User Manual

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Preamble
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RAINBIRDthanksyouforhavingpurchasedaTBOS‐II™seriesfieldtransmitter.
Thisnewtransmitterisuni v ersal andiscompatiblewiththeentireTBOS™range(oldandnew
generation).
AddingaTBOS‐II™RadioAdaptorenhancestheprogrammingoftheoldgenerationTBOS™modules.
Oncetheprogramdatahasbeenenter
edintothefieldtransmitter,itcouldbesentintotheControl
Modulesinoneoftwoways:
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• Viaaninfraredconnection,usingthe
cordsuppliedwiththetransmitter. 
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• Viaaradioconnection,usingthe
TBOS‐II™RadioAdaptorpluggedonto
theControlModule.
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ThenewFieldTransmitteralsoincludesnewfeaturesthatwillprovideadditionalbenefitsforthe
managementofyourTBOS™and/orTBOS‐II™ControlModules.
*exceptVRM1andFS1.Theinformationcontainedinthisdocumentispurelyindicative.Itmaybechangedwithoutnoticeanddoesnot
representacommitmentonthepartofRAINBIRD.
A. SystemTBOSII
TM
Introduction
1. TheTBOSII
TM
System
Thenewgenerationsystemworkswithproductsusingthe868MHz(EU,Sou thAfrica)or915MHz
(US,Canada,Mexico,Australia)freefrequencyband.
Systemcomposition:
•AuniversalFIELD
TRANSMITTER(FT)to
configureyourirrigation
programsandtransferthem
viainfraredorradio
connectiontotheTBOS™
and/orTBOS‐II™Control
Modules.
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•One(ormore)
TBOS™/TBOS‐II™CONTROL
MODULE(S)installed
underground,invalvebox.
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•ATBOS‐II™RADIO
ADAPTORforradio
receptionofdata.Installed
underground,invalvebox,
itsinfra‐redconnectionhas
tobeconnectedonControl
Module’sInfrared
connection.ItsRadio
antennahastobevertical,
uptoth
etop.
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