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1. PROGRAMS Irrigation control by ET auto Water budget 400 Define your Water Days Odd Even 14 Days water days stations gt v Friday W Saturday V Sunday v Monday v Tuesday v Wednesday Thursday v Friday v Saturday v Sunday v Monday v Tuesday v Wednesday v Thursday X here SENSORS Start Times start Cycles Mend H Start 1 12 00 AM Fe 1 12 41 AM Station Run time Description Ll Start 2 1212aM 2 1 32 AM yw FLOWS Start 3 1 00 05 50 Start 4 2 00 03 35 Start 5 3 00 09 42 SSS INTELLISET Start 6 4 00 20 43 eee Start 7 5 Start 8 6 E monmorme Start 9 7 Start 10 8 a Start 14 A 9 J information Start 12 10 i j E Total 2 3 H Total 00 40 10 Note Total Time is WB adjusted a er EH amp er EOUS Min Soak Overlap te Water freq 1 07 avg Max 2 Days EI directory gt 0 gt Wry 12 49 56 PM 1 InProgress PRINT Set irrigation periods Set station and cycle times here run times here Figure 21 Defining programs in Cycle Manager 46 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Making Programs Active or Passive On an overall level you may set whether a program is active or not By default all programs are active In certain cases however you may w
2. ectio e ontrolle a 11 Stations 12 04 10 13 06 05 12 03 21 13 04 08 12 04 10 13 06 05 12 Station Sequence 12 04 10 13 06 08 12 03 19 11 32 49 12 04 10 13 06 13 Power 12 04 10 13 06 10 12 03 19 11 32 53 12 04 10 13 06 14 Sensors 12 05 01 09 28 40 v 12 04 19 14 25 59 12 04 19 14 26 58 15 ET 12 04 19 08 31 24 12 04 19 14 26 09 12 04 19 14 27 08 16 Flow 12 04 12 08 26 02 12 04 10 14 07 58 12 04 12 08 26 02 17 System Parameters 12 04 30 11 19 45 12 04 24 15 19 04 12 04 30 11 19 45 101 Program 1 12 05 01 09 28 54 v 12 04 30 11 19 50 12 04 30 11 20 49 102 Program 2 12 05 01 09 37 29 iv 12 03 30 15 24 08 12 04 10 13 06 36 103 Program 3 12 05 01 09 37 29 v 12 04 24 15 36 40 104 Program 4 12 04 10 13 06 45 v C 12 03 19 11 33 39 105 Program 5 12 04 10 13 06 51 iv 12 03 19 11 34 00 106 Program 6 12 04 10 13 06 55 v 12 03 19 11 34 06 107 Program 7 12 04 10 13 07 00 iv 12 03 19 11 34 13 108 Program 8 12 04 10 13 07 05 iv 12 03 19 11 34 20 109 Program 9 12 04 10 13 07 10 v 12 03 19 11 34 26 12 04 10 13 07 10 110 Program 10 12 04 10 13 07 15 v 12 03 19 11 34 32 42 04 10 13 07 15 Press SYNC to do Synchronization other Topic on the left to Ignore je Verify that all relevant sections have checkmarks in the Web column Click the red SYNC button All data will be transferred from Cycle Manager to the controller
3. Figure 36 The Probes subtab provides humidity information for probes in the system 112 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring Programs and Stations The Program tab shows key information about the irrigation programs and stations that have been running Information date back for a limited period of time The Program tab is divided into two subtabs Overview and Details Use the Overview subtab to get a quick status and then in case of problems consult the Details subtab to get specific information about station and program performance a BSAA Water Intelliset Moisture Error and status event Raw infomation overview verais Date Prog Start Stop Gallons Stop reason Ea PROGRAMS 18 januar 2008 1 10 37 04 10 54 20 0 Normal I 18 januar 2008 2 10 55 24 14 28 49 Normal 20 januar 2008 3 05 04 41 12 01 23 429 Normal 25 januar 2008 1 18 00 00 18 04 50 693 Normal ie STATIONS 28 januar 2008 1 14 00 00 14 05 20 773 Normal 29 januar 2008 1 04 30 00 04 35 20 772 Normal 27 marts 2008 2 11 05 34 11 12 30 143 Normal SENSOR 27 marts 2008 2 11 06 25 11 13 20 144 Normal 27 marts 2008 2 11 07 40 11 14 40 147 Normal 27 marts 2008 1 11 18 14 11 55 10 773 Normal 2 FLOWS 28 marts 2008 1 10 00 00 10 37 00 3286 Normal 28 marts 2008 1 12 00 00 12 37 00 3286 Normal A 28 marts 2008 1 14 00 00 12 20 00 80635 Normal 333 INTELLISET 28 marts 2008 1 20 03 3
4. 100 Available A R R 1 zZ M o W o wW B t S 2 NEUE lt 100 MAD z water Available t h Permanent 0 Available wilting point Unavailable water 8 The Soil intake column shows the soil intake rate in inches per hour This value is defined by your selection of soil type and has an impact Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual on cycle and soak If the soil has a low intake rate you probably should use cycle and soak but it depends on the precipitation rate of the sprinkler and the ASA See step 8 Soil intake rate inch hour 0 70 0 60 0 50 0 40 0 30 0 20 a 0 00 Ej Clay Silty Clay Loam Sandy Loamy Sand Clay Loam Loam Sand 9 The ASA inch column depicts the Allowable Surface Accumulation value which is defined by the soil type and slope This value influences cycle amp soak If the soil has a low intake rate but is on a slope you probably should use cycle amp soak But this depends on the precipitation rate of the sprinkler and how much water the surface can hold before runoff ASA 0 45 0 40 0 35 0 30 0 25 E Flat 0 20 M Gentle 0 15 0 10 i m Medium 0 05 E Steep 0 00 Clay Silty Clay Loam Sandy Loamy Sand Clay Loam Loam Sand 10 Click Save 71 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Setting Up Weather Adjusted Stations Under construction 72 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manua
5. 92 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Adjusting the water budget Non web based TWC controllers do not contain the desired functionality to receive ET values and rain values which means that they are not able to adjust the water budget prior to irrigation However the server recreates the necessary functionality in Cycle Manager thereby enabling TWC controllers to work with adjusted water budgets So instead of the controller handling the calculation Cycle Manager performs the required math based on ET values and rain values retrieved from the weather station The result is communicated to the TWC controller which will then run the programs based on the result More precisely Cycle Manager communicates to the TWC controller whether the irrigation should be prolonged or shortened to make up for any changes in the water budget The water budget is calculated from the following formula ET Balance Water budget _ x 100 Base ET A calculated water budget below 100 will result in less water distributed than the program dictates irrigation steps will be shortened A calculated water budget above 100 will result in longer irrigation cycles For instance if the water budget is determined as 200 irrigation times will be doubled If the budget is 50 irrigation times will be halved In this way ET values and rain values may be used to control the actual needs for irrigation Another example if the program
6. Allow Prevent Optimum Alarm Regul fi Pgm Sensor o Inch h Inch Control h Inch Inch a 1None Y 0 0 0 0 2None W 0 0 0 0 3None Y 0 0 0 0 4None W 0 0 0 0 5None W 0 0 0 0 6None W 0 0 0 0 7None WY 0 0 0 0 8None Y 0 0 0 0 9None Y 0 0 0 0 10None WY 0 0 0 on ES Time left 11 48 The Cycle Manager INTELLISET area the Moistuire tab 84 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 9 Managing Weather Stations In this chapter e Adding New Controllers to the Weather Station e The Weather Station Pane at a glance e The Controller Pane at a glance 85 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Choosing a weather station in the opening window brings you to the weather station INTELLISET window which is the main area for monitoring and managing the exchange of weather data between the weather station the controller and the irrigation system In the weather station INTELLISET window you may e Specify when the server will collect data from the weather stations e Specify when the server will distribute data to the irrigation system e Add or remove controllers for remote management e Adjust ET values to compensate for varying geographical conditions e Adjust the water budget for TWC controllers e Enable and disable the copy of rain alarms from weather station to the controller 86 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual The weather station INTELLISET window is divid
7. 28 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Defining the Basic Settings Regardless ofthe starting point for your work with a new controller in Cycle Manager you must make some initial selections and define some basic settings for your site This is done in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area Note that the settings can be changed at a later stage as the requirements for your irrigation systems change The basic settings fall in the following catagories e Choosing the overall irrigation principle e Enabling disabling moisture setup e Enabling disabling cycle and soak e Enabling disabling recommended runtime e Enabling disabling advanced ET setup e Enabling disabling controller monitoring Choosing the overall irrigation principle Weather or ET Enabling disabling moisture setup Enabling disabling cycle and soak Enabling disabling recommended ews station 33 INTELLISET runtimes E vonrosmne Emst sires 2 I INFORMATION EI ormecrony Enabling disabling Enabling disabling controller monitoring advanced ET setup Figure 11 Defining the basic settings in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area 29 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Basic Settings Flowchart The flowchart below depicts the consequences of enabling disabling the various basic settings The left side of the workflow shows an ET based irrigation principle the right side a weather based irrigation principle Use ET
8. Digable Enable Enabling and disabling recommended run times Figure 16 Select the Enable radio button to enable Cycle Manager to calculate recommended run times Enabling Disabling Advanced ET Setup If you set ET adjusted as your main irrigation princple you have the option of selecting the Enable radio button in the Advanced ET Setup radio button in the Station setup grid Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Enabling advanced ET setup will make the Landscape Advanced subtab available under the ET Adjusted tab in the STATIONS area Use this tab to finetune each station with parameters such as plant type soil type slope and root depth For more information on advanced ET setup turn to Chapter 5 Managing Stations Station setup Advanced ET setup O Disable amp Enable Enabling and disabling advanced ET Setup Figure 17 Select the Enable radio button to enable advanced ET setup Enable Disable Controller Monitoring In the Device Report Monitoring grid you can enable and configure controller monitoring Every third hour the controller will send a keep alive signal to the server If the server has not received a signal within a period of 6 hours a message will be sent to the three e mail addresses Notify on Seasonal Period Start Period End Enable Recovery Monitoring MM DD MM DD Last rente v v v 10 12 04 13 A 12 04 11 13 02 51 Email address 1 tho
9. Moisture Setup DASHBOARD u PROGRAMS Histeric for Month Daily ET 2 ET Device Setup January Rain Inch Pulse February i ET Inch Pulse March 23 STATIONS April May June SENSORS July August September yw FLOWS October November December ET to WB Scaling Value eee INTELLISET Set your basic Maximum ET Limit 0 40 ET parameters HER oro Eas Len h ere Minimum ET Limit 0 05 i I INFORMATION Rate of Rain 0 02 Soil Holding Capacity 0 50 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ET Source Selection Local Historic O Remote Rain O Remote Local Alarm 2 OD DIRECTORY i Enter your ET Base per Select your source for ET Enter your ET Base per program here Use values here Historical data program here Use this this value when weather station the server value when adjusting adjusting the water with or without rain etc the water budget budget Figure 25 The Cycle Manager INTELLISET area the ET Parameters tab 83 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual See INTELLISET eee EH wonrrorine J information MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS EI omectory Figure 26 Moisture Setup ET Parameters 1 None None 2 None None 3 None None 4 None None 5 None None 6 None None 7 None None 8 E None None 9 None None 10 None None
10. 00 00 30 345 OK a 4 2 11 11 Running 11 11 40 PM 71 12 10PM 00 00 30 344 OK 9 4 2 11 12 Running 11 12 10 P 00 00 36 458 OK Time left 11 36 At the end of each program or The Stop reason column shows cycle the Gallons column will information about how and show the total amount of why a program was stopped water accumulated Use this information for trouble shooting Figure 38 Consult the Details subtab to get specific information about station and program performance 115 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring Error and Status Events The Errors and status event tab shows a wide variety of monitoring information relating to the performance of your system It is beyond the scope of this manual to present all errors and events possible For a full list of eventtypes and values please contact your Tucor contact The Type column shows the The contents of the Value1 type of monitor event Value2 and Value3 columns will vary depending on the type of event in the Type column Water IntelliSet Moisture or a atus eve Program Raw infomation 08 01 18 08 00 00 Buffer overrun a 08 01 17 16 51 14 Power status On 08 01 17 16 51 15 Alarm Station error On 08 01 18 11 00 20 Buffer overrun 08 01 20 05 13 40 Buffer overrun 08 01 22 09 02 45 Power status On 08 01 22 09 02 46 Alarm Station error On 08 01 22 18 52 18 Prog status Remote 08 01 24 10 07 38 Manual Manual Advanced 7
11. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to adjust the time or assign the number by placing the cursor directly in the field and typing the number 3 Press Enter to save any changes Interpreting status information The Stat field shows the current status of the communication Options are e Run Data is currently being retrieved from the weather station e OK The last collection of weather data was successful e Fail The connection to the weather station is not available Alr Stat Last called 2012 02 22 18 32 00 Verifying the Time Zone For Tucor administrators only Use the Zip field to verify in which time zone the weather station and controller are located 90 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual The Controller Pane at a glance The Controller pane displays the controllers that the current weather station is set up to feed with weather data The Controller pane enables you to e adjust the distribution time e adjust the irrigation period e adjust ET values e adjust the water budget for TWC controllers only e activate deactivate rain alarms The controller name Shows the distribution Use the Adjust field time of weather data to to manipulate ET the controller values up or down Selecting this check box will make sure the weather station transmits generated rain alarms to the controller Tucor test TWC Tucor WS redirect The controller type Shows at what time f d
12. 13 06 05 12 Station Sequence 12 04 10 13 06 08 12 03 19 11 32 49 12 04 10 13 06 08 13 Power 12 04 10 13 06 10 12 03 19 11 32 53 12 04 10 13 06 10 14 Sensors 12 05 01 09 28 40 v 12 04 19 14 25 59 12 04 19 14 26 58 15 ET 12 04 19 08 31 24 12 04 19 14 26 09 12 04 19 14 27 08 16 Flow 12 04 12 08 26 02 12 04 10 14 07 58 12 04 12 08 26 02 17 System Parameters 12 04 30 11 19 45 12 04 24 15 19 04 12 04 30 11 19 45 101 Program 1 12 05 01 09 28 54 V A 12 04 30 11 19 50 12 04 30 11 20 49 102 Program 2 12 05 01 09 37 29 v 12 03 30 15 24 08 12 04 10 13 06 36 103 Program 3 12 05 01 09 37 29 v A 12 04 24 15 36 40 12 04 30 11 19 56 104 Program 4 12 04 10 13 06 45 12 03 19 11 33 39 12 04 10 13 06 45 105 Program 5 12 04 10 13 06 51 12 03 19 11 34 00 12 04 10 13 06 51 106 Program 6 12 04 10 13 06 55 12 03 19 11 34 06 12 04 10 13 06 55 107 Program 7 12 04 10 13 07 00 _ 12 03 19 11 34 13 12 04 10 13 07 00 108 Program 8 12 04 10 13 07 05 12 03 19 11 34 20 12 04 10 13 07 05 109 Program 9 12 04 10 13 07 10 12 03 19 11 34 26 12 04 10 13 07 10 110 Program 10 12 04 10 13 07 15 12 03 19 11 34 32 12 04 10 13 07 15 Press SYNC to do Synchronization other Topic on the left to Ignore sync Figure 10 Two warnings indicate a possible conflict 23 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 24 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started with Cycle Manager In this chapter e Setting Up
13. Figure 8 The first step of a data synchronization Checkmarks for the most The date for the recent changes made at most recent Checkmarks for the most recent changes made in The category of data appears from Figure 9 this column Cycle Manager the controller synchronization Id Section Web Ww Controller Last Sync 11 Stations 12 04 10 13 06 05 12 03 21 73 04 08 12 04 10 13 06 05 12 Station Sequence 12 04 10 13 06 08 12 03 19 11 32 49 12 04 10 13 06 08 13 Power 12 04 10 13 89 10 12 03 1991 1 32 53 12 04 10 13 06 10 14 Sensors 12 05 01 09 28 40 12 04 19 14 25 59 12 04 19 14 26 58 15 ET 12 04 19 08 31 24 12 04 19 14 26 09 12 04 19 14 27 08 16 Flow 12 04 12 08 26 02 12 04 10 14 07 58 12 04 12 08 26 02 17 System Parameters 101 Program 1 102 Program 2 103 Program 3 104 Program 4 105 Program 5 106 Program 6 107 Program 7 108 Program 8 109 Program 9 110 Program 10 12 04 30 11 19 45 12 05 01 09 28 54 12 05 01 09 37 29 12 05 01 09 37 29 12 04 10 13 06 45 12 04 10 13 06 51 12 04 10 13 06 55 12 04 10 13 07 00 12 04 10 13 07 05 12 04 10 13 07 10 12 04 10 13 07 15 12 04 24 15 19 04 12 04 30 11 19 50 12 03 30 15 24 08 12 04 24 15 36 40 12 03 19 11 33 39 12 03 19 11 34 00 12 03 19 11 34 06 12 03 19 11 34 13 12 03 19 11 34 20 12 03 19 11 34 26 12 03 19 11 34 32 12 04 30 11 19 45 12 04
14. It could indicate a leak in the system 106 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring ET and Rain Values The IntelliSet tab shows various key information related to ET and rain counters as received by weather stations at day shift Information are available on monthly daily and hourly basis Water MLETSS Moisture Error and status event Program Raw infomation DASHBOARD Daily Hourty Actual Usable Rain Excessive Year Month a PROGRAMS Rain Rain discard Rain 2008 March 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 April 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 i STATIONS May 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 June 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 July 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 SENSORS August 0 00 0 00 00 0 00 00 0 00 September 0 48 0 48 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 October 3 35 3 35 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 yw FLOWS November 4 44 4 44 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 December 3 24 3 24 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 ese 2008 Year total 11 51 11 51 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 333 INTELLISET 2009 January 2 89 2 89 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 e MONITORING February 3 30 3 30 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 March 4 35 4 35 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 April 5 31 5 31 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 L inrormatron May 11 36 11 36 000 0 00 0 00 0 00 June 38 51 38 51 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 MISCELLANEOUS July 61 03 61 03 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 SETTINGS August 57 31 57 31 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 September 87 85 87 85 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 EI
15. PRINT 5 Click the red SYNC button 6 All data will be transferred from the controller to Cycle Manager 7 Once controller data have been imported you can proceed to the other areas in Cycle Manager and make any neccessary adjustements For more information turn to Defining the Basic Settings on page 29 and the subsequent chapters Save your work as you move from one area in Cycle Manager to the next 8 Remember to synchronize with the controller when your work is complete Setting up information Cycle Manager In this scenario you have all the program and station information available but the physical controller has not yet been installed In order to save time you may want to start out in Cycle Manager by setting up the programs and then synchronize with the controller once it has been installed 27 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual How to do this Log on to Cycle Manager Select the controller in the opening window and click Connect Cycle Manager opens Since the controller is not yet physically installed the phrase Not Connected will appear across the top of the screen Proceed to the various areas in Cycle Manager to set up relevant data For more information turn to Defining the Basic Settings on page 29 and the subsequent chapters Save your work as you move from one area in Cycle Manager to the next When your work is complete click the Sync icon to open the Synchronization screen
16. RKD LAN 67 tucor 24 154 119 120 14041 v 67 Tucor Demo Office RKD RKDWS LAN 6 tucor 24 154 119 120 1 v __ Connect JControl Back 7 ee Will connect to the selected Only available for controllers Click Back to go device and open a dashboard In a JControl connection the back to the logon for easy management and controller interface is screen monitoring of the device displayed graphically as is enabling real life navigation Figure 2 The Cycle Manager opening window 12 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual In the Cycle Manager opening window each device is represented by name type and address information Also you can see whether your devices are currently connected to the server or not For each device the following information appears Site A unique name identifying the site The site name is determined by Tucor and the client For instance the site name may indicate an area or the name of a building This information can be useful to service people when troubleshooting Type Indicates the type of device Options are e RQKS a stand alone conventional controller designed for converting conventional systems to Tucor s remote management system e RKD a stand alone decoder based 2 wire controller e RKSWS an RKS controller used in combination with a standard weather station e RKD WS an RKD controller used in combination with a standard weather station 13 Tucor Cycle Manager
17. Total 00 13 10 Note Total Time is WB adjusted 2 Inthe Run time Actual column the current run time for each station appears in the following format HH MM SS In case you want to change arun time enter the new time in the range 00 00 01 to 17 59 50 Blank means no run time To delete a run time enter 00 00 00 3 The Description column allows you to associate a description with this station for instance a reminder about a nozzle needs to be changed or some info about the run time This information is only displayed on this program s tab 55 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 4 The total run time for the stations in this program will appear from the bottom of the grid The total run time depends on whether the program is based on water budget or ET and if it run with or without cycles Table 1 No Cycles Cycles Water Budget Displays the run time for a water day at the given water budget Displays the run time per cycle for a water day at the given water budget ET Displays the runtime Displaystheruntime for for a water day at the a water day at the average water day average water day frequency on the frequency on the hottest month on the hottest month on the year year Each cycle will run a fraction of this time 1 total cycles 5 Click Save Using Recommended Run Times To have Cycle Manager calculate and suggest recommended run times set the Recommend run times op
18. Up Water Budget Adjusted Stations 61 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual e e STATIONS _ Click STATIONS on the toolbar to get to the STATIONS area in Cycle Manager This area provides an easy and centralized way of defining station information The tabs and grids available in this area depends on which irrigation principle you choose for your site ET Adjusted Weather Adjusted or Water Budget Adjusted See Chapter 2 Choosing the Overall Irrigation Principle on page 31 Note that the Basic tab is identical for all three irrigation principles The illustration below depicts the STATIONS area in an ET adjusted site Available tabs depend Define and customize Set the efficiency of on irrigation principle your own sprinklers the sprinkler here Intro Basic A e DASHES Landscape Landscape Adv Name Description Precip rate inchh Efficiency u PROGRAMS Drip Micro Spray Y 1 54 ExceRent 80 y Drip Micro Spray YW 1 54 Good 65 Vv ST3 Custom Vv 1 28 Fair 55 Vv S S stations ST4 Rotor v 0 60 Fair 55 v bot oad STS Rotor y 0 60 Good 65 P ST6 Impact v 0 40 Good 65 F SENSORS ST7 None Vv 0 00 Good 65 y sT8 None Vv 0 00 Good 65 Vv sta y Good 65 P ST10 y Good 65 y u oe ST11 y Good 65 y ST12 y Good 65 y sen ST13 Vv Good 65 Vv os SEM al ST14 y Good 65 Vv S115 y Good 65 p ST16 y Good 65 y oO eee ST17 Vv Go
19. User Manual Introducing Cycle Manager Tucor s Total Cycle Management concept of irrigation scheduling has been developed for easy web based management of your irrigation system With Cycle Manager you can manage flow adjust programs track alarms review the entire network to spot leaks breaks or plugged nozzles from any web enabled PC or laptop Total Cycle Management integrates Tucor controllers with ET devices and soil moisture sensors ensuring timely access to accurate irrigation With Cycle Manager you ll have remote access to Programs 10 available Individual stations up to 100 Sensor setup Rain etc Flow rates and alarms when using a flow sensor ET data when using a suitable ET input Other key features Printouts of the system can provide you with hard copy data Extensive monitoring information confirms water savings and usage to the pertinent authorities Alarms can be sent by email notifying you of undesirable situations which can be verified on line and often resolved without anyone even having to visit the site 10 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual ED Yonsror ng I INFORMATION MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ED director Figure 1 Pgview STView EI Por2 Purs ACTIVEIPASSIVE Active Passive Irrigation control by We Water Odd Even 14 Days v Tuesday v Wednesday v Thursday v Friday v Saturday v Sund
20. action may be taken In case a rain alarm has been triggered the server will try to ensure that there is consistency between the alarm at the controller and at the weather station How to do this 1 To activate the transmission of rain alarms click in the Alarms field to leave a checkmark Adjust Advanced 2 To deactivate transmission click in the Alarms field to remove the checkmark 100 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 101 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 102 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 10 Data Monitoring In this chapter Monitoring Water Usage Monitoring ET and Rain Values Monitoring Moisture Values Monitoring Programs and Stations Monitoring Error and Status Events Monitoring All Data 103 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Lal MONITORING Click MONITORING on the toolbar to open a selection of tabs and subtabs with useful site information about e Water usage e ET rain and moisture values e Station and program behavior and status e Various error and status events Water IntelliSet Moisture Error and status event Program Raw infomation DASHBOARD CLI Day rouy Year Month Gallons Expected Unsched u PROGRAMS 2008 January 30006 2008 February 0 0 1777 2008 March 23239 17 160275 2008 April 70604 3400 1067820416 oe srAnons 2008 May 159449 19896 558528000 2008 Jun
