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INSTALLER USER MANUAL AGRÓNIC 2500 Basic version | V3 Sections in the manual: ‒ Functional description ‒ Features ‒ Formats, versions, models and options ‒ Technical specifications ‒ Parameters ‒ Input and output coding ‒ Practical examples ‒ Troubleshooting ‒ Technical support The Communications Parameters section is detailed in the Communications Manual.
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Welcome to the Agrónic 2500 manual. We are pleased to count on your experience and skills to install the Agrónic 2500. This document will guide you through the process, providing details on the controller’s features and parameters. Your experience is essential to teach the customer how to effectively use the Agrónic 2500.
DESCRIPTION OF BASIC FUNCTIONS The Agrónic 2500 is designed for automating irrigation on small and medium-sized farms (maximum 30 irrigation sectors) where there is a need to open/close sector and master valves, fertilizing control and filters. The farm may have a pressurized water intake or need In the head, there can be fertilization with a hydraulic a drive pump (electric or motor pump).
2 FEATURES The Agrónic 2500 is a controller for controlling irrigation, fertilization, pumping and filter cleaning. It detects malfunctions and creates a chronological record of the events. Fully configurable, with multiple possibilities for use, communication and expansion. IRRIGATION Control up to 30 sectors using 50 irrigation programs. Conditional start: when the contact closes the program start input (CS).
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Description of basic functions Parallel: various fertilizers simultaneously with one in series: one type of fertilizing after another from a injector per type single injector IRRIGATION IRRIGATION FERTILIZER 1 FERTILIZER 1 20 L FERTILIZER 2 FERTILIZER 2 30 L FERTILIZER 3 FERTILIZER 3 12 L Parallel fertilization...
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Description of basic functions READINGS The unit saves the totals and event logs with the unit. anomalies over the last days. • Separate history per irrigation sector with the units • General totals and totals by sector for irrigation in time and the irrigation and fertilizing volumes and fertilization units in time and volume starting applied everyday.
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Description of basic functions SUMMARY OF PLUS VERSION FEATURES Operatives: The Agrónic 2500 with the Plus option offers a notable increase in features as per the basic version, which may ‒ Definitive stop. come from the factory with the options pre-activated ‒...
3 FORMATS, VERSIONS, MODELS AND OPTIONS 3.1. FORMATS The Agrónic 2500 has two formats: Formats • box format With plastic box and transparent door Box format to hang on the wall. Built-in format in Agrónic 2509 and 2518 (9 and 18 outputs) •...
Formats, versions, models and options | Options 3.4. OPTIONS Options Description Observations The GPRS or WiFi modem option are required. Cloud To use the Agrónic APP or VEGGA, the unit must be registered in “Web platform” License to connect the unit to the (Agrónic APP + cloud.
4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General power supply Voltage 12 Vdc +15% -10% Frequency Power consumption Less than 12.5 W (0.3 W standby) Fuse Input Thermal (PTC) 1.1 Amp. at 25°C, auto-resettable Output power source Voltage From 12 to 24 Vdc or Vac (maximum 30 V) Fuse Input “R+”...
5 PARAMETERS To install and prepare the unit for operation, enter the Parameters section and adapt them to the needs of each installation. To access the menu, press ‘Function - 4. Parameters’ on An example of how to interpret the questions and how the keyboard .
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Parameters | Fertilization Number of fertilizers (0 ... 4): enter in the unit the number of FERTILIZATION PARAMETERS fertilizers installed in the irrigation network. N. fertilizers: 4 Leave the value at 0 if there are none. Fertilizer general: yes Fertilizing general (No | Yes): is an output normally used to connect the injector in series application and is only Mixer F1: no activated when one of the fertilizers activates.
Parameters | Filters before the program starts. If it is less than 10 minutes since Mixing stop (000 ... 999”): time that the mixing will be the last irrigation, do not run the pre-mixing. stopped after a running time. If continuous mixing is desired, set this time to 0.
Parameters | General 5.3. GENERAL The meter and alarm inputs and the pump, fertilizing, filter, etc. outputs are configured in this section. These inputs and outputs must be from the base of the Agrónic 2500, they cannot be on external modules such as the AgroBee-L.
