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Light*Seasons
GPSbasedLightController
UserManual
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Operation
YournewLightSeasonsisaneventscheduler,muchlikeamultitaskingalarmclock.IthasaninternalReal-Time-Clock(RTC)to
accuratelyschedule,andreliablyexecutedailyevents.Whentriggered,thepreprogrammedtaskwilleitherenergize/release
theLoaddevice.LightSeasonsisanexcellentfitforaSolar-PoweredLightController.
LightSeasonsdividestheyearintoeightuniqueschedules,orSeasons.EachSeasonhasfourprogrammabletasks/events
repeatedeveryday.TheDefaulttasksaretailoredfornight-timelighting.TheSeasonstartdate(month/day)isuser
programmable.Overalldurationisdefinedbythisdate,andtheStartDateofthenextseason.Toincreaseorshortena
Season’sextent,modifytheStartDateoritsneighbor’s.Seasonsarelabeledonethrueight,andarealwaysexecutedinorder.
SeasonOnebeginsJanuaryFirst.December31stendsSeasonEight.ShouldSeasonsover-lap,thelowerSeasonisexecuted.
Thefourtriggerevents(numberedzerothruthree)operateindependentofoneanother.Foreachtriggerdefinesascheduled
time(hour:minute),andatask(ONorOFF).Witheverynewminute,allthetriggersarereviewedlookingforatimematch.The
searchbeginswithTriggerZero.Andonlythefirst‘match’isperformed;onetaskperminuteisallowed.
NOTE:ATASKisEXECUTEDONLYATTHEPREPROGRAMMEDTIME.‘Time-Ranges’areimpliedwithONatthistime,andOFFat
thattime.However,thisisnothowthisdeviceoperates.ItdoesNotRangechecktoverifytheLoadstatebetweentriggers.
ForaccuracyandreliabilitytheinternalRTCisdrivenfromquartzcrystal.Andtoincreaseease,andreduceambiguity,theRTC
operatesona24hourclock.ItdoesnotacceptAMorPMvalues.ForallPMentries,addtwelve(12)tothePMhour.Forexample
5:00PMis17:00hours.AndMidnightis0:00.TheintendedLightSeasonspowersourceisalargecapacitybattery…thusthere’s
nointernalbattery.Thepresenttimeislostwiththelackofpower.Asaprecautionduringabriefpoweroutage,therestored
time/dateisrecoupedfromthelastsavedvalue.Theactivetimeissavedevery½hour,andthenewDateissavedat
midnight.
AGPS(GlobalPositionSatellite)ReceivercomesstandardwithLightSeasons.
TheGPSistheeasiest,error-freewaytoupdatetheTime,Date,andLocation.Thereareno
settings,switches,and/orparameterstoset…it’sPlug-N-Play!Thissmallblackpodhasa6ft
(1.84m)cablewithamatingPS2connector.InsertitintotheLightSeasonsnotingthecorrect
orientation.Placethepodintheopenarea(asmuchaspossible).TheGPSishighlysensitive,
andwillsoondetectSatellitesoverhead.Itisequippedwithanindicatorlight:Whenlitsolid,
theReceiverispowered.Whenflashing,itissyncedtoasatellite.Note:TheincludedGPS
Modelmayvary.ThisGPSpictureisforreferenceonly.
Procedureto‘Auto-SettheTimeandDate.
SimplyplugtheGPSintotheLightSeasons;Itisacceptabletoconnect/disconnecttheGPSwiththepoweron.
Thisproceduremaytakeseveralminutestocomplete:
1. LightSeasonsmustbeon.
2. TheGPSlightwillilluminate,indicatingithaspower.
3. LightSeasonswillconfirmitscommunicatingwiththeGPSbyactivatingtheLoadOutput(Lightscomeon).
4. TheGPSwillbegintoFlashwhenit’s‘sync’s’withaSatellite.
5. WaitforLightSeasonstotoggle(blink)theLoad/LightsOnfor1secondandOfffor1second.ThisindicatestheGPS
time,date,andGeo-Coordinatesarereceivedandsaved.
6. RemembertounplugtheGPS,foritisaPowerDrain!TheLoad/LightswillcontinuetoonorblinkwhiletheGPSis
active.
7. Note:Thetime/dateprovidedbytheGPSisperZuluorGreenwichMeanTime.ThusthecorrectZulu(GMT)timezoneoffsetmustbesavedpriortoacquiringtheGPStime;theZulu_AdjustdefaultisPacificStandardTime(-7
hours).ModifyZulu_AdjustwiththeLongitude-Latitude(ll)command.
