Mk II User Manual
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1. SENA BTerm Select Bluetooth Device Access the Bluetooth Manager in Options Inquiry Scan e Bonded Device Scan Press the BBBRBERED button Press BRIEF Make sure Bonded DEVice SEA is active then press SHAFASEan Select the FireFly Press connect to FireFly 6FB2 The main screen will display the elapsing time 00 06 66 06 6F B2 Press the enter key rapidly to wake the LightSeasons from its JVC Unit sleep 00 10 60 D1 D2 B9 The Command Prompt gt will indicate success LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 8 User Interface Communications a LightSeasons HyperTerminal PC or Laptop File Edit View Call Transfer Help gt Software Requirements the popular Windows program HyperTerm or similar will work HyperTerm is compatible with all flavors of Windows And you can find a copy and install instructions at www xofw com lightseasons html 14331 35 gt display the date gt dt 12 12 2012 DyOf r 34 gt change the date gt dt 12 31 2018 COMA Properties 2 12 31 2018 Dy0fYr 365 Port Setings gt display the current season gt es 8 starts 11 12 ends 12 31 trigger Bits per second 19200 v 0 fa 5 A task ON 1 9 0 task OFF Data bits 8 Z 2 17 0 task ON 3 1 0 task OFF Parity None cme ly trigger zero by 3 minutes gt et EE 8 starts 11 12 ends 12 931 trigger Foe cono Sl 7 0 5 3 tas2. 50188 2PLCS gone B a 2 080 2PLE5 PLCS THANK YOU FOR BUYING OUR PRODUCT on 2 BADIPLES t om Xactrix of Washington Battle Ground WA 98604 USA service xofw com G 280 4PLO3 LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 10 Programming Example 1 Program annual schedule account for Daylight Savings Create a schedule to meet the following e Lights on at 4 AM e Lights off at Dawn e Lights on at Dusk Lights off at 11 30 PM 23 30 e The local time springs ahead 1 hour on April 2 DST Daylight Savings Time e The local time retards 1 hour on Oct 5 STD Standard Time Begin with presumed Schedule Trigger Defaults e The first season starts Jan 1 Season Eight is the last Season Both are targeted for STD The second season is for DST All other seasons 3 7 are squeezed out of play Commands Comment gt es select the first season for use as Standard Time etO0401 trigger O at 4 0 turn on load gt et10 02 trigger 1 at Dawn turn off load et2 005 trigger 2 at Dusk turn load on gt et 3 23 30 O trigger 3 at 23 30 turn off load gt tc 10 copy the triggers from season One to all seasons 2 8 es242 start season Two DST on April a et0301 DST gt gt turn the lights on an hour earlier in the morning gt et 3 22 30 0 DST gt gt turn the lights off an hour earlier in the night gt es 8105 Use season Eight to return to STD time on
3. A TASK is EXECUTED ONLY AT THE PREPROGRAMMED TIME Time Ranges are implied with ON at this time and OFF at that time However this is not how this device operates It does Not Range check to verify the Load state between triggers For accuracy and reliability the internal RTC is driven from quartz crystal And to increase ease and reduce ambiguity the RTC operates on a 24 hour clock It does not accept AM or PM values For all PM entries add twelve 12 to the PM hour For example 5 00PM is 17 00 hours And Midnight is 0 00 The intended LightSeasons power source is a large capacity battery thus there s no internal battery The present time is lost with the lack of power The restored time date is recouped from the last saved value The active time is saved every 12 hour and the new Date is saved at midnight A GPS Global Position Satellite Receiver comes standard with LightSeasons The GPS is the easiest error free way to update the Time Date and Location There are no settings switches and or parameters to set it s Plug N Play This small black pod has a 6ft 1 84m cable with a mating PS2 connector Insert it into the LightSeasons noting the correct orientation Place the pod in the open area as much as possible The GPS is highly sensitive and will soon detect Satellites overhead It is equipped with an indicator light When lit solid the Receiver is powered When flashing it is synced to a satellite Note The included
4. Oct 5 es 3105 seasons 3 thru 7 all start and end Oct 5 res 1 1 starts 1 1 ends 4 1 motes trigger The Sunrise Sunset times are computed each 0 4 0 task TurnON day The current date s Dawn Dusk times are 1 4 20 task DawnOFF reflected into all seasons using Dawn Dusk 2 20 2 task DuskON triggers 3 23 30 task TurnJFF Determine the earliest Sunrise time by a 2 taris L de 10 temporarily setting the date to June 21 Ensure A ai See the turn On time is always before the DawnOff 6 3 0 task TurnON time And visa versa for Sunset 1 4 70 task DawnOFF When a Season starts and stops on the same 2 20 2 tack DuskON day by default it is not displayed to view it use 3 22 30 task TurnOFF the Edit Seasons command es x x 1 8 8 starts 18 5 ends 12 31 trigger 0 4 0 task TurnON 1 4 20 task DawnOQFF 2 task DuskON 3 task TurnOFF LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 11 Programming Example 2 Schedule the load power thru the night Create a schedule to meet the following At the beginning of the year Lights come on full at 4 30 PM 16 30 Reduce the power to 90 at 9 00 PM 21 00 Reduce the power to 67 at 11 15 PM 23 15 Reduce the power to 33 at 1 00 AM e Return to full power at 4 45 AM Turn the lights off at 7 30 AM e After March 18 don t reduce power further at 1 00AM e Begin with presumed Schedule Trigger Defaults Commands Comment e
