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1. Use the item selectors to select 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen N NETAFIM ET Moisture 15 87 we Select 2 Moisture and push the ENT ER button Now the display looks like this N NETAFIM Moisture 1 Moisture Program Settings 133 NLC 100 User Manual 4 Select the first option 1 Moisture program settings and push the ENTER button Now the display looks like this 4 NETAFIM Allow Prevent Alarm Ctrl Reg 15 25 4 No 0 5 Now using the item selectors set the values for all seven columns Column Description Pgm The program to assign a moisture sensor to Sens Which sensor to assign Allow The lower threshold for when irrigation will be allowed e g 5 means that irrigation will be allowed as long as the moisture readings are below 5 Prevent The higher threshold for when irrigation will be prevented e g 30 means that irrigation will be prevented if the moisture readings are 30 or higher Alarm The lower threshold for when an alarm will be raised CEFL Set to Yes or No depending on whether you want the moisture sensors to control your Irrigation If irrigation is prevented due to high moisture readings ET for the following day will be increased Reg A percentage with which the ET will be adjusted 0 means no adjustment and 100 means that the ET will be as much as
2. Becoming aware of alarms on site If the NLC has received an alarm and is in AUTO or MANUAL mode For more information turn to Chapter 4 Running the NLC on page 43 the bottom row of the display will toggle between normal text and the alarm that has arrived For example if you had a rain alarm at 01 10 PM your display will toggle between normal mode and alarm notification 53 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 2 Start Tue 05 00 AM 03 14 PM Total Stations 3 Total run 1 10 00 N NETAFIM Program 2 Start Tue 05 00 AM 03 14 PM Rain sensor 01 19 PM The display will toggle between the two modes in short intervals If you had multiple alarms the controller will toggle to a different alarm each time it toggles to notification 54 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 2 Start Tue 05 00 AM 03 14 PM Check Alarm List Receiving alarm notifications on email If your communication subscription with your supplier allows it the NLC will support sending out alarm notifications to one or more email addresses To configure your controller to email alarms follow this procedure 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED 55 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME a Ne ee e PROGRAM RAINOFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR o e PROGRAM STATUS
3. Date Start time Action September 2 11 00 PM Runs despite the even date your irrigation period has started earlier than midnight September 3 02 00 AM Runs as expected September 3 05 00 AM Runs as expected September 3 06 00 PM Runs as expected September 3 11 00 PM Will not run despite the odd date your irrigation window has closed e All ET calculations are based on the irrigation period be it the standard one or your custom period 2 You can define a non water window by not letting the period span 24 hours If you define the start to 06 00 PM and the end to 08 00 AM no programs or stations will be started between 08 00 AM and 06 00 PM Programs that try to start in the non water window will generate an alarm And if a program is running when the non water window starts the program is halted and an alarm is raised For more information turn to Chapter 4 Alarms on page 53 Here is how you actually define the irrigation period at the controller 164 NLC 100 User Manual Configuring the Irrigation Period 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 4 Irrigation Period and push the Now you ll see this display ENT ER button N NETAFIM reve Irrigation Period Start 12 00 AM End 12 00 AM 2 Use the item selectors to set the start and end time and push the ENTER button to save your settings
4. 165 NLC 100 User Manual 166 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix H Advanced irrigation Misting Cycle and Soak The NLC lets you go beyond regular irrigation and build misting and Cycle amp Soak programs How is This Different from Regular Programs Misting and Cycle amp Soak programs are configured the same way as regular programs see Chapter 3 Configuring Irrigation Programs on page 18 for a walk through except for one point The program start times have a more elaborate configuration In addition to start time you configure an end time and a cycle count for how often you want the program repeated within this time frame The controller will then even out the repeats within your time frame leaving identical breaks between them So if the total run time for your program is ten minutes and you configure the program to run three times between 10 00 AM and 11 00 AM your program will run at 10 00 10 25 and 10 50 leaving 15 minute breaks at 10 10 and 10 35 167 NLC 100 User Manual The terms Misting and Cycle amp Soak refer to two variants of this concept e Misting typically describes a program that runs its stations for a very short time run times are in seconds e Cycle amp Soak typically describes a program that uses longer run times measured in minutes Both will run a number of cycles per start whereas a normal program will only run once per start When the NLC A
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7. 0 00 0 35 0 40 0 10 The program is set to run one time every day i e it will if the ET balance is greater than Min ET The example starts with 0 20 ET no rain and an empty ET balance Daily irrigation Max ET SET day m Rain day ETc B ET Balance Irrigation Soil holding 95 NLC 100 User Manual Numbers 12 01 24 Hour Cycle 11 59 PM AM Day Starting Irrig E T Rain Etc End balance atio balance n Past 0 20 0 00 0 20 0 20 1 0 20 0 20 0 29 0 10 0 19 0 19 2 0 19 0 00 0 32 0 00 0 32 0 51 No irrigation as no min ET 0 32 0 32 0 26 0 11 0 15 0 15 4 0 15 0 15 0 27 0 53 0 26 0 26 0 26 0 00 0 28 0 50 0 22 0 40 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 Limited by soil holding 6 0 40 0 00 0 24 0 00 0 24 0 16 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 7 0 16 0 00 0 29 0 00 0 29 0 13 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 Table Explanation Date Explanation 7 1 4 The ET balance is set to ETc ET Rain As the ET balance is gt Min ET the program will run and use the entire ET balance 75 A lot of rain ETc becomes negative and so does the ET balance No irrigation 7 6 Another day with a lot of rain The ET balance would have been 0 48 if it wasn t limited by the soil holding of 0 40 96 NLC 100 User Manual Date Explanation 7
8. However there is a way to further refine this feature by defining e How many hours the rain alarm must be active before an extended rain shutdown will actually occur e If the extended rain shutdown should be longer than the duration of the rain alarm e For how long the extended rain shutdown can last First you must enable the extended rain shutdown feature set 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED 77 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO S fesume STOP MANUAL a NE Q RAIN OFF RAIN ALARM STATUS VIEW ALARMS VIEW ET amp RAIN VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR d SETUP SENSORS SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this SET DATE amp TIME PROGRAM RUNTIME WATER DAYS START TIME WATER BUDGET ET PROGRAM STATUS ADVANCED N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack 2 Select 8 Feature Manager Now you will see the following 78 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Feature Manager 1 Ena Dis Cycle and End Time 3 Select2 Ena Dis following Extended Rain Alarm Now you will see the amp NETAFIM Ena Dis Extended Rain Alarm Disable ER button to save 4 Select enable and push the ENT Now you are ready to actually configure the extended rain shutdown parameters 1 Usethe item selectors to select 3 Intelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 79 NLC 100 User Manual N NE
9. SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack 2 Scroll down to Alarm Notification and press the ENTER button Now you see the following display 56 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Alarm Notification 1 Email addresses 3 Select Email addresses and press the ENTER button If no email addresses are entered you can select Add new N NETAFIM Email addresses Add new Now you can enter an email address using the up down arrow keys to select the characters Once you are done press the ENTER button 4 Next you configure which alarms should be emailed Select Alarm Notification settings and press the ENTER button Now you see the following display 57 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Alarm Notification settin TRain Here you can scroll between the different alarms emitted by the controller 5 Select the alarm you wish to configure and press the enter button Now you see the following display N NETAFIM Rain E Mail On Off Tyour email com No No You can select each email address you have entered and determine if you want an email when this type of alarm is raised and or when it is recalled 58 NLC 100 User Manual 6 Select the email you wish to configure for the current alarm and press the ENTER button Use the arrow keys to set On
10. Upon MPF alarm shutdown all Pumps MVs 3 Use the item selectors to choose between 120 NLC 100 User Manual e Pumps MVs All pumps and master valves will be shut down when an alarm goes off The programs will still be finished even if the pumps are turned off in order not to interrupt the irrigation schedule since an MPF alarm will be cleared next time a program has to start e Programs All running programs will be shut down when an alarm goes off 4 Push the ENTER button to save your selection Setting Expected Station Flow In order to be able to calculate when the current flow is deviating from the expected flow the NLC needs to know how much flow you expect each station to pull To teach the controller about the expected flow you can either enter a value for each station or run the automated learn flow feature that will assess the flow for each station in turn Entering expected flow for a station 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED and select 2 FloStack Now you ll see the following display 121 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM FloStack 1 System Flow Capacity Scroll down and select 2 Expected Flow by pushing the ENTER button Now you ll see a scrollable list of stations and their expected flow in gallons per minute N NETAFIM etek vee Expected Flow Station f ST1 Flow 9GPM 2 Use the item selectors to locate the station you wish to configure
11. n 9 Usable Rain hour i I I rig 100 AM 2 00 AM 3 00 AM 4 00AM S 00 AM 6 00 AM 7 00 AM 8 00 AM 9 00AM ving 1100 12 00PM 100PM 2 00 PM AM The example shows the effect of max hourly rain If it rains more than Max hourly rain within an hour only the Max hourly rain is used Options for Getting ET Data Your controller will accept ET data from a number of sources and the mechanisms using the ET data to calculate irrigation aspects are identical regardless of input method 102 NLC 100 User Manual The NLC accepts ET data from the following sources Name in controller menu Description Local Weather Input is pulses from a weather station and tipping Station bucket For more information turn to on page 107 el Manually entered historical ET data For more information turn to Using Historical ET Data on page Historic E 103 Remote ET amp Rain ET and rain data is received from the RealNet server Remote ET ET data is received from the RealNet server No rain data received Local WS with Alarm Same as Local Weather Station but rain alarm send activation de activation will be passed on to the RealNet server For more information turn to on page 107 swap in your preferred source for the local weather station Using Historical ET Data If you don t have a local weather station you can use historical ET data to correct your irrigation instead Before you sta
12. 26 0 00 0 28 0 50 0 22 0 48 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 Not limited by soil holding 7 0 48 0 00 0 24 0 00 0 24 0 24 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 8 0 24 0 00 0 29 0 00 10 29 0 20 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 Date Explanation 7 1 The ET balance is set to ETc ET Rain As the ET balance is gt Min ET the program will run and use the entire ET balance 7 2 The ETc 0 19 which is added to the ET balance As the ET balance is less than the Min ET the program will not run 7B The ET balance will now be the sum of ETc for 7 2 and 7 3 i e 0 51 As this is above the Max ET the program will only apply 0 35 and the remaining 0 16 will be left in the ET balance 7 4 Just a normal day ET Rain from the past day is added to the ET balance and it irrigates 75 A lot of rain ETc becomes negative and so does the ET balance No irrigation 7 6 Another day with a lot of rain No limit in the ET balance as there is no soil holding 7 7 8 Positive ETc and the ET balance increases but still no irrigation 101 NLC 100 User Manual Example B 9 Max hourly rain The program is set to run one time every day i e it will if ET balance is greater than Min ET The example starts with 0 20 ET no rain and an empty ET balance Hourly irrigation Max hourly rain 5 ET hour Rain hour 0 08 dos 0 04 r rg li S s__
13. 4 Rain min duration Adjust factor Max shutdown 45 minutes 1 1 1 999 hours 81 NLC 100 User Manual 25 E Rain shutdown ee lil Rain alarm in minutes Rain alarm extended rain shutdown in hours N So uw o The graph shows how the extended rain shutdown extends the rain alarm The rain itself is of course 1 hour for 60 minutes but the extended rain shutdown on top of that varies depending on the parameters In this case the factor is one so 60 minutes rain alarm gives an extension with one hour rain shutdown Note that the first 45 minutes don t have extensions due to the Rain Min Duration Example A 5 Rain min duration Adjust factor Max shutdown 45 minutes 5 999 hours 82 NLC 100 User Manual Rain shutdown 30 0 25 0 7 200 E Rain shutdown m Alarm 15 0 E 10 9 _ _____ il oo mmn d o 60 120 180 240 300 360 Rain alarm in minutes Rain alarm extended rain shutdown in hours In this example the adjust factor extend each rain alarm hour with 5 hours rain shut down So 6 hours rain alarm with prevent irrigation for 6 30 36 hours Example A 6 Rain min duration Adjust factor Max shutdown 45 minutes 0 5 999 hours 83 NLC 100 User Manual Rain shutdown E Rain shutdown Alarm Rain alarm extended rain shutdown i
