BERMAD Irrigation User Manual
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1. BIC500 DC IRRIGATION CONTROL Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any Copyright by BE BERMAD Irrigation p a _ E DC IRRIGATION CONTROL GENERAL FEATURES Modular structure existing in 2 4 8 12 or 16 outputs and 4 dry contact inputs Outputs may be configured as e Oor1 main valve e Oor 1 fertilizer injector e 1 up to 16 irrigation valves e Oor9 filter station Inputs can be allocated for 1 water meter 1 fertilizer meter 1 pressure sensor 1 differential pressure sensor In place of one of these sensors a start by tensiometer contact can be allocated Activating 2 wired pulse latching solenoids Energized by standard alkaline batteries Detecting low battery condition Optional communication for remote programming through a PC for 2 4 8 outputs models only Optionally utilizing the SMS system for sending alarm messages for 2 4 8 outputs models only IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION e Water dosing by time units or volumetric units specified per each valve individually e The days of irrigation can be set either as a constant cycle or as a RUN LIST e Cycles within the irrigation day pulse irrigation e Fertilizer dosage by time or by volume e Injecting fertilizer continuously or proportionally e Fert water proportion can be specified as time time volume volume time volume volume time e Three sta2. is fe tigation P titin ste mae i raaa day of The day where the cursor is positioned Use the ENTER key to go into edit mode then use the horizontal arrows to move between days and use the vertical arrows for chang ing the setting per day The length of the Run List is determined by setting the parameter Cycle in the Time settings screen in the CONSTANTS Notice that the Run List will not be available if in the Days Cycle screen the programmed number of days will be nonzero COMBINING VALVES FOR WORKING TOGETHER A program defined for a certain valve may actually activate a combination of valves which will act as one However the accumulation will be considered to the leading valve only Combined with S1 METE _ 222 sae apes eres ares se T OE GT a Aiididididididididhdhdihdidini In the example above the leading valve is S1 combined with it are S2 S3 and S4 Notice that the flow control mechanism takes into consideration the fact that it is not a single valve running but a combination of valves MANUALLY STARTING STOPPING PROGRAMS Programs can be immediately started by a manual command asserted via Irrigation control screen S1 F 257 Cisne sit Irg Control The Irrigation control screen shows per each station its current status and its last flow When the ENTER key is pushed the last flow display is replaced by an optional command that can be exe
3. Flow control parameters nominal flow minimal flow and maximal flow per valve e Line filling delay expressed in minutes defined per each valve individually e Cycles per day enabling or disabling e Cycles interval units hour min or min sec to be used when cycles per day are enabled Reaction delay for low flow specifies the delay in minutes from detection to reaction of low flow Reaction delay for high flow specifies the delay in minutes from detection to reaction of high flow Combined mode enabling or disabling combining valves for working together e Stop if burst or high flow Yes No e Flow control during time based irrigation enabling or disabling Communication enabling or disabling communication to cellular phone or remote PC Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com TEN The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All rights reserved by BERMAD BERMAD Irrigation BIC500 DC IRRIGATION CONTROL COMMUNICATION Setting up the communication system consists of the following steps e Defining the unit s identification number 1 2 digits e Defining 3 phone numbers to which the SMS messages will be directed e Defining the events for which SMS messages will be sent e Enabling disabling supervision messages e Setting the time for sending the supervision messages e Setting the days
4. cuted by pushing the ENTER key again Programs that are not running can be immediately started and running programs can be stopped When the start command is issued there are two options by selecting the option Prog the program is started as a whole followed me The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any pa chic errors All rights reserved by BERMAD Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com BERMAD Irrigation DC IRRIGATION CONTROL BIC500 i only the selected valve s program will start and if there are Cycles per day defined only one cycle will be executed When the Stop command is issued not only the running program is stopped but also the chain of programs which are designed to follow it will not be executed FREEZING SYSTEM ACTIVITIES While being inside Irrigation control screen and instead of selecting the Start Stop commands the vertical arrows can be used in order to reach the Freeze command When executed the Freeze command causes a general system freeze closing all outputs and halting all programs until receiving the Resume command in the same way CLEARING ERROR STATUSES The Irrigation control screen is also used for clearing error statuses While the error status is displayed pushing the ENTER key re veals the Clear command When executed the Clear command removes the error sta