21. in the adjusted budget 96 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Potential pitfallswhen adjusting the Base ET This section is particularly relevant in case your system is set up to irrigate only once a week Cycle Manager expects that the TWC is set up with start times and steps per solenoid so that 100 of the water indicated in ET Base will be delivered to the landscape By default ET Base holds 0 25 which indicates that the program will deliver 0 25 of water This ET value is quite typical for July and corresponds to a water budget of 100 If you only irrigate once a week you must set the ET Base equally higher so that the same amount of water is supplied In this case 7 days of 0 25 equals 1 75 water The 1 75 still corresponds to a water budget of 100 but seen over one week of irrigation In other words the program must supply one week s water in the irrigation period As described earlier the water budget is calculated from the ET Base and the ET Balance The ET Balance is generated from the ET and rains values collected by the weather station and transferred each day In case no irrigation takes place the ET balance is transferred to the next day This is a potential problem since only a maximum of 250 ET Balance is allowed Ifthe accumulated ET Balance exceeds the 250 limit the remaining balance is not used but will be transferred to the next period 7 days later For instance ifthe ET Balance is 40
22. no longer valid In Figure 17 next page the weather station collects ET and rain values at 7 15 PM The irrigation start time at the controller is set to 8 PM not 12 AM which means that the values used will be the ones collected at 7 PM one hour earlier 98 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Collection at weather Unexpected rain not station level communicated to controller Distribution at controller level Figure 30 Consequences of changing the irrigation period One consequence is seen the next evening From 7 PM to 8 PM 0 34 of rain falls but this is not communicated to the controller As a consequence irrigation will continue unnecessarily and there will be a variance in the water data logged For more information on monitoring data turn to Chapter 10 Data Monitoring The more time span you leave between the collection time in the weather station and the irrigation start time for the controller the more potential difference there will be in ET values and the actual water data logged within a 24 hour period Note that in the long run differences will of course be levelled out 99 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Activating the Transmission of Rains Alarms The Alarms field is relevant if the weather station is able to generate a rain alarm If this is the case the weather station will transmit the alarm to the server which will then communicate it to the controller so the appropriate
23. omectory Eg 11 29 45 Figure 33 The IntelliSet tab provides ET and rain values on a monthly daily an hourly basis ET Shows the actual ET value received from the weather station More precisely the ET value corresponds to the amount of water that have evaporated and transpired in the period ETc Shows the corrected ET value i e the value you get by subtracting the amount of usable rain from the ET value 107 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Actual Rain Usable Rain Rain Discard Shows the amount of rain in inches that has fallen in the period Usable rain is the amount of rain which is left over when you subtract the discarded rain value from the actual rain fallen within an hour The Usable Rain value relates to the Max Hourly Rain setting If for instance Max hourly rain has been set to 0 2 and an amount of 0 3 of actual rain falls within an hour then the rain discarded is 0 1 The figure for Usable Rain is then actual rain fallen minus the rain discarded in this case 0 2 Obviously the amount of usable rain within an hour can never be more than the setting for Maximum rain per hour Shows the amount of rain in inches that the soil has not been able to hold This is also referred to as runoff water 108 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Excessive Rain Excessive rain is the amount of rain that it has not been possible to use in the current period If any rain is left over
24. on the recommended run time for each program For more information on recommended run times For more information turn to Using Recommended Run Times on page 56 For more information on AWC ASA and MAD turn to Chapter 5 Defining Advanced Landscape Information 4 Inthe Slope column select the slope of the area that this station will irrigate The slope value has an impact on the Allowable Surface Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Accumulation ASA which again influences the recommended runtime for each program Pick from a list of 4 options Flat 0 3 Gentle 4 6 Medium 7 12 and Steep gt 13 For more information turn to Using Recommended Run Times on page 56 5 Inthe Root depth column the default depth for the chosen plant type appears If you need to adjust the root depth you can do this on the Landscape Advanced tab For more information turn to Using Recommended Run Times on page 56 6 Click Save 68 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Defining Advanced Landscape Information Defining advanced landscape information is only available for sites that use ET Adjusted irrigation principle and at the same time have advanced ET setup enabled See Chapter 2 Choosing the Overall Irrigation Principle on page 31 and also See Chapter 2 Enabling Disabling Advanced ET Setup on page 33 How to do this 1 On the ET Adjusted tab select the Landscape Advanced subtab Intro Basic Root Root M
25. right corner of the Cycle Manager opening window 26 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 3 Click the Sync icon to open the Synchronization screen 4 Verify that all relevant sections have checkmarks in the Controller column 13 Power 12 04 10 1206 10 w 12 03 19 11 32 38 12 04 10 12 06 10 2 ONAYIN 14 Sensors 12 04 19 10 49 30 12 03 19 12 00 51 12 04 10 13 08 12 15 ET 120419 083124 v 12 04 17 1021 20 12 04 17 1022 20 16 How 12 04 12 082602 W 12 04 10 140743 12 04 12 082602 17 System Parameters 12 04 19 10 30 56 w 12 04 19 08 19 56 12 04 19 08 20 56 end 101 Program 1 12 04 17 15 11 36 v 12 04 19 08 20 05 1204 19 082105 102 Program 2 12 04 10 120636 w 12 03 90 15239 12 04 10 1206 36 103 Program 3 12 04 10 1306 40 12 03 19 183318 12 04 10 1306 40 w mows 104 Program 4 12 04 10 139645 12 03 19 14 33 24 12 04 10 13 96 45 105 Program 5 12 04 10 120651 w 12 03 19 14 3245 12 04 10 1206 51 Nm 106 Program m6 12 04 10 139655 x 12 09 19 113351 12 04 10 139655 333 reuser 407 Programs7 12 04 10 130700 12 03 19 11 33 58 12 04 10 139700 100 Program 8 12 04 10 120705 Y 12 03 19 11 34 05 12 04 10 120705 109 Program na 12 04 10 1307 10 x 12 00 19 14 34 11 12 04 10 13 07 10 EI Honorna 110 Program 10 12 04 10 13 97 15 12 03 19 11 38 17 12 04 10 1397 15 Press SYNC to do Syachr onication other Topic on the heft to Ignore 2 LI inrormarion MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS FN omecrory 7 gt gt pr caa 1
26. that the server is connected and is communicating with the device In case the connection is lost the word Disconnected appears atthe top ofthe window Even ifthe connection to the controller is lost you can still continue to work with your programs in Cycle Manager Once you have finished editing save your work return to the Select Device window by clicking DIRECTORY and restore the connection by clicking Connect 15 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Navigating the Cycle Manager Interface Below is an overview of the basic navigation options in the Cycle Manager interface The screenshot is from the PROGRAMS area The toolbarenables youto Fields open for Each window is divided The controller go from one management editinghaveawhite into grids and panes for and the server area for the current background convenient management is currently controller to the next of a particular feature synchronized Revert or save DIRECTORY takes Shows how much our changes you back to the time is leftin the Click the Sync icon to go to FEE 8 opening window current session the Synchronization screen Print basic controller and weather station information here Figure 3 Basic navigation in the Cycle Manager Web interface 16 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Using the JControl Feature Controllers may be managed using the so called JControl feature which will display the controller interf
27. the selected period is reflected in the Water Days field in the Water Budget grid In the grid at the bottom of this dialog you see the 10 available irrigation programs defined in the TWC controller Use the ET field to activate deactivate water budget adjustment for a particular program A checkmark indicates that the current program will be subject to water budget adjustment based on the ET values received The Water Days column displays the water days period Each day of the week is represented by its initial letter To exclude and include 94 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual water days click the mouse somewhere in the Water Days field and select deselect the desired days in the dialog box Week Days for Schedule 1 C Sunday Z Monday v Tuesday v Wednesday K Today Friday K Saturday K Saturday Sunday Z Monday C Tuesday X Wednesday K Thursday O Friday Cancel OK The Base ET field displays the ET base setting which is by default 0 25 for TWC controllers The ET Base corresponds to a water budget of 100 Depending on weather conditions in your area you may want to change this value For more information turn to Consequences of Changing the Irrigation Period on page 98 In the Min ET field set a minimum value to ensure your irrigation system does not irrigate too little water If the calculated ET Balance turns out to be below the Min E
28. 0 the 150 will be saved for the next round but chances are that the next time ET Balance will be even higher The result is that you may never use up the ET Balance To deal with this make sure the ET Base is not set too low As a rule of thumb set the ET Base so it corresponds as much to what you expect to use this will make the balance sway around 100 97 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Consequences of Changing the Irrigation Period In case your site includes a weather station that feeds one or more controllers with ET and rain values it s important to be aware of the consequences of implementing non standard irrigation periods for your controllers In particular when you move the irrigation starting point back in time The irrigation period normally starts at midnight 12 AM and runs for 24 hours However under certain weather conditions you may want irrigation to start earlier than this for instance already at 8 PM when the sun has set You do this by moving the start time on the controller into the PM window with the desired amount of hours in this case 4 hours However in case there is a time span between your weather station s collection time and the irrigation period start time which is most likely to create a difference between the actual ET and rain values and the values transmitted to the controller So as a consequence the weather station will feed the controller with ET and rain data which are
29. 0 12 02 25 01 00 12 02 25 02 00 MONITORING 12 02 25 03 00 12 02 25 04 00 12 02 25 05 00 I UM ESEL AU KERN 12 02 25 06 00 12 02 25 07 00 IBCHELANEODS 12 02 25 08 00 SETTINGS 12 02 25 09 00 EI orrecrory 12 02 25 10 00 Figure 34 The Overview subtab provides basic information about sensors and probes 110 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Details subtab The Details subtab provides further information about moisture sensors Water inteniset TISCHE Error and status event Program Raw infomation Overview DEZE Probes Day Time Sensor Status Moisture Temp Soil Type F 12 02 24 11 00 E z 5 SE 12 02 24 12 00 B E B el 12 02 24 13 00 p z oe 12 02 24 14 00 12 02 24 15 00 12 02 24 16 00 12 02 24 17 00 12 02 24 18 00 12 02 24 19 00 12 02 24 20 00 12 02 24 21 00 12 02 24 22 00 12 02 24 23 00 12 02 25 00 00 12 02 25 01 00 12 02 25 02 00 12 02 25 03 00 12 02 25 04 00 12 02 25 05 00 12 02 25 06 00 12 02 25 07 00 12 02 25 08 00 B E E T E 12 02 25 09 00 E i B Ali a Time left 10 40 Figure 35 The Details subtab provides further information about moisture sensors Sensor Shows the number of the sensor Both normal sensors and probes will appear Status Indicates the status of the sensor or probe Options are OK Fail Al
