rollease acmeda AUTOMATE Installation manual

FEATURES:
• Measure wind speed as an anemometer
• Measure light intensity as a Lux meter
• Capacitive rain sensor
• LCD display
• ARC compatibility
• Micro-B USB data output/charging port
• Solar charge panels
• Built-in Lithium Ion battery
• Water proof
AUTOMATE™
Solar Powered Wind, Light & Rain Sensor
AUTOMATE™| Wind-Light-Rain sensor is a device for measuring wind speed, light
intensity and the existence of rain. The information is transmitted to ARC outdoor
motorized shades that will move to their top or bottom limits.
MT02-0301-078001_PRGM_v1.0 APRIL 2018

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: Important safety instructions to be read before installation and use.
Incorrect installation or use can lead to serious injury and will void manufacturer’s liability and warranty.
It is important for the safety of persons to follow the enclosed instructions. Save these instructions for future reference.
• Do not submerge in water or expose to extreme temperatures.
• Persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge
should not be allowed to use this product.
• Use or modification outside the scope of this instruction manual will void warranty.
• Installation and programming to be performed by a suitably qualified installer.
• Follow installation instructions.
• For use with motorized shading devices.
• Keep away from children.
• Frequently inspect for improper operation. Do not use if repair or adjustment is necessary.
• Keep clear when in operation.
• Replace battery with correctly specified type.
Rollease Acmeda declares this equipment is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of
R&TT EC Directive 1999/5/EC
Statement Regarding FCC Compliance
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.
Do not dispose of in general waste.
Please recycle batteries and damaged electrical products appropriately.
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TECHNICAL DATA / KIT CONTENTS
Kit Components
Technical Specifications
Wind speed range 0-180 km/h [0-112mph]
Light intensity range 0-100 kLux
Rain detection sensitivity Off, Low, High
Frequency 433.92 MHz
Modulation FSK
Transmitting power 120 mW
Transmission distance
35 meters indoors, 200 meters open space
115 ft indoors, 656 ft in open space
Ambient operating temperature
-20 0C- +60 0C
-4 0F - +140 0F
Battery capacity 600 mAH
Charging current 25 mA by solar energy; 120 mA by USB
Standby electric current consumption 20 -50 uA
Ingress protection IP54
Pack Contents:
1 x Wind-Light-Rain sensor
2 x Screws
2 x Screw Wall Plug
Compatible Motors
MT01-1145-050001 - AUTOMATE | ARC FT Motor [AU]
MT01-1145-069002 - AUTOMATE | ARC FT SLIM Motor Quiet [US]
MT01-1145-069003 - AUTOMATE | ARC FT SLIM Motor [US]
MT01-1145-069004 - AUTOMATE | ARC FT SLIM Motor Quiet - 20’ Cord [US]

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CONTENTS
1 INSTALLATION 5
2 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 6
2.1 Components 6
2.2 LCD Display 9
2.3 Measure wind speed, light intensity or detect rain presence 10
2.4 Display the pre-set threshold value 10
2.5 Change the threshold value 11
2.6 Pair or unpair the sensor to a motor using a pre-paired remote 11
3 WIND, RAIN & LIGHT CONTROL 13
3.1 Disable or enable the detection of wind, rain or light 13
3.2 Wind speed control 13
3.3 Rainfall control 13
3.4 Light Control 14
4 TROUBLE SHOOTING 15

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1 INSTALLATION
1. Find an appropriate location outdoors
2. Remove the base covers
3. The solar panel must be face up and in direct sunlight
4. Fix the sensor to a suitable surface
5. Re-attach the base covers
6. Ensure the three rotating cups are in an approximately horizontal position

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2 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
2.1 Components
Anemometer cup
Display
Menu
Up
Adjust
P2
USB Port CoverMicro-B USB port
Factory Setting Button
Luminosity Sensor
Solar Panel
Capacitive Rain Sensor