5. Pulse Width modulating the power to the Load the Load Lights are cycled ON OFF faster than the eye can detect Increasing the OFF duration will dim the load and draw down power consumption The idea is to help preserve battery life So on a day of weak solar collection LightSeasons will automatically reduce the power drawn from the battery Dimming is enabled with the auto dimmer d command AND the MODBUS gateway MUST be operational ad separated by a single space where one is AUTO and zero s OFF Each day about an hour before sunset LightSeasons determines the Total Charge Collected amp hours and the Total Load Consumed amp hours When consumption exceeds collection dimming ensues The magnitude of dimming is Load_amp_hrs Charge_amp_frs Load_amp_frs 30 Thereby the Dimming range doesn t exceed a thirty percent reduction LightSeasons Mk II User Manual www xofw com Page 4 Programming Commands Season s First Season s First Day Season s Last Day Season oe starts 11 12 ends 12 31 rigger LL nm 0 5 0 task TurnON 1 21 task DawnOFF 21 16 24 task DuskON Six Triggers 3 1 0 task Turn0QFF Indexed O 5 RA bN idle triggers 4 amp 5 es faa Hour Minute 24 Hour only WeekDays LightSeasons can enable or disable the Triggers by weekday During normal operation if a day is disabled all triggers are ignored Each Season has a unique Weekday Globa
6. GPS Model may vary This GPS picture is for reference only Procedure to Auto Set the Time and Date Simply plug the GPS into the LightSeasons It is acceptable to connect disconnect the GPS with the power on This procedure may take several minutes to complete 1 LightSeasons must be on The GPS light will illuminate indicating it has power LightSeasons will confirm its communicating with the GPS by activating the Load Output Lights come on The GPS will begin to Flash when it s sync s with a Satellite Wait for LightSeasons to toggle blink the Load Lights On for 1 second and Off for 1 second This indicates the GPS time date and Geo Coordinates are received and saved U awy 6 When GPS Power parameter is set to auto See the QP command a The GPS is automatically powered down after ten minutes b The GPS will automatically power up at Midnight for ten minutes 7 When GPS Power parameter is set to man See the GP command a The PS2 port is always powered remember to unplug the GPS for it is a Power Drain b the Load Lights will remain on or blink while the GPS is active 8 Note The time date provided by the GPS is per Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time LightSeasons compares its stored time zone against a time zone computed from the acquired longitude Should the two differ by more than 2 time zones Lightseasons will over write its stored value with the computed one The time zone zulu offset is ma
7. Light Seasons Mk Il GPS based Light Controller User Manual LightSeasons Mk II User Manual www xofw com Page Operation Your new LightSeasons is an event scheduler much like a multitasking alarm clock It has an internal Real Time Clock RTC to accurately schedule and reliably execute daily events When triggered the preprogrammed task will either energize release the Load device LightSeasons is an excellent fit for a Solar Powered Light Controller LightSeasons divides the year into eight unique schedules or Seasons Each Season has six programmable tasks events repeated every day The Default tasks are tailored for night time lighting The Season start date month day is user programmable Overall duration is defined by this date and the Start Date of the next season To increase or shorten a Season s extent modify the Start Date or its neighbor s Seasons are labeled one thru eight and are always executed in order Season One begins January First December 31 ends Season Eight Should Seasons over lap the lower Season is executed The six trigger events numbered zero thru five operate independent of one another For each trigger defines a scheduled time hour minute and a task ON or OFF With every new minute all the triggers are reviewed looking for a time match The search begins with Trigger Zero And only the first match is performed one task per minute is allowed Idle tasks are not displayed NOTE
