Toro DXI-PWM08 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Introduction
About the Controller 1
Icons Explained 4
Getting Help 4
Overview 5
Faceplate 5
Buttons 6
LEDs 7
Screen 7
Menu Navigation 8
Quick Start 9
Setting the Language 9
Setting Current Date & Time 9
Station Count 11
Program Start Time 12
Water Days 13
Station Run Times 14
Program Hold 15
% Adjust 16
Manual Operation 17
Table of Contents
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Getting Help
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encounter a problem that referring to this manual cannot resolve, please contact
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Chapter 1: Introduction
ank you for supporting Toro® and the Laguna™ and Sentinel DXi™ central
control platform. We hope the DXi will exceed your expectations and contribute
to Toro's legacy of innovation and service.
About the Controller
Toro believes in minimizing waste by maximizing water application eciency.
e DXi provides precise control of irrigation delivery systems through a exible
network that could t almost any application. DXi will work with your Rain
Master Laguna software and Toro’s Sentinel WMS software to monitor, adjust,
and report on irrigation schedules to your technical comfort level.
e DXi controller comes in twelve “base model” versions:
• DXI-PWM08
• DXI-PWMTW
• DXI-SWM08
• DXI-SWMTW
• DXI-SPED08
• DXI-SPEDTW
• DXI-SPEDHY08
• DXI-PSB08
• DXI-PSBTW
• DXI-DPSB56
• DXI-PPED08
• DXI-PPEDTW

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Additional add-on kits can be added to the base models to accommodate your
irrigation needs:
• DXI-OPB08-EXP - DXi 8-station output board expansion kit
• DXI-CELL-EXP - DXi cellular kit with antenna
• DXI-RADIO-EXP - DXi UHF radio kit with antenna
• DXI-RADIO-P-EXP - DXi UHF radio kit with antenna
(for plastic pedestal only)
• DXI-WIFI-EXP - DXi wi kit with antenna
• PMRKIT - ProMax permanent-mount remote receiver with antenna
• PMRKIT-P - ProMax permanent-mount remote receiver with antenna
(for plastic pedestal only)
• DXI-WOB-E-EXP - DXi 900MHz XTND Radio Kit, WMS DXi only
• DXI-WOB-E-P-EXP - DXi 900MHz XTND Radio Kit, WMS DXi
only (for plastic pedestal only)
Hardware Features
Capacity*:
• Up to 96 stations per satellite in conventional congurations, 200 stations
per controller in two-wire (TWICE™) congurations.
• Up to 48 conventional stations + 100 two-wire stations in our hybrid
models (for TWICE two-wire conversion projects).
• For Laguna: ree dedicated master valve (MV) outputs, either normally
closed or normally open.
For Sentinel WMS: One dedicated master valve (MV) output
• No auxiliary 24VAC relays for pumps, lights, etc.
• Up to Six inputs to connect ow sensors/meters or other pulse-data devices.
(Note that these devices are independent of the optional Laguna and
Sentinel wireless weather solutions.)
• Two alarm inputs and a 4-20mA sensor input
• An expansive, 4.4” LCD back-lit display with rapid menu navigation and
“digital ink” for high visibility in the sun.
• Integrated cabinet access lighting or “fridge light” and pivoting brackets for
improved setup and service access (select models)
• Transparent, custom – t plastic covers for all circuit boards for added
protection against the elements and pests (certain models).
• Multiple system communication options: 4G LTE, UHF radio, Ethernet,
WiFI and Serial port.
• Lightning protection up to 18kV
* DXi controller capacity will vary between Sentinel WMS and Rain Master
Laguna centrals.

