Placement Of The Ps Commander; Start-Up And Operation; Troubleshooting; Missing Pump Connection - Lorentz PS Commander Manual For Installation And Operation

8 Installation
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4.4 Placement of the PS Commander

The Commander must be placed near to the pump
controller. The maximum Bluetooth range is up to
10m but depends on the surrounding conditions.
For example; walls, shelters or other signals may
weaken the signal strength. Keep the PV module free
of shadow and with a South (Northern Hemisphere)
or North (Southern Hemisphere) orientation. The PV
module must be kept clean from dirt and snow.
It is recommended to complete the wiring, SIM card
installation, battery installation and an established
pump connection before finally mounting the PS
Commander to a wall. See the Start-up section for
more information.
Figure 2: Mounting of the brackets
The PS Commander must be mounted vertically to a
wall or a pole using appropriate fixings.
Mounting hole distances (Width x Height, Hole
Diameter):
Product Dimensions
PS Commander 270x150, Ø6mm
[10,63x5,9 Ø0,236in
Place the PV-Module holder at least 10cm (3.95 in)
above the PS Commander. The holes in the wall, for
the PV module holder, have to be 330mm (13.0 in)
away from each other. Use M8 screws.

5 Start-up and operation

Before installing the device it is advised to register
the system(s) in partnerNET Sites and to start the
monitoring service in partnerNET in order to activate
the SIM card.
The Commander is designed following "plug'n'play"
principles for ease of use.
Upon powering the device it will automatically
ƒ connect to the best network available
search for nearby Lorentz pump controllers and
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forward their data to the remote management
platform LORENTZ Global
NOTE:
The Commander will regularly
search for new Lorentz controllers within
reach. If required, the Commander can
be configured to only connect to specific
pump controllers via the LORENTZ
Assistant app.
Start-up and operation

6 Troubleshooting

6.1 Missing pump connection

If a pump controller does not connect to the PS
Commander check that:
ƒ The pump controller is either a PS2, PSk2 or PSk3
controller. Other controllers are not supported by
the Commander.
ƒ a green system light is shown on the pump
controller
ƒ there is no active Assistant connection to the
pump system
ƒ there are not more than 8 PS Controllers within
range of the PS Commander. In this situation the
9th pump would not connect.
ƒ the Bluetooth signal strength is not impaired by
obstacles, walls or other interfering signals or
mounting the PS Commander in a metal box
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