8. arentheses Param 1 Param 2 Param 3 Param 4 DESCRIPTION ACTION Enable IFON O OFF Month 1 12 four digits Season Start Month Start Day 1 8 1 12 1 31 Trigger Hour Minute 0 3 0 23 0 59 Auto Dimmer If Modbus Active used to En Disable Auto Dimmer Else View Update Dimmer value for Dusk Dawn ON Battery View the present battery conditions MODBUS gateway must be operational Default Parameters Reset Restore environment variables to their default values Default Seasons Reset Restore the seasons and triggers to their default values Date View Update the current date Edit Season View Select Define a Season Parameters define a season s begin date Tasks Edit Trigger 0 99 View Mod Triggers for the current Season Parameters define time and task GPS Power View Update GPS Power Control Single parameter used to En Disable Enable l Auto O Man Latitude Longitude HemiSpheres View Define occupied Global hemispheres Defaults are North and West Load View the present load conditions MODBUS gateway must be operational Latitude Longitude View Define World Coordinates N or S EorW Latitude Longitude x 100 Minute Second 0 59 0 59 From Season To Season 1 8 0 8 Zulu Time Adj O0 tol WeekDay Daily En Dis Global En Dis 1 7 FON O OFF IFON O OFF Light Toggle the Output On and Off Solar Panel View the present so
9. d one for the Switched Load Lights output This light controller is powered solely from an external source No internal batteries are required Because of its minuscule power draw LightSeasons will continue to operate on a severely discharged 12 Volt battery Condition Value Tolerance Notes Device Power 12Vdc to 14Vdc Regulated Max 16Vdc Min 10 2Vdc Tailored to 12V Batteries Tare Current 11 mA Typical Average 9ma asleep 22ma awake Fully Awake while Comm Port Active Load Power Source 5Vdc to 24Vdc AC not tolerated Use Same common as Device Power Load Current 2A max Ext Over Current Protection Required PS2 Power 5Vdc 80mA 0 5Vdc Used to power the GPS or Bluetooth PS2 Comm RS 232 3wire 19200 Baud 8bit Istop No Parity Time Keeping 44 minutes per year With no power interruptions Temperature 20 to 48 deg C Case is not water proof Battery RED Wire I8AWG ULIOO7 20inches Device Power Battery Battery BLACK Wire 1I8AWG ULI007 20inches Common Battery Power WHITE Wire 1I8AWG ULI007 20inches Load Power Source same common Light BLUE Wire I8AWG ULIO07 20inches Light Load same common Mechanical Layout Mounting Holes 2 Fastener Size 8 Screw not included Warranty Xactrix of Washington warranties the LightSeasons Light Controller for one year Should this product malfunction or fail please return it so we can make it right Please see our policies page at www xofw com
10. e program or platform to talk with LightSeasons The rationale is to provide a simple interface The availability of the software and hardware tools are mainstream Thus user familiarity is likely And the vital components are acquired effortlessly Android Cell Phone and Bluetooth gt Software Requirements From the Android Market download the free app B7erm by SENA BTerm is a terminal emulator for communicating wirelessly over Bluetooth You ll find the Complete BTerm manual at the following website www sena com download manual_bterm connection html BTerm active on a Motorola Droid2 S SENA BTerm g of FireFly RN 240M gt Hardware Requirements An Android phone of course And the popular FireFly USB to Serial adapter RN 240M made by Roving Networks FireFly s are preprogrammed ready to use and available to purchase from our website at http www xofw com lightseasons html Give LightSeason s Bluetooth capability by inserting the FireFly into the DB9F PS2 adapter that s provided and then into PS2 port For FireFly s purchased elsewhere program them to the Port Settings seen on the next page gt USE Access your PHONE s Bluetooth Manager Turn Bluetooth on and Pair it to the FireFly Typically this is done thru Scan for Devices And the default Pass Code is 1234 It is normal for the Phone to indicate that it is Paired but not connected Start the BTerm App
11. er Events To Change the start date follow the es command with three values that represent the season index month and day The following example sets the fourth season to begin May 17 eS 4 5 17 all values are separated by a single space The end of a season is defined by the Start Date of the next Seasons are advanced in numerical order Intermediate seasons may be reduced to a single day and several seasons may occupy the same date Seasons with the same start and stop date are by default not displayed LightSeasons Mk II User Manual www xofw com Page 3 Programming Commands SUNRISE SUNSET Everyday at midnight LightSeasons computes sunrise and sunset for your unique world location This allows the triggers to exactly follow the Day and Night transitions as they vary through the year The time for Dusk and Dawn are derived from the saved Geo Coordinates These coordinates are collected directly from the GPS Or are user supplied via the Longitude Latitude M and HemiSpheres As commands TRIGGERS Triggers are indexed zero thru five They are executed based solely on their associated time One trigger is executed per given minute and the lower index has priority Modified Triggers are applied to the present active season To modify a trigger use the fcommand followed by trigger index hour minute and task Tasks include ON OFF and ON OFF for both Sunrise and or Sunset and Dimmed ON Tasks assign a value f