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• Integrated amperage meter to enhance internal diagnostics and trouble-
shooting.
• Up to nine simultaneous station-related operations (six valve and three MV)
• Cloud connect feature that enables cloud-based control via central software
and mobile phone app.
• Sentinel DXi systems feature Wireless Output Board Control for operating
stations using license-free radio with a range of several hundred feet.
• Laguna DXi systems feature robust Flowmax hardwire bus connectivity
between controllers.
Scheduling and Programming Features
• 16 conventional programs with up to 12 start times per program
• Exclusive DX series Individual Station Control (ISC™): Treat every active
station as an individual program
• Customizable scheduling calendar with up to 48 exclusion days
• Programmable MV and Station Delay
• Global water window (ISC & Manual can override)
• English, Spanish and French language settings
• Imperial (Standard) or Metric standard units of measure
Program Setup Options
Setup Menu Option Default
Time/Date 12:00:00am
Language English / Spanish English
Flow
Omit by Date
Communication
Current Checks
Firmware Update
Learn Flow / Current
About
Maintenance and Alarm Diagnostic Capabilities
• Flow monitoring. Overow, underow, unscheduled ow, and catastrophic
occurrence monitoring and reporting.
• Electrical alarm with station shutdown and program advance for station/s
over current, shorts, damaged wires, and/or faulty solenoids.
• Power outage restoration alarms.
• LED indication for station outputs.
• Electrical self diagnostic test to verify communication between the timing
mechanism (TM) and all modules.

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• Manual test mode that can advance stations while displaying valve electrical
current and station ow data.
Communication Features
e DXi is capable of communicating with the Central software over a variety of
communication technologies.
4G LTE Optional accessory for Central to sub-master
communication.
WiFi “Short range” standard WiFi to Central, sold as an
optional accessory.
Ethernet Standard on all DXi systems.
Ethernet-to-Radio Sold as an optional stand-alone accessory.
UHF Radio Sold as an optional stand-alone or embedded
accessory.
Serial cable Serial communication to Central or Diagnostic PC.
Icons Explained
A note to clarify.
!
Important
Warning! Risk of electric shock
Rotate the Control Dial.
Press the Control Dial.

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Chapter 2: Overview
Because not all irrigation applications are identical, the DXi controller has been
designed to allow users to establish a wide variety of individual programmable
options. ese options include changing conguration of programs, irrigation
stations, the controller and sensors. Individual Station Control (ISC) is available
on DXi Laguna. Wireless Output Board Control is available on DXi Sentinel.
The Faceplate
(0) Active Programs
(0) Active Stations
(2) Alerts
SAT: 239-239 WED 5:43:40 PM
A: Power reset
24 (GPM) Expected 0

Rain Off Alert Irrigation
On / Off
ProMax™
Remote
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The Buttons
Button Function
Control Dial
Rotate to switch between elds on a screen and change
values within those elds.
Press to enter a desired eld and to save the value.
Left, Right, and Back buttons
To navigate screen and menu selections.
“A” button
To...
“B” button
To...
Command button
To execute the on-screen command closest to
that particular command button.
All Stop
To stop all current irrigation activity.
Manual
To manually operate the controller.
iDashboard
To return the controller to the “Dashboard” screen.
Review
To review irrigation program settings.

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The LEDs
e DXi has three LEDs beneath the main LCD screen. Each LED illuminates
for a specic reason:
(0) Active Programs
(0) Active Stations
(2) Alerts
SAT: 239-239 WED 5:43:40 PM
A: Power reset
24 (GPM) Expected 0

Rain Off Alert Irrigation
On / Off
ProMax™
Remote
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Rain O
(blue)
Illuminated when the Rain O command is active.
All irrigation activity is suspended when this light is on.
Alert
(red)
Illuminated when a user alert for the operator has been
triggered, such as after a loss of power or loss of pressure.
Alerts must be manually cleared in the Alert submenu.
Irrigation
(green)
Illuminates when irrigation is actively in operation.
If no sprinkler or station is running, the irrigation LED
will be o.
The Screen
e Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen on the DXi controller is 4.4” QVGA
monochrome display screen capable of 320240 pixels.
The main menu
On both sides of the screen are three command buttons for quick and easy exe-
cution of the button’s assigned command.
Setup Reports &
Diagnostics
Program Alerts
Stations Rain Hold
Main Menu WED 5:43:40 PM