14. and Off to either Yes or No see the explanation table below Setting Selection Meaning on Yes Send email when the alarm is raised No No email when the alarm is raised OM Yes Send email when the alarm is recalled No No email when the alarm is recalled Viewing the alarm list To view the list of alarms in the NLC follow this procedure 1 Turn the dial to the VIEW ALARMS position Now you ll see a scrollable list of the different types of alarms known to the NLC 4 NETAFIM Alarm On Date Time Off Date Time 1 Rain 12 05 01 10 P In this case there is no Off time for the alarm meaning that the alarm is still on Had the alarm ceased you would see the end time too Use the item selectors to scroll through the list The list contains information on the latest observed alarms of the 12 known alarm types 59 NLC 100 User Manual Alarms in the NLC Short name in display Alarm type Full name Description How to clear alarm see note below Evapotranspiration alarm This will only ever be raised if you re running in ET enabled mode For more information turn to Appendix B How ET Works with the NLC on page 87 1 Rain Rain alarm Will automatically disappear when it stops raining 2 Alarm Whatever alarm you have The alarm stays on as long as attached to the alarm termnial the attached alarm is active If you re using the AUX term
15. and push the ENTER button 3 Now you can set the expected flow using the item selectors and save your setting by pushing ENTER again If the above procedure seems to tedious there s an easier way you can let the NLC asses the expected flow for each station If you choose this approach the controller will run all stations in turn for a fixed duration measure the flow for each of them and save the flow as the expected one 122 NLC 100 User Manual Running the learn flow feature 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED and select 2 FloStack Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM FloStack 1 System Flow Candetiy 2 Scroll down and select 3 Learn Flow by pushing the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM arn Elow t tt ST1 Sel run time 3min te oe ae e Ww ae Le Start from 3 Usethe item selectors both up down right and left to choose a station to start from and set the run time for each station All stations will be run for the same period of time The NLC measures the flow continuously while the station is running the Learn Flow feature but only the last measurement is used The last measurement is likely to be the most accurate one as the flow will have stabilized after running for a few minutes 123 NLC 100 User Manual 4 Push ENTER to Start the test Now you ll see the starting the test at the st
16. based on historical ET data you enter the historical ET correction figures for the entire year and use these to adjust your irrigation throughout the year You can also use the historical data as a fall back mechanism for a connected weather station e Complex ET control which allows the NLC to adjust the irrigation level based on ET data from a weather station exact amount of rain and environmental conditions e Complex ET control based on remote ET data received from a central ET server All methods ensure more efficient water consumption than you would see from using a flat irrigation scheme throughout the year In addition the NLC provides two extra sources of information about irrigation needs e Moisture sensors that will tell you exactly how moist your soil is giving you the best evidence of how much irrigation is needed e Extended rain shutdown a feature that will halt all irrigation after a rain alarm has occurred regardless of what your ET tells you about irrigation needs e For more information turn to Appendix B Adding an ET Device on page 87 69 NLC 100 User Manual FloGuard FloGuard is the NLC safety system that constantly monitors the controller for potential problems and raises alarms when needed FloGuard will detect things like pipe leaks faulty stations malfunctioning pumps and many other things that could otherwise go unnoticed and damage your system You will also get notifications
17. button Depending on whether one or more programs are paused you ll see different displays according to what you did when you paused the program s 46 NLC 100 User Manual 2 Push the button you need according to the instructions in the display 3 When the program s resume s the display will look as if the program s had just kept running Running Extra Stations in Auto Mode When the NLC is running in auto mode you have the option of manually starting additional stations simultaneously This can come in handy if a certain part of the terrain needs a little extra watering but you don t want to reconfigure a program for just one time s sake Running a station manually 1 Push the STATION button and the following display appears 47 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM t station ST1 Sel run 00 01 00 right arrow key to select run time 2 Use the item selectors to select the station you wish to activate If you re happy with the suggested run time push the ENTER button Otherwise push the right arrow of the item selectors to move the cursor to the right to adjust the run time and then push the ENTER button Now the station will start running immediately N NETAFIM Program Station Remain Remain You can use the item selectors to browse through the list of running stations and programs from this display If you want to run more stations manuall
18. doubled for the following day 6 Push the enter button to save your configuration 134 NLC 100 User Manual 7 Repeat steps four and five for each program you wish to assign a moisture sensor to Once you have completed all the procedures in this section your system should be up and running utilizing moisture sensor readings and adjusting irrigation accordingly How moisture sensor input affects ET The NLC can handle single moisture sensor via the external RS232 port and an additional external RS232 RS485 SMI 100 converter The controller can handle up to 10 moisture sensors on a multi drop line The moisture sensor is able to allow or prevent irrigation and or adjust ET on specific programs dependent on the actual moisture and the setup All the setup can be done at the controller and on the WEB It is also possible to view the actual moisture level both on the controller and on the WEB The moisture sensors may be set up to simply allow or prevent irrigation The irrigation is still controlled by water days WB or ET start times etc The sensor just acts as a switch for one or more programs More powerfully the moisture sensor is also able to adjust the daily ET which is added to the ET balance corrected for rain for each program The principle is that high moisture shall reduce the ET applied to the ET balance and low moisture shall increase the ET applied to the ET balance With full regulation the adjus
19. expansion boards specifications vary depending on model All programs have 12 start times per day All programs can run simultaneously You configure each program to run on any selection of days in a 14 day period or on odd even dates You can activate one or more valves or programs manually while one or more programs are running up to a total of 12 simultaneously running valves A master valve can be selected that will open when any program or station is run You typically assign master valve status to the valve controlling access to municipal water or pumping station Up to 10 moisture sensors that can monitor soil moisture and adjust irrigation accordingly 10 NLC 100 User Manual Chapter 2 Operating the controller It is essential that you feel comfortable with the interface of the NLC before you start configuring stations irrigation programs etc This section explains what all the controls are for in the different modes For more information turn to Chapter 3 Programming the NLC on page 17 and Running the NLC on page 43 4 NETAFIM PAUSE AUTO PROGRAM STATION pesume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF PROGRAM e e RAIN OFF ee RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR lt PROGRAM STATUS e SETUP SENSORS e ADVANCED NLC 100S SOLENOID AMPS The Display The NLC has a back lit LCD display with t
20. following display 152 NLC 100 User Manual 4 NETAFIM Q te ie ee wre Station Sequences 1 Edit 3 Select Edit and push the enter button Now you will see this display N NETAFIM Sle te se ale le We OF WF WF n Sequence Edit Sequence T 4 Use the item selectors to select the station you wish to re arrange and change its sequence number 5 Push the enter button to save your sequences Resetting station run sequences 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 6 Station Run Sequence amp Mapping and push the ENTER button Now you will see this display 153 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Station Sequences amp Mapping Program Station Run Sequence tp de te le WF We I 2 Selectl Program Station Run Sequence Now you will see the following display N NETAFIM ote ole ate ote WF WF TE FI Bait Station Sequences 3 Select2 Reset to factory default and push the ENTER button Now you will see this display N NETAFIM This will reset station sequences to run from 1 to 100 Are you sure 154 NLC 100 User Manual 4 Push the ENTER button to acknowledge that you re resetting the sequence numbers or CANCEL to exit Changing Station Output Mapping In addition to changing the station run sequence you may alter the mapping between station names and
21. gt Min ET the program will run and use the entire ET balance 7 2 The ETc 0 19 which is added to the ET balance As the ET balance is less than Min ET the program will not run 7B A lot of irrigation because there is no limit in Max ET 7 4 As 7 2 75 A lot of rain ETc becomes negative and so does the ET balance No irrigation 7 6 Another day with a lot of rain 7 7 Positive ETc and the ET balance increase but still no irrigation 7 8 Now we begin to irrigate again Example B 8 No soil holding The program is set to run one time every day i e it will if the ET balance is greater than the Min ET The example starts with 0 20 ET no rain and an empty ET balance 99 NLC 100 User Manual Daily irrigation Max ET Min ET SET day m Rain day 4 aETc B ET Balance Irrigation Numbers 12 01 24 Hour Cycle 11 59 PM AM Day Starting Irrig E T Rain Etc End balance atio balance n 1 0 20 0 00 0 20 0 20 2 0 20 0 20 0 29 0 10 0 19 0 19 3 0 19 0 00 0 32 0 00 0 32 0 51 No irrigation as ET balance lt min ET 0 20 100 NLC 100 User Manual 4 0 51 0 35 0 26 0 11 0 15 0 31 Irrigate for the last two days but only max ET 5 0 31 0 31 0 27 0 53 0 26 0 26 No irrigation as ET balance lt min ET 0 20 6 0
22. if the controller suspects that they are faulty and cause deviations in the expected flow For more information turn to Appendix C Setting the Flow Deviation on page 114 However the controller might blacklist an innocent station since all stations that are running when the deviation takes place are blacklisted So to enable these stations again you need to toggle their status from Failed to OK 126 NLC 100 User Manual This procedure explains how you toggle station status Managing station status 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Select1 Station Status by pushing the ENTER button Now you ll see a scrollable list of stations and their status Failed or OK N NETAFIM d a tek ter i te te ie ar Station status Station J STL Status Failed 3 If you wish to toggle the status of a station locate it with the item selectors and push the ENTER button 127 NLC 100 User Manual Using the item selectors again you can toggle the station between ox and Failed status 4 Push the cancet button to exit the menu 128 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix D Moisture sensors With moisture sensors your controller can learn the exact moisture levels in the soil and adjust irrigation based on
23. in the display Up to 10 programs can run in parallel only 4 programs per connect bord on NLC H and NLC S 44 NLC 100 User Manual Pausing a Running Program From time to time it may be necessary to pause the irrigation Here s how you put a running program on hold 1 Usethe item selectors to locate the program you wish to pause and push the PAUSE RESUME button The response from the controller will vary depending on the status of the program and the number of programs running If the program you select is the only one running you ll see this display N NETAFIM To ause Program 1 Press Program If the program you select is one of several running programs you ll see this display N NETAFIM Pause All Use Pause To 7ause Program 2 Press Program If the program you select is not running but other programs are you ll see this display 45 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Pause All Use Pause Progran 2 is neither Paused nor Runing 2 Push the button that suits your intentions PAUSE RESUME or PROGRAM and the controller will pause the program s and return to the list of programs N NETAFIM Prog 13 PAUSED Station ST2 09 04 PM Remain 0 01 52 Remain 0 00 30 OGPM Once you re ready to resume the program follow this procedure Resuming a paused program 1 Use the item selectors to locate the program you wish to resume and push the PAUSE RESUME
24. main Intelliset menu Select 5 Historic Data Settings in the menu and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 106 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM y wee Historic Data Settings Month TJanuary Daily ET 0 00 9 Use the item selectors to browse the months and set the daily ET adjustment for each 10 Push the CANCEL button to return to the main Intelliset menu 107 NLC 100 User Manual 108 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix C Adding a flow sensor The NLC can measure the flow of water in your system and react on any unusual situation by quarantining faulty stations stacking programs that exceed the expected flow or even cutting off the water supply completely if it seems that you have a leak This works by letting a flow sensor measure the flow on the main pipe that feeds your system and connecting the flow sensor to the NLC There are four types of flow alarms three of which can go off when irrigating and one that is only relevant when no stations are running Alarm Types Alarm Name Description What happens High Flow Occurs when your system is All running programs are using more gallons per halted minute than your defined threshold Flow Deviation Occurs when your flow is All running stations are above or below a certain halted and blacklisted percentage from the expected flow Unscheduled Occurs when there is a flow Normally op
