6100 DC1 DC4
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1. Labeled cables 1 emerge from the controller The end of each cable is protected by a cover that must be removed prior to connecting the cable The cables are specifically designed to connect to Galcon DC type irrigation valves and solenoids 3 The controller and its connections are waterproof To safeguard the waterproof characteristics compliance with the following is essential e Do not remove protective covers from cables that are not connected to valves Exposed cable ends can short circuit with each other with conducting bodies and in water e Connect the cables to the valves 3 using the special waterproof connectors 2 supplied with the product See illustration 1 Cut away the covering from the controller cable 1 near the end of the cable and expose the cable leads from the black insulating outer sleeve The solenoid cables have three wires white red and black Do not expose the three wires from their colored insulation 2 Connect the leads to waterproof connector 2 3 Programming the Irrigation Controller This section describes the programming steps for a simple irrigation schedule It is followed by a section dealing with more advanced irrigation controller operations The irrigation controller is programmed with the aid of 4 buttons Programming Step Selector used to select the desired programming mode e g clock setting mode Para2. 2 1Valve and Solenoid Assembly 2 1 1 Shut the main irrigation system valve 2 1 2 Install the hydraulic valve in the irrigation system 2 1 3 If necessary remove the solenoid 1 from the bayonet adapter by making a quarter turn to the left Note Be careful not to lose the seal O ring 2 and assemble the solenoid with the manual lever see illustration After installing the hydraulic valve 3 assemble the solenoid if you removed it pe by making a quarter turn to the right Nd LTM 2 1 4 Be sure to correctly position the seal O ring 2 in place Important It is recommended that you do not disassemble the bayonet adapter 2 2 Manual Mechanical Operation a hanical The irrigation valve can be opened and closed mechanica W TE operation independent of the controller s operation i Manual operation is useful when immediate irrigation is required and there is insufficient time or knowledge to program the controller The valve lever is located on the solenoid and has three positions from left to right Open Automatic AUTO and Closed N Open N Close Remember For controller operated irrigation the valve lever must be in the middle AUTO position 2 3 Battery Installation Cams Open the battery compartment cover Insert batteries see illustration All the controller display elements appear briefly on the display followed by a blinking time of 12 00 The controller is
3. Move the blinking arrow to the desired day days Ra of the week by pressing starts Hana Selecting adding irrigation days rain off Press The arrow under the selected Canceling Scheduled Irrigation Days Press until amp appears it Tu W Th F SaSu BR 2 Press A blinking arrow appears at the valvel 4 now E day stops blinking moves one position to the right and blinks under the next day of the week You can select additional days of the week in the same manner Have the arrow blink under the day you want to cancel Press The arrow under the selected day will disappear The blinking arrow will move one position to the right under the next day of the week Cancel additional scheduled irrigation days in the same manner Press to proceed to the next step When the blinking arrow reaches Sunday pressing again displays OnCe in the center of the display and amp at the top right of the display To return to the Selecting Adding Irrigation Days mode press once or twice 3 6 Setting Irrigation Start Times In this step up to 4 separate irrigation start ums M Tu W Th F SaSu times can be programmed for a selected day ae 3 3 m E for the valve being programmed The selected duration valve will open at each of the start times set days for the irrigation duration set as described in starts Section 3 4 1 Press until the START appears The word OFF or the last start ti
