YFF-ACCSOLOAquaCheck SOLO LOGGER

AquaCheck Probe (BIIW) & SOLO Instruction Manual AUG 2010 www.aquacheck.co.za 2 AquaCheck (Pty) Ltd All rights reserved Neither whole nor any part of the information contained in this publication may be reproduced, transcribed or translated in any form, written or electronic for any purpose whatsoever without prior written consent of AquaCheck (Pty) Ltd. This publication is intended only to assist the reader in the use of the product. AquaCheck (Pty) Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information contained in this publication, or any error or omission in such information, or any incorrect use of the product. Version 1.1 AUG 2010. 3 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCY ELECTRO-MAGNETIC COMPLIANCE The BASIC II wireless probe, SOLO RTU, Analogue and MobiCheck versions of the AquaCheck probe have been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital devices, pursuant to the requirements of the CE rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to other radio communications. Operation of the devices described in this manual also complies with part 15 of FCC as well as IC compliancy rules and regulations and are therefore subject to the following two conditions: (1) these devices may not cause interference, and (2) these devices must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. EMC APPROVALS The BASIC, Analogue and MobiCheck versions of the AquaCheck probe have been tested and found to comply with the following EMC guidelines: IMMUNITY TESTING: IEC 61000-6-1 and IEC 61000-6-2
Electrical Fast Transients (EFT) - IEC 61000-4-4
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) - IEC 61000-4-2
Surges - IEC 61000-4-5
Radiated Susceptibility - IEC 801 –3
Voltage Dips and Interruptions - IEC 61000-4-11
Conducted Susceptibility - IEC 61000-4-6 EMISSIONS AND HARMONICS: CISPR 11/14/15/22 IEC 61000-3-3 and IEC 61000-3-2
Radiated Emissions
Conducted Emissions
Flicker
Harmonics 4 FCC & IC CONFORMITY ON THE WIRELESS LOGGER, BASIC II WIRELESS PROBE AND SOLO REMOTE TRANSMISSION APPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. (A) FCC ID: YFFACLOGGER; YFF-ACSOLO; YFF-ACPROBE FCC 15.21: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by AquaCheck will void the user's authority to operate the equipment. FCC 15.105: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. (B) IC ID: 8996A-ACLOGGER; 8996A-ACSOLO; 8996A-ACPROBE: Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. (RSS-Gen 7.1.5) 5 “...then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded...” Plato (423-347 BC). 6 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................8 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................9 2 Basic II Wireless System Components .........................................................................10 3 Probe construction .........................................................................................................12 4 General Statistics ...........................................................................................................13 5 Sensor Configuration .....................................................................................................13 6 Probe Settings .................................................................................................................13 7 Hand'held wireless logger .............................................................................................14 7.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................14 7.2 Menu Functions .......................................................................................................16 7.3 THE STEPS OF COMMISSIONING .....................................................................19 8 COMMISSIO,I,G STEPS I, DETAIL ....................................................................19 8.1 Charge the logger’s battery. .....................................................................................19 8.2 Record the unique ID of each Basic II probe PRO II. .............................................20 8.3 Program the ID’s into the Logger ............................................................................20 8.4 Program the current Time and Date into the Logger ...............................................21 8.5 Perform a Profile Log on all Programmed Profiles .................................................22 9 ADDITIO,AL FEATURES .........................................................................................23 9.1 Single Log ....................................................................................................…

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MODEL: ACSOLO_EXT-0 FCC ID: YFF-ACCSOLO IC: 8996A-ACSOLO This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

