Astral Pool BASIC 37058 User manual

INSTALLATION MANUAL
MANUEL D’INSTALLATION
MANUAL DE INSTALACIÓN
BASIC
(37058)

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Thank you for purchasing an AstralPool immersion detection system.
This swimming pool immersion detector complies with French standard NF P90-307/A1.
WARNINGS
This alarm system is not a replacement for common sense or individual responsibility.
Its purpose is not to be a replacement for vigilance by a parent or responsible adult, which
remains the essential factor in protecting children under five.
This alarm is a protective device which signals a danger (or danger risk). A responsible adult
must take quick action within 3 minutes after the alarm triggers. “Responsible adult” means
an adult person who is aware of the danger, who can swim, and who is capable of giving help
in the pool.
In no event can your retailer, the distributor or the manufacturer of the alarm system be held
responsible for any person or animal falling or drowning. In no event must the installation
of your alarm system reduce your vigilance or replace active monitoring of the swimming
pool and the area around it.
You must always check that the alarm can be heard from the residence/living quarters.
Depending on the layout of the residence/living quarters in relation to the swimming pool,
it may be necessary to move the safety, alarm and failure signals so they can be heard from
the dwelling/living quarters. This must be checked during installation. Should it be necessary
to supplement your immersion detector with a remote siren, fit in a Remota™ remote sound
alarm. CONTACT YOUR RETAILER FOR ADVICE.
Regularly check the water level in your pool, especially when the weather is very hot, or
rainy, or if it has been windy for several days. To ensure proper operation of your immersion
detector, the immersion level must imperatively be 22cm (+/– 3cm). If you do not follow
these instructions your immersion detector will not work properly.
Warning must be given that the pool and surrounding area are under electronic surveillance
permanently.
The magnets must be kept out of the reach of children.
The performance as defined in standard NF P90-307/A1 is not guaranteed beyond wind
levels greater than those specified in this standard.
ENGLISH

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This guide will enable you to:
IUnderstand the operating principle of your immersion detection system;
IPosition and install your immersion detection system according to the characteristics of your
swimming pool;
IPerform regular operating tests on your immersion detection system.
Within 7 days following your purchase, FILL IN, SIGN and RETURN to AstralPool the
TEST VALIDATION SHEET by mail, at the following address:
AstralPool SAU
Avda Francesc Macia, 38 Planta 18
08208 Sabadell – Spain
In case of negligence or non-receipt of the test validation sheet, the guarantee related
to your Basic™ alarm system cannot be applied (if it is missing from the packaging,
immediately inform your retailer).
1. Contents of the package
Despite the careful attention we pay to the quality of our products and their packaging, you are
requested to check the contents inside the package, according to the type of your immersion
detector.
To get additional magnets, contact your retailer.
COMPONENTS BASIC™
1 central unit with its black flexible tube
(Warning! the black flexible tube is fitted to the unit,
do not pull on it)
•
1 rigid tube •
4 LR20 alkaline batteries •
1 fastening kit (screws, washers, joints, rawplugs,
2 magnet key-rings) •
1 test validation sheet for the guarantee •
1 conformity declaration sheet •
The terms of guarantee at the end of this guide •
1 Remota™ remote siren OPTIONAL

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2. Operating principle
How does Basic™ work?
The on-board technology of your immersion detector enables continuous monitoring of the pool.
In the event of a fall into the pool, your immersion detector sets off the siren in accordance with
the requirements of French standard NF P90-307/A1.
You must deactivate your immersion detector monitoring mode before having a swim. (Look up item 4.1)
After your swim, your immersion detector automatically resumes monitoring of the pool once it
has become still again. (Look up item 4.1)
The new Basic™ technology includes a continuous pool analysis system.
Basic™ signal principles:
General operation
Failure signals
STATUS
SIGNALS
ACTION VISUAL
Your immersion detector is
monitoring With the magnet: 1 long, high-pitched beep
Your immersion detector is
not monitoring With the magnet: 5 short, high-pitched beeps
Your immersion detector is
in partial monitoring mode
With the magnet:
1 short, high-pitched beep
(look up item 4.3)
Your immersion detector is
switched off
With the 2 magnets:
15 short, high-pitched beep
(look up item 4.6)
Your immersion detector is
switching out of the TESTS
mode
Specific tune
(look up item 4.5)
STATUS
SOUND SIGNALS
With the magnet Periodic
Low battery 4 short, low-pitched beeps 1 short, low-pitched beep
every minute
Your immersion detector
has to be returned to the
after-sales service
2 short, low-pitched beeps
every minute
all indicator lights off
flashing in turns

