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General| Brand | Netafim |
|---|---|
| Model | Orbia GrowSphere MAX |
| Category | Controller |
| Language | English |
Introduces the GrowSphere™ system and its purpose for irrigation and nutrigation.
Explains symbols used in the manual for warnings, cautions, and notes to ensure safe operation.
Provides essential safety guidelines for using the GrowSphere™ equipment and installations.
Highlights safety measures for electrical installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting by authorized electricians.
Details precautions regarding safe clearance from overhead power lines during installation.
Covers safe handling, use, and disposal of batteries for the GrowSphere™ system.
Addresses compliance with local RF regulations for wireless communication features.
Provides guidance on lightning protection measures when installing GrowSphere™ units in thunderstorm-prone areas.
Outlines safety measures and precautions to prevent fatalities or injuries during work at height.
Guides through the initial setup steps for the GrowSphere™ controller.
Details the process of installing the GrowSphere™ system and connecting control devices.
Covers routine operations for managing irrigation and fertilizer dosing programs.
Explains how to power on and log into the GrowSphere™ controller for initial setup.
Initiates the controller and displays the Home page for system interaction.
Accesses the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition screen for system monitoring.
Uses the toolbar to navigate to specific sections within the SCADA interface.
Guides users through setting general controller preferences like language, units, and time settings.
Details how to define devices connected to the irrigation system, including valve counts and mainline devices.
Explains how to configure pump stations, filter stations, dosing stations, and other connected devices.
Guides on setting up valve names, nominal flow rates, and irrigated areas for each valve.
Covers allocating digital outputs and inputs to specific devices connected locally.
Explains how to allocate sensors to the analog input module, including defining sensor parameters.
Details the process of allocating RTU types like SingleNet or RadioNet to devices.
Guides on allocating the NetIoT gateway to devices, including defining gateway ID.
Shows how to display the wiring diagram to understand device connections to I/O modules.
Explains how to set up and configure individual dosing channels for fertilizer injection.
Covers setting general parameters for dosing, including extensive/intensive modes and control types.
Provides instructions on how to physically mount the GrowSphere™ controller unit.
Details the steps for mounting the controller onto a plate, including drilling and attaching.
Explains the procedure for securely mounting the GrowSphere™ controller to a wall.
Guides on connecting digital inputs and outputs to the CPU module, ensuring proper data flow.
Details how to connect RTUs and weather stations to the CPU using RadioNet or SingleNet.
Explains the process of connecting digital inputs to the DI562 module.
Guides on connecting dosing outputs from the DO572 module to activate dosing pumps.
Details connecting digital outputs from the DO573 module to control external devices.
Explains how to connect analog sensors, such as EC and pH sensors, to the AI-561 module.
Guides on connecting EC and pH units to the AI-561 analog input module.
Guides users through the initial steps of powering up and preparing the controller for operation.
Details the procedure for connecting power and switching on the GrowSphere™ controller.
Describes the welcome screen display and how to navigate to the home screen.
Explains the home screen interface, displaying mainline status and key irrigation parameters.
Provides an overview of the main dashboard, including the sidebar menu and key status indicators.
Covers the process of defining system-wide preferences, including general and mainline settings.
Guides on configuring general controller preferences like language, units, date, time, and alarm phone numbers.
Details how to define mainline preferences, including disabling, start/end times, and power off recovery.
Configures advanced mainline preferences like uncompleted irrigation thresholds and alarm delay settings.
Explains how to define system delays for pump, mainline valve, and filling line operations.
Details setting delays for irrigation programs, including between shifts, shift overlap, and valve staggering.
Covers configuration and allocation of connected devices such as system devices, pumps, filters, and valves.
Guides on defining irrigation system devices, including total valve count and selecting device locations.
Details how to configure pump station parameters, including number of pumps, overload alerts, and pressure sensors.
Explains how to configure filter station parameters like name, number of filters, and flushing settings.
Sets filter station parameters such as flushing pressure, delta pressure delays, and filter rotation.
Includes manual operation, reset options, and DP sensor settings for the filter station.
Guides on configuring dosing station parameters, including extensive/intensive modes and selecting dosing channels.
Details how to configure valve parameters like device type, source, flow rate, and assigned output module.
Covers configuring names and parameters for devices not specified in other categories.
Explains how to allocate devices to local digital outputs, including device type, name, and flow rate.
Guides on allocating devices to local digital inputs, specifying device type, source, and rate.
Details configuring local analog inputs (sensors), including device type, source, and units.
Sets analog input settings like input range, output range, and offset for sensor calibration.
