Summary of Contents for Scarecrow SCARECROW 180
- Page 1 USERS INSTRUCTION MANUAL SCARECROW 180 ™ SCARECROW 360 ™ Scarecrow 180™ Scarecrow 360™...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 - Items Supplied and Available Accessories Pages 2-3 - Practical Setup Tips Page 4 - Assembly / Fixing Pages 5-6 - Power Supply and Connections Page 7 - Keypad Guide and Default Settings Page 8 - Turning the Unit On/Off Pages 9-11 - Programming Instructions Page 11-12 - Other Features Page 13... - Page 3 450x450mm paving slabs, or equivalent, for stability. Adaptor for non-piercing roof mounts ; to ‘saddle’ a pitched roof peak. Should any of the above accessories be required please contact your supplier, or Scarecrow direct, on sales@scarecrow.eu Page 1...
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Page 4: Practical Setup Tips
Hawk hoping to find some easy food. Relocating the Scarecrow 180 / 360™ • One of the benefits of this system, if mounted on a pole/base unit, is that it can be moved from location to location from time to time to enable different problem areas to be tackled. - Page 5 Habitat Management • Whilst the unique efficiency of SCARECROW bio-acoustic products is long established SCARECROW GROUP LIMITED stress that they can only work effectively as part of an overall and planned programme of bird control. • This will include total hygiene management and where applicable the use of operatives who have been professionally trained.
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Page 6: Assembly / Fixing
• For the Scarecrow 180™ this is to facilitate either wall or pole fixing. • The Scarecrow 360™ unit is fixed to the back of the Scarecrow 180™, and designed to provide full 360° broadcast by being fixed back to back and pole mounted – no U clamps are required, but bolts are. -
Page 7: Power Supply And Connections
POWER SUPPLY AND CONNECTIONS SCARECROW 180™ The standard Scarecrow 180 requires just one cable connection, as supplied. One end of the cable connection is fixed to the underside of the Scarecrow 180, in the “Power Input” connection. The other end is the choice made of either 15V DC regulated switch mode EU/UK power supply, or Battery Lead, and is fixed to power source. - Page 8 The solar power unit is a standalone unit and has two connectors. The first is “Solar”, connecting the solar panel to the battery and regulator. The second is “12V Out”, connecting the battery and regulator to the main Scarecrow 180 unit, at “Power Input”...
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Page 9: Keypad Guide And Default Settings
• Light Sensor – Mid Point 5 • Random Broadcast Playback Timer set to Normal When the unit is first provided from Scarecrow, the system will not have the PIN activated. In this “unlocked state” all buttons on the keypad are operative. -
Page 10: Turning The Unit On/Off
TURNING THE UNIT ON/OFF Turn on the system. • Press the ‘POWER’ button to switch on. • The red LED above the power button will turn on. • If a PIN is enabled, LED’s 1-4 will flash four times indicating that the system is locked. •... - Page 11 PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS Broadcast Random Timer The system has three main random timer functions that indicate how long the interval • will be between each call sequence broadcast. The System is automatically pre-set to “Normal” mode – amend to “Severe” or “Re-Enforce” as required by pressing the appropriate button briefly and LED comes on, and “Normal”...
- Page 12 PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Light Sensor • The light sensor tells the system to stop broadcasting at night to save power and to reduce noise nuisance. • The DUSK timer runs for 1 hour at sunset to keep the system active after sunset to discourage birds from roosting.
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Page 13: Other Features
• During normal operation, the light sensor LED will be on during daylight, it will flash when dawn or dusk timer is running and will blink once every 5 seconds if in night mode (to save power). Light Sensor: Typical Results The light sensor function enables the unit to be set up so it activates at dawn and then •... - Page 14 Battery Consumption Assuming 5 birds programmed on normal mode and volume set to mid output (8).Each bird call will play for an average of 80 seconds per speaker which totals 20 minutes. The unit will be timing for an average of 30 minutes between broadcasts. (20 – 40 minutes for normal mode) Therefore the total draw in 24 hours will = 1.632Ahr (1.63 Amp hours drawn per 24 hours) Battery life expectancy assuming a fully charged battery:...
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Page 15: Pin Control / Use
PIN CONTROL / USE • PIN option factory setting is set to “Disabled” as default. • Default PIN : 10, 10, 10, 10 Activate PIN Function and Save New Pin (use when PIN Function not activated before) • Press and Hold N for 3 seconds – Red LED’s 1- 4 will now flash •... - Page 16 RE-SET FACTORY SETTINGS • If you have forgotten your PIN or want to revert the unit back to its factory settings please follow the below steps: • Press and hold N for 3 seconds until the 1- 4 Red LED’s flash enter PIN 4726 •...
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Page 17: Technical Support
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Should you have any concerns about the installation or set up of your system, please contact either the agent from whom the purchase was made, or Scarecrow Bio-acoustic Systems direct as follows: o Phone: 01825 766363 o Email: support@scarecrow.eu...
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