RainMaster RME EAGLE EG Series User manual

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Rain Master Eagle User Manual Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Notes iv
1.0 Introduction 1
2.0 Specications 3
2.1 PROGRAMMING CAPABILITY 3
2.1.1 Water Conservation Features 4
2.1.2 Convenience Features 4
2.1.3 Diagnostic and Fault Detection 5
2.2 FLOW CAPABILITIES 6
2.2.1 Flow Rate Monitoring 6
2.3 EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET)
FEATURES 7
2.4 AVAILABLE RAIN MASTER
EAGLE OPTIONS 7
2.5 CERTIFICATION AND
WARRANTY 8
2.6 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 8
2.7 MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS 9
2.8 DOCUMENTATION 9
3.0 Mounting and Installation 11
3.1 CONTROLLER PLACEMENT 11
3.1.1 Mounting the Controller 12
3.1.2 Electrical Power to the
Controller Connections 13
3.1.3 Electrical Grounding of
the Controller 13
3.1.4 Grounding Instructions 13
3.2 FIELD WIRING CONNECTIONS TO
THE CONTROLLER 14
3.2.1 Master Valve and Pump Wiring
Options 15
3.2.1.1 Electrical Connections for a
Master Valve 16
3.2.1.2 Normally Closed Master Valve
Operation 16
3.2.1.2.1 Simultaneous Use - Normally Closed
Master Valve and Pump 17
3.2.1.2.2 Independent Use - Normally Closed
Master Valve and Pump 18
3.2.1.3 Normally Open Master Valve 20
3.2.1.3.1 Simultaneous Use - Normally Open
Master Valve and Pump 21
3.2.2 Flow Sensor Installation 21
3.2.3 Sensor Wiring 22
3.2.4 Valve Wiring 23
3.2.4.1 Locating Valves in the Field 23
3.3 GETTING STARTED – POWERING-
UP THE CONTROLLER 24
3.3.1 Set Time and Date 24
3.4 AC POWER FAILURES 25
3.5 CONNECTION WITH A
REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE 25
4.0 Operation 27
4.1 CONTROLLER OPERATIONAL
MODES 27
4.1.1 Automatic Mode 27
4.1.2 Rain Modes 28
4.1.2.1 Manually Activated Rain Mode 28
4.1.2.2 Programmable Rain Mode 28
4.1.3 Programmable Operations Mode 29
4.1.4 Programming Mode 29
4.2 KEYBOARD OPERATIONS 30
4.2.1 Function and Setup Keys 30
4.2.2 Data Entry Keys 30
4.2.3 Command Execution Keys 30
5.0 FUNCTION AND EXECUTION
KEY OPERATIONS 31
5.1 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY 31
5.1.1 PROGRAM Clear 32
5.2 WATER DAYS FUNCTION KEY 32
5.3 STATIONS FUNCTION KEY 34
5.3.1 Stations and Watering Length 34
5.3.1.1 Conventional Stn. Programming 34
5.3.1.2 Cycle and Soak Programming 36
5.3.1.3 Cycle and Soak Stn. Programming 37
5.4 START TIMES FUNCTION KEY 39
5.4.1 Start Times and Automatic Program
Overlap Protection 39
5.5 QUICK STATIONS
FUNCTION KEY 41
5.5.1 Conventional Quick Station
Programming 41
5.5.2 Cycle and Soak Quick Station
Programming 42
5.6 WATER % BUDGET
FUNCTION KEY 43
5.7 MANUALLY ACTIVATED
FUNCTIONS 45
5.7.1 MANUAL Program 45
5.7.2 MANUAL Station 46
5.7.3 MANUAL Master Valve 46
5.7.4 MANUAL System Check/

