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1. Introduction
The DREAM 2 irrigation control system is the second generation of the well-known
DREAM family.
Additionally to the outstanding features of the DREAM system, the new generation
now offers internet communication so that users of the DREAM 2 system can access
their controllers from everywhere, anytime.
Users are offered two options for accessing the system: one known as the
CONSOLE which is a software package that has to be installed on a PC, the other is
just an internet site called the SPOT which does not need any loading and is meant
to be used on CELLULAR PHONES and TABLETS.
Both options enable the users to login to the SERVICE which is a sophisticated
software package located somewhere in the cloud acting like a mediator between
users and their controllers.
On the other end there are the controllers that also login to the SERVICE and stay
online. The SERVICE will repeatedly interrogate all the online controllers in order to
keep its DATA BASE up to date, so that users interested in some information about
their controllers, can find it in the DATA BASE.
The aim of the following manual is to describe the features of the DREAM 2
controllers and teach the users how to program it using the local MMI of the
controller.
Prior to start using the controller in any specific facility, a configuration procedure
must be executed in which the image of the controller is defined. In this manual we
assume that the configuration procedure has been fully completed either by using
the “Image Maker” of the CONSOLE or by the local MMI as explained at the
"DREAM installation guide".
For learning how to use the CONSOLE software, see the “DREAM 2 CONSOLE
guide".