CC1101 SWRS061D Page 1 of 97 Low-Cost, Low-Power Sub-1 GHz RF Transceiver (Enhanced CC1100 ) Applications • Ultra low-power wireless applications operating in the 315/433/868/915 MHz ISM/SRD bands • Wireless alarm and security systems • Industrial monitoring and control • Wireless sensor networks • AMR – Automatic Meter Reading • Home and building automation • Wireless MBUS Product Description The CC1101 is a low-cost sub-1 GHz transceiver designed for very low-power wireless applications. The circuit is mainly intended for the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) and SRD (Short Range Device) frequency bands at 315, 433, 868, and 915 MHz, but can easily be programmed for operation at other frequencies in the 300-348 MHz, 387-464 MHz and 779-928 MHz bands. CC1101 is an improved and code compatible version of the CC1100 RF transceiver. The main improvements on the CC1101 include [1]: • Improved spurious response • Better close-in phase noise thus improved Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) performance • Higher input saturation level • Improved output power ramping • Extended frequency bands of operation, i.e. CC1100: 400-464 MHz and 800-928 MHz CC1101: 387-464 MHz and 779-928 MHz The RF transceiver is integrated with a highly configurable baseband modem. The modem supports various modulation formats and has a configurable data rate up to 500 kBaud. CC1101 provides extensive hardware support for packet handling, data buffering, burst transmissions, clear channel assessment, link quality indication, and wake-on-radio. The main operating parameters and the 64- byte transmit/receive FIFOs of CC1101 can be controlled via an SPI interface. In a typical system, the CC1101 will be used together with a microcontroller and a few additional passive components. 678910 2019181716 1 2 3 4 5 15 14 13 12 11 CC1101 This product shall not be used in any of the following products or systems without prior express written permission from Texas Instruments: (i) implantable cardiac rhythm management systems, including without limitation pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices, (ii) external cardiac rhythm management systems that communicate directly with one or more implantable medical devices; or (iii) other devices used to monitor or treat cardiac function, including without limitation pressure sensors, biochemical sensors and neurostimulators. Please contact [email protected] if your application might fall within the category described above. CC1101 SWRS061D Page 2 of 97 Key Features RF Performance • High sensitivity (–111 dBm at 1.2 kBaud, 868 MHz, 1% packet error rate) • Low current consumption (14.7 mA in RX, 1.2 kBaud, 868 MHz) • Programmable output power up to +10 dBm for all supported frequencies • Excellent receiver selectivity and blocking performance • Programmable data rate from 1.2 to 500 kBaud • Frequency bands: 300-348 MHz, 387-464 MHz and 779-928 MHz Analog Features • 2-FSK, GFSK, and MSK supported as well as OOK and flexible ASK shaping • Suitable for frequency hopping systems due to a fast settling frequency synthesizer; 90 μs settling time • Automatic Frequency Compensation (AFC) can be used to align the frequency synthesizer to the received centre frequency • Integrated analog temperature sensor Digital Features • Flexible support for packet oriented systems; On-chip support for sync word detection, address check, flexible packet length, and automatic CRC handling • Efficient SPI interface; All registers can be programmed with one “burst” transfer • Digital RSSI output • Programmable channel filter bandwidth • Programmable Carrier Sense (CS) indicator • Programmable Preamble Quality Indicator (PQI) for improved protection against false sync word detection in random noise • Support for automatic Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) before transmitting (for listen-before-talk systems) • Support for per-package Link Quality Indication (LQI) • Optional automatic whitening and de- whitening of data Low-Power Features • 400 nA sleep mode current consumption • Fast startup time; 240 μs from sleep to RX or TX mode (measured on EM reference design [2] and [3]) • Wake-on-radio functionality for automatic low-power RX polling • Separate 64-byte RX and TX data FIFOs (enables burst mode data transmission) General • Few external components; Completely on- chip frequency synthesizer, no external filters or RF switch needed • Green package: RoHS compliant and no antimony or bromine • Small size (QLP 4x4 mm package, 20 pins) • Suited for systems targeting compliance with EN 300 220 (Europe) and FCC CFR Part 15 (US) • Suited for systems targeting compliance with the Wireless MBUS standard EN 13757-4:2005 • Support for asynchronous and synchronous serial receive/transmit mode for backwards compatibility with existing radio communication protocols CC1101 SWRS061D Page 3 of 97 Abbreviations Abbreviations used in this data sheet are described below. ACP Adjacent Channel Power MSK Minimum Shift Keying ADC Analog to Digital Converter N/A Not Applicable AFC Automatic Frequency Compensation NRZ Non Return to Zero (Coding) AGC Automatic Gain Control OOK On-Off Keying AMR Automatic Meter Reading PA Power Amplifier ASK Amplitude Shift Keying PCB Printed Circuit Board BER Bit Error Rate PD Power Down BT Bandwidth-Time product PER Packet Error Rate CCA Clear Channel Assessment PLL Phase Locked Loop CFR Code of Federal Regulations POR Power-On Reset CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check PQI Preamble Quality Indicator CS Carrier Sense PQT Preamble Quality Threshold CW Continuous Wave (Unmodulated Carrier) PTAT Proportional To Absolute Temperature DC Direct Current QLP Quad Leadless Package DVGA Digital Variable Gain Amplifier QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying ESR Equivalent Series Resistance RC Resistor-Capacitor FCC Federal Communications Commission RF Radio Frequency FEC Forward Error Correction RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator FIFO First-In-First-Out RX Receive, Receive Mode FHSS Frequency H…

