmed as Unit B1 with timeout of 60 minutes in each zone This is adequate for use in this scenario If it were not then the Timer setup at the bottom of the page would be used to configure it as desired Enter 1 in the Module PC Interface group Wireless port box to configure the CM17A Firecracker to use port 1 Click the radio button at the intersection of house row B and bank 1 to select the Wireless module type This means that the module s valves will be associated with addresses B1 through B8 Click Save button at the top to record these settings Select Setup2 Wiring To identify the wire con
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200. ater in step 12 and 14 below 252 General Triggers Actions Conditions Settings wx El TO Location A Author Windows7 PCXUser Name Description Security options When running thetask use the following useraccount Windows7 PCXUser Name Change User or Group Run only when user is logged on Run whether user is logged or not 1 Do not store password The task will only have access to local computer resources E Run with highest privileges Hidden Configure for Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 4 Check the Run with highest privileges box See screenshot below 253 General Triggers Actions Conditions Settings Name CCleaner Location A Author Windows7 PCXUser Name Description Security options When running thetask use the following useraccount Windows7 PC User Name Change User or Group 9 Run only when user is logged on Run whether user is logged on or not _ Do not store password task will only have access to local computer resources Run with highest privileges Hidden Configure for Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 5 Click tap the Configure for drop down box to open it and select Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 or the Windows you are currently in see screenshot above and below NOTE This is like compatibility mode If the program does not supp
201. atering schedule includes the type of strategy start time preferences and water supply considerations Five strategies are available Three are timed and two are based upon soil moisture The Calculated ET strategy determines moisture content based upon Et and the Measured strategy determines moisture content based upon a moisture sensor probe Entries are available for moisture content thresholds that will trigger the start of a new cycle A value of 0 is reasonable for a calculated threshold while the value for the probe will depend upon the interface parameters of the probe The Calculated ET strategy depends upon sensor input to perform the hourly calculation of ET These sensors can come from local sources or the internet Since sensor data is not 100 reliable mcsSprinklers provides some options for how ET is determined These are selected on the Other Setup page as shown in Figure 22 under Method to Determine Hourly and Daily ET When reliable data is available then the option to Calculate based on Weather is the appropriate selection When data is not available or reliability is poor then use of the historical averages are best When data is essentially good but some protection for bad data is desired then the third option to provide a limit on ET is used In this case the weather sensor data will be used for the ET calculation but when the ET varies from the historical average then it will be limited For example if a 50 limit is
202. ation efficiency 8596 20 85 e The area used here is square and the sprinkler head spacing 15 ft x 15 ft 225 ft conversion of cubic feet to gallons 7 48 gal ft e 0 029 ft 0 85 irrigation efficiency 20 034 ft of water application depth 0 034 ft 225 12 7 65 f e 7 65 ft3 x 7 48 gal ft 57 2 gal e 57 2 gal 3 10 gal minute 18 5 minutes per day approx 20 minutes per day Reference Rain Bird 1999 2000 Catalog Landscape Irrigation Products Toro 2000 2001 Irrigation Product Catalog The watering schedule is setup in mcsSprinklers on the Setup4 Zones and Setup5 Areas setup pages A Zone represents the set of sprinkler heads that are controlled by a single valve An Area represents a set of zones that use the same watering schedule mcsSprinklers supports multiple zones within an Area and multiple areas Zones within an area are scheduled in sequence and in the order used in the Setup4 Zones setup page Areas are scheduled in parallel but this can be changed to sequential with a checkbox setting on the Setup5 Areas setup page under Zone Sequence Control Sequential Area would be used when you have insufficient water pressure to run 2 areas at the same time The setup of a zone for automatic watering requires two user inputs One is the time that a zone should remain on when started and the second is the efficiency factor These are the I and K from the equation above 66 The setup of w
203. ays Between Hours Wind Speed Temperature Rainfall 12 Rain Forecast Rain Forecast ET EKternal Discrete Inhibit Max Cycles Between Hours by Area Log Restriction Pump Control Yes Yes Yes Water Flow Management No No Multiple valve control to achieve optimal pressure Water Source Management No No Discharge Rate Recharge Rate Budget Management Tank Management Fertigation Control No No Yes Soil Moisture Determination No ET Calculation Soil Efficiency Adjustment Crop Type Adjustment ET Calculation Moisture Sensor Evapotranspiration Calculation No Hourly Weather Historical Hourly Weather Weather Station Internet based Weather No AWS AWS Weatherunderground Weatherunderground NWS EPA NWS EPA AccuWeather AccuWeather Weather station based Weather No No Yes 13 USER INTERFACE Phone Apple Android No Yes Yes Remote Handheld Control 10 Power line X10 Power line RF 10 Power line RF PDA Phone Android Browser Internet Access Yes Yes Selectable HTTP port Browser Style Customization No No Yes Graphical User Interface Yes Digital Pictures Digital Pictures Calendar based Calendar based history history and status Current weather or other user selected status devices Touchscreen Kiosk User Interface 600x800 600x800 600x800 Imperial and Metric Display Units No Yes Yes Control and Status Browser Views
204. be done by monitoring for an absolute daily amount that is setup on the Zone Setup page or by monitoring exceeding an average that has been experienced in the recent past The averaging approach is setup as shown in Figure 38 where the duration of the average is specified and the percentage over this average that will produce a message and possible email if setup Area 1 Water Supply Area 1 Pump Control Valve Max Flow per ___ Flow Day 9 Enable 0n Enable 0ff Well or Water Storage Discharge and Recharge Times Maximum continuous ON duration minutes Minimum recharge time minutes Area 1 Flow Volume Meter Source Input Source 9 None Rain8Net ID gallons per Count Area 1 Water Leak Monitoring Period to establish average use 90 days Overage percentage for notification 30 Figure 38 Water Supply Pump Meter setup 69 Another optional capability is the control of a valve that is used to dispense liquid fertilizer This feature is enabled when a valve 15 selected for the Fertigation control valve When selected the Zone setup page will provide additional fields to specify the percentage of time the Fertigation valve should be ON when the zone is ON This provides zone by zone control of Fertigation The other Fertigation settings on the Area setup page are used to alter the Fertigation percentages using adaptive control rather than fixed percentage control and to identify a meter source if the l
205. be sent manually by clicking its button 250 13 RS 232 Adapters 13 1 USB Serial USB to RS 232 COM adapters are available at most computer hardware suppliers Typically the hardware quality is similar for most products but the software drivers do vary in quality Products based upon the FTDI chipset have well supported software drivers Two known products that have had good success are Byterunner http www byterunner com byterunner new_frontpage usbserialadapters Digi Edgeport http www digi com products usb edgeport jsp overview IP Serial IP to RS 232 adapters have been in use for 20 years in applications of printer and terminal servers This means surplus hardware is often available for the wired version of IP to Serial New technology is in widespread use with many suppliers that have both wired and WiFi versions Two primary issue that have been experienced are software drivers and voltage levels A driver can be used to emulate a COM port such as redirector software from Lantronix This is needed for the Basic and Standard mcsSprnklers versions The Professional version is able to communicate directly in IP using a raw no protocol mode The driver problem typically arrises as new operating systems are released and especially for the x64 versions The second issue is for voltage level Many IP Serial products use TTL 3 5 0 rather than RS 232 12V 12V The standard Rain8Net operates at the lower voltage le
206. ble for distributed execution Table 2 Software Interface Modules Interface Component Description xapmcsCM17A PC interface to control one or more Rain8 Wireless modules xapmcsCM11A PC interface to control one or more Rain8 Power line modules xapmcsRain8Net PC interface to control one or more Rain8Net modules xapmcsUPB PC interface to control one or more Rain8UPB modules xapmcsW 800 PC interface to accept handheld remote control inputs from W8800 xapmcsCM19A PC interface to accept handheld remote control inputs from CM19A xapmcs Voice PC interface to accept voice commands and speak status xapmcsWeatherAWS PC internet interface to obtain current weather conditions xapmcsWeatherXML PC internet interface to obtain forecasted weather from Weather com 22 xapmcsHub Traffic router for applications on same PC 3 1 2 Embedded Platform The embedded platform comes with mcsSprinklers and associated operating system files preinstalled on USB flash drive This drive is inserted into any USB port on the platform A network cable and power cable are inserted into their appropriate jacks After a short delay the status light on the front will start blinking and within 30 seconds after it stops mcsSprinklers will be ready to accept requests from a browser The network node name will be mcsSprinklers and the IP address will be provided by the DHCP server on the LAN This means there needs to be a DHC
207. bove 12 You will now see your new task created with the name ex CCleaner you gave it in step 3 Close Task Scheduler see screenshot below 258 fie uen m ez Ba B Tack Sehactater 4 Tank Scheduler 22 21 OffceficituarePictection wo GMecresctt_Harcware Launch Deirt_ Heady When the task in created cr meddied D Mecrosctt Hardware Launch Type me Ready When the tack created ar modified fun Time Lact Ran Tene 5 28 2000 446 50 tA 447 71 Lari Man Peza Author Created 090010004 eraral Tangen Actone Conditions Settings Hare CCleaner Lorca Author Desen pticer D CiUser Narme Security options When Le tach une the following aser account Windows PC ther Mame Run only when urar is logged os Run whether user logged cn er net De net stove The tik will only have te local resources Run with highest Hidden Corfigureter Windows fj Create Basic Tas Create Tek Display AB Runeing Tasks D Ens k Al Tasks Mistery New Fetter Van A henh B FEL Ren ins Egen v X Hep 13 Right click or press and hold an empty area of your desktop then click tap on New and Shortcut 14 Type in the target below for the
208. can be run Each Program can control multiple zones during an irrigation cycle The time each zone is ON during the cycle can be changed on a Program to Program basis For example two Programs can be defined where the first runs at 6 AM and three zones are each run for 20 minutes The second runs at 3 PM and only runs one of the three zones for 10 minutes to provide supplemental water to a part of the site that has high sun exposure The setup of the Timed Program Control can be done in either of two ways One is from the Timed Programs selection from the menu This will show a grid where each zone is listed in the rows and each Program time is listed in the columns See Figure 33 Arca 1 Programtimes mmi HEX Zone Auto Time Mins Mins Mins Mins Mins erivorme ha m NET 1 Valve Side Law Figure 33 Timed Programs Setup Matrix In the example shown in Figure 33 there are four Programs defined and a blank column where the next program can be entered There are five zones in each Program At 10 AM a cycle will start where the Front Lawn will be ON for 15 minutes then the Front Shrubs will be ON for 5 minutes etc Another cycle 62 will start at 11 AM A third will start at 12 Noon and this cycle will only turn ON the Herbs zone for 3 minutes The last Program of the day will run at 5 PM The selection of the days when these programs will run is done on the Area Setup page per t
209. casted rain Selecting the corresponding checkbox can employ any of the three A minimum rainfall level that must be achieved can further qualify them These are in units of the rain sensor in or mm and are entered into the text boxes Actual rain is determined from the rain sensor Forecasted rain is determined from the icon for each of the future day s forecast Most forecast sites do a new day rollover sometime around sunset This means that the forecast can change in the evening and a restriction may active or be removed as the accounting is rolled To deal with this is may also be advantageous to set a time restriction for the evening hours Most jurisdictions water conservation rules can be accommodated with a setting that will not allow an even day or odd day watering In other cases the ban period period may be extended to two or more days To prevent excessive cycles the Max Cycles In Day option can be used to put an upper limit This would normally come into play if the calculation for evaporation or the measurement sensor produces excessive control demands i e the sensor is stuck If some type of rain moisture pad security interlock or other form of discrete input is available then it can be used to inhibit irrigation The source of this discrete needs to be identified as well as the polarity to use to indicate an inhibit condition If irrigation water consumption is being measured or being estimated based upon flow rates then this par
210. computers To support this configuration there should be one W800 that is interfaced as an indecent application This application can be run on any computer and can be launched automatically by mcsSprinklers if it is on the same computer as mcsSprinklers This is the checkbox entry for Handheld Remote The same rationale applies for the Forecast and Weather internet data If the internet data is available from the independent application then mcsSprinklers will use it If two mcsSprinklers computers are running then both will see the data at the same time If these independent applications are not run then each mcsSprinklers will recognize the data is not being received and will go to the internet to obtain the data The two computers may or may not be scheduling in the same manner depending upon the success of the internet connection Status devices 72 and 73 show the current redundancy mode These can be viewed in Figure 71 Device 72 reflects the computer on which the page is being viewed and device 73 reflects the reported status from the other computer When the other computer fails to report in the user specified takeover time then the status of device 73 will show a failed condition Other than the failure condition a status of irrigation standby may also be observed when configured for active standby operations 113 9 2 3 Associated xAP Interface The xAP LAN protocol imposes some needs on the configuration when redundancy is applied
211. cted is selected with the pull down Care should be taken so he same value is not assigned to two wires 10 2 4 Location The location box is used to identify the valve with a friendly name This name will be displayed on status pages and will be the name used in voice control 124 10 3Setup3 Layout The layout page allows the valves that are defined in the wiring setup to be assigned to Areas used for pump or fertigation control When the valve is assigned to an Area then its run time can be entered for the auto programs manual operation or syringing The layout page is shown in Figure 19 Three columns of information are shown for each valve defined in the system The column title button can be used to sort the valves by physical name assignment or auto program time The defined valves will be shown in a row with a light or medium gray background The undefined valves will be listed in a blue background 10 3 1 Picture The Picture column shows the information that was entered on the Wiring Page that identifies a valve Ifa picture is available it will be shown The textual description under the picture contains the physical valve identification and the zone name associated with this valve 10 3 2 Assigned Use Each defined valve can be assigned to an Area used to control a pump or fertigation valve or left unassigned The radio buttons in the matrix are used to identify the assignment When used for pump or fertigation then
212. cting Browser A to bring up the page shown in Figure 72 A unique HTTP Server Port xAP Identification and Serial connection are needed for each instance The default server port is 8016 so it is best to change the HTTP port for all but the last one configured so remote administration can be achieved with multiple instances running The Serial connectivity is the same type of setup as with mcsSprinklers where either an IP address and port or just a local serial port can be selected The xAP UID should be unique but the first two characters must be FF and the last two 00 The instance number can be any alphanumeric text The text entered will also appear in the tray icon the next time xapmcsRain8Net is started 114 tray icon can be hidden left showing in the tray Remote administration be gained from a browser with the URL set to the computer network id followed by the server port and status e g http mycomputer 8016 status After the Rain8Net modules to be interfaced are connected then the Find Rain8 Modules button can be clicked in the same manner that was described for mcsSprinklers or the module numbers be entered into the text box for the Rain8 Net module setup After the Save Changes button is clicked then a listing of the valves for all modules entered will show at the top of the page Each valve that will be used should be indicated with a checkbox in the Used column A name in Loca
213. cycles and control moding The Browser interface can be tailored for display characteristics that will yield similar properties to other Homeseer pages The valve and pump devices are identified in the Setup1 Rain8 Devices page as shown in Figure 16 The restrictions interface on the Setup6 Site page as shown in Figure 45 The other interface parameters are on the Setup9 Other page as shown in Figure 32 mesSprinklers normally obtains sensor information from its internet connection that is setup on the Weather Setup page This can be superseded with data from Homeseer Virtual Device Strings When a device code is entered into the section HomeSeer Sourced Sensors then the data will come from the Device String and data received for the specific sensor from the Internet will be ignored When a Solar DC is specified then a second entry Solar Factor can be used to scale the sensor value for compatibility The default value is 1 0 Homeseer Setup Options Devices Valve Protect Device Allow non x10 Alias for Remote Use 0 1 rather than OFF ON to Control HS Restart Control HS Device Notification Options Send All Valve Actions to Homeseer Log Log Valve Actions Log Inhibit Reason Display Options Use External Includes Exclude Header ELE Figure 32 Homeseer Interface Options 61 5 Automated Control Strategy 5 1 Control Based upon Time vs Soil Moisture Conte
214. d 100 then a gradual decrease is the appropriate setting 5 4 Syringing Syringing is the light sprinkling of water on turf usually done during the hottest part of the day to prevent wilting During the course of the day the sun evaporates tremendous amounts of water from the soil and plant tissue Evaporation through plant tissue is called Evapotranspiration During the hottest days of the year the Evapotranspiration rate often exceeds the plants ability to draw water in from the soil The result of this water deficit is wilt Often times during clear sunny days you can see the turf turning shades of blue and gray These are signs that the turf grass plants are in need of water and if water is not applied at that time the grass will die This is most important as Annual Bluegrass is a very shallow rooted winter annual and if it dies it will not recover until new seeds germinate in the fall To reduce the stress from this water deficit syringing is implemented Syringing is not actually replacing the water in the soil but instead it reduces the wilting cycle by cooling off the turf and temporarily stopping wilt until rainfall or hand watering can be initiated Control for syringing is done from a combination of the Zone Setup page shown in Figure 20 and Other Setup page shown in Figure 44 Syringing can be selected on a zone by zone basis on the Zone Setup page where the number of minutes to run during the syringing cycle is specified The actually runnin
215. d Local Area Network An internet connection is not essential for basic operation but features will not be available without it Connection to the internet can be accomplished in several manners and the Windows operating system provides wizards to help achieve this objective McsSprinklers connects to Internet to obtain current environmental conditions from a local reporting station This is done in both a single PC setup and in a multiple PC setup When a redundant operation is 52 desired then the Internet connection needs to be available to all PCs on the Local Area Network This can be achieved with a router that bridges the Internet and LAN It can also be done with Internet Connection Sharing within the computer that has the direct or dial up connection to the Internet Current weather information from the internet is available from the AWS network such is used in many local schools and reported on local new stations It is also available from the WeatherUnderground network This network is primarily personal weatherstions that upload to the WeatherUnderground server mesSprinklers uses the standard port 80 and HTTP protocol to access external Internet locations The zip code is used to identify local Forecast and AWS stations The WeatherUnderground stations are identified by the their Station ID which can be obtained by using a Browser and navigating to the URL http www wunderground com weatherstation ListStations asp selectedState WA amp
216. d folder will be needed to use the collected data 57 Help Context Help 9 show Help with Mouse Over Header Expert Mode Show All Available Setup Settings Context Help is not Needed User Mode Show Only Settings Enabled in Interview Debug Data Files Current Debug Size 15 6 104 Megabytes a Allowed Size 15 100 Megabytes rte Current ata rie a Write Current Debug DataFile Delete All Debug Data Files File Last Modified Size in Date MBytes Email Debug Data File Right Click to Upload GeneralDebug08_13_2011_15_10_51 txt 8 13 2011 3 10 51 PM w GeneralDebug08 13 2011 15 14 13 txt 8 13 2011 3 14 13 zonis rone arasa NO EEE nsnm E as zon rs zase EA nsnm External Drive Debug File Path Leave default unless external drive connected Figure 27 Help Setup Options Even when context help has been disabled the full help features of this manual are available with the Help that can be accessed from the links at the top of each setup page See Figure 28 Figure 28 Browser Links to Help and Other Pages Version Dependent Capability Six interface applications are provided to allow these interfaces to be supported outside of the core mesSprinklers scheduler This becomes significant in redundant architectu
217. d via its IP port The port information needs to be entered if this weather station is to be used The Davis Vantage Pro is interfaced via software provided by AmbientWeather com Virtual Weather Station using the csv file mechanism provided by that software mcsSprinklers will read the current data from the file path that is entered here on the setup This setup is shown in Figure 23 54 Optional Local Weather Source WeatherHawk IP CSV File Path Browse Figure 23 Local Weather Station Data Source Once the internet weather data sources have been selected they can be tested to assure the site is operational and reasonable data is returned The Evaluate Internet Download from Selected Stations button on Figure 22 is used to make an immediate query of all the sites The results will be shown in a new page such as shown in Figure 24 Weather Site Download Test V2 7 278 Professional Copyright 2004 2007 mcsSolutions Windows Internet Explorer Ex http localhost 8008 weather 52 7 2 2007 9 45 14 Sunrise 5 37 Sunset 8 29 i wi iW Kir wa NTRA Cr u j KE p twin 5sssesess 30 30 20 10 30 _ rores Date MN 172 10 25 pm 2007 07 02 22 42 08 2007 97 02 22 30 08 Internet Protected Mode Off 100 Figure 24 Weather Site Download Test Each indivi
218. debug information to a General Debug file and create a new General Debug file The GeneralDebug file of interest will be the one that was just closed and not the one that was just created since then new one contains only future debug information When sending debug information be careful to send a file that spans the time when a failure is observed The file name will contain the time it started and the File Last Modified Date will show the last time data was written to the file These are both visible in Debug File section For all except the currently active file these two dates will show the date range for which the data was collected The easiest way to provide the necessary files is to use the Email button on the Other Page on the row that the debug file of interest This email to yourself will contain the mcsSprinklers ini StartupTrace txt and selected GeneralDebug files so all that needs to be done is forward this email and include a description of the problem The folder size where debug files are located can be limited to not exceed available memory capacity This is especially important on the embedded platforms where memory is limited This user setting defaults to 100 megabytes It is also possible to use an external drive to collect this data and in that case the path 15 entered to this drive 10 9 26 Version Options Displayed The degree of configurability is based upon the license obtained To simply the configuration it may be desir
219. determined by the factor 10 4 7 Calc Flow The entry is used to estimate water consumption when a metered source is not available The number entered represents the gallons per minute or liters per minute of water use when the value is ON 10 4 8 Max Flow The max flow value is used in conjunction with a water meter When the meter measurement for the zone exceeds the max flow value then a notification will be provided 126 10 55 5 10 5 1 Zones Area This section is for information only to show which zone have been defined for the specific area The information about the zone includes the Harness ID Wire Color Value ID Zone Name and in the Homeseer case the device code For each zone two pieces of historical information is shown The 30 day rate is the rate at which a watering cycle occurs In non timed modes this will be the soil moisture loss rate Bar chart that shows the calculated percentage of moisture in the soil for a zone over the past seven days This may be useful trend view to help adjust factors on the Zone and Area pages that characterize a zone s soil moisture 10 5 2 Area Control Strategy One of five control strategies needs to be selected The first three are variations of watering at fixed times The last two schedule watering based upon sensor information In the case of the interval method a starting day value can be entered that will allow different areas to be done using the interval metho
220. ds but occur on different phases of the interval To support the Measured method there are three types of information that are entered to characterize the desired operation The soil sensor scale are three values that represent the 100 0 and the level at which an irrigation cycle will be started The sensor that will be providing the soil moisture readings can be from a or Homeseer virtual device source This is selected with a radio button followed by entry of the source address There is usually a delay between when irrigation occurs and when the moisture sensor registers the increase in moisture A fixed delay is specified to prevent a second irrigation cycle from starting before the sensor registers the increased moisture When the Calculated method is used then the sensor information will be collected from local sensors or the Internet based upon the weather station selected on the Other Setup page The threshold entry in the box is the calculated ET value based upon these sensors at which an irrigation cycle will start 10 5 3 Area Zone Sequence Control Three sequence options are available The first runs all zones of the site in sequence with the number on the same time selectable by site The second treats each area s zones independently with a maximum number of zones on at the same time selected by area The last allows user to externally control sequencing while restrictions and pump control continue to be managed by mcsSprinklers
221. dual sensor can be obtained from one of the available selected sources The default is to use the internet AWS or WU for the weather sensors WeatherUnderground AccuWeather or NOAA National Weather Service for the forecast sensors and for mcsSprinklers to compute the remainder that are not available from these sources The ET sensor is important when ET based scheduling is performed Some local weather stations provide this as a direct measurement that can be used via Weatherhawk Homeseer or CSV mechanisms Internet data containing ET 15 not available but can be computed from other sensor sources These are temperature wind humidity and a measure of solar intensity The solar source can be either from the Solar Radiation sensor or from the UV sensor When selecting a computed ET don t forget to also select the source for the sensors that are used in the ET computation On a sensor by sensor basis this can be changed as shown in Figure 25 if other sources are available In the case of xAP and Homeseer sourced sensors the selection of the specific address or device is necessary For the others only an indication of the source feed is necessary and mcsSprinklers will find it in the feed 55 The options that are available for Weather Sensor Source will depend upon other options selected as possible sources of weather data When the sensor values are viewed on the General Status page there will be a grayed out identification of the
222. e At some locations a LAN is prewired and this makes for a very robust connection and is the most desired one from a reliability perspective The EtherRain and Rain8Net via an IP Serial adapter can be used in this environment Variations of this are WiFi where the wired LAN is bridged with RF to allow communications over the air in a range of around 50 ft The Rain8Net provides a counter input for water use measurements and allows each of the eight valves in the module to be independently used for zone valve fertigation valve and pump valve control The EtherRain is able to only able to activate one of the eight zone valves at a time cannot be used for fertigation valves and pump control needs to be managed with the 7 1 variant of the EtherRain These control restrictions affect the ability to run multiple zones in parallel to manage water flow rates The Rain8Net can also be used with a direct RS 232 wired connection between the computer and the controller Since it is a dedicated wire it has good communication reliability When the computer and the controller are in the same proximity then the addition of the direct wiring may not be burdensome Consideration is also needed for the ability of the computer to support a RS 232 interface as many modern ones only support USB If USB RS 232 adapters are used care should be used to select ones that have good software driver support for the operation system to assure reliable communication 20 3 Insta
223. e These start times are only available in the three timed control strategy and not available in the ET calculated or measured strategies The third 75 is also on the Area Setup page and is the Seasonal Percentages that are entered on month by month basis For example Auto Time 50 Dur Factor 8 Seasonal Percentage 90 will result in a zone run time of 50 0 8 90 100 36 minutes A zone is normally run for the full duration before the next zone is started To reduce runoff from too much water at one time a round robin sequence can be setup on the Area Setup page to split the area s irrigation into shorter time bursts This is setup using the InterZone Scheduling delays If for example an Area has three zones with 6 minutes run time per zone with a round robin setup for 6 cycles This means that the total of 18 minutes in the area will be run with 6 cycles of 1 minute each in the order Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 1 Zone 2 etc Progress in the round robin cycle can be observed on the Zone Status page such as shown in Figure 43 In this figure it shows that B1 Status is Round Robin and it has 4 minutes left to complete This means the zone is not currently active but it will be cycling with other zones in the same area in a round robin fashion B2 is the zone that is currently running in the area Zone B3 is also round robin and is have 5 minutes remaining to complete The scheduling model used by mcsSprinklers starts at midnight
224. e Automatic watering times entered on the Zone Setup page and this product used as the actual watering time Itis intended to account for seasonal variation when using a timed control strategy The control strategy is setup on the Area Setup page 100 percent is nominal for summer When a new zip code is entered the percentages will change to default to monthly average ET for the zip code They can be changed and the values will be retained until the next zip code change Seasonal percentages are not used for areas under ET calculated or measured control strategies 129 10 6 Setup6 Site 10 6 1 Watering Restrictions Watering restrictions limit times when watering will be performed If no restrictions are selected then the watering schedule will be based solely on the Control Strategy setup page 10 6 2 Don t on Day of Week For any day of the week where the checkbox is checked there will be no watering performed 10 6 3 Don t Between Hours Limitations on the time of day that watering can occur is specified as a pair of times using a 24 hour clock No watering will occur between each pair of times entered The times can be entered as just an hour or as an hour and minutes using a colon separator e g 10 10 14 A checkbox is provided to identify if the between hours restriction applies to any zone or applies to the start time for an area When checked then any area that has started before the inhibited times will be allowed to run to co
225. e Rain8 family of modules It s capabilities are approximately equivalent to a 24 program timed irrigation controller with the added benefit of desktop and internet access to provide for easy viewing and alterations of the schedules It provides a rich user interface including graphical touch screen and the ability for remote valve control with PDA or X10 palm pad The Standard Level is designed to achieve water cost savings and provide a rich set of control options It takes into account weather conditions based upon internet data to both schedule when added moisture is needed and to not schedule due to wind and or rainfall conditions It provides visibility into historical valve activity and other parameters related to irrigation scheduling as well as all the features of mcsSprinklers Basic The Professional Level is designed for maximum customization and options It supports active backup and email notification when attention is needed Recordkeeping is enhanced with water use accounting and a more complete historical calendar Additional control is available for liquid nutrient distribution fertigation use of moisture probes and more flexible zone sequence control Integration with other automation is provided with direct weather station interfaces IP based control and xAP messaging Support for the non typical setups is provided in a unified manner that makes the complexity transparent It includes all features available with the standard and ba
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227. e diversity of the needs and the operation in international locations While all deserve acknowledgement the memory of the early days is not complete A partial accounting is Bkphillips Anaheim CA Cecil DC Degabe Loomis CA Droopyear Szekesfehervar Hungary Frobnitz France JB Coulter Visalia CA Jmonaco Rocklink CA ka7gzr Kent WA Mario from Spain Madrid Spain Mountainman CO USA Pete Lockport IL Smoothtlk Metamora MI uberseer Sugar Land TX Version 2 of mcsSprinklers was introduced in 2005 with a mixture of Standalone and Homeseer users providing ideas and assistance in making mcsSprinklers more user friendly and feature rich Version 2 6 s new features are primarily the result of user suggestions and effort in assisting the incorporation Scott Bunker Castle Rock CO provided WeatherUnderground as an optional source of Internet based weather data as well as the Calendar popups John Bonzey Auburn MA provided the handheld Palm method of remote control Doug Behl Nevada City CA for the large site considerations such as the popup pictures and area naming Some software components utilized within mcsSprinklers were obtained from internet sources The tooltip capability for context help was provided by Erik Bosrup s overLIB The graphical sliders were obtained from Erik Arvidsson Graphic icons were adapted from various sources including user contributions on the Homeseer message board The email facility was
228. e of a picture or drawing of the site layout off all areas and zones This picture then can be viewed by clicking on picture icon on the General Status page for the device with the entered site name 10 6 21 Valve Safety A command is normally given once for each control action to be taken It is possible to repeat the command to assure that the valve controller does recognize it As added safety it possible to send OFF commands every hour and or every new day to all valves that are currently suppose to be off 10 6 22 Pump Safety A pump is normally controlled the same as a valve with a single command to turn on and then a single command to turn off It is not desirable that a pump be on when no valve is open such as might occur if the valve has failed or if the pump off command was not acted upon When the pump safety is enabled then the pump off command will be delivered every 60 seconds when no zone in the pump s area is on 10 6 23 Control Log A log of valve control actions is maintained and can be viewed from a browser link This log will include the ON and OFF commands If desired it can include the STATUS REQUEST and STATUS ON STATUS OFF used for the Rain8X10 2 to assure that the command was accepted 132 10 7 5 1 7 Remote Control Remote Control Activation Setup Manual control of individual zones can be achieved with a Browser Voice or RF Remote Pad The Browse control will be via use of the button provided on the browser pa
229. e option radio button in the Module Type group When reading the EEPROM via the Read Timeout Timers button the House Bank or Net address fields are populated based upon the contents of the EEPROM that was read When programming the units the address or House Bank code entries need to be entered before the Download button is clicked In the case of the Power line and Wireless versions a House code and upper lower bank specification needs to be entered before downloading timer values Note that when the download does occur the House code will be programmed into the unit as well For the Rain8 Net the address in the range 1 to 255 is entered into the provided text box The right part of the Timers group contains a row for each Rain8 valve The text boxes are used to enter the timeout values to be programmed into the EEPROM They are in decimal minutes and different units have a different range of values that are valid The Download and Read button can be used at any time the unit it connected to the Programming Port to either download or confirm the contents Note that the Communication port provides the power to the Rain8 when it is being programmed so no connection to the 24V AC transformer is needed during programming 10 1 16 Programming Port The port number is entered into the box This is the port to which a Rain8 module is connected to allow its memory to be read and changed 10 1 17 Module Type Identify the type of
230. e rain8 modules cannot be physically daisy chained and still connect to the valve wiring then multiple PC ports can be used to make the connection In this case there are multiple masters This selection is made in the Master Modules text box shown in Figure 12 In the case of the Rain8 Net WiFi there are two methods to identify the modules that will be put into service One is to allow mcsSprinklers search for the modules and the other is to enter the module number in the text box The easiest method is to enter the module numbers with a comma separating each in the text box provided To use the search method the Find Rain8 Modules button is clicked new window will appear with the current address being search displayed When this address goes beyond the highest number programmed into the EPROM then the same button can be clicked again to stop the search It will stop itself at 255 if not manually stopped When multiple masters are connected then this process is repeated for each master If the interface method is via it can be considered a single master and all module numbers entered into a single text box The normal wait time allowed for a response from the Rain8Net is 5000 milliseconds This can be increased to deal with an underpowered computer that may not be able to sustain the load it is carrying The Rain8Net supports a protocol that provide acknowledge of each command and allows the status of valves within the module to be queri
231. e seen in Figure 46 In this example one meter was present at the site The current meter reading was 1125 gallons The site had consumed 1416 gallons over the past 30 days Of these 170 gallons were in Area 1 180 in Area 4 and the remainder in Area 5 When the calendar icon is clicked for an area or site then the daily water use values will be displayed as shown in Figure 63 Further detail on an hourly basis is seen by clicking on the calendar day If visibility for a specific zone is desired then the calendar can be access from the General Status page zone status calendar icon as shown in Figure 50 80 Tl A Area 5 Status Today 10 05 16 OFF PLNS 553 site stat Today 10 05 16 OFF gal month te atus oday am Figure 46 Measured Water Consumption If there is a storage or pressure tank that is being used at t he site and mcsSprinklers should assure that the tank has sufficient water prior to running a zone then the Water Tank parameters should be setup on the Site Setup Page The model for management of the tank is to establish a full volume the minimum volume at which irrigation should be allowed and the rate at which the tank is being filled from its water source mesSprinklers will account for water that is being used based upon measurements or flow rates setup and will account for the refill rates When the tank level goes below the minimum threshold the
232. e watering 10 6 9 Don t with precipitation forecast and actual Entries in this area are used to conserve water when either rainfall is forecast or significant rain has occurred recently A line is enabled with a checkbox If the optional entries on each line are left blank then values of zero will be used for rainfall probability or amount of rain that has fallen 130 10 6 10 Don t with Evapotranspiration Moisture loss is calculated based upon sensor inputs When the moisture loss is calculated to be less than some threshold then a cycle can be selected to be inhibited A value of O for Days is the current day only A value of 1 is for the max daily ET from yesterday through today 10 6 11 Record inhibit reason in Message Log Each minute an evaluation is performed to enable a zone When a zone is inhibited due to a restriction then this restriction can be recorded in the message log for later reference The message log does not persist beyond mesSprinklers sessions 10 6 12 Don t With Homeseer Device Virtual device code that will inhibit watering when on 10 6 13 Water Holding Presssure Tank The water tank is modeled as a full level a low level at which irrigation should be inhibited and a rate at which the tank is being filled If a water tank is not being used then the full level should be set to 0 to indicate the lack of such a tank 10 6 14 Syringing Options These settings define under what condition the syringing cycle a
233. ecific to Homeseer The device codes shown for Manual mode and Seasonal control are moding devices One toggles between manual and automatic modes and the other toggles between plug in Enabled and Disabled The display options relate to how the Homeseer Device Strings are formatted and the overall appearance of the browser page The Database option allows selection of Microsoft Access vs SQL Server for retention of historical information 32 3 5 3 3 Scenario 3 Replacement for Stand alone Timer A standard timer normally used for timed control of sprinkler zones is being removed and replaced with a Rain8 to achieve computer control of the sprinkler zones The following objectives are to be satisfied 4 Zones are being controlled Rain8 Net used for valve control Watering scheduled for Monday Wednesday and Friday for Lawn areas and daily for garden Two lawn zones to be watered for 60 minutes one for 30 minutes and the garden for 20 minutes Watering cycle to start at 2 15 AM for the lawn and 1 hour after sunrise for the garden Garden water is supplied by a pump while the others by city water Com port 2 is available on the PC NAS The setup flow is the same as with scenario 1 starting with the Rain8 interface its wiring the control strategy for the areas and the durations for the zones Setup1 Rain8 The Rain8 Net module needs an address Since only one is being used we can search to find it or we can just program a specific address In
234. ed mcsSprinklers will always wait for acknowledgement and retry 43 commands up to four times before declaring a valve failed Options are available to allow mcsSprinklers to query the module after a command or every minute If a status response is not what mcsSprinklers expected for the valve then mcsSprinklers will send command s as necessary to place the valves in the correct state For the status polling to be effective the quality of the communication with the Rain8Net modules must be good This is especially true when polling every minute Some interfaces tend to buffer commands so the timing relationships are not maintained and responses will not be available in the expected time window allowed For the Rain8 UPB the modules are identified by a text box shown on Figure 13 Each Rain8 UPB module will occupy 8 UPB Device ID s Module 1 will be DID s 1 through 8 Module 2 will be DID s 9 through 16 etc In the case of the other two module types there is no mechanism for the module to report its address when not connected to the programming port For these and when not using the Homeseer X10 Interface to control the module the addresses of all units that are installed needs to be entered into the grid of Figure 11 This includes the identification of the module type and if it was programmed to respond to addresses 1 to 8 or 9 to 16 Rain8 Wireless and 10 Powerline Interface Module Assignments House Bank 1 to 8 Bank 9 to 16 6 No
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236. eduled times for the currently selected zone as well as the time that the next scheduled zone will be run are shown under the area labeled Next Schedule As the schedule changes or as zone completes its cycle the status information is updated to reflect the most current information When the mouse is positioned over the Auto Program label at the lower right of the page a popup will appear that occupies most of the screen This will show the full program with the zones listed in the order that will be run The current soil moisture levels are also shown on this popup The screen updates are performed immediately upon user control of the buttons or sliders It is updated a few times per minute as the irrigation schedule progresses There are occasions where a browser looses sync with its server and the updates will stop There is a small double arrow icon in the upper left of the page that can be used to refresh the screen to assure the information presented is the most current The currently active zone will automatically be shown as the selected zone when that zone starts its cycle The status dots will update as will the slider information about the selected zone without the need for a page refresh The same is true for the Next Schedule information as it changes The current time and weather information is shown in the Current Status area This information is updated as new weather data becomes available The clock runs continually The temp
237. elow 0 5 equivalent rain inches 2 Sprinklers enabled every other day for 3 zone garden 3 Water can only be used for irrigation on even days of the month 4 Sprinklers disabled during the heat of the day 5 Sprinklers disabled when it is windy 6 Sprinklers disabled if rain forecasted within two days 7 Only enough water pressure to do one zone at a time 8 Need to do a precheck of the zones to confirm all valves and heads in order 9 Rain8 X10 2 units to be used 10 Pump used for all irrigation Setup1 Rain8 Similar procedure as in the prior scenarios with a caveat that the Rain8 X10 2 units need to be programmed with different house bank codes Assume the programming is setup for N1 through N8 and N9 through N16 to handle the 15 lawn zones M1 through MB for the garden zones In the case of the MI through M8 module it needs to be configured to use Valve 8 as the pump control When all the three units have been programmed there will be 23 available zones and 1 pump which is adequate for the 18 zone requirement No other X10 automation controller exists so the X10 2 modules can be configured in the optimal Ack on and Poll configuration and the default 5 seconds between commands is acceptable setup for the X10 RF Interface section Setup2 Wiring Similar procedure as in other two scenarios Setup4 Zone Similar procedure as in the other scenarios but in this case we are also concerned with the ability to manually control t
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239. enerally the case that internal COM ports are dedicated to a specific application and the same port cannot be used amongst applications In the case of the Power line and Wireless interfaces they can share the same port if desired 10 1 2 Interface Test When the RF button is pressed then an ON 5 second delay and then OFF is sent to device address A1 The same is done when the Power line button is clicked except the commands are delivered on the selected power line interface These buttons are intended to provide a means to test the connectivity of the Rain8 modules to the PC 10 1 3 Homeseer X10 IO Devices Devices that are to be controlled by the Homeseer generic X10 or IO interfaces are itemized in this list Commas are used to separate device codes For example 3 45 A5 B15 10 1 4 Rain8 Net and Rain8 WiFi Master Modules A typical Rain8Net or Rain8Wifi configuration will have one port on the PC with one or more Rain8 modules daisy chained It is also possible to use multiple ports on the PC with each connected to one or more Rain8 modules This second configuration is most appropriate with the modules need to be physically separated The communication protocol is also specified in this section for how mcsSprinklers obtains valve status from each Rain8Net module Each command sent to the Rain8Net is always confirmed and retried when necessary Valve status is optional and can be after each command or every minute If communications inter
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241. epth e Assume irrigation efficiency 85 0 85 e The area used here 15 square and the sprinkler head spacing 15 ftx 15 ft 225 ft e conversion of cubic feet to gallons 7 48 gal ft e 0 029 ft 0 85 irrigation efficiency 20 034 ft of water application depth 0 034 ft 225 12 7 65 ft 7 65 ft3 x 7 48 gal 13 57 2 gal e 57 2 gal 3 60 gal minute 15 9 minutes per day approx 16 minutes per day Medium Lawn Area RainBird Mini Paw Impact Rotor Pop Up Sprinkler is based on 25 psi a delivery rate of 2 60 gpm for a full circle rotor a sprinkler spacing of 20ft and a spray radius of 20 ft Runtime calculation Reference Evapotranspiration Eto 0 35 inches per day 0 029 ft per day of water depth e Assume an irrigation efficiency 85 20 85 e The area used here is square and the sprinkler head spacing 20 ft x 20 ft 65 400 ft e conversion of cubic feet to gallons 7 48 gal ft e 0 029 ft 0 85 irrigation efficiency 0 034 ft of water application depth e 0 034 ft x 400 12 13 6 ft 13 6 ft3 x 7 48 gal f 102 gal 102 gal 2 60 gal minute 39 minutes per day Medium Turf Areas Toro 340 Series Stream Rotors is based on 35 psi a delivery rate of 3 10 gpm for a full circle rotor a sprinkler spacing of 15ft and a spray radius of 15 ft Runtime calculation Reference Evapotranspiration Eto 0 35 inches per day 0 029 ft per day of water depth e Assume an irrig
242. er can determine when to activate a watering cycle based upon the following formula Eto x Ke Pr Where Et Evapotranspiration K Efficiency of moisture retention P Precipitation rate I _ Days per watering cycle The Et Evapotranspiration and P Precipitation rate can be determined from weather data from a nearby weather reporting station and this data is available in real time over the Internet K Efficiency of moisture retention is available as a tweaking factor should some adjustments be necessary for off nominal conditions mesSprinklers provides a factor that can be used to adjust which is the Soil Factor Smaller values of Soil Factor will result in more frequent watering cycles The default values for this factor is 0 75 In a traditional timer based controller both the interval and duration of watering are setup at time of installation With the ability to adjust to changing environmental conditions the interval can be dynamically changed and unnecessary watering cycles avoided This same benefit can be achieved with use of moisture probes Actual measurements of the moisture content are made when a dryness threshold is reached and a watering cycle is scheduled While this does have the advantage of a more positive measurement it also has two downsides The first is that moisture sensors require additional hardware to be installed The second is that moisture flow patterns in soil tend to change over time so moisture at a
243. erature and wind speed buttons can be selected to popup an annual trend chart showing either the temperature or wind speed trends This annual information is available for all weather data and zone valve control information when accessed from the calendar from either the General Status or Zone Status pages The Time Remaining display at the center of the screen shows the number of minutes that are remaining to be run for all zones that are currently scheduled to run at the current time It is updated each minute as the time counts down A three or four week window into the selected zone s activity is shown in the lower left The calendar shows each day the zone was run with a green sprinkler graphic and each day it had rained with a blue raindrop graphic The weather forecast is shown for the next week and a blue sprinkler graphic positioned in the day of the next scheduled irrigation for the zone A mouse click on a cell in the calendar will popup more detailed information about that day The two small icons are at the top right and left of the page are navigation controls The refresh icons were previously described to refresh the current display s information The icon on the upper right is used to get access to the other mcsSprinklers pages From these pages additional setup can be done or more detailed status information gathered The top of graphical display contains three panels that will show different information based upon where the cu