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3. Installing Basic™
Your immersion detector is installed in 7 steps:
3.1 Attachment of rigid tube
3.2 Insertion of the batteries
3.3 Choice of location
3.4 Temporary installation
3.5 Installation tests
3.6 Final installation
3.7 Validation tests
UTMOST VIGILANCE IS REQUIRED FROM THE PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT
DURING THE INSTALLATION OF YOUR IMMERSION DETECTOR
Tools required for installation:
I1 Phillips screwdriver
I1 tape measure
IFour 1.5 L. water bottles
I1 roll of sticky tape
I1 rope about 2 meters long.
I1 drill with a Ø8 mm concrete bit
I1hacksaw
I1 pair of shears or heavy-duty scissors
INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS
YOUR IMMERSION DETECTOR MUST BE INSTALLED IN GOOD WEATHER ON
A STILL POOL.
The alarm system must be installed at a location where the pool is at least 30 cm deep.
Make sure that the water in your pool is clear and pure before installing your device.
DO NOT USE AN ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER to install the device.
Some robot cleaners like the diving robot are incompatible with immersion detection systems.

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3.1. Attachment of rigid tube
3.2. Insertion of the batteries
1
Carefully insert the rigid tube to a sufficient
depth (about 3 cm).
1
Unscrew the 4 screws.
2
Screw the 2 self-drilling screws (provided
with the fastening kit)
x2
2
Remove the cover.
3
Remove the battery block fastened by a
Velcro strip.
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5
Insert the batteries, making sure the polarity
is respected. Validation sound signal (15
short, high-pitched beeps). Your device is in
“off mode”.
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x15
x15
x2

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3.3. Choice of location
Your immersion detector must be positioned in the center of the greatest length of your
swimming pool, on a coping (position recommended for rectangular swimming pools). If your pool
does not correspond to the configurations shown below, ask your retailer for advice.
Ensure that the central unit is more than one meter away from the filtration
system (return fittings, waste plug, skimmer, vacuum fittings, etc.) or waterfall or
any other device that may disturb the pool at this place.
Your immersion detector has been designed and configured in compliance with
standard NF P90-307/A1, and can be used in pools with maximum dimensions of
10 x 5 meters. Your immersion detector must not be further than 7 meters from
all possible fall locations.
If your swimming pool is larger, it must be fitted with several immersion detector.
Contact your retailer for advice.
In the case of a pool of a particular shape, ask your retailer for advice.
EXAMPLES:
ILocation of your central unit, for information only
Check that there is easy and practical access to the activation zone (where you place the magnet).
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Replace the battery block on the Velcro strip.
8
Replace cover without tightening the screws.
Max 7m
Location: any Location: any

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To ensure optimum operation, the probe must be immersed 22 cm (± 3cm) deep.
If the water level has been deliberately lowered, suitable probe extenders are available
from your retailer.
The water level must be checked regularly, and restored if required to maintain
an immersion depth of 22 cm (± 3cm). The installation of a level controller is
recommended. Contact your retailer for advice.
If the probe is immersed too deep or nor deep enough (or even not at all), your immersion
detector will not be able to operate properly. Please make sure that the recommended
immersion depth is respected.
3.4. Temporary installation / Installation temporaire
For installation tests, we recommend that you do not first switch off the probe, but you lift up
the device (on a book, flat stone, brick, wooden board, etc.) to obtain an immersion depth of
22 cm (+ /-3 cm). You must ensure that the device remains stable during the fall tests.
22cm
(±3cm)
1
Place the 4 pieces of stabilizing foam.
x4
2
Place the wedge plug (included in the fastening
kit) at the end of the tube.
x1
x4 x1

