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HERON HT240 pro User Manual And Installation Manual

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H E R O N E L E C T R I C C O M P A N Y L T D
User Guide and Installation Manual
HT240 pro - Two Wi r e Decoder Control l e r
Ti240-Basic
31/10/22
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  • Page 1 H E R O N E L E C T R I C C O M P A N Y L T D User Guide and Installation Manual HT240 pro - Two Wi r e Decoder Control l e r Ti240-Basic...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About the Controller Installation Mounting the Controller Connecting Mains Supply Installing Decoders Pump / Master Valve Outputs Cable Earth Points More Inputs and Outputs Start Input Suspend Input Flow Meter Input Climatic Sensor Input 24VAC Permanent Output Getting to know Your Controller Resetting the Clock and Date Set Up and Edit an Automatic Starts...
  • Page 4 Changing Controller Options Standard Configuration Options 1. Number of Zones 2. Number 24hr Starts 3. Number Weekly Starts 4. Skip Day Starts 6. Number of Programs 7. Rain Gauge 8. Manual Percentage 9. Input 1 Use 11. Auto Enable Option 13.

  • Page 5: About The Controller

    About the Controller The HT240-Pro controllers are sequential irrigation controllers that operate 24V AC solenoid zones via "decoders". Decoders are connected to the controller via a common two-wire cable. Installation WARNING Installation should be carried out by a qualified Electrician. Mounting the Controller The controller should be mounted on a wall using four screws, one screw through each corner lid bolt hole.

  • Page 7: Pump / Master Valve Outputs

    Pump / Master Valve Outputs The controller has two Pump or Master Valves outputs on P1 and P2. Both outputs are current limited and are designed to operate small 24V DC relays having a coil resistance of > 1K Ohms. The outputs can also be used as Master Valve outputs.

  • Page 8: More Inputs And Outputs

    A 24VAC permanent output is available across the terminals marked 24VAC. This output is to supply low power 24VAC devices such as Heron interface cards and the Heron GSM module. This output is fused with a F2 a 0.3A fuse.

  • Page 9: Getting To Know Your Controller

    Getting to know Your Controller When you switch on the power the Main Menu will be displayed, as shown below. MAIN MENU AUTO START EDIT PROGRAM ZONE INFO PUMP CONFIG Additional menu items may be displayed depending on how the configuration options on your controller have been set.

  • Page 10: Set Up And Edit An Automatic Starts

    Use the “Left” and “Right Arrow” keys to move the cursor over the time fields to change the time. Press “Arrow Down” to move cursor over the date fields to change the date. The day of the week will automatically change to the correct day for the date entered. The ““Day Count””...

  • Page 11: Set Up And Edit Program Names

    Set Up and Edit Program Names Select “EDIT PROGRAMS” from the Main Menu. The Program Menu will be displayed. Select “PROG NAME” from the Program Menu. Program names default to “Prog 01”, “Prog 02” etc. Program names can be changed to a 10 character name of your choice.

  • Page 12: Set Up Or Edit Program Information

    Set Up or Edit Program Information Select “EDIT PROGRAMS” from the Main Menu. The Program Menu will be displayed. Select EDIT PROGS from the Program Menu. The default configuration option is for your controller to have only 1 program, however your controller can run up to 28 irrigation programs.
  • Page 13 In the top right hand corner of the program screen the row number, sequence or column number and the cursor position number are displayed, “C1-1”. In example above the cursor is positioned on row 1 “R001”, in the first sequence or column of zones “C1”, on the first editable field in the row.

  • Page 14: Set Up And Edit Zone Information

    Set Up and Edit Zone Information a. Zone Configuration Decoder Serial Numbers and zone properties need to be entered for each irrigation zone. Select “ZONE INFO” from the Main Menu and the Zone Menu will be displayed. Select “ZONE CONFIG” from the Zone Menu. The decoder serial number is shown on the side of each decoder.

  • Page 15: View Zone Names

    c. View Zone Names Select “ZONE INFO” from the Main Menu and the Zone Menu will be displayed. Select “ZONE NAME” from the Zone Menu. The following screen will be displayed showing zone names. ZONE NAME NAME VALVE 012345 VALVE 000000 VALVE 000000...

  • Page 16: Assign Pumps To Zones

    b. Assign Pumps to Zones To assign a pump to a particular zone select “ZONE ASSIGN” from the Pump Menu. PUMP ASSIGN PUMP ZONE 01 ZONE 02 ZONE 03 ZONE 04 ZONE 05 To assign a pump to a particular zone, position the cursor over the relevant field and press the “OK/Select” key.

  • Page 17: Zone Start

    b. Zone Start Select “START ZONE” from the Start Menu. START ZONE --------------------------------- ZONE NUMBER TIME 0:00:00 -------------------------------------------- Enter the zone number and the required run time. Press the “OK/Select” key. Press the MENU key to return to the Start Menu. c.

  • Page 18: Short Cuts

    Short Cuts a. Set All When setting up an irrigation program, the “Set All/Auto Disable” key allows a quick method of setting a number of zones to run for the same length of time. Go to the program set up screen where zone times are entered. PROG 1 R001 C1-2 1 ZONE...

  • Page 19: Log

    All controller events and faults are recorded and can be viewed in the “Event Log”, “Zone Log” or “Fault Log”. Select “LOG” from the Main Menu. The Log Menu will be displayed. Select the log you want to view. Any faults which have occurred can be viewed on the “Fault Log”. The “Zone Log”...

