ALC404 LIGHTING TOWER CONTROLLER USER MANUAL
ALC404 Lighting Tower Controller 2018-11-06 Version 1.1 Page 4 of 83
CONTENTS
1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 6
2 PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................... 6
3 SPECIFICATION....................................................................................................................................... 9
4 OPERATION ........................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 PUSHBUTTONS ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.2 CONTROLLER PANEL ................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 LCD DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................ 11
4.4 SCHEDULED START/STOP OPERATION ................................................................................... 14
4.4.1 SCHEDULED START MODE SELECT OPERATION .............................................................. 14
4.4.2 SCHEDULED START OPERATION PROCESS ...................................................................... 15
4.5 SUNRISE/SUNSET START OPERATION .................................................................................... 16
4.5.1 SUNRISE/SUNSET START MODE SETTINGS ....................................................................... 16
4.5.2 SUNRISE/SUNSET START/STOP OPERATION PROCESS .................................................. 18
4.6 AUTO REMOTE START/STOP OPERATION ............................................................................... 19
4.6.1 AUTO REMOTE START MODE SETTING .............................................................................. 19
4.6.2 AUTO REMOTE START/STOP PROCESS OPERATION ....................................................... 20
4.7 MANUAL START/STOP OPERATION .......................................................................................... 21
4.8 FORCE START OPERATION ....................................................................................................... 23
5 PROTECTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 24
5.1 WARNING ALARMS ...................................................................................................................... 24
5.2 SHUTDOWN ALARMS .................................................................................................................. 27
5.3 TRIP AND STOP ALARMS ............................................................................................................ 31
6 WIRING CONNECTION ......................................................................................................................... 32
7 SCOPES AND DEFINITIONS OF PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS ................................................ 34
7.1 AUTO START PARAMETER SETTINGS ...................................................................................... 34
7.2 GENERIC PARAMETER SETTINGS ............................................................................................ 35
7.3 FLEXIBLE SENSOR 1 SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 50
7.4 FLEXIBLE SENSOR 2 SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 51
7.5 FLEXIBLE SENSOR 3 SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 53
7.6 SENSOR CURVE SELECTION ..................................................................................................... 54
7.7 SENSOR SETTING ....................................................................................................................... 56
7.8 CONDITIONS OF CRANK DISCONNECT SELECTION .............................................................. 57
7.9 FUNCTION DEFINITION OF INPUT PORTS ................................................................................ 58
7.10 DEFINITION OF PROGRAMMABLE INPUT PORT 1-5 ................................................................ 60
7.11 ENABLE DEFINITION OF PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT PORT ................................................... 61
7.12 OVER CURRENT ACTION............................................................................................................ 65
7.13 LIGHT INPUT CONTROL MODE .................................................................................................. 66
7.14 BATTERY LOW VOLT AGE START MODE (INVALID WHILE MAINS SUPPLY POWER) .......... 66
7.15 TIMER MODE SELECT ................................................................................................................. 67
7.16 SUNRISE/SUNSET SETTING ...................................................................................................... 67
7.17 LOW FUEL LEVEL REDUCE LIGHT NUMBER (INVALID WHILE MAINS SUPPLY POWER) .... 67
7.18 REALIZE MAINS SUPPLY POWER VIA EXTERNAL DIGITAL INPUT PORT ............................. 67
7.19 DEEP SLEEP MODE ..................................................................................................................... 68