8. Note:TheGPSwillnotupdatethedayoftheweek.
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InconcertwiththeGPS,usethedefaultSeasonsandTriggers.LightSeasonsalreadyhastheyear
scheduledfordusktodawnlighting.Theobjectiveistoturnonthelightsinthedimmedhoursofsunset.Theyremainlit
tillaftermidnight.Andthenre-illuminateintheearlyhoursbeforesunrise.Thesetriggersarepreprogrammedinto
LightSeasons,readytouse,directfromthefactory.SeetheSeasonDefaultsindetailonpage6.Torestorefactory
settings,ustheDefaultSeasonsdscommand.
ProgrammingandCommands
LightSeasonhasafundamentalsetofusercommands.Theserequestswillprovidethecurrentstatus,and/or
configurethecontrolparameters.TheusermustfirstestablishCommunicationtothedevice;seeUserInterface/CommPort.
Herearethegeneralrulesforenteringacommandorrequest:
• Aprompt’>’ willqueryforthenextuserrequest.Itmustbepresenttotypeacommand.
• Allcommandsareuniquetwo-characterabbreviations,thispromotesveryquickentry.
• Eachcommandisexecutedafterthe<enterkeyispressed.
• Typingthecommandonly,returnsitscurrentstatus.Thesamecommandfollowedbyparameters(orvalues)will
updatetheinternalvariables.AllnewvaluesareimmediatelysavedinNon-VolatileMemory.
• Allcommandparametersareseparatedbyasinglespace.
• Unrecognizedcommandsgeta’?’(questionmark)reply.
• Press<entertorepeatthelastcommand;alsoitwillindextothenextseasonwhenapplicable.
• Enter‘??’foraquickHelpScreen.
Time
Thecurrenttimeisviewedbyenteringthecommandtm<enter.Thetimeisdisplayedintheformathr:mn:sc
Tomodifythetime,usethesametmcommand,onlyfollowedbythreevaluesforhours,minutes,andseconds.Hoursare
specifiedasa24hourclockonly…AMandPMarenotused.Thefollowingexamplechangesthetimeto13minutes,45seconds
past8intheevening:
tm201345<(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
Date
Thedateisaccessedinasimilarmanner.Toviewthecurrentdateenterdt<enter.Thedateisdisplayedasmn/dy/yr
ToChangethedatefollowthedtcommandwiththreevaluesformonth,dayandyear.Thefollowingexamplesetsthedateto
February29th,2012:
dt2292012<(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
SeasonsandTriggers
Theactiveseasonisdisplayedusinges<enter.Byrepeatingthiscommand(withanother<enter)willautomatically
advancetothenextseason.ThemostrecentseasonviewedremainsactivewhileaUserexchangeinisprocess.TheSeason
Status(seenextpage)revealsthefirstandlastdate,andtheparticularsofitsTriggerEvents.ToChangethestartdatefollow
theescommandwiththreevaluesthatrepresenttheseason-index,month,andday.Thefollowingexamplesetsthefourth
seasontobeginMay17th:
es4517<(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
TheendofaseasonisdefinedbytheStartDateofthenext.Seasonsareadvancedinnumericalorder.Intermediateseasons
maybereducedtoasingleday,andseveralseasonsmayoccupythesamedate.
Triggersareindexedzerothruthree.Theyareexecutedbasedsolelyontheirassociatedtime,Yet,onlyonetriggerisexecuted
pergivenminute;andthelowerindexhaspriority.ModifyingTriggersisonlyrelevanttothepresentactiveseason.Tomodifya
trigger,usetheetcommandfollowedbytrigger-index,hour,minute,andtask(OneisOn,andZeroisOFF).
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ProgrammingCommands
Season’sFirstDay
Season’sLastDay
Season
Season
Status
FourTriggers;
Indexed0-3
TriggerOutcomes
TriggerTimes;
Hour:Minute
24Houronly
WeekDays
LightSeasonscanenableordisabletheTriggersbyweekday.Duringnormaloperation,ifadayisdisabled,all
triggersareignored.EachSeasonhasauniqueWeekdayGlobalEnablethatturnsthisfilterOn(orOff).When
theGlobalEnableisactive,thatSeason’sStatuswillincludetheWeekdayField.Enableddaysarerepresented
byletters.DisabledDaysaredots.InputparametersrepresentWeekdaysbynumericalvalue,whereoneis
Sunday,andsevenisSaturday.Inallcasestomodifyanenable,oneistoactivate,andazerotodisable.
Todisplaythepresentweekday,IssuetheWeekDaycommandwd<enterwithnoparameters.
TheWeekDayandoneparametersetstheweekday.
Toen/disableacertainday,usetwoparameters.Thefirstparameteristheday.Thesecondtheenable.
