LYNX PE CENTRAL CONTROL FOR NETWORK GDC
General Specifications
Number of Gateways: Up to 4, each with up to 2 Station Groups
Number of decoder stations: up to 1000
Number of Courses: 2
Number of holes per course: 48
Number of holes per system: 96
Number of Area Programs per system: 999
Number of switch controls for automation of non-irrigation functions (lights, fountains, aerators, etc.): 50
26 priorities (A-Z) assigned to Programs
3 Site Code categories with user defined names
300 Hydraulic branches
6 Precipitation Management Groups (PMG) to refine flow management
Up to 900 Instant Programs
Supports up to 10 weather stations and up to 3 hydraulic sources
Area, Hole, Sprinkler based Program Architecture with Dynamic Drill down to individual stations.
Station Based Flow management for optimum system performance and reduce water time window
Automated multi-level hydraulic flow and electrical systems management (Electro-Flow)
Detailed, color-coded graphing of system projected flow
Manual adjustment factors allow for scheduling refinement by station, hole, program, course and for site.
Calculates and executes runtimes to the minute
Low voltage communication over power operations
Utilizes latching solenoid with Fail-safe Power Off protection mode
Automated adjustment factors allow scheduling refinement from 0-900%
Programmable weather station and pump station alarms: Up to 99 responses for any alarm
Integration with Toro Turf Guard Soil Sensor system.
Integration with Flowtronex Pace Pump Station, Flowtronex Pumplog software, Watertronics WaterVision software,
Grundfos Pump Station with Toro-Grundfos Integration Service software.
User-definable names versus system defaults
On-line, context-sensitive Help screens
Advanced reporting capabilities:
Provides informational displays of the central controller status, actual watering times per station, contents of
the database, overview of scheduled irrigation activity
Allows for graphical presentation of the system projected flow, an analysis of sensor data and water usage by
the irrigation system
Reports stations that are assigned to more than 1 program
Reports for Water Usage, Weather data, Pump Station operation
Hand-held radio capability
Remote sprinkler activation by area and hole address
Remote sprinkler activation by hardware address
Runtime Adjustment by percentage
Pause and resume
Station Test by area and hardware
Station activation by decoder serial number
Irrigation methods:
Basic: daily run times or application amounts assigned to programs
Intermediate: run times modified automatically with changes in daily ET, identified by ET source
Advanced: run times calculated automatically based on sprinkler data, site parameters and measured ET
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate operating platform
True 100% 64-bit architecture
Supports 16 languages: English, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish
Supports U.S and metric units of measure
Runs on standard or premium computer (contact local distributor for current specifications)
Integrated Map software allows:
Dynamic, interactive operation
Use of a non-scaled graphic image file
Use of a scaled CAD generated map
Enhanced graphics
GPS compatibility for accuracy
End User Editing of Sprinkler, Sensor, and Switch locations
Floating of map onto secondary 1080P monitor
Standard Weather Software allows:
Automatic system adjustment using ET
On-site or off-site weather station
User-defined alarm thresholds
Interactive, automatic response to the central
Rain Shut Down and Rain Re-Flow alarm responses