4. Duration 3 5 Selecting Days of the Week for Irrigation 3 6 Setting Irrigation Start Times 3 7 Example Programming a Weekly Irrigation Schedule 4 Additional Functions u usuneeeenaenaet 12 4 1 One Time Irrigation 4 2 Cyclical Irrigation 4 3 Setting the Day of the Week and Time for Cyclical and One Time Irrigation Programs 4 4 Irrigation Window In the Cyclical Program Mode 4 5 Opening an Irrigation Window after Start Time has passed 4 6 Example Programming a Cyclical Irrigation Schedule 4 7 Manual Irrigation System Operation via the Irrigation Controller 4 8 Sequential Manual Operation of all the Valves 4 9 Suspension 4 10 Irrigation Duration Extended or Shortened by a Specified Percentage 5 Additional Displays ana 16 5 1 Valve in Wait Mode 5 2 Blinking Low Battery Warning 5 3 Permanent Low Battery Warning 5 4 Missing Program Data 5 5 Sensor 6 Maintenance Troubleshooting and Repairs 19 7 Additional Accessories and Products 44 44444444nnBn nennen 20 8 Table for Irrigation Planning with Galcon Controllers 21 1 Parts Identification 1 Cover 2 Push buttons 3 Controller display 4 Battery compartment cover 5 Solenoid 6 Mechanical operation lever 7 Bayonet adapter 8 Hydraulic valve Important Assembly of a filter upstream of the valve is mandatory See list of accessories page 20 2 setting up the Irrigation Controller
5. close the valve manually press FF appears on the display 4 To close the valve manually before the end of the irrigation duration press until ON appears again on the display Press to close the valve Up to two valves can be operated simultaneously in this manner Simply repeat the above steps for the second valve 4 6 Sequential Manual Operation of all the Valves The valves can be operated sequentially one after the other 1 Press until the appears 2 When nothing is blinking on the display press and hold down for 5 seconds Valve 1 will open and operate for the programmed irrigation duration When valve 1 closes valve 2 opens and so forth until the last valve has opened All the valves designated to open blink 3 You can control the process Pressing closes the current valve and opens the next one Important You can only exit this screen after all the valves have opened nun FS a valve now duration days Starts manual rain off an F SaSu Bi valve now duration days starts manual rain off nun FS L valve now duration days Starts manual rain off 14 4 7 Suspension uw F SaSu This option is used to temporarily suspend the duration irrigation controller s control of the valves for days example while it is raining The irrigation schedule starts manual remains stored
6. B valve SS Ino duration j days l starts manual rain off wT F Sa Su valve eS now duration days C starts DAYS manual rain off 3 With the display blinking press or The interval between irrigation sessions irrigation cycle in days hours or minutes is displayed For example if you set 2 days the irrigation will be performed every two days for the defined duration 12 4 3 Setting the Day of the Week wT F SaSu oa and Time For Cyclical and One Time Y now Irrigation Programs days AM TI 1 duration s START Kr 0 Star DAYS manual These programs enable you to pre set the time M rain off of valve opening The number of days until the valve opening appears on the display to the right of the irrigation start time above the word days 0 days program starts today 1 day program starts tomorrow etc up to 30 days 1234 Press until START appears The last opening time entered appears on the display Press The hour digits blink Set the desired opening time by pressing or Take note of AM and PM designations Press until the digit to the right of the opening time blinks The digit above the word days Set the number of days until the opening of the valve by pressing or e Valve openings 2 3 and 4 are canceled in this mode 4 4 Example Programming a Cyclic
7. Battery Operated Advanced Computerized Irrigation Controller Installation and Operating Instructions This handbook provides the installation and operating instructions for the DC 1 and DC 4 controllers Main Features e Independent programming of each individual valve e Weekly or cyclical programming e Up to 4 operations per day in weekly program mode e Irrigation duration one minute to 12 hours e Irrigation frequency once a day to once every thirty days in a cyclical program e Waterproof when immersed in water IP68 e Rain off sensor option e Weather resistant Irrigation duration modifiable as a function of percentage entered e Operation of one to 4 valves anda master valve e Computerized manual operation of individual valves e Sequential manual operation optional e Batteries DC 1 4 two 9V alkaline batteries CE ss Galcon Computerized Control Systems Contents 1 Parts Identification nee 3 2 Setting up the Irrigation Controller 2 22422404204200400n seen 3 2 1 Valve and Solenoid Assembly 2 2 Manual Mechanical Operation 2 3 Battery Installation 2 4 Installing the Controller in the Irrigation System 2 5 Wiring the Solenoids 3 Programming the Irrigation Controller 4 442404444BBB nenne 7 3 1 Setting the Current Time and Day ofthe Week 3 2 Switching between AM PM and 24 Hour Time Format 3 3 Valve Selection 3 4 Setting the Irrigation