244. erface support RF X10 In all cases the command is delivered and mesSprinklers status updated at time of command There is no confirmation of the commanded state 8 1 3 Rain8 X10 Rain8 X10 control operations are the same as the Rain8 Wireless 8 1 4 Rain8 X10 2 When the Rain8 X10 2 is connected to the local PC port managed by mcsSprinklers then the Rain8 X10 2 module should be configured to provide an acknowledge on command mcsSprinklers will expect the status acknowledge from the Rain8 and retry and report fail status as is done with the Rain8 Net mesSprinklers status is only updated on receipt of Rain8 X10 2 status When the Rain8 X10 2 is controlled by another interface then it should be configured to provide status only when polled This will reduce the potential for power line collisions that can occur when the controlling interface is not expecting the immediate status response In these cases mcsSprinklers will issue a Status Request thirty seconds after the command was issued While other power line activity may be occurring at this time there will not be any other mcsSprinklers power line commands at this time mesSprinklers status is updated on command as is done with the Rain8 X10 and if the response to the Status Request is different than the command then the mcsSprinklers status will be updated to the reported status 8 1 5 EtherRain The EtherRain is connected to the local PC via a LAN connection using an IP address The EtherR
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247. es allowed per area is 12 This can be changed by the text box entry in the upper right of each area s set of zones A Save is required to affect the change of this text box entry In the top left of each area is a location to enter the name of an Area If it is used then this name will be added to status displays and control buttons to help identify the Area being viewed The names selected should be short otherwise the long name may interfere with the space allocated for area identifications on the Zone Status page 51 Area 1 Zones Valve Minutes Factors Water Flow Auto 40 0 gal min X10 H Valve 2 Sideyard Pond H2 Manual 30 Max 150 gal day Syring 0 0 30Day 0 gpm Auto 40 Calc 0 gal min Manual 30 300 X10 H Valve 3 Sideyard Stream H3 gal day Syring 0 0 30Day 0 gpm Auto 60 Calc 0 gal min X10 H Valve 5 Sideyard Rock East His Manual 60 200 gal day Syring 0 0 30Day 0 gpm 6 5 60 gal min X10 H Valve 6 Sideyard Rock West H6 Manual 60 lt 1 Max 1200 gal day Syring 0 0 50 gal min X10 H Valve 8 Sideyard House Bed H8 Manual 50 1 900 gal day Syring 30Day 0 Figure 20 Zone Parameters Setup S NET 1 1 Sideyard Lawn Auto Times loj Save Changes Area Start Time Start Time BE Auto Time Close Figure 21 Zone Program Time Tailoring 4 2 6 Internet Connection an
248. et From Area 1 Restrictions and Carryover Minimum Days between Watering Maximum Days without Watering Don t with Wind Don t with Temperature Speed Above mph for 20 mins Below Average of F Don t Even Odd Days Figure 40 Adjustments in Timed Control and Seasonal Variation 72 The Site page provides a global inhibit to prevent irrigation during certain times of the day Time of day inhibits can also be entered for specific areas This becomes useful when using a measured or calculated strategy for some but not all areas By using the time of day inhibits shown in Figure 40 the start time can be controlled These inhibit time boxes allow use of the and indicate a time that is relative to sunrise Numbers without this prefix are absolute times using a 24 hour clock A time of 2 30 PM would be entered as 14 30 When a zone is otherwise available for irrigation but inhibited due to the Area Time of Day inhibit then the General Status Between Hours inhibit will be shown Zone Watering Duration Adjustments Seasonal Percentages Zone Adjustment Percentage Do Not Change Duration adjust in range 20 to 20 percent C Set All to Historical Average 0 C Set All to 100 Miscellaneous Options Site Name Name for Site Composite of All Zones Safety Control Log Repeat Command Hourly Off Safety Include Status in Valve Log Daily Off Safety Figure 41 Miscellaneou
249. et the Area s min threshold to 60 This means mcsSprinklers will try to keep the moisture content in the range between 60 and 100 It depends upon you to set the duration of a watering cycle and select a distribution system that will provide an average of 0 4 inches of water over all zones in the area You can calculate the time needed based upon the gallon per minute rating of your system or you can measure the effective moisture after a cycle has completed With the solar factor and the min threshold applied a reasonable nominal schedule should not be available It is often the case that exposure to sunlight soil quality type of crop will vary between zones in an area This is where the soil factor can be applied If the crop retains water better than grass then it should be adjusted downward the soil is sandy then the efficiency factor should be adjusted upward When the software is initially used it may be useful to run it in a timed mode Day of week Even Odd or Interval using your best judgment as to the frequency of irrigation that is appropriate The Area Setup page will show a graphic of the calculated moisture content over the past seven days During this experimental period the objective is see a saw tooth pattern where the flat spots at the top and bottom are minimized For example assume a two day interval is being used This means that the moisture level should go from saturated 100 to dry 096 over a two day period If
250. face is robust then the polling every minute will assure proper synchronization between the hardware and software If the interface does not maintain timing between commands very well then unexpected mesSprinklers recovery actions be observed 120 10 1 5 Rain8 Net and Rain8 WiFi The All off button will turn all valves connected to the Rain8 Net off The Find Modules button will scan the Rain8 Net for all modules connected A new window will show the current address being searched At any time the search can be aborted by clicking the same button that now has an Abort label Rather than searching it is likely easier to just enter the module IDs using a comma to separate each if more than one module is being used When communicating with the Rain8Net there will be some delay before a response is received The value selected is the threshold before retry is attempted and then eventually a failure declared If the Rain8Net is connected via an IP Serial device and communications are via IP then a reset of the IP Serial device can be specified when there is an inability to establish a connection to the device To use this capability the IP Serial device needs to be plugged into a device to which power can be controlled The control can be via X10 UPB xAP xAPBSC schema or Homeseer device code The address or device code is entered into the reset device field and the delay field will contain the time it takes for the IP Serial device to power up a
251. for overall site status This is intended to be available for other display devices Public Function LoadSettings sFile As String As Boolean Return true if load was successful Used to command a configuration change from a file in the Config Alternate folder 8 3 2 5 xAPBSC Cmd schema can be used to control any button that is available on the General Status page The UID s for this control can be observed on xAP Reporting page from a Browser The subaddress or ID can be wildcarded per xAP rules if desired Only devices that have been checkboxed on the xAP Reporting page will be processed The same is true when using xAPBSC Query to obtain current status from mcsSprinklers Only devices that have been explicitly selected will respond to the Query xAPBSC can also be used to control valves if the valves are checkboxed The control however will only be allowed if an alias has been setup on the Remote Page for the valve 8 3 3 xAP X10 Homeseer X10 The Remote page of mcsSprinklers is used to associate relationships between an X10 valve and an X10 address that can be used manually control this valve xAP X10 or Homeseer X10 events are used to signal mcsSprinklers to take the desired control action The alternate X10 address is referred to as the Alias If Homeseer is used to command the same X10 address as the valve then mcsSprinklers will attempt to override the control action at its next 1 minute control cycle
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253. g Zone and Other setup pages In this case they can be located anywhere on the LAN and mcsSprinklers will provide a browse capability to locate them It will then move them and rename them into Pictures folder In this case no restart of mcsSprinklers is needed after pictures are identified backyard cd Zone R5 Figure 61 Reference Picture Popup 7 3 History Calendar The Zone and sensor history is viewed in a calendar format for the last 90 days plus future days up to the next projected watering day for the zone The calendar is a popup that is accessed by clicking on the calendar icon for a zone or sensor from the General Status page or Zone Status page The number of days to display is a user preference item that can be changed from the Other Setup page 96 calendar presents a seasonal view of the irrigation history More detailed information is shown when the day in the calendar is clicked A broader annual trend is viewed by clicking the Annual button at the bottom of the calendar A sample annual trend chart is shown in Figure 62 a Weekly Moisture Loss ET Windo 19 8182 Weekly ET Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec nana Figure 62 Annual Trend Popup The sensor calendars will show the daily sensor measurement Depending upon a sensor this will be the cumulative or the maximum sensor value for the day A monthly value is also presented in the
254. g of the once per day cycle is controlled by time temperature threshold or ET threshold The syringing cycle will obey all Restriction and Area Page restrictions except the Between Hours restriction and Start Time designators When run it will act as a manual control cycle hence have precedence over the auto control cycle Other zones that may be in an auto cycle at the syringing time will be delayed until all syringing is completed Syringing Options Disable Syringing C Run Once when Temperature goes above 79 Run Once Starting at Time fi 4 45 Run Once when Hourly 100 goes over Figure 44 Syringing Control Options 5 5 Watering Restrictions It may be possible to run the sprinklers on a schedule that is close to optimal for the interest of the foliage but this is not the only realistic consideration It really does not make sense to water in the middle of a downpour nor does it make sense to water in the evening when there may be recreational use of the area It may also be the case that local regulations limit when water can be used for irrigation These perturbations to an ideal cycle are easily expressed in terms of when not to water Selection of specific days of the week in which not to water provides a lifestyle input Input for the time of day when watering should not happen provide a second form of the lifestyle preferences The time of day also has scientific significance Water should be applied at a time
255. ge The voice uses the syntax illustrated in the third column of this table where the valve name used is the one setup on the Wiring Setup Page When the voice command does not include the number of minutes then it will default to the manual minutes defined on the Zones Setup page The RF Remote Pad address to zone relationship is entered in the last column of this table 10 7 1 W800 for Handheld Wireless Input If a W800 is interfaced to this computer and is to be used for handheld remote input then enter the serial com port on which the W800 is installed A handheld remote may be a palm pad or other X10 type wireless device The entries in this section indicate where the W800 is interfaced and the sensitivity to multiple button pushes 10 7 2 Crestron Serial Remote control of Rain8Net valves can be achieved with a serial port connection to a Crestron processor and associated Crestron system components The port number used on the PC is entered in the setup text box A crossover RS232 cable is needed between the Crestron and PC to make the physical connection for this form of external control 10 7 3 Voice Recognition and Reporting Voice recognition can be enabled to accept voice commands to control valves or to request the status of pending valve actions If not checked then VR and TTS are not enabled When enabled then voice commands per the sample patterns shown on the browser page can be used to active controls or obtain current and pending
256. going to the controller s common terminal e connections should be made using wire nuts in grease caps to prevent corrosion e Only one valve should be connected to each zone e The rated output is 24 VAC at 35 amps 350ma per zone Some valves require a greater current then 35 amps to initially open and drop back to a lower value This will present no problem as long as the drop back value is 35 amps or less Connecting the Valve Wires to the Controller 237 Determine which valve is to be connected to each zone Insert each valve wire into its respective position on the terminal strip and gently tighten the setscrew e Connect the common wire from the valves to the terminal labeled common Connecting the Transformer 8 Interface e Locate the two terminals labeled 24 vac on the Rain8 module and connect an appropriate length of 18 gauge 2 conductor zip cord to the transformer screw terminals The same is done for the 24V AC power connection for all expansion Rain8 units Warning Make sure that 24V AC terminal 11 on one unit connects to terminal 11 on the next and 24VAC terminal 12 to 12 in a similar manner Your Rain8 modules and transformer will be damaged if the wires connecting between units are reversed Connect the Rain8 to a PSCO5 power line interface using only the WGL furnished black modular cable An alternate power line interface the Smarthome powerlinc 1132B can be used rather than the PSC
257. guration 2006 Restore to Before Last Loaded Configuration Restore Configuration from Auto Backup Date of Backup z Figure 75 Configuration Save and Restore 118 r Configuration Schedule Windows Internet Explorer L Load Configuration Windows Internet Ex L http localhost 8008 config_1123 Configuration t Internet Protected Mode 110090 Figure 76 Automatic Configuration Load Scheduling 119 10 Setup Reference 10 1 Setup1 Rain8 10 1 1 Module PC Interface The interface to the Rain8 modules can be either directly connected to a COM port on this PC or available on any PC that is on the same network The radio button selection determines the interface location for each type of Rain8 Module and the box is used to enter the COM number or the Xap address Kap address can be wild carded such as CM11A to indicate that any xAP node should respond to a command An explicit target such as mcs CM11A MyPC can also be used to specify as particular node on the network that is responsible for the power line interface with the The Xap Serial is used when the serial port is connected via x AP protocol using the xAPBSC schema The Netiom is one device that supports this type of connection The Homeseer interface applies to the mcsSprinklers as a Homeseer plug in and the interface is achieved using the ExecX10 Homeseer scripting method It is g
258. h no special security provisions other than knowledge of the browser URL that should be used The assumption is that any user that has local access also has authorization When the access is from an external location over the internet then authentication can be requested to prevent unintentional access to the setup and control of the irrigation system A username and password is used to provide this authorization The username is visible and the password is encrypted on the mcsSprinklers setup If no username is entered in the setup then no authentication will be requested from users over the internet 10 9 13 Redundancy Backup Mode A single computer configuration is enabled by selecting either or both self monitoring or restart at midnight In this case a second application RESTART will be started that monitors the behavior of mesSprinklers and will restart if it exists fails to produce heartbeat or at the start of each day A dual computer configuration is enabled by selecting either Standby Backup or Active Backup on both computers where mcsSprinklers is installed The transition from standby to active is made when the active computer fails to report for the specified takeover period Most setup information is maintained on only one computer and this is designated as the primary The path to the mcsSprinklers install on the primary computer is used by the secondary computer to access the setup information 10 9 14 Launch Redundant Applicati
259. has a similar function to the Inhibit Today button but it applies to all zones that would otherwise be activated tomorrow so that they will not be activated tomorrow The Inhibit Tomorrow button affects only auto mode operations When tomorrow arrives the manual mode operations can be used to override the inhibit introduced by Inhibit Tomorrow The override can also be done with the Inhibit Today button which will have changed to Allow Today if the day became inhibited due to the Inhibit Tomorrow selection the prior day Both the Inhibit Tomorrow and Inhibit Today buttons can be configured to only function on selected Areas as illustrated in Figure 42 When the inhibit function has been disabled on the Area page then the zones of that area will continue to irrigate based upon the Area s control strategy even when either Inhibit Tomorrow and Inhibit Today are activated This could be useful if certain Areas will always be run when others are subject to the manual inhibit control buttons There is a status device on the General Status page that reflects the currently active inhibit condition based upon yesterday s use of Inhibit Tomorrow or today s use of Inhibit Today If you change your mind when tomorrow arrives then the OFF control on the General Status page for the Inhibit Tomorrow Carry forward status can be used to re enable auto mode control The ON control of this device can also be used to
260. he Control Strategy where the Control Strategy is Day Of Week Even Odd or Interval The Measured and ET Calculated control strategies do not have Timed Programs since their cycle start times are a function of soil moisture rather than time The selection of zones for the Programs is done in the Zone Setup page where the zones that have been defined in the Wiring Page are mapped into specific Areas For the purpose of understanding the Timed Programs an Area can be thought of as an independent control box Since each of eight Areas can have an independent control strategy and 24 Programs can be defined for each Area there is a total of 8x24 184 Programs available Setup and editing of aspects of the Timed Programs can also be done from the Area Zone and Zone Status pages The Area page provides the mechanism to add and change Program start times See Figure 40 The durations for a zone for each of its programs can be edited from the popup that is produced by clicking the clock icon for the zone on the Zone Setup or Zone Status page See Figure 21 Times can be entered in integer format for whole minute durations If resolution to the second is desired then the durations should be entered in the format mm ss 5 2 Watering Duration and Interval The intention of an automated control strategy is to provide appropriate amounts of water at appropriate times to maintain adequate soil moisture over a given area In a basic situation this objective can be
261. he appropriate fields in the email notification need to be entered One approach to assess what is required is to observe how your email client is setup e g Microsoft Outlook to send and receive email The same settings used there will be used here If you use Outlook you can view the settings starting at the Outlook menu Tools Options Mail Setup Email Accounts View Existing Select Account Change to bring up the form such as shown in Figure 67 Note that for mcsSprinklers the Outgoing server SMTP is the one of interest mcsSprinklers does not accept external email so the Incoming server is not needed in the mesSprinklers setup Different versions of Outlook and different email clients will have different methods to setup the email account but the SMTP server and logon information is usually included as part of its setup E mail Accounts 003 Internet E mail Settings Each of these settings are required to get your e mail account working User Information Server Information Your Name myname Incoming mail server POP3 does not matter E mail Address myName amp myEmail com Outgoing mail server 5 stmpout net Logon Information Test Settings User Name nyema 0 After filling out the information on this screen we myEmail recommend you test your account by clicking the button Password oec below Requires network connection Remember password Test Account Settings m Log on using Secure
262. he terminal block with the valve wires connected In the basic and Standard versions of mcsSprinklers this is done with a utility program downloaded from the WGL website download r82 zip for 2 way Rain8II or rain8config zip for 1 way Rain8 Figure 8 shows the segment of the Setup1 Rain8 page that is used for configuring the Rain8 module The Rain8module contains an EPROM and all settings for the EPROM are done at one time This includes the module address pump configuration and timer setup The COM connection to the PC that is being used for the programming and the type of module is identified to start the process The programming is performed by filling in all the fields shown in Figure 8 and then clicking the Write EPROM button To confirm the setup was properly saved to the Rain8 device click the Read EPROM button to read the current contents of the Rain8 EPROM After a module type selection is saved the remainder of the EPROM setup will show dark grey fields for the settings that are not available for the selected module type The timer values in the right column are used to set a minimum time for that valve This should be set to a value greater than the amount of time you plan to have that zone run They are used to protect the system by placing an absolute limit on the time that a valve will be allowed to remain open In the case of the Rain8 Net Rain8 UPB and Rain8 X10 2 this safety feature can be overridden with the checkbox entry The
263. he valves for only short duration testing Because of this a time should be entered for each of the Manual time boxes that are being used When a valve is turned on manually then it will run for the Manual time number of minutes or until it is manually turned off 5 Similar procedure as in the other scenarios In this case however the control strategy for the lawn is selected to be calculated with the radio button and the threshold box under it is set to be 5096 For the Garden and Lawn the pump will be selected Since the water pressure is limited then only one zone should be watered at a time This specification is made in each of the two area sections of the page to specify that the sequencing is part of a single master sequence If the checkbox is unchecked then the two lawn areas will be watered in parallel rather than in series Setup6 Restrictions A variety of restrictions are imposed in this scenario Each of these is entered on this page The heat of the day limitation can be coded in the Between Hours boxes Perhaps values of 11 00 18 00 would be appropriate times to not allow watering to occur Windy may be translated to a value of 10 MPH for 5 minutes This means that over a 5 minute period the average wind speed must be less than 10 MPH Forecasted precipitation implies a reasonable probability of rain An entry of 50 percent 2 days and the corresponding checkbox will result in a watering restriction if ei
264. header of each calendar month When the day in a cell is clicked then an hour by hour accounting of the sensor is provided in a detail popup These two popups are shown in Figure 63 97 EETTITITTUC oxi _________ jas oar ofa ofa ofze ofan 126 22 4 Close Figure 63 Sensor Calendar with Popup Detail The zone calendars have three options available The status option show irrigation days rainfall days and forecast using icons Figure 64 shows a typical zone calendar in the status mode A green sprinkler icon is 98 shown for each day the zone was run blue raindrop will be shown for each day where rainfall occurred The future days will be shown with the weather icon and or blue sprinkler icon for the projected next irrigation day The mid day current weather condition icon will be shown in lieu of the raindrop icon when no rain was recorded for the day if the icon source is selected on the Weather Setup Page When a calendar cell in the area reserved for an icon is clicked a detail popup is presented The information in this popup shows the statistics for the zone for the selected day as well as the total time that the zone has operated The zone calendar includes a radio button selection to change the zone view from status to either run minutes or water use for the zone The calendar s presented for these other two modes will use a format similar to the sensor calendar 99 Cumulative Minutes Figu
265. historical ETo s for each month 70 The adjustment provided in Figure 41 in the range of 20 to 20 percent can be used to adjust the auto duration program of all zones without affecting the seasonal variation It can be considered a tuning adjustment which is also available from the touch page interface via a slider The Site Name is used to associate a picture filename as well as label the status device that represents the composite of any zone being active If the name is left blank the status device will be named Sprinklers Active See Section 7 2 for more information on the management of popup pictures 71 Area 1 Start Times and Duration Factors Time Reference H Program Time Dur Factor 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Sunset 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Sunset 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Sunset 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Sunset 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Sunset EE 9 Always enforce inhibit Finish started zone Finish all zones in started area Mon Tue V Wed V Thu Absolute Time unrise From Sunset 01 00 03 4 Mon V Tue V Wed V Thu Absolute Time 0 unrise From Sunset 07 32 09 4 Mon V Tue V Wed Thu Absolute Time unrise 9 From Sunset 09 36 19 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 9 Absolute Time From Sunrise From Suns
266. hod to tailor the touch screen page view for the professional version The touch screen shows six measurements such as temperature and rainfall The selection of the six to be viewed from the touch screen page is made from the T column of the General Status page The first six selected sensors from the checked T column will be used on the touch screen page Note that when the Hide column is visible the General Status page will not refresh automatically This allows undisturbed editing of the checkboxes 94 Hide Selected Seasonal or Emergency Shutdown Fe e F erem sess e e en enne recor _ x re perse res en C s Pr pene res ee eto zm res enr roscoe E E Legem pner Fe ma r 77 18 EE Figure 60 General Status Customizations 7 2 Reference Pictures mcsSprinklers provides the facility to manage drawings and pictures that are provided by the user These pictures will provide a visual for the site for an area for a zone or for wiring The picture is presented as a browser popup window and is produced when a camera picture icon is clicked As an example observe the popup window and the picture icon for device S46 in Figure 61 During startup of mcsSprinklers it will look in the relative folder path HTML mcsSprinklersVPicturesV
267. iDatalmesS prinklers or C Program Files Homeseer 2WMatalmcsSprinklers folders on the computer These will contains the last downloaded data from the internet sites When internet weather data becomes stale then mcsSprinklers reverts to using historical ET values for the calculated control strategy When only the AWS or WeatherUnderground data becomes stale then mesSprinklers will use the current temperature humidity and wind speed from the forecast site The loss of internet data will only affect the calculated control strategy and the status showing in the General Status page 8 2 2 Local Sensor Data Weather data will be used for the primary sensors unless an alternate is provided In a Homeseer configuration the alternate is identified by virtual device code Any non blank device code will become the source of the sensor rather than from the weather data report The Homeseer Device String is expected to contain the data HTML tags can exist in the Device String content and these will be removed by mcsSprinklers xAPBSC Event or xAPBSC Info schema messages can be used when not in a Homeseer configuration The Target address will be blank or resolve to mcsSprinklers address for it to be accepted The sensor value can be contained in either the Text or the Level key of the BSC message The Weatherhawk weather station is interfaced using the LAN and a HTTP protocol supported by the Weatherhawk This is done via the IP addresses setup for the
