Galcon 61 Series User manual

Series 61XXX
Battery Operated Irrigation Controller
Installation and Operating Instructions
Main Features (Not including "S" series*) :
• Independent programming of each individual valve
• Weekly or cyclical programming
• Up to 4 operations per day in weekly program mode
• Irrigation duration 1 minute to 12 hours
• Irrigation frequency starts from one day to once every thirty days
in a cyclical program
• Waterproof (IP68)
• Rain off sensor option
• Weather resistant
• Irrigation duration modifiable as a function of percentage entered
• Operation of one to 6 valves and a master valve
• Computerized "manual" operation of individual valves
• Sequential "manual" operation
• Batteries: 9V alkaline batteries (not included)
• Operation temperature -10° to 70°
* "S" series features are detailed in chapter 8

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Table of contents
1. Parts Identification 4
2. Manual-Mechanical Operation 4
3. Installing the controller in the irrigation system 5
3.1 Battery lnstallation
4. System Installation 6
4.1 Installing on the solenoid
4.2 Installing on the wall
4.3 Wiring the solenoids
4.4 Wiring theSolenoids
5. Programming the Irrigation Controller 10
5.1 Setting the Current Time and Day of the Week
5.2 Switching between AM/PM and 24 Hours Time Format
5.3 Valve Selection
5.4 Setting the Irrigation Duration
5.5 Selecting Days of the Week for Irrigation
5.6 Setting Irrigation Start Times
5.7 Example: Programming aWeekly Irrigation Schedule
6. Additional Functions 16
6.1 One-Time Irrigation
6.2 cyclical Irrigation
6.3 Setting the Day of the Week and Time For Cyclical and One-
Time Irrigation Programs
6.4 Example: Programming aCyclical Irrigation Schedule
6.5 ”Manual” Irrigation System Operation via the Irrigation Controller
6.6 Sequential “Manual” Operation of all the Valves
6.7 Suspension
6.8 Irrigation Duration Extended or Shortened by a Specified
Percentage

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7. Additional Displays 21
7.1 Valve in Wait Mode
7.2 Blinking Low Battery Warning
7.3 Permanent low battery warning
7.4 Missing Program Data
7.5 Sensor
8. Additional Instructions for “S” Series DC-1S, DC-4S, DC-6S 24
8.1 Irrigation Window In the Cyclical Program Mode
8.2 Opening an Irrigation Window after Start Time has passed
8.3 Sensor
9. Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repairs 27
10. Additional Accessories and Products 28
10.1 General
10.2 Two-way (2W) Controllers
11. Limited warranty certificate 30
12. FCC WARNING ………………………………………………………...31

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1. Parts Identification
1. Cover
2. Controller display
3. push buttons
4. Adaptor
5. Solenoid
6. Mechanical operation lever
7. Hydraulic valve
8. Battery compartment cover
2. Manual-Mechanical Operation
The irrigation valve can be opened and closed independent of the
controller's operation by mechanical opening lever. Manual operation
is useful when immediate irrigation is required, and the controller is not
assembled yet.
The lever has 3 positions:
1. AUTO –Mid position
2. CLOSE - Rotating clockwise
3. OPEN - Rotating counter clockwise
NOTE - In normal working conditions, the lever
should be inAUTO position.

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3. Installing the controller in the
irrigation system
3.1 Battery lnstallation
a. Open the battery compartment cover (1).
b. lnsert 9V batteries - (1 or 2, depends on model) (2).
NOTE - AII the controller display elements appears briefly at the
display, followed by a blinking "12:00".
The controller is now ready to be programmed.
Make sure to locate the battery compartment cover with the
grip (see drawing) and then rotate the cover 1/8 of a turn to
the right. Be sure to do so otherwise the battery
cover pins might break.

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4. System Installation
The controller can be installed on the solenoid or on the wall.
4.1 Installing on the solenoid
Place the controller (1) on the adaptor. Locate the solenoid
adaptor (2) on top of the solenoid (3).
Verify "Click" sound.
NOTE - Assembly of a filter upstream of the valve is mandatory!