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Menu Navigation
Navigating menus and executing commands in the DXi is easy with the various
buttons and the Control Dial.
To navigate the typical DXi screen, we will use the below as an example.
Navigating and Executing
1. to navigate between adjustable elds.
e “active” eld will have a black box around it.
2. to enter the “active” eld.
3. to adjust the value.
Some elds have preset options like “Custom” vs. “Data Ind”. Other elds
are numeric and are adjusted incrementally.
4. to set desired option.
5. Repeat steps 1 - 4 for all adjustable elds.
Sensor 1 Type Custom
K Factor 003.001
Offset 8.001
Include In Total Flow YES
Setup Flow Sensors WED 5:43:40 PM
|Sensor 1|Sensor 2 | Sensor 3
Press and
to move between the dier-
ent “top” screens.
Some elds have
preset options.
Press to switch
between them.
Number elds must be
adjusted by .

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Chapter 3: Quick Start
is chapter is a step-by-step tutorial for rapid and basic controller setup. For
the demonstration, we will set up an irrigation schedule with 2 start times:
6:15am and 8pm daily, 1 cycle at 10 minutes per station.
e Quick Start guide does not address advanced features such as
sensor setup, ow, or ET. Please refer to the DXi User Guide (373-0920)
for complete operating instructions
.
Before we can program an irrigation schedule, we must enter the date and time.
To get to the Setup screen from the Dashboard, press
the Control dial or any one of the Command buttons .
The Setup Screen
Flow Communication
Learn Flow Current Checks
& Current
Omit by Date Time & Date
Setup WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|

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Setting the Language
1) Setup 2) Language
3) to change language. 4) When done, press .
Setting Current Date and Time
1) Setup 2) Time/Date
3) Switch between the 3 time/date elds.
4) Using the navigation techniques from page 14, adjust elds as necessary.
5) Repeat as necessary for the other elds. When done, press
Language English
Setup Language WED 5:43:40 PM
English
Espanol
Time Format 24-Hour
Time 5:43PM
Date 02/08/17
Sync time to cloud No
Std Time Zone MST/UTC-0700
DST Mode U.S.
Setup Time/Date WED 5:43:40 PM
24-Hour
AM/PM

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Station Count
Page 2 of the Setup menu shows Station Count.
Setting the correct number of stations for the DXi system is required for proper
controller operation. The station count variable dictates how many stations par-
ticipate in the Learn Current/Flow events. If the wrong number of stations are
entered, the Learn Current and Learn Flow events do not operate correctly.
Communication with Central
DXi controllers can communicate with a Central computer running either
Sentinel WMS or Laguna so that the Central can manage multiple controllers.
For information on setting up this system-wide communication, please see the
complete DXi User manual.
Creating a New Irrigation Schedule
Now that the language, date and time, and station count are set,
we can set up the irrigation schedule.
Station Count 048
Station Count WED 5:43:40 PM
WED 5:43:40 PM
Firmware Station
Update Count
Master Valves
& Pumps
FLOW MAX Program
Decoder
Setup
|Page 1|Page 2|

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Program Start Time
1) Program 2) Program 1
3) Start Times
It is possible to have 12 start times per program.
4) and to adjust the rst start time to 6:15am.
5) and to adjust Start Time 2 to 8:00pm.
Press 'A' to clear start times.
Start times set!
6) When done, press .
Start Times Quick Stns
Water Days Program Hold
Run Times OPT IN’s
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
Start Time 1 Start Time 4
06:15AM --:--AM
Start Time 2 Start Time 5
08:00PM --:--AM
Start Time 3 Start Time 6
--:--AM --:--AM
Program 1 Start Times
WED 5:43:40 PM
|1-6|7-12|
Start Time 1 Start Time 4
--:--AM --:--AM
Start Time 2 Start Time 5
--:--AM --:--AM
Start Time 3 Start Time 6
--:--AM --:--AM
Program 1 Start Times WED 5:43:40 PM
|1-6|7-12|