25. often the controller should poll the board for problems From the main Monitor Data menu select Board surv log interval and you will see the following display N NETAFIM Board surv log interval Monthly 5 Select your desired interval and press the ENTER button Rain Shutdown Despite all the features controlling irrigation in your NLC you still have a manual handle to pull if you want to halt irrigation immediately typically if heavy rain sets in To halt all irrigation immediately simply turn the dial to RAIN OFF 67 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME u Ne ee e PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR d PROGRAM STATUS e e SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS You will be prompted to enter the number of hours you wish to halt irrigation Use the item selectors to enter the number of hours and press the ENTER button to start the shutdown To end the shutdown push the CANCEL button 68 NLC 100 User Manual Chapter 5 Advanced Features Intelliset With the Intelliset feature set you can allow external evapotranspiration ET devices to control your irrigation Intelliset comes in a couple of flavors e Simple ET which allows a WR7 Receiver to tell the NLC if it should irrigate today or not e Complex ET control
26. the item selectors to select 1 Alarm Reaction Delay Now you ll see the following display 111 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM e Alarm Reaction Delay Time before reaction O3Minutes 4 Use the item selectors to set the reaction time in minutes The controller won t raise any sensor alarms until they have been on for this period 5 Push the ENTER button to save your selection Setting the high flow threshold 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 112 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 2 Alarm Thresholds and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display 4 NETAFIM ex Alarm thresholds 1 Alarm Reaction Delay 3 Use the item selectors to select 2 High Flow Now you ll see the following display 113 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM x kret High FLow tte High flow limit OOOOGPM 4 Use the item selectors to set the maximum flow in gallons per minute If this flow is exceeded the controller will raise a high flow alarm If this alarm is activated all running programs will be halted but the next program will be started normally when it is scheduled Of course if the next program also generates a high flow alarm it is halted too 5 Push the ENTER button to save your sele
27. there are two starts left meaning that each must provide 0 4 2 0 2 which equals the 0 2 minimum Now the 0 2 that the program provided is subtracted from the budget so the budget is now 0 2 Irrigation The budget is 0 2 and there is one start left that must provide 0 2 1 0 2 which equals the 0 2 minimum Now the ET minimum value has ensured that we got two useful irrigations instead of four uneven irrigations Examples The following examples show a week with ET Rain ET balance and irrigation with various combinations of ET parameters Example B 5 All parameters in use Min ET Max ET Soil holding Max hourly rain 0 20 0 35 0 40 0 10 92 NLC 100 User Manual The program is set to run one time every day i e it will if ET balance is greater than Min ET The example starts with 0 20 ET no rain and an empty ET balance i Dailyirrigation Max ET Min ET SET day m Rain day Soll holding Numbers 12 01 24 Hour Cycle 11 59 PM AM Day Starting Irrig E T Rain Etc End balance atio balance n Past 0 20 0 00 0 20 0 20 This is what we have when day 1 starts 1 0 20 0 20 0 29 0 10 0 19 0 19 Irrigate ETc from last day 93 NLC 100 User Manual 2 0 19 0 00 0 32 0 00 0 32 0 51 No
28. this knowledge The Role of Moisture Sensors Adding moisture sensors to your NLC takes the guesswork out of irrigation and adds a new level of intelligence to the picture you now enjoy Total Cycle Management 1 Calculate your irrigation run times based on local ET and Rain 2 Communicate get runtimes and system status via the Internet 3 Validate runtime scheduling based on feedback from the soil 129 NLC 100 User Manual Let s examine the three components of Total Cycle Management in turn Calculate When planning irrigation you look at the best evapotranspirational ET data you have available In descending order of accuracy you may have access to one or more of the following e Data from a local weather station e Real time ET data from an off site weather station e Daily weather reports from an off site weather station e Historical weather data for your area In addition you know about the soil type vegetation and other factors that should affect your irrigation planning but even the best planning is still in essence guesswork as you don t know for sure how the soil is responding Communicate With an intelligent irrigation controller like the NLC you get a lot of help in correcting your calculations along the way A variety of alarms For more information turn to Capter 4 Alarms on page 53 can be raised and many will lead to your irrigation schedules being adjusted to the new conditions For ex
29. 00 Rain alarm Max Hourly limit Rain pulse Balance corrected mul 6 00AM 6 10AM 6 20AM 6 30AM 6 40AM 6 50AM 7 00AM 7 10AM 7 20AM 7 30AM 7 40AM 7 50AM 74 NLC 100 User Manual This graph shows how the balance grows minute by minute At each whole hour the balance is corrected for max hourly rain and for the hourly dry out In this case the hour between 7 AM and 7 AM has too much rain compared to max hourly rain and the balance is reduced Example A 2 Daily ET Max hourly Soil holding Rain alarm limit rain 0 20 standard 0 20 0 50 0 10 Inch 050 0 40 010 0 00 12 00 AM In this graph we see the same as in example 1 except that the rain alarm 12 00 AM Rain alarm dry out goes on later and off earlier 12 00 PM 12 00 AM 12 00 PM Rain pulse Balance corrected Alarm 12 00 AM 75 NLC 100 User Manual Example A 3 Daily ET Max hourly Soil holding Rain alarm limit rain 0 30 standard 0 20 0 50 0 02 Rain alarm dry out Balance corrected Alarm This shows a more dry condition with higher ET than standard The alarm period is then shorter 76 NLC 100 User Manual Configuring the Extended Rain Shutdown Feature Given enough rain at some point the NLC will halt irrigation based on the values you have set in Section A 1
30. 7 Positive ETc and the ET balance increases but still no irrigation 7 8 Now we begin to irrigate again Example B 7 No Max ET Min ET Max ET Soil holding Max hourly rain 0 20 0 00 Infinite 0 40 0 10 The program is set to run one time every day i e it will if the ET balance is greater than Min ET The example starts with 0 20 ET no rain and an empty ET balance Daily irrigation BET day m Rain day aETc B ET Balance irrigation 0 20 Soil holding 97 NLC 100 User Manual Numbers 12 01 24 Hour Cycle 11 59 PM AM Day Starting Irrig E T Rain Etc End balance atio balance n 1 0 20 0 00 0 20 0 20 2 0 20 0 20 0 29 0 10 0 19 0 19 3 0 19 0 00 0 32 0 00 0 32 0 51 No irrigation as ET balance lt min ET 0 20 4 0 51 0 51 0 26 0 11 10 15 0 15 Irrigate for the last two days and no max ET 5 0 15 0 15 0 27 0 53 0 26 0 26 No irrigation as ET balance lt min ET 0 20 6 0 11 0 00 0 28 0 50 0 22 0 33 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 7 0 33 0 00 0 24 0 00 0 24 0 09 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 8 0 09 0 00 0 29 0 00 0 29 0 20 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 98 NLC 100 User Manual Explanation Date Explanation 7 1 The ET balance is set to ETc ET Rain As the ET balance is
31. ANUAL SET DATE amp TIME a N ee e PROGRAM RAINOFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR o d PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this N NETAFIM Advanced Setup l 1 FloStack 2 Select6 Booster to Program Assignment and push the button T INTER 3 Usethe item selectors to select one of the 10 programs and push the ENTER button 4 Now use the item selectors to select between Non BO1 or BO2 40 NLC 100 User Manual NETAFIM Program Booster TBO1 Once done push the ENTER button to save the setting 6 Now you can repeat steps three and four for to assign booster pumps to more programs or push the CANCEL button to return to the main display for Advanced mode Adding a Master Valve Supply Pump You might want to have the NLC control the opening of your supply pump when irrigation is active and shut it down when irrigation is over Testing a Program After setting up your programs you might want to test them without having to wait around for all of them to actually run 41 NLC 100 User Manual Since this is the same approach as you would take in a troubleshooting scenario please refer to the separate Installation and troubleshooting manual 42 NLC 100 User Manual Chapter 4 Running t
32. End Time Enable 4 Use the item selectors to select Enable and push the enter button to save your setting And then you re ready to configure the program Setting the Start Times With Count and End Time 1 Create your program as explained in Chapter 3 Configuring Irrigation Programs on page 18 but when you get to Chapter 3 Setting Start Times on page 28 swap that part out for the instructions in this procedure instead 172 NLC 100 User Manual 2 Usethe item selectors to navigate to the program you wish to adjust the start times for and push the START TIMES button Now you ll see the following display 4 NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 01 00 f 1 Start cye End 3 Use the item selectors to locate the one of the four runs you wish to set a start time for and push the ENTER button Now the cursor will jump to the right letting you set the start time N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 01 00 t 1 Start 08 00 AM Cye End 4 Use the item selectors to set the start time to 08 00 AM and push the right arrow to jump to the cycle field Cyc 5 Use the item selectors to set the count to four and push the right arrow to jump to the end time field zna 173 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 01 00 1 Start 08 00 AM Cyc 4 End 08 04 AM If you cut the end time shorter one of two things will happen depending on which type of prog
33. ISTURE SENSOR o e PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will look something like this N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 1 Start 12 00 AM 2 Usethe item selectors to navigate to the program you wish to adjust the water budget for and turn the dial to the ET position Now you ll see the following display 33 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Choose method Water Budget 3 Use the item selectors to choose Water Budget and push the Water Budget button Now you ll see the following screen N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Select program Water Budget 100 0 250 4 Usethe item selectors to set the appropriate water budget and push the ENTER button to save the setting and exit 34 NLC 100 User Manual Adjusting the ET Water budget 1 Turn the dial to PROGRAM PAUSE AUTO hers STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF e PROGRAM RAIN OFF C RUN TIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR d PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS 5 s ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will look something like this N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWIFSSMTWIFS 0 100 P 35 NLC 100 User Manual 2 Usethe item selectors to navigate to the program you wish to adjust the water bu
34. MTWTFSSMTWTFS 5 Now you can use the item selectors to navigate through the days The up and down arrows will toggle the selected day to On Off Here s how selecting only Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays would look like 4 NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Select water days M W F M W F 6 Once happy with the selection of days push the CANCEL button or turn the dial away to go back to the main water days screen If you choose to turn away the dial you will see the controller return to the main water budget dialog 27 NLC 100 User Manual Now you can turn the dial to another position to edit the remaining aspects of the program Setting Start Times Each program in the NLC can run up to 12 times per day 1 Turn the dial to PROGRAM PAUSE OU RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME a Ne ee PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR d PROGRAM STATUS e e SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will look something like this 28 NLC 100 User Manual 2 N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWTFSSMTWTFS 0 100 P Use the item selectors to navigate to the program you wish to adjust the start times for and turn the dial to the START TIME position Now you ll see the following display 4 NETAFIM Program 1 Total run ti
35. N NETAFIM GROW MORE WITH LESS NETAFIM LANDSCAPE CONTROLLERS NLC 100 USER MANUAL NLC 100S NLC 100D NLC 100 User Manual Copyright January 2014 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 Netafim USA 5470 E Home Ave Fresno CA 93727 Phone 888 638 2346 559 453 6800 Fax 559 453 6803 Email communications netafimusa com 450 230 0003 A NLC 100 User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introducing NLC 100 cccccccesceccessessceceeececseseeaecececeseseeseseeecesseasseseesceeseeeaeeeeess 9 The Controller iirst iaa aK cake ievadacdsdazbnatel satecetagousseataees 9 Irrigation Features ioirernsisiinistintei euei ina tennara ianari E KEA Eaa 9 Chapter 2 Operating the controller cccccccsssessscecececsesssececececeeseseseeeeecseeeaeseseeeseeeaeseeecs 11 The Displayer e EEA E E EEE EE E S 11 A standard display when idling in Auto mode ssessssessessesssseerssreeseee 12 Button and Controls sereriruinsnsiisona ritesi nnes a iaaa ii 13 The Seven Main Modes sesssssssesssesssererrrrssrrssssertsererrrsssssssseereereeeeeesses 13 OFF REC vo cccecsscssssescessscsssesecssceecsccscessscscessavsecaeeavacescesvacsuseveessteavaceaceess 14 MANUAL Brown cccccccceseccscescessscesseccece
36. SESSA rE RES 130 Validate otenn t ne a a i a eiu 131 How irrigation is adjusted by moisture Sensors eesseseesssrseesssrrresseee 132 How moisture sensor input affects ET sssssssesesserreesssrressssrrresrerree 135 Abbreviations esene iiser E EEA EEE AE 135 VSM ranges for the different soil types sesssssessssssssessserressessseress 136 Example D 1 Dry start condition stress point cccccssceeeeeeee 137 Example D 2 Optimal start condition c eee cccsseceeeceesssteeeeeeeens 140 Example D 3 Wet start condition field capacity cccccceeeseeee 143 Appendix E Changing Station Run Sequence and Mapping c cccccsssssccccecessesssaeeeeeeeees 151 Example E 1 Putting a new station in the middle of the run chain 151 Changing the station run sequence ececseceeceseessestsceceeeceseeseaeees 152 Resetting Station FUN SEQUENCES cscecccceccccseececeeccesaecesaueceeseceeeaeesenes 153 NLC 100 User Manual Changing Station Output Mapping cccccseeeeeccecceeeseeceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 155 Changing Station Output Mapping ccececcccessesssceeeeeeeesesseaeees 155 Resetting Station Output Mapping ce eesessseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 156 Appendix F Using Simple Flow Management ccccccccccccssssssscecccecessaeseeececsessaeeeesesseeees 159 Configuring for Flow Management cccccccccsssseeeceeeeeeseeceeceeeeeeesseeeeeeeesees 159 How t