30. 0 04 26 04 01 04 Buffer overrun 70 04 26 04 01 04 Buffer overrun 08 01 24 12 47 18 Manual Setup test Manual 08 01 24 12 47 20 Manual Advanced Setupitest 08 01 24 12 47 41 Manual Setupitest Advanced 08 01 24 12 47 44 Manual Manual Setupitest 70 04 26 04 01 04 Buffer overrun 08 01 25 07 43 30 Buffer overrun 08 01 25 07 38 46 Prog status Remote 08 01 25 07 40 53 Prog status Remote 08 01 25 13 26 40 Buffer overrun 08 01 25 13 12 31 Alarm Rain On 08 01 25 13 12 54 Alarm Rain off 08 01 25 13 19 33 Prog status Remote 08 01 25 17 54 00 Manual Auto Manual 70 04 27 17 27 44 Buffer overrun El 08 01 25 18 16 28 Manual Program Auto _ 0 Eg 12 06 20 a 1 MBE ne tert 03 35 5 X Figure 39 The Error and status event tab 116 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring All Data The Raw information tab provides access to a series of subtabs with unfiltered controller and weather data The following subtabs are available Operation presents relevant information about system performance e Misting presents all available information related to misting e Water Usage presents all available information related to water usage e Alarms presents all available information related to rain alarms e IntelliSet presents all available weather station information related to ET and rain e Miscellaneous present various information such as The Raw informa
31. 009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 Moisture I Error and status event Program Raw infomation Hourly Month Gallons Expected Unsched January 3287 0 30006 February 0 0 1777 1 March 23239 17 160275 April 70604 3400 1067820416 May 159449 19896 558528000 June 50316368 12645 784655040 July 272709216 20119 1693218944 November 0 11388 0 December 0 4038 0 Year total 323282176 71503 2147483648 January 0 198106 0 February 0 89140 0 March 0 140487 0 April 16286 146988 795640 May 270 2708 263250 June 1578 18116 257622 July 981 10757 264339 August 823 17867 265937 September 917 10417 258283 October 2605 29644 264155 November 304 52718 47936 December 0 145091 0 Year total 23764 862039 2417162 January 0 143378 0 E SHE ja u B Figure 32 The opening tab of the Monitoring tool shows the water usage Gallons Expected Shows the actual water usage as registered by the flow sensor attached to your controller Shows the accumulated expected water usage This value is derived from the settings you have entered for your stations 105 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Unsched shows the water usage registered when no programs are running Mostly unscheduled irrigation is caused by unexpected needs to irrigate for instance due to extreme drought defective valves programs not running etc Always examine your system if these values seem high
32. 14 days Odd days are true Odd days watering i e there will be no watering on the 31st or on February 29th in leap years For the 14 days calendar the check boxes are used to select specific patterns The day on the far left in the first line is always the current day DH Friday v Saturday y Sunday v Monday v Tuesday v Wednesday Thursday v Friday v Saturday v Sunday v Monday V Tuesday r Wednesday v Thursday Click Save 51 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Entering Start Times When defining start times Cycle Manager enables you to run your programs e with cycle amp soak e without cycle amp soak Cycle amp soak is enabled for your programs with the Program Cycle amp Soak option in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area See Chapter 2 Enabling Disabling Cycle and Soak on page 32 Entering Start Times without Cycle amp Soak How to do this 1 Inthe PROGRAMS area select the tab of the program you wish to work with 2 The Start Times column shows the up to 12 start times that may be defined for a program Start Times Start 1 Start 2 Start 3 Start 4 Start 5 Start 6 Start 7 Start 8 Start 9 Start 10 Start 11 Start 12 Total 1 52 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 3 To enter a start time place the cursor in the Start column ty
33. 2 06 37 00 Normal 28 marts 2008 1 20 09 10 13 40 25 Normal 30 marts 2008 2 00 00 00 00 07 00 Normal a MONITORING 31 marts 2008 1 00 00 00 22 25 38 Normal 31 marts 2008 1 10 00 00 16 39 00 Normal 31 marts 2008 1 14 00 00 14 37 00 3304 Normal I INFOR RATION 1 april 2008 3 02 00 00 02 11 50 1049 Normal 1 april 2008 1 21 28 53 22 05 50 3293 Normal MISCELLANEOUS 2 april 2008 1 00 00 00 00 01 10 Normal SETTINGS 2 april 2008 2 00 00 00 00 07 00 Normal 2 april 2008 3 02 00 00 02 11 50 1045 Normal E I DIRECTORY Eg 12 01 22 a i Sl tha Figure 37 The Overview subtab of the Programs tab lists basic information about station and program performance Date Shows the date the program was running Prog Shows the number of the program Start Shows the starting time of the program Stop Shows the stopping time of the program 113 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Gallons shows the number of gallons of water irrigated by the program in the running period Stop reason The Stop reason column shows information about how and sometimes why a program was stopped Use this information for trouble shooting Options are OK Fail Cycles not ended Non water window Stopped by operator Alarm Max Programs Max Stations and Mode change 114 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual The small arrow at the Run Columns such as Date Prog Station and column indicates that at this point Status provide b
34. 30 11 20 49 12 04 10 13 06 36 12 04 30 11 19 56 12 04 10 13 06 45 12 04 10 13 06 51 12 04 10 13 06 55 12 04 10 13 07 00 12 04 10 13 07 05 12 04 10 13 07 10 12 04 10 13 07 15 Press SYNC to do Synchronization other Topic on the Jeft to Ignore A warning signin the W column indicates that a timestamp Press SYNC to synchronize conflict exists between the server and the controller to synchronize In the Synchronization window verify the changes and press SYNC 21 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual In the Synchronization window checkboxes are checked for those categories of data that have been subject to change since the last synchronization In case you want to discard a change remove the associated checkmark by clicking it with the mouse Once you have verified that checkmarks reflect the changes you want to implement click the SYNC button to start the synchronization This will transfer the data to the selected side the Cycle Manager server or the controller The process takes anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of minutes depending on the speed of your Internet connection What Type of Data Will Be Synchronized In the Synchronization window the following categories of data are available from the Section column Stations Station Sequence Power A checkmark in this row reflects one or more changes made to any of the up to 100 stations in the irrigation system In mo
35. AD Landsc Crop RZWWS Soil Intake depth Depth Coeff Coeff inch inchh Fescue 75 Shade Cool Season Turf Grass Custom y Bermuda Full Warm Season Turf Grass Custom v 6 90 50 0 71 o 0 85 0 55 0 15 0 16 Ground Cover full Ground Cover Custom Vv 25 75 50 0 55 P 1 00 0 90 0 50 0 26 Woody Shrubs 50 Shrubs Custom y 33 35 50 0o40 1 00 2 00 0 40 0 24 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Trees Custom y 22 50 50 061 G 1 00 2 25 0 20 0 26 Bermuda Full Ground Cover Custom y 50 oso O 1 00 0 55 0 10 0 10 Fescue 75 Shade Cool Season Turf Grass Normal y 50 054 amp 0 95 0 51 0 35 0 25 Bermuda Full Warm Season Turf Grass Normal p 40 071 B 0 85 0 51 0 15 0 16 Ground Cover full Ground Cover Normal p 60 0 55 ir 1 00 0 50 0 50 0 26 Woody Shrubs 50 Shrubs Normal Vv 50 0 40 ir 1 00 0 48 0 40 0 24 Trees amp Grnd Cur Trees Normal Vv 50 0 61 ir 1 00 1 10 0 20 0 26 Bermuda Full Ground Cover Normal v 30 0 0 O 1 00 0 49 0 10 0 10 2 In the Root Depth Type column select Normal Shallow Deep or Custom Picking Custom allows you to enter a root depth in inches in the Root Depth column 3 Inthe MAD column you may set a percentage figure for Management Allowable Depletion Each soil type has its own default MAD The MAD value has an impact on the RZWWS value and thus influences how frequent the station needs to irrigate 4 Set the landscape coefficient in the Landscape Coeff column The default landscape coefficient is set to 0 5 The value can be cha
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37. T value the water budget will be set to 0 thus preventing inefficient irrigation The server will save the figure so that non irrigated water will be used when calculations result in a value exceeding the Min ET value Use the Max ET to prevent your system from providing too much irrigation If the ET Balance turns out to be above the Max ET value the Max ET will be used to calculate the water budget and the excessive ET will remain in the balance for the next irrigation period The Balance field holds the adjusted ET data i e the adjusted water budget If you have set the Rain Correction option to Yes the calculation will also include the rain value which will then be subtracted or added 95 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 10 If your system is set up to irrigate each day you will most likely not see the content of the Balance field as the field will be reset just after distribution has happened If on the other hand you leave many days between each irrigation the Balance figure will accumulate and you will be able to see the content the field Example Balance 0 40 ET Base 0 25 Water budget 0 4 0 25 100 160 In this case the irrigation period will be prolonged by a total of 160 Thus if the controller has a normal budget the ET Base of 0 25 over a 30 minute period then irrigation will run for 48 minutes to correct for the increased ET The additional 18 minute of irrigation make up for additional 60
38. Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual SS Je Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Copyright May 2012 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Tucor Inc 518 Wallace Rd Wexford PA 15090 8642 Phone 800 272 7472 724 935 6850 Fax 724 935 8233 E mail tucormail tucor com Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Table of Contents ABOUT EMIS Mantal sa nn sreca airada AES Ea EARR A OERE kaS 7 Structure of the Manual W u u ssesesesese ses essensen enes serene enes ennen essens nens 7 Chapter 1 Introducing Cycle Manager cccsscecccccessseeecceeeeeeeecsseeeesceeseeeeesseesseeeeeeeeeeea 9 Introducing Cycle Manager ccccccccssseccccecceaeeceeeeeseseceeeeseeseceeeeesseeeeeeeeeees 10 The Cycle Manager Opening Window uanseeeeesssnssneeeennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 12 Navigating the Cycle Manager Interface cccccccecccccccesseeeceeeseeeeeeeeesenees 16 Using the JControl Feature uueessseenneeeesnennnnneeenennnnnnennnnnnnneenennnnnnnen een 17 Cycle Manager How It Works ceeeeeensnsnnseeennnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnennennnnnennenennnnnen en 18 Principles of Synchronization uuusesssessneneeenennnnnnonnnnnnnnnennennnnnnen een 19 How to
39. User Manual Type cont e GTC S a GreenTech stand alone conventional Number Address Port Busy controller designed for converting conventional systems to GreenTechs s remote management system e GTC D a GreenTech stand alone decoder based 2 wire controller e GTC SWS aGTC S controller used in combination with a standard weather station e GTC DWS aGTC D controller used in combination with a standard weather station e Davis WS a Davis weather station connected directly to the server enabling serial communication Both GPRS and LAN are supported e Irrisoft a centralized Irrisoft weather station which enables transfer and distribution of advanced weather data e TWC Tucor description outstanding e TWCWeb Tucor description outstanding e TWCAG Tucor description outstanding e AIC Greentech description outstanding A unique non editable site number If the current device is a GPRS device the field holds the phone number of the device In case the device is a LAN device the field holds a unique number The IP address of the current device The port number of the current device Indicates whether the device is busy or not A checkmark indicates that another user is currently working with the device You are not able to connect to a device if it is busy i e only one user is allowed to work with a device at a time 14 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Connected Indicates
40. a Controller for the First Time e Defining the Basic Settings 25 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Setting Up a Controller for the First Time When set up a controller for the first time three alternative approaches are possible Importing existing data from the controller to Cycle Manager Entering new program information in Cycle Manager and then synchronize it with the empty controller A combination of the two Your choise of method depends on several factors not neccesarily excluded to the following If you are retrofitting an old system you may want to start out by importing data form the controller and then adjust it in Cycle Manager If you are setting up a new irrigation system and the controllers are not yet ready for physical installation you can save time by entering irrigation information in Cycle Manager and then transfer the data to the controller once it has been installed If you are upgrading or expanding an existing site with new controllers you may want to combine the to approaches Re using Controller Information In case the controller has already been physically installed and set up with program and station information you have to perform a synchronization of data going from the controller to Cycle Manager How to do this 1 Log onto Cycle Manager 2 Select the controller in the opening window and click Connect Cycle Manager opens Notice the phrase NOT Synchronized appears at the top