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1. Three hemispherical cups: mounted at one end of the three horizontal arms at equal angles to each other
2. Capacitive rain sensor: detects the presence of rain on its surface, which changes the capacity depending
3. Luminosity sensor: luminance in Lux is measured by a photo-diode and digitized using an empirical
4. Solar panel: converts the sun light energy into electric energy to charge the internal battery.
5. MENU button: loop displays or change the threshold of the rain status, the values of wind speed and light
6. ADJUST button:
7. UP button:
8. P2 button: used to pair the sensor to a motor.
9. Factory Setting button:
1. Three hemispherical cups: mounted at one end of the three horizontal arms at equal angles to each other
2. Capacitive rain sensor: detects the presence of rain on its surface, which changes the capacity depending
3. Luminosity sensor: luminance in Lux is measured by a photo-diode and digitized using an empirical
4. Solar panel: converts the sun light energy into electric energy to charge the internal battery.
5. MENU button: loop displays or change the threshold of the rain status, the values of wind speed and light
6. ADJUST button:
7. UP button:
NOTES:
1. Anemometer cups: mounted at one end of the three horizontal arms at equal angles to each other on
a vertical shaft. The air flow past the cups in any horizontal direction turns the cups in a manner that is
proportional to the wind speed. The wind speed is measured in real-time by counting the turns of the
cups over a set time period.
2. Capacitive Rain Sensor: detects the presence of rain on its surface. Water droplets change the capacity
based on the ratio of water accumulated on it. This guarantees a high level of reliability because water
and other objects such as dirt interfere with the electric field in different ways. The rain is checked once
every 16 seconds.
3. Luminosity Sensor: luminance in Lux is measured by a photo-diode and digitized using an empirical
formula to approximate the human eye response. The ambient light intensity is measured once every 16
seconds.
4. Solar Panel: convert the sun light energy into electric energy to charge the internal battery.
5. Menu button: loop displays or change the rain status, the threshold of wind speed and light intensity.
6. Adjust button:
• Loop displays of the rain status, the values of wind speed and light intensity.
• Press the Adjust key to subtract 1 from the present threshold value in its adjust mode.
• Press and hold Adjust key to continuously decrease the threshold value in its adjust mode.
• Trigger the paired motor to move upward.
• Press the UP button to add 1 to the present threshold value in its adjust mode.
• Press and hold the UP button to continuously increase the threshold value in its adjust mode.
• Reset the sensor to the factory default setting: Holding down the Menu button and pressing the
Factory Reset Button makes the sensor enter the low power factory setting. After the LCD becomes
blank, the factory default values have been reloaded to the memory as the pre-set threshold values.
Pressing the Factory Setting Button and releasing again returns the sensor to the normal status.
• Default Factory Settings: rainfall sensitivity = middle, light alarm value is 10kLux, wind speed value
is 10km/h [6mph].
• Display all symbols on the LCD display.

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1. Three hemispherical cups: mounted at one end of the three horizontal arms at equal angles to each other
2. Capacitive rain sensor: detects the presence of rain on its surface, which changes the capacity depending
3. Luminosity sensor: luminance in Lux is measured by a photo-diode and digitized using an empirical
4. Solar panel: converts the sun light energy into electric energy to charge the internal battery.
5. MENU button: loop displays or change the threshold of the rain status, the values of wind speed and light
6. ADJUST button:
7. UP button:
8. P2 button: pair the sensor to a motor.
9. Factory Setting button:
10. Micro-B USB Port
2.1 Components Continued
• Can be used to charge the internal battery.
• The Micro-B port should always be covered during the outdoor usage to maintain a waterproof seal.
OPTIONAL:
USB Cable: MTPS-USBCABLE-6

