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Installing the Receiver
[ILLISTRATION - Receiver Bottom goes here – arrows point to:
Power and Sense wire bundle with 4 wires separated and labeled as
Power and Sense wire bundle with 4 wires separated and labeled as
. Black - GROUND,
. Red - POWER,
. Green - COMMON and White - COMMON
. Red - POWER,
. Green - COMMON and White - COMMON
]
We begin with mounting the Receiver to the location you have selected. Attach the
mounting plate to the wall or other surface. The Receiver slips down into the bracket and
will lock in place.
The Antenna is connected to the Receiver by a six foot long coaxial cable. Mount the
Antenna as high as practical to give the best line of sight to the Sensors. Aluminum
siding, stucco siding and metal downspouts tend to interfere with the radio transmissions
from the antenna, so it is important to keeps metal items out of the path between the
Receiver's antenna and the sensors.
Next, connect one of the Common Wires to the Common on your Irrigation Controller's
wiring strip.
[ILLISTRATION – Arrow to Common on Controllers]
There should already be a wire attached to the Common. Disconnect that wire first, then
using the enclosed wire nut, connect the green wire one of the Receiver Common Wires. ,
then connect the white wire to Common. Those of you with a little wiring experience we
see that we are putting the Receiver “in series” with the value control circuit on the
common side. The Receiver monitors the voltage and current on this circuit to detect
when the Controller is turning on and off the valves. The Receiver also has a relay
switch so it can “interrupt” the circuit when watering is not needed.
Next, connect the red and black Power Wires to the power terminals on the Irrigation
Controller. Then connect the Ground Wire to the ground terminal on the Irrigation
Controller. If your Irrigation Controller is unsuitable for supplying power to the
Receiver, you can use a 24 Volt AC “wall-wart” power cube. They are available in the
Irrigation section of your local hardware store. The Receiver is powered by using a little
of the power from your controller's power cube. This power drain is small enough that
usually the existing power cube can handle it without problems.
Once the power connections are made, the green Power LED on the Receiver Front Panel
should light-up, the Receiver will play a Charge! tune This means the Receiver has
successfully started. The Display will look like this:
If the power LED is not green, re-check the power connections. If it is green but the
Receiver does not play Charge! and the Display does not show
We begin with mounting the Receiver to the location you have selected. Attach the
mounting plate to the wall or other surface. The Receiver slips down into the bracket and
will lock in place.
The Antenna is connected to the Receiver by a six foot long coaxial cable. Mount the
Antenna as high as practical to give the best line of sight to the Sensors. Aluminum
siding, stucco siding and metal downspouts tend to interfere with the radio transmissions
from the antenna, so it is important to keeps metal items out of the path between the
Receiver's antenna and the sensors.
Next, connect one of the Common Wires to the Common on your Irrigation Controller's
wiring strip.
[ILLISTRATION – Arrow to Common on Controllers]
There should already be a wire attached to the Common. Disconnect that wire first, then
using the enclosed wire nut, connect the green wire one of the Receiver Common Wires. ,
then connect the white wire to Common. Those of you with a little wiring experience we
see that we are putting the Receiver “in series” with the value control circuit on the
common side. The Receiver monitors the voltage and current on this circuit to detect
when the Controller is turning on and off the valves. The Receiver also has a relay
switch so it can “interrupt” the circuit when watering is not needed.
Next, connect the red and black Power Wires to the power terminals on the Irrigation
Controller. Then connect the Ground Wire to the ground terminal on the Irrigation
Controller. If your Irrigation Controller is unsuitable for supplying power to the
Receiver, you can use a 24 Volt AC “wall-wart” power cube. They are available in the
Irrigation section of your local hardware store. The Receiver is powered by using a little
of the power from your controller's power cube. This power drain is small enough that
usually the existing power cube can handle it without problems.
Once the power connections are made, the green Power LED on the Receiver Front Panel
should light-up, the Receiver will play a Charge! tune This means the Receiver has
successfully started. The Display will look like this:
If the power LED is not green, re-check the power connections. If it is green but the
Receiver does not play Charge! and the Display does not show
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customer support at 1-408-735-9407, available 24 hours.
After a few minutes the display will change to this:
After a few minutes the display will change to this: