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Installation,
continued
6
Typical
Wall-mount Installation
Floor
Field Wiring in Conduit
9-1/2" (24.2 cm)
minimum
9-1/2"
(24.1 cm)
Cabinet is
4-3/8" (11.1 cm)
Deep
120-Volt AC
Wiring in Conduit
To Fuse
Box
Wall
10-1/4"
(26 cm)
Locate for
easy access
and for
comfortable
viewing
6-1/4"
(17.2 cm)
minimum
11
13
Table of Contents
Default Chapter
2
Safety Information and Icons Used in this Manual
2
Table of Contents
3
Introduction
7
The MDC Controllers
7
Welcome to Rain Bird
7
Special Features
8
Packing List
9
Installation
11
What You will Need
13
Preparing the Controller Cabinet for the Power and Field Wires
14
Mounting the Controller on the Wall
15
Mounting the Controller
11
Before You Begin
11
Choosing a Location
11
Connecting the Controller
16
Connecting to the Two-Wire Communications Cable
16
Grounding the Controller
17
Connecting to the Main Power Source
17
Connecting an Optional Sensor
19
Installing Program and Expansion Modules
20
Replacing the Battery
21
Programming and Operation
23
Familiarizing Yourself with the MDC2 Controller
24
Getting Started
25
Main Operating Screen
26
Setting up Your System
28
Selecting a Country
28
Setting the Date/Time Formats
29
Selecting Valve Types
31
Naming the Field Decoders
31
Decoders Failed
34
Entering the Pump/Master Valve Information
34
Activating Rain or Alarm Sensors
35
Setting up a Sensor Decoder
36
Programming a Sensor Decoder
36
Setting up an Auxiliary Sensor
39
No Irrigation Window
39
Setting the Switch Settings
41
Switching the Alphabet
41
Turning on an Installed Rain Sensor
41
Turning on an Installed Alarm Sensor
41
Setting up Sum Flow Alarms
41
Erasing All the Data
42
Testing of Line Decoders
43
Testing the Operation of the Decoders
43
Testing the Sensor Decoders
44
Line Survey
45
Finding a Short in the System
45
Viewing the Log Data
46
Creating Irrigation Schedules
47
Setting the Steps for each Program
48
Setting up Steps
48
Inserting a Step between Two Steps
49
Deleting Steps
50
Selecting the Days
50
Selecting a Start Time
51
Setting the Programs for Active or Passive (A/P)
52
Setting the Water Budget (WB)
52
Scheduling to Run on Specific Days and Dates
53
Repeating and Pausing Programs
53
Setting up an Automatic Test Program
54
Operating the Irrigation Programs
55
Starting Automatic Irrigation Programs
55
Activating a Decoder in Auto Mode
56
Activating an Irrigation Schedule in Auto Mode
57
Manually Starting an Irrigation Schedule
58
Manually Activating a Decoder
60
Manually Stopping an Active Decoder
60
Understanding Sensor Warning Signs
61
Sensing a Short Circuit
62
Using the Controller with a PC
63
Linking Your PC and Controller
64
Installing the Rain Bird MDC PC Software
65
Setting up a Communications Link
65
Controller Status Observation
67
Verifying the Time and Date
67
Using the MDC PC Software
68
Retrieving the Data
68
Editing Set-Up Data
68
Configuring Sensor Decoder Settings
70
Configuring On/Off Sensor Decoders Alarm Condition
71
Configuring Generic Sensor Decoders
71
Configuring Flow Sensor Decoders
72
Main Pump Failure Alarm
73
Erasing the Set-Up Data
73
Editing Irrigation Schedules
73
Deleting a Schedule
75
Erasing All Irrigation Schedules
75
Editing the Global Water Budget
75
Sending Data to the Controller
76
Manual Operations
76
Starting a Decoder Manually
76
Starting a Schedule Manually
77
Retrieving Monitoring Information
78
Failed Decoder List
78
Creating a Log File
79
Viewing a Log File
79
Backing up MDC Database
80
Restoring Database
80
Printing Set-Up and Irrigation Data
81
Firmware Upgrade
81
Exiting the Remote Access Window
81
Finding the Cause
83
Troubleshooting
83
Understanding Faults
83
Understanding Basic Troubleshooting Techniques
84
Troubleshooting the System
85
Troubleshooting a Field Transmitter (Optional)
93
Troubleshooting the Controller's Internal Parts
94
Replacing the Controller
95
Troubleshooting Guide for the Decoder System
96
Appendix I
97
Conversion Chart from Standard to Military Time
97
Appendix II
99
Selecting Electrical Codes for Solenoids
99
Changing the Switching Codes
101
Appendix III
103
Master Valve and Pump Set-Up Tips
103
Using a Field Decoder with a Pump
103
Using a Decoder with a Normally Closed (NC) Master Valve
104
Using a Decoder and Relay-100 with a Pressure Switch
105
Using the Municipal Water Supply with a Master Valve (NC or NO)
106
Appendix IV
107
Sensors and Alarms
107
Sensor Unit of Measures
107
Alarm Triggers
107
Alarm Action Type
108
Alarm Action ID
108
Appendix V
109
Freedom System Interface
109
FREEDOM ™ System Commands
109
Appendix VI
111
Field Transmitter Installation
112
Field Transmitter Interface
111
Appendix VII
113
Instructions for Upgrading Existing MDC's to Version 2.0
113
Appendix VIII
115
MDC Controller Information Sheet Descriptions
115
Appendix VIII
117
Glossary
119
Service Information
121
Warranty
123
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Model
MDC2
Category
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Language
English
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