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1. While the power is on, the LCD displays all marks and the sensor monitors the command from the USB
port for 3 seconds. After that, the sensor enters the normal working state.
2. The LCD screen lighting stays active for 1 minute. If there is no operation, the sensor automatically
switches its screen off for energy saving, but the program will keep running for normal detection and
command transmissions. When the screen is off, pressing any (non-reset) button triggers the screen to
be on again for another minute.
3. Rain icon: indicates the rainfall detection mode. The “0” value shows that there is no rain; and “1”
represents raining.
4. Sun icon: indicates the light intensity detection mode.
5. Flag icon: indicates the wind speed detection mode.
6. Battery icon: The voltage of the internal battery is checked by its inner program once every day. The
appearance of this battery icon indicates that its voltage is below 3.0V.
7. RF signal icon: displayed when transmitting a signal.
2.2 LCD Display
WINDLIGHT
RAIN
433MHz RF
SIGNAL
BATTERY
LOOP
VALUE
WIND SPEED
UNIT
LIGHT UNIT

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In the sleep mode (blank screen), pressing the Adjust key can loop through the rain presence, light intensity
or wind speed. When the loop icon, , is present, the system will automatically display them in a cycle (5
seconds). The sequence is rain > light > wind > loop (rain).
Press the MENU button repeatedly to display the pre-set threshold values in a cycle, the corresponding icon,
, flashes to indicate that the pre-setting value is displayed. Pressing the MENU key again returns
to the normal mode. The sequence is: display the set rainfall detection sensitivity > display the light intensity
threshold value > display the wind speed threshold value > return to normal mode.
2.3 Measure wind speed, light intensity or detect rain presence
2.4 Display the pre-set threshold value
Press ADJUST button
Press MENU button
Press ADJUST button
Press MENU button
Press ADJUST button
Press MENU button
Press ADJUST button
Press MENU button

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1. Press and hold the Menu button for 2 seconds to enter the setting mode, then press the Menu key to
toggle the setting sequence: set the rainfall sensitivity > set the light threshold value > Set the wind speed
threshold value > Exit the setting state.
The flash of the setting number displayed on the screen indicates the setting mode. In this mode, the threshold
values can be increased by pressing the UP button and decreased by pressing the Adjust button.
After 10 seconds without input, the sensor automatically returns to normal display mode. When settings
are completed, the values, including rainfall sensitivity, light alarm values and wind speed alarm values are
automatically save to the EEPROM. Resetting the sensor or powering down does not change those pre-set
values.
2. Change the sensitivity level of rainfall detection:
There are three sensitivity levels of rainfall detection:
OFF Rainfall detection is off
LO Rainfall detection is on and low sensitivity
HI Rainfall detection is on and high sensitivity
Press the UP key to increase the rainfall detection sensitivity
Press the Adjust key to reduce the rainfall detection sensitivity
1. Pair the motor to a remote
NOTE:
• The sensor can only work well when the motor was configured with the upper and bottom limits.
• The pair relationship is kept even if the motor power is reset or the sensor is reset to its default setting.
2.5 Change the threshold value
2.6 Pair or unpair the sensor to a motor using a pre-paired remote
Approx.
Motor ResponseMotor Response
Hold P1 button on
motor head.
Hold STOP on
controller to add or
remove.

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1. Pair the motor to a remote
2. Pair or unpair a motor to the sensor using a pre-paired remote
2.6 Pair or unpair the sensor to a motor using a pre-paired remote continued
A = Existing controller or channel (to keep)
B= Controller or channel to add or remove
Press P2
on existing
controller.
Press P2 on
existing controller.
Press P2 on an
existing controller to
add or remove it.
Motor Response Motor Response Motor Response
NOTE:
• The motor function should be turned on to detect wind, light and rain before the sensor can initialize the
motor movement.
• If the pair is successfully done, the motor can be triggered to move upward by pressing the UP button on
the sensor.
• After the sensor is paired to a motor, it can independently drive the motor without the remote.

