ANC Technology Ancnoble FMP-Solar-MB User manual

Wireless Solar Powered Flow Meter Controller
FMP-Solar-MB
Manual
Version: 3.01
© 2016 ANC Technology
ANC Technology
www.anctech.com

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Content
1．General................................................................................................................................. 1
2．Specification.........................................................................................................................2
3．Function................................................................................................................................3
4．How to install.......................................................................................................................3
4.1 Notes of installation........................................................................................................ 3
4.2 Installation.......................................................................................................................4
4.3 Printed instruction on the box.......................................................................................10
5.1 Turn on Controller........................................................................................................ 11
5.2 How to register to GG-002WIFI/3G system main controller...................................... 12
5.3 How to establish wireless communication mesh network........................................... 12
5.4 How to turn off controller.............................................................................................14
5.5 Controller sleep.............................................................................................................14
5.6 Field manual open/close............................................................................................... 15
5.7 Explanation of LCD information..................................................................................16
6.1 Flow Meter setup.......................................................................................................... 20
6.2 Pressure meter setup..................................................................................................... 25
6.3 Pump setup....................................................................................................................25
6.4 How to setup master valve............................................................................................27
6.5 Help...............................................................................................................................29

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1．General
FMP-Solar-MB controller controls pump and master valve, measures flow rate, and water
pressure. Compatible with GG-002 WiFi / 3G wireless control system.
Solar powered with water proof shell design, good for outdoor application.
2．Specification
Solar Panel: 17.4V DC /220mA/3.8W (Support Extra panel)
Back battery: １0*1.2V/ 2.3AH AA NiMH
Solar charging time: About 10 hours under standard sunlight
Idle power：1mA
Lasting time under fully charged battery: 7 days
Wireless frequency：902MHz-928MHz
Receiving distance: Open space ≧500 米，can relay forward.
Application environment：Temperature:-30～60℃Relative humidity：＜90%
Flow meter specification：
1，Voltage：12VDC
2，Type：Turbine（3 wires system）
3，Signal：Pulse
Pressure meter specification：
1，Voltage：12VDC
2，Range：0-1Mpa
3，Signal output：Current4-20mA

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Valve specification：
1，Voltage：6-12VDC Pulse
2, Latching valve
3，Extension valve cable up to 20 meters
Pump control output：Open-（12VDC）Close-（0VDC）
Controller box size：Long：28cm Wide：17.5cm High：28.2cm
Controller box protective grade: IP56
Extension cable for pump up to 50 meters.
3．Function
1，ASA weather proof shell design, water proof, for outdoor application
2，Solar powered, wireless, no need of power or communication lines in the field.
3，Solar panel is fixed on the shell. Can add extra solar panel for area without enough sun.
4，With relay function.
5，Control：pump and master valve, monitoring flow rate, flow total, water pressure by
pressure meter, and water level of well or water tank.
6，Field manual open/close pump and master valve for convenience.
7，Setup flow rate and water pressure range to control protective shut down of pump and
master valve.
8，Using water level checking function to control protective shut down of pump, to avoid
pumping without right water level.

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4．How to install
Please read manual before installation. We have how to install video online.
4.1 Notes of installation
1，Make sure solar panel is face maximum sun. If there is not enough sun, add extra solar
panel.
2，For application of controlling pump and master valve, must install protective pressure
sensor or pressure switch. If pump water from well, suggest to sue water position sensor to
prevent pumping without water.
3，All accessories, suggest to using parts suggested on ANC web. If need to purchase from
another source, please communicate with ANC first to make sure it is compatible.
4，The connection box is water proof. Before cover up, make sure the rubber seal at right
position for seal and checking around to make sure all connectors are been tighten, including
connectors not been used.
4.2 Installation
4.2.1 Pump connection illustration

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How to install pump

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4.2.2 How to install pressure sensor
Note: Because that the threaded end of pressure sensor is very small, suggest using three way
adaptor for small pipe, and drill hole to install for big pipe according to related specification.
When water pressure is out of setup range, the controller will protectively shut off the pump
or master valve.
If pump water from well ，suggest to install level sensor to protect pump from pumping
without water from well or rain tank. The setup will be one for high, and one for low. The
pump will not been open when the water level didn’t at high position. If the water reaches
low position, the controller will protectively shut down the pump.
Also could install flow meter, when the flow rate is out of range, the controller will
protectively shut down the pump and alarm.
“T” connection drilling connection

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4.2.3 Valve connection
For master valve, choose one of them as protective devices, pressure switch, pressure sensor,
or flow meter. To mechanical pressure switch, must do tiny adjusting when water go through
pipe, adjusting the screw until no alarms at normal situation. (Open water proof cap to do
adjusting. Screwing in to increase pressure, screwing out to reduce pressure until there is no
open/close valve alarm).
For pressure meter, if the open water pressure is bigger than the setup pressure, as normal or
otherwise alarm; when pump/valve is been closed, pressure less than this setup value, as
normal or otherwise alarm.
Pressure meter and switch, must installed after water flow.
3, Connection for supervising flow rate and pressure.

