User's Manual

Hunter Industries
1940 Diamond Street • San Marcos, California 92078 • TEL [phone] • Field Services [phone] • FAX [phone] •
www.hunterindustries.com • www.huntergolf.com
April, 2010
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on the Genesis, VSX and IDS controllers.
• “x” at the end of a serial number is replaced with 1, 2, 3,
or 4 in the controller station programming to indicate
which colored pair matches the station number (see
chart).
• Note and record the 8-digit serial number on the decoder
body, and then use the controller keypad to indicate
which station number(s) will be assigned to the decoder
(see controller manual).
Installing the decoder:
1. Controller power must be OFF when installing decoders in
the 2-wire path.
2. Select the decoder location (unless you are replacing an
existing decoder). Decoders should be within 100 feet/33m of
the solenoids they will operate. Decoders are waterproof, but
should be installed in a valve box to facilitate future service
and increase longevity.
3. Locate the 2-Wire path. These are the Red and Blue wires coming from the
controller. The wire path must be cut to insert decoder wiring,
unless you are replacing an existing decoder.
Be sure to leave enough slack in the wire path to allow easy
connection of the decoder, and to allow for contraction of wiring
due to temperature changes. Hunter recommends at least
5ft./1.5m slack for each decoder, to allow it to be removed from
the valve box completely for installation, service, and inspection.
4. Identify the color-coded wires on the decoder. The red & blue
wires connect to the red and blue wire path from the controller.
5. Strip the cut red and blue wire ends back approximately ½ inch
(12mm).
6. Twist the stripped red wire ends (the ends from the 2-wire path
and the decoder) together, and thread securely into the wire nut
for the DBRY-6 or equivalent waterproof connector. Seal in
accordance with the connector manufacturer’s instructions (insert threaded wire nut connection into waterproof grease,
and snap cap securely shut over wires).
7. Repeat with the blue wires: connect the blue end(s) from
the 2-wire path with the decoder, and secure in a
separate DBRY-6 or equivalent waterproof connector.
8. Each color-coded decoder output operates one or two
solenoids up to 150 feet/45m away (greater distances
are possible, but increase susceptibility to lightning
damage).
• Wire runs to the solenoids should be twisted pairs (if
solenoids are over 20 ft./7m from decoder) of at
least 18 AWG (1mm dia.) wire. The twist in the wire
is important, because it is an aid in lightning and
surge suppression.
Connect each color-coded station output to the desired solenoid(s) as follows:
• The non-insulated bare copper wire is the decoder’s grounding wire and is only used on selected decoders. If the
plan does not specify otherwise, ground at least every 12
th
decoder
module in each two-wire path, OR every 1000 ft/330m of wire, whichever
is first.
9. Strip back and connect the two black wires from the decoder to the solenoid
leads for the first station. Insert and seal connections with DBY or equivalent
waterproof connectors.
Note: Each ICD output may operate two solenoids simultaneously. The
solenoids must be connected in parallel, rather than in series. Each decoder
Output
Color
Genesis/VSX/IDS
Serial number
1
Black
xxxxxxx1
2
Yellow
xxxxxxx2
3
Green
xxxxxxx3
4
White
xxxxxxx4
5 Orange -
6
Purple
-
DBY,
solenoid
connections
Leave slack
in wire for
service!
DBR-6, red
& blue wire
connections
Red &
Blue 2-
Wire path
Serial
Number
Output wires
to solenoids
(DBY
connectors)
2-wire path
DBR-6
connectors