37. TAFIM ET Moisture 13 ET 2 Select 3 Extended Rain Alarm Now you see the following screen 4 NETAFIM Rain Min Duration Adjust Max Shutdown 0000 minutes 00 0 999 Hour Important Note The three values you must set here are 80 NLC 100 User Manual Setting Description Minimum Rain For how long must the rain alarm have been active before an Duration extended rain shutdown takes place Adjustment You can use this value to prolong the duration of the rain shutdown If the rain alarm has been active for an hour and you set the adjustment to 3 0 the shutdown will last three hours Max Shutdown How many hours can the rain shutdown be kept up Value is between 0 and 999 hours Examples using Different Parameters The following examples show how the extended rain shutdown feature works on different parameters It is important to notice that using the amount based rain alarm feature in the NLC For more information turn to Appendix A How Amount Based Rain Alarms Work on page 73 utilize the normal ET to simulate a dry out which means the rain alarm will stay on as long time as the applied rain will last in respect to ET Normally it will not be necessary to extend the rain alarm in these cases If a rain contact is used without any dry out mechanism the extended rain shutdown is an excellent feature to avoid irrigation for a period after rainfall Example A
38. a Program You can toggle the Active Passive status of each of the 10 programs only active programs are actually run By default newly created programs are set to Active as soon as you assign the first start time to them 37 NLC 100 User Manual PAUSE AUTO Resume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF e PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e e PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS S ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS To toggle a program between Active and Passive 1 Turn the dial to PROGRAM Now the display will look something like this N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWIFSSMTWIFS 0 100 P 2 Use the item selectors to select the program you wish to toggle active or passive and turn the dial to the PROGRAM STATUS position 38 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Set program Passive 3 Use the item selectors to toggle between Active and Passive mode and push the ACTIVE PASSIVE to save your selection and exit to the main display for Program mode The NLC lets you configure two stations to activate booster pumps and each irrigation program can have one of these booster pumps associated Here s how you assign a booster pump to a program 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED 39 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE RESUME STOP M
39. ack Now you ll see the following display 160 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM FloStack 1 System Flow Capacity 2 Selecti System Flow Capacity and you ll see this display N NETAFIM ee System Flow Capacity 0000 GPM 3 Use the item selectors to set the system flow capacity and push the ENTER button to save your setting Important Leaving the System Flow Capacity at zero GPM means that the setting won t be used to correct which stations are started 161 NLC 100 User Manual 162 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix G Defining a custom irrigation period You can change the standard irrigation window in the NLC that runs from 12 00 AM to 12 00 AM This has two effects 1 The entire water cycle will start when your irrigation period starts If this is different from 12 00 AM please be aware that e Programs will start running on the first start time after your irrigation period starts This can potentially lead to a bit of confusion where programs leap into days you wouldn t think they should be running or start running before they normally would Example G 1 Skewed days with custom irrigation periods Consider a program with four start times 02 00 AM 05 00 AM 06 00 PM and 11 00 PM that runs on odd days If your irrigation period starts at 08 00 PM and runs to 08 00 PM here s how the program could run 163 NLC 100 User Manual
40. age Water Budget or ET There are two ways of determining how to adjust the amount of water used by an irrigation program e Setting the Water Budget to a value between 0 and 250 percent 31 NLC 100 User Manual Just as you would expect this determines how much water is used However since the controller simply tells a station to start or stop the water budget doesn t control the water flow as such but instead it determines the run time This means that if you have set up a program to run five stations for 10 minutes each this is what will happen with the water budget set to 100 percent But if you decrease the water budget to 80 percent each station will only run eight minutes and if you set the water budget to 120 percent each station will run for 12 minutes e Letting ET adjustment decide how the irrigation should be carried out This way you tell the NLC how much water you want the program to provide per day and then the controller will adjust for any ET and Rain input it receives For more information turn to Appendix B Adding an ET Device on page 87 The following two procedures walk you through configuring a program for each of the two options 1 Turn the dial to PROGRAM NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE resume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME u NE ee PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MO
41. am is ET controlled the cut out irrigation is added to tomorrow s ET figure e If you pause a misting program the cycles that should have taken place during the pause are dropped in order to fit the total number of cycles in the program run time window If the program is ET controlled the irrigation that is lost on this account is added to tomorrow s ET figure e You should ensure that flow limits or reaction delay is set to consider the on off nature of misting programs in order to avoid false alarms Ideally you should use a separate pipe system without 175 NLC 100 User Manual flow sensors for misting programs For more information turn to Appendix C Setting Alarm Thresholds on page 110 e The NLC can handle up to five station starts within ten seconds so you should avoid starting more than five stations at once or you will start seeing alarms 176 NLC 100 User Manual Glossary Term Description Cable Two wires surrounded by insulation Two wire Synonym for a cable Wire An individual copper wire 177 NLC 100 User Manual 178 GROW MORE WITH LESS N NETAFIM NETAFIM USA 5470 E Home Ave Fresno CA 93727 CS 888 638 2346 www netafimusa com
42. ample if it rains heavily the NLC won t blindly keep irrigating as you may have told it to The NLC logs everything elaborately and even lets you view real time data in the web based interface With this knowledge you can re adjust your calculation but still an important piece is missing from the puzzle 130 NLC 100 User Manual Validate To validate your calculations and the feedback the system has given you there is no way around measuring the exact levels of moisture in the ground By adding moisture sensors to the NLC you are now full circle Irrigation can now be adjusted automatically based on the data flowing from your moisture sensors and long term you can adjust your schedules according to what you learn from the full circle irrigation scheme gradually refining your irrigation schedules to perfection When setting up moisture sensors with the NLC you tell the controller which soil type you are measuring and then the NLC will pull in data every 10 minutes and you are allowed to configure precisely how the controller should react to this data this happens as fine grained as on a per program basis e Set limits for how dry the soil should be before irrigating and how moist it must be before irrigation is prevented e Determine whether or not the collected data should affect current irrigation directly or if the data should just be collected for schedule refinement later on The moisture sensors also work in c
43. ation you selected ST1 and running it for the selected duration 3 minutes 4 NETAFIM Station auto learn flow in progress Station STL 2 57 Flow 4GPM 5 When a station is done running its measured flow will be stored as the expected flow for that station Pushing CANCEL at any time will abort the learn flow feature but the stations measured so far are still saved This means that you don t have to measure all stations in one sitting simply re run the learn flow feature with a new Start from setting to finish what you may have cancelled earlier Viewing the Current Flow Given that you have configured your flow sensor correctly the NLC lets you see the real time flow directly in the controller display 1 Turn the dial to apvancep use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the enter button Now you ll see this display 124 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM EloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Select 4 Flow Sensor Setup and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM Flow Sensor Setup 1 Flow Sensor Type 3 Select3 Current Flow Pulses and GPM and you ll see the current system flow in both pulses per second and gallons per minute N NETAFIM Pulses per second Gallons per minute 0 a A 9 a 125 NLC 100 User Manual Inspecting and Toggling Station Status Stations can be blacklisted
44. ction Setting the Flow Deviation 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 114 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 2 Alarm Thresholds and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM Alarm thresholds 1 Alarm Reaction Delay 3 Use the item selectors to select 3 Flow Deviation Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM e Flow Deviation Flow deviation 000 115 NLC 100 User Manual 4 Use the item selectors to set the deviation percentage from expected flow The controller will raise an alarm if the flow exceeds or falls short of the expected flow with this many percent If this alarm is activated all running stations will be halted and blacklisted marked as failed Any programs that include failed stations will simply skip those stations and run the next one in the program To clear a station you need to mark it OK on the controller see Appendix C on page 127 for instructions You can read more about the expected flow in Appendix C Setting Expected Station Flow on page 121 5 Push the ENTER button to save your selection Setting the unscheduled flow threshold 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 Fl
45. dates 2 4 6 etc e On selected days in a 14 day cycle You select the days and the NLC will loop through the 14 day schedule To make the configuration as intuitive as possible the 14 day period always starts with the current day 1 Turn the dial to pRocRam PAUSE AWO RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME cies bd PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEWET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e o PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will look something like this 25 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWIFSSMTWIFS 0 100 P 2 Usethe item selectors to navigate to the program you wish to adjust the start times for and turn the dial to the WATER Days position N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Select Water Day type Even dates 3 Use the item selectors to choose between Odd dates Even dates or 14 day period and push the ENTER button If you select odd or even dates you are done now but if you select 14 day period you need to walk through the next steps as well 26 NLC 100 User Manual 4 Assuming that today is a Sunday the list of days will start with an S and a cursor will be blinking ontop of the first S Selecting the water days 4 NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Select water days S
46. dget for and turn the dial to the WATER BUDGET ET position N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Choose method Water Budget 3 Use the item selectors to choose ET and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 Adjust current ET 000 00 4 Ifyou want the program to run before it has received an ET budget from the controller you can provide one manually that will then be used as the starting point After that any ET figure that is received will be added to what you already entered thus you can also use this feature to do a one time adjustment of the ET For more information turn to Appendix B How ET Works with the NLC on page 87 Use the item selectors to set your desired ET budget for today 36 NLC 100 User Manual 5 Push the ENTER button to save your setting 6 Programs that use ET adjustment instead of Water Budget adjustment will display the ET value instead of the Water Budget value in PROGRAM mode On switching between Water Budget and ET adjustment If you have previously set a program to be adjusted by either Water Budget or ET choosing the opposite setting will generate one of two warnings 4 NETAFIM WARNING WB will be set to 100 Press Enter to Accept Cancel to Reject 4 NETAFIM WARNING Accumulated ET will be 0 00 Press Enter to Accept Cancel to Reject Activating deactivating
47. em A central controller and up to 100 field stations comprise a complete system In addition the controller will accept input from several external sensors in order to adjust its irrigation to the local weather conditions The Controller The heart of a NLC based system is the controller This is a microprocessor controlled device that stores your irrigation programs and NLC individual stations in the field when to activate their valve s Irrigation Features Here are the main features that the NLC utilizes to help you automate your irrigation e Controls up to 100 solenoids specifications vary depending on model attached to valves or relays via the built in connection board and three expansion boards e Provides ET corrected irrigation for optimal adjusted water consumption e Measures water flow and raises alarms or halts irrigation on unexpected flow e Allows for 10 independent irrigation programs In addition there is a fixed test program that activates all 100 stations in turn e A program can activate up to 100 stations in named order e Each station can run for up to 17 59 50 In fact you can boost this even further by increasing the water budget For more information turn to Adjusting the ET Water budget on page 35 e Each program can activate a one or more booster pumps in addition to the stations NLC 100 User Manual Master valves and booster pumps will be activated in parallel in all connection and
48. en master valve Flow even when there shouldn t NOM is activated for be when no stations are 17 59 50 running This indicates a leak somewhere on the pipe 109 NLC 100 User Manual Alarm Name Description What happens Master Pump Failure MFP Occurs when your flow is below a certain threshold The master pump or all running programs are stopped depending on your configuration For more information turn to Appendix C Setting Alarm Actions on page 120 Before you can take advantage of the features associated with flow sensor input you have to connect a flow sensor and configure a few things in the controller The following sections walk you through the process Setting Alarm Thresholds For each of the alarms described in Appendix C Alarm Types on page 109 you must set a threshold value and you also need to tell the controller for how long the alarm must be on before the controller should take action Setting the alarm reaction delay 1 Turn the dial to ADVANC ED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the enter button Now you ll see this display 110 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 2 Alarm Thresholds and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM Alarm thresholds 1 Alarm Reaction Delay 3 Use
49. epeat duration 10 minutes 2 Start time 09 00 AM e 09 00 00 AM End time 10 00 AM e 09 16 40 AM Count 4 e 09 33 20 AM Repeat duration 10 minutes e 09 50 00 AM 3 Start time 10 00 AM e 10 00 00 AM End time 11 00 AM e 10 12 30 AM Count 5 e 10 25 00 AM Repeat duration 10 minutes e 10 37 30 AM e 10 50 00 AM Finally let s see how you go about creating a misting program on the controller let s say you want to configure the first start time in the example program above here s how you would do it The first thing you need to do in order to use the misting features is to enable them Enabling Misting 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED 170 NLC 100 User Manual PAUSE AUS RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF e PROGRAM e e RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e PROGRAM STATUS e lt SETUP SENSORS e ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack 2 Use the item selectors to scroll to item number 8 Feature Manager and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display 171 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Feature Manager 1 Ena Dis Cycle and End Time 3 Select1 Ena Dis Cycle and End Time Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM ole de ale wo Ena Dis cycle and
50. ered to be irrigating at a water budget of 100 For more information turn to Chapter 3 Adjusting Water Usage Water Budget or ET on page 31 In order for the ET figure to make sense to the controller you need to tell it what the ET figure would be when running at a 100 water budget So if the ET Base setting t is 0 20 and today s ET budget says 0 10 the controller will run at a water budget of 50 percent meaning that programs will only run 50 percent of their configured run time The tricky part is to make your irrigation programs fit into this model If the ET Base setting is 0 20 you have to make sure that all your programs are configured to apply exactly 0 20 every day So you have to look at the application rate in each zone and adjust run time and number of start times accordingly Let s look at an example Example B 3 Calculating ET run time The following formula is used to calculate the run time values explained in the table below 60 x ETO x Kc Prx le Description Example value 60 A constant value 60 ETo Evapotranspiration base 0 20 Ke Crop coefficient 0 50 Pr Precipitation rate from 0 45 manufacturer s data e Irrigation coefficient 0 80 1 We recommend using the highest monthly ET for your area as the base 90 NLC 100 User Manual Based on the example values above the run time would be 60 x 0 20 x 0 50 0 45 x 0 80 16 7 minutes e Itis poss
51. he Flow Management Works ccsesccecceceeeccceseeeescceesseaeesceeeseaaen ees 159 Setting the System Flow Capacity ccccccccccsssscccceeeeeeecceeeeeeeeeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeees 160 Appendix G Defining a custom irrigation PEriOd c cccccececsssscecececessaeceeecessesssaeeeesesseeees 163 Example G 1 Skewed days with custom irrigation periods 0 163 Configuring the Irrigation Period ccccecccccccsseesccccesseeeeccceeseeeeeeeeeaeees 165 Appendix H Advanced irrigation Misting Cycle and Soak ccccccccsessseeececsessseeeeeeeseenees 167 How is This Different from Regular Programs ccccsscssecccceceseeeceeeeseeeeeees 167 When the NLC Alters Your Program ccccccsssscccccecseeeccecesseaeececeseeaaeeees 168 How to Configure for Misting or Cycle amp Soak cccceeeccccceceeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeees 169 Full misting program example c cccccccsssssececccecssseseeeesceesssseeeeeesens 169 Enabling Misting ccccccccsssesccccessseeeccceeeeeeecceeseeeeseeeeseeseeeeeseseeeeeeeeea 170 Setting the Start Times With Count and End Time ccccccceeeeeeeeeees 172 Things to Keep in Mind oo eeeccccccesseescececeeeeeecceceeeeescesseeeeescesseeeeseecessaeenses 175 GIOSSARY A EA sees eaten aera ea sareataa tan atone coat eS 177 NLC 100 User Manual NLC 100 User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing NLC 100 The NLC is a microprocessor based irrigation control syst
52. he NLC Day to day usage of the NLC is pretty simple the whole point of having a system like this is to automate the irrigation so little or no intervention will be needed once your system is up and running Running NLC in Auto Mode Once your system is configured turn the dial to the AUTO position AUTO PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF o Z PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e o PROGRAM STATUS D SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will tell you which program will run next NETAFIM Program 1 Start Tue 09 44 PM 08 40 PM Total Stations 2 Total run 0 40 00 43 NLC 100 User Manual In this case the next program that will run is number one It has two stations and will run on Tuesday at 09 44 PM for 40 minutes You don t have to do anything more just leave the controller in AUTO mode and the program will be run automatically Once the program starts the display will tell you what station is running and the remaining run time for both the running station and the entire program Running program Running station Current time 4 NETAFIM Program 11 station sT1 12 20 PM Remain 0 28 00 Remain 0 08 00 3GPM Remaining program run Remaining station run time Current flow time Once this program has finished the next one in line will appear
53. he item selectors to select the station you wish to configure and push the ENTER button Now the cursor jumps to the right of the display allowing you to select the station run time 23 NLC 100 User Manual A couple of notes on run times e Runtimes longer than four minutes are run in ten second blocks and will be rounded up to the nearest block For instance run times of 00 04 14 and 00 04 18 will both be rounded to 0 04 20 e Runtime shorter than four minutes are not rounded e The maximum run time is 17 59 50 e You can delete a station from a program by simply setting the run time to 0 5 Use the item selectors to select the number of minutes you wish the station to run and push the ENTER button to save your setting Now the controller returns to the main screen for editing the run time Say you just set station number five to run five minutes in program two the display will look like this N NETAFIM Program 2 Total run time 0 05 00 Select station f 5T5 Run time 00 05 00 Pushing the CANCEL button when adjusting the run time will discard the new run time and keep the original one even if this is zero Now you can select other stations and repeat steps four and five to determine how they should run in this program 24 NLC 100 User Manual Setting Water Days There are three ways to determine which days a program will run e On all odd dates 1 3 5 etc e On all even
54. ible to set a minimum ET value that determines whether irrigation will take place at all see Step 4 Page 105 There can be several reasons to set a minimum ET value e If you only provide an insignificant amount of water the effect is useless e If you have rotating valves maybe they won t make a complete rotation before their short run time is over and you ll get uneven irrigation But isn t a bit of water better than no water at all Yes but take a look at this example to see why setting a minimum ET can be a good idea Example B 4 How minimum ET value works In this example we assume the following circumstances for the program in question e Today s ET budget has been adjusted to 0 4 e The program has four start times e The minimum ET value has been set to 0 2 because irrigating less than this gives you an uneven irrigation and has little effect on the turf Each of the four start times can irrigate one fourth of the total ET budget meaning 0 1 Here s how each of the four start times will take place 91 NLC 100 User Manual Start time Action Explanation 1 No irrigation The budget is 0 4 and there are four starts left meaning that each must provide 0 4 4 0 1 which is below the 0 2 minimum No irrigation The budget is 0 4 and there are three starts left meaning that each must provide 0 48 0 13 which is below the 0 2 minimum Irrigation The budget is 0 4 and
55. inal but you can clear it by for a flow sensor you won t viewing the alarm list ever see this alarm 3 ET Will automatically disappear when the ET enable device is no longer controlling your irrigation 60 NLC 100 User Manual Short name in display Alarm type Full name Description How to clear alarm see note below 4 Short Short alarm The alarm stays on as long as there is a short in your Note system You can clear the A short alarm may really be a notification by viewing the Broken Fuse alarm or a alarm list general Overload alarm it need not be a true short in your system Overload is defined as a current of more than 2A for more than five minutes If you enable current readings you will get a FUSE message in the display if a fuse is blown out You may also run the electrical test for a specific station and get a definite answer to whether there is an overload situation of a blown fuse in that station 5 High F High flow alarm The alarm stays on as long as the flow is too high You can clear the notification by viewing the alarm list 6 MPF Main pump failure The alarm will be cleared once you have viewed the alarm list and acknowledged the alarm 61 NLC 100 User Manual Short name in display Alarm type Full name Description How to clear alarm see note below reached This means that a p
56. inutes are referred to as Cycle amp Soak You can read all about the Feature Manager in For more information turn to Appendix H Advanced irrigation Misting Cycle and Soak on page 167 Another feature is Revert to auto which will pull your controller back into auto mode when it has been sitting in other modes for 10 minutes This ensures that irrigation will always be resumed even if someone leaves the controller hanging in a random menu item 71 NLC 100 User Manual 72 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix A How Amount Based Rain Alarms Work The following examples show how the amount based rain alarm works In all the examples the usable rain is 0 86 Example A 1 Daily ET Max hourly Soil holding Rain alarm limit rain 0 20 standard 0 20 0 50 0 02 Rain alarm dry out 0 60 0 40 RAN pulse Balance corrected Alarm The graphs show the rain built up the balance whenever it rains Every hour the balance is reduced by a fraction of the Daily ET during the night and during the day When the balance reaches the Rain alarm limit the rain alarm will go on off 73 NLC 100 User Manual The second rain burst shows a situation where the max hour rain limits makes limitations More details below The third rain burst shows that we hit the soil holding and by that limit the balance 0 50 0 45 0 40 0 15 0
57. ions using the YES and CANCEL buttons The Seven Main Modes The NLC works in seven different modes each allowing you to handle a subset of the controller functionality Each main mode has its own color on the front plate provided in parenthesis after each mode name 13 NLC 100 User Manual OFF Red This is short for Irrigation Off practically this means that the connection to the controller is shut down and no programs will be run The display will still be lit and you ll see this message Idling in Irr Off mode N NETAFIM m Irrigation is OFF 08 39 PM Power to line has been shut off This is also where you can manually turn irrigation off when it s raining MANUAL Brown In manual mode you can start a program or a single station manually AUTO Grey AUTO is the normal operating position and is probably where your system will spend the most of it s time When in auto mode the NLC makes sure that all programs are run according to schedule Once everything is configured you switch the system to auto mode and leave it to do its job You also have the option of starting additional valves or programs manually while a program is running in auto mode This can be useful if you notice that an area needs a little extra watering but you don t want to create a new program to take care of it just turn on the nearest valve for a few minutes 14 NLC 100 User Manual PROGRAM Light blue Th
58. irrigation as ET balance lt Min ET 0 20 3 0 51 0 35 0 26 0 11 0 15 0 31 Irrigate for the last two days but only Max ET 0 35 4 0 31 0 31 0 27 0 53 0 26 0 26 Irrigation during night Rain comes during the day 5 0 26 0 00 0 28 0 50 0 22 0 40 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 6 0 40 0 00 0 24 0 00 0 24 0 16 No irrigation as ET balance lt 0 7 0 19 0 00 0 29 0 00 0 29 0 13 Table Explanation Date Explanation 7 1 The ET balance is set to ETc ET Rain As the ET balance gt Min ET the program will run and use the entire ET balance 7 2 The ETc 0 19 which is added to the ET balance As the ET balance is less than Min ET the program will not run 7B The ET balance will now be the sum of ETc for 7 2 and 7 3 i e 0 51 As this is above the Max ET the program will only apply 0 35 and the remaining 0 16 will be left in the ET balance 7 4 Just a normal day ET Rain from the past day is added to the ET balance and it irrigates 75 A lot of rain ETc becomes negative and so do the ET balance No irrigation 94 NLC 100 User Manual Date Explanation 7 6 Another day with a lot of rain The ET balance would have been 0 48 if it wasn t limited by the soil holding of 0 40 7 7 8 Positive ETc and the ET balance increases but still no irrigation Example B 6 No Min ET Min ET Max ET Soil holding Max hourly rain