8. al Irrigation Schedule Let s assume you want to program the irrigation controller to open the valve at 12 45 PM for a period of one hour every 5 days 1 oO NO O1 Set the irrigation duration as described in Section 3 4 Setting the Irrigation Duration Press until X appears then set the desired irrigation duration by pressing or Press until amp appears Press a number of times for all the days of the week until On CE appears blinking on the display While the display is still blinking press or until 5 days appears on the display representing the irrigation frequency Press START is displayed Press The hour digits blink Press until the hour digits change to 12 PM Press until the minute digits change to 45 13 4 5 Manual Irrigation System Operation via the Irrigation Controller This function operates the selected valve for the irrigation duration defined in the program The valve will close automatically at the end of the irrigation duration Note that the originally programmed irrigation schedule continues to operate at the set times 1 Press until amp appears Select one or more valves as described in Section 3 3 Valve Selection 2 Press until appears 3 Press to open the valve The word On is displayed After an interval of 5 seconds a count down of the remaining irrigation duration appears on the display To
9. display accordingly Important The percentage cannot be changed for an individual valve 15 5 Additional Displays 5 1 Valve in Wait Mode This section does not apply to the DC 1 Model When two valves are currently open and a third valve is scheduled to open the third valve enters into wait mode A blinking 4 appears above the number of the waiting valve When one of the first two valves closes the waiting valve opens During manual operation of a waiting valve via the irrigation controller the letter W Wait appears on the display The valve opens when another valve closes 5 2 Blinking Low Battery Warning When the batteries are low a blinking battery icon appears on the display In this state the batteries still enable valve operation but must be promtly replaced After replacing the batteries press any button to resume irrigation controller operation Programmed data are retained if batteries are replaced within 30 seconds a valve duration days Starts Tu W Th F SaSu u valve 3 duration days starts ANZ sey Tu W Th F SaSu D now E A manual rain off now manual rain off 16 5 3 Permanent low battery warning When the batteries are low and not replaced in a timely manner the battery icon is permanently displayed All other display elements disappear all valves will close and all programs will disappear Replac
10. during activation position AUTO position Dirt and scale in valve mechanism Clean or replace valve Water leak from the 20 mm or 5 mm seal O Ring Install new seal O Ring solenoid valve coupling between bayonet adapter and connection valve missing See illustration below 1 20 mm seal O Ring 2 5 mm seal O Ring 19 7 Additional Accessories and Products 7 1 General Lockable protective box Line Filter BSP 3 4 Line Filter BSP 1 Waterproof connector Extension cable for solenoid cables 7 2 Two way 2W Controllers Spare Parts Kit bayonet adapter plunger and O rings Valve DC solenoid from Galcon 2W 3 4 valve solenoid 2W 1 valve solenoid 2W 11 2 valve solenoid 2W 2 valve solenoid 2W DC Solenoid Only 3 4 Valve 2W bayonet adapter 1 Valve 2W bayonet adapter 11 2 Valve 2W bayonet adapter 2 Valve 2W bayonet adapter 20 Auxiliary Table for Irrigation Planning with Galcon Controllers 21 NS BS 4 ULM NL WN ns es 4 ULM NLN ns es 4 ULM NL WN ns es 4 ULM NL WN ns es 4 ULM NL WN ns es 4 ULM NL WN jes 9AQ9 ume Auosjeq sanoy sagnuru pA y310d xoq MOpUIM eare soul yes eq uolyeung uogepu weIboId uoge uonNelo snuoneduu y L ss Galcon Computerized Control Systems Kfar Blum 12150 Tel 972 4 690 0222 Fax 972 4 690 2727 E Mail info galcon co il www galcon co il Cat No E B 412 01
11. e batteries promply and reprogram the controller Programmed data are retained if batteries are replaced within 30 seconds 5 4 Missing Program Data During manual operation via the irrigation controller na Fr 3 appears on the display see Section 4 6 Manual Irrigation System Operation indicating that no irrigation duration has been set for the specified valve In this case opening of the valve is disabled re Tu W Th F SaSu valve duration days starts now manual rain off mess 8 valve now duration days Starts manual rain off 17 5 5 Sensor The irrigation controller offers advanced irrigation control using a rain off sensor That is as long as the conditions defined for activation of the sensor are not met the irrigation schedule will not be implemented The rain off sensor contact remains closed For example if a rain sensor is connected to the irrigation controller irrigation takes place as long as the sensor remains dry In the event of rainfall the sensor prevents the opening of all the valves associated with it There is also the option of using any type of dry contact sensor N O When the sensor contact is closed all valves will close and no irrigation will take place diagram page 6 As long as the sensor closes the circuit i e the sensor detects the existence of a defined program lockout condition the symbol blinks on
