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Installation Guide for Guardian-Carmanah
GUARDIAN SERIES
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After LED connectors have been created in all gray LED wires, make the following connections
using the connectors from the Guardian board J3 wiring harness:
• J3 wiring harness: (> symbol = connect to)
— LED1 (male) > LED 1 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED2 (male) > LED 2 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED3* (male) > LED 3 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
*Some installations only feature two LEDs. If this is the case, disregard steps
mentioning LED3.
— LED1 (female) > LED 1 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED2 (female) > LED 2 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED3* (female) > LED 3 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
Step 7 – Install Door Switch (optional)
Please Note: In order for the Guardian door-monitoring feature to work, a door switch must
be ordered and correctly installed. Door switches do not come standard with Guardian Series
Products, but can be purchased separately from RTC and shipped along with your order.
The door switch needs to be installed in a position and location that allows the cabinet door to
press in the switch “lever” when the cabinet door is closed and let off “lever” when the cabinet is
open.This will vary from cabinet to cabinet, but typically the side of the inside lip of the cabinet
works well.
Choose a location that follows the above guidelines and mount the door switch using a drill
and the provided mounting screws. The door switch for the GCR comes prewired to J4 of the
Guardian board, so no additional wiring is required.
Step 8 - Reconnect Power
After all components have been connected, restore power to the system by connecting the male
connectors from the wires on each battery to the female connectors on the wires coming from the
white Carmanah unit.
Step 9 - Setup Guardian Series Product in RTC Connect™
After the hardware installation is complete, the Guardian-Carmanah system must be set up in
RTC Connect. Detailed steps can be found in the Quick Start Guide in RTC Connect. To access the
guide, follow these steps:
1. Download and Open RTC Connect Software
2. Log In
3. Click on “Utilities” on the Left Toolbar
4. Select “Quick Start Guide”
5. Click on the “Adding A Guardian-Carmanah ” title and follow directions
WIRE WIRE
ORIGINATION TERMINATION
LOCATION WIRE LABELED CONNECTS TO WIRE LABELED LOCATION
J2 SOLAR LID > unlabeled Solar Wire from LidCabinet Lid
J2 SOLAR PNL 1 > SOLAR PNL 1 White Carmanah Unit
J2 12V DC > 12V DC White Carmanah Unit
J2 12V DC AP22 > 12V DC AP22 AP22 Wiring Harness
J3 J3 AP22 > J3 AP22 AP22 Wiring Harness
J3 SWITCH 2 > SWITCH 2 White Carmanah Unit
J3 LED1 (male connector) > Gray LED Wire (female connector) White Carmanah Unit
J3 LED2 (male connector) > Gray LED Wire (female connector) White Carmanah Unit
J3 LED3* (male connector) > Gray LED Wire (female connector) White Carmanah Unit
J3 LED1 (female connector) > Gray LED Wire (male connector) Inside of Pole
J3 LED2 (female connector) > Gray LED Wire (male connector) Inside of Pole
J3 LED3* (female connector) > Gray LED Wire (male connector) Inside of Pole
J4 Door Switch (optional) N/A prewired Door Switch
Guardian-Carmanah Connection Guide
*Some installations only feature two LEDs.
AP22
M2M
Modem
Plexiglass Cover
Thumb Screws
AP22
Wiring
Harness
J2
Wiring
Harness
J3
Wiring
Harness
Male
Molex
Connector
AP22
DB9 Connector
Enclosure Modem
DB9 Connector
Modem
Power Connector
Female
Molex
Connector
Step 6B / 7 and 8 Visual Reference
Molex Connectors
Step 6B / 5 and 6 Visual Reference
Open Pin Connectors
For both male
and female wires,
strip the wire insulation
3/16" and crimp the pin
connector on the wire.
For both male
and female wires,
crimp the end of the
pin connector on the
insulation ONLY.
Female Pins On
Wires From Pole
Male Pins On Wires
From White Carmanah Unit
Female Pins Insert Into
Male Molex Connector
Male Pins Insert Into
Female Molex Connector

Step 1 – Shipment Inventory and Supplies:
The Guardian-Carmanah (GCR) is shipped as a metal enclosure that contains a mounted Guardian
circuit board.Already connected to the mounted Guardian circuit board should be a modem harness
(connected to J1), an 8-pin Carmanah wiring harness (connected to J2) and a 10-pin Carmanah
wiring harness (connected to J3). An optional addition to the GCR is a door switch that if purchased,
comes prewired to J4 of the Guardian board.
Shipped along with the board and enclosure is an AP22-Carmanah wiring harness, two 10/32
phillips-head mounting screws, three male molex connectors, three female molex connectors, six
male wire pins, and six female wire pins.
IMPORTANT! The Guardian-Carmanah system requires the use of an RTC AP22 time clock and M2M
cell modem. If you purchased a new AP22 and cell modem with your GCR, you should see them
mounted inside your GCR enclosure. If you did not purchase AP22/modem products along with your
GCR and are not using existing RTC AP22/modem products, please contact RTC Manufacturing to
order.
Along with the product inventory above, you will need the following tools:
 •MagneticPhillips-headscrewdriver  •Wirecutters
 •Wirestrippersfor18AWG  •Pincrimpersfor18AWG(not wire crimpers)
Step 2 – Disconnect Power and Components
To prevent harm to product and self, safely disconnect the battery connections and power
to the system before touching any other components.