59. is is the mode you switch to when creating programs For more information turn to Chapter 3 Configuring Irrigation Programs on page 18 SETUP Dark blue This mode lets you configure the controller for various sensor inputs view alarms and rain event status ADVANCED Black In advanced mode you can configure a lot of settings that you don t have to change in the daily work with the controller e FloStack plan and control system flow e FloGuard monitor the controller for potential problems e Intelliset manage ET devices moisture sensors and related operations e Define a custom irrigation period e Assign booster pumps to programs e Manage the run sequence and mapping of your stations e Enable disable whether or not to display the line e Feature manager enable disable features only used by a subset of users like misting and cycle amp soak irrigation e Erase the entire controller s data in case you re setting up a new system from scratch SOLENOID AMPS Light green In this mode you can test each valve in the field individually 15 NLC 100 User Manual MORE 2 wire short finding decoder programming install trouble for D 16 NLC 100 User Manual Chapter 3 Programming the NLC Like conventional controllers the NLC must be programmed to control your irrigation The controller itself needs to be configured with basics like date and time and in addition the stations need to be config
60. is station always being run as the last one due to its high ID number you can merge it into the middle of the pack by using sequence numbers Example E 1 Putting a new station in the middle of the run chain Consider a scenario where you have 40 stations with ID numbers from 1 to 40 placed in the terrain You want to add number 41 but you would like it to be run after station 20 instead of in the end of a program cycle To achieve this you would alter the sequence number for ST41 to 21 Normal run Run sequence after changing the sequence sequence number for ST41 to 21 ST1 ST1 ST2 ST2 St3 St3 ST20 ST20 ST21 SY41 ST22 ST21 ST39 ST38 ST40 ST39 ST41 ST40 151 NLC 100 User Manual If station run sequences are changed this will show when you are assigning stations to a program if you changed the sequence like in the example above scrolling through the station list you would see ST41 appear right after ST20 in the list The following two procedures show you how to alter and reset station run sequences Changing the station run sequence 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 6 Station Run Sequence amp Mapping and push the ENTER button Now you will see this display N NETAFIM Station Sequences amp Mapping 1 Program Station Run Sequence 2 Selecti Program Station Run Sequence Now you will see the
61. ity required by the station plus the capacity already used must not exceed the total system capacity The required capacity and the capacity in use is determined from the station flow whether entered or learned For more information turn to Appendix C Setting Expected Station Flow on page 121 159 NLC 100 User Manual If a station can not be started it will be queued in pending state On the controller this will appear as Waiting just as paused stations However pending stations have a higher priority than others next time the NLC frees some capacity This is known as the stacking mechanism There are a couple of things to keep in mind when using flow management e When running in AUTO mode manually started stations will overrule the flow management and ignore the higher priority of pending stations Manually started programs will obey the flow management though e The entire concept of flow management is ignored when running in MANUAL mode e When pausing a program the NLC will release the capacity to flow management and thus the program might go into pending state when resumed if the capacity is used up by other stations Setting the System Flow Capacity If you tell the NLC about the flow capacity of your pipes the controller can automatically queue up stations that would exhaust the capacity by starting Here s how you enter the flow capacity at the controller 1 Turn the dia to ADVANCED and select 2 FloSt
62. l N NETAFIM Program 1 Station STL 12 20 PM Remain 0 28 00 Remain 0 08 00 3GPM You can browse through the status of running programs with the item selectors If you want to run more programs manually just go through this procedure again for each program you want to activate To stop a manually started program before the end of its run time use the item selectors to locate it and push the SToP button Running NLC in Manual Mode The NLC allows you to run all programs and stations manually only not obeying the schedules for the 10 programs To enable this feature turn the dial to the MANUAL position 51 NLC 100 User Manual PAUSE RESUME S OP SET DATE amp TIME OFF e PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR d PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS s ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the controller is ready to run programs or stations manually and you re prompted to select one of the two 4 NETAFIM Manual Operations 08 54 PM Select Program or Station From here on the procedure for running stations is identical to Running a station manually For more information turn to Chapter 4 Running a station manually on page 47 52 NLC 100 User Manual Alarms When running in AUTO or MANUAL mode the NLC will react on a number of conditions by raising one or more alarms
63. larm list cccccccccccsssseececeeeeeececeeeeeescesseeeeeesesseeeeeeeeeeea 59 Alarms if the NLC iseic e i ai ruts 60 M nit r Data iccct ont peard EE O EE Aa Eea a 64 Rain SHULA OWN aeaee oe sesh e aa an aas t te a ae a tes 67 Chapter Si Advanced Featureset araa 69 Intelli Cte cc eccgecd aides caecdetecastveiiids Meboteduntynde seen coo van dlasundsteendtesnvediveedieetbngevenasees 69 FIO GUA erreira ea uctsnnede neds e a ae Ea A a Ea e E ar aaa 70 FIOStACK AE EA E SE E S 70 Feature Manager eaaa a i a aa a a aaa a Eai aa a eiS 70 Appendix A How Amount Based Rain Alarms Work ssssesssssssssessseresssssserrsssesseersssesreereesesssee 73 Example A Tee O ra E A a E E E E ES 73 SE EE EE E E E A EE 75 EXAM E AB EEE A E E E E O teenebeewestx 76 Configuring the Extended Rain Shutdown Feature cccseeeeccseeseeeeeceeeeeees 77 Examples using Different Parameters c ccccccsssseeccceeeeeeecceceeeseeeceeeeeees 81 NLC 100 User Manual ExXaMPle AA sleet enea E AA conseen toed 81 Example AS ae aa ae a a E E EA 82 EXaMPIEA Ge mnn a n N EN 83 Bampi AZ eerie a i iaria 84 Appendix B Adding an ET DeVICC cccccccessscccecsesssaececececseeaeseccecseaesaecesceeseaaeseeeesseeseaeeeeees 87 How ET Works with the NLC oo cceceeeceeeeeeenneeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaaeeaaees 87 Example B 1 ET calculation with rain shortage c cccccccccsessseeeeeees 88 Example B 2 ET calculation with excess rain
64. lculate exactly how much water to use for irrigation Here s a rough breakdown of how ET works with the NLC the items are in no particular order but should all be considered when planning for ET adjusted irrigation e The controller needs a number of inputs in order to calculate the ET correction e Amount of water that has evaporated and transpired The ET figure e Amount of rain fall The rain figure e How much water the soil can retain Soil holding e How much water is used for irrigation under normal circumstances e The ET and rain figures are provided by a weather station and a rain 87 NLC 100 User Manual sensor the rest is entered by you at the controller if you use historical ET data this is entered at the controller as well e Every day at midnight the controller adds up the ET and rain input it has received and calculates how to adjust tomorrow s ET Budget the amount of water that the irrigation should provide Let s look at two examples one where ET has exceeded the rain fall and one that works the other way around Example B 1 ET calculation with rain shortage In this example the rain fall has not been able to make up for the ET e 0 30 of water was lost due to ET in the last 24 hours e 0 20 of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours e Your soil holding is set to 0 50 Now we re short of 0 10 of water since this is the difference between ET and fallen rain Thus the ET Budget for t
65. lds eroina ae eae eeta a E a ea a ia 110 NLC 100 User Manual Setting the alarm reaction delay ccecccccsssssesccceceeeecceceescaeeseeeeesaneeees 110 Setting the high flow threshold ccceccccccssssssccceeeeeeecceeeseeeesceeseeaaenses 112 Setting the Flow Deviation wears a aa adreg 114 Setting the unscheduled flow threshold ccccccccssssecccceeseeeeeeeeeeeaaeeees 116 Setting the master pump failure threshold seessssssessssssrsssssrrreeeserrsessse 118 eaae ENA na T aA E A AES 120 Configuring alarm action for MPF cccccccccccsessccceeeseeseccceeeeeeeeceeeenees 120 Setting Expected Station FIOW sessssseessrssesssssssrssssrrrrsrnrrrreessrereesseeeessse 121 Entering expected flow for a station cccccccccsssseeeccceseeeeeceecseeeeeeeees 121 Running the learn flow feature ccceeccccccccessseesccceeeeseeeceeseeeeeeeees 123 Viewing the Current FIOW ccccccccccccccssseeccceeceeeeccceeeesaeeceeeeseeeeceeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 124 Inspecting and Toggling Station Status ccccccccsecccccescseececeeeeeaeeceeessseaeeees 126 Managing Station Status snie ideea ate aetate aatas aa a ia aia ea 127 Appendix D Moisture Sensors cccccccccecssssnsececececsesesaeseeececeeseeeseeececseseeaeseseessesesaeseesesseeseea 129 The Role of Moisture Sensors eesssssssisssssesrrererrrrrssetssetrrrieteerersseresserereee 129 Calculate nei ene ea a e a a A EET E nied 130 COMMUNICATE serisinin raaa A E N
66. lters Your Program There are a number of scenarios where the NLC will reduce the number of repeats in a program start Program was paused If a program has been paused the NLC will not aggregate the cycles that should have been run in the pause these cycles are just ignored and the program continues at the point it would be at had it not been paused Maximum system capacity met If a program tries to run a cycle when the maximum system capacity is reached this cycle is just dropped ET adjustments If ET adjustments have dictated that you can irrigate less then normally today reducing the number of cycles can be the outcome 168 NLC 100 User Manual If the number of cycles is reduced a Repeat alarm is raised See Chapter 4 Alarms on page 53 for details How to Configure for Misting or Cycle amp Soak A misting program will typically run a number of stations for just a few seconds at a time and then add longer breaks between the program start times Here s an example of a simple misting program Station Run time ST1 0 00 05 ST2 0 00 08 ST3 0 00 15 ST4 0 00 06 ST5 0 00 08 And here s a program that start at various frequencies in different time intervals Full misting program example 169 NLC 100 User Manual Start Details Irrigation will start 1 Start time 08 00 AM e 08 00 00 AM End time 09 00 AM e 08 25 00 AM Count 3 e 08 50 00 AM R
67. me 0 40 00 f 1 Start 29 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 1 Start Cyc End Misting allows you to determine a more complex irrigation scheme where each start time is repeated a number of times within a specified time frame For more information turn to Appendix H Advanced irrigation Misting Cycle and Soak on page 167 3 Use the item selectors to locate the one of the 12 runs you wish to set a start time for and push the ENTER button Now the cursor will jump to the right letting you set the start time N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 40 00 1 Start 12 00 AM 4 Use the item selectors to select the start time and push the ENTER button 30 NLC 100 User Manual 5 Nowthe controller will return to the default display for setting start times and you can repeat steps two and three for all the start times you wish to set Also if you select another number for your start than the next chronologically available one the NLC will save your start with the next chronologically available number anyway This means that if you have two starts assigned and assign a third one but to the 6 run slot this will be saved as start 3 and appear as such the next time you want to edit the program In short you can say that your start times are sorted by time and their numbers compressed chronologically Adjusting Water Us
68. moisture is below the permanent wilting point at the end of the day 138 NLC 100 User Manual Loam Dry soil 50 regulation i Field capacity Optimum 0 50 j WAL FAT 7 f f Permanent wilting point weET day Rain day wettm BET Balance irrigation B Soil moisture We start with 0 20 ET and no rain the first day The soil is dry and we have 50 regulation Thus the ETm will be regulated up by 50 from the collected ET in the beginning and as the soil moisture reaches the nominal level the ETm is regulated less The trend shows the soil moisture is growing until it reaches the optimum level 139 NLC 100 User Manual Loam Dry soil 100 regulation Field capacity Optimal Permanent wilting point i 7 75 BET day 7 12 3 a we Rain day 7A ma 7a ETM B ET Balance irrigation B Soil moisture This shows the same tendency as the 50 regulation just that the regulation of the soil moisture is far more aggressive Example D 2 Optimal start condition Soil moisture starts at 0 84 140 NLC 100 User Manual Field capacity Permanent wilting point BET day wm Rain day eetm WET Balance Irrigation E Soji moisture In
69. n ET T 4 f ji Optimal F Permanent wilting point oso 4 4 WET day _ 718 1 9 TAS w Rain day meetin WET Balance 5 Irrigation T Soil moisture l 0 00 4 4 4 t on i i t n Sa 0 50 Compared to the similar example in the beginning the minimum ET of 0 15 avoids the small amount of irrigation on 7 4 and 7 14 147 NLC 100 User Manual 0 50 Loam Optimal soil 100 regulation Allow Prevent T n t Field capacity bai das ee ee ee ee Prevent f Optimal i H ji l t kR mlana da alada alalla Allow f r T i f Permanent wilting point DE BET day ua s 7 9 7 10 7 8 Wi 7 12 i w Rain day t 4 BETM f t WET Balance Irrigation t f f 1 f f t E Svi moisture In the example the Allow irrigation is set to 0 34 and Prevent irrigation is set to 1 34 Thus the irrigation is prevented until the soil moisture drops below 0 34 At that point the ET balance is large and the first coming days irrigation will increase the soil moisture to above prevent level The next five days the soil moisture will drop due to ET until it again allows irrigation In the next period it will not inc