12. in the controller but is not AB rain of implemented The suspension option disables ALL valves connected to the irrigation controller 1 Press until the appears 2 Press and hold down for 5 seconds appears blinking alongside the word rain off The controller is now suspended 3 To restore control to the controller press until the appears and then press and hold down until the disappears 4 Suspension can also be implemented while a valve has been activated 5 If an attempt is made to operate a valve manually while the irrigation controller has been suspended or when a valve is meant to open sequentially the word rAin appears on the display and the valve will not open 4 8 Irrigation Duration Extended or Shortened by a Specified Percentage You can extend shorten the irrigation duration for all the valves simultaneously by specifying a percentage for the duration Example if the irrigation duration has been set T Tu W Th F SaSu ia Valve now to one hour adding 10 extends the duration duration TE by 6 minutes to 66 minutes days ae starts 7 A 1 Press until the appears rain off 2 Wait until no digit is blinking 3 Press and simultaneously 00 is displayed 4 Press The 00 blinks Press or to increase or decrease the percentage as necessary in increments of 5 or is permanently displayed on the main
13. me set will appear on the display 2 Press The displayed item blinks OFF or last start time entered 3 Set the desired start time by pressing or Take note of the AM and PM designations Repeat actions 2 and 3 to set start times II Ill and IV as needed 4 To cancel a specific start time select it by pressing Next press The hour digits blink Press or until the word OFF appears on the display 5 To program another valve select it and repeat the above steps starting from section 3 3 above manual rain off 10 3 7 Example Programming a Weekly Irrigation Schedule Let s assume you want to program the irrigation controller to water three times a day using the 24 hour time display format at 08 00 AM 13 00 PM and 19 00 PM for 21 2 hours at a time on Tuesday and Friday To switch to an AM PM time display format see section 3 2 If you are using a DC 1 model irrigation controller start from step 4 below 1 Press until amp appears 2 Press A blinking arrow appears at the bottom of the display 3 Press or to move the arrow to the valve number to be programmed 4 Press until X appears 5 Press The hour digits blink Press or until the hour displays 2 Press The minute digits blink Press or until the minute displays 30 Press amp appears 7 Press A blinking appears at the top of the display under Monday Pres
14. meter Selection Button used to select the parameter to be changed e g hour minute etc The selected parameter can only be changed when its entry is blinking on the display Increment Button increases the value of the selected parameter e g when hour is selected from 06 00 to 07 00 Decrement Button decreases the value of the selected parameter e g when hour is selected from 06 00 to 05 00 3 1 Setting the Current Time and Day of the Week To enable the irrigation controller to operate the irrigation system at the correct times the current time and current day of the week must T Tu W Th F SaSu T first be set vavel 3 Jnow E 1 Press several times until the appears Cation AM 2 Press The hour digits blink Set the a current hour using or Note the AM and Mona PM designations 3 Press The minute digits blink Set the current minute using or 4 Press A blinking arrow appears at the top of the display Move the arrow to the current day of the week using the or button If the most recent data item stops blinking before you finish programming it press to continue the programming process 3 2 Switching between AM PM and 24 Hour Time Format M Tu W Th F SaSu The default time format is AM PM There is Wwe a al E now also a 24 hour time format To switch duration M between the two formats days o n 1 Press