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269. ication via message and email when the fertigation media has reached a low level 81 mcesSprinklers maintains a database that will show minutes of fertigation for each zone as well as for the total minutes the fertigation valve is ON Status information is available from the page as shown in Figure 47 and from calendar popup such as are shown in Figure 48 and Figure 49 The general status shows a level indicator icon for the fertigation supply valve and provides the number of minutes that the fertigation valve has been ON over the past 30 days When the value is ON then the icon is animated to show consumption View All Seasonal or Emergency Shutdown lt one jeje eme EE OB OFF soil 100 Today 9 13 01 PM OFF R11 us Today 9 12 59 PM mins month S10 Inhibit Min Days Between 8 9 2006 7 39 45 PM Water Inhibited Inhibit StartTime Area 1 9 13 56 Figure 47 Fertigation Valve on General Status Page To the left of the level indicator and the zone valve icons are calendar icons When clicked then a calendar popup is shown The calendar provides a nominal 90 day view of past and projected behaviors One calendar view is displayed when the calendar for the zone valve icon is clicked When any day s cell is clicked on the calendar then a detail popup will show the daily detail for the selected day A second calendar view is shown when the c
270. ill typically be green when a zone is running and yellow or light blue depending upon how far into the future the projection is The zone name includes a clickable icon to get to the calendar view of the zone for a history of that zone s activity The remaining columns show the information about the zone and its projected next watering time 101 Stat Area Soil Projected rronteyrowe Around rouse 0 Today corm Figure 65 Run List Page 7 6 Priority Messages When mcsSprinklers is trying to provide notification of an unusual situation then it will provide a popup from the tray icon This occurs when internet data update has stopped a change in the active redundancy occurs irrigation could not complete for the day or a significant unexpected software event The log of message since the start of the mcsSprinklers session can be viewed by either of two means One is via the messages option when the tray icon is clicked The messages can also be viewed from the browser interface by selecting the Messages link at the top of each page page similar to Figure 66 will be shown The messages are also contained in the mcsSprinklers subfolder HTML mcsSprinklers Data StartupTrace txt can be copied for other reference This file is created at each mcsSprinklers startup so if a copy is desired then it must be made before a restart E Messages V2 5 44 Copyright 2004 2006 mcsSolutions Microsoft In
271. in Soil 58 zi 7 50 7 100 Set Soil Moisture Additional timing variation can be achieved with the round robin by adding delay between each zone s control A delay can be added between each zone independent of round robin scheduling as well Zones are scheduled for irrigation per the Control Strategy but this schedule is affected by inhibit conditions It is possible that one or more inhibits are active throughout the entire scheduled period for a zone When a zone has multiple start times i e multiple programs and a program is not run due to inhibits then this program will be skipped When all programs within a day have been skipped due to inhibits then 76 carryover into the next day be setup to allow the zone to be run at the first available time in the next day This setting is part of the Restrictions and Carryover on the Area Page as shown in Figure 42 Situations can occur when rainfall causes a zone to calculate moisture levels greater than 100 For periods of continuous rain a zone may record up to 200 soil moisture level When the rain stops and evapotranspiration starts the moisture accounting will either go immediately to 100 or it will gradually decrease based upon the calculated moisture loss If the soil conditions are such that 100 is truly saturation then the option to snap to 100 is the appropriate setting If the soil conditions will actually hold more than the assume
272. in CWindows system 32 Shortcut key None 23 You can now use this elevated shortcut to run at startup in your Startup folder run at startup as a task Pin to Start Menu Pin to Taskbar assign a keyboard shortcut or move to where you like for easy use Note If you would like to stop the quick flashing CMD pop up when using the shortcut then you can do this below to do so e Right click on the shortcut and click on Properties e Click on the Shortcut tab Select Minimized the drop down menu to the left of Run and click tap OK 24 When you run this new elevated shortcut you will now no longer have to click tap on YES to approve the UAC prompt to allow the program run as administrator 265 Undo Remove this Task While having Task Scheduler Library selected in the left pane right click on the task in the right pane that you created in step 12 then click on Delete and Yes to approve e Delete the shortcut 266
273. in troubleshooting unexpected behaviors 10 9 24 Context Help When the mouse hovers over the dark headers of each setup page a popup window will appear to provide information about the setup options within that area This popup can be disabled with the mouse over header checkbox Expert mode makes all possible setting visible on the setup page When not checked then only settings that are necessary based upon interview responses are shown on the setup pages 140 10 9 25 Debug Data Files Debug information can be logged to text files The general debug will contain scheduling and control information For most analysis activities there are four pieces of information that are needed One is the mcsSprinklers ini file that contains the configuration The second is StartupTrace txt file that constraints the information shown on the Message Page The third is the detail debug information that is in the General Debug file This debug file has a file name that contains the date at which the file was created A new file is created with each restart each new day and upon use of the Write button The last piece of information is a description of what the observed failure is the approximate time it happened and the actions taken that caused it If the observed failure happened with the software as you are now running it then you need to flush the debug information to a file You do this with the Write button in the Debug area This will flush the buffered
274. ion about environmental conditions from the Internet This basic architecture is augmented with the ability to monitor local conditions with sensors such as a water flow meter manually control the zones with a handheld remote or voice add redundant components to accommodate unexpected failures and use the Internet for off site control and monitoring This architecture is pictorialized in Figure 1 System Architecture 18 Redundant Backup Figure 1 System Architecture 2 1 Controller Selection The selection of a controller will depend primarily upon the means of physical connection that is most viable for a particular site There are advantages and disadvantages with each option available Powerline connections are typically the easiest to retrofit since the powerline connection will be available at many locations The powerline is shared for many uses and the potential exists that interference with communication can exists using the same shared wiring X10 and UPB interfaces to the powerline are available X10 is lower cost and the UPB 15 more robust In the X10 case there are two models One provides a communication path to command a valve while the other provides both command and status 19 status is used to assure the command was received provides both command status Rain8UPB also provides a counter input that can be used to measure water use if a digital meter is available at the sit
275. iquid fertilizer container volume can be measured When the volume switch engaged then mcsSprinklers will provide a notification that a refill is needed The Fertigation setup is shown in Figure 39 Area 1 mE ERU Area 1 a O rs Control Yalve Area 1 ______ 1 Fertigation Control Control Area 1 Instrumentation Source Input Source None C C upe C Rain8Net p Figure 39 Fertigation Control and Instrumentation The start times are also optional for the timed modes and not available for the measured and ET calculated modes If an area is watered multiple times within the same day then the start times for each of these cycles must be entered The times can be an absolute time using a 24 hour clock or values relative to sunrise or sunset Up to three Inhibit times applicable for only zone in the area can be entered This provides the same functionality as the between hours inhibit on the Restriction Page described in paragraph 5 5 but is applied on an area by area basis Time can be sunrise relative For example a value of 2 will indicate two hours before sunrise Associated with each of the start times is a factor to apply to the duration for a zone This allows different durations to be used throughout the day If two start times are entered and duration factors of 1 0 and 0 2 for a zone with auto duration of 60 minutes then the first cycle of the day will be for 60 minutes and the second will be for 60 0 2
276. is not based upon a specific day s control 78 of these restrictions and preferences can be specified in mcsSprinklers Most of them are collocated on the Setup6 Site setup page It is shown in Figure 45 Note that Area specific restrictions can also be defined per Figure 42 Watering Restrictions Don t on Day of Week Don t Between Hours Sunday Monday Between 0 and 5 Tuesday Between 22 and 24 Wednesday Between and Thursday Allow areas started before time inhibit Friday to finish during inhibited times Saturday Don t Even Odd Days Max Cycles Per Day Not on Odd Days Not on Even Days Max Cycles 24 per day Don t with Wind Don t with Temperature Speed Above mph for 20 mins Below Average of E Don t with Precipitation Forecast and Actual Within Next 1 Days With 50 Percent Probability Within Prior 1 Days For Inches Today Inches Don t with Evaptranspiration Daily ET Below 0 1 for 1 Days Don t with External Inhibit Input Source 9 None xAP UPB Rain8Net CSV ID ON Inhibit OFF Inhibit Don t when Water Comsumption Exceeds Limit 5 None Today This Week This Month 24hrs 7days 30 days 1000 gallons Record Inhibit Reason in Message Log Log Inhibit Reason Figure 45 Site Watering Restrictions Setup 5 6 Water Use Management 5 6 1 Wa
277. is not performed then the install will not persist during a power cycle of the PRO 100 or Hometroller 3 3 Registration mesSprinklers is licensed to run on one computer It will operate on a trial basis for 30 Homeseer or 45 days Standalone and after that time it will no longer startup until registration is performed The registration process will depend on whether mcsSprinklers is run standalone or as a plug in to Homeseer 3 3 1 Standalone mcsSprinklers provides a user interface via a web browser The browser can be launched from a user desktop or Start menu and the URL completed to reference mcsSprinklers or it can be done from the mesSprinklers tray icon if it is installed See Figure 2 The default URL for registration is http localhost 8008 registration with the browser launched from the same computer as the installed mcesSprinklers This default can later be changed as part of the setup Any status page request from the tray icon will also result in a registration page if registration has not been completed Until registration is completed the only page that is avaialble from mcsSprinklers is the registration page so all other page requests will redirect to the registration page The blank registration page is shown in Figure 3 Registration can be performed directly with the product serial number supplied with the purchased software It can also be done by contacting customer service and providing proof of purchase information C
278. is used to record the settings Module PC Interface Internal via Port 3 IP Rain8 Net External via XAP Address External via XAP Banal Internal via Port 3011 192 158 0 44 Rain8 UPB C External via XAP C External via XAP serial Internal via Port Rain8 Wireless External via XAP Address Internal via Port Rain8 Powerline External via XAP Address CM11A mcs6 Figure 9 Rain8 Modules to PC Connection Setup For the X10 power line and RF interfaces additional information is used to characterize how the interface will be used This is shown in Figure 10 A gap is placed between X10 commands to relieve loading on 42 the power line This delay is entered as the number of seconds between each command In the case of the Rain8X10 2 the module itself will provide a status response identifying the state of its valve When the EPROM of the module is programmed it can be set to immediately respond with status after a command or it can be configured to respond with status only on a status request command If it configured to respond only after a status request then mcsSprinklers will issue a status request after some delay after each valve command delay time is a user selectable entry In the case of the Homeseer configuration where the X10 interface is managed by Homeseer then the EPROM must be configured to respond only on poll since Homeseer does not know how to deal w
279. ith an automatic status response The delay timing parameters are managed by mcsSprinklers to assure that reasonable values are entered The typical response time between a Rain8X10 2 status request and its response is 3 to 4 seconds This means that the command to command delay should be greater than 4 seconds to assure that the status is not being returned at the same time as the next command is being issued and the two collide The two buttons shown in the interface test Figure 10 can be used to test the interface connection In this case an ON command followed by a five second delay and then OFF is sent over the interface that corresponds to the button These can be used to check the connectivity of the interface setup X10 RF Interface 10 Command Timing Seconds between each command 5 EPROM Configuration for Rain8 X10 2 Status Response 6 Ack Poll Only C Ack on Cmd and Poll Interface Test Send Test on off via RF Send Test Al on off via Powerline Figure 10 X10 Interface Characterization The addresses that were assigned to the Rain8 modules are entered into the middle panels of the Setupl Rain8 page This area is shown in Figure 11 Figure 12 and Figure 13 The Rain8 Net WiFi can be connected to a single PC port or multiple ports typical configuration is a single port connection with all Rain8 modules connected together with RS485 daisy chained cables between each module In this case there is one master If th
280. klers does not use the Windows Event Log for any other purpose Events reported by mcsSprinklers will be local via browser on the Messages Page and available in text file in subfolder C Program FilesimcsSprinklerssHTMLmesS prinklersiDatalStartupTrace txt To install the tray icon on individual user login the file mcsSprinklers Tray exe should have a shortcut placed in the user s startup folder This folder can be reached with Right click on Start button Explore Programs Startup mcsSprinklers_Tray exe will be in C Program Files mcsSprinklers folder if a default install is performed Rather than placing the icon in an individual user s startup folder it can be place in the Users folder so it will be available to all users upon their login When running on Windows version starting with Vista enhanced security needs to be considered mesSprinklers must be run as administrator since it communicates with hardware resources When User Access Control UAC is enabled then a user prompt will be presented to confirm startup intent with the additional privileges This prompt is usually not desirable especially with unattended restarts This can be overcome with a shortcut that enables elevated operation A tutorial is provided at http www sevenforums com tutorials 11949 elevated program shortcut without uac prompt create html An extract from this location is embedded at the end of this manual mcsSprinklers Tray exe can also be placed to run o
281. l also be entered with the same values so manual control of each zone can be done 33 5 The lawn requires a M W F schedule while the garden requires a daily one This implies that two areas need to be defined The first will be for the lawn zones The control strategy is selected to be Day of Week with the radio button at the top The Monday Wednesday and Friday checkbox are checked Watering is to start at two hours 15 minutes before sunrise so 2 15 is entered into Timel box with a relative to sunrise selection In 2 the Interval radio button is selected and a value of 1 for the interval The entry in the Timel box will be 1 and the radio button checked to the time will be relative to sunrise This area has a pump so the pull down is used to identify the wire connected to the pump Setup8 Weather Since the time specified for the garden is relative to sunrise there needs to be location information entered so mcsSprinklers can computer sunrise and sunset times This is done from the Setup8 Weather page with an entry in the Zip Code box Since weather information is not needed the Internet download method can be set to Don t Download Weather and Forecast Data 34 3 5 3 4 Scenario 4 Typical Use of Features A typical scenario will go beyond the setup for the quick start The following example illustrates the setup the achieves the following objectives 1 Sprinklers enabled in 15 zones of lawn when soil moisture b
282. laced in the startup folder and the tray launch control will be set to Auto start mcsSprinklers when the tray icon is started This Auto start be defeated with the Manual selection for launch control Execution start and stop then will be through user action of the tray icon options When the tray is available it will be used to provide event message notification When an event that warrants user attention is raised then the tray icon will change color to amber It will also change color to green when at least one irrigation zone is running For events a popup will appear for 20 seconds or until the mouse is used to acknowledge it The Message Page is shown to display the events in a static format Once the event is acknowledged the tray icon will change back to the blue or green color within sixty seconds unless further events are reported Zone Status General Status Run List Run Log Messages Tray Setup Launch Exit Figure 2 Desktop Tray Access to Status Pages For a basic installation this is all that is required For a distributed installation there are six applications that are available in the standalone version to be run on any computer on the local network During execution of the setup exe program checkbox options are available to select individual components The setup exe can be run on each remote computer and the desired components installed at that location Table 2 provides the list of functions that are availa
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285. llation 3 1 Standalone 3 1 1 Windows PC Host The installation is performed with execution of the downloaded setup exe or setup_service exe program When either is run it will create a folder and install all necessary components under this folder The default install location is C Program FilesimcsSprinklers for the standalone version or C Program Files Homeseer PRO for the Homeseer plug in version For the standalone install a tray icon is available to provide a quick user interface to mcsSprinklers See Figure 2 For the non service install this tray icon is required and it is optional for the service install It is normally the case that the tray icon interface is started when the user logs into the computer This can be automated by placing a shortcut to mcsSprinklers Tray exe in the user s startup folder Following a service install the computer will be setup to automatically start the service when the computer starts The service will not be running immediately after the install It can be started by restarting the computer or by starting the mcsSprinklers service While different versions of Windows have different ways to manage services the following for WHS will be similar on others Right click Computer Manage Computer Services and Applications Services Right click mesSprinklers Start When the mcsSprinklers service is started or when it is stopped an entry will be made in the Windows Event Log under the Application events mcsSprin
286. ller should not be exposed to water If used outside it is necessary to provide a weather proof housing for your Rain8 http www wgldesigns com r8outdoor html Mount your controller to a smooth dry surface by means of the enclosed Velcro strips Wiring the Valves 230 e If the maximum distance is less then 600 feet use a single 20 gauge plastic insulated wire for each valve e Each valve has two wires One wire is designated as the common All of the common valve wires can be connected together to one wire going to the controller e All connections should be made using wire nuts in grease caps to prevent corrosion e Only one valve should be connected to each zone e The rated output is 24 at 25 amps 250ma per zone Some valves require a greater current then 25 amps to initially open and drop back to a lower value This will present no problem as long as the drop back value is 25 amps or less Connecting the Valve Wires to the Controller Determine which valve is to be connected to each zone Insert each valve wire into its respective position on the terminal strip and gently tighten the setscrew Connect the common wire from the valves to the terminal labeled common Connecting the Counter Switch Wires to the Controller Connect the rain sensor or flow meter to terminals identified as input and second 24 12 Connecting the Transformer Master unit only Connect the 24 VAC transformer
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288. ly When independent the module will control 8 valves When slaved it will control 7 valves plus a pump 10 1 12 Address Address of Valve 8 of the module 121 10 1 13 Valve 8 in Module Radio button is used to identify how the module has been programmed When independent is selected then the module supports 8 valves When slaved the last valve will be on when any other valve is on and off when all other 7 valves are off 10 1 14 EtherRain Modules EtherRain modules are identified by IP address and port All modules are assumed to have the same username and password setup during configuration with the Quicksmart admin utility Once the number of modules are selected then rows will be available to enter the IP address and port for each module 10 1 15 Rain8 EPROM and Timers Rain8 modules need to be programmed to identify as a minimum the address to which it will respond Programming is done one module at a time with a direct connection to the PC and without any transformer or valves connected to the Rain8 The programming of each Rain8 unit independent of model is done off line via the Communication port identified in the programming port text box The same port that is used for Rain8 Wireless or Rain8 Net can be used here but the others will be disconnected when programming of the timers is started There are differences in the programming of the Timer EEPROMS so the type of unit needs to be identified This is done with the thre
289. ly active program for the zone This means the zone could have been started manually or automatically and the same button is used to stop that zone from continuing Rather than stopping a zone it is also possible to pause the current program so that it can be resumed a short time later That is done by using the Pause button When selected this button will toggle to read Resume When Resume is selected then the current program will continue from the point it was paused Next to the Pause Resume button is the Skip button This button is used to skip all zones in tomorrow s auto program In essence it tells mcsSprinklers to not automatically run any zones even if they were scheduled for tomorrow When the Skip is active then the button will change to Allow and the decision to not irrigate tomorrow can be rescinded There is a slider under the Current Status column The value showing on this slider represents the percentage of soil moisture saturation mcsSprinklers keeps track of the soil moisture content based upon weather information and the irrigation performed When the control strategy is setup on the Area page to be one of the timed modes then soil moisture content is only informational and changing it with the slider has no direct effect When the control strategy is based upon calculated soil moisture then a change of the slider will have a direct effect on the next irrigation time for the zone 28 The next sch
290. matic Control Projected for Today 11 31 AM for 60 mins O 20 D 10026 Set Moisture Moisture Now 526 C Enable Manual for 60 mins Cycles 0 Wk Mins 0 Last on Sat 23th 2 18 PM Figure 52 Zone Status Page View The Sprinkler Control page provides a more complete view of the sprinkler status It along with VR is the mechanism by which manual watering times can be specified This view also enabled multiple zones to be scheduled for a manual cycle In this case each zone to be enabled for manual control is indicated with a check in the enable manual control checkbox and the Start Manual button clicked to accept this request When the Area Sort button is used to provide zone organization by Area then additional controls are provided to start all zones within a specific area and to set the soil moisture levels for an area or for the entire site 87 6 2 Remote with IPhone IPad IPod Android A general interface capability for remote access exists with browser oriented interfaces that can be used with remote devices where firewall access has been provided to the mcsSprinklers HTTP server Specialized Apps that run on Apple or Google phone or tablet platforms are also available A landscape view provides the ability to gesture swipe through each zone or each area to provide manual control as well as observe current status See Figure 53 An up down gesture toggles between Area and Zone views The left right gesture cycle
291. mcsSprinklers Irrigation Control Version 2 15 1 N 4 5 ON Table of Contents OVA 9 1 1 Version COMPAS Mia aca 9 1 2 A NN 17 System Architecturen iia ot E Tana 18 2 1 Controller Selection ia 19 Installations CP 21 3 1 Sandalias id ies 21 3 1 1 Windows PE Hostia as 21 3 1 2 Embedded Platt A 23 3 2 uva o a da co 23 3 3 Registration ei a Bale pene 23 3 3 1 Sandalias SE eee 23 332 Homeseer Plica eS 26 3 4 Startup ence eren eigenem Rp de REB 26 3 5 Initial SUP npe Ie 27 3 5 1 Visual User Interface as nia tete UR ree eater 27 3 5 2 Quick Start Learn by Example duhu enne enne nre nennen eene 30 3 5 3 Sample CS dete eee 31 3 5 3 1 Scenario 1 One Zone eoni E p 31 3 5 3 2 Scenario 2 Basic Homeseer Setup of Two Sprinkler Valves 31 3 533 Scenario 3 Replacement for Stand alone Timer seen 33 3 5 3 4 Scenario 4 Typical Use of Features eene enne eene nennen 35 3 5 3 5 Scenario 5 Dual PC Dual Hardware Interface Configuration 37 3 5 3 6 Scenario 6 Dual PC Single Hardware Interface Configuration 38 Physical istallat
292. mesSprinklers a unique identification on the LAN 39 4 Physical Installation The physical installation consists of routing wires from the field to the Rain8 or EtherRain controllers the connection of controllers to the personal computer s and connection of the computer s to the Internet Obviously each new location will have new wiring routed and valves installed The setup for the initial configuration will be performed per the steps in the following paragraphs Version Dependent Capability If a second installation is done then the setup can be based off of a prior install by transferring the configuration file contained in c program files mcsSprinklers mcsSprinklers ini 4 1 Field Wiring Wires from the valves in the field are usually bundled in one or more harnesses and each wire in a harness is color coded When multiple harnesses are used then each harness needs to be manually labeled to assure that the proper harness is identified as it is being installed in the controller Valve wiring is a low voltage capacity where the wire gauge requirements are based upon the distance from the valve to the controller There are no special electrical shielding requirements for wires in this harness Wires may also be run for flow meters or moisture probes These may have special requirements for shielding or proximity to other types of wires and this need to be obeyed for a successful install The terminal end of a wiring harness is connected to o
