ADR Controller Installation and Operating Instructions

The ADR Controller is a microprocessor that allows the greenhouse crop

production manager to repeatedly meet their crops ideal Daily Light Integrals or

DLI for short. It does this by recognizing ambient sunlight levels and instantly

turning your Inda-Gro lights on or off based on those conditions.

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By following these installation instruction your ADR Controller will provide you

with many years of trouble free service as a vital tool to maintaining the ideal

lighting conditions to meet repeatable crop production values. ADR Controller

The ADR Controller works in conjunction with two other components. Those other two components

are the Main Sensor which detects how much sunlight is entering the greenhouse and a Panel

Controller that operates the customers main lighting contactor which will turn on and off all the

supplemental lights in the greenhouse. The Main Sensor and Panel Controller do not require an

ADR Controller to operate and may be used with other manufacturers SCADA based control systems.

ADR System Components

Here we show one example of a typical customer provided electrical

distribution panel board in a commercial greenhouse. This particular

panel is rated at 120/208 volt, 3 phase, 4 wire and is equipped with a

lighting contactor that controls all of the branch circuits which then

services all of the greenhouses supplemental lighting systems.

The Main Sensor-Controller will control any

single or three phase electrical distribution

service rated between 120-277 volts that has

a lighting contactor. The universal power

supply mounted on the Panel Controller

requires 120-240 volt circuits for control

power.

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Installed Panel Controller

showing the in panel RJ45 low

voltage wiring interface to the

Main Sensor

If this installation does not represent your particular electrical distribution system other options would

include installing the Panel Controller in a junction box and bringing an unswitched 120-277 volt

power circuit to that junction box. This junction box should be sized large enough to house the Panel

Controller and a lighting contactor that would service a residential type load center. Consult with a

licensed electrician with assistance in determining junction box size and local code requirements.

Uninstalled Panel Controller

Main Sensor showing external

RJ45 low voltage wiring interface

1. Electrical Lighting Distribution Panel - Existing or customer supplied. The Electric Panel may be single or three phase

at any supply voltage compatible with the switched lighting loads.

2. Main Lighting Contactor - Existing or customer supplied. The Lighting Contactor switches all branch circuits from

within the Electrical Panel. Route existing Contactor coil power through the NO contacts on the Panel Controller

Relay.

3. Panel Controller (PN#DHMSC) - The Panel Controller can be mounted inside a standard depth electrical distribution

panel 5.75" deep or in a separate enclosure. The low voltage wiring has been completed on the Panel Controller

backboard. The client must supply line voltage power to the universal power supply, connect the pre-wired CAT6

cable which comes to the RJ45 coupler to pass the connection through the cabinet and complete a CAT6 cable

connection to the ADR Controller or the Main Sensor if the ADR is not being used.

4. ADR Controller (PN#ADRC) - The ADR Controller acts as the brains to recognize light levels which the Main Sensor

detects and communicates to the ADR. When the ADR senses that the light levels are too low to meet the crops Daily

Light Levels (DLI) than is will switch the lights on if the levels have not been met or off if the levels for that day have

been met. All the wiring to the ADR Controller is low voltage with the interconnection of the Main Sensor and the

Panel Controller being done by low voltage connections to a series of ports underneath the ADR Controller.

5. Main Sensor (PN#DHMSC) - The Main Sensor should be installed sensor face up inside the greenhouse near the

apex where it will receive an unobstructed view of the available sunlight. Using customer provided CAT6 wiring and

RJ45 connections the Main Sensor may be installed within 1000 feet of the ADR Controller. Longer distances may be

run but you should consult with us where voltage drop beyond those distances may require paralleling of the signal

wiring. There is no maintenance necessary to the Main Sensor other than an occasional cleaning of the sensor with a

clean dry rag.

The Main Sensor does not require a separate power supply. It is powered by a 12v DC circuit generated off of either

the ADR Controller or the Panel Controller if the ADR Controller is not in use. The Main Sensor is calibrated to sense

and send uMole/s values in the 400-700nm regions.

When the Main Sensor is installed with the ADR Controller the High/Low switch on the Main Sensor is disabled and this

control setting is performed by the ADR Controller. The High/Low switch mounted on the Main Sensor functions when

used in an analogue application where the ADR Controller has not been installed in the circuit. In those cases the High

setting will turn the lights on when ambient light levels fall below 560 uMoles and turn off the lights at 650 uMoles. In

the Low setting those ambient levels fall below 370 uMoles for lights on and 430 uMoles to turn off the lights. As with

the ADR Controller the Main Sensor uses fuzzy logic in that the ambient light levels must be sustained for 5 minutes in

order to trigger the switching.

Block Wiring Diagram

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ADR Controller Customer Provided External CAT6 and RJ45 Connections

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Installed RJ45 Coupler

showing the internal wiring

to the Panel Controller

All customer provided low voltage wiring that will be installed between the

ADR Controller, the Panel Controller and the Main Sensor utilizes the

standard CAT 6 wiring assignment (TIA-568-B) terminations and must be

installed to interconnect the components and terminated per that

standard and as shown here.

The Main Sensor may be attached

to any structural support or

suspended via chain or cable. A

customer provided CAT 6

connection must be made between

the ADR Controller and the Main

Sensor.

System Components Installation

The ADR Controller is usually installed at or near the lighting electrical

panel however it may be installed within 1000 feet of the Panel Controller.

The ADR Controller is powered from the 12 volt AC power supply located

on the Panel Controller through the CAT6-RJ45 low voltage connection.

There is no need to connect any external line or low voltage power supply

to the ADR Controller.

ADR Controller Function Switches and Port Connections

After all low voltage wiring has been completed turn on the ADR

Controller with the toggle switch at the bottom of the box. The reset

button is located to the left of the on/off button should the screen

ever lock up.

There are six RJ45 ports on the bottom of the box. A basic

installation will require that only two of the ports be used. Port Five

connects to the Main Sensor and Port Six connects to the Panel

Controller. See the Block Diagram for additional instructions.

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ADR Controller Program Setup

Start Screen: Once the ADR Controller is seeing

the low voltage power signal from the CAT 6 cable

you’ve installed between the Panel Controller and

the ADR Controller at Port 6 and you have also tied

in the Main Sensor to Port 5 you are ready to turn

the ADR Controller on. Simply move the toggle

switch on the bottom of the ADR Controller to the

‘on’ position and the unit will boot up.

Start Screen

Main Screen is the screen that during normal operations

will be the screen you use to monitor daily operations and

light levels. If the screen is dim simply touch any portion

of the screen and the screen will return to full bright.

We have two factory default settings we use to test the

units prior to shipping. The first setting is a Low Activation

Range and the other would be a Target Moles/Day value

of 10. Go to the Settings screen to change these values

for you specific crop production values. Main Screen.

Quick Tip 1:

From the Main Screen touching any of the labels will open the Help Page for that item.

This is a real time value of the sunlight intensity which is striking the Main

Sensor and will constantly be changing as sunlight conditions vary.

This value represents the number of total uMoles that have struck the Main

Sensor throughout the day as a total Moles per Day value.

This value represents the total number uMoles that have reached the canopy

from both sunlight and the supplemental lights.

This side of the screen displays user defined values that are entered from the Settings Screen.

Here the user chose a target value of 25 Moles per Day and the Low Activation Range.

Manual Override will override all automatic settings. A Manual Override

command will remain in effect until the user returns the program to AUTO.

In AUTO mode the ADR Controller will perform all preprogrammed instruction when a

5 minute sustained conditions warrants the lights to be turned on or off during the

photoperiod. In TEST mode the user can see the ADR Controller perform the same

preprogrammed function with just a 10 second countdown. The countdown clock

located between the buttons will show the countdown time once the action is

scheduled to be performed.

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Choose the Settings/DLI screen to:

• Set photoperiod on/off times in 15 minute increments.

• Set crop specific DLI in 5 Moles/Day increments.

• Set crop specific High or Low Activation Ranges.

• Once the Target Moles/Day value has been reached the

lights will not come back on again during that photoperiod.

Quick Tip 2:

Be as accurate as possible in setting up

these values. It will make all the

difference in the data you acquire for

determining future crop production values.

SETTINGS OPTIONS: Here you will be given three

options to customize your ADR Controller setup.

DLI (Daily Light Integral) option will allow you to set

the Mole/Day values that your specific crop requires

for consistent production light levels. This button will

also allow you to set your Photoperiod on/off times

and either the High or Low Activation Range setting.

Lights option will ask you to tell the ADR Controller

how many of our Pro-420 lights you will be installing

and how large of an area (crop area) each light is

intended to cover.

System option sets regional date and clock times.

Settings Options Screen

Choose the Settings/Lights screen to:

• Select which Inda-Gro fixture you are installing.

• Set total number of lights which the ADR Controller will be

controlling.

• Set the average crop area each of these lights will cover as

supplemental light to sunlight in either square feet or meters.

Choose the Settings/System screen to:

• Set regional time and dates.

• Set wireless SSID connection if available and desired.

• Set wireless network security type.

• Set user name and password, for wireless connectivity.

• Allows web based monitoring of multiple ADR Controllers

Quick Tip 3: Once you determine the Moles/Day values that meet optimum crop production values

we recommend setting the lights off time past sunset. This way if the crops still need

supplemental light levels to meet the target Moles/Day values the lights will be able to do so.

ADR Controller Program Setup

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Quick Tip 4:

The best repeatable crop production will come from data acquired under successful harvests.

Pay attention to how much light is making it to the Main Sensor. What this information can

tell you is how to set your Targeted Moles/Day Values and Photoperiod to achieve consistent

year round crop production values without using power when natural sunlight is available.

The purpose of the Data Logs is to have a historical

record to how much light made it to your plants over a

given period and to tell you how much of the light came

from the sun and how much of that light came from the

supplemental lights.

This screen represents a 7 day running total of

accumulated values. Click on the Monthly tab to review

previous weekly/monthly totals.

ADR Controller Data Logs

By toggling the 7 Day Log backwards you will go back

each week until you hit the previous month. In this log

the user can see what the monthly The purpose of the

Data Logs is to have a historical record to how much

light made it to your plants over a given period and to

tell you how much of the light came from the sun and

how much of that light came from the supplemental

lights.