Covers configuring remote I/O, including exporting hydraulic models and allocating SingleNet/RadioNet devices.
Checks for the presence of exported CSV files required for device allocation.
Details the process of allocating NetIoT (gateway) devices, including defining the Gateway ID.
Displays the status of the device allocation process, showing successfully added and unallocated devices.
Defines settings for allocated remote I/O devices, including name, flow rate, and area.
Covers general settings for dosing stations, including extensive/intensive modes and parameters.
Guides on configuring general dosing settings, selecting between extensive and intensive modes.
Explains dosing parameters like control cycle, delta, fine tuning, coarse tuning, and deadband.
Details how to configure individual dosing channel settings, including channel type and flow rates.
Further defines dosing channel parameters like Dosing Meter Ratio and LPP/PPL for fertilizer flow.
Guides on setting up system alerts for various components, grouped by sub-system.
Configures alert parameters such as description, value, delay, action, and SMS notifications.
Details how to manage irrigation programs, including dashboard, creation, editing, and parameter settings.
Displays existing irrigation programs, their status, and provides access to edit or create new programs.
Enables defining irrigation program parameters like general settings, date/time, and schedule.
Explains the changing states and actions available on the irrigation program top bar.
Defines general program settings like type, priority, unit, water budget factor, shifts, and dosing recipe.
Sets the date range and activation times for the irrigation program.
Defines the irrigation program's schedule based on weekdays or every X days.
Configures additional water for flushing lines before or after irrigation sessions.
Allows adjusting the amount of water for irrigation sessions using a percentage factor.
Guides on reviewing, activating, adding, editing, or deleting shifts for an irrigation program.
Sets shift parameters like name, water amount, factor, and links dosing recipes.
Explains how to change the execution order of shifts within an irrigation program.
Links a specific dosing recipe to an irrigation program, overriding shift-level recipe selections.
Covers managing fertilizer dosing, including overview and management of dosing recipes.
Provides an overview of fertilizer dosing, including water meter, target pH/EC, and dosing channel parameters.
Defines pH control parameters, including sensor readings, target pH, and control method.
Sets EC control parameters, including sensor readings, target EC, and control method.
Details dosing channel parameters like deviation, flow, and program percentage.
Presents user-level overview of water meter, target pH/EC, and dosing channel parameters.
Guides on managing existing dosing recipes and creating new ones.
Details how to name, activate, and define parameters for dosing recipes.
Defines parameters for fertilizer quantity/time, value, and DM control alerts.
Covers managing system alerts, including viewing active alerts and alert history.
Displays all currently active alerts, their severity, description, source, and program details.
Provides a log of past alerts, including status, severity, reset information, and description.
Reviews system event logs, including accessing various log types like irrigation, filter, pump, and alarm logs.
Guides on how to access and view different types of log reports from the system.
Explains how to select a date range using a calendar interface for filtering log data.
Details how to view logs of completed irrigation shifts, including status, program, and timing information.
Provides further details on irrigation logs, including recipe, pH/EC averages, and dosing channel amounts.
Guides on viewing logs of irrigation events that were not completed, including the reason and valve details.
Details uncompleted irrigation log parameters like duration, quantities, and planned/actual dosing amounts.
Details how to view logs of dosing events, including status, recipe, and timing information.
Provides information on viewing filter flushing logs, including date, start time, and flushing trigger.
Details how to view logs of pump accumulation events, including pump name, duration, and water quantity delivered.
Guides on viewing logs of water flow through meters, including meter name and quantity irrigated.
Displays alarm log reports, including alarm number, date, time, device, program, and description.
Explains how to reset accumulation counters for water meters, pumps, valves, and dosing channels.
Reviews system testing procedures, including simulating flow rates and testing individual devices.
Guides on simulating valves/pumps operation, sensor indications, and flow rates for testing.
Explains how to manually operate or test devices connected to output and input modules.
Covers monitoring irrigation activities, including selecting mainlines, dashboards, shifts, valves, analytics, and events.
Guides on selecting the relevant mainline to open the SCADA screen for monitoring.
Displays the irrigation dashboard, showing program status, system devices, and running programs.
Enables manual operation of pumps, valves, booster pumps, and dosing channels.
Explains reasons why an irrigation program might be paused, either manually or by the system.
Displays shifts and valves of the current irrigation program to monitor their status.
Shows the status of valves linked to the mainline and allows updating their activation method.
Displays live graphs of sensor measurements related to water flow, EC, pH, and pressure.
Manages irrigation programs waiting in the queue, allowing removal or moving to high priority.
Displays all controller events, including time, date, description, device, and source of the event.
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