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ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS USER MANUAL
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  • Page 1 ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS USER MANUAL V.1.2 www.astsystem.pl | ast@astsystem.pl...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Introduction ................................ 3 Technical parameters, characteristics ........................4 2.1 Technical parameters ............................4 2.2 Characteristics ..............................4 Connection diagram ............................6 Installation of ASTmobile applications ......................... 7 Work with the driver ............................9 5.1 Establishing a connection to the driver using ASTmobile application ..............9 5.2 Driver PIN ................................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    If you want, you can modify the parameters for summer/winter, each month, day of the week, and 20 exceptions. You can protect your ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS with a password and find it on the map, and with report data you can fine-tune your settings.

  • Page 4: Technical Parameters, Characteristics

    2. Technical parameters, characteristics 2.1 Technical parameters  supply voltage: 85 - 305V AC / 50 Hz  number of outputs. 2/3 - independently programmable  Current ratings of the outputs: 5 A / 230 VAC  number of inputs: 1 - voltage input 230 VAC ...
  • Page 5  registration of operating time of A, B and C outputs  cooperation with photocell  cooperation with cascade signal  possibility of remote exchange of internal driver software by means of Bluetooth from the AST mobile applications  LEDs on the front panel indicating the status of A, B and C outputs and power supply ...

  • Page 6: Connection Diagram

    3. Connection diagram www.astsystem.pl | ast@astsystem.pl...

  • Page 7: Installation Of Astmobile Applications

    Using the Google Play application on your phone, to do so run the application by pressing the icon , then enter the phrase astmobile or ASTmidi in the search window and press the search icon, the application will appear below the search window, as shown in the figure, then select the ASTmobile position and the application description window will appear, www.astsystem.pl...
  • Page 8 then press the "Install" button, after a short while the AST mobile will be installed on your phone.  using the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rob.astroterion.astmini or scanning the QR code figure below. After selecting the link or scanning the QR code, we will be moved directly to the window with application description and then, as in the previous point, press the "Install"...

  • Page 9: Work With The Driver

    Select "Online drivers". This will bring up a window with a list of available ASTmidi drivers (the driver search time can take up to 60 seconds, but it usually takes up to a few seconds).
  • Page 10 Then choose the position of our driver (for factory new drivers its name is AST-XXXXXX). This will cause a connection to the controller and displaying the main application window and basic parameters of the driver such as date and time, status of outputs, future switch-on times, etc.

  • Page 11: Driver Pin

    CAUTION!!! - In the ASTmobile application each parameter displayed in blue is editable. If you want to edit a selected parameter, press it. The exception is the driver time, which is displayed in black. Pressing it will make it possible to synchronize the driver time. 5.2 Driver PIN When you first connect to the driver using AST mobile, you will see the Change PIN window, in which you need to establish a PIN to protect the driver, see figure below.

  • Page 12: Driver Date And Time

    In the driver description window it is also possible to change the PIN code protecting the controller. CAUTION!!! - After entering all desired values, press the "Change" button in order to save the values. 5.4 Driver date and time Always after establishing a connection with the driver, the current date and time of the driver is displayed on the "START"...

  • Page 13: Switch-On And Switch-Off Times Of The Outputs

    For the factory settings, the switch-on time is shifted by +15 minutes compared to the sunset time and the switch-off time is shifted by -15 minutes compared to the sunrise time. 5.5.1 Algorithm for determining switch-on/off times In the ASTmidi / ASTmidi controller the GPS astronomical switch-on and switch-off times of the outputs can be calculated as follows: ...

  • Page 14: Driver Position

    For factory settings, the drives position is located in the centre of Warsaw. The ASTmidi GPS driver will find the position itself. If you do not want the driver to locate its position by itself, press the "GSM" button displayed over the time and uncheck "Allow for GPS position”.

  • Page 15: Output Operating Time

    5.6 Output mode The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS driver is equipped with two relay outputs with a NO contact. The A, B and C outputs are programmable independently and can be in one of the four states: ...

  • Page 16: Day Operation Mode (Lighting Day / 24-Hour Day)

    5.6.1 Day operation mode (lighting day / 24-hour day) The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS driver can operate according to the 24-hour day (from 00:00:00 to 00:00:00:00) or the lighting day (from 12:00:00 to 12:00:00:00). In order to change the type of day, select the day parameter on the "START"...