293. mpletion during the restricted times When it is not checked then no irrigation will be allowed during the restricted times 10 6 4 Don t Even Odd Days Checks in either of the two checkboxes can be used if watering is not to occur on even numbered days or odd numbered days This may be useful if local regulations dictate such restrictions 10 6 5 Min Days Between Watering Entry in this box can be made to assure that watering does not occur too often This is typically useful to encourage plant roots to travel deeper 10 6 6 Don t with Wind Wind will typically disturb the watering efficiency To avoid this situation watering can be restricted to periods without excessive wind The threshold is entered in the first box The period for which this average speed must be maintained is entered in the second box Too low values in either of these boxes could result in a repeated starting and stopping of the watering valve 10 6 7 Don t with Temperature The average temperature over the past one hour is used as the decision criteria When it is under the user entered value then watering in all zones will be suspended A blank entry is used to not employ this restriction 10 6 8 Max Cycles per Day Entry in this box is used to place a threshold on a watering cycle It is appropriate for measured and calculated control modes where the watering period is determined by sensors These sensors could fail or provide bad readings and could cause excessiv
294. n any computer on the LAN to gain access to mesSprinklers that is installed as a service For this situation the tray option for Tray Setup should be used to change the address of where mcsSprinklers service is running The default is the local computer but can be changed to any computer name or IP address where mcsSprinklers service is running The port selected on this setup needs to be the same as the used by the mcsSprinklers service The default is 8008 but can be changed as part of the mcsSprinklers setup Select the Tray Setup option again from the tray to close the setup form When remote access to the computer either through the LAN or WAN is desired then the firewall on the computer where mcsSprinklers is installed needs to setup to allow mcsSprinklers passage This is true for the remote tray icon or remote browser use in general 21 mesSprinklers Tray will monitor the execution of mcsSprinklers when either locally or remotely referenced Should it loose contact it will provide this indication with a popup balloon When mesSprinklers is running as a service the Tray setup should be configured to Inhibit mcsSprinklers Launch Control This will make the Launch option unavailable from the tray icon When mcsSprinklers is installed as a desktop application rather than as a service then the tray icon can be used to control the execution of mcsSprinklers In a normal setup the shortcut to mcsSprinklers_Tray exe will be p
295. n in Figure 15 illustrate a system where only the first Rain8Net module has communication connection for a test that was run for 20 cycles with timeout showing 36 counts This equates to timeouts on the commands and the retries of the commands A situation like this is indicative of a lack of 24V AC applied to the modules or poor wiring between the first and second modules The counts show the number of failures experienced A count in the OFF column for example indicates that an OFF was expected but not observed 46 48 2 21 2010 10 16 29 AM Sunrise 1 49 Sunset 10 17 11 24 1 Stop Communication Test Test Cycles Attempted 20 Now Testing Valve 5 OFF ON Timeout Framing Break S ne Count Count Count Count Count e NET Unit 1 valve 1 Ri Harnessi Wire 1 E m 9 NET unit 1 Valve 2 R2 Harness1 Wire 2 ERN RENI CA 9 NET unit 1 valve 3 R3HarnessiWire3 J o o o ner Unit 1 Valve R4RainSNet Unit 1 o o 0 NET unit 1 valve 5 Rs Rainswet unit 1 vaes o o o Net unit 1 valve 6 R6 Rainsvet unit 1 o 0 Ce ner unit 1 valve 7 R7 Rainenet_Unt_ivave7 o o o NET unit 1 valve 8 mames wires o o Co Net unit 2 vave 1 ns Hamessa wire x o NET unit 2 valve 2 R10 unit 2 valve o
296. n irrigation is inhibited It will remain inhibited until the tank is refilled to the 50 level between the minimum and full settings The current level of the tank can be observed from the Water Tank status device on the General Status Page 5 7 Fertigation Fertigation is the application of liquid fertilizer through the irrigation system mcsSprinklers controls fertigation based upon setup information contained on the Zone Setup and Area Setup pages The Zone Setup provides the nominal factor that determines how long a fertigation valve will remain ON with respect the full run time of the zone If the Zone Setup page has Fertigation factors of 0 5 and 1 0 then the first zone will enable the fertigation valve for 50 of the run time for the zone and the second zone will enable the fertigation valve for 100 of the zone s run time The identification of the valve to be used for fertigation is identified on the Area Setup page as shown below The pink arrow shows the segment of the Area Setup that applies to fertigation The fertigation can be controlled based upon a fixed percentage of the zone run time or it can be controlled based upon a variable percentage The variable control will increase the percentage when the time between irrigation cycles increases and will decrease it when the time becomes short A fertigation instrumentation source is provided This is intended to provide a measurement that will allow mcesSprinklers to provide a notif
297. n this file ystemRoot system32 SHELL 32 dll EJ eax oa 2 500 20 Navigate to the exe file of the program that you have created this shortcut with select it and click tap on Open see screenshot below NOTE If you have a icon of your own that you would prefer to use instead then navigate to where you have that icon saved at instead 263 A Change Icon gt Computer Windows7 C Program Files 86 CCleaner gt E Organize v New folder Favorites Name Date modified pe EE Desktop de Lang 5 28 2009 5 24 PM File folder Downloads CCleanerexe 5 27 2009 8 40 AM Application E Recent Places Wi uninstexe 5 28 2009 5 24 PM Application a Libraries Documents Music Pictures Videos E Computer amp Windows 7 C cs Back Up D Vista E Network File name CCleaner exe gt files ico ick exe dil 798x560 141kb JPEG 21 Select the icon you want for the shortcut then click tap on OK see screenshot below Look for icons in this file C Program Files x86 CCleaner Select an icon from the list below 264 22 Click tap see screenshot below Shortcut Options Font Layout Colors Target type Application Target location System32 Target adows System32 schtasks exe run An CCleaner Start
298. n time The calendar can have scroll bars applied which is appropriate for longer history 10 9 10 Sensor Units of Measure Allow to change from English units to metric units when the checkbox is checked This applies to the display of the data as well as the download 10 9 11 Email Notification Email can be delivered when major events occur These events consist of loss of internet weather or forecast and change in redundancy configuration and unexpected software operations The email address to deliver the notification is entered into the text box The delivery of email will use the same SMTP server for which your Email is provided The access information to use this server needs to be entered To confirm a proper setup a button is provided to send a test email When email is delivered a copy can also be sent to mcsSprinklers com to provide input for support Some may have difficulty using the internal email function due to setup demands of their service provider There is a free SMTP product that can be loaded on the same computer where MCS runs It is available at softstack com freesmtp html Their instructions say to put localhost in the smtp blank of the client but 127 0 0 1 in both the SMTP and POP3 boxes may yield better results The destination email also needs to be setup there 138 10 9 12 Login Username and Password for Internet WAN Access Access to mcsSprinklers via a browser from within the household or LAN is allowed wit
299. n8 Net and WiFi Itemize Units Itemize Units Itemize Units Search Command Timing Communication Test Command Buttons Rain8 UPB Yes Itemize Units Yes Itemize Units Yes Itemize Units Communication Test Command Buttons 8 X10 Yes Yes Yes 8 X10 2 Yes Yes Yes Rain8 Wireless Yes Yes Yes EtherRain No No Yes EPROM Programming No No Yes 11 Control Strategy Program Day of Week Even Odd Interval Day of Week Even Odd Interval Calculated ET Day of Week Even Odd Interval Moisture Probe Calculated ET Zone Sequence Control One Zone at a Time user entered order One Zone at a Time in user entered order One Zone at a Time One Zone per Area Multiple Simultaneous Zones External Control Run Styles Zone to Zone Zone to Zone Zone to Zone Round Robin Inter zone Delays Program Modes Automatic Automatic Automatic Manual Manual Manual Syringing Program Start Times 24 24 24 per program Sunrise Sunset Offset Variable Duration Duration Resolution 1 second 1 second 1 second Areas Program Variants 1 8 8 Month to Month Time Adjustments No No Yes Global Multi zone program adjustments Month By Month By Month By Percentage Scheduling Restriction Setup Day of Week Day of Week Day of Week Even odd Days Between Hours Even odd Days Between Hours Wind Speed Temperature Rainfall Even odd D
300. nced setup where the specific browser port default 8008 needs to have the exception See http windows microsoft com en us windows 8 windows firewall from start to finish 6 5 Crestron Control mcsSprinklers can be used in conjunction with a Creston system that has been configured for use with Rain8Net modules Automatic water saving control and remote internet access will be provided by mcsSprinklers and the Crestron touch screens can also be used for manual control of the zones or as alternate automatic scheduling mechanism for a sequence of zones In this configuration the Crestron RS232 output is directed to a Serial COM port on the PC on which mesSprinklers is running This port is selected as the Crestron port on the Remote Setup Page per Figure 59 Note that a crossover RS232 cable will be required between the Crestron Processor and PC so that the RxData and TxData lines are swapped 92 Crestron Serial Crestron Serial COM Port Figure 59 Crestron Interface Port Selection 6 6 Voice Control Voice can be used to command a zone on or off and obtain status of the currently running zone or the next zone scheduled A sprinkler zone is identified by its named location These location names were previously completed on the Setup2 Wiring page as shown in Figure 18 The syntax of the voice commands is itemized in Table 3 Examples of their use are also shown in the Voice column on the Setup7 Remote Control page per Figure 57
301. nd complete its initialization 10 1 6 Rain8 UPB The All off button will turn all valves connected to the Rain8 UPB off The Module number box identifies the RainSUPB modules that are connected The module ID s are defined when the EPROM is programmed They will be 1 2 etc and correspond to UPB DIDs 1 through 8 9 through 16 etc The Network ID text box is used to enter the UPB NID 10 1 7 Rain8 Wireless and X10 Power line Interface Module Assignments Rain8 Wireless and Power line modules are organized into lower bank and upper bank configuration where the lower bank is associated with unit addresses 1 to 8 and the upper bank with addresses 9 to 16 Each unit is also associated with a house code The map of the type of interface vs the house and bank is made by selecting the type of module radio button at the intersection of the House row and Bank column 10 1 8 House This is the identification of the house code for the module 10 1 9 Bank 1 to 8 Select the radio button that identifies how a Rain8 module has been programmed It is the intersection of the selected house code and lower bank 10 1 10 Bank 9 to 16 Select the radio button that identifies how a Rain8 module has been programmed It is the intersection of the selected house code and upper bank 10 1 11 Rain8 Wireless Valve 8 Configuration Rain8 Wireless can be configured to allow value number 8 of the module to be slaved to the other 7 valves or to operate independent
302. ndows operating system version The path to the primary computer needs to be entered as the full network path such as is shown in Figure 70 The Takeover user entry is the time for the secondary computer to wait before it assumes primary control Internally the monitoring is done on five minute intervals so any value under 10 will produce unreliable results with primary control switching often When in Active Backup Active Active mode the takeover time does not have any operational significance since both computers are always actively controlling the values What is does affect is the time it takes for the status device 73 to report a failed redundant computer This status is shown in Figure 71 This notification will also show up as a priority message as 15 shown in Figure 66 Redundancy Backup Mode No Backup Monitored Standby Backup Active Backup Path to primary mcsSprinklers NMCSE Program FilesmcsSprinklers Launch Redundant Applications on Startup Takeover 15 Minutes Raing Interfaces Control Interfaces Data Collection Powerline Interface voice Control Current Weather Wireless Interface Handheld Remote Forecast Weather Supplemental KAP Interface Figure 70 Dual PC Setup 112 Auto Manual Mode Today 10 48 08 AM Skip Tomorrow Today 10 48 06 AM OFF sel Manual Stop Today 10 48 06 AM WEH 2 s77 Manual Override Today 10 48 06 AM se seasonal Control Today 10 48 0
303. ne C Wireless C xio C 10 2 None Wireless C C 10 2 Es 6 None Wireless C x10 x10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 None Wireless x10 C x10 2 None Wireless x10 C x10 2 La C None Wireless C x10 10 2 C None Wireless x10 10 2 SEN C None Wireless C xio x10 2 6 None Wireless x10 C x10 2 None Wireless C 10 C x10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 None Wireless xio x10 2 6 None Wireless x10 C x10 2 None Wireless C x10 x10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 m None Wireless xio C x10 2 6 None Wireless C x10 C x10 2 None Wireless C 0 x10 2 None Wireless x10 2 None Wireless 10 C x10 2 6 None Wireless 10 C x10 2 None Wireless C xio x10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 None Wireless C xio x10 2 None Wireless x10 C x10 2 Ea None Wireless C x10 x10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 Es None Wireless xio C x10 2 None Wireless 10 C x10 2 Ea None Wireless C x10 10 2 None Wireless x10 x10 2 Figure 11 Rain8 X10 based Module Address Setup 44 Rain8 Net and Rain8 WiFi Master Modules Number of Rain8 Net and Rain8 WiFi Master modules 2 One master per PC port connection Handling of Status from Rain8Net status request Request status after command 9 Request status every minute Rain8 Net and WiFi
304. ne is clicked to start the search The page will be redrawn with a window between the two buttons A value will increment in this window to show the current address that is being searched for Rain8 Net modules In this case we do not expect any after 1 so when a number greater than 1 appears the rightmost button can again be clicked to stop the search At this point the Rain8 Net module has been setup to interface to the valves Setup2 Wiring Four valves are being connected so four wires will need to be identified to mark which wire is connected to which valve A pump is being controlled so a fifth wire is also needed If they are in the same harness then all can be specified in the Harness 1 group Use the pull down on each row to make the linkage between water valve wire color and Rain8 Net valve control The pull down will show NET 1 Valve 1 through 8 since that is what was previously identified Each valve is given a name in the boxes on the rows Let us use Front Yard Back Yard Flower Bed and Garden The pump will be called Pump Setup4 Zone The four zones are organized into two areas per the setup that was done for the Area control times The three lawn valves are identified with pull downs in the Area 1 zone group and Auto times entered as 60 60 and 30 in the three identified rows In the Area 2 Zones a single row will be selected to identify the garden valve and enter the 20 minute cycle The manual times for each of the 4 zones wil
305. ne or more Rain8 or EtherRain controllers The Rain8 controllers are located at a convenient location that is protected from the weather The controllers can be collocated or located at locations this is convenient based upon the source of the harness A collocated organization will tend to have better long term serviceability Each Rain8 or EtherRain module can accommodate seven or eight wires Each wire is connected to a post in the terminal block At least one common return wire needs to be installed in a terminal post The 8th valve position in the terminal block may be connected to a valve or to a pump The use of the pump control in this manner will dependent upon the type of Rain8 or EtherRain controller and this will be discussed later The terminal block is not installed in the Rain8 at this time but it should be manually labeled so the correct Rain8 controller is later mated to the proper terminal block 4 2 Controller Connection 4 2 1 Controller to PC Three models of Rain8 controllers are available with the primary difference between each being the mechanism by which it is connected to the personal computer The connection methods are a low voltage cable an interface to the high voltage AC power line and an interface for wireless radio frequency connection The Rain8 Net module uses a RS232 cable that plugs into a COM serial port of the PC Additional Rain8 Net modules are interconnected with RS485 cables The Rain8 Wireless module
306. nection between the valve and the Rain8 module let us assume that the valve is connected to the Red wire and we will be using the second position on the module B2 for this valve The first column s pull down is selected to be RF B2 The second column contains a box to label this valve Let us call it Lawn and enter this name in the box Click the Save button At this point the Rain8 interface has been defined and the wiring to the valve located in the Lawn has been specified The next step is to describe when to turn the valve on The next step is on the Setup4 Zone page where the duration of 30 minutes is identified There are twelve rows in the Area 1 group and any of these rows can be used Select the pull down to pick the RF B2 Lawn valve Enter 30 in the Auto minutes box Click the Save Button Select Setup5 Area A setup page for the areas will appear We will use the Area 1 for this scenario Click the radio button at the top for this area that identifies it to be an interval strategy It is one of the five possible selections Enter 2 in the box below it since the interval is every other day or 2 This completes the setup for the scenario of a single value using a Rain8 Wireless controller that is scheduled for watering for 30 minutes every other day The zone will be watered starting at midnight every other day 3 5 3 2 Scenario 2 Basic Homeseer Setup of Two Sprinkler Valves mcsSprinklers is added to an existing Homeseer configuration
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308. ng is used It does not actually replacing the water in the soil but instead it reduces the wilting cycle by cooling off the turf and temporarily stopping wilt until rainfall or hand watering can be initiated Soil Efficiency factor relates to the effectiveness of water saturation when it is applied and the ability to retain water within the crop Nominal soil and grass is represented by default 0 75 Higher factors will reflect a slower moisture loss rate Rain factor relates to the degree that rainfall will reach the soil level Uncovered zones will be 1 0 and fully sheltered zones will be 0 0 Fert factor is the fraction of zone s time that the Area s fertigation valve is enabled when the zone is enabled This is used to apply liquid fertilizer through the irrigation system Flow Calc is the estimate of the gallon liter per minute flow rate delivered by the total of all valves heads of the zone The total cumulative flow volume is reported in a status device on the General Status page and Calendar Flow Max is the maximum daily water use to be measured for the zone When this value is exceeded a notification will be provided via the message log and email if setup This value is only used when a water meter is present to measure the water use when a zone is active Another approach to water monitoring is based upon exceeding the averages that are expected This is done from the Area Setup page The default number of zon
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312. ns nennen nennen etre e nenne enne 105 Figure 70 Dual PC Setup tetti etd e etc dde e iode ed eta eee 112 Figure 71 Redundancy and Moding Status Devices eese 113 Figure 72 xapincsRam8 Net Setup aede O ERR PR 116 Figure 73 Rain8Net Configured for Multiple Masters IPs eese 117 Figure 74 Rain8 Net Manual Entry of Module Numbers n eene ener 117 Figure 75 Configuration Save and Restore n eene netten nennen nenne trennen nne 118 Figure 76 Automatic Configuration Load Scheduling nsnsi 119 Figure 77 Rain8 Master and Expansion Wiring sesee0eses eses n asana eene non nan namane enn enne 232 Figure 78 Ram8Net EPROM Setup eter eter cet tee mee tubes tice re eet saa pana 233 Figure 79 Rain8 Wireless EPROM Setup a ui nennen nennen etre nre trennen 236 Figure 80 Rain8 X10 Power line and Valve Connections esee 239 Figure 81 Rain8X10 EPROM 240 Figure 82 Rain8 X10 II Power line and Valve Connections 242 Figure 83 Rain8 X10 II EPROM Setups ieee kan pen nan an SEN GN teet aint nias y Na 244 Figure 84 UPB Rain8 Valve and 24VAC Connections eese enne anna nane 247 Figure 85 UPB PIM Connection to 8 422 21 4 1102
313. nt Traditional irrigation controllers determine when to initiate based upon some elapsed time since the last time the cycle was run This may be something like every three days or Monday Wednesday and Friday These controls also consider time of day so it may be possible to irrigate at 6 and 7 on the same day The duration between irrigation cycles is selected so that the soil does not become excessively dry In peak summer times this will be more often than in the spring and fall periods Heat waves and cool periods also occur during the seasons and these tend to result in soil moisture that is dryer than desired and irrigation at times when the foliage does not require additional water The timed programs can be adjusted to deal with these variations or left unchanged and allow the plants to be exposed to the stress The third choice is to allow the controller determine the next irrigation cycle based upon the soil moisture content rather than based upon some time interval mesSprinklers provides the flexibility to allow either a time based control or a moisture based control or a combination of both For time based control the interval can be determined either based upon the weekly calendar or upon a daily interval The start time during the day can be specified Actually up to 24 different start times can be entered to spread out the irrigation over the day Each of these start times is called a Program so up to 24 programs
314. ntrolled by setting the four browser window settings This will assure that the browser will always be the same each time a mcsSprinklers page displayed If they are left blank then the browser will appear per the Windows default position and size algorithm A MCS or Homeseer logo exists in the page title area in the upper right of each mcsSprinklers page Clicking on this logo will redirect the browser to the URL entered into the setup If the URL entry is blank the redirection will be to the General Status page of mcsSprinklers The use of a user specified URL will enable convenient exit from mcsSprinklers to other browser pages The touch pages contain a picture of the zone with overlaid text that contains the zone identification This identification can be set to include the zone device code and location or just the location In a Homeseer configuration the Rain8Net UPB device codes are special characters that are at times awkward to view Rather than showing these code for identification a Z nomenclature can be used where the is a sequential number The popup charts that show annual trends for sensor and computed values can be displayed in HTML or Flash The Flash is a more pleasing display format if the computer supports Macromedia Flash 10 9 9 Popup Calendar Characteristics A calendar view is generated by clicking a calendar icon It will show a user specified number of historical days and future days until the next scheduled irrigatio
315. o different ports The multiple network configurations using the xAP interface within mcsSprinklers is supported with an instance of xapmcsRain8Net for each Rain8Master or WiFi IP address Each instance of xapmcsRain8Net can run on the same computer as mcsSprinklers or they can be run on different computers within the same LAN When run on the same computer then each instance will have its own folder from which to execute To create the folder structure for xapmcsRain8Net then a new folder should be created and xapmcsRain8Net copied to that folder An HTML folder should also be created within this new folder The files excluding subfolders from the mcsSprinklers HTML folder should be copied to the new HTML folder This is repeated for as many instances as needed To automate the startup process a shortcut can be added to the Windows startup folder for each instance of xapmcsRain8Net There will also be a shortcut to mcsSprinklers so that all software components will start at the same time One instance of xapmcsHub must also be run on each computer on which either xapmcsRain8Net or mcsSprinklers is run A shortcut to this in the startup folder is also appropriate Once the folder structure is setup then each instance of xapmcsRain8Net is configured to give each its unique identification and define the Rain8Net modules that it will interface When first run an icon like will appear in the tray The setup can be accessed by clicking on the icon and sele
316. of new day state Public Property Get NextSprinklerZone jArea As Integer As String Find the next zone in each area to be watered today Return the next one independent of zone if jArea 0 Otherwise return the next one Public Property Ge Return CurrentSprinklerZone iArea As Integer As String he currently active zone of an area Cr CT Public Property Get PreviousSprinklerZone iArea As Integer As String Return the previously active zone of an area Area input 0 then find the most recently changed valve overall Public Sub SetManualControl sDC As Variant iDuration As Variant set manual control duration of selected devic Public Function ScheduledMinutes sDC As String As Long Return number of run minutes for auto program of selected zone Selected device can be valve or area or site status devices Public Function RemainingMinutes sDC As String As Long Return number of run minutes remaining for selected zone that is active Selected device can be valve or area or site status devices Return 0 if not active 109 Public Function RemainingMinutes bNoHTML as Boolean As String Return number of minutes remaining in currently running zone or time when next zone is projected to start be formatted with Icons in HTML based upon bNoHTML Also includes the device code and zone name Public Function OverallStatus bStripHTML As Boolean As String Return a descriptive string
317. omputer ID and Disk ID to obtain an unlock code 23 Contact information of your choosing e g be entered so that customer support identify you in the case that you misplace the registration information and the software is to be installed on another computer The zip code may also be entered at this time so that the proper environmental conditions can be setup or it may be entered later in the mcsSprinklers setup process on the Others setup page The registration information entered on the registration form is submitted using the Register Now button at the bottom of the form This will transfer the information to the internet address identified as the Registration URL where it will be validated and retained for permanent records No other information except that shown on the form is transferred to this site On the embedded platform the registration page also contains settings to identify the time zone and the network setup The network should be setup before attempting to register since mcsSprinklers needs access to the internet to perform the registration To get access to the registration page from a browser there needs to be a DHCP server on the LAN to assign an IP address The embedded computer network name is mcesSprinklers If the embedded platform has wWiFi capability then the setup for the wireless network will also be shown otherwise only a wired network setup will be available 24 3 E 079 4 E 7
