GTI Go-Mini User manual

Go-Mini User Manual
1. Config................4
2. Water................14
3. Create Model.........26
4. Edit Model...........30
5. Create Disable.......32
6. Edit Disable.........35
7. Sensors..............38
8. Logs.................39
9. Alarms...............41
Table of Contents
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Active Display Window
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Config
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d e f
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g h i
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j k l
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m n o
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p q r s
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t u v
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w x y z
Log F1
No Yes
Home
Change
Crop
Run
Model
Disable
F2
Boom
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Sensors
Alarm
F3
+
Test
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Go-Mini Network Controller
888.827.5204
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Scenario
Joe has (4) booms that he wants to run using VPD. He
purchased a GTI Mini-GO-1 and has physically installed it, but
hasn't configured anything software-wise.
1. Joe Configures his Network
Clock
05:37 (24hr)
10/20/17 (MM/DD/YY)
Config
1 Clock
2 Network Units
3 Sensors
4 Utilities
5 About
Config
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First, Joe Sets the time and date. Starting at the Home Screen:
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he presses
then
Status Wed 10:41
Sensors
AT LT RH
Booms
B1E B2C B3C B4E

Joe presses to open the screen up for changes
Change
Clock
05:37 (24hr)
10/20/17 (MM/DD/YY)
1Config
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g h i Config
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Clock
10:40 (24hr)
10/20/17 (MM/DD/YY)
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p q r s
Clock
10:40 (24hr)
11/18/17 (MM/DD/YY)
Yes
Clock
10:40 (24hr)
11/18/17 (MM/DD/YY)
He presses to go back to the config menu:
No
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Config
1 Clock
2 Network Units
3 Sensors
4 Utilities
5 About
Now it's time to set up the network units:
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Network Unit 1
Name: Boom 1
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
< >
Network Units
1 Boom 1
2 Boom 2
3 Boom 3
4 Boom 4
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A couple of things to change here - the name of the unit needs to be more memorable,
And the boom needs to be activated.
Change
Network Unit 1
Name: Boom 1
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
Change
Name
Boom 01
(up to 12 characters)
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He presses 4
g h i
Name
4oom 01
(up to 12 characters)
4
g h i
Name
Boom 01
(up to 12 characters)
then
then again
Name
Hoom 01
(up to 12 characters)
4
g h i
and to move to the next space
Name
Hoom 1
(up to 12 characters)
He fills out the rest of the name, moving the cursor with the arrow keys
and cycling to the desired letter using multiple key presses on number
keys. The finished Result is a new boom name:
Name
House3south
(up to 12 characters)
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He presses to save the new name
Yes
Name
House3south
(up to 12 characters)
No
Network Unit 1
Name: House3south
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
Network Unit 1
Name: House3south
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
Network Unit 1
Name: House3south
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
When a field is a binary choice, like this one, Joe presses
to toggle between the options
Change
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Network Unit 1
Name: House3south
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Active
Yes
The screen looks good. Joe presses to save it.
Network Unit 1
Name: House3south
Address: 002
Type: Boom
Status: Active
< >
Joe presses to add another Network Unit
-
+
Network Unit 2
Name: Unit 02
Address: 003
Type: Boom
Status: Inactive
renames and activates it,
Network Unit 2
Name: House3north
Address: 003
Type: Boom
Status: Active
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And saves it
Network Unit 2
Name: House3north
Address: 003
Type: Boom
Status: Active
< >
Yes
Joe adds and saves the remaining two booms:
Network Unit 3
Name: House2south
Address: 004
Type: Boom
Status: Active
< >
Network Unit 4
Name: House2north
Address: 005
Type: Boom
Status: Active
< >
He presses to see how the network menu looks now.
No
Network Units
1 House3south
2 House3north
3 House2south
4 House2north
+
Looks great!
No
Config
1 Clock
2 Network Units
3 Sensors
4 Utilities
5 About
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Time to Configure Sensors:
Config
1 Clock
2 Network Units
3 Sensors
4 Utilities
5 About
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Sensors
1 AT
2 LT
3 RH
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AT Sensor
Unit: Fahrenheit
Type: Temp GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Active
AT Sensor
Unit: Fahrenheit
Type: Temp GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Inactive
Joe notices that it only needs to be active. He presses
Change Change
Yes
AT Sensor
Unit: Fahrenheit
Type: Temp GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Active
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Joe presses No

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Note: 'Type' field values are: {Temp GTI, RH GTI}.
Sensors
1 AT
2 LT
3 RH
Joe wants to program the RH sensor. He presses 3
d e f
then
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Active
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Active
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: + 00
Status: Active
Change
Change
Note: 'Unit' field values are: {Fahrenheit, Celsius}

RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 00
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 00
Status: Active
Config
07
p q r s
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Inactive
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Inactive
Change
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Active
Yes
RH Sensor
Type: RH GTI
Calibrate: - 07
Status: Active
Sensors
1 AT
2 LT
3 RH
For right now the Sensor type is hard-coded, as there is only one type of sensor
that works with the GoMini.
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No

2. Joe Waters His Plants
Scenario A: Manual
Joe wants Boom 1 to water crop 1 right now.
Starting from the Home Screen:
Status Wed 10:41
Sensors Normal
Booms Normal
And picks Boom 1 from the list of booms:
Boom
Boom
1 House3South
2 House3North
3 House2South
4 House2North
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to see the Boom Screen / Crop Menu
Then picks a crop
Boom1 B1R
01 Crop01
02 Crop02
03 Crop03
04 Crop04
05 Crop05
06 Crop06
07 Crop07
08 Crop08
01
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Crop Config
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Boom1 B1R
01 Crop01
02 Crop02
03 Crop03
04 Crop04
05 Crop05
06 Crop06
07 Crop07
08 Crop08
01
>

Within a few seconds, the screen should read:
A confirmation screen appears:
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinse-10-15
manual
< >
He presses Run
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinsett-10-15
manual
< >
If Boom 1 had an error status E (indicates boom error) or alarm status A
(indicates communication alarm), or is busy running crops ahead of this one in the
queue (crop being currently run to be indicated by a 2-digit number status, i.e. "02"
for "I'm busy running crop 02", then you might reasonably expect the crop 01 status
to remain P indefinitely / for a while. But in this case the boom was idle, so it
hopped to.
B1 House3South
C01 Crop01
Run?
Yes / No
Joe presses Yes
Boom is idle
Crop is pending
Boom is running Crop 01
Crop is running
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinsettia-10-15
manual
< >
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Boom Status Values: {A = alarm - boom is in comm alarm
E = error - boom has an error (e.g. no motion error)
R = boom is in remote, ready to go
B = a command has been sent to the boom ("busy")}
Note:
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Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinse-10-15
manual
< >
He presses
To open the screen for changes :
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
manual
For this parameter, there are 4 values: {manual, timed, target, model}
Joe presses once to cycle to "timed".
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
timed
00:00
A field appears for time.
Joe presses to move the cursor to the time field
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
timed
08:00
and to set the value to 08:00
(time is in 24hr format)
Config
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Config
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Scenario B: Timed
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Yes
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinse-10-15
timed
08:00
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He presses to save.
Boom 1 is now scheduled to water Crop 01 every day at 8am.
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Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinse-10-15
manual
< >
He presses
To open the screen for changes :
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
manual
Again, for this parameter, there are 4 values: {manual, timed, target, model}
Joe presses twice to cycle to "target".
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
Idle
target
00000 / 01000 vpd
A number and an editable field appear. The number (00000) is the presently
accumulated VPD, defaulted to 00000. The field is the VPD target, defaulted to
01000.
Joe presses to move the cursor to the vpd target field
Scenario C: VPD (No model)
and enters as his VPD target.
Config
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Config
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Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
Idle
target
00000 / 00385 vpd
Boom 1 is now scheduled to water Crop 01
every time the accumulated VPD hits 00385
Then he presses to save:
Yes
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
target
00000 / 00385 vpd
< >
Joe's done!
He presses Run
B1 House3South
C01 Crop01
Reset AVPD & Run?
Yes / No
then Yes
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1B
C01 Crop01
target
00001 / 00385
< >
Boom is busy
If, however, He would like to run the crop once to get it started:
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Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
target
00000 / 00385 vpd
< >
Note: The "Busy" indicator is a momentary indicator that indicates that
the message has been sent, and doesn't mean that the boom is confirming
receipt.

Scenario D: VPD (with model)
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Poinse-10-15
manual
< >
He presses
To open the screen for changes :
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
manual
Again, for this parameter, there are 4 values: {manual, timed, target, model}
Joe presses three times to cycle to "model".
Change
Crop Status 10:42
B1 House3South B1R
C01 Crop01
model
00000 / 00080
M01 GeraniumProp 01
D01 GeraniumEnab 01
When Joe switches to "model", the screen immediately selects Model,
01 Day 01 and Disable 01, Day 01 by default, displays the Model and
Disable names, then populates the vpd target with the target from the
model. If you select a different model and different day, it should populate
the target correspondingly. To change the model, Joe presses
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