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3
Position the device at the location selected.
5
Check the immersion depth.
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If your immersion depth is greater
than 25 cm, use a booster (book, flat stone,
brick, wooden board, etc.) which must not
destabilize the central unit.
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The immersion depth must be between 19 cm
and 25 cm (ideally 22 cm).
4
The rigid tube must be at least 5 mm
from the edge of the coping.
5mmmini
5mmmini
22cm
(±3cm)
8
Carefully place a 2 to 3 kg weight on the device to
hold it in place.
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Your device is in “off mode” , and must be
activated for the installation tests.
x5
Warning: for the first 30 minutes after
your device has been activated with
the magnet for the first time,
the siren sounds only for a short time,
at a low volume. You are in TESTS mode.
For more information on this mode, refer
to item 4.5.

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3.5. Installation tests
Make sure that the pool is still and that your immersion detector is monitoring (green indicator light
flashing). If such is not the case, move the magnet over the swimmer symbol:
If in spite of this, the indicator light does not switch to green, this means that the pool is not still
enough. You must wait for your pool to be still before carrying out the tests.
You must wait for about ten minutes without handling the device in any way, and
with no disturbance in the pool, for your immersion detector to analyze its
environment and become stable (green indicator light). It is only after this time
that you will be able to perform the tests described below.
Prepare a 6 kg weight by tying together four 1.5 liter water bottles, as shown below:
To make it easier for you to recover the 6 kg
weight in the pool, we recommend that you tie a
rope about 2 meters long around the neck of one
of the bottles.
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Your immersion detector is in
monitoring mode (green indicator light flashing)
10 mn
2
Filtering working for 10 minutes,
your immersion detector is monitoring (green
indicator light flashing) and must not set off the
alarm.
x1

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You must always perform additional fall tests at different locations in the pool (including
steps) as per the procedure described above.
After each fall, allow your immersion detector to be automatically reactivated before the
next fall. Depending on wind and pool disturbance conditions, this reactivation may take
about ten minutes.
Warning: when your device switches out of TESTS mode (specific tune), the siren
of your immersion detector will sound at full volume. You can reactivate the TESTS
mode for an extra 30 minutes: to do this, please refer to item 4.5.
If one of these tests fails:
ILook up item 5.
IContact your retailer for advice.
ICheck with the AstralPool After Sales Service at +34.93.713.63.44.
ISend a letter to the AstralPool technical department, clearly describing your problem, and leaving
your details at the following address:
AstralPool SAU
Avda Francesc Macia, 38 Planta 18
08208 Sabadell – Spain
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The siren must sound a
maximum of 12 seconds after the fall. Stop
the siren using the magnet.
10 mn
3
Filtering and robot cleaner
working for 10 minutes, your immersion
detector is monitoring (green indicator light
flashing) and must not set off the alarm..
4
With the filtering system and robot cleaner
working, drop the 6 kg weight from the top
of the coping, from the point furthest away
from your immersion detector.
x5
6
Wait for the automatic restart
(green indicator light flashing). This may
take about ten minutes.
x1

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3.6 Final installation
You have successfully completed all your installation tests. You can now carry out the final
installation of your immersion detector.
Bring your immersion detector to “off mode” (look up item 4.6) so that it can be handled freely
during its final installation.
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2
Remove the weight from the cover.
3
Unscrew the 4 screws.
4
Remove the cover.
5
Remove the device and the booster from the
coping.
6
Remove the 4 pieces of stabilizing foam.
7
Reposition the device on the
coping.
5mmmini
8
Mark the 4 holes to be drilled.
9
Mark the water level on the tube of your
device.