318. omputer is doing the same internal computations and observing the behavior of the primary computer When the primary computer appears to have failed then the standby computer will then take over control of the valves In an active active mode then both computers are controlling the valves at the same time There are tradeoffs between the two modes that will be discussed later The Active Standby Standby Backup setting is the recommended if dual hardware interfaces e g two CM11A for power line interface are used Active Active or Active Standby is appropriate if single hardware interfaces exist The setup for dual PC operation is done on the Other Page in the section Redundancy Backup Mode as shown in Figure 70 Note that the blue color for most of these setup items The blue indicates that the 111 setting needs to be made individually on each of the two computers The blue color appears when Standby or Active backup mode is selected One of the computers needs to be identified as the primary The primary is where the non blue configuration information is retained This means that all the setup excluding the small segment shown in blue in Figure 70 is stored on the primary computer and referenced by the secondary computer using the network file sharing capability This means that the mcsSprinklers folder e g C Program Files mcsSprinklers must be a shared folder on the primary computer The setup of file sharing is dependent upon the Wi
319. only Connect the 24 VAC transformer to the two terminals labeled 24 VAC Note that this is required only on the first module installed as the power for additional units is supplied by means of the network connections Connecting the UPB PIM Master unit only There two techniques for connecting the UPB PIM to the jack on your Rain8 module depending on which manufacturers PIM you are using 1 HAI PIM connects directly to the Rain8 using the 6 conductor modular cable that came with your RainSupb Do not use the cable that came with your HAI PIM OR 2 PCS amp Simply Automated PIMs have female DB9 jacks so it is necessary to use the enclosed DB9 adapter and the M M gender changer in addition to the modular cable 247 Simply Automated PIM 8 PCS PIMS PCS uena wena UPB Pragan s J Figure 85 UPB PIM Connection to Rain8 Congratulations you are now ready to apply power The first thing you should see is the green LED blinking This indicates the Rain8upb is looking for PIM When it finds the LED stops blinking and stays on steady This normally just takes a few seconds Prepare to Program the Rain8 module e Using the RJ11 cable and DB9 adapter but not the gender changer connect DB9 end to COM port or USB adapter on your PC Connect the end to the jack labeled PIM config on the left e tis not necessary
320. ons on Startup Version Dependent Capability Dedicated interfaces are built into mcsSprinklers and it supports use of external interfaces using xAP message protocol The primary purpose of the multiple interface approach is for system configurations where redundancy is used to increase availability When launched a tray icon will appear for the external applications and they will be the primary interface until a failure is detected 10 9 15 Rain8 Interfaces xapmcsCM1 1A and xapmcsCM17A are the supported interfaces for power line and wireless control 10 9 16 Control Interfaces xapmcs Voice and xapmcsW800 are the supported interfaces for voice control and wireless remote pad control 10 9 17 Data Collection xapmcsAWS xapmcsWeatherXML are the supported interfaces to gather current and forecast weather information 10 9 18 Supplemental xAP Interface When a checkbox is checked x AP message schema is activated BSC and Configuration are bidirectional and the others are sent from mcsSprinklers The start Hub checkbox should be checked if no other hub is present and other xAP applications are running on the same computer 10 9 19 Homeseer Devices A Homeseer device can be controlled as a valve protect device to accept the transient ON OFF loads as zone valves are switched can be specified This device will turn OFF before any zone value is turned OFF and will turn ON after the zone valve has been set to the ON position This can also
321. opback 127 0 0 1 Bio Activity mcsSprinkders 192168013 portrait 7 Launch Debugger Browser after upload Upload Service not running Backgrounds B Buttons btnMed Left Right Gauges amp Sliders E Input Fields E Text 478 2 Figure 55 Command Fusion Gui Designer for Upload The process to follow to setup the application consists of On some PC open CommandFusion guiDesigner after download from commandfusion com Select File and navigate to mcsSprinklers install folder bin mcsSprinklers mcsSprinklers gui In the Projects panel in upper left right click on mcsSprinklers gui and select Project Properties Click F12 to start Upload Service On IPhone IPad Ipod download iViewer version 4 APP From Settings select iViewer to get to application specific settings Select File URL to be PC LAN IP where guiDesigner is installed Select Reload GUI layout Exit settings and start iViewer PC the Activity icon in upload services will blink and the GUI will appear on iViewer APP OE SN 89 11 At some convenient time return to Settings and deselect the Gui Reload so that it will no longer transfer the GUI on each start of iViewer The Upload Service on the PC can be stopped and the guiDesigner on the PC can be exited 12 On Android the same process is followed as the Iphone Ipad IPod starting but step 6 access to application se
322. or the majority of users the visual user interface will be the most frequently used view Figure 6 Select a Zone 1 H1 Backyard East H10 Backyard West Zone Running Status eo 00000006 e i eee 100 23 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 IT one tiin Selected Zone December wed E jar fo EE E E E Selected Zone History and Forecast Auto Program A Figure 6 Visual User Interface January Each zone is identified by name and visually by photograph The large arrows at the top scroll the zones until the desired zone is positioned in the center location with the black border The selection can also be accomplished directly with a mouse click by clicking one of the dots below the photographs These dots are in positional order and each represents a zone They are colorized to identify when they are running green are disabled yellow have failed red and not currently running blue When the mouse is placed over a zone status dot the rightmost picture will be replaced with the picture of the zone where the mouse is positioned This allows the row of dots to be scanned to find the desired zone and then clicked to have the picture move to the center and it will then be the selected zone 27 When the mouse is placed over the selected middle pic
323. ort running in Windows 7 normally then you can select the OS that is does support running in instead to have it run in compatibility mode as if it was running in that OS instead of Windows 7 Configure for ndows 7 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Windows XP or Windows 2000 6 Click tap on the Actions tab then on the New button see screenshot below 254 When you create task you must specify the action that will occur when your task starts 7 In the Program script box the Actions tab and paste the path below see screenshot below step 9 NOTE Thank you to chillz for the updated steps 7 and 8 9o windir System32 cmd exe 8 In the Add arguments optional box in the Actions tab type in the argument below see screenshot below step 9 NOTE Substitute Task Name in the argument below with the name you entered in step 3 ex CCleaner within quotes and substitute Full Path of Program in the argument below with the actual full path of the program s exe file within quote c start Task Name Full Path of Program For example Code c start CCleaner C Program Files NCCleanerNCCleaner64 exe 9 Click tap on OK see screenshot below 255 You must specify what action this task will perform Action Start a program Settings Program script Jewindir System
324. other modules have no override Values in the range 1 to 250 are acceptable Note also the special configuration for a pump on the Rain8 Wireless unit This model will allow the 8 valve to be slaved to the other seven with the intention that it will control a pump When any of the first seven are ON then the 8 will be ON and when all are OFF then the 8 will be OFF Rain8 EPROM and Timers Programming Port Programming Port CRF Cxio 0 2 Read Write EPROM Module Address Module Address House Code 2 Rain8 Timers Rain8 Net X10 2 UPB Timers Rain8UPB Resolution Minutes Seconds Rain8 UPB Network Rain8 Wireless Yalve 8 Use Rain8 X10 2 Status Response 41 Figure 8 Rain8 Address and Timer Setup Once the controllers have been assigned an address and the other EPROM parameters set and saved the Rain8 modules can be connected to the terminal block This can be done later as well In either case the configurations that have been programmed need to be entered into the top part of the Setup1 Rain8 page unless the Homeseer interface is being used In that case no entry is needed for the Wireless or Power line sections of Figure 9 In operational use each type of module is connected via a COM port to the PC or via the Local Area Network LAN to another PC with a usable COM port This COM port may or may not be different than the one used for programming the module
325. ould turn itself off at the end of three minutes If the EPROM was configured with a different X10 code then selected the one used rather than E1 236 12 3 10 The Rain8 is 8 zone irrigation controller capable of controlling irrigation zones using X10 power line protocol A is connected to the PC that host mcsSprinklers to provide the power line commands to the Rain8 X10 12 3 1 Equipment List Initial Module 1 Rain8 module 2 110 to 24 vac 20VA transformer 3 Modular cable black 4 RS232 serial cable DB9 both ends 5 5 05 power line interface Expansion Slave Module s 1 Rain8 module 2 Modular cable black 3 Modular cable splitter Interface Components 1 CMIIA X10 Power line PC Interface 2 5for 1 splitter 80069 12 3 2 Installation Controller Location e Select a mounting location that is close to an electrical outlet and the valve wires that will connect to it e The controller should not be exposed to water If used outside it is necessary to provide a weather proof housing for your Rain8 http www weldesigns com r8outdoor html Mount your controller to a smooth dry surface by means of the enclosed Velcro strips Wiring the Valves e If the maximum distance is less then 600 feet use a single 20 gauge plastic insulated wire for each valve e Each valve has two wires One wire is designated as the common of the common valve wires can be connected together to one wire
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327. own it will continue to perform all data collection operations but there will be no valve activation performed by either automatic or manual actions A zone will remain under manual control until the zone has been watered once Manual control for that zone will be deactivated Automatic control will resume if it has not been disabled by the checkbox on the web page or toggled via the Alias Device The following elements of mcsSprinklers are involved with manual mode operations 1 Browser Control 2 Handheld Remote Control 3 Powerline Remote Control 4 Voice Control 6 1 Web Browser Two browser views can be used to control manual operations The General Status page will provide a clickable button for each valve and pump as well as master controls for Seasonal and Manual modes Figure 50 shows these controls for two zones Saveview View Seasonal or Emergency Shutdown Lo Changed come OB orr soil 100 Right Gate Yesterday 12 54 32 Pm OFF OB OFF soil 50 Right Bubbler Yesterday 1 30 24 OFF OB orr soil 45 Right Far Street Yesterday 1 30 24 OE OFF 43 4 Left Grass Yesterday 1 30 24 AM OFF Figure 50 Manual Controls from General Status Page The Seasonal or Emergency Shutdown button is used to totally disable all control functionality of mcsSprinklers When it is clicked its label and function will change to restore normal control operations This
328. pdate the actual valve status only when acknowledge is received rather than update upon command sent 10 1 22 Rain8 Timers Timer values for each valve are entered in the text box Maximum values are 250 minutes Minimum values are 1 minute A value must be specified except in the case for the Rain8 Net module when the timers are disabled Direct control of the Rain 8 series of irrigation controllers is provided via mcsSprinklers The setup of the Rain8 is done on the Rain8 Tab Rain8 devices can be programmed with a timeout for a zone When programming the timeout a single Rain8 unit is connected to the Communication port for programming Programming cannot be done in a multiple configuration or via mechanisms other than a direct connection to a serial port 123 10 2Setup2 Wiring 10 2 1 Wire Harness A wire harness represents a bundle of wire routed between the valve head and the Rain8 module Any of the wires in the hardness that are used will be assigned to a control valve A harness can be given a name to assist with later identification This name is not use later in the setup 10 2 2 Wire Color Wire colors in the standard wire harness are listed If physical wire colors are different then the color codes relationships will need to be maintained externally 10 2 3 Control Valve The pull down contains all the Rain8 modules that were identified on the Rain8 Setup The particular valve to which the wire is conne
329. phical UI 3 5 2 Quick Start Learn by Example When mcsSprinklers is started it will place itself as a small icon in the lower right tray of the PC desktop The icon will be a blue or green base with water drops rising Blue indicates that no zones are currently being watered and green when any zone is active When the icon is clicked it will expand to show a menu of setup and operational selections When used as a Homeseer plug in then this icon is not available but access is provided through the Homeseer menu The general setup flow is numerically identified in the popup menu In some cases there is a dependency on the setup sequence but in general any setup page can be edited at any time and in any order The dependencies that exist relate to identification of a valve interface before the valve can be wired and the identification of how the valve is wired before it can be used in a control zone This means that the Rain8 Devices setup needs to be done before the Wiring setup and the Wiring setup done before the Zone and Area setups A browser interface is used for each setup and control page This means that the setup can be done from any location to which the PC has network connectivity It also means that entries made on a page are not recognized until the Save button on top of each page is clicked and the screen redrawn Navigation among the various pages can be done from the tray icon menu or it can be done from the links loc
330. port A 12 position terminal strip is found on all modules Connect the 24 VAC to only one module the remaining modules are powered by means of the 8 conductor network cable There is a single RS232 connection between the controlling computer and the master Rain8 The 24V AC power and network communications are transferred from master to slave to slave etc If the Rain8Net is used in a multi master configuration such as when the valve clusters are in locations where it is easier to run two connections from the PC than to run a connection between the two valve clusters A remote connection such as using an IP RS232 adapter may be a situation where this is appropriate The network connection for the slave units is an 8 conductor RJ45 Each slave has a pair of these modular jacks to pass on data and power to the next one in a daisy chain Each slave also has a RS232 connection that is used only to assign the address during the initial configuration 12 1 1 Equipment List Initial Module 1 Rain8net controller with detachable terminal block in place 2 24VAC transformer 3 RS232 Cable with DB9 Connectors Expansion Slave Module s 1 Rain8net controller with detachable terminal block in place 2 Network cable item 10004 Interface Components Serial Surge Protection 12 1 2 Installation Controller Location e Select a mounting location that is close to an electrical outlet and the valve wires that will connect to it e The contro
331. proach it is important to correctly name the modules with the Quicksmart admin utility prior to connection to the LAN so the positional relationships of the modules will be maintained During a Find operation mcsSprinklers will add modules to the list but will never remove modules Modules are removed by clearing the name field and doing a Save Changes Relative position is important so it will be better to rename modules rather than remove them to maintain zone identities that are later setup This is true even if a module is permanently removed Each module must have a unique name and these can be programmed with the Quicksmart admin utility The IP address is determined from the network definition This will be either with DHCP by the LAN s router or statically if so programmed with the Quicksmart admin utility The default is DHCP mcsSprinklers will be testing a change in IP address as it communicates with the EtherRain module and will perform the necessary updates should a DHCP assignment change 45 Each EtherRain module will enforce a password access mcsSprinklers expects the same password to be setup on each EtherRain module The password is conveyed to mcsSprinklers as shown in Figure 14 The password will be pw unless changed with the Quicksmart admin utility EtherRain Modules FindEtherRain Modules After discovery use Save Changes if found modules are correct Communication Test time to
332. re 64 Zone History Calendar Popup 100 7 4 Zone Status The zone status page is shown in Figure 52 Ten pieces of information provided for each zone At top in the Area header bar is the area to which it belongs and the Control Strategy for this area This information is only provided on the Area Sort The Zone header contains the Device Code and Name of the device the zone s watering status with both a color dot and description number of minutes for which it has been watered during the week and the calculated moisture level of the soil in this zone The control status is shown by a color dot and text description The colors can be as follows e Blue watered earlier today e Green watering now Yellow to be watered within the next day Red not to be watered within 24 hours When blue the zone is prevented from watering again today but the web page will show a checkbox that resets this condition for any Blue dot zone This checkbox can also be reset via use of the Alias device setup on the Area Tabs The day and time of the next predicted water time is shown for each day If the control strategy is time based then the prediction should be accurate If the control strategy is closed loop then the accuracy will be greater as the next watering time approaches It is also dependent upon the quality of the parameters provided to calculate soil moisture and the quality of the weather forecast Zones can be deselected
333. res so individual nodes can be managed with minimum operational interdependencies When configured for redundant operation the interfaces should be run as independent nodes rather than as part of mcsSprinklers This implies that the prior setup of the Wireless and Power line interfaces should be configured for xap external rather than internal See Figure 9 58 4 2 7 External Application Interface 4 2 7 1 xAP Version Dependent Capability xAP is used as the primary external interface to mcsSprinklers It is the mechanism to allow redundant operation over multiple host computers to achieve increased availability of the irrigation control function When used in a single computer configuration xAP is still available to obtain information and control mcsSprinklers The first reference to xAP is on the Rain8 setup page shown in Figure 9 If the power line or wireless interface can be better placed close to the valves under control rather than at the controlling computer then remote xAP nodes for these interfaces can be running at other computers and controlled via messaging The x10 schema is used in this scenario mesSprinklers has the abiltiy to launch these independent interface nodes upon its startup They can be selected individually but in a general configuration they will be either all enabled at startup or all not used The Setup9 Others page contains this user selection as shown in Figure 29 nee Redundant relie ferar on St
334. respond to browser requests from remote locations in the same manner that is responds to request from the Windows desktop of the local PC The HTTP protocol supported by standard 56 browsers such as Internet Explorer Safari continues to be used but the port defaults to 8008 rather than 80 This is to prevent contention with other potential servers on the local PC and to provide a degree of security since hackers focus on breaching port 80 When configured for operation with Homeseer it is also possible to utilize the Homeseer server for this purpose In this case the selection of the server in Figure 26 is just the Homeseer radio button as compared to both the internal radio button and port number This port number can be changed if necessary from the Setup9 Others page as shown in Figure 26 Browser Interface Homeseer Server Internal Server Using Server Port 8008 Figure 26 Port Selections for Remote Access The browser interface to the setup of the various mcsSprinkler pages provides context sensitive help As the mouse hovers over the darker header banner of any group a popup tooltip will appear to the right of the mouse to provide information on the setup of that section As the user becomes more familiar with the setup procedures this popup can be disabled with the setup setting on Setup9 Others page as shown in Figure 27 The Expert Mode setting also on Figure 27 18 used to toggle between presentation of the set
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336. rol zones are selected with checkbox the durations can be edited and then started with Start Selected Manual button at the top of the page zones can also be run in manual mode with the Start Manual or Manual Run Site Now buttons 86 ________ 5 gt Area 1 Active Today 5 28 40 amp Watering Now Area 2 Active Today 5 41 50 PM OFF ON s ume sanae vw A watering Now Sprinklers Active Today 5 41 50 PM OFF ON Figure 51 Composite Controls Available on General Status for Manual Control Master Controls Both Modes Auto Mode Manual Mode cct m tei Start Selected Manual art Selected Manua Stop All Inhibit Tomorrow Start Ali Manual Save Changes Inhibit Today Site O 0 10026 Set Soil Moisture Manual Run Site Now _ Area 1 Sideyard Lawn Calculated ET 20 Trigger O 20 100 Set Moisture Manual Run Area 1 H2 Sideyard Pond Status Seasonal Shutdown C Disable Automatic Control Projected for Today 10 11 AM for 40 mins O 20 100 Set Moisture Moisture kiwa C Enable Manual for 30 mins Cycles 0 Wk Mins 0 Last on Sat 23th 2 15 PM H3 Sideyard Stream ms Status Seasonal Shutdown 0 Disable Automatic Control Projected for Today 10 51 AM for 40 mins O 20 100 Set Moisture Moisture bm U Now 5 Flenable Manual for 30 mins Cycles 0 Mins 0 Last on Sat 23th 2 16 H5 Sideyard Rock East i Status Seasonal Shutdown C Disable Auto
337. rom the soil There are two factors that can be controlled on a zone by zone basis one factor on an area by area basis and one factor that can be applied to the entire system The zone based factors are soil and rain efficiency The area factor is the minimum threshold The system wide factor is solar intensity A typical summer day will lose moisture from the soil due to Evapotranspiration at a nominal rate of about 0 25 inch per day This of course varies by location Monthly averages for summer range between 5 and 10 inches within the United States The primary contributor to moisture loss is solar radiation and there is usually no readily available sensor or source for this information mcsSprinklers uses the internet published UV index to make an estimate in most case It will also use the in the shade vs in the sun temperature sensors to estimate it if those sensors sources are available and selected There is a degree of uncertainty and variance between locations that some calibration of the solar effects is needed This is most easily done with a container of water left exposed to the environment for a 24 hour period The measured evaporation vs the calculated daily ET for the same period will provide an insight if any changes to the nominal 1 0 solar factor are needed An increase to 1 1 will yield roughly a 10 increase in moisture loss over a 24 hour period If your intention is to irrigate when 0 4 inch of moisture is lost then you will s
338. rsor is hovering on the screen Figure 7 shows the three views In all views the center panel shows the currently selected zone The selected zone is the one where the remainder of the screen shows information and allows settings for this zone to be changed The top view is default view when the cursor is not positioned in a critical area It provides the time of day and up to six current measurements The measurements to be shown are user selected from the General Status page The middle view is shown when the cursor is positioned over a colored dot Figure 6 These dots are located immediately below the three panels Each dot corresponds to a zone The current setup for the zone is shown in the left panel The right panel shows a picture of the zone The bottom view is shown when the cursor is positioned over the left or right scrolling arrows It shows the picture of the zones that will move to the center panel position with a click of the right or left arrow button 29 Measurements Default View User Clock Selectable 3 0 mph Active Zone Sensor Set NAAA wind Sensors H7 Frontyard Flower Bed Auto Time 20 minutes Manual Time 15 minutes LED Scan View j Zone Information Peale Active Zone Scanned Zone 100 Humidity 0 01 Daily ET Mon 11th b Wed 3rd Projected 4 06 PM Scroll View Previous Zone Active Zone Next Zone oi ZR _ H1 Backyard East Figure 7 Views Available from Gra
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340. s Scheduling Option Setup Global site restrictions defined on the Site page provide scheduling inhibits that apply to the entire site Each area also has a set of area specific inhibits that control only the scheduling of zones within the area This setup is shown in Figure 42 Use of area specific inhibits may be appropriate as an example when drip zones are used that are not affected by wind but lawn zones are 73 Area 1 Restrictions Minimum Days between Watering 4 Maximum Days without Watering Don t A _______ Wind Don t with Don twith Temperature Speed Above 15 moh for 20 Don t Even Odd Days ROTTEN Don t with External Inhibit Input Source None UPB RainBNet ID ON Inhibit OFF Inhibit Don t with Don t with Precipitation Forecast Actual _______ Forecast and Actual 7 Within Next 1 Days With 50 Percent Probability Y Within Prior 1 Days For 02 Inches On Today For 0 1 Inches Don t when Water Comsumption Exceeds Limit None Today This Week This Month 24 hrs 7 7days 30 days 9000 gallons Scheduling Carryover to Next Day 9 Do not allow scheduling carryover Schedule zones next day when not completed Operation of Inhibit Tomorrow and Inhibit Today for this Area Run this area even when inhibits active 9 Do not run this area when inhibit active Soil Moisture Accounting when Soil Oversaturates
341. s and you desire to contact customer support for assistance in finding the code Now Running as Fully Registered Network 00253101CA32 IP Type Static Gateway 192 168 0 1 Wireless Network Setup IP Type DHCP IP Mask Mode OPEN b Encryption NONE 5510 default WPAPSK Key ID Update Network Settings Computer Restart Likely Required for Network Changes to E Done Internet 25 Figure 3 Standalone Registration Page 3 3 2 Homeseer Plug in When used as a Homeseer plugin the registration process is managed by Homeseer Technologies http www homeseer com Three plugins are available and only one of these can be enabled The plugin is a function of the license obtained and will be mcsSprinklersB Basic mcsSprinklersS Standard or mcsSprinklersP Professional The process is normally started by downloading the mcsSprinklers plug in using the Homeseer updater After the download is complete the Setup tab and then the Interfaces tab is selected to view the list of available plugins The plugin will require either a registration key from Homeseer Technologies or can be activated using the Trial button Once the trial button is selected the enable link is activated You may the click the grayed Enable button The selection is then saved with the Save button An enabled configuration setup for the Basic version is shown in Figure 4 lt Enabled mcsSprinklersB a
