Installation Guide

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After it has rained and a rain hold has occurred, the hold will remain until the rain sensor dries. Then you will get a countdown as per your rain sensor delay
settings. You can click alternatively click Override to manually cancel the rain hold.
Installing and Using a Flow Sensor (Pro Model Only)
Cyber-Rain Pro controllers are compatible with Data Industrial, ARAD/Netafim, Bermad and other flow sensors that have a magnetic reed (dry contact) interface.
When integrated, flow sensors send flow data to the controller interface for accurate flow monitoring. This will enable Cyber-Rain to alert you to broken or
blocked sprinklers by sensing abnormally high or low flow. It will also allow irrigation water usage to be determined.
To properly implement flow sensing on your Cyber-Rain controller, you must complete the following steps:
(Note: If you have a “Meter Type” flow sensor, a minimum of two pulses is required to establish flow rate. If a zone has emitters with very low precipitation
rates, the fill time may be longer and there may be a delay in reporting flow to the Cyber-Rain system.)
1. Mount: Follow the instructions given in the flow sensor’s manual to install the flow sensor at the desired location.
2. Wire: The flow sensor wires should be properly shielded as to reduce the risk of electrical interference. Use only shielded and armored buried signal
cable, with stranded copper conductor twisted pair 18 AWG wire. Ground the shielding that surrounds the insulated signal wire, but do not ground
either of the signal wires as this can introduce electrical noise. Running the signal wires in the same wire harness as the valve wires also increases the
likelihood of signal noise.
3. Connect: There will be two wire leads that extend from the signal cable. Make sure that these leads are long enough to reach the controller. Insert each
wire into the flow sensor harness (see photo of part C in the Package Contents section) and tighten each screw until it clamps down tightly on the wires.
Connect the (+) positive wire to the right side opening in the flow sensor harness and the (-) negative wire to the left side opening (make sure the screw
terminals are facing up). Typically the red wire goes to (+) positive terminal and the black wire to the (-) negative terminal.