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4.2 Installing on the wall
a. Place the mounting plate (1) on the wall using 3 screws (2)
not included.
b. Remove bracket (3) from controller and slide onto the
mounting plate.
c. Press the controller (4) to the bracket.

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4.3 Wiring the solenoids - 2 wires
NOTE - Each zone requires a dedicated pair of wires from
the controller.
The controllers have red and black pairs of wires numbered for
each valve. Notice there are 2 extra sets of wires. One set of wires
(black and red) is stamped with the letter M representing the master
valve, and one set of wires (yellow) with the letter S representing
the rain sensor connection. Connect each of the controller wire sets
(each with red and black) to each solenoid wire (red and black).
Connect the red wire from the controller to the red wire on the
solenoids and each of the black wires from the controller to each
black wire on the solenoids using waterproof connectors.
NOTE - If you install a master valve, it will open automatically
with each valve. No special programming needed.
NOTE - Do not strip the master valve or sensor wires unless
using master valve or rain sensor.

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4.4 Wiring the Solenoids - 3 wires
ln the DC controllers connect the valves to the cables emerging from
the controller according to the illustration and explanation below.
Labeled cables (1) emerge from the controller. The end of each cable
is protected by a cover that must be removed prior to connecting the
cable. The cables are specifically designed to connect to Galcon DC
type irrigation valves and solenoids (3).
NOTE- The controller and its connections are waterproof. To
safeguard the waterproof characteristics, compliance with the
following is essential:
• Do not remove protective covers from cables that are not
connected to valves. Exposed cable ends can short-circuit
with each other, with conducting bodies and in water.
• Connect the cables to the valves (3) using the special waterproof
connectors (2) supplied with the product. See illustration.
1. Cut away the covering from the controller cable (1) near the end of
the cable and expose the cable leads from the black insulating
outer sleeve. The solenoid cables
have three wires: white, red and black. Do not expose the three
wires from their colored insulation.
2. Connect the leads to waterproof connector (2)

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5. Programming the Irrigation
Controller
This section describes the programming steps for a simple irrigation
schedule. It is followed by a section dealing with advanced irrigation
controller operations.
The irrigation controller is programmed with the aid of 4 buttons:
Enter Button - Used to select the desired programming screen
(e.g., clock setting mode).
Set Button - Used to select the parameter to be
changed (e.g. hour, minute, etc.). The selected parameter can only
be changed when its entry is blinking on the display.
Plus Button - Increases the value of the selected parameter
(e.g. when hour is selected, from 06:00 to 07:00).
Minus Button - Decreases the value of the selected parameter
(e.g. when hour is selected, from 06:00 to 05:00).

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5.1 Setting the Current Time and Day of the Week
To enable the irrigation controller to operate the irrigation system at
the correct times, the current time and current
day of the week must first be set.
1. Press “Enter” several times until the
“Clock” appears.
2. Press “Set” . The hour digits blink. Set
the current hour using “Plus” or “Minus”
(Note the AM and PM designations).
3. Press “Set” .The minute digits blink. Set the current minute
using “Plus” or “Minus” .
4. Press “Set” A blinking arrow appears at the top of the display.
Move the arrow to the current day of the week using the “Plus”
or “Minus” button.
If the most recent data item stops blinking before you finish
programmingit,press “Set”to continue the programming
process.
5.2 Switching betweenAM/PM
and 24 Hour TimeFormat
The default time format is AM/PM. There is
also a 24 hour time format.
To switch between the two formats:
1. Press “Enter” several times until the
“Clock” appears.
2. Press “Set” . The hour digits blinks.
3. Press “Plus” and “Minus” button simultaneously. The
clock reading switches from AM/PM to a 24 hour time display or
vice versa. You can switch the time display format at any step in
the programming process.