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10
Remove the device, making sure you handle
it with care.
11 Using the measuring tape, measure the immersion
depth from the water level. This must be between
19 cm and 25 cm (ideally 22 cm).
If the immersion depth is not right, mark out the
recommended depth of 22 cm (+/- 3cm) using a pencil
and tape measure.
Example:
Immersion depth recorded = 30 cm.
Recommended depth = 22 cm +/- 3cm.
You must carefully cut your probe down to size by:
30 – 22 = 8 cm from the bottom of the tube
Recorded
water level
22cm
(±3cm)
12
Remove the wedge plug.
13
Unscrew the 2 screws holding the rigid
tube.
14
Carefully remove the rigid tube.
DO NOT REMOVE THE BLACK TUBE.
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Firmly hold the rigid tube while cutting with
the hacksaw.
Incorrect installationCorrect installation

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Carefully replace the tube by pushing it in
deep enough (about 3 cm): Align the 2 holes
already drilled.
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Cut the black tube flush with the rigid tube,
using shears or heavy-duty scissors.
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Drill the 4 holes with a Ø 8mm bit.
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Position and push in the 4 rawplugs. These must
be flush with the coping.
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Replace the wedge plug.
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Tighten the 2 screws holding the tube.
WARNING: The installation of the foam pads, like the fastening (screws, washers,
joints), must be done with care to ensure waterproofing and smooth functioning of
your device.

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Replace the 4 pieces of stabilizing foam.
23
Reposition the device on the coping.
24
Tighten the 4 screws with their washers
(provided with the fastening kit).
Installing the washers guarantees that
your device is waterproof.
x4
x4
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Check the immersion depth
27
Replace the cover.
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Always put the 4 small joints in place
(provided with the fastening kit). Installing
the joints guarantees that your device is
waterproof.
x4
x4
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Tighten the 4 screws again.
Joint properly
compressed.
Joint excessively
compressed.

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WARNING: when your device switches out of TESTS mode (specific tune), the
siren of your immersion detector will sound at full volume. You can reactivate the
TESTS mode for an extra 30 minutes: to do this, please refer to item 4.5.
3.7. Validation tests
Make sure that the pool is still and that your immersion detector is monitoring (green indicator light
flashing). If such is not the case, move the magnet over the swimmer symbol:
If in spite of this, the indicator light does not switch to green, this means that the pool is not still
enough. You must imperatively wait until your pool is still before carrying out the tests.
You must wait for about ten minutes without handling the device in any way, and
with no disturbance in the pool, for your immersion detector to analyze its
environment and become stable (green indicator light). It is only after this time
that you will be able to perform the tests described below.
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Your device is in “off mode” , and must be
activated for the validation tests.
1
Your immersion detector is in
armed mode (green indicator light flashing)
x1
10 mn
2
Filtering working for 10 minutes,
your immersion detector is monitoring
(green indicator light flashing) and must not
set off the alarm..

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You must always perform additional fall tests at different locations in the pool (including
steps) as per the procedure described above.
After each fall, allow your immersion detector to be automatically reactivated before the
next fall. Depending on wind and pool disturbance conditions, this reactivation may take
about ten minutes.
If one of these tests fails:
ILook up item 5.
IContact your retailer for advice.
ICheck with the AstralPool After Sales Service at +34.93.713.63.44.
ISend a letter to the AstralPool technical department, clearly describing your problem, and leaving
your details at the following address:
AstralPool SAU
Avda Francesc Macia, 38 Planta 18
08208 Sabadell – Spain
6
Wait for the automatic restart
(green indicator light flashing). This may
take about ten minutes.
x1
10 mn
3
Filtering and robot cleaner
working for 10 minutes, your immersion
detector is monitoring (green indicator light
flashing) and must not set off the alarm..
4
With the filtering system and robot cleaner
working, drop the 6 kg weight from the top of
the coping, from the point furthest away from
your immersion detector.
5
The siren must go of 12 seconds
maximum after the fall. Stop the siren using
the magnet.
x5