41. ace graphically as is enabling real life navigation using the mouse To access a controller click JControl in the Cycle Manager opening window http cims crysberg com JControl html ID e01 2c6abae208bcBd3caB6dfaedeB233 Windows Internet Explorer G le erysberg com ar Favoritter http jlcims crysberg com JControl html ID eO12c6a Irrigation is OFF 06 19 AM Power to line has been shut off RUN WATER START WATER ACTIVE TIME DAYS TIMES BUDGET PASSIVE AUTO e e e o e MANUAL PROGRAM Alarm IRR OFF SETUP DATE SENSORS DECODER STATION SHORT TEST TIME PROG TEST TEST ADVANCED PAUSE CANCEL Tun wm LINE PROGRAM STATION RESUME STOP e e e ENTER Gateway connected Tucor Demo Office RKD RKD FW Version 2 9 Internet Figure 4 Controllers may be managed real life using the JControl feature 17 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Cycle Manager How It Works The figure below depicts how a laptop logged on to the Cycle Manager server interacts via the web with controllers and ET devices in an irrigation system As seen the web connection may be either wireless or by cable Setting up programs and making adjustments can be done either from Cycle Manager on the server side or in the field at the controller Thus if you or your service personnel find it more convenient to perform changes directly at the controller you can to do so and subsequently update the server via Cycle Manager to
42. after the ET value has been subtracted from the Usable Rain value it is referred to as Excessive rain The value in Excessive rain will be used to adjust the water budget for the next day If it does not rain the following day we can use the Excessive rain for irrigation If for instance the amount of usable rain within 24 hours is 0 55 and the ET is 0 25 then the Excessive rain is 0 30 The 0 3 is then transferred to the next 24 hour period 109 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring Moisture Values The Moisture tab shows key information about up to 10 moisture sensors that can monitor soil moist and adjust irrigation accordingly Both conventional sensors and probes will be monitored Monitor information is split over three tabs Overview Details and Probes The Overview Tab The Overview subtab shows the hourly percentage humidity figure for each sensor S1 S10 Use this tab to get a quick overview of Moisture sensors also about probes in the system Water IntelliSet Error and status event Program i Raw infomation WB orsnono Ge Dorais Proves Day Time SEES SASS SO S ESC SSO a PROGRAMS 12 02 24 11 00 B z 2 z 2 12 02 24 12 00 12 02 24 13 00 12 02 24 14 00 is ano 12 02 24 15 00 12 02 24 16 00 12 02 24 17 00 a 12 02 24 18 00 12 02 24 19 00 12 02 24 20 00 wy FLOWS 12 02 24 21 00 12 02 24 22 00 amp 12 02 24 23 00 gg INTeLLIser 12 02 25 00 0
43. ally here Er oe Manual Starts Duration Action Daily ET Daily Rain Hourly Rain P e rfo rm ra in an 3 00 20 00 L l 0 00 0 00 shutdown 33 INTELLISET Fn Shutdown a u h FLOW Sys Cap Expected Actual Rain sk fe m MONITORI Voltage Cuggent id Alarms Start Time End Time Flow stat S I INFORMATION 0 Rain 2012 02 29 06 17 00 for runni ng Missing ET 2012 02 13 00 00 00 F MISCELLANEOUS 6 Unscheduled Flow 2012 01 26 6 48 00 2012 01 26 23 27 00 stations and SETTINGS 2 ET sensor R 2012 01 24 12 06 2012 04 24 12 06 00 1 Alarm sensor programs 3 Short circuit GET ET Details w DASHBOARD Ea PROGRAMS CR STATIONS Running Stations 93 Program 1 94 Station 1 95 Program 2 96 Station 6 08 16 00 44 46 m 00 09 46 00 45 00 A nrecror 2 09 11 06 5S Overview of alarms wire status Overview of ET and Overview of rain values moisture values Only if weather station is attached Figure 19 The Main tab of the Cycle Manager dashboard 38 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual The two tabs Main and ET Details gives users a quick and current overview of the current status for a range of relevant information e Station and program status e Flow levels and alarms e Basic 2 wire status e Basic ET rain and moisture sensor values From the Ma
44. ant to make a program passive How to do this 1 Inthe PROGRAMS area select the subtab of the program you wish to work with 2 Selectthe Active radio button to have Cycle Manager run the program by its defined run times 3 Select the Passive radio button if you want the program to be excluded from irrigation You may have reasons to temporarily exclude a specific program or launch it from the dashboard See Chapter 3 Launching Programs Manually on page 40 4 Click Save and make sure to synchronize the Cycle Manager with the controller For more information turn to How to Synchronize on page 21 47 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Adding a Booster Pump Cycle Manager enables you to to add a booster pump to each program How to do this 1 Select Booster 1 or Booster 2 to assign a booster to the program The booster will be activated each time the program is run 2 Incase a booster is already assigned and you want to deactivate it click None 3 Click Save 48 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Choosing Irrigation Control Cycle Manager allows you to select between three methods of irrigation control ET Auto ET Manual and WB WB stands for Water Budget How to do this 1 Select ET Auto if you want the program to be controlled by ET using an automatically calculated ET base This is the recommended setting Thomas With this option the ET base is calculated automatically so that i
45. arm Fail indicates a lack of communication with the sensor Alarm indicates that a threshold has been violated 111 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Moisture Temp Soil Type Shows the percentage humidity figure for the current sensor If you indicate a root zone for the sensor using the IntelliSet tool you will also see the corresponding water amount in inches For more information turn to Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture Shows the temperature in Fahrenheit of the current sensor Shows the type of soil in which the sensor is operating Options are Sand Clay Loam and Standard Probes subtab The Probes subtab exclusively provides additional information about probes in the system The hourly humidity value in percentage will appear for each measuring point in a probe Water Intelliset Error and status event Program Raw infomation Overview Details ODJ Day Time 12 02 24 11 00 12 02 24 12 00 A 12 02 24 13 00 H 12 02 24 14 00 z 3 12 02 24 15 00 12 02 24 16 00 12 02 24 17 00 12 02 24 18 00 12 02 24 19 00 12 02 24 20 00 12 02 24 21 00 12 02 24 22 00 12 02 24 23 00 12 02 25 00 00 12 02 25 01 00 12 02 25 02 00 12 02 25 03 00 12 02 25 04 00 12 02 25 05 00 12 02 25 06 00 12 02 25 07 00 12 02 25 08 00 3 12 02 25 09 00 E 4 Hil gt 11 43 31 S Bin
46. as irrigation principle Use cycle and soak No Disable program cycle and soak Use recommended by Yes Enable recommended run time Use advanced landscape No Disable advanced ET setup Begin basic settings Weather or ET adjusted Weather Use Weather as irrigation principle Use cycle andsoak No Disable program cycle andsoak Use recommended by Yes Yes Ensable program cycle andsoak Ye S Enable program cycle and soak No Disable recommended run time No Disable recommended run time Enable recommended run time Ye sS Enable advanced ET setup No Disable moisture sensor Basic settings completed Enable moisture sensor Figure 12 Basic settings flowchart Thomas 30 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Choosing the Overall Irrigation Principle Two basic irrigation principles are available Weather adjusted and ET adjusted Weather adjusted is recommmended for sites with less complex irrigation needs For instance when retrofitting older systems where the client is quite happy with the current irrigation Weather adjusted may be regarded as the quick and easy way to get a system up an running in Cycle Manager without too many selections to be made The system continues to use historic ET or a weather station to regulate irrigation for instance based on a water budget If the requirements for the site should change you can always move from Weath
47. asic information on the program was started stations and programs Water Intelliset Moisture Error and status event Overview Details Date Prog Station Status Start Stop Runtime Gallons Stop reason gt 4 2 11 11 00 00 PM 1 10 20 AM Runtime 641 OK 42 11 Boo1 Running 11 00 00 PM 11 06 20 PM 4353 OK s 4 2 11 2 Running 11 01 10PM 11 01 40PM 00 00 24 345 OK a 4 2 11 3 Running 11 01 40PM 11 02 10PM 00 00 30 342 OK R 4 2 11 4 Running 11 02 10PM 11 02 40PM 00 00 30 345 OK er 4 2 11 6 Running 11 02 40PM 11 03 10PM 00 00 30 342 OK a 4 2 11 7 Running 11 03 10 PM 11 03 40PM 00 00 30 343 OK a 4 2 11 8 Running 11 03 40PM 11 04 10PM 00 00 30 343 OK s 4 2 11 9 Running 11 04 10PM 11 04 40PM 00 00 30 343 OK A 4 2 11 10 Running 11 04 40 PM 11 05 10PM 00 00 30 345 OK a 4 2 11 11 Running 11 05 10 PM 11 05 40PM 00 00 30 344 OK 4 2 11 12 Running 11 05 40 PM 11 06 20PM 00 00 36 460 OK 2 4 2 11 1 Soaking 11 06 20 PM 11 06 30PM 00 00 10 0 OK e 42 11 Boo1 Running 11 06 30 PM 11 12 50 PM 4345 OK G 4 2 11 2 Running 11 07 40 PM 11 08 10 PM 0024 344 OK s 4 2 11 3 Running 11 08 10 PM 11 08 40 PM 00 30 345 OK 2 4 2 11 4 Running 11 08 40PM 11 09 10PM 20 00 30 345 OK s 4 2 11 6 Running 11 09 10PM 11 09 40 PM 00 00 30 346 OK a 4 2 11 7 Running 11 09 40 PM 11 10 10 P 00 00 30 343 OK a 4 2 11 8 Running 11 10 10 PM 00 00 30 344 OK fa 4 2 11 9 Running 11 10 40 PM 00 00 30 324 OK a 4 2 11 10 Running 11 11 10PM 1141
48. ay v Monday v Tuesday v Wednesday v Thursday Y Friday y Saturday v Sunday v Monday a v Start 1 Start 2 Start 3 Start 4 Start 5 Start 6 Start 7 Start 8 Start 9 Start 10 Start 11 Start 12 Fat A tad Min Soak 23 19 Water freq 1 00 Days avy Max TDs 0 gt oy 08 34 00 a 1 2 z Station Runtime station data Remarks Description SESSSSESSE A typical Cycle Manager work space Recommended by 11 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual The Cycle Manager Opening Window Once you log on to Cycle Manager using a web browser the opening window appears displaying the available devices for your site Devices in this connection are either controllers controllers with weather stations or stand alone weather stations From this window you connect to the device you wish to monitor and manage List of available controllers and Name of user Device status weather logged on information 1 Select device 31 Tucor test TWC TWC 0031 24 154 119 120 14082 66 Tucor WS redirect RKD O LAN 66 tucor 24 154 119 120 14042 66 Tucor WS redirect RKD OWS LAN 66 tucor 24 154 119 120 1 m m 67 Tucor Demo Office RKD
49. ay irrigation begins Figure 29 The Controller pane Controller Device Type Distribute Period Aqjust Advanced Alr Use the Advanced field to adjust the water budget for controllers such as TWC 91 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Adjusting the Distribution Time How to do this Place the curser in the Distribute field Use the Up and Down arrow keys to adjust the time or assign the number by placing the cursor directly in the field and typing the number 3 Press Enter to save your changes This field relates to the time set in the Call time field for the weather station When entering distribution times it is highly recommended that you enter a minimum of 15 minutes between the call time and the distribution time The distribution time should always be after the call time Adjusting the ET Values Use the Adjust field to manipulate ET values percentage wise up or down This may be relevant if your system spans a large area and varying conditions are likely to influence ET values If for instance a controller maintains a sunny area you can choose to add 20 to the ET values received to compensate for faster evaporation in that area thus making sure that irrigation is adjusted accordingly How to do this 1 Place the curser in the Adjust field Type in the new percentage figure Use a minus percentage e g 10 to adjust ET values down 3 Press Enter to save your changes
50. e 50316368 12645 784655040 2008 July 272709216 20119 1693218944 SENSORS 2008 November o 11388 o 2008 December 0 4038 0 2008 Year total 323282176 71503 2147483648 yw FLOWS 2009 January 0 198106 0 2009 February 0 89140 0 one 2009 March 0 140487 0 383 INTELLISET 2009 April 16286 146988 795640 2009 May 270 2708 263250 2009 June 1578 18116 257622 I MONITORING 2009 July 981 10757 264339 2009 August 823 17867 265937 2009 September 917 10417 258283 I INEDERZTION 2009 October 2605 29644 264155 2009 November 304 52718 47936 MISCELLANEOUS 2009 December 0 145091 0 amp SETTINGS 2009 Year total 23764 862039 2417162 2010 January 0 143378 0 EI orectory IE 11 06 05 1 Figure 31 The opening tab of the MONITORING area shows the water usage 104 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Monitoring Water Usage The Water Usage tab shows water usage information for your site in gallons on a monthly daily and hourly basis Click the relevant subtab Monthly Daily Hourly to get the information you want For each period the actual the expected and the unscheduled amount of water used will be listed Also shown are the accumulated values per year month and day 333 INTELLISET E vonsrorins I INFORMATION MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS EI orectory KOGE Intelliset Dat Year 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2
51. ea 77 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 78 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 7 Managing Flow Settings In this chapter e Setting threshold values for alarms e Setting the alarm action for master pump failures 79 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Br FLOWS Click FLOWS on the toolbar to get to the area in Cycle Manager where you can set up thresholds for flows in the system DASHBOARD Define thresholds u FLOWS for your alarm types 333 INTELLISET EH wonrrorine I INFORMATION MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS EI omectory 1 High Flow 0 GPM aj 2 Flow Deviation 0 3 Unscheduled Flow 5 GPM 4 Master Pump Failure 0 GPM Programs x Reaction Delay in Minutes for 1 3 above 1 5 Eg 08 33 24 li Time left 10 28 pa Set the alarm action here Figure 24 The Cycle Manager FLOWS area 80 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture In this chapter e Entering historical ET data e Entering the basic ET parameters Under construction 81 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual eee INTELLISET u Click INTELLISET on the toolbar to get to the area in Cycle Manager where you can enter historical ET data and set various moisture parameters 82 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Enter the historical Set your ET data here ET Parameters