70. n hours w S w o ani o 60 120 180 240 300 360 Rain alarm in minutes In this example the factor is 0 5 and thus the rain shutdown extension is only half of the rain alarm Example A 7 Rain min duration Adjust factor Max shutdown 45 minutes 5 20 hours 84 NLC 100 User Manual Rain alarm extended rain shutdown in hours Rain shutdown 35 f 30 25 gt ES 20 P Rain shutdown m Alarm iS 5 T 10 j iil Dba B T t o 60 120 180 240 300 360 Rain alarm in minutes This example has the same factor as example 2 but the max shutdown limits the rain shutdown extension in the case of long rain alarm periods 85 NLC 100 User Manual 86 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix B Adding an ET Device Evapotranspiration ET devices can help the NLC adjust irrigation based on weather conditions You can either let an ET device provide daily input on how the irrigation should be adjusted or you can enter historic ET data on how the weather usually behaves throughout the year and the controller will adjust its irrigation accordingly How ET Works with the NLC The NLC will receive ET data from an external weather station or from a historical ET report describing the evaporation throughout the year Combining this data with the input from a rain sensor or a tipping rain bucket and the expected level of irrigation the controller can ca
71. o week period Additionally each program can activate a booster pump and a master valve throughout the duration of the program 18 NLC 100 User Manual There is also a test program which can not be modified This program is primarily used to troubleshoot the system To start configuring a program turn the dial to PROGRAM Turn to PROGRAM mode PAUSE AUTO Resume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME ai Ne ee PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR PROGRAM STATUS J e SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS 19 NLC 100 User Manual Now the NLC shows you the configuration for Program 1 The first time you do this most settings are blank and the display will look like this Program Name Water days Total run time Active Passive selector ETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWTFSSMTWIFS 0 100 P Number of Number of run First start time Water budget stations in times program The following sections walk you through everything you need to know in order to customize the 10 programs Configuring the stations Each of the 10 programs can activate up to 100 stations in turn The stations are run in turn according to their IDs starting from STO1 STO2 etc To configure a program simply set the run times of each station to the number of minutes you wish it to
72. oGuard and push the enter button Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 2 Alarm Thresholds and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following display 116 NLC 100 User Manual 4 NETAFIM Alarm thresholds 1 Alarm Reaction Delay 3 Use the item selectors to select 4 Unscheduled Flow Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM r Unscheduled Flow usch Flow limit OOOOGPM 4 Use the item selectors to set the unscheduled flow limit in gallons per minute This is an alarm that will be raised only when no stations are running You may have a minor natural leak of water in your pipes but here you can set the maximum flow allowed when no stations are running If this alarm is activated the normally open master valve NOM will be activated and remain on for 999 minutes It can be turned off just like any other station For more information turn to Capter 4 Running Extra Stations in Auto Mode on page 47 117 NLC 100 User Manual 5 Push the ENTER button to save your selection Setting the master pump failure threshold 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 2 Alarm Thresholds and push the enter button Now you ll see the follo
73. of normal alarms like rain alarms ET input short circuits and any alarms stemming from your own auxiliary input devices FloStack The FloStack feature set helps you plan and control the flow in your system By entering an expected flow for each station and a maximum system flow capacity you can ensure that the NLC will not try to start more valves than the system can feed An extremely handy feature is the Learn Flow feature that automatically detects the flow of each station by running all stations in turn and comparing with measurements from a flow sensor You can read about FloStack in For more information turn to Appendix C Adding a flow sensor on page 109 Feature Manager The Feature Manager lets you enable a few extra features that not all users will need most notably the Mist Manager With the Mist Manager you can add an extra perspective on running irrigation schedules Instead of a program just running one station at a time for a fixed 70 NLC 100 User Manual duration you can break each run into multiple cycles Instead of telling the NLC to run a number of stations for three minutes each you can tell it to run each station in 18 second time slices 10 times with breaks in between This adds up to the same water consumption but allows the irrigation to soak in between the cycles Irrigation cycles that are measured in seconds are typically referred to as misting whereas cycles that are measured in m
74. omorrow will be adjusted with 0 4 Since we don t have any excess water the soil holding value is irrelevant Example B 2 ET calculation with excess rain 88 NLC 100 User Manual In this example the relationship is reversed and we have more rain than ET soil holding is the same e 0 30 of water was lost due to ET in the last 24 hours e 0 90 of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours e Your soil holding is set to 0 50 You would think that the ET budget for tomorrow should simply be adjusted with 0 6 because the excess rain lets us irrigate 0 6 less However since the soil is only capable of holding 0 5 we can not benefit from all of the rain but only 0 5 of the 0 6 Conclusion tomorrow s ET budget will be adjusted with 0 5 meaning that we will not need to irrigate at all Unless of course the ET budget is still positive after adjusting with 0 5 In other words we can never benefit more from fallen rain than the soil is capable of holding back So this example will end up with a 0 5 adjustment no matter how much more rain we have had e If you don t connect a weather station but let your programs run from historical ET data the controller simply reads the historical data each midnight subtracts the rain figure and adds the result to the ET budget 89 NLC 100 User Manual A bit of background is needed to understand how this works When the controller is irrigating normally it is consid
75. onjunction with the regular ET mechanism and affects the amount of water assigned to irrigation moving forward The range of ET adjustment can be from zero to two times the daily ET meaning that a very dry soil can result in ET being doubled and a very moist soil can bring the ET for the following day to zero You determine per program how much the controller can adjust the ET by setting a value between 0 and 100 a 100 being double from normal ET For more information turn to Appendix D How irrigation is adjusted by moisture sensors on page 132 131 NLC 100 User Manual How irrigation is adjusted by moisture sensors Each program can accept input from a moisture sensor and its input can be used for the following e Allow irrigation if the moisture level is low enough e Raise an alarm if the moisture level is too low e Prevent irrigation if the moisture level is too high e Optionally adjust the ET balance Here is how you configure your programs to use a moisture sensor 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED PAUSE AUO RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME oF o ee e PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR o o PROGRAM STATUS e SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this 132 NLC 100 User Manual 2 3 N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack w
76. p Mapping 1 Program Station Run Sequence 2 Select2 Station Output Mapping and press the ENTER button Now the display will look like this N NETAFIM ale te she ale ate Ww IF WF Ie Station Output Mapping e Is BIE 3 Select2 Reset to factory default Now you will see the following display N NETAFIM This will reset all outputs to match sta tion ids Are you sure 4 Push the ENTER button to acknowledge that you are resetting all mappings or CANCEL to exit 157 NLC 100 User Manual 158 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix F Using Simple Flow Management The NLC allows for simple flow management by comparing the current flow to system capacity and preventing too many stations from running at once Configuring for Flow Management Setting up your system for flow management only involves two things 1 Defining the expected flow for your stations For more information turn to Appendix C Setting Expected Station Flow on page 121 2 Set the maximum system capacity For more information turn to Appendix F Setting the System Flow Capacity on page 160 How the Flow Management Works Whenever a station is about to start the NLC will try to determine whether the system has sufficient capacity to start the station by doing a little calculation A station can be started if Required Capacity Capacity in Use lt Total Capacity In plain words the capac
77. physical stations meaning that station 1 can be re mapped to not activate the valve connected to terminal 1 but an arbitrary valve This is how it is done Changing Station Output Mapping 1 Turn the dial to apvancep use the item selectors to scroll to item number 6 Station Run Sequence amp Mapping and push the ENTER button Now you will see this display N NETAFIM ewer Station Sequences amp Mapping 1 Program Station Run Sequence 2 Select2 Station Output Mapping and press the ENTER button Now the display will look like this 155 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM ste de ie te e Ww It We Ie Station Output Mapping PE Is Edit 3 Select1 Edit and press the ENTER button Now you will see the following display 4 NETAFIM a a ie Station Mapping Edit Station ST1 Output 001 4 Use the item selectors to map station names to physical output terminals and press the ENTER button to save your mapping In case you want to reset to the factory defaults of stations names mapped directly to corresponding terminal IDs follow this procedure Resetting Station Output Mapping 1 Turn the dial to apvancep use the item selectors to scroll to item number 6 Station Run Sequence amp Mapping and push the ENTER button Now you will see this display 156 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM trr wee Station Sequences am
78. ram you are dealing with e If you are handling a water budget based program The cyc field will automatically decrease in order to fit in the cycles possible before the end time you ll see it when you have saved the start time e elf you are handling an ET controlled program No adjustments are made to the number of cycles The fact that ET may decrease the run time of your cycles you may still be able to fit in your number of cycles even though you lower the end time 6 Set the end time to 09 00 and push the enter button to save your settings now the cycles will be evenly spread out in the hour between 08 00 and 09 00 174 NLC 100 User Manual 4 NETAFIM Pam 7 1 SOAK Cycle 1 4 08 01 PM Remain 0 14 00 End 09 00 PM OGPM Things to Keep in Mind When using misting or cycle amp soak programs there are a number of things to consider that don t apply to regular programs e If you re using ET Each cycle still obeys the water budget dictated by ET This means that each cycle might have to run for so long that the time frame for the start time doesn t have enough room to fit in all the cycles In this case the number of cycles is cut down adequately The cut out irrigation is added to tomorrow s ET figure e f you re using a maximum system capacity For more information turn to Appendix F Using Simple Flow Management on page 159 a cycle might be unable to run if the maximum capacity is reached If the progr
79. rease above the prevent and start settle at the optimum 148 NLC 100 User Manual Field capacity Prevent Optimal Allow Permanent l 0 00 wi we 7 3 7 4 ws 7 6 7 77 7 8 79 7 10 Wi vii I3 7a 7 15 BET day Rain day 4 f T irrigation 4 t j Soil moisture 0 50 1 L L This example has the same allow and prevent settings as the previous but instead of ET controlled irrigation as water budget program is used The water budget program is set with start times at 1 AM 2 AM 3 AM 4 AM 5 AM and 6AM Each start apply 0 15 water and it is assumed this is in the soil the following hour The result is again that the soil moisture drops until it is below 0 34 and then on 7 3 the controller irrigates 6 times 0 15 The next day it irrgates 3 times 0 15 until it reach the 1 34 The following days the soil dries out and it all repeates from 7 10 149 NLC 100 User Manual 150 NLC 100 User Manual Appendix E Changing Station Run Sequence and Mapping Normally stations in a program will be run in the order indicated by their station ID numbers For more information turn to Capter 3 Configuring Irrigation Programs on page 18 but you can circumvent this by assigning sequence numbers to stations instead The typical scenario if when you want to add a station to an existing installation instead of th
80. revisit the list Monitor Data If your communication subscription allows you can enable the controller to send monitor data to your Web interface To enable relaying monitor data to your Web interface follow this procedure 1 Turn the dial to ADVANC fl J 64 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME a Ne ee e PROGRAM RAINOFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e e PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack El wa 2 Use the arrow keys to select Monitor Data and press the ENT button Now you see the following display 65 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Monitor Data 1 Enable Disable mon events 3 Select Enable Disable mon events Now you get a list of all the events that can trigger monitor data For each of these you can select them using the ENTER button and enable disable them e Programs e Stations e Daily Water Usage e Hourly Water Usage e System Mode Change e Alarms amp Rain Shutdown e Installation Data Change e Program Data Change e Moisture e Clock Changed e Water Window e Daily ET and Rain e Daily Assigned Program ET e Hourly Rain NLC 100 User Manual 4 Finally you can configure how
81. rogram tried to start a station when the maximum number of stations was already running 7 USch F Unscheduled flow alarm This Stays on as long as the flow is means that water is flowing in too high The normally open your pipes when you re not master valve NOM will be irrigating Such an alarm activated so the alarm will indicates that you have a leak clear itself but you can clear the notification by viewing the alarm list 8 St Err Station error alarm This means Stays on until all stations are that one or more stations in the labeled OK For more field have failed and will only information turn to be raised if you are using a flow Appendix C Inspecting and sensor Toggling Station Status on Note page 126 You can clear the notification by viewing the This alarm only concerns flow alarm list related problems not any electrical errors that may occur in a station 9 Max St Maximum number of stations The alarm will be cleared once you have viewed the alarm list and acknowledged the alarm 62 NLC 100 User Manual Short name in display Alarm type Full name Description How to clear alarm see note below 10 Repeat The number of repeats has The alarm will be cleared been reduced in a misting once you have viewed the program This typically happens alarm list and acknowledged if ET expands the run the alarm time for repeats and the program can t fi
