User Manual

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TBOS‐IIcheckseveryhourthatconsumptiondoesnotreachthresholdsetupbyuser.Ifwater
consumptionisoverthethresholdduri ngtheprevioushour,anoverflowalertissentandprevent
irrigationuntilthealertclearancebytheuser.
ExcessiveConsomption(SEEF)
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Theusercansetupathresholdabovewhichtheflowwill beconsiderasexcessiveandthennot
normal.Thisthresholdisdisplayedasapercentageofthenormalflow.
Ex:130%indicatesthattherecodedflowis30%morethanflowinnormalconditions.
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WARNING:Theusersets‐upase
ttlingtime(1to10minutes)–Correspondstothetimeduringwhich
theoverconsumptionhastobeobservedbeforetheprogramgivesthealert.
Iftheconsumptionisabovethethresholdforadurationexceedingthesettlingtimeset‐upbythe
user,thenanover‐flowalertislaunchedandpreventirrigationuntilthealertclearancebyuser.
FloWatch
TBOS‐II™manageseachstationindependently.Ifaflowalertisemittedforonevalve,thecontroller
stopsirrigationonallvalvesaffectedtothesensor.Valvesnonaffectedtotheflowsensorkeepon
proceedingtheirprogramsnormally.
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Aflowsensorcanbeignored,aswellasitsflowdata.SeeFlowWa
tchOFFcommandinIQV2
SoftwareHELPSection.
G. TBOS RadioNetworkBuilding
1.RadiorangeincreasebetweenFieldTransmitterandRadioAdaptor
TBOSII™
OptimumRadiorangebetweenTransmitterandRadioAdaptor
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TBOS™orTBOS‐II™ControlModulesinthischapterMUSTbeequippedwith
TBOS‐II™RadioAdaptors.
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TheradiorangebetweenTBOS‐II™FieldTransmitterandTBOS/TBOS‐IIControlModulesequipped
withaRadioAdaptorcanreach50minopenfield
.Radiorangecanbesignificantlydifferent
accordingto:
‐ Naturalbarriers(topology,trees…)
‐ Theabsorptionorreflectionofnon‐naturalbarriers(metalstructure,concretebloc…)
‐ Antennaposition(SeeTBOS‐II™Radio AdaptorInstallationManual)–Ideally,theantenna
hastobepositionedvertically,pointingup.
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