52. ed into the Weather Station pane and the Controller pane The Weather Station pane Set the call time of the shows basic information about weather station here the current weather station eee INTELLISET eoo x Weather Station H Action Call Time ZIP Stat LL orrecrorv Tucor Demo Office RKD Data Collection 15090 Fail Tucor test TWC TWC 23 00 Fail Tucor WS redirect PP Time left 11 50 Print The Controller pane displays the Add new controllers to the Various functions for controllers that the current weather station here using weather station weather station is set up to feed data to control with weather data irrigation Figure 27 The weather station INTELLISET window 87 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Adding New Controllers to the Weather Station The weather station INTELLISET window allows you to add new controllers How to do this 1 Click the New button to open the Define New Task window wee INTELLISET ooo Define New Task Select device 364 GTC 100D CEAM 105 00 04 F3 01 FF 4Fx Dev 364 194 239 152 371 RKS CRAMXTend 15001 00 13 A2 00 40 4E 5E D6 Dev 371 1 374 TWC CEAM 105 NA00204 F 3 0 1FF 4F Dev 374 94 239 152 105 GTC 1000 2 Select the controller and click OK The controller is added to the Controller pane You can only add one controller at a time 88 Tucor Cycle Manag
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54. er User Manual The Weather Station Pane at a glance The Weather Station pane shows basic information about the current weather station and allows you to e set the call time for the weather data i e the time of day the server should retrieve data from the weather station e verify that the weather station is in the correct time zone e monitor the connection status Displays the main action i e purpose of the current device Indicates in which time The action for weather stations zone the weather station will always be Data Collection and controller are located ER Weather Station Action Call Time z p Stat Tucor WS redirect Data Collection 19 00 15090 Fail The name of the Displays the time of day the Shows the current current weather current weather station is status of the station set up to send weather communication data to the controller Figure 28 Contents of the Weather Station pane Setting the Call Time This Call Time relates to the time set in the Distribute field for the controller When entering distribution times it is highly recommended that you enter a minimum of 15 minutes between the call time and the distribution time The distribution time should always be after the call time See also For more information turn to Adjusting the Distribution Time on page 92 89 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual How to do this Place the Mouse cursor in the Call Time field
55. er adjusted to ET adjusted irrigation ET adjusted is typically the choice for new installations and or for clients who wish to deploy an irrigation system that intelligently saves water by using the many opportunities in ET regulated irrigation Rather than just using historic ET or a weather station you may use Cycle Manager to finetune irrigation to adjust for different plant types and soil types as well as varying geographical and weather conditions Also enabling ET adjusted irrigation on this level makes it possible to enable advanced ET setup for each of stations individually For more information turn to Enabling Disabling Advanced ET Setup on page 33 For more information on how to work with ET settings in Cycle Manager turn to Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture Choose between Weather adjusted and ET Adjusted irrigation Irrigation Principle Intelliset setup O Weather fe ET Use moisture setup Disable gt Enable Figure 13 Setting the overall irrigation principle 31 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Enabling Disabling Moisture Setup To enable moisture setup select the Enable radio button next to Use moisture setup in the Irrigation Principle grid When moisture setup is enabled the Moisture Setup tab becomes available in the INTELLISET area For more information on moisture setup turn to Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture Irrigation Principle O Weather ET Use moisture
56. es subtab 2 22 23 aea a A AA Ea ae EOR at 112 Monitoring Programs and Stations e sssesessssseessssssessssrrrrsrerrrreeeserreessseene 113 Monitoring Error and Status Events cccccccccceessseccceeeeeeececeeeeeeeeeeeaeenes 116 Monitoring All Data nase ee ere gere nes aE EaR TERE EERE 117 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual About this Manual This manual describes the basic use of Tucor Cycle Manager and its tools for scheduling maintaining and monitoring your irrigation systems via the web Target groups are both end users and service personnel Certain functions are exclusively to be carried out by service personnel These functions will be highlighted in the text Structure of the Manual The manual is structured as follows e Chapter 1 Introducing Cycle Manager e Chapter 2 Getting Started with Cycle Manager e Chapter 3 The Cycle Manager Dashboard e Chapter 4 Managing Programs e Chapter 5 Managing Stations e Chapter 6 Managing Sensors e Chapter 7 Managing Flow Settings e Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture e Chapter 9 Managing Weather Stations e Chapter 10 Data Monitoring Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing Cycle Manager In this chapter e Introducing Cycle Manager e The Cycle Manager Opening Window e Navigating the Cycle Manager Interface e Cycle Manager How It Works Tucor Cycle Manager
57. he controller will automatically insert a soak delay between each cycle and also after the last cycle The start at 8 00 PM with 4 cycles is illustrated below It is assumed the run time per cycle is 10 minutes Run cycles soaks 8 00 8 02 8 04 8 06 8 08 8 10 8 12 8 14 8 16 8 18 8 20 8 22 8 24 8 26 8 28 8 30 8 32 8 34 8 36 8 38 8 40 8 42 8 44 8 46 8 48 8 50 8 52 PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM Click Save 54 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Entering run times Cycle Manager allows you to choose between two methods for managing run times You may e Enter the run times manually e Have Cycle Manager calculate and recommend run times for you The Recommend run time feature is enabled for your programs with the Recommend run times option in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area See Chapter 2 Enable Disable Recommended Run Times on page 33 Entering Run Times Manually How to do this 1 Inthe PROGRAMS area select the tab of the program you wish to work with Station Run time Description Description Station 3j Actual 00 08 44 Check nozzle ASAP Fescue 75 Shade 2 00 08 42 Bermuda Full 3 00 08 25 Increased by 2 minutes Ground Cover full 4 00 06 07 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade 5 00 57 11 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full 6 00 38 27 Bermuda Full 7 Fescue 75 Shade 8 Bermuda Full 9 Ground Cover full L 10 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade E
58. in tab users may launch pause resume and stop irrigation for individual stations as well as for programs Also a rain shutdown may be performed for programs which have been launched automatically From the ET Details tab users can get an overview of ET rain and moisture values If required weather data may be requested fromthe weather station and the moisture sensors and subsequently transmitted to the controllers Shows the current ET Click Transmit to send ET and rain values rain and moisture sensor values to the controller Main SEES Pgm ET Ba nag Ein AE STO Allow vent Optimum Next Water ETbal WB ETm Moisture Inch Inch Inch Inch Inch Inch Click Refresh to retrieve the most L recent data from FF Refresh Transmit the weather station and the moisture sensors Sensor Temp Depth Type Status F 2 4 20 82 405122710627 ET ERE me TR A M T S 56 Gt 0 eS 05 10 51 a Time left 10 38 Print Ir a Shows the current moisture sensor value Figure 20 The ET Details tab of the Cycle Manager dashboard 39 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Launching Programs Manually How to do this 1 Click the green button in the Programs field under the Manual Starts column and scroll down to the program you wish to launch Release the mouse button The program name is inserted in the Programs field 2 Since the duration of the progra
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60. ion Flow e Checking Flow Deviation e Adding a Station Description Setting the Expected Station Flow How to do this 1 The Exp Flow column shows the expected flow for the stations This can be used for monitor of the actual flow compared to the expected flow for generation of alarms on a percentage deviation 63 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual To enable flow deviation please See Chapter 7 Managing Flow Settings on page 79 Checking Flow Deviation How to do this 1 Ifthethere is a checkmark in the OK column it indicates that the station works fine from a flow perspective In case the checkmark is missing always make sure that the station has been synchronized See Chapter 1 How to Synchronize on page 21 2 The Failed column indicates that the station has a flow failure It could either be too much or too little flow compared to the expected flow Stations marked Failed will be skipped when the controller runs the programs Adding a Station Description How to do this 1 Inthe Description provide a fitting description of the station The description is also shown in the PROGRAM area so that you may easily identify the stations used in each program 64 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Defining Sprinkler Information Defining sprinkler information is only available for sites that use ET Adjusted irrigation principle See Chapter 2 Choosing the Overall Irrigation Principle on page 31 How to do th
61. is 1 On the ET Adjusted tab select the Sprinklers subtab Intro Basic EOE MITTEN Landscape Landscape Adv Name Description Efficiency Type Prcip rate inchh stm Fescue 75 Shade Fixed Spray 1 50 Fair 55 v ST2 Bermuda Full Rotor p D 60 Good 65 v ST3 Ground Cover full Impact WV 0 40 Very Good 70 p ST4 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade Custom P 1 40 ie Very Good 70 Vv ST5 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full Custom Vv 0 20 iM Excellent 80 Vv ST6 Bermuda Full Drip Micro Spray Vv 2 00 P Good 65 p ST Fescue 75 Shade Custom Vv 1 60 Fair 55 Vv ST8 Bermuda Full Rotor v 0 60 Good 65 p sT9 Ground Cover full Custom y 1 40 VeryGood 70 Vv ST10 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade Fixed Spray Vv 1 50 Very Good 70 p ST11 Trees amp Grnd Cur Full Impact y 0 40 Excellent 80 v ST12 Bermuda Full Custom v 0 60 g Good 65 Vv 2 Inthe Type column select the type of sprinkler Options are Fixed Spray Rotor Impact Drip Micro Spray and Custom The predefined types Fixed Spray Rotor and Impact are all defined with a fixed precipitation rate and efficiency In case you wish to configure the precipitation rate and efficiency for your sprinkler select Custom or Drip Micro Spray 3 The Prcip rate inch h column shows the precipitation rate in inch per hour The value is fixed for the standard sprinkler types but may be adjusted for Custom and Drip Micro Spray sprinklers Click the s
62. l Setting Up Water Budget Adjusted Stations Under construction 73 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 74 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 6 Managing Sensors In this chapter e Selecting a rain sensor e Selecting the ET sensor input e Setting alarm flow sensor 75 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual SENSORS Click SENSORS on the toolbar to get to the area in Cycle Manager where you can set up information for the three input terminals on the controller 76 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Enable disable and configure ET sensor input here Enable disable and configure gt flow sensor input here Enable disable and configure rain sensors here DASHBOARD Disabled Rain Contact N O Rain Rain Rain Contact NIC u PROGRAMS Rain Rain Device Pulses Ratio can be set using the IntellisET tab S rw 538 Disabled ET TT QET ET enabled NO sensos gt OET ET enabled N C OG ET ET device Pulses Calibration is set on the IntellisET tab tg sous Soe INTELLISET AlarmFlow Disabled eee AlarmFlow Alarm N O AlarmFlow Alarm NIC AlarmFlow Flow Pulses Set Details Below Alarm Flow Flow Sensor Type Adjust J znrormar on Flow Setup MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS EI omectory Time left 11 40 Figure 23 The Cycle Manager Sensors ar