After the batteries have been disconnected, locate the wires coming from the white Carmanah unit
for batteries, solar panel 1, switch 1, switch 2, 12V DC, LED1, LED2 and LED3. Label both sides of
all connections, if not already done.Then, disconnect all wire connectors. If you do not see wire
connectors for the LEDs, but instead see solid gray wires going from the white Carmanah unit
down into the pole, do not cut or disconnect until told to do so in Step 6/Step 6B.
Step 3 – Mount and Connect AP22 and M2M
Please Note: Step 3 must be followed only if you are using existing AP22 and cell modem
equipment. If you are installing a GCR with new AP22 and cell modem hardware, the
connections below should already be made. Read the following step to confirm the connections
before proceeding.
Disconnect and remove all existing AP22 and cell modem hardware, wiring, and mounting materials
from the cabinet.
Connect the round end of the new AP22 wiring harness (shipped with your GCR order) to the base of
the AP22.
Mount the cell modem to the top of the AP22 using the modem mount.
Using the modem harness (connected to J1 on Guardian board), connect the round power cable to
the power connector on the cell modem. Connect the DB9 connector labeled “modem” to the DB9
connection on the modem. Finally, connect the other DB9 connector labeled “time switch” to the DB9
connection at the top of the AP22.
Mount the AP22 to the GCR enclosure in the proper location using the screw on the enclosure and
the slotted mounting hole on the back of the AP22.
Step 4 - Mount the Guardian-Carmanah Enclosure to the Cabinet
Unscrew the thumbscrews to the plexiglass cover. Using the Phillips-head screw driver and the
provided screws, secure the GCR enclosure to the cabinet by turning the screws through the enclosure
holes and into the two cabinet mounting holes above the left-side battery.The GCR enclosure is
designed to be installed with the AP22 on the left side of the cabinet and the Guardian board on the
right, with the wiring harnesses protruding into the middle of the cabinet. Replace plexiglass cover
once mounting is complete, with the white wire protector facing the top left corner.
Step 5 - Connect the Guardian Board to the
White Carmanah Unit and the AP22 Time Switch
Locate the J2 and J3 wiring harnesses on the Guardian board. Both harnesses consist of wires that
have been labeled and have a white male or female molex connector at the end.The labels and
gender connectors correspond with component wiring (either new or disconnected in Step 2) that
have labels and opposite-gender connectors.
Use the labels and gender connectors to make the following component connections:
• J2 wiring harness: (> symbol = connect to)
— SOLAR LID > unlabeled connector coming from lid of solar panel cabinet
— SOLAR PNL 1 > SOLAR PNL 1 (coming from white Carmanah unit)
— 12V DC > 12V DC (coming from white Carmanah unit)
— 12V DC AP22 > 12V DC AP22 (coming from the AP22 wiring harness)
• J3 wiring harness: (> symbol = connect to)
— J3 AP22 > J3 AP22 (coming from the AP22 wiring harness)
— SWITCH 2 > SWITCH 2 (coming from white Carmanah unit)
Step 6 - Connect LEDs
Locate the grey wires that are coming from the white Carmanah unit. These wires connect directly to
the LEDs.
In most Carmanah installations, you should find female molex connectors at the ends of the two or
three gray wires coming from the white Carmanah unit and two or three male molex connectors at the
ends of the gray wires coming from out of the pole. If this is the case, make the following connections
using the connectors from the J3 wiring harness:
• J3 wiring harness: (> symbol = connect to)
— LED1 (male) > LED 1 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED2 (male) > LED 2 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED3* (male) > LED 3 (female) coming from white Carmanah unit
*Some installations only feature two LEDs. If this is the case, disregard steps
mentioning LED3.
— LED1 (female) > LED 1 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED2 (female) > LED 2 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
— LED3* (female) > LED 3 (male) coming from white Carmanah unit
Please Note: If you do not see component connectors for the LEDs and instead see solid gray
wires going from the white Carmanah unit down into the pole, follow Step 6 B.
Step 6B – Creating LED Connectors
If the gray LED wires running from the white Carmanah unit down into the pole are solid and do not
contain connectors, carefully follow these steps to create LED connectors:
1. Gently pull on gray wires to see if you can easily get the molex connectors in the pole to
come back into the cabinet. If you can, go back to Step 6 and follow the steps. If not,
continue below.
2. Cut one gray LED wire approximately 6 inches from the end that terminates at the white
Carmanah unit.
3. Strip the gray insulation around the internal conductors approximately 1.5 inches back
from both sides of the cut LED wire.
4. Strip the black and red wires approximately 3/16" back on both sides of the cut LED wire.
5. Using pin crimpers, attach the provided male pins to the stripped ends of the black and
red wires that are coming from the gray LED wire that ends at the white Carmanah unit.
See visual reference on back panel.
6. Using pin crimpers, attach the provided female pins to the stripped ends of the black and
red wires that are coming from the gray LED wire that goes down into the pole. See visual
reference on back panel.
7. Place and push the male pins into a white female molex connector.The pin on the black
wire should go into the hole on the side with the hinge on the end of the molex connector
and the pin on the red wire should go into the other hole. See visual reference on back
panel.
8. Place and push the female pins into a white male molex connector.The pin on the black
wire should go into the hole on the side with the connector clip and the pin on the red wire
should go into the other hole. See visual reference on back panel.
9. Repeat Steps 1-8 for each solid gray LED wire in the cabinet
Installation Guide for Guardian-Carmanah
GUARDIAN SERIES
Please Note: This Installation Guide is for the Guardian-Carmanah (GCR) of the
Guardian Series Product Line. Please take the time to verify that this is the correct guide for
your installation.
Installation Guides for other RTC products can be found at RTC-Traffic.com/software.html.