WeatherTRAK ET Pro3 Getting Started Manual - page 28
WeatherTRAK Troubleshooting Guide
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Alert Type
Abbr.
Severity Definition/Possible Causes
Controller Action
Possible Remedies
How to Clear
ValveOver
Current*
OC
Major
Thecurrentdrawforassinglevalve
solenoidhasexceededthestation
electricalthreshold.Seecontroller
manualforspecificthreshold.
Possiblecauses:
•Afailingsolenoid.
•Anickedwireisexposedtowet
soil.
•Twostationsarebridgedintoone
stationoutputandthecurrent
drawistoohigh.
Thecontrollerstops
irrigationforthespe-
cificvalveandraises
aValveOverCurrent
Alertonthevalve.If
thevalveistheMaster
Valve,allirrigation
stops.IfitisthePump
Startvalve,irrigation
stopsunlessthepro-
gramhasPumpStart
Excluded.
•Disconnectthesolenoidfromthefield
wireandconductanOhmstesttoseeif
solenoidisdefective.IfOhmsreadingis
lessthan10Ohmsreplacethesolenoid.
•Useawiretrackertolocateafieldwire
spliceandreplace.
•Removeoneoftwobridgedstations.
Atthecontroller,selecttheALERTSmenu.
ViewtheVALVESTATUSscreen.Pressthe*
buttontoclearallvalvealerts.
or
GotoManagepageinWeatherTRAK.netand
select“ClearFlowandElectricalalerts”.
Seenotebelowabouttheautomaticclearing
ofvalvealerts.
ValveNo
Connect
NC
Major
Thecurrentdrawforavalvesole-
noidisbelow75mA.
Possiblecauses:
•ThenumberofMaxActiveStations
exceedsthenumberofstations
physicallyconnectedtothecon-
troller.
•Aribboncablebetweenstation
PCBsispartiallydisconnectedor
stationkeysaremissing.
•Nofieldwireisconnectedtoa
specificstationoutput.
•Thefieldwireterminatedinthesta-
tionoutputisnotmakingproper
contact.
•Thefieldwireisbrokenorthereisa
corrodedorfailedsplice.
Thecontrollercannot
operatethisvalve
andwillraiseaNo
ConnectAlertonthe
valve.Ifthevalveis
theNormallyClosed
MasterValve,noir-
rigationwilloccur.
•ReducethenumberofMaxActivesta-
tionsintheSETUPmenu.
•Re-insertorrepairtheribboncableand
verifysufficientstationkeys.
•Ifvalvesolenoidshavelowcurrent
draw,bridgetwovalvestoonestation
output.
•ConductanOhmstestonafieldwire
whilethesolenoidremainsdiscon-
nected.IfOhmsvalueishigherthat10
Ohms,afieldwireorbadspliceexists.
IfOhmsreadingonsolenoidisgreater
than100,replacethesolenoid.
Atthecontroller,selecttheALERTSmenu.
ViewtheVALVESTATUSscreen.Pressthe*
buttontoclearallvalvealerts.
or
GotoManagepageinWeatherTRAK.netand
select“ClearFlowandElectricalalerts”.
Seenotebelowabouttheautomaticclearing
ofvalvealerts.
System Alerts continued