12. k ON sta 1 9 0 task OFF 2 17 8 task ON pana 3 1 0 task OFF Cancel __ Apply Connected 0 03 54 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 gt Hardware Requirements The User provides the communication cable necessary between the PC to the LightSeasons controller For newer PC Laptop s use a USB to Serial Adapter cable not included They re common inexpensive and readily available in the marketplace Watch out for the really cheap ones for they don t work with Windows 7 See our webpage for a recommended model Attach it to the DB9F PS2 provided and insert into the LightSeasons gt USE Note Prior to use plug the USB into the Laptop and install USB SERIAL the proper driver With the USB in the Laptop attach the Serial end to the LightSeasons Open HyperTerm and start a New Connection Select the COMx Port that is associated the USB to Serial it s likely HyperTerm will do it for you The proper Port Settings are shown above The main screen will display the elapsing time Press the enter key rapidly to wake the LightSeasons from its slumber The Command Prompt gt will indicate success LightSeason commands are now accepted LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 9 Specifications LightSeasons has a four wire interface two for Device Power Battery and a Common Battery or Gnd There s one for the Load Power Source an input an
13. l Enable that turns this filter On or Off When the Global Enable is active that Season s Status will include the Weekday Field Enabled days are represented by letters Disabled Days are dots Input parameters represent Weekdays by numerical value where one is Sunday and seven is Saturday In all cases to modify an enable one is to activate and a zero to disable T display the present weekday Issue the WeekDay command wadeenter with no parameters The WeekDay and one parameter sets the weekday To en disable a certain day use two parameters The first parameter is the day The second the enable To en disable the Weekday Global use three parameters Specify a range of seasons where the 1 parameter 1 season and the 2 parameter final season The 3 parameter equals the enable disable If the 1 or 2 parameters are zeros then the active season is substituted gt set weekday to wednesday gt wd 4 now WED gt disable thursdays sud 3 O gt enable weekday filter gt wd H 1 mask df POS 4 starts 9 16 ends 6 29 wkdays smtw fs CAUTION The present Weekday is NOT available from the GPS WeekDay Field Seen Only when Global is Enabled trigger Se 0 5 0 task ON sal ieee 1 5 45 task OFF a 2 20 30 task ON 3 1 0 task 0FF LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 5 Programming and Commands Command Reference LSIENI Acceptable value range shown in p
14. lar panel conditions MODBUS gateway must be operational Time View Update the current time Format is 24 hour only No AM or PM Trigger Copy Copy triggers from one season to another If destination is zero copy to all seasons Time Zone Zulu Time Zone Adjust i e PST 8 hours EST 5 hours Week Day View Update the current day of the week Set current wkday no param 2 or 3 J LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 6 Default Seasons SEASON 2 5 6 T Start Date Feb 15 June 30 Aug 14 Sept 28 Trigger O Trigger 1 Trigger 2 Trigger 3 Default Parameters Time 12 00 00 Weekday Wednesday Date June 15 2011 Latitude 45 87 N Longitude 122 50 W Zulu Adj 8 hours PST Weekday Enables all are active Weekday Global disabled GPS Power Auto Auto Dimmer disabled LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 7 User Interface Comm Port PS2 Port A serial port provides LightSeasons with a communication path Thru it LightSeasons is able to interface with a GPS receiver Bluetooth and or USB The Comm Port is the PS2 Circular DIN connector It has custom pin out This is Not a Mouse Port If the GPS is plugged in remove it temporarily to free up the PS2 port To insert the Male PS2 connector orient the embossed arrow s to Twelve O clock or away from the case mounting flange ALL EXTERNAL COMM DEVICES DRAW POWER DISCONNECT AFTER USE A Terminal Emulator is th