63. m Station 42 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Performing a Rain Shutdown In case it starts to rain during an irrigation cycle you may want to perform a rain shutdown Note that this feature is only available for programs which have been launched automatically In case programs or stations have been launched manually you should stop them manually How to do this 1 Nextto the Rain Shutdown field in the Duration column enter the time in minutes you wish to pause irrigation Manual Starts SA Duration Action 2 Click the red square in the Action column 3 To be continued 43 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 44 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 4 Managing Programs In this chapter Making programs active or passive Adding a booster pump Choosing irrigation control Defining water days Setting start times Setting run times 45 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual ir PROGRAMS Click PROGRAMS on the toolbar to get to the area in Cycle Manager where you set up your programs In the PROGRAMS area each of the 10 available programs may be managed from its own tab The illustration below shows what type of settings that may be managed for each program Make your programs Choose between water Add a booster active or passive budget or ET based water pump here here usage Programs are set up on individual tabs
64. m and its associated stations have been defined elsewhere the Duration field is dimmed 3 Under the Action column click the green Play button to launch the program Step 1 Step 1 Select the program Click the Play icon ren E Manual Starts Duration Action pected Actual 35 30 V 1S 4 Ifthe request is accepted the program is inserted at the top of the grid in the dashboard Program 1 is Program 1 runs on Program 1 runs for running Station 1 a 100 water 59 minutes Station 1 budget for 10 minutes Running Stations cycle Duration Remaining Opti M 10 59 00 00 58 38 W 104 Station 1 00 09 38 W The program has been launched manually M The station has been launched automatically A 40 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Launching Stations Manually How to do this 1 Click the green button in the Stations field under the Manual Starts column and scroll down to the station you wish to launch Release the mouse button The station name is inserted in the Stations field 2 Under the Duration column type the duration of the station Under the Action column click the green Play button to launch the station Step 1 Select the station Step 2 Enter the duration Step 3 Click the Play icon Manual Starts FS Duration Action pected Actual Rain 4 If the request is accepted the station is inserted at the top
65. make the changes active Cycle Manager will keep track of all changes made on either side and enable you to take action in case one or more potential conflicts exists Changes are implemented real time So if you need to react fast to changes in irrigation demands log on Cycle Manager make the changes and have them implemented within the hour Wireless Weather station a i V V E ry gt lt 7 Your PC Laptop Controllers Figure 5 Overall flowchart of Tucor s Total Cycle Management 18 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Principles of Synchronization To have Cycle Manager run your irrigation system correctly you need to make sure that the server has the most recent data at all time To ensure this you need to synchronize data whenever you have completed a round of changes This applies regardless of where and how you have made the changes Using Cycle Manager or directly at the controller During a synchronizaton the most recent data are transferred to the chosen device either the Cycle Manager server or to the controller enabling that device to irrigate your site as intended Cycle Manager constantly keeps track of what data changes are the most recent and on what device they are stored At the server or at the controller Irrigation System Cycle Manager al u z Ex z Web KS F A 1 k amp Figure 6 Data synchronization between Cycle Manager and con
66. mall calculator next to the field and enter values in the Average emitter flow rate field the Row spacing field and the Emitter spacing field to have Cycle Manager calculate the precipitation rate for you Precipitation Calculator Average emitter flow rate 13 GPH Row spacing 14 Inch Emitter spacing 14 inch Precipitation rate s4 Inch h Cancel OK 65 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Select the efficiency of the sprinkler in the Efficiency column The efficiency of the sprinkler in combination with its precipitation rate have an impact on the recommended run times for each program Options are Fair 55 Good 65 Very Good 70 and Excellent 80 Default is Good 65 Thomas Maybe we should show the formula at this point 4 Click Save 66 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Defining Basic Landscape information Defining basic landscape information is only available for sites that use ET Ajusted irrigation principle See Chapter 2 Choosing the Overall Irrigation Principle on page 31 How to do this 1 On the ET Adjusted tab select the Landscape subtab Intro Basic SILLIGE Sprinklers Landscape Adv Description Plant Type Soil Type Slope Root depth Fescue 75 Shade Cool Season Turf Grass Loam 7 Gentle 4 6 V 10 00 ST2 Bermuda Full Warm Season Turf Gra Sp Silty Clay NY Medium 7 12 v 6 90 ST3 Ground Cover full Ground Co
67. mas techniwrite dk Email address 2 Email address 3 x Figure 18 Customizing controller monitoring How to do this 1 Select the Enable check box to enable controller monitoring for this controller 2 Select Notify on Recovery to have Cycle Manager notify you when a controller is up and running again after a breakdown and repair 3 Select Seasonal Monitoring to enable monitoring for a specific period in the Period Start and Period End fields 34 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 4 In the E mail address fields enter up to three e mail adresses that monitoring events should be sent to 5 Click Save For related information on monitoring via Cycle Manager turn to Chapter 10 Data Monitoring 35 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 36 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 3 The Cycle Manager Dashboard In this chapter Overview of the Cycle Manager Dashboard Launching Programs Manually Launching Stations Manually Pausing Resuming and Stopping Stations or Programs Performing a Rain Shutdown 37 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Overview of the Cycle Manager Dashboard DASHBOARD Click DASHBOARD on the toolbar to get to the Cycle Manager dashboard area Basic information about running programs and stations Select between the Main and the ET Details tab Pause resume and Pause resume and programs running Launch stations and programs manu
68. n those cases it is not recommended to run the station in the actual program Click on the to display a dialog box detailing the constraints 57 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Explaning the F C and S column A warning in the F column means the program is not defined to run frequently enough for the station s requirements This relates to the station s root zone capacity RZWWS in combination with the management allowable depletion MAD Increase the number of water days to solve this It is the maximum days between water days which counts Thomas Could we provide a realistic real life example if such and such then increase by so many days or is this beyond our the scope of the manual A warning in the C column indicates that the program does not have enough total cycles for the station s requirements This relates to the precipitation rate allowable surface accumulation ASA and the soil intake rate Increase the number of cycles and or start times to increase the total number of cycles per water day Thomas Could we provide a realistic real life example if such and such then increase cycles by so many or is this beyond our the scope of the manual A warning in the S column indicates that the program does not hold enough cycles for the station s requirements This relates to the precipitation rate and the soil intake rate Increase the soak time by adjusting the end times associated with the start times Thi
69. nged directly or via the calculator to the right of the columns Select the landscape coefficient by the following factors High Moderate Low Value Species factor 0 7 0 9 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 3 03 Density 11 13 1 0 0 5 0 9 1 0 Microklimate 11 14 1 0 0 5 0 9 1 0 Landscape coefficient E3 cama on Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 5 In the the Species factor field Density field and Microclimate field enter appropriate values to reflect the landscape coefficient of your landscape and click OK For more information on landscape coefficients visit section two in Water Use Classifications of Landscape Species It is a University of California Cooperative Extension Publication The Crop Coeff column shows the fixed crop coefficient for the different plant types This value cannot be changed and it depends on the type of crop as well as month of year Crop coefficients are in particula used in the turf business If changes are needed then use the landscape coefficient because Thomas Fine but how does the user deactivate Crop Coeff for a plant type so that landscape coefficient may be used instead We do not explain this In the RZWWS inch column the inch value for Root Zone Working Water Storage appears This value is retrieved from the root depth the soil type s Available Water Capacity AWC and MAD according to the following formula RZWWS Root depth AWC MAD Saturated soil Field Capacity
70. nnnnnnen een 56 Chapter 5 Managing Stations ueessssccesseeennnnssnennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnnnnsnnnennnnnnnn 61 Setting Basic Station Information sseni reiini ea a te ea nenne 63 Setting the Expected Station Flow eesssssesssssssesssssrersrrsrrreesrrrreesssrreessss 63 Checking Flow Deviation sssssssesseesrrrreessrrrressrsressssrrrrreeererreeseereee 64 Adding a Station Description ee sssseessssseesssseresssssrersrerrrrreeserreesssseressss 64 Defining Sprinkler Information sssessssesseessereeesssrsnsssssrreressrerrreeserreesssrree 65 Defining Basic Landscape information uusssseseseeessnnsneeeennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnnn 67 Defining Advanced Landscape Information essssssssseeeennnssnneeennnnneneennnn 69 Setting Up Weather Adjusted Stations uueeesessssesesesnnsnnnneenennnnnnnen nennen 72 Setting Up Water Budget Adjusted Stations cccccseccccssessseeceeseeeeeeeeeees 73 Chapter 6 Managing Sensors ccccccccccsssssecccceeesseececeeeeseeeceeeeeeeecesseeeescesseseeeseeeeseagenses 75 Chapter 7 Managing Flow Settings uesssssssseeeeessnennneennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnennnnn 79 Chapter 8 Managing ET and Moisture eeeesseseeeeessnnnnneeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnenennnnnnnen sees 81 Chapter 9 Managing Weather Stations cccccccccccessseeeccceeeseeccceeeeesccesseeeeescesseaaenses 85 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Add
71. od 65 Vv ST18 y Good 65 Vv I INFORMATION ST19 Vv Good 65 Vv 120 y Good 65 p ST21 y Good 65 y MISCELLANEOUS S122 p Good 65 Vv SETTINGS 123 y Good 65 Y ST24 P Gond 65 wy I orectory X 0 12 48 29 PM a 1 InProgress C PRINT x Figure 22 The Cycle Manager STATIONS area The Sprinklers subtab 62 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Setting Basic Station Information The Basic tab enables you to define and monitor features available for stations no matter what irrigation principle has been chosen e The Seq field defines the order in which the stations run By default the sequence follows the station number The sequence can be changed on the controller only e The Name field hoes the name of the station This is always ST where is the station number Intro ET Adjusted Name Exp Flow OK Description lv LJ Fescue 75 Shade 1 2 i LJ Bermuda Full 3 ST3 U v Ground Cover full 4 ST4 4 i LJ Woody Shrubs 50 Shade 5 ST5 5 i mj Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full 6 ST6 6 v LJ Bermuda Full 7 S17 7 v LJ Fescue 75 Shade 8 ST8 8 i mj Bermuda Full 9 ST9 9 i i Ground Cover full 10 ST10 10 m Woody Shrubs 50 Shade 11 ST11 11 m g Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full 12 ST12 12 Cal Bermuda Full In addition to providing this information the Basic tabs enables you to do the following e Setting the Expected Stat
72. of the station grid in the dashboard The station most recently launched appears at the the top of the list WB Irrigation is based on water budget ET Irrigation is based on ET rain values Time remaining EMM ET hetaits Running Stations 3 4 Remaiing Opti 00 59 57 i 00 20 17 00 20 17 00 07 47 00 07 47 cycle Duration 102 Station 3 yee 93 Program 1 ul 101 Station 4 95 Program 2 99 Station 8 10 59 00 00 45 00 A 100 M 1 M Manual start A Automatic start 5 Repeat steps 1 to 3 for any other stations you wish to launch Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Pausing Resuming and Stopping Stations or Programs How to do this 1 To pause a program or a station click the orange Pause button for the current program or station Notice how the A or M turns into a P for paused in the status column ren SE Duration wey Remaining Opti 00 45 00 00 43 49 MW I 00 08 49 U a Press to Pause Program 2 Toresumeaprogram or astation click the green Play button for the current program or station un 2 ren zus eg e4 Duration 2 Remaining Opti T Cycle Ile 00 45 00 00 30 20 U P Program or station has been paused Press to Resume Program 3 Tostop a program or a station click the red Stop button for the current program or station Duration Remaining Opti 00 45 00 00 30 01 M 11 00 00 01 Press to Stop Progra