5. cycle for sending the supervision messages Sending an immediate SMS for testing Showing the status of the cellular modem IRRIGATION Included under the title of IRRIGATION there are all the screens that enable defining activating and inspecting the operation of irriga tion fertigation programs In the BIC500 irrigation programs are defined per each valve individually In case of need the individual programs can be chained to work sequentially one after the other When the combined mode is enabled valves can be combined in order to work together under the same program and this is the only way that more than one irrigation valve can be opened at the same time In any other case if a program tries to start while an other program is already running the new program will wait until the other program will finish In the combined mode the accumula tion will be on the leading valve only The screens of IRRIGATION include the following ones The status of outputs and inputs screen The water and fertilizer flow display appears above the outputs inputs status screen The Irrigation control screen The water dosage screen The fertilizer dosage screen appears only when there is a fertilizer included in the configuration Water before and water after fertilization appears only when there is a fertilizer included in the configuration Cycles per day definition screen appears only when cycles per day were e
6. eeessaueessuseesseseessanees 11 The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All i reserved by BERMAD x Y Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com BERMAD Irrigation a DC IRRIGATION CONTROL BIC500 HOW TO USE THE KEYBOARD The BIC500 is equipped with a keyboard of 5 buttons serving both the data insertion and the movement between screens The black key in the middle known as the ENTER key is used for changing the function of the other 4 keys known as the arrow keys The data insertion mode is indicated by a blinking black rectangle appearing on the screen in one of the editable fields this is the cursor During data insertion the vertical arrows are used for changing the value underneath the cursor and the horizontal arrows enable the move ment of the cursor between the digits The ENTER key serves also for confirmation of the inserted value and for movement to the next editable field on the screen After passing the last editable field the cursor disappears from the screen indicating the end of the data insertion mode At this stage the 4 arrow keys can be used for movement between screens THE MENU The list of subjects included in the controller is displayed in a series of vertical screens constituting a menu from which the desired subject can be selected While being in the data display mode outside of data insertion mode the menu can be reac
7. ge fertigation pre watering injection post watering e Main valve operation delayed advanced or simultaneous with the irrigation valves e Filter flushing by time and or pressure differential e Detecting endless looping problem in the flushing process and converting to flushing by time only e High low flow control and leakage detection e Low pressure wait e Optional STOP TIME definition e Manual activation of programs and individual valves Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com eT aoe The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any pa chic errors All i reserved j BERMAD BERMAD Irrigation we DC IRRIGATION CONTROL BIC500 TABLE OF CONTENTS ROW touse the keyboard Z serari a a a ascanersaadeoe 4 WM TIC UN isos ne faces ghtaco sae seaecasencavenctaninsgeacueacesevensasuecieacceueesvasaceasnstseaGeusevease E E 4 The system configuration st iecosecsrcussavesdivansecanccinteevantentucuscusdauncednerssunesiassindcavseselianersantarieay wa 4 The system COMSI AIMS coeaencnoceste ven encssates cuaauries EO E E Ara NEREA L TE 5 COmMmMUNICAHON ceppsisesnierin innnan R ENEE EE KEE E 5 PEI QUIOTY E E E E E E E E E E E A 6 Preparing irrigation programs csccccccsececcseceeceeeeseeeeeceeeeeseeeesseeeeeseeeeseeeeesneenes eas 6 Setting the Water dosage cccccccccccccesseeeeeeseeeeeceeecueeseceeesseeeseeeeessaaeeeeeessseaseeeeeseaaees 6 Setting
8. hed from any screen by moving repeatedly to the left using the left arrow key until arriving to the screen of the menu called IRRIGATION From this point all other subjects of the menu can be reached using the vertical arrows When the desired subject is reached use the right arrow key to move into the list of screens belonging to the selected subject The subjects included in the menu are as follows CONFIGURATION COMMUNICATION available only when enabled in the constants IRRIGATION e ACCUMULATORS CONSTANTS FLUSHING available only when the configuration contains a filter THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION The system is protected against unintentional changes of the configuration by a password which is 139 The existing configuration can be inspected any time but changes will not be permitted while irrigation is in progress The number of available outputs depends on the model the options are 2 4 or 8 outputs One can be allocated for main valve pump one for fertilizer injector and the number of stations allocated for filters back flushing depends on the software version Up to version 3 07 there could be only 1 filter station but from version 4 00 and above there can be up to 7 Any remaining outputs can be used for irrigation valves To make room for main valve fertilizer filter definition the number of irrigation valves need sometimes to be reduced While setting the configuration the following items are defined The numbe
9. king cursor Set the desired water dosage next to the word Water and push the ENTER key to confirm The cursor moves next to the word Left During irrigation this field shows the quantity left to be irrigated and it can be changed when needed Inserting a nonzero value in this field before irrigation starts will cause the next irrigation to sup ply the left quantity instead of the programmed quantity this therefore is the way to make a single time change Water 02 30 Left 00 0 SETTING THE FERTILIZER DOSAGE The fertilizer dosage mode and the injection mode are set in the Fertilization mode screen in the CONSTANTS The Fertilization mode screen is shown to the right The injection mode can be proportional or bulk the dosage mode can be volu metric or time based all combinations are allowed In the proportional injection the specified fertilizer quantity will be injected in pulses proportional to the water divided in such a way that the specified amount of fertilizer will be fully supplied when reaching the water after stage or when completing the water dosage Bulk injection means continuously injecting all the specified amount of fertil izer Programmed value The selected valve Fert sl _ Fert 00 25 Left 0 00 ltr Left 00 00 2 SSS Hiit i The dosage units ann PETE Se ree Pe Left value Volumetric fertilization Time based fertilization The f
