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FAQ – Evolution® AG v 1.1

Helpful Startup Hints

 Basic keyboard movements:

o Hit SELECT after adjusting a value to have the controller save your new setting. This will

also advance to next open field.

o Use the < arrow to move back a level in the menu after having completed a screen.

o Use the HOME button as you might the ESC button on a computer – it will take you back

to the main screen from anywhere in the menu.

How do I…?

 Set a looping schedule

o Select Shortcut Button: SCHEDULES

o Move the cursor right from TYPE, and scroll to select LOOPING

o Scroll past WATER DAYS (Looping will activate every day) to SCHEDULE STARTS

 Here you select the ‘time window’ in which the looping program will operate.

For example, if you want the looping program to run from 9am to 5pm, this is

where you enter it, as START TIME, and END TIME.

o Scroll back to the SCHEDULE menu, and select VALVE RUNTIMES

 Here you will select which valves you want to run in this looping program, and

also what the runtime and delay will be. All valves in this program will have the

same runtime and delay.

 Select VALVES, and scroll through the valves, turning them ON or OFF to

indicate whether you want them to be active in this looping schedule.

 Scroll back to the last menu, and select RUNTIME. This is the runtime each valve

will have for the looping schedule. The time format is: Hours : Minutes :

Seconds.

 Select DELAY. This is the delay time after the last valve in the sequence has

closed, before the first valve in the sequence opens again.

 For example:

 Valves 1, 2, and 3 are included in the looping schedule

 Runtime is set for 1 Minute

 Delay is set for 10 Minutes

 The system will operate as follows:

Valve 1

Valve 2

Valve 3

Delay

(Pause)

Valve 1

Etc.

1 minute

10 minutes

1 minute

Time

Note – multiple looping schedules can be used, overlapping or not, in the same or different time

windows, by programming Schedules A, B, and/or C to a Looping Schedule as shown in the

preceding steps. For example, you could have a morning and afternoon looping schedule.

Summary of content (7 pages)

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FAQ – Evolution® AG v 1.1 Helpful Startup Hints  Basic keyboard movements: o Hit SELECT after adjusting a value to have the controller save your new setting. This will also advance to next open field. o Use the < arrow to move back a level in the menu after having completed a screen. o Use the HOME button as you might the ESC button on a computer – it will take you back to the main screen from anywhere in the menu.
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 Set a fertilizer schedule o Enter the ADVANCED menu o Scroll down and select FERT DETAILS o There are two steps to setting up an injection program  Selecting the valve terminal to function as a fertilizer pump  Setting up the program itself. o Step 1 – selecting the valve terminal to function as a fertilizer pump  Your controller has screws, or terminals that are typically used to connect to the valve wires.
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o o  After enabling a schedule, it will now appear to be selected for additional programming when you use the SCHEDULES shortcut button. Select the SCHEDULES shortcut button, select the Schedule to be programmed, and proceed to program it. Schedules are set by default to run concurrently, and this is the most common operating mode.
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 Update Firmware o The most current version of the firmware will be posted to www.toro/evolution-ag o Create on a thumb drive a folder: Evolution o Within that folder on the thumb drive create a subfolder: Firmware.
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o  time window is reached. It will start again the next day at the start of the time window. Changing Looping Schedule through the day  Why would this be needed?  If a grower wanted to have a run-time / delay for the morning hours, and a different run-time / delay for the hot hours of the afternoon.  How to do multiple Looping Schedules  The Evolution AG has three Schedules available (A, B, & C). Any or all can be assigned to operate as a looping schedule. They can overlap, or be sequential.
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Troubleshooting Trouble shooting Fertilizer Programming  Unable to select a valve on DEDICATE FERT PUMP o Only a valve which is not already programmed as a watering valve can be selected as a Fert Pump. Check to see if all your valves are already committed to be watering valves. If yes, you may need an expansion module to add more valve terminals. The Evolution AG can be expanded from its base model of 4 valves, to 8, 12, and 16 valve terminals by using expansion modules.
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