73. pe in the clock hh mm and press Enter The run times of each of the stations in the program can be seen from the Run time Actual in the grid to the right of the Start times grid 4 In case you want to delete a start time click the Delete button The remaining start times will automatically scroll up 5 Click Save Entering Start Times with Cycle amp Soak To enable cycle amp soak for your programs set the Program Cycle amp Soak option in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area See Chapter 2 Enabling Disabling Cycle and Soak on page 32 Once cycle amp soak has been activated the start times grid looks slightly different How to do this 1 3 In the PROGRAMS area select the tab of the program you wish to work with The Start Times columns shows the up to 12 start times that may be defined for a program Start Times start Cycles D End Start 1 12 00 AM 1 12 14 AM Start 2 8 00 PM 4 8 52 PM Start 12 Total 2 5 To enter a start time place the cursor in the Start column type in the clock hh mm and press Enter 53 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 4 Enter the cycle count in the Cycles field Use a number between 1 to 99 The time in the End column is derived from the following formula Start Time Cycles Total running time of the station When the start only has one cycle the end time has no effect To induce a soak between the cycles the end time can be prolonged T
74. s are designed to apply 0 30 at 100 then Cycle Manager will set the water budget to 67 if the generated ET balance is 0 20 93 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual How to do this 1 2 3 5 To access water budget adjustment click Advanced in the Controller pane The Advanced window is displayed At first you must indicate whether the collected rain value should be included as part ofthe water budget adjustment or not Click Yes to include the rain value in the calculation click No to exclude it Controller Tucor test TWC Rain Correction No Yes Number of Days 14 days 15 days a Schedule ET Water Days Base ET Min ET MaxET Balance LJ 31 gma TESSMTWTESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 2 LJ TESSMTWTESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 3 LJ TESSMTWIESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 3 LJ TESSMTWTESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 5 LJ TESSMTWTESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 6 U TESSMTWTESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 ie TESSMIWIFSSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 8 U TESSMIWIFSSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 9 U TESSMIWIESSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 31 0 U TESSMIWIFSSMTW 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 1329993326 i aj ogress Time left 11 31 Print TSAVE 0 1 InP Next select the water day period in the Number of Days field Many sites work with a 14 day period but for those site that irrigates in 3 days interval it may be desirable to implement a 15 day water period Note how
75. s requires cycle amp soak is enabled See Chapter 2 Enabling Disabling Cycle and Soak on page 32 58 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 6 The Description column allows you to provide a description with this station for instance a reminder about a nozzle needs to be changed or some info about the run time This information is only displayed on this program s tab 7 The total run time for the stations in this program will appear from the bottom of the grid The total run time depends on whether the program is based on water budget or ET and with or without cycles Table 2 No Cycles Cycles Water Budget Displays the runtime Displays the run time for a water day at the per cycle for a water day given water budget at the given water budget ET Displays the runtime Displays the runtime for for a water day at the a water day at the average water day average water day frequency on the frequency on the hottest month on the hottest month on the year year Each cycle will run a fraction of this time 1 total cycles 59 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 8 Click Save Min Soak Overlap 60 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Chapter 5 Managing Stations In this chapter Setting Basic Station Information Defining Sprinkler Information Defining Basic Landscape information Defining Advanced Landscape Information Setting Up Weather Adjusted Stations Setting
76. setup 8 Disable Enable Enabling and disabling moisture setup Figure 14 Select the Disable radio button to disable moisture setup Enabling Disabling Cycle and Soak To activate cycle and soak irrigation select the Enable radio button next to Program Cycle and Soak in the Program setup grid Cycle Manager then makes it possible to set values for cycles and end times for each program in the irrigation system These settings are available on the Programs tab in the PROGRAMS area For more information on working with cycle and soak turn to Chapter 4 Managing Programs Enabling and disabling program cycle and soak Program setup gt Disable Enable Recommend run time Disable Enable Figure 15 Select the Enable radio button to enable cycle and soak irrigation 32 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Enable Disable Recommended Run Times When you enable Recommend run time in the Program setup grid Cycle Manager will make sure to calculate recommended run times for your stations The runtimes willl appear in the Recommended by area on the Programs tab in the PROGRAMS area The actual recommended run time figure is calculated from the station setup in combination with the programs irrigation control by water days start times and cycles For more information on recommended runtimes turn to Chapter 4 Managing Programs Program setup 0 Disable Enable Recommend run time
77. st cases a checkmark in this row is only relevant on the controller side During synchronization the station sequence settings will be transferred from the controller to the Cycle Manager server and be stored for backup purposes In case the controller breaks down you can restore the settings by synchronizing from the server to the new controller Mostly relevant for the controller side See Station Sequence above 22 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Sensors A checkmark in this row reflects one or more changes to made to one or more sensors in the irrigation system rain sensors flow sensors etc ET A checkmark in this row reflects one or more changes to made to ET settings System Mostly relevant for the controller side See Station Parameters Sequence above Program1 A checkmark in this row reflects one or more changes Program10 made to any of the up to 10 programs in the irrigation system In Case of Conflict If timestamps shows that the same type of data has been changed on both the server and at the controller Cycle Manager will insert a checkmark at the most recent change and place a warning triangle in the W column In this case you need to consider carefully what change should be implemented the other Id Section Web Ww Controller Last Sync 11 Stations 12 04 10 13 06 05 _ 12 03 21 13 04 08 12 04 10
78. t will balance the conversion from ET to water budget to be around 100 at the programs average water days frequency Irrigation control by 2 OC ET auto ET manua WB Water budget 100 H 2 Select ET Manual if you want the program to be controlled by ET but want to use a user defined ET base This option is for the advanced user and requires thorough knowledge of the calculations that lie behind ET base and water budgets When entering the ET base you must be aware that the conversion from ET to water budget has a limitation The controller can work with a water budget up to 999 derived from the ET balance If the ET base is set to equal the historic ET in summer and you only irrigate once a week the derived water budget will typically be 700 and thus gets close to the limit In such a case it is better to set the ET base to 7 x the historic ET or choose the ET auto option 3 Select WB if you want this particular program to be controlled by a water budget and then enter a value in the Water budget field The water budget can be set between 0 and 250 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Choosing this option may be preferable if the program provides water for a fountain or irrigates a newly established turf area 4 Click Save 50 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Defining Water Days Cycle Manager enables you to define water days How to do this 1 Set the Water days option to either Odd Even or
79. tion in the MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS area See Chapter 2 Enable Disable Recommended Run Times on page 33 When recommended run times are enabled an extra set of options will be inserted on each of the program tabs in the PROGRAMS area How to do this 1 Inthe PROGRAMS area select the tab of the program you wish to work with 56 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 2 In the Run time Actual column the current run time for each station appears in the following format HH MM SS The recommended run times appear in the Run time column In the Recommended by section click the arrow in the Set column to copy the recommended run time from the Run time column to the Run time Actual column Recommended by Station Runtime station data Remarks Description Description Station Actual Set Runtime F CS 00 01 23 Ay Check nozzle ASAP Fescue 75 Shade 00 01 23 Ay AY Bermuda Full m 3 00 08 25 00 01 20 Ay Increased by2 minutes Ground Cover full 4 00 06 07 00 00 58 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade 5 00 57 11 00 09 09 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full 6 00 38 27 00 03 41 AN Ay Bermuda Full 7 00 01 23 Fescue 75 Shade 8 00 01 23 Ay AN Bermuda Full 00 01 20 Ay Ground Cover full 00 00 58 A Woody Shrubs 50 Shade Keep an eye on the three columns F Frequency C Cycle and S Soak They will display a warning if there is a constraint between the station s requirement and the program setup I
80. tion tab and its sub tabs provides access to all available controller and weather station data Water IntelliSet Moisture Error and status event Program Sau Operation Misting Water usage ENT Intelliset Miscellaneous All Ed Event type Prg ST Action Status Alarm State 12 02 26 11 23 01 Alarm Rain On 12 02 26 12 00 00 Alarm Rain off 12 02 26 12 25 43 Alarm Rain On 1 12 02 26 13 00 00 Alarm Rain Off 12 02 26 13 28 15 Alarm Rain On 12 02 26 14 00 00 Alarm Rain Off 12 02 26 14 06 11 Alarm Rain On 12 02 26 15 00 00 Alarm Rain off m 0 SE 12 04 40 Figure 40 The Alarms subtab of the Raw Information tab 117 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 118 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Index j controllers 13 RKD 13 RKS 13 119 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual 120
81. trollers will ensure that your irrigation system uses the most recent data 19 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual Synchronization is based on timestamps Each time you save your changes either at the controller or at the server a timestamp will be stored showing the year date and time for that particular change When you click Connect in the opening window Cycle Manager will request timestamps from both the server and the controller If the timestamp associated with a particular type of data on the server does not match the timestamp of the same type of data on the controller or vice versa a NOT Synchronized message is displayed at the top of the Cycle Manager window This message indicates that synchronization is needed The system is in need of synchronization Figure 7 Look for the NOT Synchronized message If more people are involved in maintaining your irrigation system make sure to keep track of what changes they make and where Coordination is the key If for instance one person makes station changes in the field and another make similar changes in Cycle Manager you need to know what changes are valid before you synchronize 20 Tucor Cycle Manager User Manual How to Synchronize When you are ready to synchronize click the Sync icon next to the countdown timer in any window This opens the Synchronization window Time left 11 Click the Sync icon to open the Synchronization sceen
82. ver SY Loamy Sand NY Medium 7 12 v 25 75 ST4 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade Shrubs MY Sandy Loam NY Medium 7 12 v 33 35 ST5 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full Trees MP Clay Loam W Flat 0 3 Vv 22 50 ST6 Bermuda Full Ground Cover VW clay Ny Steep gt 13 Vv 7 35 S17 Fescue 75 Shade Cool Season Turf Grass MP Loam NY Gentle 4 6 Vv 6 00 STB Bermuda Full Warm Season Turf Gra Sp Silty Clay NY Medium 7 12 v 8 00 ST9 Ground Cover full Ground Cover MP Loamy Sand NY Medium 7 12 v 12 00 ST10 Woody Shrubs 50 Shade Shrubs MY Sandy Loam MY Medium 7 12 h 8 00 ST11 Trees amp Grnd Cwr Full Trees MP ClayLoam NY Flat 0 3 v 11 00 ST12 Bermuda Full Ground Cover MW Clay MP Steep gt 13 P 11 00 2 In the Plant Type column select the type of plant this station will irrigate Cycle Manager includes a list of 6 different options Trees Ground Cover Shrubs Cool Season Turf Grass Warm Season Turf Grass and None Notice that the plant type has an impact on the root depth and thus the requirements for irrigation 3 IntheSoiltype column select the type of soil which is predomenant in the area that this station will irrigate Pick from a list of 6 options Sand Loamy Sand Sandy Loam Loam Clay Loam Silty Clay and Clay The soil type has an impact on the Available Water Capacity AWC the soil intake rate the Allowable Surface Accumulation ASA and the default Management Allowable Depletion MAD These parameters again have an impact

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