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3.1 Disable or enable the detection of wind, rain and light
3.2 Wind speed control
3 WIND, RAIN & LIGHT CONTROL
• The wind speed control function can be disabled by setting its threshold to ZERO. Other threshold values
enable this function.
• The light intensity function can be disabled by setting its threshold to ZERO. Other threshold values
enable this function.
• The sensor does not detect the presence of rain under “OFF” mode. To enable the rain sensing mode, the
sensor should be in the “HI” or LO” mode.
When the wind speed continuously exceeds the threshold value of wind speed (for longer than 3 seconds),
the sensor command is executed to control the motor “UP” action. To prevent the motorized shades from
frequently opening and closing under a gust, the sensor suspends the wind and light detection function for the
next 3 minutes.
If rainfall is detected 4 times in low sensitivity mode (64 seconds) or twice in high sensitivity mode (32
seconds), the sensor launches the command to control the motor “UP” action.
After that, the sensor suspends the rain and light detection for the next 15 minutes to prohibit the motorized
shades from oscillation between open and closed states.
3.2 Rainfall control

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3.3 Light control
• If the light control function is turned on, the sensor sends a command to trigger the motor to move DOWN
when the environmental light intensity is higher than the threshold for 2 minutes. After this period, the
sensor temporarily disables its light detection for the next 15 minutes.
• If the light control function is on, the sensor drives the motor UP when the light intensity continues to be
less than the set value for 15 minutes.
• Its control function is only re-activated when the wind speed is less than the set value for 3 minutes and
no rainfall is detected for 15 minutes.
Factory default threshold:
• wind speed=10km/h
• light intensity=10klux
Light Definitions:
High >10klux
Moderate <10klux
NOTE:
1. After the sensor is powered on and a motor is paired to it, the sensor transmits a “UP” command
immediately if the environmental wind speed is detected to be faster than the threshold. After 10 seconds,
the sensor repeats the signal transmission ONCE. Its wind detection is disabled for another 3 minutes
and the light/rain control function is suspended for 15 minutes. Manual operation of pressing the “UP”
and “SET” keys does not re-send the command transmission.
2. If the sensor detects strong light and wind during raining, it transmits one command at least 5 times.
Before its environment changes, the sensor suspends the signal transmission but still operates its
normal functions such as the detection of rain, light, wind and LCD functions.
Summary
Rain
Developing
Clearing
Shower
Cloud
Increasing
Mostly
Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Temp.
Max
°C 23 19 24 26 27 31 28
°F 73 66 75 79 81 88 82
Temp.
Min
°C 13 12 12 14 14 16 17
°F 55 54 54 58 58 61 63
Light Intensity Moderate High High High High High Moderate
Rainfall
mm 10-20 <1 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
in 3/8 - 6/8 <1/16 - - - - -
Wind
Speed
km/h 2 10 14 16 11 16 3 12 4 12 2 10 9 13
mp/h 1 6 9 10 7 10 2 8 3 8 1 6 6 8
Motor Direction
STOPUP DOWN
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action
Factory default threshold: wind speed=10km/h light intensity=10klux Define: High>10Klux, Moderate<=10klux
Summary
Temperature
Light intensity
Rainfall
Wind speed
Motor direction
Move Down Move up NO action

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Problem Cause Remedy
Motor is not responding
Sensor battery is discharged Recharge battery with a USB cable
Radio interference/Shielding
Ensure transmitter is positioned
away from metal objects and that
the motor aerial/receiver is kept
straight and away from metal
Receiver distance is too far from
transmitter
Move transmitter to a closer
position
Power failure Check the connection from power
supply to motor
Incorrect wiring Check if wiring is connected
correctly
Pairing error Press UP button on sensor to verify
pairing
The motor’s function of detecting
wind/rain/light is off Turn on the function
Motor extends then constantly
retracts unexpectedly
Wind or light threshold is too low Increase the threshold to reduce
sensitivity
Extend motorized shade is
casting shadow onto sensor
Check & reposition sensor if
necessary
Motor does not react to wind or
light setting
Wind sensitivity is too high or too
low Adjust sensitivity
Time interval of strong wind is
less than 3 minutes
The wind triggering time length
must be over 3 minutes
Time interval of light and rain
status change is less than 15
minutes
The light & rain triggering time
length must be over 15 minutes

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