User's Manual

netAqua

USER MANUAL Roslen Eco-Networking Products

2.3. Connect the netAQUA to the Irrigation Valves

Connecting the irrigation valves to your netAQUA is similar to the way these connections are made to

traditional sprinkler controllers. First, you thread the control wire bundle through the bottom of the

netAQUA, through the webbed grommet.

Figure 13: Webbed Grommet for Cable Entry

These cable bundles are typically five or seven wire, with each wire a different color. Once the cable

bundle is brought inside the netAQUA, the insulation on each wire needs to be stripped about ½ inch (this

can also be done before you insert the cable bundle into the netAQUA). At this point, you need to attach

each zone wire to the appropriate zone terminal, as marked on the shield to the left of the green zone

terminals. Finally, the common wire needs to be attached to one of the terminals labeled Common.

That’s pretty much it.

Note that there are nine zone terminals available in the netAQUA. The ninth zone terminal is marked

Master/Zone 9. As configured when the netAQUA is shipped from the factory that terminal is set-up as

Zone 9, which operates the same as all of the other valve outputs. If you have a master valve, which

opens-up watering to all of the other valves, or if you have a pump that needs to be turned on to provide

the flow rate for the irrigation heads, you’ll need to connect these to the terminal marked Master/Zone 9.

In addition, you will need to configure that terminal as the Master valve terminal. To do this, select the

System Settings tab in the Browser Interface and then the Master Valve section. Next, check the

Enabled box in the Master Valve setting group, and click the Apply button. You now have the

Master/Zone 9 valve terminal set-up to power the master valve or a pump each time any of the other eight

zones are powered.