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Zone Controllers

Hardware Specifications

• Output current 1.3 Amps (resistive) with electronic overload cut-out.
• Two pump start outputs
• Remote start input, remote stop input and flow meter input
• One socket for connecting a range of interface boards to integrate the controller with sensors, additional switched inputs and Heron's dose controller.  One serial connection to attach a PC
• Operate 24 Volt AC or DC valves.
• MCI-96 will operate up to 96 valves with the addition of an Output Box and Expansion Cards.
• Designed to operate in an industrial environment.  High electrical noise immunity, can withstand a 2.5KV spike.
• All outputs protected against electrical surges exceeding ANSI C62 surge suppression standards.

• Controllers available in 4, 8, 12, 16 and 96 zones
• The MC196 operates 16 valves as standard but can be expanded to 96 valves with additional output cards
• Menu driven with a four line alphanumeric display.
• Valves can be individually named.  Valves can be placed in any order within an irrigation program.
• 15 Irrigation programs and 60 automatic starts.
• Automatic starts can be set on either a daily or weekly basis and any automatic start can start any program.
• Up to 4 valves can run in parallel within a program or up to 4 irrigation programs can run in parallel.
• Valve times can be set in minutes and seconds or hours and minutes.
• The control of each program can be individually specified.  For example, a program can be configured to ignore the manual percentage adjust facility.
• Rainfall can be monitored and automatically reduce watering by a given percentage.
• Back flush facility for filters.
• Continual cycling of up to 8 programs.  Cycling can be controlled by a combination of time and/or light energy.  The cycling program can be assigned as having priority over other irrigation programs.
• Fertigation option to support the dosing of feed.
• With the addition of a flow meter, the controller can check that the water flow rate is within a specified range for each valve and log the volume of water used.
• Operate as either a standalone irrigation controller or run from a PC using Heron's "Ground Control" software.
• With the addition of the Heron Mobile Module controllers can be operated remotely via a mobile phone and text messages can be sent on alarm conditions.