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Parameters | Filters PS Start programs, a digital sensor will begin the ir- Outputs rigation of one or more programs. The input will no At the base of the Agrónic 2500, there can be up to 27 longer be accepted if the programs or their sequences digital outputs, identified as R1 to R27, to connect the have not terminated.
Parameters | Filters 5.3.1 Diesel option This option is used to start, stop and monitor diesel control the pressure gage input, set the start and stop pumps for malfunctions. times to 0. Operation GENERAL PARAMETERS The diesel pump is related to pump 1. It starts when a Preheating: 08”...
Parameters | Programs 5.4. PROGRAMS The programs are those that manage crop irrigation If the Sequential with 99:00 option is activated in and fertilization. They control the opening and closing ‘Function - 4. Parameters - 8. Installer - 5. Various’, of sectors and fertilization.
Parameters | Sectors 5.5. SECTORS Pump 1 and 2 (No | Yes): yes if the sector requires pump The sectors are the outputs where the irrigation valves 1 and/or 2 to be activated to irrigate. are connected. They are related to pumps and the ir- rigation meter.
Parameters | Various The Communications Query section is detailed in the Communications Manual Video tutorial r1850 available for this section Watch video See Communications Manual 5.6. VARIOUS Keyboard. VARIOUS PARAMETERS Sound level (0 ... 2 ... 5): duration of the sound when Screen: pressing a key.
Parameters | Installer 5.7. INSTALLER be activated in each irrigation program. Here This section shows the least-common parameters to you configure how many sectors are asked in the change once the unit has been installed. program. The input to this section is protected with an access •...
Parameters | Various • Volume format (00000 | 0000.0 | 000.00): when the 5.6.6 Communications units are by volume, here you determine which See the ‘1850 Agrónic 2500 Communications’ manual. format you want to work in. Fertilization 5.6.7 Language • Fertilizing type (series | parallel): it indicates how The available languages are Spanish, English, French, the fertilizers are injected into the irrigation, one...
6 INPUT AND OUTPUT CODING The inputs and outputs are coded in a way that makes it easy to indicate where they are located; There are five digits in total. The most significant indicates the unit: base, AgroBee or AgroBee-L, the next two digits for the AgroBee, AgroBee-L module number or internal values and the last two for the input or output number.
7 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES The examples in the manual are summarized. To see the step-by-step explanation of how to do it, please go to our website. There are many more examples that may be useful to you. Save a copy of the parameters and pro- Configure the irrigation meter grams First find out which digital input the meter is connected...
8 TROUBLESHOOTING These are the most common problems and we attempt to provide the solution to facilitate the installation process. An output is not activated An input is not read from the base • Go to ‘Consult - 7. Agrónic’ and check that there •...
9 TECHNICAL SUPPORT Apart from this manual, the Agrónic 2500 has other manuals, instruction videos, tips and fre- quently asked questions on the Progrés website, Technical Support section. Assembly and Communications connection manual manual r2465 r1850 Intended for those who physically install Intended for installers who configure the Agrónic on the farm or in the electri- communications with the cloud for...
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10 FUNCTION SCREEN FUNCTION 1. PROGRAMS 2. MANUAL 3. READINGS 4. PARAMETERS ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER PROGRAMS MANUAL READINGS PARAMETERS P01 – S03 S04 1 Out of service 1 Totals 1 Fertilization P02 – S05 2 STOP 2 Anomalies 2 Filters P03 –...
11 PARAMETERS SCREEN ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER FILTER PARAMETERS GENERAL PARAMETERS PROGRAM PARAMETERS FERTILIZATION PARAMETERS N. of filters 5 Pump 1: yes Program No. 12 N. of fertilizers: 4 Initial wait: 000” Temp. run: 018” Type start: [schedule] Fertilizer general: yes Time of activation Temp.
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SPACE RESERVED FOR THE USER Use this space to record information such as the parameters entered into the controller, drawings, program information, determining factors, alarms, etc. User Manual | Agrónic 2500...
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Compensation for direct and indirect damage caused by the use of the unit is excluded from the guarantee. Sistemes Electrònics Progrés, S.A. Polígon Industrial, C/ de la Coma, 2 | 25243 El Palau d’Anglesola | Lleida | Spain Tel. 973 32 04 29 | info@progres.es | www.progres.es R-2466...
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