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You have successfully completed all your validation tests. You can now carry out the last operations
below:
Regularly check the water level in your pool, especially when the weather is very hot,
or rainy, or if it has been windy for several days. The immersion depth must imperatively be
22 centimeters +/- 3 centimeters. If you do not follow these instructions your immersion
detector will not work properly.
7
Warning: it is essential that the
4 caps are put in place.
8
Fill out the test validation sheet and send it
back to the manufacturer in the T envelope
(postage prepaid) provided.
x4
x4
YOUR IMMERSION DETECTOR IS NOW ACTIVATED (GREEN INDICATOR
LIGHT FLASHING)
Make sure that you are no longer in TESTS mode: the siren must be at full volume (100dB)
You must always perform additional fall tests at different locations in the pool (including
steps); the siren will go off loudly. If you do not stop it manually by moving the magnet over
the swimmer symbol, the siren will sound for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Check that the alarm can be heard from the residence/living quarters. If such is not the case,
install in the residence/living quarters the optional Remota™ remote siren available at your
retailer’s.

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4. Using Basic™
The magnets must be kept out of the reach of children under five.
PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
• Certain rough weather conditions (strong winds, storms, etc.) and the use of certain
powerful cleaning equipment can cause untimely alarm triggering.
• Your alarm system will not operate if the water in the probe is frozen or the surface of the
pool is frozen. It is hard to know when the water is frozen in the tube. If in doubt, check that
your immersion detector is working properly.
• When cleaning the outside of your device, (waterline, etc.), do not use any high-pressure
cleaning apparatus, abrasive brush and/or other implements which might scratch or damage
your immersion detector.
• To ensure proper operation of your device, please keep the water pure and clean
(in particular, to avoid algae formation inside the probe).
• You are reminded that the French act No 2003-9 dated 3 January 2003 on swimming pool
safety requires that a device be installed permanently throughout the year. Your retailer or
AstralPool, or MG International cannot be held liable in the event of drowning after the removal
or complete stopping of your alarm system for whatever reason.
• Should you restart your immersion detector after a long period, perform the tests described
on item 3.7. In case of problem, contact your retailer immediately.
• The only authorized operation on the device once it is installed is changing the batteries.
• Regularly check that your fall detector is working properly by performing the monthly tests
mentioned in this guide (look up item 8), or have it checked by a professional.
• Some robot cleaners like diving robot are incompatible with immersion detection systems.
• The performance as defined in standard NF P90-307/A1 is not guaranteed beyond wind
levels greater than those specified in this standard.
• Any user who shuts off the system must be aware that surveillance by a person must take
over from the system.
• Action must be taken when the siren is heard.
• The greatest vigilance by the parent/responsible adult is necessary between the end of the
swim and reactivation of the alarm system.
• Switch off the swim jet at the end of the swim, to allow the reactivation of the alarm system.

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4.1. I want to have a swim
4.2. Automatic restart
1
2
3
x5
While the immersion detector is monitoring
(green indicator light), move the magnet
over the swimmer symbol in the activation
area of your device:
The red indicator light on your immersion
detector comes on, you can have a swim
without setting off the siren.
After the swim or deactivation of the device,
your immersion detector automatically
resumes monitoring as soon as the pool is
still again. The automatic restart can take
place about 10 minutes after the end of the
swim, depending on the disturbance in the
pool and the wind conditions.
DURING THIS TIME, YOUR POOL IS
NOT PROTECTED.
UTMOST VIGILANCE IS REQUIRED
FROM THE PARENT/RESPONSIBLE
ADULT.
Your immersion detector is no longer
monitoring, the red light is flashing.
Your immersion detector is in
monitoring mode (green indicator light
flashing)
x1
Your immersion detector continuously
checks the pool disturbance conditions.
As soon as your pool becomes still again,
after a swim or strong disturbance (strong
wind, counter-current swimming, etc.) your
immersion detector resumes monitoring
and the green light flashes.
Your pool is now protected.