342. s are used to indicate minutes If durations with resolution to approximately one second is desired then the value is entered in the format mm ss 10 4 4 Syringing Minutes The number of minutes of watering for the selected value for the mid day syringing cycle This is typically under five minutes and is activated based upon the Syringing control on the Other Setup page Integer values are used to indicate minutes If durations with resolution to approximately one second is desired then the value is entered in the format mm ss 10 4 5 Soil Efficiency and Rain Factors The Soil Efficiency and Rain Factor entries allow tweaking of the soil moisture content algorithm Soil Efficiency relates to the ability of the soil to retain water with is a result of a combination of soil type and crop type Higher values indicate that the soil will tend to retain moisture or the crop is efficient in holding moisture and does not allow moisture loss through its structure A nominal value is 0 75 The Rain Factor relates to the degree that rainfall is allowed to reach the zone A nominal value is 1 0 and a value of 0 indicates that the zone is covered and rainfall will not reach the soil level 10 4 6 Fertigation Factor The fraction of time from 0 0 to 1 0 to be applied to the zone s Auto Minutes for control of the fertigation valve that is identified on the Area setup page The fertigation valve is slaved to the zone valve when turned ON and the turn OFF will be
343. s defined in the Zone Setup page is started The cycle is run up to once per day and behaves like a manual control operation other than being started automatically 10 6 15 Manual Mode Update Options Time of last valve action and soil moisture content are always managed in the auto control modes In the manual mode the time and or soil moisture can be left unchanged or can be updated as is done in the auto mode One may not want to update these when an auto control strategy depends upon them such as min days between watering 10 6 16 Zones Watering Duration Adjustments These options provide a mechanism to change the auto program durations for all zones 10 6 17 Seasonal Percentages Each area can adjust the watering duration based upon the monthly calendar These percentages can be manually changed on each area page or globally changed to either historical ETo rates or to 100 100 will have the effect of no duration adjustment based upon calendar 10 6 18 Zones Adjustment Percentage The percentage applied here in the range of 20 to 20 is applied to the watering times for the auto program that have been setup on the Zone Setup page coupled with the Area Setup page seasonal duration factors to arrive at an actual zone watering time 10 6 19 Miscellaneous Options These options provide zone control selections and command redundancy or safety 131 10 6 20 Site The name entered here be used as the filenam
344. s through each zone or area The zone identification is the zone picture on the center left and its scheduling information is in the middle right The top contains the most recent message feedback The bottom contains buttons that affect the operation The WAN button is used to toggle between WAN vs LAN server for the zone picture If accessing from a remote location over the internet then the WAN should be selected When button is selected it will appear as depressed 0 0 V2 12 0 0 2 12 0 0 Professional Copyright Version 2 12 2012 mesSolutions Running at y bin x86 Debug vM mesSprinklers_Tra Selected Zone or Area Inhibits Moisture Thu 15th Between Hours 94 01 10 PM Figure 53 Phone App Landscape Remote A portrait view is used to observe the next scheduled zone See Figure 54 The swipe gesture has no effect as the next scheduled zone 15 not dependent upon user action A Pause button is provided for the case where user inhibit of this and any other zones can be performed Figure 54 Phone App Portrait Remote 88 The installation of the Apps requires three pieces One is the App itself that is available from Apple s or Google s marketplace that goes under the name Viewer 4 and was developed by Command Fusion http www commandfusion com The Android Viewer client is not as mature as the one for Apple products A designer application is available from Command Fusion downloads and it is the mechanism by
345. s with BSC schema Error reporting from mcsSprinklers can be done with the Homeseer Event Event log schema Historical information that is normally recorded by mcsSprinklers can also be made available for external database or other uses through reporting with BSC schema Version Dependent Centralized configuration setup can be accomplished with the Homeseer Config schema Remote audio and speech recognition is done with the Voice schema mesSprinklers will listen for BSC events and info messages that have been setup as the source of its information For example the external inhibit UID 09 will be seen as a xapbsc event or xapbsc info message with a target unspecified or specified to be mcsSprinklers The ON OFF state value in this message will control the external inhibit function The reminder of the xapbsc event or xapbsc info 59 messages will use either the Text or Level key to update the value conveyed the message example may be a wind speed measurement made with a local sensor rather than one obtained from the AWS internet site There is also a set of xapbcs cmd messages that can be used to control mesSprinklers actions much like the buttons that control it from the General Status page A button on the General Status page will also respond to a xapbsc cmd message with an ON OFF control The UID for these controls can be seen from the xAP Reporting page as shown in Figure 30 Each of these message schemas for the indicated purpose
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347. sic version This manual describes the full capabilities of mcsSprinklers Not all features described herein will be available with the Basic or Standard versions It can be used as a guide to help understand what features are available in each version mesSprinklers will configure itself based upon the license level and based upon responses provided in the setup interview The intention is to minimize the complexity presented and only include features that are being used Features that are tailored out of the setup screens based upon interview responses can be restored by using the Mode setting on the Other Setup page Features that are available with higher level versions can only be made available by licensing the higher level version During the trial period the software can be configured for any of the three levels of capability so the level that contains the desired features can be evaluated 10 Software Version HARDWARE INTERFACE Host Platform Windows KP Vista W7 WHS Table 1 mcsSprinklers Version Comparison Standard Windows XP Vista W7 WHS Professional Windows XP Vista W7 WHS Embedded ARM ArchLinux PC Interface Serial COM Serial COM Serial COM IP 10 Interface Ack Poll Ack Poll Test Buttons Command Timing Rain8Net and WiFi Master Interfaces 1 1 Multiple Rai
348. status 10 7 4 Direct Valve Control Valves can be remotely controlled by using the direct X10 device code or an alias device to perform the control This option disables the remote control by use of the same X10 codes as the valve This would be selected to prevent extraneous X10 commands from controlling the irrigation 10 7 5 Disable Alias Valve Control Valves can be remotely controlled by using the direct X10 device code or an alias device to perform the control This option disables the remote control via the alias devices This would be selected so remote is only enabled during specific times thus preventing unexpected irrigation control 10 7 6 Remote Control Activation Setup This section allows an X10 code to be associated with a zone This X10 code is called the alias device It is normally an RF to allow the irrigation field to be walked and the zones controlled It can also be a power line X10 as well 10 7 7 Zone The zone name is the same as the name entered in the Wiring Setup page It is used to identify the desired valve as part of the voice command 133 10 7 8 Valve The valve ID is the same as the valves selected in the Rain8 Setup page It is used here only aid in identification of the desired value 10 7 9 Voice Two forms of voice syntax are shown to illustrate the command expected The general form is the word Turn followed by On Off or the zone name The third word in the command phrase will be the zone name
349. strategically placed sensor will change over time yet the watering needs for the area will remain consistent The ET can be used to determine the frequency of watering Each watering cycle will be a specified number of minutes The following information from http www washoeet dri edu preciprates html provides a good aid in determining the duration 64 5 2 1 Gross Estimated Runtimes for Small to Medium Turf Areas Bill Carlos Horticulturist University of Nevada Cooperative Extension John C Guitjens Ph D Prof Environmental Resource Science University of Nevada College of Agriculture The following suggested sprinkle runtimes and irrigation rates are for residential turf areas Site specific runtimes will vary because of lawn shape and slope nozzle size and sprinkler head spacing Runtimes are based on the manufacturer information and names of products are used for illustration purposes only The impact rotor runtimes are longer because of a larger radius and therefore a larger area and a smaller delivery rate Small Lawn Areas Pop up Toro 570 is based on 30 pounds per square inch psi of water pressure a delivery rate of 3 60 gallons per minute gpm for a full circle nozzle a sprinkler head of 15 ft a spray radius of 15ft and matched precipitation rates MPR Please note run times will vary with ET rates Runtime calculation Reference Evapotranspiration Eto 0 35 inches per day 0 029 ft per day of water d
350. sture loss changes continuously based upon rainfall solar radiation temperature wind speed and some other less dominant factors The moisture loss is generally characterized as Evapotranspiration The general watering requirement can be algorithmically described as V Eto x Ke x KyxKsxFr Pr Where Et Evapotranspiration K Foliage characteristic Distribution efficiency Soil porosity 63 F Flow rate P Precipitation rate V Volume of water required It is generally the intention to encourage the foliage roots to penetrate lower into the soil so they will have strong footing and be less sensitive to surface variation in moisture This means that the objective of the irrigation controller is to deliver moisture to a desired soil depth This depth is achieved with traditional installations by saturating the surface with a sufficient volume of water that it will soak down to the desired level This implies that water delivery will be in bursts rather than a continuous misting K Foliage characteristic K Distribution efficiency K Soil porosity and F Flow rate are factors for which information is not readily available on an installation by installation basis What is available however is an approximation based upon experience of how long a specific zone should be watered to saturate the soil to the desired depth This means the installer simply is required to provide the zone watering duration and the controll
351. t NG Zaria NG Chechon KP Chejung KP Haeju KP Hamhung KP Hyesan KP Inchon KP Kaesong KP Kanggye KP Pyongyang KP Sariwon KP Taejon KP Wonsan KP Aalesund NO Arendal NO Bergen NO Bodoe NO Drammen NO Fredrikstad NO Geilo NO Hammerfest NO AFR NG NIOOO ABUJA AFR NG NIOOO ADO EKITI AFR NG NIOOO CALABAR AFR NG NIOOO EDE AFR NG NIOOO ENUGU AFR NG NIO29 IBADAN AFR NG NIOOO IFE AFR NG NI000 IKERE EKITI AFR 000 ILA 000 ILESHA N1000 ILORIN NIOOO JIWO AFR NG NIO19 KADUNA AFR NG NIO20 KANO AFR NG NI024 LAGOS AFR NG NIOOO MAIDUGURI 1024 MUSHIN 000 OGBOMOSHO 000 ONITSHA 000 OSHOGBO NIO29 JOYO 031 PORT HARCOURT NIOOO ZARIA ASI CHECHON ASI KP KNOOO CHEJUNG ASI 005 HAEJU ASI KP ASI 13 ASI KP KNOO7 INCHON ASI KR KS001 KAESONG ASI KP KNOO1 KANGGYE ASI KP PYONGYANG ASI KP 004 SARIWON ASI KP KNO10 TAEJON ASI KS009 WONSAN EUR NO NO007 AALESUND EUR NO NO002 ARENDAL EUR NO006 BERGEN EUR NO NO009 EUR NO NO003 DRAMMEN EUR NO012 FREDRIKSTAD EUR NO NO003 GEILO EUR
352. t This will typically be from 10 to 15 minutes after the Test button is clicked It can be clicked again to re enable transmission of health data After a setting is changed for monitoring or backup then mcsSprinklers should be restarted to assure a proper startup sequence for the backup functions This is not necessary and should not be done when the Test button is used 9 1 Single PC Configuration In a single PC configuration a backup is achieved by monitoring the operation of mcsSprinklers When the monitor detects incorrect operation it will restart the PC restart mcsSprinklers halt mcsSprinklers to allow it to be restarted by other mechanisms This mode of operation is selected with the Redundancy Backup Mode radio button set to Monitored per Figure 70 For this operation to be effective a shortcut to mcsSprinklers exe must exist in the Window s startup folder The monitoring is performed using xAP communication of a Role schema that is monitored by xapmcsMonitorRole exe xAP communications require a hub to be running and this is satisfied by xapmcsHub exe Both of these applications are started when the Monitored mode is selected 9 2 Dual PC Configuration 9 2 1 Control Moding When mesSprinklers is installed on two computers on the same LAN they can be configured to operate in either an active standby or and active active mode In active standby then the primary computer is controlling the valves and the standby c
353. t Remote n E IE NGE e e e EE SEEE EEEE 88 Figure 55 Command Fusion Gui Designer for 89 Figure 56 W800 Port Selection for Internal W800 000200 00000000000 90 Figure 57 Remote Control Setup Page essere anon sanan inneren tenerent eren 91 Figure 58 Handheld Remote Control Browser Page 2 2 2 21 100000 92 Figure 59 Crestron Interface Port Selection n eene enne nenne nennen 93 Figure 60 General Status Customizations nn 95 Figure 61 Reference Picture Popup 5 dct tee ete eiie cei ede e e pt e eed x 96 Figure 62 Annual Trend Popup ics eet e etd e tette t ed eqs 97 Figure 63 Sensor Calendar with Popup Detall nn an wanan nenen an anae ene 98 Figure 64 Zone History Calendar Popup nn tren nana ener ene 100 Fig re 65 Run List Page iei eet e rte eee it ed e eet tr de 102 Figure 66 Priority Message Page oie pci ptc e hee poe ol i eee er e e Heise 102 Figure 67 Typical Outlook Email Settings 103 Figure 68 Email Notification of Major Events Setup enne nre 104 Figure 69 Log of Prior Week Valve Actio
354. t Setup 116 The tray icon also provides I O window popup that can also be used for diagnostics to observe the raw communications with the Rain8Net modules This is similar to the Rain8 W800 I O popup of mcesSprinklers After each instance of xapmcsRain8Net is configured then it can be put into service with mcsSprinklers The two setup items in mcsSprinklers necessary to integrate into this configuration that are contained on the Rain8 Page of mcsSprinklers and shown in Figure 73 and Figure 74 The Rain8 Net interface is selected to be External via Address with a text box entry of mcs Rain8Net gt The modules are identified by entering their module number in the text box of Figure 74 The Find Rain8 Modules will not be effective since the modules are not locally connected to mesSprinklers internal port Module Interface Internal via Port 1 Rain8 Net 6 External via XAP Address mcs RainBNet External via XAP Sena Internal via Port IP Rain8 UPB C External via Address External via Serial 4 1 Internal via Port Rain8 Wireless C External via XAP Address Internal wia Port Rain8 Powerline C External via XAP Address Figure 73 Rain8Net Configured for Multiple Masters IPs Rain8 Net Send Al OffCommand Communication Test Find Rain Modules Maximum time to wait for Rain8Net response 500 milliseconds Comma separated Rain8Net Module Numbers
355. t this average that is needed to be considered excessive and for which notification is desired 10 5 10 Fertigation Valve Select valve that is used to control fertigation unit The valve has previously been identified on the Wiring setup but not assigned to any zone 10 5 11 Fertigation Control Select fixed percentage to use exactly the run time percentages setup on the Zone setup page for fertigation or variable to adjust this value based upon frequency of irrigation so more is applied as the irrigation period increases 10 5 12 Fertigation Instrumentation Source If the media container has a sensor to indicate low volume then the source of this sensor is entered This will allow mcsSprinklers to provide the notification when the media needs to be refilled 10 5 13 Area Start Times and Duration Factors For timed control strategies watering will occur starting at midnight if no other restrictions are in force The default start time can be changed with an entry in the Time 1 box If more than one cycle is needed in a day then Time 2 through Time 24 boxes can be used to achieve up to 24 cycles in a day The numbers 128 entered for time absolute times times relative sunrise sunset based upon the radio button selections These times only apply to the three timed control strategies A zone will be watered for the auto duration specified for the zone The duration can be changed so each cycle within a day c
356. t values that do not need to be changed They are used for control modes based on soil moisture content Click Save button at top to record these settings Select Setup5 Area A setup for one area will be presented It will show the zones associated with the area at the top and the 30 7 day history for the zone The history will initially be blank The M W F schedule 15 selected by clicking the Day of Week radio button and the check boxes for Monday Wednesday and Friday No specific start time is needed so the Area start times need no entry No pump is specified so no entry is needed in this section either Click Save button at top to record these settings Select Setup6 Restrictions A variety of restrictions can be imposed In this case the desired restriction is entered into the Don t between hours with values of 10 00 and 16 15 Click Save button at top to record these settings Select Setup9 Other Setup The browser interface to mcsSprinklers can be serviced by the plug in or by the Homeseer server Select the desired radio button Real time weather data and forecasted weather as well as nominal seasonal percentages are based upon the code Enter the zip code and click the Save button The screen will be redrawn and available local weather site will be presented in the Time and Weather Setup section Select at minimum the primary site and backup sites if desired Near the bottom of the page are some setup options sp
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359. ted moisture content is proportionately increased until the watering is completed with a resultant moisture level of 10096 1 0 This soil moisture level is available for viewing on the Zone Status page and is available for use in one of the two soil moisture control strategies mesSprinklers contains monthly total ET database A linear interpolation based upon the day between two months to get the expected daily ET The integral under the hourly ET curve for the day will be the expected daily ET A triangle function that starts at sunrise and stops at sunset with the peak at solar noon and then pick off the hourly ET valves from the slope of this triangle The setup of the automatic control strategy is done on Setup5 Areas page A non editable section is at the top of the area that shows the zones that have been assigned to the area This is shown in Figure 34 Zones in Area 1 Sideyard Lawn 10 Valve 2 Sideyard Pond H2 10 H Valve 3 Sideyard Stream H3 X10 H Valve 5 Sideyard Rock East H5 X10 H Valve 6 Sideyard Rock West H6 X10 H Valve 8 Sideyard House Bed H8 ae s Figure 34 Zone Moisture Trends in Area 67 The zone identification contains all information about the zone that has been previously entered graphic is an aide to see the rates of moisture loss that are calculated based upon the zone soil and rain efficiency factors as well as the Area s min threshold when using the calculated control strategy
360. ter User Monitoring Water use monitoring can be setup and when the daily use is beyond the threshold a notification will be delivered This notification will be in the message log and email if setup Three levels of monitoring can be setup These are at the zone at the area and at the site The Zone Setup page provides provisions for entry of a maximum expected water use for each zone If a value is entered and the measured water use for that zone exceeds the maximum then a notification will be 79 provided This form of notification will not provide water leakage type information since measurement at the zone level is only made when the zone is ON This capability depends upon an external water meter to measure water flow for the area The Area Setup page provides an entry for a maximum flow for the area The flow maximum is associated with the water meter for the area and it is monitored at all times The notification in this case will detect line breakages assuming that the meter is only monitoring irrigation water 5 6 2 Water Use Measurement and Display The volume of water being utilized for irrigation can be measured and or calculated by mesSprinklers Measurements are provided by external water meter sensor s Calculations are based upon flow rate information for a zone If calculations of water use are to be maintained by mcsSprinklers then the flow rates for each zone need to be entered on the Zone Setup page as shown in Figure 20
361. ternet Explorer ni xj File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back 2 Favorites meda C4 D 2 Si s Address http lacalhost 8008 messages Go Links gt 3 26 2006 NoFile Sunrise 5 57 AM Sunset 6 28 PM Internet Weather updates have resurned Internet Forecast updates have resumed 3 26 2006 11 47 39 This mcsSprinklers PC assumes Active control because other PC not reporting for 15 minutes Local intranet Figure 66 Priority Message Page Priority messages be viewed at any time An Email notification can also be provided when such message occurs This notification is setup on the Other Page with the notification setting shown in Figure 68 When the message is delivered it will contain the message in the subject of the email and the entire contents of the log in the message body The same email can also be sent to mcsSprinklers com to assist in product support by selecting the CC checkbox on the email notification section Email messages are 102 limited to one per 60 minutes The message will provide notification of potential action necessary more complete accounting of items needing attention can be viewed from the Message Page mcsSprinklers delivers Email directly to your Email server Some Email servers require authentication with user name and password and some use POP for the login If your Email Server requires either of these then t
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363. the Rain8 from the wall and bring it to the location of the PC that will be used for programming Connect the DB9 cable and adapter into the jack on the Rain8 labeled RS 232 The DB9 end is plugged into a serial port on your PC It is not necessary to provide power for the unit as it can derive what it needs for programming from the serial port Itis very important that no attempt is made to program modules that are still connected to the network 12 1 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 78 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with a Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com e Atthis point there is no need for anything to be connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port e Select the PC serial port that is connected to the Rain8 e Select desired address 1 255 for this module Each module that is programmed must have a unique address Convention is to start at 1 and proceed upward e Select the Enable Rain8 Timers checkbox so the Rain8 will turnoff each zone as a safety precaution e Enter the timeout amount for each of the 8 valves This value will be a few minutes longer than the longest that a zone will be run at any one time e Click on the Write EPROM button to save the setup e Click on the Read EPOM button to
364. the backup mode setting is the same as on the first computer The setup entries shown in blue are not shared so each needs to be made individually on each computer Redundancy Backup Mode Path to primary mcsSprinklers edited to change the computer name GARAGE to MAIN This path is where the configuration information is stored It will be stored only on one computer and MAIN was selected to be the primary After editing it will show as NGARAGEIC Program FilestmcsSprinklers 37 3 5 3 6 Scenario 6 Dual PC Single Hardware Interface Configuration The dual PC configuration will build upon Scenario 4 setup by showing the additional considerations for the redundant configuration There are a variety of redundant configuration setups This one will assume the following hardware One CM17A Wireless interface One W800 RF Interface Two Computers running in Active Standby irrigation mode Computer 1 name is MAIN and contains CM17A interface Computer 2 name is GARAGE and contains W800 interface Same Rain8 controller hardware as scenario 4 The setup will be performed on the primary computer first and then when completed a few changes will be made from the secondary computer The following applies to the primary computer MAIN This computer needs to have the folder where mcsSprinklers is installed to be shared over the LAN Consult your Windows operating system documentation to make this folder shared Computer 1 MAIN Setup1 Rain8 Module
365. the same valve can be assigned to multiple areas The example in Figure 19 shows how the 8 valve of a Rain8Net module is assigned as the pump for Areas 1 2 and 3 The zone valves that are assigned to an area can only be assigned to a single area The first four valves are assigned as zones individually in Areas 1 2 and 3 The assignments made here will also be reflected in other setup pages Zone assignments will be seen on the Zone Setup and Area Setup pages The Pump and Fertigation assignments will also be visible on the Area setup page 10 3 3 Minutes Three base irrigation times based upon the irrigation mode are shown in the Minutes column The Auto time is the number of minutes that the valve will be turned on for the first time that a valve is activated on a day that the Area control strategy enables the valve If there are multiple times used during the day for the same valve then a clock icon will show to the left the Auto entry Another popup page such as is shown in Figure 21 will be shown if the clock icon is clicked This page will allow other times to be viewed and changed Other views of the daily program can be seen on the Timed Programs Page and the Area Page The Manual time is the maximum number of minutes that a valve will be allowed to run when the zone is manually enabled A valve is manually enabled from a variety of locations including the Zone Status General Status or remote mechanisms The Syringing time is the number
366. ther Windows and Linux cases the file name should be the full path 8 2 3 Inhibit Device A user controllable inhibit device is available as a Homeseer virtual device or as a xAPBSC Event x APBSC Info message The Homeseer Device Status is used with values that resolve to ON 2 to cause the inhibit restriction condition to occur The xAP BSC message State key is used with a value of ON to activate the inhibit condition If the inhibit via xAP is connected to something like a rain sensor then some form of periodic messages are recommended to assure that mcsSprinklers will be aware of the unit s status 8 2 4 ET Radiation Sensor The primary contributor to the ET calculation is solar radiation If the ET sensor is specified then it will be used The expected ET sensor value is the daily ET which will increase throughout the day and then reset to 0 at midnight If both a Temperature Sensor and Solar Sensor are identified then the solar radiation will be based upon these The Solar sensor in this context is the in the sun temperature while the Temperature Sensor is the the shade temperature 8 2 5 Water Meter The water meter is associated with a pump within an Area The water meter sensor can still be used when no pump device is indicated If a single meter exists for the site then this same meter address should be used for each Area so the water use for all zones will be measured The water meter input is expected to measure the dail
