Rain Bird IQ Platform Tech Spec

IQ™ Platform

Tech Spec

The IQ Platform oers state-of-the-art command and
control features in an easy to learn and use interface.
IQ provides advanced water management features
saving money and time. The IQ Platform consists of
three options: IQ-Desktop v. 3.0, IQ-Cloud v. 3.0, and
IQ-Enterprise v. 3.0.

Applications

All IQ versions provide remote programming,
management, and monitoring of ESP-LX Series
Controllers from the computer in your oce. IQ
is the perfect irrigation control solution for parks
departments, school districts, property managers,
landscape maintenance contractors, and water
managers. IQ can manage small single-controller
sites as well as large multi-controller sites and
supports both ESP-LX Series traditionally-wired and
2-wire decoder controllers.

IQ-Desktop is installed and operated on a
single desktop computer. IQ-Desktop is ideal for
organizations with one administrator who can
control the system from their computer in their
oce. The IQ-Desktop software package provides
5-satellite controller capacity. IQ software satellite
controller capacity can be upgraded in 5-satellite
increments with the IQ5SATSWU.

IQ-Cloud is a cloud-based service allowing users
to login and control their irrigation system from
any internet connected device. IQ-Cloud is ideal
for organizations with multiple irrigation system
administrators and/or users that require mobility.
IQ-Cloud features IQ-Mobile which provides quick
access to key features in an interface designed
for touchscreen devices found in smartphones
or tablets. Users are not restricted to an initial
capacity and can add satellites at will. Internet
access is required.

IQ-Enterprise enables organizations with internet
access restrictions, tight security protocols, and a
robust local area network to install a version of the
software on their servers. Users can access all the
features of the software on their approved mobile
devices. The IQ-Enterprise software package provides
5-satellite controller capacity. IQ software satellite
controller capacity can be upgraded in 5-satellite
increments with the IQ5SATSWU.

IQ Platform Software Features

• Software 5-satellite controller capacity
upgradable in 5-satellite increments
(IQ-Desktop and IQ-Enterprise)

• Compatible with ESP-LXM & ESP-LXME
traditionally-wired and ESP-LXD 2-wire decoder
controllers

• Site, satellite, and station names

• Programming in seconds, minutes, and hours

• Daily or Monthly Seasonal Adjust % or ET
station run time adjustments by site

• Dry-Run™ Graphical Program Review

• Manual Program, Test Program, Station starts

• Detailed logs and reports

• Automated or user initiated satellite
Synchronize & Retrieve Logs and Weather
Source Retrieve Weather Data communication

• Automated Email Alarm/Warning and Satellite
Station Run Time Reports

• Satellite PIN-Code Protection (4-digit PIN-Code
required to make programming changes at the
satellite)

• Satellite 2-Way Programming (changes made at
the satellite can be viewed and accepted in the
IQ software)

• Copy/Move Satellite Utility (copy or move a
satellite to another site)

• Automated MAD (Management Allowed
Depletion) Irrigation Scheduling adjustments

• Software uses Irrigation Association
terminology and formulas

• ET/Rainfall Weather Sources include:

- CIMIS Internet Service (California only)

- ETMI ET Manager Weather Reach Service

(North America only)

- Rain Bird WSPROLT Weather Station

- Rain Bird WSPRO2 Weather Station

• IQ Global Weather Internet Service which
provides local weather data including rain fall

• 4 ET Checkbooks per satellite controller

• Export to Microsoft Excel® for customized
reports

• Retrieves minute-by-minute ow logs from
ow sensor equipped ESP-LXMEF and ESP-LXD
Satellite Controllers

• Flow Logs vs. Projected Flow Graphical Report
(identies which programs & stations where
running at any point in time)

• Actual Flow Totals added to Satellite Station
Run Time Report (included in Automated
Email Reports)

• Context-sensitive help system. Click on the help
icon available in most screens and be taken
directly to the help topic feature you are using

• User selectable languages include English,
Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Italian, and
Portuguese

Additional 5-Satellite Capacity
Upgrade

• IQ Software satellite controller capacity can be
upgraded in 5-satellite increments

• Additional capacity is added through a
purchased software activation keycode

Building Management Software
Integration

• IQ SCADA delivers the proven water
management features of IQ, combined with
the SCADA user interface customers require for
simple, remote daily operations

• Standard setup using OPC Unied Architecture

• The IQ SCADA upgrade is added through a
purchased software activation keycode

Recommended Computer
Requirements for IQ-Desktop

• Operating System: Windows® XP, 7 or 8, 32-bit
or 64-bit

• Processor: Intel I5-540M or equivalent

• RAM Memory: 3 GB

• Available Hard Disk Space: 10 GB

• CD-ROM Drive: 8X speed minimum

• Display Resolution: 1024 x 768 minimum

• Network Connection (for Ethernet, WiFi, GPRS
communication)

• Serial Port or USB to Serial Adapter (for Direct
Connect and External Modem communication)

Recommended Server
Requirements for IQ-Enterprise

• Intel I5-540M processor

• 3GB RAM

• 10 GB free disk space

• Windows Server 2008

IQ-Mobile (Available with IQ-Cloud
and IQ-Enterprise

• Use smartphones and tablets as a remote

• Start stations, start programs, start test
programs

• Set Rain delays and turn controllers o/auto

• View current satellite controller status

• View logs

• Accessible from all smartphone and tablet
internet browsers: www.rainbird.com/iqmobile

