Introduction - IMO Precision Controls i3 Tutorial

Introduction.

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The purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate the RTC functions of the i by
programming a simple time based operation process, ie. Green House watering
system.
The tutorial will also demonstrate one way to set the RTC clock, using the S_Clk
function and user entry into registers through the screen. A method of synchronising
the clock with the PC will be shown also.
The program will then go on to operate outputs at specific times through a working
day in a working week.
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The i has a Real Time Clock (RTC) that allows operations to be activated at specific
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times and on specific days. The i RTC is intelligent in that i knows how many days
are in a particular month and so invalid dates will not be accepted.
Operations can be set to go ON at a particular time on a particular day of the month
for a set amount of time and then turn off. For example, we can set a pump running
for the time between 8am and 9 am every Tuesday of the Month of May, in the year
2006.
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