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Syringe Cycle 47
5.8 SKIP DAYS FUNTION KEY 48
5.9 REVIEW FUNCTION KEY 50
5.10 CLEAR EXECUTION KEY 52
5.11 QUIT EXECUTION KEY 52
5.12 ENTER EXECUTION KEY 52
6.0 Setup Key Operations 53
6.1 SET TIME OF DAY/DATE 54
6.2 MASTER VALVE (MV) 55
6.3 TYPE OF MASTER VALVE 55
6.4 PUMP 56
6.5 STACK OR NO STACK 57
6.6 DELAY 58
6.7 SECURITY CODE 59
6.7.1 Enabling Security Code 59
6.7.2 Disabling Security Code
(LOCKED Controller) 59
6.7.3 Eliminating Security Code 60
6.8 SENSOR 61
6.9 ALARM 63
6.10 CYCLE AND SOAK 63
6.11 ODD/EVEN
WATERING CONTROL 64
6.12 COMMUNICATIONS
(ENABLING) 65
6.13 FLOW SENSOR 65
6.13.1 Pipe 66
6.13.2 Main Line Flow Limit 66
6.13.3 Unscheduled Flow Limit 67
6.13.4 Flow Check Delay 67
6.13.5 Totalizer 68
6.13.6 Flow Percentage 69
6.13.7 Limits 69
6.13.7.1 Station Limits Using Learn Mode 70
6.13.7.2 Setting Station Limits 71
7.0 ET KEY OPERATIONS 74
7.1 ET DATA SOURCE DISPLAY 74
7.1.1 Historical Data 74
7.1.2 Operator Entered Data 75
7.1.3 Weather Sensor Data 75
7.1.4 Internet Interface Data 75
7.2 ET MODE 76
7.3 ENTERING THE ET REFERENCE
VALUE 76
7.4 ENTERING HISTORICAL ET
MONTHLY VALUES 77
7.5 WEATHER STATION 78
7.51 Weather Station Status Display 78
7.6 MANUAL ET DATA 79
7.6.1 Clearing Manual ET Data 80
8.0 ET PROGRAMMING 81
8.1 INTRODUCTION 81
8.1.1 ET Scheduling Overview 82
8.2 OBTAINING THE HISTORICAL
ET DATA 82
8.3 GENERATE THE REFERENCE
PROGRAM 83
8.4 ESTABLISH THE ET
REFERENCE VALUE 84
8.5 ENABLING PROGRAMS FOR
ET OPERATION 84
8.6 SELECTING THE ET
DATA SOURCE 85
8.6.1 Historical ET 85
8.6.2 Manually Entered ET 86
8.6.3 Weather Station generated ET 86
8.6.4 ET Data from the Internet 86
9.0 TROUBLESHOOTING 87
9.1 MONITORING STATION FLOW 87
9.2 FAULT DETECTION OVERVIEW 87
9.2.1 Wiring Fault 88
9.2.2 Main Flow Limit Fault 88
9.2.3 Flow Unscheduled Fault 89
9.2.4 Flow Station Fault 89
9.2.5 No Flow Station Fault 90
APPENDIX A –
CONTROLLER DISPLAYS 93
A.1 MESSAGE AND PROMPT DISPLAY93
A.1.1 HELLO Mode 93
A.1.2 Automatic Mode Display 93
A.1.3 ET Prompts and Displays 93
A.1.4 PROGRAM Prompts and Displays 94
A.1.5 WATER DAYS Prompts
and Displays 95
A.1.6 STATIONS Prompts
and Displays 95
A.1.7 START TIMES Prompts
and Displays 95
A.1.8 QUICK STATIONS Prompts
and Displays 96
A.1.9 WATER % BUDGET Prompts
and Displays 96

Rain Master Eagle User Manual List of Tables
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List of Tables
Table 1 - Electrical Calculations 8
Table 2 - Master Valve and Pump
Wiring Options 15
Table 3 - Sensor Connections 23
Table 4 - Valve Color Code 23
Table 5 - Cycle and Soak Parameters 36
Table 6 - Setup Options and Controller
Defaults 53
Table 7 - ET Data Entry 82
Table 8 - Program Data Entry 83
Table 9 - Troubleshooting Assistant 91
Table 10 - ET Troubleshooting Assistant 92
Table 11 - Flow Sensor Part Numbers 102
Table 12- Water Demand 114
Table 13 – 30-Day Water Usage 114
Table 14 – 30-Day ET Adjusted Water Usage 117
List of Figures
Figure 1 - RM EAGLE
Advanced ET Controller 2
Figure 2 - RM EAGLE RME36EG-B 10
Figure 3 – Controller Mounting 12
Figure 4 - Power and Grounding
Connections 14
Figure 5 - Master Valve Electrical
Connection 16
Figure 6 – Master Valve and Pump
Electrical Connections 17
Figure 7 – MV&P Electrical Connections
with Isolation Relay 18
Figure 8 - Independent Control of MV&P
using Isolation Relay 19
Figure 9 - Normally Open MV&P 20
Figure 10 - Flow Sensor Electrical
Connections 21
Figure 11 – Sensor Interface Electrical
Connections 22
Figure 12 - RM EAGLE Keyboard
Conguration 26
A.1.10 REVIEW Prompts and Displays 96
A.1.11 SETUP Prompts and Displays 98
A.1.12 MANUAL Prompts and Displays 100
A.1.13 SKIP DAYS Prompts and Displays 100
A.1.14 CLEAR Prompts and Displays 100
A.1.15 Flow Sensor Prompts and Displays 100
A.1.16 Misc. Prompts and Displays 101
A.2 DAYS/STN. NUMBER DISPLAY 102
B APPENDIX – FLOW SENSOR
PART LIST 102
B.1 RAIN MASTER FLOW SENSOR
PART NUMBERS 103
C Appendix – Programming Examples 104
C.1 Basic Programming Example –
Public Park 104
C.2 Flow Monitor Programming –
Public Park 115
C.3 ET Programming Example –
Public Park 119

Notes Rain Master Eagle User Manual
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Notes

Rain Master Eagle User Manual 1.0 Introduction
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1.0 Introduction
Congratulations! You have selected one of the most advanced irrigation controllers available.
Rain Master has taken great pride and patience in developing and building the most trouble-free
controllers in the irrigation industry. Your Rain Master EAGLE has many high-quality features
including:
• Economical ow sensing
• Cycle and soak programming
• Complete independent control of Pumps and Master Valves
• Evapotranspiration adjusted water cycles
• e ability to interface to a weather station and rain sensors
• Internet communication option
To take full advantage of the many features available in your Rain Master EAGLE controller,
please take a few minutes and read through your User’s Manual. For those who do not have the
time, a Quick Reference sheet is provided. is sheet will allow you to perform some of the basic
functions required in programming and operating your Rain Master EAGLE controller.

