T F A TBOS-II™ FIELD TRANSMITTER Field transmitter (Radio/IR compatible) 868 (EU, South Africa) 915 (US, Canada, Mexico, Australia) R D
NOTICE CONSOLE TBOS-IITM STATEMENT IC STATEMENT RF EXPOSURE RSS Gen / Transmitter Antenna. This device complies with FCC RF and Industry Canada radiation exposure limits set forth for general population. This device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Table of Contents A – PRESENTATION OF THE TBOS-II™ RADIO SYSTEM....................................................................................................................... 3 The TBOS-II™ system.................................................................................................................... 3 Description of the system................................................................................................. 4 New features of the TBOS-II™ system.............................
INTRODUCTION RAIN BIRD thanks you for having purchased a TBOS-II™ series field transmitter. This new transmitter is universal and is compatible with the entire TBOS™ range (old and new generation). Adding a radio interface unit enhances the programming of the old generation TBOS™ modules. Once the program data has been entered into the field transmitter, it could be sent in one of two ways: -. Via an infrared connection, using the cord supplied with the transmitter. -.
2. Description of the system Old TBOS system Old field transmitter TBOS™ control module TBOS™ module Radio module Latching solenoid New TBOS-II system New field transmitter TBOS-II™ (FT) TBOS™ / TBOS-II™ Control Module 1 to 6 stations When fitted with a TBOS-II™ radio adaptor, an old TBOS™ module will have additional functions. Radio Adaptor TBOS-II™ 3.
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B – FIELD TRANSMITTER START-UP / CONFIGURATION 1. Charging the battery When using the field transmitter for the 1st time, or when changing the batteries, it will be necessary to set the time and the date of the transmitter (see next paragraph “2/ Field transmitter configuration – Date and time settings“) The field transmitter must be charged for at least 10 hours before it is first used. When connected to the charger, the screen will light and display the default time of «00 : 00».
- Increase or decrease the hours or minutes using the ON & OFF keys and confirm by pressing OK. Changing Time Format: - Select “Time Format“ + press OK. - Select 12 or 24 hours. Changing the date: - Select “Date“ + press OK. - Move from Day to Month to Year by pressing arrows. - Increase or decrease each value using the ON OFF. keys and confirm by pressing OK. Changing date format: - Select “Date Format“ + press OK. - Select Mont/Day/year or Day/month/year.
Setting the screen lighting time Select “Lighting time-out“ from the “Parameters“ screen and confirm by pressing OK. the length of time using the ON OFF keys Set and confirm by pressing OK. Displaying field transmitter data Select “About“ from the “Parameters“ screen and confirm by pressing OK. following information will then appear on The the screen: - Field transmitter ID. - The embedded software version. C – USING THE FIELD TRANSMITTER via INFRARED (I.R.
The time displayed on this screen is that of the field transmitter an not that of the TBOS™ controller. It is therefore necessary to synchronise the 2 devices (see “Transmitting program date and time“). Creating Irrigation Schedules The field transmitter contains 3 independent programs (A/B and C). Separate watering days, start times and watering run times can be set for each program.
• Start times Select “Start times“ and confirm by pressing OK. Select your program A, B or C in The box in the top left-hand corner of the screen using the ABC key. Set the hours and minutes for each start time (up to 8 start times per program) using the ON OFF keys, and confirm by pressing OK. When you exit this screen, the watering starts will automatically be sorted in chronological order.
Then select “per program“ and confirm by pressing OK. Then choose to which of the programs A, B or C to assign the water budget. Modify the permitted watering run times in 1% increments (from 0 to 300%) and confirm by pressing OK. By default: 100% = no change to watering run times > 100% = increase of watering run times < 100% = decrease of watering run times • Seasonal adjustment per month Select “per month“ and confirm by pressing OK.
- Program run times (programs A, B and C) - Station run times (1 to 6) Transmitting a watering program to the control module Once programs A, B and C have been set, they can be sent via infrared to the connected TBOS control module. Select “Transmit“ from the Welcome menu and confirm by pressing OK. The program to be downloaded will be displayed on the screen. Confirm the transmission by pressing OK. 2 . Manual actions Manual actions override other actions.
Starting a channel manually Select “Start station“ and choose the station to be started by means of ON OFF and confirm by pressing OK. Then, set the manual watering run time and confirm by pressing OK to send the data to the TBOS control module. Watering will start after a manual time delay of 2 seconds. Running a program manually Select “Run program“ and choose one of the 3 programs A, B or C to be started using the ON OFF keys and confirm by pressing OK.
The data will then be immediately transmitted to the TBOSTM and is totally independent of the programming. If you select the “OFF“ option, watering will be automatically stopped until switched back on. To restart, perform the same steps as above and select the “ON“ option. Saving the general program in the TBOS-II™ field transmitter The new TBOS-II™ universal field transmitter contains an internal memory that can store up to 3 different programs (irrigation + names).
hoose “Automatic recall“ if you wish to program the ove C rwriting programs already saved in the control module and replace them with new ones (between 1 and 90 days). Select your time period using the ON OFF keys and confirm by pressing OK. After the specified time period, the new program will be automatically transmitted by the TBOS™ to the control module. The control module will thus contain the “saved“ program and the “active“ program.
D – USING THE TBOS-II™ FIELD TRANSMITTER via RADIO As indicated in the foreword, the addition of a radio interface unit enhances the programming of old generation TBOS™ control modules and allows the transfer of programs by radio to the new TBOS-II™ control modules. This simply requires the radio interface unit to be mounted on the old or new generation TBOS™ control module.
I f tagging has failed, the message “FAILURE CODE 1“ will be displayed after a few seconds (1 indicating a radio error). If tagging has been performed correctly, the message “SUCCESS“ will be displayed on the screen, followed by the unique identification code of the radio interface unit just tagged (12 digits). 2.
4. Automatic radio search of existing TBOS™ control modules This is an essential step for communicating by radio with all radio interface units mounted on a TBOS™ or TBOS-II™ control module. This search will automatically detect all nearby TBOS™ control modules; up to a limit of 32 products (the first 32 control modules detected will be listed). Press any key to switch on the field transmitter and display the welcome menu.
the event of a radio communication problem, a reception In failure message will be displayed on the screen. Repeat the operation. Failure codes: - Failure code 1: Radio communication problem Check the radio interface battery. - Failure code 2: Infrared communication problem Clean the infrared part of the apparatus or check the TBOS™ controller battery.
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