82. rrigation program runs every day if ET balance is above 0 00 no minimum maximum ET defined 136 NLC 100 User Manual e Allow and prevent irrigation based on the moisture is not used e The water applied by irrigation and rain reach the root zone the same day Factor VSM ET ETm 0 6 dry 0 20 0 20 21 optimal 0 20 0 20 36 wet 0 20 0 20 50 6 dry 0 20 0 30 50 21 optimal 0 20 0 20 50 36 wet 0 20 0 10 100 6 dry 0 20 0 40 100 21 optimal 0 20 0 20 100 36 wet 0 20 0 00 Example D 1 Dry start condition stress point Soil moisture starts at 0 24 NLC 100 User Manual Loam Dry soil 0 regulation Field capacity Optimal Permanent wilting point BET day 7A UE S D 7S We 7 We 79 nio WAL FAT mia 7 5 8 Rain day t t mETm BET Balance Wrrigation B Soll moisture We start with 0 20 ET and no rain the first day The soil is dry but we have no regulation Thus the ETm ET Every day the ET balance ETm ET Rain There is no irrigation on 7 5 as the ET balance is negative The result is that we start out with a dry soil and we will keep a dry soil The moisture content in the soil varies over the day as the irrigation falls in the night increase soil moisture and during the day the ET dries out the soil The example shows that most of the days the soil
83. rt this procedure you need to know how much water evaporates every month of the year on a daily basis Meaning that for each month you ll get to enter a figure that will be used each day that month 103 NLC 100 User Manual Configuring for Historical ET Data 1 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED PAUSE AUTO RESUME STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME a Ne C e PROGRAM RAINOFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e PROGRAM STATUS e SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display looks like this 104 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Advanced Setup 1 FloStack 2 Use the item selectors to select 3 tntelliset and push the ENTER button Now you ll see the following screen 4 NETAFIM te te woe ET Moisture iF 1 087 3 Select 1 ET Now the display will look like this N NETAFIM Intelliset se 1 Current Accumulated ET and Rain 4 Select 6 Device Setup Now the display will look like this 105 NLC 100 User Manual 5 N NETAFIM ip sis sie Device Setup 1 ET Input Method Select 1 ET Input Method Now the display will look like this N NETAFIM rere ET Input Method tren Local Weather Station Select Historic and push the ENTER button Push the CANCEL button once to go back to the
84. run Here s an example of an irrigation program 1 1If you want the stations to run in a different order than this you must assign sequence numbers to each station and the sequence number will determine the order instead 20 NLC 100 User Manual Station Run Time STO1 10 min STO2 5 min ST04 50 min ST16 10 min If two programs wish to run the same station at the same time the station will simply keep running until the last program no longer needs it running Now let s look at how you configure the individual stations in a program Configuring a station in a program 1 Turn the dial to PROGRAM 21 NLC 100 User Manual AUTO PAUSE Resume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME u NE ee PROGRAM RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR o e PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS Now the display will look something like this N NETAFIM Program 1 Total run time 0 00 00 Sta 0 SMTWTIFSSMTWIFS 0 100 P 2 Usethe item selectors to scroll to the program you wish to configure a station for 3 Now turn the dial to the RUN TIME position Say you selected program 2 then the display will look like this 22 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Program 2 Total run time 0 00 00 Select station ST1l Run time hh mm ss 4 Use t
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86. t all the repeats into the configured time frame For more information turn to Appendix H Advanced irrigation Misting Cycle and Soak on page 167 11 NW Prg A program has not been run The alarm will be cleared because it was set to start in once you have viewed the the non water time window alarm list and acknowledged For more information turn to the alarm Appendix G Defining a custom irrigation period on page 163 12 NW Stp A program was halted because The alarm will be cleared it was running when entering once you have viewed the the non water time window alarm list and acknowledged For more information turn to the alarm Appendix G Defining a custom irrigation period on page 163 13 Mst NR There is no response from your Stays on until the sensors are moisture sensors all responding 14 Mst Lv One or more of your moisture Stays on until the moisture sensors is reporting a moisture level below the alarm threshold level is above the threshold 63 NLC 100 User Manual Short name in Full name Description How to clear alarm see note display Alarm below type 15 Rem ET Your controller is not receiving The alarm will be cleared ET data from the remote ET once you have viewed the server alarm list and acknowledged the alarm 2 When you have viewed the list of alarms you will no longer be notified in the display about past alarms Of course you can always
87. t soil We even keep the moisture above the field capacity which means most of the irrigation is waisted 144 NLC 100 User Manual Field capacity Permanent wilting point l Ai 7AZ 7 ia BET day B Rain day BETm B ET Balance 7 15 irrigation Soll moisture The soil will dry towards the nominal value over time It will still irrigate but with less ETm than the collected ET Using prevent irrigation above a certain level would avoid irrigation when it is very wet 145 NLC 100 User Manual l Field capacity Optimal Permanent wilting point SET day Rain day B ETM BET B lanc irrigation S Soil moisture The same picture as the 50 regulation just that the progression towards the nominal value is much faster How irrigation is adjusted by moisture sensors The same results can be drawn for the other soil types The only difference is the VSM range Min and max for ET come into play when the system starts to use the ET balance i e after the moisture correction which is on what we add to the ET balance Max hourly rain is during the day when we collect rain Soil holding is the maximum that the ET balance can go negative 146 NLC 100 User Manual Soil moisture starts at 0 24 Field capacity Loam Optimal soil 100 regulation mi
88. ted ET shall vary between 0 and double the amount of daily ET The regulation is individual per program Abbreviations Term Description Factor A user definable regulation factor between 0 and 100 Set to O means no regulation Set to 100 means full regulation 100 regulation when wet No ET is added to the balance 135 NLC 100 User Manual Term Description 100 regulation when dry 2x the ET is added to the balance Wet At or near field capacity Dry At or near permanent wilt point Optimal The target balance between soil and climate ET VSM The actual volumetric soil moisture ETm Moisture adjusted ET and corrected for rain and added to ET balance ET ET for the prior 24 hour period Rain Rain for the prior 24 hour period SM ranges for the different soil types Soil type VSM dry VSM wet VSM Optimal Standard 0 49 25 5 Sand 2 22 12 Loam 6 36 21 Clay 15 50 32 5 The following examples show 7 days with various daily ET and rain in combination with start off of dry wet or optimal soil condition with 0 50 or 100 regulation The examples have the following common conditions e Soil type loam Root zone 4 This means the VSM for dry optimal and wet corresponds to 0 24 0 84 and 1 44 of water e The first irrigation period begins with ET 0 20 Rain 0 00 ET balance 0 00 e The i
89. this case the soil moisture was in balance when we started and it is kept in balance 141 NLC 100 User Manual Field capacity Optimal Permanent wilting point BETA ob ae a a e i aa 7a B Ey 4 IA s Rain day BET Balance irrigation f t t mETm f t B Sol moisture The regulation has very little influence as the soil moisture is in balance and we just deviate slightly from the nominal value 142 NLC 100 User Manual Field capacity Optimal Permanent wilting point BET day w Rain day eetm WET Balance Irrigation Soil moisture Same as with 50 Example D 3 Wet start condition field capacity Soil moisture starts at 1 44 143 NLC 100 User Manual 2 00 Loam Wet soil 0 regulation Field capacity i00 4 i i i Optimal Permanent wilting point WET day Rain day etm ET Balance gt Irrigation J ji f B Soil moisture 0 50 We start with 0 20 ET and no rain the first day The soil is wet but we have no regulation Thus the ETm ET Every day the ET balance ETm ET Rain There is no irrigation on 7 5 and 7 13 as the ET balance is negative The result is that we start out with a wet soil and we will keep a we
90. ured and tested Finally you need to create your irrigation programs and possibly configure the system for sensor inputs All of this happens at the controller and this chapter walks you through all the tasks Basic Controller Configuration The controller will remember date time for up to two weeks when not connected to a power outlet Most likely it will have lost this information when you first receive it so the very first thing you have to do to get going is to set the date and time Setting the date and time 1 Turn the dial to the SET DATE amp TIME position PAUSE AUG resume STOP MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF e e PROGRAM RAIN OFF C RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR e PROGRAM STATUS SETUP SENSORS gt Si ADVANCED SOLENOID AMPS 17 NLC 100 User Manual Now the display looks something like this NETAFIM 10 18 2004 08 50 42 AM Week day Monday 2 You change the settings with the up and down item selectors and move between the day month and year slots with the left and right item selectors Push the ENTER button to save your setting now the controller will save the date vill be calculated automatically from the Configuring Irrigation Programs The NLC holds 10 programs that can each activate 100 stations in turn Each program can run 12 times a day on odd even or selected days in a tw
91. wing display 118 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM Alarm thresholds 1 Alarm Reaction Delay 3 Use the item selectors to select 5 Master Pump Failure Now you ll see the following display 4 NETAFIM te he te she 7 FF te a Master Pump Failure Master Pump Failure limit OOOOGPM 4 Use the item selectors to set the minimum flow that must be in your pipe if the master pump is working correctly You can decide whether this alarm should result in all programs to be halted or all pumps and master valves should be turned off For more information turn to Appendix C Setting Alarm Actions on page 120 The action you choose will be in effect until the next station gets activated manually or by a program 5 Pushthe ENT ER button to save your selection 119 NLC 100 User Manual Setting Alarm Actions The only flow alarm for which you can decide the action is the master pump failure alarm you get to decide whether this should cause all programs to be halted or all pumps and master valves to be shut down Configuring alarm action for MPF 1 Turn the dial to ADVANCED use the item selectors to scroll to item number 3 FloGuard and push the ENTER button Now you ll see this display N NETAFIM FloGuard 1 Station Status 2 Choose 3 Action Configuration Now you ll see the following display N NETAFIM we MPF action selection
92. wo rows of 40 characters Since the limit is 40 characters per row sometimes words are abbreviated but all messages should still be easy to understand if in doubt about a message consult this manual A typical message is the following that is displayed when the NLC is idle waiting for the next program to run 11 NLC 100 User Manual A standard display when idling in Auto mode N NETAFIM Program 1 Start Tue 09 44 PM 08 40 PM Total Stations 2 Total run 0 40 00 This simply states that the next program to run is program number one the program s total run time is 40 minutes and it will run on Tuesday at 09 44 PM activating two stations in turn In the top right you see the current time You will learn all about programs in For more information turn to Chapter 3 Configuring Irrigation Programs on page 18 12 NLC 100 User Manual Button and Controls 4 NETAFIM PROGRAM STATION PAUSE stop AUTO RESINE MANUAL SET DATE amp TIME OFF e PROGRAM e e RAIN OFF RUNTIME RAIN ALARM STATUS WATER DAYS VIEW ALARMS START TIME CANCEL VIEW ET amp RAIN WATER BUDGET ET NO VIEW MOISTURE SENSOR PROGRAM STATUS e e SETUP SENSOXKS e ADVANCED N LC 1 00S SO cNOID AMPS Jog wheel Item selector The NLC is handled by the dial and item selectors in conjunction Select the mode using the dial scroll through dialogs using the item selectors and confirm or cancel your select
93. y just go through this procedure again for each station you want to activate To stop a manually started station before the end of its run time use the item selectors to locate it and push the stor button 48 NLC 100 User Manual Running Extra Programs in Auto Mode When the NLC is running in auto mode you have the option of manually starting additional programs in parallel So if program 1 wants to run station 12 from 08 00 to 08 10 and program 2 wants to run that same station from 08 05 to 08 15 the station will be run from 08 00 to 08 15 Running a program manually has the advantage that you can select which station should be run first allowing you to skip a part of the program 1 Push the procram button Now there will be an arrow next to the program number indicating that you should select the program you wish to run 49 NLC 100 User Manual N NETAFIM t program 11 Start with Station 1 Stations 4 Total run 0 28 00 2 Use the item selectors to pick the desired program and push the right arrow in the item selectors to move on to select which station should be the first to run N NETAFIM t program 1 Start With Statio 7 1 Stations 4 Total run 0 28 00 3 Use the item selectors to select the station you wish to start with and push the ENTER button Now the controller will run the selected program keeping you informed of the status of the program 50 NLC 100 User Manua

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