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Figure 1 - Rain Master Eagle Advanced ET Controller
SETUP
ET PROGRAM
START
TIMES
QUICK
STATIONS
WATER%
BUDGET REVIEW
WATER
DAYS STATIONS
MANUAL QUIT
SKIP
DAYS ENTER
1
SUN
2
MON
3
TUE
8
0
9
4
WED
7
SAT
5
THU
6
FRI
CLEAR
RAIN SWITCH
AUTO WATER
NO WATER
AM
PM
8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.
MV
DAYS
STATIONS
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
PRO MAX
REMOTE
19 20 21 22 23 24

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2.0 Specications
2.1 PROGRAMMING CAPABILITY
• Four (4) independently controllable irrigation programs, with ve (5) selectable start times,
for a total of 20 possible irrigation cycles per day.
• Runtime(s) for each station can be set from 1 minute to 9 hours 59 minutes per station,
in one-minute increments.
• Quick Station(s) programming to allow rapid programming of an entire block of stations,
all with the same runtime.
• Water Days for each program can be based on a seven-day cycle or a skip-by-day cycle,
which allows a program to skip from 1 to 30 days between watering cycles.
e water days can be further restricted with the selection of ODD/EVEN calendar days.
• Manually activated system Check/Syringe Cycle to sequentially run each station for
a user selectable time, with a range from one minute up to nine minutes.
• Manually activated program cycle to execute a program independently of its programmed start
time and water days.
• Manually activated station cycle to operate a single station for a selectable period of time
from 1 minute to 9 hours 59 minutes.
• Programmable Master Valve to utilize and control a Master Valve on a per program basis.
• Congurable Master Valve Type to select either a Normally Open Master Valve or a
Normally Closed Master Valve.
• Programmable pump independent of the Master Valve on a per program basis.
• Programmable stacking or non-stacking operation of the programs.
In the event that programmed start times either within a program or between programs should
overlap, or coincide, the controller can either be programmed to sequentially execute one
program after the other program has completed (Stack Mode) or to simultaneously execute all
programs as their programmed start times occur (No Stack Mode).
• Programmable delay time between station executions.
e programmed delay time can be between 0 to 255 seconds (4 minutes 15 seconds). is
capability allows slow-closing valves to completely shut o, before the next valve turns on.

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2.1.1 Water Conservation Features
• Flow sensing and control.
• Evapotranspiration (ET) based scheduling.
• Percentage adjustment on a per program basis to allow an increase or decrease of all station
runtimes within that program. e percentage will allow adjustment from 0 to 300% in 1%
increments.
Programmable rain shut o in order to delay the start of irrigation after a rain storm. e
controller will not water during the programmed shut o period (from one to seven days). After
the shut o period has expired the controller will return to the Automatic Mode of operation.
• Manual Rain Switch (Automatic Watering – No Watering) provides a means of quickly turning
o all irrigation programs without disturbing the stored program(s). When the switch is placed
in the No Watering position the display will show “RAIN OFF”.
• Connectivity for any one of the following: rain, moisture, or freeze sensor device. e
enabling of these devices can be performed on a per program basis. When the sensor is “active”
irrigation will stop and the display will indicate that the sensor is active. is feature allows
non-irrigation programs to execute independent of these devices.
• e ability to select either ODD or EVEN day watering on a per program basis. (When either
of these features is selected, the controller will not water on the 31st day of the month.)
• Selectable Cycle and Soak irrigation programming or conventional programming on a
preprogram basis.
• Programmable cycle runtime, Max Cycle Time, and Soak time on a per station basis.
• Automatic minimization of the water window by intelligently scheduling station starts when
other stations are satisfying their SOAK TIMES.
• Controller supports Quick Station programming in the Cycle and Soak programming mode.
• e controller provides a display of the total runtime of the program using the REVIEW
feature of the controller. e Cycle and Soak feature intelligently displays the total runtime of
the program, the controller considers all soak delays, optimized program features, water budget
percentage and inter-station delays.
• Optimized water savings, all station run times are calculated and executed to the nearest
second.
2.1.2 Convenience Features
• Easy to understand and use keyboard layout, provides ease of use during programming and
review.
• Multiple displays provide a simple way of programming and information review.
• During program execution, the controller will display the executing program number, the ow
in GPM, and the station runtime countdown in hours, minutes and seconds.
• Programmable Controller Security Access code to prevent unauthorized use or modications to
be made of the controller’s programs. is feature is enabled by entering a security access code
from 1 to 4 digits in length.
• Review key to display all program parameters on a per program basis. Successive invocation of
the key will display program parameters one by one. Depression and subsequent hold of this
key will allow rapid review of program parameters.