Talgil DREAM 2 User Manual

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Table of Contents
1. THE SYSTEM STRUCTURE ........................................ 4
1.1 Looking inside the DREAM 2 case ................................................................. 5
1.1.1 The Power Supply board.................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 The Mother Board .............................................................................................. 8
1.1.3 The CPU board .................................................................................................. 9
2. SWITCHING UP AND SHUTTING DOWN ................. 10
2.1 Switching Up .................................................................................................. 10
2.2 Shutting Down ................................................................................................ 11
3. THE INTERNET COMMUNICATION .......................... 12
3.1 Communication through Ethernet ................................................................ 13
3.2 Communication through Modem or Netstick .............................................. 15
4. THE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SCREENS ................ 16
4.1 General ............................................................................................................ 16
4.2 Network ........................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Logging ........................................................................................................... 19
4.4 Service ............................................................................................................ 19
4.5 Update ............................................................................................................. 20
4.6 Modem ............................................................................................................. 22
4.7 System ............................................................................................................ 23
5. THE VARIOUS I/O OPTIONS ................................... 23
5.1 Interface for local I/O AC or DC .................................................................... 23
5.1.1 I/O expansion and Remote I/O ........................................................................ 24
5.2 Interface for single cable 2 wired RTUs ....................................................... 27
5.3 Interface for radio communicated RTUs...................................................... 28
5.4 Interfaces for local analog inputs ................................................................. 28
5.5 Interface pH/EC (Fertmaster) ........................................................................ 30
5.6 THD Interface .................................................................................................. 31
5.7 Weather station Interface .............................................................................. 32
6. LIGHTNING PROTECTION ....................................... 33
6.1 Lightning protection for the 2W single cable system ................................ 34
6.2 Lightning protection for RS485 communication line ................................. 34
6.3 Lightning protection for 16 AC outputs ....................................................... 34
6.4 The enclosures of the DREAM system ........................................................ 35
7. INSTALLATION STEPS ............................................. 35
7.1 Mounting the controller ................................................................................. 36
7.2 Defining the configuration ............................................................................ 37
7.2.1 The network definition..................................................................................... 40
7.2.2 The hardware definition ................................................................................... 44
7.2.3 CONNECTIONS DEFINITION ...................................................................... 45
7.3 Testing operation of inputs and outputs ..................................................... 48
7.3.1 Testing the outputs ........................................................................................... 48
7.3.2 Testing the inputs ............................................................................................. 48
7.3.3 What comes next? ............................................................................................ 49
8. THE DREAM SIMULATION SOFTWARE .................. 50
9. SUPPLEMENTARY DEVICES ................................... 51
9.1 Switching electric pumps .............................................................................. 51
9.2 The three functions of the REBRAN board ................................................. 55
9.2.1 RS485 Repeater with optic isolation ................................................................ 55
9.2.2 2 or 4 Analog inputs interface ......................................................................... 56
9.2.3 RS485 Bridge............................................................................................... 57
9.3 The pulses divider.......................................................................................... 57

Talgil DREAM 2 Specifications

General

Brand	Talgil
Model	DREAM 2
Category	Control Systems
Language	English