10. lated water per valve Accumulated fertilizer per valve Accumulated time of low pressure Accumulated number of executed flushing cycles Accumulation of uncontrolled water flow leakage Accumulation of uncontrolled fertilizer flow leakage Battery level Notice that accumulators can be set manually and cleared if needed FILTERS BACKFLUSHING Included in the subject of FLUSHING the following screens can be found A screen for setting the time between flushing cycles up to 99 59 h m e A screen for setting the flushing time per station up to 999 sec e A screen for setting the delay between stations A screen that shows the current status of the flushing system and that enables manual start stop of an immediate flushing cycle In this screen one can also set the limit to the number of consecutive flushing cycles after which the system stops flushing by DP and continues flushing by time only e A screen for setting the desired behavior of the system during flushing The options are Halting irrigation continuing irriga tion halting fertilization but continuing irrigation Notice that the time until next flushing is being counted only if irrigation is in progress TECHNICAL INFORMATION Power source DC 6v generated by 4 alkaline batteries C type or 12v rechargeable battery solar panel 2 5w Consumption 15 uA standby Casing IP56 Temp range 0 60 C operating Outputs 12v latching 2 wired solenoids Inpu
11. nabled Interval between cycles definition screen appears only when cycles per day were enabled e The starting mode definition screen The Days Cycle definition screen e The Run List definition screen A screen for combining valves to the program appears only when combined mode was enabled PREPARING IRRIGATION PROGRAMS An irrigation program definition starts with defining the water dosage in the third screen of the IRRIGATION row SETTING THE WATER DOSAGE The water dosage can be specified volumetrically or by time units depending on the selection made for the specific valve in the CON STANTS in the irrigation mode screen A valve marked by V will irrigate by volume and if marked by t will irrigate by time TEN The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All rights reserved by BERMAD Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com BERMAD Irrigation BIC500 DC IRRIGATION CONTROL Programmed value The selected valve Water 26 00 SI Left 0 00 m3 m f i OSLOS LOS tee eoe tov ane bee ee ee epee i The dosage nmitS ae cas a os a sea e asec s aaa A ny Volumetric irrigation Time based irrigation Select the desired valve by using the vertical arrows Valves are also Known as stations and they are marked as 1 S2 etc Push the ENTER key to start edit mode indicated by the blin
12. ogram can be set to start after itself Notice that setting the starting mode does not guaranty the program start The days of irrigation must also be specified either by defining the Days Cycle or by the Run List SETTING THE IRRIGATION DAYS There are two ways for setting the irrigation days If the irrigation has to be repeated in a constant interval of days the preferred way to define the irrigation days will be by using the Days Cycle definition In the example above the irrigation will be repeated every 3 days The Left number of days indicates how many days are left until next cycle of irrigation Each day at midnight this value is decremented until me The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any pa chic errors All i reserved by BERMAD Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com BERMAD Irrigation BIC500 DC IRRIGATION CONTROL reaching 0 which means that irrigation will take place on the current day When the irrigation starts the Left value is reloaded with the programmed cycle of days which in our example is 3 When the irrigation days can not be specified with a constant interval of days or when fertigation is required on particular days only there is an option to define the daily activity by use of a Run List The activity per day 1234567 gt 2 Sl w water only i Current day
13. ollowing drawing shows the difference between bulk and proportional injection modes water before water during fertilization water before water during fertilization water after 15 00 Fertilizer injection In bulk water befor water during fertilization water after Water Fertilizer injection k Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All i reserved j BERMAD BERMAD irrigation DC IRRIGATION CONTROL BIC500 SETTING WATER BEFORE AND AFTER FERTILIZATION The water before and water after fertilization are set in the screen to the right the units will be the same as selected for irrigation SETTING CYCLES PER DAY When the irrigation has to be repeated several times a day the numbers of cycles and the interval between the cycles have to be specified The option of using this feature must first be enabled in the The time units for specifying the period between cycles and the left time until next Notice that the amount of water as specified in the water dosage screen will be supplied per each cycle and not di vided between the cycles Left time to next cycle SETTING THE STARTING MODE A program can be set to start at a specified time or after termination of a station s program Programs are allowed to work one after the other in an endless ring in fact a pr