How to specify

IQ Platform

IQ-Desktop (IQ2006): Desktop Software Package,
5-Satellite Capacity

IQ-Enterprise (IQ2008): Enterprise Software
5-Satellite Capacity

IQ5 SATSWU: 5-Satellite Capacity for
Enterprise & Desktop Versions

IQ-SCADA (IQ2008S): Enterprise Software,
5-Satellite Capacity,
SCADA/BMS Software

IQSCADABMS: Software Feature Pack for IQ
Enterprise

Specications

The irrigation central control system shall be
the IQ™ Platform as hereafter specied and as
shown on the drawings. The system shall be fully
programmable, providing the operator with
absolute and full control of the entire control
system. The system shall provide a degree of
exibility such that, in eect, anything that
could be done at the satellite controller shall be
capable of being done at the central computer.

The system shall have a Windows® graphical
user interface (GUI) that allows easy
programming and graphical depiction of the
satellite controller programming.

The system shall be compatible with the ESP­LXME Series traditionally-wired controllers with
1 to 48 station capacity. The system shall also be
compatible with ESP-LXD Series Two-wire decoder
controllers with 1 to 200 station capacity. The
system shall have an adjustable satellite controller
capacity allowing the customer to expand the
system capacity over time.

The system shall allow virtual log-on passwords
to administer access privileges to multiple users
of the system. The system shall support multiple
languages including English, Spanish, French,
German, Chinese, Italian, and Portuguese. The
system shall also support user dened date/time,
number, and unit formats.

The system shall allow virtual site congurations,
allowing the user to group satellite controllers
into a site to simplify common adjustments.
The system shall incorporate a satellite controller
dry-run feature that graphically depicts the
program operation, showing minute-by-minute
program activity, expected ow rates, and the
programs/stations operating at any point in time.

The system shall incorporate program adjust
values for each satellite controller program. The
system shall also include a site-level daily or
monthly seasonal adjust percentage that adjusts
the station run times for all satellite controllers
in the site. The system shall also oer site-level

daily or monthly ET value adjustments as an
alternative to seasonal adjustment percentage.
The software shall utilize NCC Network
Communication Cartridges to interface with
the system controllers. The cartridges shall be
available with internal 3G Cellular, Ethernet, &
WiFi modems or RS-232 external modem port.
The cartridges installed in the controller shall be
eld congurable as a Direct, Server, or Client
Satellite. The Server satellite shall share its IQ
central computer communication link with up
to 149 Client satellites and be capable of sharing
weather sensors and master valves amongst the
150 satellite controllers.

The software shall incorporate a site
conguration utility that contacts the satellite
controller, reports the hardware conguration
and retrieves the conguration and
programming data. The software shall verify the
satellite hardware conguration has not changed
each time it contacts the satellite controller. The
controller and NCC cartridge rmware shall be
upgradeable from the system central computer.

The software shall be capable of manually
starting a program, test program, or station on
any satellite controller. The software shall be
capable of over-riding the satellite controller
Auto/O dial position and sensor Active/Bypass
switch position.

Satellite controllers equipped with ow sensors
shall provide a learn ow utility to measure the
nominal ow rate of each station. The learn
ow rate shall be compared to the actual ow
sensor ow rate each time the station operates.
A user dened percentage above and below
the learned ow rate shall be used to determine
if the ow rate is problematic. User dened
reactions shall be programmable including a
diagnose mode where the cause of the problem
ow rate is identied and the problem station
or water source is shut o. A manual MV water
window shall be provided to automatically
open the master valve and account for manual
watering ow rates without turning o the ow
sensing functions of the satellite controller. Both
normally closed and open master valves shall
be supported. All ow sensing features shall be

programmable through the software.
The system shall oer user denable station­level priorities and a program-level water
window. Stations are selected to operate based
on their priority with high priority stations
operating rst. If a program cannot complete the
run time of all stations in the water window the
station operation shall be paused and resumed
at the start of the next water window.

The system shall provide user denable number
of simultaneous station to operate per program
and for the whole satellite controller. The
combination of these features shall be used
to automatically shorten the overall operating
time of the satellite controller programs. All
features listed shall be programmable through
the software.

The system shall provide automatic
communication and email reports.

The system shall provide satellite controller
PIN-code lock-out and 2-way programming.
Each satellite shall have minimum of 5 assigned
PIN-codes. Lockout options shall include
full or partial lockout. All PIN-codes shall be
programmed through the software.

The system shall provide automatic program
adjustment based management allowed
depletion scheduling. ET/rain weather sources
shall include CIMIS Internet, ETMI Weather
Reach, and WSPROLT and WSPRO2 Weather
Stations, and IQ Global Weather.

The system shall provide minute-by-minute
ow logs in a graph comparing actual ow
and projected ow. Actual ow totals shall be
included in the automated email reports.

The IQ™ Platform shall be as manufactured by
Rain Bird Corporation.

Rain Bird Corporation

6991 East Southpoint Road
Tucson, AZ 85756
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rain Bird Technical Services

(800) RAINBIRD (1-800-724-6247)
(U.S. and Canada)

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© 2018 Rain Bird Corporation

Rain Bird Corporation

970 West Sierra Madre Ave. Azusa,
CA 91702
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rain Bird International, Inc.

1000 West Sierra Madre Ave.
Azusa, CA 91702
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

The Intelligent Use of Water ™

www.rainbird.com

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