Toen/disabletheWeekdayGlobalusethreeparameters.Specifyarangeofseasonswherethe1st
parameter=1stseasonandthe2ndparameter=finalseason.The3rdparameterequalstheenable/disable.
Ifthe1stor2ndparametersarezeros,thentheactiveseasonissubstituted.
CAUTION!!
The present
Weekday
is NOT
available
from the GPS.
WeekDayField.
SeenOnlywhen
GlobalisEnabled.
AllTriggersare
ignoredon
Thursday’s
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Programming andCommands
CommandReference
(Acceptablevaluerangeshowninparentheses)
CMD
Param1
Param2
Param3
Param4
dp
ds
dt
Month
(1–12)
Day
(1-31)
Year
(fourdigits)
es
Season
(1–8)
StartMonth
(1–12)
StartDay
(1–31)
et
Trigger
(0–3)
Hour
(0–23)
Minute
(0–59)
ll
Latitude
(x100)
Longitude
(x100)
ZuluTimeAdj
(+/-12)
lt
tm
Hour
(0–23)
Minute
(0–59)
Second
(0–59)
tc
FromSeason
(1-8)
ToSeason
(0–8)
wd
WeekDay
(1–7)
DailyEn/Dis
(1=ON,0=OFF)
GlobalEn/Dis
(1=ON,0=OFF)
zz
DESCRIPTION/ACTION
DefaultParameters
Reset/Restoreenvironmentvariablesto
theirdefaultvalues.
DefaultSeasons
Reset/Restoretheseasonsandtriggersto
theirdefaultvalues.
Date
View/Updatethecurrentdate;
EditSeason
View/Select/DefineaSeason.
Parametersdefineaseason’sbegindate.
Task
EditTrigger
(1=ON,0=OFF) View/ModTriggersforthecurrentSeason.
Parametersdefinetimeandtask.
LatitudeLongitude
View/DefineGeoCoordinates.
ZuluTime-ZoneAdjust:i.e.PST=-7hours
Light
ToggletheOutputOnandOff.
Time
View/Updatethecurrenttime;
Formatis24-houronly!NoAMorPM!
TriggerCopy
Copytriggersfromoneseasontoanother;
Ifdestinationiszero,copytoallseasons.
WeekDay
View/Updatethecurrentdayoftheweek.
Setcurrentwkday(noparam2or3)
ResetController
Time/Datereturntolastsavedvalues.
Note:Pressseveralrapid<enter’stoawaketheLightSeasonsfromitslow-powerslumber.Thecommandprompt(>)
indicatessuccess.YounowhaveLightSeasons’attention.Low-powermodeisre-enteredtenminutesafterthelastuser
interaction.
Note:RemembertounplugtheGPS,foritisaPowerDrain!TheLoad/LightsareON/blinkwhiletheGPSisactive.
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DefaultSeasons
SEASON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
StartDate
Jan1st
Feb15th
Apr1st
May16th
June30th
Aug14th
Sept28th
Nov12th
Trigger0
5:00
ON
5:00
ON
4:00
ON
4:00
ON
4:00
ON
4:00
ON
5:00
ON
5:00
ON
Trigger1
9:00
OFF
7:45
OFF
6:30
OFF
5:45
OFF
6:00
OFF
6:45
OFF
7:45
OFF
9;00
OFF
Trigger2
17:45
ON
19:00
ON
19:45
ON
20:30
ON
20:30
ON
19:30
ON
18:00
ON
17:00
ON
Trigger3
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
1:00
OFF
DefaultParameters
Time12:00:00
WeekdayWednesday
DateJune15th,2011
Latitude45.87N
Longitude122.50W
ZuluAdj-7hours(PST)
WeekdayEnables:allareactive.
WeekdayGlobal:disabled.
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UserInterface/CommPort
PS2Port
AserialportprovidesLightSeasonswithacommunicationpath.Thruit
LightSeasonsisabletointerfacewithaGPSreceiver,Bluetooth,and/or
USB.TheCommPortisthePS2CircularDINconnector.Ithascustompinout.ThisisNotaMousePort.ToinserttheMalePS2connector,orientthe
embossedarrow(s)toTwelveO’clock,orawayfromthecasemounting
flange.
ATerminalEmulatoristheprogramorplatformtotalkwithLightSeasons.Therationaleistoprovideasimpleandbasic
interface.Theavailabilityofthesoftwareandhardwaretoolsaremainstream.Thus,Userfamiliarityislikely.Andthevital
componentsareacquiredeffortlessly.
AndroidCellPhoneandBluetooth.
