LYNX® CENTRAL
CONTROL SYSTEM
The Toro® Lynx® Control System was developed specifically to help you address the unique challenges and
changing priorities you face everyday. With the Lynx System, you can now have all of your essential irrigation
information readily available in one place, conveniently combined into a single, intuitive interface.
Features & Benefits
Lynx 3.0 Adds More Flexibility And More Control
Station Percent Adjust for duration allows you to set
temporary adjustments that automatically returns to
normal after a set number of days.
Instant Program allows you to pick the order stations water
automatically. GDC system diagnostics can now be selected
by Hole or Area to make pin pointing a problem even
easier, and you can now chose to have Lynx automatically
upload station changes into the Watering Plan.
Simplified Decision Making With Dynamic Drilldown
Guides you to where you need to go. Follow the water
drop in the Watering Plan to find stations, holes or
entire areas that are disabled, on hold or otherwise not
programmed to irrigate. Quickly find any stations in
Course Report that did not operate as intended.
Flexible and Editable Map
Easily add, drag, drop and assign sprinklers, satellites,
sensors and switches to their exact locations. You can
effortlessly make edits as your field hardware changes.
Fully supports CAD-generated maps.
The new Sequential
Integrated Turf Guard® Soil Sensor
Helps you determine when to irrigate and how much which
helps you save water.
Power Guard Helps Prevent Wasted Energy
Integration with a Flowtronex® pump station with PACE™
enables the exclusive Lynx Power Guard feature to track
and control electricity usage of the system.
Lynx Mobile
Enables remote access and control from any mobile device
connected to the Internet. Screens are specifically designed
and optimized for smaller devices.
LYNX® CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM
SPECIFICATIONS – Lynx® Levels Comparison
SYSTEM CAPACITY
Satellites 500 500 500
Satellites Stations 32,000 1344 512
GDC Stations 6400 1000 500
Weather Stations 10 10 10
Pump Stations 10 3 2
Courses 3 2 1
Holes 84 56 28
Hydraulic Branches 1024 300 100
HARDWARE SUPPORTED
OSMAC® Yes Yes Yes
Network GDC Yes Yes Yes
Network VP
PROGRAMMING
VP Current Sensing Yes No No
VP Station Adjust Upload Yes No No
Site Code Categories 7 3 No
Precip. Mgmt. Groups (PMG) Yes Yes No
Max. Stations/Hole Control Yes Yes No
Instant Program Creation Yes Yes Yes
Program Priority Yes Yes No
Pump Profiling Yes No No
Station Group Multi-Manual Yes No No
Master Group Multi-Manual Yes No No
Pump Integration Yes Yes Optional
Weather Station Alarms Yes Yes Optional
ET Auto Calc. RT Method Yes Yes Optional
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NSN Connect
Remote Access Through A Trusted Partner
Lynx CE Lynx PE Lynx SE
Yes No No
NSN® Connect
Remote access so
that you can control
irrigation anytime,
anywhere.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Runtimes:
• Runtimes are executed to the second rather than rounding
to the whole minute, resulting in more precise irrigation
and water savings (Network VP® & OSMAC® only)
• Control your irrigation by setting runtime minutes or
application inches and let the system calculate the other.
See exactly how much water you will apply and how long
you will irrigate each area.
• Runtime synchronization with Network VP satellites
prevents irrigation outages if the central goes offline.
• Integrated runtime display shows past and planned
irrigation activity so you can easily determine what action
to take.
Quick Start:
• With Quick Start, you create station, hardware and area
associations, and control the definition of greens, tees,
fairways and sprinklers based on the their locations.
• A basic hydraulic tree is auto-generated for you during
Quick Start.
Views and Reports:
• Course Report provides both real time and daily summaries
of both scheduled and manual watering events.
• Area and Hole orientation allows you to control your
irrigation system the same way you think about the course.
• Instant Program has simple check-box selection and
Dynamic Drilldown to you can instantly create and
personalize new irrigation programs
• Projected Flow View shows you areas that will be watered
and how much will be applied.
Communication:
• Current-sensing capabilities notify you of wire cuts and
sprinklers unintentionally turned off (Network VP Only).
• Constant communication with Network VP satellites lets
you take action if a power outage threatens irrigation.
• Toro GDC communication and solenoid diagnostics help
identify shorts, low voltage and other issues.
• Weather station integration and Hand-held Remote
Interface support are included as standard features
Operating System:
• Windows 7
Specifying Information—Lynx Central
LX-0X-X-XX
Computer Hardware Service Levels Field Hardware
0X X X X
1—Standard Computer
4—Premium Computer
Example: When ordering a LYNX Central standard computer with one year of NSN and CE Level with Network VP field hardware, you would order: LX-01-1-07
Specifying Information—Lynx CE Central Upgrade for SitePro
Model Description
LYNX-NSN-STAN
LYNX-NSN-PREM
LYNX-NONNSN-STAN
LYNX-NONNSN-PREM
LX-SW
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1—1-year NSN
5—5-years NSN
Lynx Upgrade - NSN – Standard Toro Computer
Lynx Upgrade - NSN – Premium Toro Computer
Lynx Upgrade-NSN-Standard Computer and 1-year NSN Support
Lynx Upgrade-NSN-Premium Computer and 1-year NSN Support
Software, Lynx, Client/Server
O—CE
1—SE
2—PE
1—For OSMAC
7—For Network VP
8—For Network GDC
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