KIOUR AIS V1 Manual

AUTOMATED IRRIGATION SYSTEM Model AIS V1
DESCRIPTION
AIS is an electronic device which controls water pumps and solenoids via three relays. It is designed for automated irrigation applications and
controls in general a water supply network. Up to 255 AIS devices can be used to manage up to 5 water pumps and control more than 700
irrigation points of a full water supply network. The maximum distance between two AIS devices can be 1 km creating a water network
around 250km. The network is modbus RS485 and can be independent or operated via a PC. AIS device has five irrigation programs and three
relays with fully adjustable settings to control water pumps and solenoids.
If a power cut occurs, all device's ongoing timers are reset. When the power recovers, all timers start counting from the beginning. To avoid the
aforesaid process, a UPS is mandatory.
FUNCTIONING DESCRIPTION
AIS has five independent irrigation programs. Every program has its own parameter block which can be programmed for a specific irrigation
procedure. For example, the program No.1 has the parameters from 3 to 17 as described on the parameter's table. If any of the programs overlap
each other, they will successively execute, not simultaneously.
The device is adjusted via the parameter noS in three different operation modes: 1) MASTER, where the device controls the entire operation of
the network, 2) SLASTER, where the device operates as MASTER but only in a PC network and 3) SLAVE, where the device executes orders
coming from the MASTER or SLASTER device.
ADJUSTING THE DEVICES TO PERFORM ON A NETWORK
1. Initially we adjust the operation mode of every device on the network via the parameter noS. Only one MASTER or SLASTER can perform
on the network, which controls the irrigation programs. All the others must be SLAVE devices.
2. In the MASTER or SLASTER device, the parameter Add is set to the amount of the SLAVE devices on the network. In SLAVE devices the
same parameter is set to the address of each device on the network, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
3. In the MASTER or SLASTER device, the parameters n1P to n5P is set, for each program, to the total amount of irrigation points (water
solenoids) on the network. The water pump is not included in this amount.
4. Time between two successive repetitions of a program must be adjusted in hours and minutes via the parameters Η1, nn1 ..., Η5, nn5 for
each program and only in the MASTER device. When timers are adjusted and we exit the parameter's menu, two operations occur: i) irrigation
cycle of all programs starts based on the parameter's list and ii) the timer between two successive repetitions of a program starts counting.
5. In each device, through the parameters i21, i22, i23 of program No.2 for example, we set the address of each irrigation point on the
network. If we have 7 irrigation points in program No.2, we need 3 AIS devices. Using the parameters i21, i22, i23 of the 3 devices we set
the address of each of the 7 irrigation points, ex. Device 1: i21=1, i22=2, i23=3 / Device 2: i21=4, i22=5, i23=6 / Device 1: i21=7, i22=0, i23=0
6. In any device on the network, we can assign a relay to control a water pump through the parameters Ρ11, Ρ12, Ρ13. For example, we want
to control a pump using the relay 1, so we adjust Ρ12=1 and Ι12 = 0.
7. Finally, every relay corresponding to an irrigation point must have an adjusted timer in hours and minutes. These are programmed through
the parameters t11, S11, ... , t13, S13 for the corresponding program.
PC NETWORK - DEVICE PROGRAMMING
In case of wanting to control the irrigation network via a PC network we should convert the MASTER device to SLASTER by programming the
parameter noS = 2. Every device is connected to the RS485 network via an interface NET-INS-485.
ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS
1) Manual start-up of a program: By pressing
1. With the [ ], [ ] we choose one of the five programs and press [
2) Toggle between different irrigation points: During the irrigation process, by pressing [
connected to water solenoid) and open the next one.
3) End of irrigation process: the irrigation process can be terminated by pressing [
4 ) When the water pump is ON, the indication
which is activated is displayed.
[SET] for 3 seconds, the indication "P_1" appears on screen which corresponds to program No.
] to activate it. By pressing [SET] we cancel the procedure.
is displayed on all network devices. Additionally, on all network devices the irrigation point
] for 3 sec, we close the active irrigation point (relay
] for 3 sec.