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Water Days
1) Water Days
2) Enter Schedule Type eld. 3) Change to desired
schedule. I chose 31-DAY.
4) Set Schedule Type. 5) to Alternate.
6) Set Alternate. 7) When done, press .
Alternate days are active.
Start Times Quick Stns
Water Days Program Hold
Run Times OPT IN’s
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
Schedule Type: 14-DAY
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Apply: Alternate Reverse All None
Program 1 Watering Days WED 5:43:40 PM
14-DAY
31-DAY
INTERVAL
Schedule Type: 31-DAY
Apply: Alternate Reverse All None
Program 1 Watering Days WED 5:43:40 PM
□1□2□3□4□5□6□7
□8□9□10 □11 □12 □13 □14
□15 □16 □17 □18 □19 □20 □21
□22 □23 □24 □25 □26 □27 □28
□29 □30 □31
Schedule Type: 31-DAY
Apply: Alternate Reverse All None
Program 1 Watering Days WED 5:43:40 PM
□1□2□3□4□5□6□7
□8□9□10 □11 □12 □13 □14
□15 □16 □17 □18 □19 □20 □21
□22 □23 □24 □25 □26 □27 □28
□29 □30 □31

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Station Run Times
1) Run Times
2) Enter Station 1 hours eld. Our run time will only be for ten
minutes, so we can switch to the
minutes eld.
3) Switch to minutes eld. 4) Adjust desired run time in
minutes.
5) Set Station 1 run time. 6) Switch to next Station eld.
7) Repeat steps 2-6 for as necessary for as many stations as desired.
Press 'A' to clear run times.
Stations 1 - 6 set with ten minute run-times.
Start Times Quick Stns
Water Days Program Hold
Run Times OPT IN’s
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
Station 1 Station 4
00:00 00:00
Station 2 Station 5
00:00 00:00
Station 3 Station 6
00:00 00:00
Program 1 Run Times WED 5:43:40 PM
|1-6|7-12|13-18|19-24|25-30|>
Station 1 Station 4
00:10 00:10
Station 2 Station 5
00:10 00:10
Station 3 Station 6
00:10 00:10
Program 1 Run Times WED 5:43:40 PM
|1-6|7-12|13-18|19-24|25-30|>
Times are in HH:MM

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Program Hold
A storm is coming! Irrigation will not be needed for a few days.
Let’s activate a Program Hold on Program 1.
1) Program 2) Program 1
3) Program Hold
4) Enter Set Day(s) eld. 5) Change to desired
days. 4 days to dry out.
6) Set value. 7) When done, press .
Start Times Quick Stns
Water Days Program Hold
Run Times OPT IN’s
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
Hold Duration 04 Day(s)
Cancel Hold
Program 1 Hold WED 5:43:40 PM

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% Adjust
e weather overall is getting cooler.
Let us decrease the overall amount of irrigation for this program.
1) Program 2) Program 1
3) to get to the Page 2 Program 1 Menu screen.
4) % Adjust
5) Enter % Adjust eld. 6) Change to desired %.
I reduced to 50%.
7) Set value. 8) When done, press .
Above, we set our run times to ten minutes per station.
A 50% runtime would therefore cut that in half, to ve minutes.
Start Times Quick Stns
Water Days Program Hold
Run Times OPT IN’s
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
Erase/Reset % Adjust
Program 1 Menu WED 5:43:40 PM
|Page 1|Page 2|
% Adjust Value 50
Program 1 % Adjust WED 5:43:40 PM

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Manual Operation
e grass is a little dry. Let us run a manual program operation at 10pm
to help keep that grass green.
1) Press the Manual button.
2) Program
3) Enter Program# eld. 4) Select program to run.
I chose 1.
5) Set Program value. 6) Navigate to Start Time
eld.
7) Enter Start Time eld.
Hours eld will ash.
8) Change hour value to 10.
9) Switch to minute eld. 10) Switch to AM/PM eld.
11) Change to PM. 12) Set value.
13) When done, to the Activate eld and .
e operation will execute this evening and save the grass.
Station Program
Simultaneous
Sequence
Manual WED 5:43:40 PM
Program# 001
Start Time --:--AM
Activate Deactivate
Status: Off
Flow: 100 GPM Cur:1.0
Manual Program WED 5:43:40 PM

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