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There are only total 5 wireless flow meter controllers for one GG-002 WIFI/3G system.
4.2.4 How to install battery
Remark:
1). Battery standard: Rechargeable Ni-MH AA battery 1.2v*10
2). Please pay attention to (+/-) sign
3). Suggest to use more than 2300mAh rechargeable battery.
Installation steps:
1). Please take off the screws with screwdriver, and open the battery box cover.
Battery box cover
2). Take out the battery box
3). Put Ni-MH AA rechargeable battery 1.2v*10 into the battery box, pay attention to +/-
sign.

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Batteries
4). Put the battery box back, cover up and srew tight.
4.3 Printed instruction on the box
When connecting external devices, following printed instructions either on the coneecting
cabel ANC supplied, or on the controller as following:
Warming: Make sure tight waterproof connectors right. All unused waterproof connectors
need to keep inside the metal box to avoid the water damage.

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5．How to operate
１－Metal box ２－ battery box ３－ lines ４－Pump manually on/off button
５－Pump manually on/off button ６－Decimal input 7－digit keys
8－Information window switch 9－LCD 10- antenna cable
5.1 Turn on Controller
Push the red power key at right low end of the controller will turn on and lock up the on
position. Followed by two beep, LCD will show as following, then into running. If the
battery voltage is low, the controller will turn self off.

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If there is no sun to charge battery for some time, the battery voltage will reach low point,
then controller will protectively shut down self , and automatically wake up after the battery
is been recharged again.
5.2 How to register to GG-002WIFI/3G system main controller
FMP-Solar-MB needs to register one by one following parts if you choose to sue them: 1.
Flow meter, 2. Pressure meter, 3. Master valve, 4. Pump.
Registration will let all these devices to get system ID and code, to establish bidirectional
wireless communication channel between these devices and main controller.
5.3 How to establish wireless communication mesh network
After power been turn on, if all devises are already been registered, the controller will
automatically try to establish wireless communication route to reach main controller. During
searching time, keys been locked, push “Exit” to exit if needs, otherwise LCD shows
“Searching Comm path”. After route is been established, there will be two beeps, the
controller is ready for work.
If failed to establish the route, the controller will unlock the keys and back to previous menu
after 1 minute. Push digital key 4 you will see “X”, which means no route been established.
Please check and see if the distance is right, or if all the relays on the way are normal. If push
digital key 4 show“√”, which means the route is been established. You can check the route
by browsing into help menu.
This controller will automatically search route until success. Or push [Setting] key into main
menu, then push [Exit] key to exit will produce one search, if there is no wireless

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communication route yet.
During search, the keys are been locked up. LCD show as following:
After successfully established route, the FMP-Solar-MB field controller will send the route
information to main controller. If done, main controller will show “ ” icon on related
LCD screen, route show as “√”. If failed to establish route, will show “ ”，and try again
every one minute, if tried three times without success, the controller will think the route has
been tried is not right, change route and try again.
Note 1. For speed up establishment of wireless mesh network, please follow steps as below:
A. Register all the field controllers first. Then turn off all the field controllers.
B. During search time, the main controller must be in normal work status at registration
status, not in any programmable menu, ready to pick all field wireless signals.
C. Take the main controller as center, turn on field controllers which are most nearby, like in
the range of 500meter or 1640feet, more or less, then all field controllers been on, start
automatically looking for route to communicate with main controller. After all this layer of
controllers found route to main controller, then open second layer of field controllers in the
mesh work, so on until all 4 layers of controllers all established wireless communication with
main controller.
Note 2: All field controllers need to found wireless route through relay to communicate with
main controller, the relay route could be 1, 2, or 3 layers. Field controllers will report route to
the main controller, the main controller then save this information and follow this route to

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communicate with field controllers. After the field controllers found the route, will keep send
the route information to the main controller every one minute, if tried three times without
success, will looking for another route.
Note 3: If the established route no more working, the controller will automatically search
new route after one hour try.
5.4 How to turn off controller
Push the red power switch will turn power off.
5.5 Controller sleep
During working period, controller will check the voltage of battery time to time. When the
backup battery voltage reach less than 11 V, the controller will turn off master valve and
pump, stop flow meter, put self into sleep, waiting for the solar panel to recharge the battery.
When the battery voltage is been charged back to 11.5 V, the controller will automatically
back to working status. During sleep period, if the solar panel still can’t charge up the battery,
if the backup battery voltage drops to 10 V, for protecting the battery from over discharge,
the controller will automatically turn from sleep status to total turn off.
After been total turn off, the solar panel will still charge the battery as long as there is sun.
Controller will automatically wake up after the battery is been changed up to normal.
During sleeping, LCD show as following:

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5.6 Field manual open/close
5.6.1 Field manual open/close
During working status, push “valve” key ，LCD show valve status as “Manual on” ，the
controller will open the master valve, and send current status to main controller.
Push “valve” key again, LCD show status as “Manual off”，which will manually turn off
valve.
“valve” key has cycling function, cycle function as “Auto off－Manual on－Auto off －
Manual off”，Every push switch function.
After manual open ／close operation, the controller will keep this manual status until
manually switch to either “auto on” or “auto off” from the field controller, and go back to
auto control.
During manual open/close status, the controller will keep beep to reminder user to switch
back to auto control after field work finished.
5.6.2 Field manual open/close pump
Same as field valve manual open/close, reference 5.6.1。
After manually open the pump, LCD will show as above. 05＇（ time range is 00＇-99＇）
means manual open valve for 5 minutes. This function is for observing delay time needed for

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stabilizing flow rate and water pressure, then setup right delay time for alarm. And setup
right flow and pressure range.
5.7 Explanation of LCD information
5.7.1 Main working LCD display
1，Pump status：Above LCD display of “Auto off”, which means current status is auto off.
Pump has 6 status, Auto off、Auto on、Manual off、Manual on、Remote on、Remote off.
２，Master valve status：Above LCD shows as “Auto off”, which means current status as
auto off. There are 6 status as, Auto off、Auto on、Manual off、Manual on、Remote on、
Remote off。
3, Current flow rate
4, Current pressure meter reading
5.7.1.2 Fertilization reminder
This function is for fertilization control by total flow volume. Customer setup first and
second volume reminder from main controller or PC. For example, like 3 cubic meter and 4
cubic meter. Then, when the volume reached 3 cubic meter, first reminder will be on, it is
time to start get ready to turn off the valve, when reached 4 cubic meter, second reminder on,
it is time to turn off the fertilizing valve.
Total flow volume reminder shown as icon. The icon will not show until this reminder

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function is been enabled. If this function is been enabled, there is “ ” icon. First reminder
show as “ ”, second reminder show as “ ” icon.
After valve been turned off, flow rate reach to 0, this flow meter controller will automatically
finish this cycle of fertilizing reminder.
Suggested connection:
5.7.2 LCD display for protective shut down of pump
When pump is been shut down protectively, LCD will show the reason, 1, High flow rate +
value of the high flow rate; 2, Low flow rate + value of the low flow rate; 3, High pressure +
value of high pressure; 4 Low pressure + value of low pressure; 5, Low water level.
Above example show information as, auto shut down by low flow rate at 0.00 m³/h.
5.7.3 Communication window

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During communication time between FMP-Solar-MB and main controller, LCD shows as
above. Then all the keys been locked up until communication finished.
5.7.4 Detail information windows
During normal work status, push【１】【２】【３】【４】digital keys switch for different
work information. Keep push【Enter】key，switch and cycle information window.
Push key【１】，show flow meter information as following:
Flow meter registration #：Here show as 1，which means registered as #1 flow meter in this
system. (Otherwise, show as, “Not registered”).
Flow rate：Show current flow rate. Can setup different unit at basic setup.
Show total flow volume.
Push key【２】，show pressure meter information
１. Pressure meter registration #：Here means this pressure meter registered as #1 pressure
meter in this system. (If not registered yet, will show ”Not registered”)。
２. Current pressure。
３. Pressure range：Pressure range setup by customer.
Push key【３】，show valve and pump information

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1. Master valve registration #：Here #1 means this master valve is been registered as #1
master valve in this system. (If not registered, will show “Not registered”).
2. Master Valve status：The status are：Auto off、Auto on、Manual off、Manual on、Remote
on、Remote off。
3. Pump registration #：Same as master valve.
4. Pump status：Same as master valve.
Push key【４】，showＩＤ／route and wireless signal strength
System ID：FMP-Solar controller through registration to get ID from the main controller. All
field controllers in one system have same ID.
2. Current battery status. Will show charging icon when is charging.
3. Communication status. Route without relay show as ”√”, with relay show as ” ”, or
no route with ”×”。
4. Strength of wireless signal.
Note：The controller will automatically turn off after 1 minute without any operation. Push
any key to bring back.