Installing a Flow Sensor Using a Custom K-Factor & Offset

The NLP has most common flow meters saved as preset SD-110 configurations for ease of set-up. For customers with non-standard meters, a Custom K & Offset must be set.

Install SD-110

1. Navigate to   → 2-Wire → Decoder
2. Click
3. Select Discover new decoders (MK3 only)

Configure Universal Sensor Decoder with Custom K & Offset

1. Navigate to → 2-Wire→Configuration→ IO
2. Find Custom FS1
3. Replace words K-Factor & Offset with appropriate K-Factor & Offset values. If your offset is negative, replace the '+' with a '-'.
4. Click SAVE
5. Navigate to → 2-Wire→IO
6. Find address of appropriate SD-110 by using search or filtering Type for Input
7. Use to edit & select Configure
8. Select Custom FS1 & click SAVE
9. For users adding more than 1 flow sensor, repeat steps 1-8 using "Custom FS2" to "Custom FS10".
   

Match Flow Sensor to a Pipe in Hydraulics

1. Navigate to   → Irrigation controller → Hydraulics
2. Click under Rule for the "Main" pipe you'll add the flow sensor to. For customers with >1 flow sensor, select the Rule of the appropriate Main or Sub-Main
3. This action will automatically create a flow rule. Mark the Active flag as Off for now. 
4. Click CREATE
5. Click FLOW SENSOR
6. Click
7. Open the IO dropdown and select the address of SD-110 installed with flow sensor.
8. Click CREATE

To access a list of preset flow meter types, use the following link:

Installing a Standard Flow Sensor