15. nually changed using the t2 command If left uninitialized the Zulu_Offset default is Pacific Standard Time 8 hours 9 Note The GPS will not update the day of the week LightSeasons Mk II User Manual www xofw com Page 2 In concert with the GPS use the default Seasons and Triggers LightSeasons already has the year scheduled for dusk to dawn lighting The objective is to turn on the lights in the dimmed hours of sunset They remain lit till after midnight And then re illuminate in the early hours before sunrise These triggers are preprogrammed into LightSeasons ready to use direct from the factory See the Season Defaults in detail on page 7 To restore factory settings us the Default Seasons dS command Programming and Commands LightSeason has a fundamental set of user commands These requests will provide the current status and or configure the control parameters The user must first establish Communication to the device see User Interface Comm Port Here are the general rules for entering a command or request A prompt gt will query for the next user request It must be present to type a command e All commands are unique two character abbreviations this promotes very quick entry Each command is executed after the enter key is pressed e Typing the command only returns its current status The same command followed by parameters or values will update the internal variables All new values are immedia
16. rom 11 to 99 percent O OFF 1 ON 2 DawnOFF 3 DawnON 4 DuskOFF 5 DuskON 9 IDLE Tasks 11 thru 99 turn ON the load in Dimmed mode where the active duty cycle is the task value Example set Trigger 2 to turn the Load Lights on at dusk et 2005 all values are separated by a single space Note When a Dawn Dusk related task is entered the computed dawn dusk time supersedes the user inputted values Thus the zero s given for the hour and minute parameters are ignored MODBUS COMMUNICATION GATEWAY Option When the LightSeasons is paired with a MorningStar Charge Controller the two will communicate with each other For the Charge Controller s MODBUS port allows LightSeasons to collect the present Voltage Amp conditions for the Solar Panel Battery and Load This option provides a communication cable RJ 11 Telco connector Plug this directly into a MorningStar Charge Controller The two devices will establish communications automatically Note Both devices must be powered for valid data retrieval And the Charge Controller may have a Dipswitch governing the MODBUS port be sure it s set properly Use the so ar pane SP command to view the solar panel status Use the battery bt command to view the battery status Use the oad Id command to view the Load Light status AUTO DIMMER CONTROL The LightSeasons has the ability to reduce the Load Light power consumption automatically It accomplishes this by
17. s 2 318 set season Two to begin March 18 gt et O 16 301 trigger 0 at 16 30 turn on load gt et 121090 trigger I at 2 00 load on at 90 gt et 2 23 15 67 trigger 2 at 23 15 load on at 67 et3009 idle trigger 3 gt et 44451 trigger 4 at 4 45 load on at 100 gt et 57300 trigger 5 at 7 30 turn load off gt tc 20 copy the triggers from season Two to all other seasons es select season One which begins Jan 1 eet 310 33 trigger 3 at 1 00 load on at 33 gt es 1 1 starts 1 1 ends 3 1 trigger Notes 0 16 38 task TurnON idle triggers are not displayed 1 21 0 task Dimlo9 2 23 15 task Dimlo6 4 3 1 0 task Dimlo33 4 4 45 task TurnON b 7 30 task TurnOFF gt 2 starts 3 18 ends 3 931 trigger 0 16 30 task TurnON 1 21 0 task Dimlo9bA 2 23 15 task Dimlo6 4 4 45 task TurnON b 7 30 task TurnOFF LightSeasons User Manual www xofw com Page 12
18. tely saved in Non Volatile Memory e All command parameters are separated by a single space Unrecognized commands get a question mark reply e Press enter to repeat the last command also it will index to the next season when applicable Enter for a quick Help Screen Rapidly Press enter to arouse the LightSeasons from a sleep state TIME The current time is viewed by entering the command fim enter The time is displayed in the format AS mn sc To modify the time use the same M command only followed by three values for hours minutes and seconds Hours are specified as a 24 hour clock only AM and PM are not used The following example changes the time to 13 minutes 45 seconds past 8 in the evening tm 20 13 45 aif vatues are separated by a single space DATE The date is accessed in a similar manner To view the current date enter f enter The date is displayed as mn dy yr To Change the date follow the dt command with three values for month day and year The following example sets the date to February 29 2012 dt 2 29 2012 all values are separated by a single space SEASONS The active season is displayed using S enter By repeating this command with another enter will automatically advance to the next season The most recent season viewed remains active while a User exchange in is process The Season Status see page 5 reveals the first and last date and the particulars of its Trigg
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