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Operational description – AquaCheck soil moisture probes. AquaCheck soil moisture probes are designed to measure the amount of moisture available to the plant. This is accomplished my measuring the dielectric change in the soil as the moisture increases or decreases. The dielectric change is measured as a change in capacitance across conductive rings situated on the inner wall of the probe. The measurement of the capacitance is achieved by resonating the rings (forming the capacitor) and an inductor at a very low level. The output of this tank circuit is fed to a divider and counter to measure the frequency on resonance. During normal operation the probe measures the soil moisture at 5,10,15,30 or 60 minute intervals. The probe may have 2, 4 or 6 sensors, depending on the model. Each sensor is turned on for approximately 300 milliseconds. This is done for each sensor in order from the top to the bottom sensor. The data from the sensors are processed and stored in non-volatile memory (Radio version) or retrieved via the data cable (non-radio probes). For the Radio probes, the radio normally wakes every 15 seconds for a period of 100 milliseconds. If another device is requesting the probe to wake up, the radio will stay awake for 20 seconds after the last interaction with the specific probe. Data is transferred to the requesting device (eg. a hand logger). The requesting device will request one log at a time, the probe responds with the data. This will continue until all the unread data is collected from the probe. The requesting device may also issue service commands to the probe. These will be setting the time/date, setting the logging interval and requesting a new reading.

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We , not as an int are in business may only be done EXT‐O AC‐CLASSIC‐S dicating that ing requireme EMC testing hips by provid embrace each terruption to . with the SDI the ents for ding h of set Page 2of 27 Report No.: 90751‐13 TABLE OF CONTENTS Administrative Information ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Test Report Information ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Report Authorization ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Test Facility Information ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Site Registration & Accreditation Information .......................................................................................................... 4 Summary of Results ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Conditions During Testing ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Equipment Under Test ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Peripheral Devices ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 FCC Part 15 Subpart C .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Temperature And Humidity During Testing............................................................................................................... 7 15.31(e) Voltage Variation ......................................................................................................................................... 7 15.31(m) Number Of Channels .................................................................................................................................. 7 15.33(a) Frequency Ranges Tested ............................................................................................................................ 7 15.203 Antenna Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 7 EUT Operating Frequency .......................................................................................................................................... 7 15.215 Occupied Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................... 8 15.249 Carrier Field Strength ................................................................................................................................... 10 15.249 Radiated Emissions ...................................................................................................................................... 13 RSS‐210 99% Bandwidth .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Supplemental Information .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Measurement Uncertainty ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Emissions Test Details .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Page 3of 27 Report No.: 90751‐13 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Test Report Information REPORT PREPARED FOR: REPORT PREPARED BY: AquaCheck (Pty) LTD Office 1, First Floor, 44 Oxford Dubanville 7550, South Africa Dianne Dudley CKC Laboratories, Inc. 5046 Sierra Pines Drive Mariposa, CA 95338 Representative: Emile Jordaan Project Number: 90751 DATE OF EQUIPMENT RECEIPT: June5, 2010 DATE(S) OF TESTING: June5 ‐ 14, 2010 Report Authorization The test data contained in this report documents the observed testing parameters pertaining to and are relevant for only the sample equipment tested in the agreed upon operational mode(s) and configuration(s) as identified herein. Compliance assessment remains the client’s responsibility. This report may not be used to claim product endorsement by A2LA or any government agencies. This test report has been authorized for release under quality control from CKC Laboratories, Inc. Steve Behm Director of Quality Assurance & Engineering Services CKC Laboratories, Inc. Page 4of 27 Report No.: 90751‐13 Test Facility In…

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