  • Page 17: Correction Mode

    After selecting a specific day, press the "Set" button to save the selection. 5.6.2 Correction mode When the ASTmidi driver is used for lighting purposes and you use astronomical switch-on and switch-off times - these times can be adjusted by means of corrections. In the driver three correction modes have been implemented: ...

  • Page 18: Switching Intervals

    5.6.3 Switching intervals The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS driver allows you to enter up to four switching intervals for each day week independently for outputs A, B and C. The switch-on periods can be configured from the "Input A, Output B and Output C" screens. A view of the screen in the figure below.
  • Page 19 As you can see in the picture above, you can assign up to 4 switching intervals for each day, in the factory settings there is only one T1 interval with T1 Start: Astro and T1 Stop: Astro settings used, which means that the output will be switched on at sunset + switch-on time adjustment, and switched off at sunrise + switch-off time adjustment.
  • Page 20  Set 00:00:00:00 the time - selecting this item and pressing the "Set" button will set the time at 00:00:00:00, setting this value for e.g. T1 start and T1 stop will mean that the interval is switched off.  Set the Astro time - selecting this item for T start means setting the astronomical switch-on time + switch- on adjustment (this time has a different value each day, therefore it is displayed using an Astro prefix);...

  • Page 21: Input Mode

    00:00 a.m. to 00:00 a.m. one cannot set T start: Astro T stop: Astro 5.7 Input mode The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS driver has one input, which is a voltage input of 230V AC. The input can operate in one of three modes: ...

  • Page 22: Cascade Configuration

    Three parameters must be set in this panel:  The output to be affected by the photocell (selectable from A, B, C, AB, AC, BC or ABC).  Analysis time before switch-on – this is the time before astronomical output switch-on, in which the driver analyses the status of the input.

  • Page 23: Service Switching

    Service switch-on seen as the ASTmidi driver is a demanded switch-on of a selected output A, B or C. The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS drivler is equipped with two relay outputs with a NO contact. Outputs A, B and C are programmable independently and can be in one of four states: ...
  • Page 24  It is activated for a specified period of time, after which it switches to the AUTO state. Service activation can be made on the "Service connections" screen or on the "START" screen, if you have selected a simplified view of the panel, see drawing below. ...
  • Page 25 Scenarios of using service interruptions:  In order to switch on a service output, e.g. A for 1 minute, press the ON button once, which will display on this button a countdown time of 1 minute, see picture below. Output A will be switched on for 1 minute and after this time will go to automatic operation. ...
  • Page 26 After performing this operation, the output will be turned off until further notice.  To enter the automatic mode, press the AUTO button to illuminate this button as shown in the figure below. After performing this operation, the output will operate automatically according to the set switch-on intervals for each day of the week.

  • Page 27: Exceptions

    5.9 Exceptions Up to 20 switching exceptions can be entered in the ASTmidi driver. The exception for ASTmidi driver should be understood as a set of switch-on intervals that will be used for a specific date. Exceptions that are entered into the driver can be seen from the ASTmobile application - "Exceptions"...

  • Page 28: Recording Events

    Delete exception – in order to delete an exception press the selected exception. This will open a dialog window, in which you should select the item "Delete exception" and press the button "Accept”. 5.10 Recording events The ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS driver can record up to 600 events. The following events are recorded:  Power failure.
  • Page 29  Switching off output A.  Switching on output B.  Switching off output B.  Switching on output C.  Switching off output C.  Appearance of 230V AC signal at Input I.  Appearance of 230V AC signal at Input I. Events are saved with exact date and time of occurrence, and can be viewed using ASTmobile application from the "Reports"...

  • Page 30: Replacement Of Internal Driver Software

    5.11 Replacement of internal driver software The AST System company is constantly developing its products, so in each of our solutions there is a possibility of a remote exchange of the software. In the ASTmidi / ASTmidi GPS, the internal software of the driver can be exchanged wirelessly using the ASTmobile application.

  • Page 31: Factory Settings

    After correct software replacement, press the "OK" button to move the application to the search screen for available ASTmidi drivers, after searching for the driver again, you can connect to it, and a message about availability of a new software version should disappear from the start screen.
  • Page 32 Factory settings can be restored on the "Start" screen only when the application panel view is "Professional”. To change the panel view, proceed as follows:  Expand the application menu by pressing the three squares in the upper right corner of the application, see figure below.

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