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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.
Inda-Gro Induction Lights
Toll Free: 877.452.2244
www.inda-gro.com
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.
Inda-Gro Induction Lights
Toll Free: 877.452.2244
www.inda-gro.com
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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
Inda-Gro Induction Grow Lights
Toll Free: 877.452.2244
www.inda-gro.com
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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.