15. now ready to be programmed Important Make sure to replace the battery compartment cover with the grip see drawing and then rotate the cover 1 8 of a turn to the right Be sure to do so otherwise the battery cover pins might break closed 2 4 Installing the controller in the irrigation system The controller can be installed on the solenoid or on the wall Installing on the solenoid a Remove the solenoid 5 with a 1 4 turn b Pass the solenoid through the connector and connect back into place Important Make sure the Oring is in place and the lever is in the direction as shown in drawing c Install the solenoid connector 4 onto the solenoid 5 and fasten with screw 3 parallel to the valve d Remove the bracket 2 from the controller and slide the bracket onto the solenoid connector e Connect the controller onto the bracket by pressing Installing on the wall a Place the mounting plate 6 on the wall using 3 screws not included b Remove bracket 2 from controller and slide onto the mounting plate c Connect the controller to the bracket 2 by pressing 1 Controller 2 bracket 3 Screw 4 Solenoid connector 5 Solenoid 6 Mounting plate for wall BP j a 2 5 Wiring the Solenoids in the DC 4 In the DC 4 connect the valves to the cables emerging from the controller according to the illustration and explanation below
16. s until the blinking arrow appears under Tuesday and then press The arrow under Tuesday will stop blinking and advance one position to the right to Wednesday Press twice to move the arrow to Friday and then press 8 Press START time appears Press The hour digits blink 9 Set the start time to 08 00 by pressing or Repeat this step to set START Il time 2 to 13 00 and START III time 3 to 19 00 10 Press START IV time 4 appears Press The hour digits blink 11 Press or until IFF appears The fourth opening of the valve is canceled 11 4 Additional Functions 4 1 One Time Irrigation This function is used to program the irrigation controller to operate the irrigation system once only for the set irrigation duration at the set time Duration set as described in Section 3 4 1 Press until KX appears 2 Press several times for all the days of the week until amp appears and tn LE blinks on the display 3 Go to Section 4 3 to set the day and time 4 2 Cyclical Irrigation This option is used to program the irrigation controller to operate the irrigation system in a cyclical manner once every x days for the irrigation duration Note Duration for which valve stays open set as described in Section 3 4 1 Press until BS appears 2 Press several times for all the days of the week until lt 3 appears and Un LE blinks on the display rT F Sasu
17. the display and irrigation will not take place through any valves associated with the sensor The display will show S OFF when the controller is in manual operation This means the sensor is activated and prevents the irrigation ww F SaSu ENG valve now duration rm i days a starts manual v rain off M Tu W Th F SaSu E valve ye now duration a days Starts ZS manual rain off 18 6 Maintenance Troubleshooting and Repairs e Batteries should be removed if the irrigation controller is not going to be used for a lengthy period The programs will disappear when removing batteries Again reprogram the controller e A filter must be installed upstream of the valve or system of valves and cleaned every few months Operation without a filter is liable to lead to malfunctions e Under normal usage batteries Alkaline last at least a year e Do not run water through an irrigation line unless a solenoid is fitted on the hydraulic valve e Recommended water pressure 1 8 ATM bar Problem Event Cause J Solution Valve does not open during Valve lever not in Move valve lever to Automatic operation or during AUTO position AUTO position Manual operation via irrigation controller Batteries not working Replace batteries No display Batteries not working Replace batteries Valve does not close despite Valve lever not in AUTO Move valve lever to click heard
18. until the appears u aa 2 Press The hour digits blink 3 Press and simultaneously The clock reading switches from AM PM to a 24 hour time display or vice versa You can switch the time display format at any step in the programming process 3 3 Valve Selection This section does not apply to the DC 1 model M Tu W Th F SaSu n valve be now E Program an irrigation schedule for each valve irain individually First select the desired valve and days then program a schedule as follows starts anin 1 Press until appears v J rain off 2 Press A blinking arrow appears at the bottom of the display 3 Move the arrow to the desired valve number by pressing or 4 Press to proceed to the next step 3 4 Setting the Irrigation Duration ww F Sasu valve NOW This setting determines how long the irrigation lasts 1 2 3 duration X i M days Li Press The hour digits blink Set the manual desired number of hours by pressing y rain off or Press again the minute digits blink Set the desired number of minutes by pressing or Press to proceed to the next step Press until X appears 3 5 Selecting Days of the Week for Irrigation This setting determines which days of the week the irrigation controller will operate the specified valve 6 top of the display under Monday duration
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