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5.3 Valve Selection
This section does not apply to the DC1-& DC1S
models
Program an irrigation schedule for each
valve individually.
First select the desired valve, and then
program a schedule as follows:
1. Press "Enter" until "Valve"
appears.
2. Press "Set" . A blinking arrow
appears at the bottom of the display.
3. Move the arrow to the desired valve number by pressing “Plus”
and “Minus” button .
4.
Press "Enter" to proceed to the next step.
5.4 Setting the Irrigation Duration
This setting determines how long the irrigation lasts.
1. Press "Enter" until "Duration" appears.
2. Press "Set" . The hour digits blinks. Set the desired number
of hours by pressing “Plus” or “Minus” button . Press
"Set" again - the minute digits
blinks. Set the desired number of
minutes by pressing “Plus” or
“Minus” button.
3.
Press "Enter" to proceed to the
next step.
valve
duration
days
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DC4

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valve
duration
days
starts
now
manual
DC4
5.5 Selecting Days of the Week forIrrigation
This setting determines which days of the week the irrigation
controller will operate the specified valve.
1. Press "Enter" until "Days" appears.
2. Press "Set" . A blinking arrow appears at the top of
the display, under Monday.
3. Move the blinking arrow to the desired day of the week by
pressing "Set" .
4. Selecting/adding irrigation days:
Press “Plus” . The arrow under the selected day stops
blinking,
moves one position to the right, and blinks under the next day
of the week.
You can select additional days of the
week in the same manner.
5. Canceling Scheduled Irrigation Days:
Have the arrow blink under the
day you want to cancel. Press “Minus”
.
The arrow under the selected day will disappear. The blinking
arrow will move one position to the right, under the next day of
the week. Cancel additional scheduled irrigation days in
the same manner.
6. Press "Enter" to proceed to the next step.
When the blinking arrow reaches Sunday, pressing again
displays Once in the center of the display, and "Cyclical" at
the top right of the display.
To return to the “Selecting/Adding Irrigation Days” mode, press
"Set" again, you will be navigated back to the first day of
the week.

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5.6 Setting Irrigation Start Times
In this step, up to 4 separate irrigation start times can be
programmed for selected days, for the valve being programmed.
The selected valve will open at each of the start times set, for the
irrigation duration set as described in Section 5.4.
1. Press "Enter" until the "STARTI" appears. The word
"OFF" or the last start time set will appear on the display.
2. Press "Set" . The displayed item
blinks ("OFF" or last start time entered).
3. Set the desired start hour by pressing
“Plus” or “Minus” .
Take note of the AM and PM designation.
Repeat actions 2 and 3 to set start times
"Il", "Ill" and "IV", as needed.
4. To cancel a specific start time, select it by
pressing "Enter" Next, press "Set" . The hour digits
blink. Press “Plus” or “Minus” until the word "OFF"
appears on the display.
5. To program another valve, select it, and repeat the above steps,
starting from section 5.3 above.
5.7 Example: Programming a Weekly Irrigation
Schedule
Let’s assume you want to program the irrigation controller to water
three times a day using the 24 hours time display format: at 08:00,
13:00 and 19:00, for two and a half hours at a time, on Tuesday and
Friday.
To switch to an 24 hours time display format, see section 5.2.
(If you are using a DC-1 model irrigation controller, start from step
4 below.)

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1. Press "Enter" until "Valve" appears.
2. Press "Set" . A blinking arrow appears at the bottom of
the display.
3. Press “Plus” or “Minus” to move the arrow to the
valve number to be programmed.
4. Press "Enter" until "Duration" appears.
5. Press "Set" . The hour digits blink. Press “Plus”
or “Minus” until the hour displays the number 2.
Press "Set" . The minute digits blink. Press “Plus” or
“Minus” until the minute displays the number 30.
6. Press "Enter" . "Days" appears.
7. Press "Set" . A blinking "Arrow" , appears at the top of the
display, under Monday. Press "Set" until the blinking
arrow appears under Tuesday, and then press “Plus” .
The arrow under Tuesday will stop blinking and advance one
position to the right, to Wednesday. Press "Set" twice to
move the arrow to Friday, and then press “Plus”
8. Press "Enter" . "STARTI" time appears. Press "Set" .
The hour digits blink.
9. Set the start time to 08:00 by pressing
“Plus” or “Minus” . Repeat this step to set "STARTII"
time [2] to 13:00 and "STARTIll" time [3] to 19:00.
10. Press "Enter" . "START IV" time [4] appears. Press "Set"
. The hour digits blink.
11. Press “Plus” or “Minus” until "OFF" appears. The fourth
opening of the valve is canceled.