367. ther criteria to assure that water is applied only when needed and only when allowed by local regulations As well as the sophisticated automated modes of operation it allows for several forms of manual intervention Handheld remote control can be used to roam the irrigation zones and selectively turn on off valves for head flow adjustments Voice can be used to control zones and the current irrigation status can be vocally delivered with a voice request Browser access from any internet location can also be used to manually control observe status or alter setup parameters mesSprinklers maintains a record of all control actions taken from which utilization reports can be generated It continually calculates soil moisture content based upon current environmental conditions and this combined with forecasted precipitation and sunlight is used to provide projections of future watering cycles Sprinkler valves are wired to automated valves such as the Rain8 modules in the same manner as valves are wired to traditional timed controllers This allows existing installations to be upgraded with a simple replacement of the old controller with automated Rain8 modules Control via the power line or RF wireless yields minimum effort solutions to retrofit existing installations 1 1 Version Comparison mcsSprinklers is available in three level of capability The Basic Level Designed to perform manual and automatic timed control of up to 24 valves for all of th
368. ther data The daily rainfall is one that may not be available To help overcome this shortfall an AWS or WeatherUnderground site can be selected to provide only rainfall information When one is selected the rainfall will be provided by this source rather than from the other three potential sources If desired the secondary or tertiary site can also be used for rainfall only It is possible that Forecast data or Weather data fails to be updated at the source site or the connection with the source site is lost When Weather data is lost then the latest information from the Forecast site will be used When Forecast data is lost then average values will be used to compute Evapotranspiration The loss of either Weather or Forecast data will generate a message that can be viewed locally or will be optionally delivered via Email The timeout threshold for this message is entered for each Weather and Forecast A forecast site will only update hourly or less based upon licensing rules A Weather site s update interval varies but five minutes is typical From a quality of information perspective a local weather station will provide the best set of data specific to asite Current conditions from AWS or WU will provide the same quality of information and the selection should be based upon the proximity of the reporting station and the reliabilty of its feed WeatherUnderground AccuWeather or NWS provide equivalent forecast information If NWS is used for forecast
369. ther of the next two days has at least a 5096 probability of precipitation Setup7 Remote Control The ability to pre check the valves implies manual control but also may imply the use of a remote control pad The remote control pad will send RF codes consistent with X10 protocol and these need to be received and associated with specific valves There are 18 zones so 18 discrete House Unit code values will need to be entered For simplicity the unit codes should be the same as the 35 valve codes This means something like through and L1 through L15 could be entered into each box on the Remote Control Page Remote input also implies an interface to remote signals W800 is attached to COM2 as the receiver so 2 is entered for the W800 port Setup8 Weather The wind speed data is obtained from a local reporting station The available stations are contained in the pull downs in the Weather group of this page The stations are associated with zip codes so a change in zip code will change the list of available stations Up to three stations can be specified to handle the cases when a station happens to be inoperative 36 3 5 3 5 Scenario 5 Dual Dual Hardware Interface Configuration The dual PC configuration will build upon Scenario 4 setup by showing the additional considerations for the redundant configuration There are a variety of redundant configuration setups This one will assume the following hardware Two
370. these parameters but apply only to a single area When the weather conditions satisfy the thresholds then a zone that is currently running in the area will be stopped A zone in the area will not be started if the weather threshold inhibits the irrigation The Zone Status page indication will show the zone to be Delayed and the General Status page will show an area specific restriction for this area The carryover allows a zone that was inhibited during all scheduled periods of a day to be scheduled for irrigation on the following day independent of the control strategy scheduling If for example an even odd strategy is being used and the zone did not complete on the scheduled even day then if carryover is enabled it will be scheduled to run on the next odd day Situations can occur when rainfall causes a zone to calculate moisture levels greater than 100 For periods of continuous rain a zone may record up to 200 soil moisture level When the rain stops and evapotranspiration starts the moisture accounting will either go immediately to 100 or it will gradually decrease based upon the calculated moisture loss If the soil conditions are such that 100 is truly saturation then the option to snap to 100 is the appropriate setting If the soil conditions will actually hold more than the assumed 100 then a gradual decrease is the appropriate setting 10 5 16 Seasonal Percentages The values associated with each month will be multiplied by th
371. tion column can also be entered to help identify it It can be the same name entered on the Wiring page of mcsSprinklers but need not be ON and OFF buttons will appear for any valve that is indicated as being used These will provide local control of the valves independent of mcsSprinklers They are primarily a diagnostic aide since control will normally be done via mcsSprinklers The Send Command button will command all the valves to the OFF state The Query Rain8Net Modules button will refresh the status from the modules 115 Changes usen Y E OFF 01 Module 1_Valvel Building 11 Front Today 7 02 10 OFF ES 2 module 1_valve2 Building 11 Rear Today 7 03 10 PM OFF Module 1 4 36 03 Module 1 Valve4 Today 4 36 03 PM Module 1 Valve5 Today 4 36 03 PM Module 1_Valve6 Today 4 36 03 PM orr 07 module 1 valve Today 4 36 03 PM III I Module 1_Valve 4 36 03 Browser Server Port Browser Background Style Sheet 8116 000000 SyleNoBody css Connectivity Serial Address Serial Port 192 168 0 44 3010 xAP Identification xAP UID Instance Number 001200 Tray Icon 7 Hide Rain8 Net Send All Oft Command Find Modules Refresh Query Rain8Net Modules Figure 72 xapmcsRain8Ne
372. tion of Ack on Cmd and Poll will provide the most efficient user of the power line bandwidth The Ack on Poll Only can be used in all cases where compatibility with other X10 controllers is a concern Click on the Write EPROM button to save the setup Click on the Read EPOM button to confirm the setup 243 Rain8 EPROM and Timers Read Write Programming Port Timers Module Type UT aves Valve Module Address x10 House Code vaea Minutes Unti s unit 9 16 Enable X10 2 Timers valve Rain8 X10 2 Status Response Ed Minutes 6 on Poll Only C Ack on Cmd and Poll Figure 83 Rain8 X10 II EPROM Setup 12 4 4 Troubleshooting with the Status LED This Rain8 features a status LED visible from the bottom on the module just the left of the RJ11 interface jack No LED The Rain8 is not running Verify 24VAC transformer is connected to the last two terminals on the detachable terminal strip Steady LED Everything is working okay No incoming X10 commands Regular flashing LED No power line interface detected Check modular cable and verify correct type Verify interface plugged in to outlet and connected to Rain8 If is still flashing try replacing cable or interface module Intermittent flashing LED 1 2 seconds OFF Normal operation Incoming X10 command detected with a house code and unit code that is enabled The specified zone will now have
373. to provide 24V AC power at this point as it is supplied over the RS232 link The green LED to the left of the RJA5 jacks should be off 12 5 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 83 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with a Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com Atthis point there is no need for anything to be connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port e Select the PC serial port that is connected to the Rain8 e Select desired address for this module There are two part to the UPB address One is the network address NID and the second is the device ID DID These are selected based upon compatibility with other UPB components installed at the site If no others are installed then values of 1 for the NID will be fine It will also need to be configured in the UPB Processor Interface Module PIM for network compatibility e The module ID will need to be unique for each Rain8 module Each module maps into 8 UPD DID s For use of UPB DID s through 8 a value of 1 would be entered into the Module ID setup field to indicate that this UPB Rain8 Module 1 If the value of 2 is entered for the DID then the UPB DID s 248 to which the module will respond will be 9 through 16 The same relationship exists for modules 3
374. ttings is from the iViewer application with the grid or vertical elipse icon in the tray at the bottom Different Android OS versions may have different approach to changing application settings 6 3 Remote with Palm pad or Power line Controller Manual control of the sprinkler valves from a Browser or with Voice can be achieved without any additional setup In the case of the handheld remote additional setup is required to associate a remote control code with a zone This association is done from the Setup7 Remote Control page This page is shown in Figure 57 In this example remote codes N2 and N10 are associated with the Garden and Lawn zones respectively The use of the handheld remotes ON and OFF buttons will now have the same functionality as the individual zone ON OFF buttons on the browser pages In addition to this association there also needs to be a mechanism by which the PC can recognize the remote control codes that are being transmitted The W800 interface is able to perform this function It can be run on any PC on the Local Area Network including the local PC If from the local PC then selecting the checkbox can automatically start it shown on Figure 29 of the Setup9 Others page The normal use is with the internal interface using the com port assignment made on the Setup7 Remote page per Figure 56 There are three text box entries available If the W800 is connected to a serial port on the same computer as mcsSprinklers then the W800 I
375. ture then the leftmost picture will change to a picture of the area in which the zone is located This allows a context to be identified easily for larger installations When the mouse moves away from the center selected zone picture then the prior zone picture will be restored When a zone is selected adjustments to the settings for the zone can be made with the slider controls These sliders will change the setup information on the Zone Setup and Area Setup pages Either this graphical control or the setup pages can be used to accomplish the same changes A more detailed setup with more options is available from the setup pages The scheduled irrigation program is the Auto Program This program will be run based upon the control strategy setup in the Area Page One of the auto program parameters is the duration that a zone will run There are actually three parameters that determine the actual run time of a zone One is the Zone time one is the Area time and the third 15 the Site time adjustment The Zone time is the nominal time that a zone will run at the peak of the irrigation season To account for seasonal variations an Area time factor 15 applied to this base Zone time For example in October the duration may be reduced by 30 from the nominal July duration A Site adjustment is also applied to allow all times to be adjusted upward or downward by the same percentage The touch screen interface provides access to the Zone time adjustment
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377. up based upon the interview answers vs showing all possible setup options When the interview is completed then the setup pages will only show those settings applicable to the hardware configuration and software options selected When the interview has not been started or is incomplete then many setup options will not be visible unless the Expert Mode checkbox is set Data can be collected to capture internal logic decisions to help investigate unexpected behaviors When enabled with Produce Debug Data Files checkbox a debug text file will be created for each new start of mesSprinklers and at the start of each day The amount of data collected can be limited and should be limited on embedded platforms by indicating the maximum size of the folder for the debug files When this threshold is reached then older files are removed A selected debug file can be emailed if email has been setup or it can be individually selected with right click hyperlink on the filename The date in the filename and the Last Modified date can be used to identify the period of time a particular debug file has collected data If the most current debug file is to be used for analysis then it should first be flushed and closed using the Write Current Debug Data File button If debug data is not going to be collected locally then a specific path can be specified In this case the visibility of the content is not available for email etc Direct means to access the specifie
378. ur PC It is not necessary to provide power for the unit as it can derive what it needs for programming from the serial port 12 3 3 EPROM Programming for use with mcsSprinklers Setup of the Rain8 EPROM is done from the Rain8 Setup page of mcsSprinklers Figure 81 shows the setup parameters that are available It can also be done with a Rain8Cfg exe utility that is available from http wgldesigns com e Atthis point there is no need for anything to be connected to the Rain8 other than the serial cable The power for the unit is derived from the serial port e Select the PC serial port that is connected to the Rain8 e Select desired address for this module Each module that is programmed must have a unique address The address consists of an X10 House code in the range A through P and one of two banks of eight unit codes e Select the Enable Rain8 Timers checkbox so the Rain8 will turnoff each zone as a safety precaution e Enter the timeout amount for each of the 8 valves This value will be a few minutes longer than the longest that a zone will be run at any one time 239 e Click on the Write EPROM button to save the setup e Click on the Read EPOM button to confirm the setup 8 EPROM and Timers Read EPROM Write EPROM Rain8 Timers Minutes po Minutes po Minutes Valve 1 Programming Port Valve 2 Programming Port mm Module Type C x10 Valve 4 Module Address Valve 5 10 House Code
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380. uring setup MS SQL Server has provisions for security based upon the Windows login credentials or based upon a username password explicitly for the database instance If the Windows login credentials are used then the username password fields are left blank on the mcsSprinklers setup MySQL requires the database to have a username password For MS SQL and MySQL the database is identified by a simple name such as mcsSprinklers For Access and SQLite the database is a file path It will be type db for SQLite and mdb for Access The SQL Source identifies the instance of the MySQL or MS SQL server In some versions this can be left blank so the default server on the network will be used In other cases and especially in the express versions MS SQL an explicit instance name needs to be specified In earlier Express versions the instance id is sufficient e g SOLEXPRESS In later versions both the computer network name is needed and the instance e g MYCOMPUTERIMYINSTANCE Later versions have tigher security If mcsSprinkres and MY SQL are on the same computer and integrated security it used then the setup of SQL Source will append Trusted Connection True e g MYCOMPUTERWMYINSTANCE Trusted Connection True If the database is on another computer then the integrated security cannot be used 10 9 23 Help Help is available in document form and in context of the setup being performed Debugging options also exists to assist
381. used and the historical hourly is 0 001 inch then the computed ET value for the hour will be no less than 0 0005 and no more than 0 0015 Every minute mcsSprinklers estimates the soil moisture content based upon current measurements or the ET which is calculated hourly These measurements are rainfall solar radiation temperature and wind from the Internet and moisture probe if it is available mcsSprinklers also contains a monthly total ET database A linear interpolation based upon the day between two months to get the expected daily ET The integral under the hourly ET curve for the day will be the expected daily ET A triangle function is used that starts at sunrise and stops at sunset with the peak at solar noon and then pick off the hourly ET valves from the slope of this triangle The use of the ET from the weather calculation from the historical database or from a blend of the two is a user option on the Other Setup page When the two calculation methods are blended the historical calculation forms a limit band with a user specified tolerance Current calculations will allow the ET to vary within this band but not vary beyond it The General Status page display of the Hourly ET value will show CALC or LIMITED depending upon the current calculation being inside or outside the historical tolerance band The soil moisture calculation for a zone is suspended when a zone s sprinkler valve is turned on During this watering period the estima
382. values are not updated with internet data then the moisture calculations will not be accurate and could result in incorrect watering cycles if the Area is using the Calculated ET control strategy Status devices S87 and S88 provide feedback as to when the last Forecast data and Weather data has been received The General Status page also provides clickable access to additional information Icons that precede a name indicate that a picture is available for viewing about that name See 7 2 for more information about pictures Icons in the status column that look like a calendar can be clicked to provide the 90 day history of that item See section 7 3 for more information about the history presentation Figure 60 illustrates the method for producing a customized General Status view This allows selected status devices to be hidden so the status views will show only those pieces of information that are of interest When the View Hide Selected button at the top of the page is toggled the Hide H column will be presented This column contains checkboxes to allow rows to be selectively hidden After all desired customizations have been made then the Save View button is clicked to retain the settings When the Hide Selected button is clicked then only those rows with unchecked Hide column checkboxes will be shown See Figure 50 for view of the General Status after customizations have been exercised The General Status view also provides a met
383. vels but the Rain8Net PRO does not Some suppliers for new products are Comtrol DeviceMaster http www comtrol com pub products category cid 63 Lantronix http www lantronix com device networking embedded device servers Bluetooth Serial Bluetooth is a new technology with wireless connectivity that has coverage typical of a home installation While the advertised range is over 100 ft it will depend upon installation specifics that allow clear RF transmission A supplier which has yielded good results is http store wcscnet com cgi display cgi item_num HDWBTRS232 251 14 User Access Control and Confirmation Prompts When running on Windows version starting with Vista enhanced security needs to be considered mcsSprinklers must be run as administrator since it communicates with hardware resources When User Access Control UAC is enabled then a user prompt will be presented to confirm startup intent with the additional privileges This prompt is usually not desirable especially with unattended restarts This can be overcome with a shortcut that enables elevated operation A tutorial is provided at http www sevenforums com tutorials 1 1949 elevated program shortcut without uac prompt create html which is shown in the steps below 1 Press the Windows R keys to open the Run dialog type taskschd msc and press Enter NOTE This will open Task Scheduler This file is located at C Windows syst
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385. wait for response 1 Number of Modules 5000 miissconde Password IP Port 192 168 0 99 99 9 Module 1 Name MM Figure 14 EtherRain Module Address Setup 4 2 2 Communication Test The ability to communicate between the computer and all the Rain8 modules depends upon solid connections between the modules and with the computer The Rain8Net Rain8UPB can be configured with multiple modules and a single interface to the computer A communication test capability is included to evaluate the quality of the connection for these two types of modules The communication test is run by clicking on one the other of the Communication Test buttons on the Rain8 Setup page Figure 12 and Figure 13 When activated a new browser display will show each of the defined valves and the status of communication with each The test is performed by requesting a status from each valve Counts are maintained for unexpected ON unexpected OFF and No response timeouts and RS 232 protocol errors as shown in Figure 15 Colored icons are also shown in the Stat column to provide a quick visualization of the overall status The test is performed by setting a single valve in every module ON and then polling each module for the status of its eight valves For a large number of Rain8 units consideration needs to be given to the amperage available from the 24V AC transformer as it will need to be able to power one valve per module simultaneously The results show
386. where the base folder is the install folder of mcsSprinklers which is typically C Program FilesumcsSprinklers Any jpg png or gif file that it finds in that folder that has the same name as the name of a wiring harness site area or zone will be used as picture icons on the General Status Zone Setup or Wiring setup pages If the touch screen view is going to be used then only jpg files should be used to identify the zones and areas The Site name is entered on the Others Setup Page The Wiring Harness names are entered on the Wiring Setup Page The Area names are entered on the Zone Setup Page In the example of Figure 61 the Area 2 95 name entered the Zone Setup page is Backyard The file Backyard jpg exists in the folder C Program Files mcsSprinklers HTML mesSprinklers Pictures Note there was also a file of the name Front and one of the three accepted file types in the same folder since device S45 Area 1 name is Front The search for picture files only occurs during startup because it also reads the file contents to determine its size The processing time to perform this size analysis is undesirable to be repeat for each setup change This means that after the site wiring area and zone names have been entered there will be a restart of mesSprinklers needed before the associated pictures will be recognized mesSprinklers will also allow the pictures to be identified as part of the setup on the Wirin
387. where the sprinkler valve interface is the Homeseer X10 interface or virtual devices through other Homeseer plugin A relay mapped to 1 and an appliance module at M16 will be used to control sprinkler valves The valves are to be activated for 40 minutes each on Monday Wednesday and Friday and not allowed to be run between 10 00 AM and 4 15 PM 31 Select Setup1 Devices To identify the devices that are being used in the section titled Homeseer X10 IO Devices enter 1 M16 in the text box Note the comma to separate the two virtual devices No entries need to be made on any other boxes on this page since the control interface to the hardware is via Homeseer Click Save button at top to record these settings Select Setup2 Wiring To identify the wire connection between the valves and the devices let us assume that the valves are connected to the Red and Blue wires in the wiring harness Select the row where the wire color is red and from the pull down select 1 In the Location column give it a name This name will be used to set the name of the Homeseer device Click Save button at top to record these settings Select Setup4 Zone Since both valves are on the same M W F schedule they can be placed in the same zone the valve column select two rows and each valve the Auto Minutes column enter 40 for both since that is the duration the zone will be run each time itis activated Soil Efficiency and Rain Factor will contain defaul
388. xAP X10 commands received for valves that are controlled by the serial port managed by mcsSprinklers will be accepted for the Alias Direct valve control will be ignored 110 9 Redundancy Backup mcsSprinklers is designed with considerations for use of redundancy and automatic reversion to backup sources and control It can be configured to operate on a single computer or cooperatively on two computers It can accept weather and forecast data from external sources and when not received from those sources it will obtain them locally from the internet Internet weather data can be obtained from up to three sources and when these sources are not reporting then it will use the data from the forecast It also provides a self monitoring capability for backup operation on a single PC or embedded platform In the self monitoring case which is enabled with checkbox entry the system looks for the mcsSprinklers process to disappear and will then restart it mcsSprinklers performs its scheduling based upon a midnight to midnight interval A restart at midnight option is also provided to assure each day starts with a clean slate and any anomalies will not propagate between days Testing can be done the backup and monitoring operations with use of the Test button in the Redundancy Backup Mode section When this button is clicked then mcsSprinklers will not send its health data and the backup mechanisms will kick in after sufficient timeou
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390. y water use in terms of gallons or liters It can also measure the running total that does not reset at midnight 8 3 Alternate Control Operations 8 3 1 Homeseer Homeseer presents a virtual device interface that is user controllable and this interface can be used via the Homeseer user interface or scripting Any control that is available on the mcsSprinklers General Status page will be available for control via Homeseer Any status on this same page will be available to Homeseer as a Device Status or Device String depending upon the control and context The Device Value will also be populated with the numeric value of the device scaled by 100 108 The scripting interface for Homeseer user is via the plug in object object of interest for the Professional level is hs GetPluginEx mcsSprinklersP when iterating or hs Plugin mcesSprinklersP otherwise mcsSprinklersS or mcsSprinklersB is used for other levels For standalone the object is CreateObject hspi_mcsSprinklers hspi Manual control of valves can also be done via their device code per the rules of the remote setup A typical use to determine number of minutes remaining on the current program schedule where the device 553 is the site status device Set mcs CreateObject hspi mcsSprinklers hspi sMinutesToGo mcs RemainingMinutes S53 The interface method prototypes are listed below Public Sub ForceNewDay reset all internal state information to a start
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