SoftwareRequirements:FromtheAndroidMarket,downloadthefree‘app’BTerm,bySENA.BTermisaterminal
emulatorforcommunicatingwirelesslyoverBluetooth.You’llfindtheCompleteBTermmanualatthefollowing
website:www.sena.com/download/manual_bterm/connection.html
BTermactiveonaMotorolaDroid2
FireFly
(RN-240M)
HardwareRequirements:AnAndroidphoneofcourse.AndthepopularFireFly™USB-to-Serialadapter(RN-240M);
madebyRovingNetworks.FireFly’sarepreprogrammed,readytouse,andavailabletopurchasefromourwebsiteat:
http://www.xofw.com/lightseasons.html
GiveLightSeason’sBluetoothcapabilitybyinsertingtheFireFlyintotheDB9F/PS2adapter(that’sprovided),andthen
intoPS2port.(ForFireFly’spurchasedelsewhere,programthemtothePortSettingsseenonthenextpage.)
USE:
AccessyourPHONE’sBluetoothManager.TurnBluetoothon,and‘Pair’ittotheFireFly;Typicallythisisdonethru
‘ScanforDevices’.AndthedefaultPassCodeis1234.ItisnormalforthePhonetoindicatethatitis‘Paired”but
notconnected.
StarttheBTermApp.
AccesstheBluetoothManagerinOptions.
Presstheconnecttobutton.PressSelect.
MakesureBondedDeviceScanisactive,thenpressStartScan
SelecttheFireFly.Pressconnectto
Themainscreenwilldisplaytheelapsingtime.
Pressthe<enterkeyrapidlytowaketheLightSeasonsfromits
sleep.
TheCommandPrompt> willindicatesuccess.
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UserInterface/Communications
PCorLaptop
SoftwareRequirements:thepopularWindowsprogram
HyperTerm(orsimilar)willwork.HyperTermiscompatible
withallflavorsofWindows.Andyoucanfindacopyand
installinstructionsatxofw.lskdflksjdlfkj.com
HardwareRequirements:TheUserprovidesthecommunicationcablenecessarybetweenthePCtothe
LightSeasonscontroller.FornewerPC/Laptop’s,useaUSB-to-SerialAdaptercable(notincluded).They’recommon,
inexpensive,andreadilyavailableinthemarketplace.Watch-outforthereallycheapones,fortheydon’tworkwith
Windows7!!!Thisonedoeswork:GWCUC320USB1.1.AttachittotheDB9F/PS2provided,andinsertintothe
LightSeasons
USE
Note:Priortouse,plugtheUSBintotheLaptopandinstall
theproperdriver.
WiththeUSBintheLaptop,attachtheSerialendtothe
LightSeasons.
OpenHyperTermandstartaNewConnection.
SelecttheCOMxPortthatisassociatedtheUSBtoSerial;
it’slikelyHyperTermwilldoitforyou.
TheproperPortSettingsareshownabove.
Themainscreenwilldisplaytheelapsingtime.
Pressthe<enterkeyrapidlytowaketheLightSeasons
fromitsslumber.
TheCommandPrompt> willindicatesuccess.
LightSeasoncommandsarenowaccepted.
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Specifications
LightSeasonshasafourwireinterface:twoforDevicePower(Battery+)andaCommon(Battery-orGnd.There’soneforthe
LoadPowerSource(aninput),andonefortheSwitchedLoad/Lightsoutput.Thislightcontrollerispoweredsolelyfroman
externalsource;Nointernalbatteriesarerequired.Becauseofitsminusculepowerdraw,LightSeasonswillcontinuetooperate
onaseverelydischarged12Voltbattery.
Condition
Value
Tolerance
Notes
+12Vdcto+14Vdc,Regulated Max:+16VdcMin:+10.2Vdc Tailoredto+12VBatteries.
DevicePower
11mATypicalAverage
9maasleep,22maawake FullyAwakewhileCommPortActive
TareCurrent
ACnottolerated.
LoadPowerSource +5Vdcto+24Vdc
2Amax
OverCurrentProtectionRequired.
LoadCurrent
+5Vdc@80mA
+/-0.5Vdc
UsedtopowertheGPSorBluetooth
PS2Power
RS-232,3wire
19200Baud,8bit,1stop,NoParity
PS2Comm
REDWire
18AWG,UL1007,20inches
DevicePower+/Battery+
Battery+
Battery-
Power+
Light+
BLACKWire
18AWG,UL1007,20inches
Common/Battery-
WHITEWire
BLUEWire
18AWG,UL1007,20inches
18AWG,UL1007,20inches
LoadPower+Source(samecommon)
Light+/Load+(samecommon)
MechanicalLayout
MountingHoles:2
FastenerSize:#8Screw(notincluded)
Warranty.XactrixofWashingtonwarrantiesthe
LightSeasonsLightControllerforoneyear.
Shouldthisproductmalfunctionorfail,please
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policiespageatwww.xofw.com
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