iGrow 800 - Equipment Setup Overview Tutorial

iGrow 800 - Equipment Setup Overview Tutorial

The iGrow 800 allows user to setup the equipment on the various channels, set their type, assign names, energy type, etc.

For each of the outputs, the equipment’s name is displayed, as well as the current controlled state that it is in:

  • AUTO – equipment is being automatically controlled by the iGrow controller
  • OFF – equipment is being manually FORCED to OFF through software.
  • ON – equipment is being manually FORCED to ON through software.

The software output override can be activated by touching the respective button above

Note: Equipment is programmed individually.
Note: All subsequent screens are applicable to the selected equipment only.

On selecting the equipment setup, the various Channels the equipment is connected to can be selected.
Note that these channels correspond to the physical outputs on the unit.
Note: Vents and curtains require two adjacent channels starting with an odd numbered channel.

Equip_Setup_4_screen.png

Selecting a channel gets you to the equipment screen. Here you can:

  • Set a timed Override
  • Run an Initial Setup (set the equipment name, its type, the energy type, etc.)
  • Assign Stages to each of the equipment channels.

Equip_Setup_3_screen.png 

In Initial Settings you have a 2 choices Set Name and Set Type - 

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To choose your equipment type you would highlight the General type and hit OK.

General Type setup gives you the following options:

ON/OFF: Refers to any piece of equipment that turns on and off in each of the heating/cooling/dehum stages. For example, heater, fan, cool pad, pump, etc.
VENT: Refers to a proportionally controlled ventilation equipment, e.g. side wall, ridge vent.
CURTAIN: Refers to a shading system.                                                                                                       ALARM: Use the alarm output to turn an output on depending upon crossing a temperature level. This is normally connected to a telephone dialer such as the Sensaphone.

CO2:  which allows you to inject C02 into your Greenhouse area

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To highlight the sub options, use Wheel or Buttons #1 - #5 corresponding to the options and OK toselect the options.  By default all equipment are marked as On/Off device.  

If a type that has already been chosen (i.e. surrounded by parenthesis) is selected again, we get this prompt.

In order to change the type to some other type like, from On/Off to Vent as shown in the figure, we get a warning popup as shown

Equip_Setup_9_screen.png

To obtain the detailed processes of each individual equipment type:

On/Off, Vent, Curtain, Alarm, Co2, please view the dedicated article for there programming processes.

For starters, here is the video for programming on/off equipment type devices.


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