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6. Additional Functions
6.1 One-Time Irrigation
This function is used to program the irrigation controller to operate
the irrigation system once only, for the set
irrigation duration, at the set time.
(Duration set as described in Section 5.4).
1. Press "Enter" until "Days"
appears.
2. Press "Set" several times (for all the
days of the week) until "Cyclical"
appears, and "OnCE" blinks on the display.
3. Go to Section 5.1 to set the day and time.
6.2 Cyclical Irrigation
This option is used to program the irrigation controller to operate
the irrigation system in a cyclical manner,
once every x days, for the irrigation
duration.
NOTE - Duration for which valve
stays open set as described in Section 5.4.
1. Press "Enter" until "Days"
appears.
2. Press "Set" several times (for all the days of the week)
until "Cyclical" appears, and "OnCE" blinks on the display.
3. With the display blinking, press “Plus” or “Minus” .
The interval between irrigation sessions (irrigation cycle) in
days, hours or minutes is displayed. For example, if you set 2
days,
the irrigation will be performed every two days for the defined
duration.

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6.3 Setting the Day of the Week and Time For
Cyclical and One-Time IrrigationPrograms
These programs enable you to pre-set the time of valve opening.
The number of days until the valve opening appears on the display,
to the right of the irrigation start time (above the word
“days”). 0 days = program starts today; 1 day
= program starts tomorrow, etc. (up to 30 days)
1. Press "Enter" until "STARTI" appears. The last opening
time entered appears on the display.
2. Press "Set" . The hour digits blink.
3. Set the desired opening time by
pressing “Plus” or “Minus”
(Take note of AM and PM designations
4. Press "Set" until the digit to the
right of the opening time blinks (The
digit above the word “days”).
5. Set the number of days until the opening of the valve by pressing
“Plus” or “Minus” .
NOTE - Valve starts 2, 3 and 4 are canceled in this mode.
6.4 Example: Programming a Cyclical
Irrigation Schedule
Let’s assume you want to program the irrigation controller to open
the valve at 12:45 PM, for a period of one hour, every 5 days.
1. Set the irrigation duration as described in Section 5.4: Setting
the Irrigation Duration. (Press "Enter" until "Duration"
appears, then set the desired irrigation duration by pressing
“Plus” or “Minus” ).

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2. Press "Enter" until "Days" appears .
3. Press "Set" a number of times (for all the days of the
week) until OnCE appears blinking on the display.
4. While the display is still blinking, press “Plus” or “Minus”
until “5 days” appears on the display, representing
the irrigation frequency .
5. Press "Enter" . "STARTI" is displayed.
6. Press "Set" . The hour digits blink.
7. Set starting hour&minute, using “Plus” or “Minus” as
described in section 6.3.
6.5 ”Manual” Irrigation System Operation via the
Irrigation Controller
This function operates the selected valve for the irrigation duration.
The valve will close automatically at the end of the irrigation
duration.
NOTE that the originally programmed
irrigation schedule continues to operate
at the set times.
1. Press "Enter" until "Valve"
appears. Select one valve as described in
Section 5.3: “Valve Selection”.
2. Press "Enter" until "Manual option"
appears.
3. Press “Plus” to open the valve. The
word “ON” is displayed. After an interval of
5 seconds, a count down of the remaining
irrigation duration appears on the display.
To close the valve manually press “Minus”
. "0FF" appears on the display.