  • Page 20: Electrical Conformity

    EMC Generic Immunity To comply the product must be permanently installed in accordance with the installation instructions provided and the electrical supply must be sinusoidal. Heron Electric Co Ltd, Unit G15 Rudford Industrial Estate, Arundel, England Changing Controller Options This section describes the basic configuration options you can set on your controller. Your controller has 13 basic configuration options.

  • Page 21: Standard Configuration Options

    OPTIONS MENU STANDARD PROGRAM OPTIONS INPUT CONFIG REPROG GENERAL REPROG PROGRAMS CLOCK a. Standard Configuration Options Select “STANDARD from the Options Menu. STANDARD OPT ROW 001 1 NUMBER OF ZONES 2 NUMBER OF 24HR STARTS 3. NUMBER OF WEEKLY STARTS 4.
  • Page 22 The table below lists the allowed values for each of the configuration options. Option Brief Description Allowed values NUMBER OF ZONES Set number of zones. Size of controller NUMBER 24HR STARTS Set number of Daily automatic starts. 000-064 NUMBER WEEKLY Set number of Weekly automatic starts.
  • Page 23 MAX FLOW FAULTS Specify maximum number of flow faults before 000-099 a program is stopped. CURRENTLY NOT IN USE ZONE LOG CURRENTLY NOT IN USE WEEK AUTO EXTRA Set to 001 to display daily, odd day, even day, 5 000/001 day and weekend program start options Default CURRENTLY NOT IN USE...

  • Page 24: Number Of Zones

    1. Number of Zones Set this to the number of zones attached to your controller. The maximum number of zones will depend on the size of the controller purchased. 2. Number 24hr Starts If you need to increase or decrease the number of automatic starts allowed within a 24 hour period, use this option.

  • Page 25: Skip Day Starts

    An automatic start must be activated in order for it to work. Move the cursor over the “OFF” field and ” press the “OK/Select key. “OFF” will change to “ON”. The automatic start has now been activated. When the cursor is moved to the next row on the screen, the end time of the program will be calculated and displayed Press the MENU key to return to the Auto Menu.

  • Page 26: Rain Gauge

    7. Rain Gauge The Heron rain gauge allows irrigation programs to be reduced depending on the amount of rain that has fallen over the last few days. Irrigation programs can be reduced by 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%. If you have a Heron rain gauge, set this option to 001.

  • Page 27: Manual Percentage

    Rain On/Off Switch The Heron controller can also operate with a simple On/Off rain switch. If you have a simple ON/Off rain switch set this option to “99”. The On/Off rain switch is also connected across I2, C2. If the switch is triggered to an “On”...

  • Page 28: Zone Info

    If the “Auto Disable” key is pressed when the Time screen is displayed, then “AUTO START DISABLED” will be displayed and all automatic starts immediately disabled. Programs will not run. Press the “Auto Disable” key again to reactivate automatic starts. 13.

  • Page 29: Use Names

    20. Parallel Programs Set this option from 000 to 006 to specify the maximum number programs to run in parallel. The Heron controller runs up to 6 programs in parallel. Up to 16 zones can be run in parallel with the addition of extra...

  • Page 30: Parallel Manual Starts

    21. Parallel Manual Starts Set this option from 001 to 004 to specify the maximum number of zones that can be manually started when a program is running. 28. Number of Flow Meters A standard controller can have one flow meter connected Up to an additional 9 flow meters can be added with the addition of expansion cards.

  • Page 31: Flow Test Enabled

    Select “FLOW VOLUME” from the Main Menu. The Flow Menu will be displayed. Select “DISPLAY FLOW” from the Flow Menu. FLOW VOULME 1 FLOW 000.0 LPM VOLDAILY 00 LITRES VOLTOTAL 00 LITRES HOLD OFF HIGH LIMIT 000.0 LPM LOW LIMIT 000.0 LPM If a program is running then the real-time flow will be displayed.

  • Page 32: Week Auto Extra

    Set this option from 000 to 099 to specify the number of flow faults to be detected before the irrigation is stopped. 35. Week Auto Extra WARNING – this option should be set to 001 as default. will be lost If this option is set to 000, then the options to start a program on the following basis on the “WEEKLY START”...

  • Page 33: Back Up Prog

    Zones can be assigned to a group on the “ZONE CONFIG” screen. The adjustment will be applied pro-rata for each zone within the group. For example, if a group has 2 zones, zone 1 set to run for 6 minutes and zone 2 to run for 10 minutes. If the percentage adjustment is set for 50%, then zone 1 will run for 3 minutes and zone 2 for 5 minutes.

  • Page 34: Reprogram General

    Enter the number of the program you want to edit. The following screen will be displayed. PROG OPTIONS ROW 001 1 PROGRAM SIZE 2 NUMBER OF ROWS 3. NUMBER OF COL 4. HOURS and MINS There are currently 3 options for editing a program. Note “PROGRAM SIZE” is calculated automatically as a multiple of the number of rows and columns.

  • Page 35: Reprogram Programs

    d. Reprogram Programs To reset either individual programs or all programs use the “REPROG PROGRAMS” option from the Option Menu. Select “REPROG GENERAL” from the Options Menu. REPROGRAM DATA CODE REENTER REPROG PROG ALL PROG 01 PROG 02 PROG 03 PROG 04 PROG 05 In order to reset a specific program or all programs, the corresponding code must be entered in the...

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