14. r of irrigation valves to be controlled abbreviated as IRG The existence of a main valve pump to be controlled abbreviated as MV The existence of a fertilizer injector to be controlled abbreviated as FRT in version 3 07 The existence of a filter to be back flushed abbreviated as FLT in version 4 00 The number of filter stations for back flushing abbreviated as FLT Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com TEN The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All rights reserved by BERMAD BERMAD Irrigation BIC500 DC IRRIGATION CONTROL At the end of the outputs configuration the screen to the right shows the outputs assignment map indicating the position allo cated for each of the defined outputs The meaning of the abbreviations can be found in a screen above the map When connecting the devices to the output terminals it is important to pay attention to the fact that the common terminals marked by c on the main board and on the extension boards are not the same For solenoids connected to the main board the commons of the main board must be used for solenoids connected to the extension boards the common of the specific exten sion board must be used Regarding the inputs the BIC500 can handle 4 input devices water meter input 1 e fertilizer meter input 2 e pressure sensor input 3 differential pressure
15. sensor input 4 Starting from version 4 00 one of the four inputs can be replaced by a start contact the selected input will no longer serve it s original function but instead will start the program of valve 1 each time the contact is closed When irrigated due to the start contact valve 1 will not irrigate again by time during the following 24 hours This feature can be used for irrigating by tensiome ter THE SYSTEM CONSTANTS The system constant parameters include the followings Time settings including current time machine cycle and current day e Irrigation mode by time t or by volume v e Irrigation time units hour min or min sec e Reset time the time at which all programs are forced to stop Fertilization mode dosing fert by time or volume injecting continuously or proportionally e Reaction on fertilizer failure continue without fert or stop irrigating the problematic valve Fertilizer pulse length used for time based proportional fertigation e Main valve s operation delayed advanced or simultaneously with the irrigation valves e Main valve s delay when delayed or advanced operation specified Water meter s ratio the volume represented by each pulse of the water meter Fert meter s ratio the volume represented by each pulse of the fert meter e Burst limit the number of illegal pulses defining a water or fertilizer leakage problem
16. t be executed until the error status is cleared in irrigation control screen Reporting If in the constants it has been defined Solving the problem clearing status to stop the process on high flow and leakages future irrigations will not be executed until the error status is cleared in irrigation control screen Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any errors All rights reserved Copyright by BERMAD gg BERMAD Irrigation s DC IRRIGATION CONTROL BIC500 Fertilizer leakage Skipping to next valve reporting If in the Solving the problem clearing the status starting constants it has been defined to stop the skipped valve alone process on high flow and leakages future irrigations will not be executed until the error status is cleared in irrigation control screen Fertilizer failure no Stopping fert only or skipping to next valve Solving the problem clearing status flow as set in the CONSTANTS reporting Endless flushing loops Stops flushing by DP continues flushing by Solving the problem clearing status time reporting Low battery below 4 5 Reporting Replacing battery as soon as possible volts Very low battery below Shutting down all outputs Battery must be replaced immediately 4 2 volts ACCUMULATORS ae system accumulators include the following information Accumu
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18. ts Dry contacts TEN The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any senma errors All rights reserved by BERMAD Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com BERMAD Irrigatior ve E DC IRRIGATION CONTROL Flow display Irrigation Inp Outp m Irrigation Water dosage Fert Dosage Status control Water before Cycles per Cycles Starting cause amp after fert day interval Days cycle Run list Combine PENO PPE NELIETO valves i Accumulators Water Fertilizer Low pressure Accumulation accumulation time accum Flushing Water Leak Fert Leak cycles accum accumulation accumulation Battery SS voltage PLOTT EAA r A104 tee eee On fert Fert pulse failure action length Water meter Leakage limit ratio definition Low flow reaction delay High flow _ On burst and Flow control reaction delay high flow act while by time s E Irrigation us bermad com www bermad com The information herein is subject to change without notice BERMAD shall not be held liable for any errors All rights reserved Copyright by BERMAD A Ane
19. tus from the system For example if fertiliza tion has stopped because of a fertilizer failure after executing the Clear command fertilization will continue MANUAL ACTIVATION OF OUTPUTS Outputs can be manually activated via the Inputs outputs status screen first screen in IRRIGATION A manually activated output will remain open until manually closed Outputs m Inputs Output 3 is manually activated Pushing the ENTER key brings up the cursor at the row of the outputs the cursor can be moved to the desired output by the horizon tal arrows Using the vertical arrows switches the outputs ON and OFF An output which has been manually opened will be marked by the letter m Notice that programs have higher priority that manually opened outputs therefore when an output is opened by a program it can not be closed manually but a manually opened output can be overtaken by a program if the program needs to use that output PROBLEMS DETECTABLE BY THE SYSTEM Low pressure Low pressure Halting all activities reporting all activities reporting Solving the problem the problem Low flow elo to next valve reporting ee the problem clearing the status starting skipped valve alone Skipping to next valve reporting If in the con Solving the problem clearing the status starting skipped stants it has been defined to stop the process on valve alone high flow and leakages future Irrigations will no
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