SENTINEL® CENTRAL CONTROL PRODUCT GUIDE
The Challenge: Effective Water Management
Putting together an efficient irrigation system is no small task. Concerns such as watering
precision, broken pipes and mainlines, or dealing with electrical shorts and power outages have
been problematic for landscape managers for decades. These along with increased competition
for water supplies, scarcity of resources, and recent irrigation mandates have left those in
irrigation management roles searching for the most efficient, yet simple, way of combating all of
these issues.
The Solution: Sentinel Central Control
The Toro Sentinel System was introduced in 2002 and has established itself in the marketplaces
as one of the leaders in wireless communication for central control systems. Sentinel allows the
user to communicate to up to 999 satellite controllers wirelessly rather than forcing the customer
to install lengthy wire runs that tie field controllers together. Sentinel provides a variety of
Central Computer to Satellite communication options, including radio, Ethernet, telephone,
cellular, and others, so you can choose the one that best meets your site-specific needs or mix-
and-match across multiple sites.
Multiple Site Applications: Sentinel provides the ability to program, control, and monitor
multiple remote controllers from one location. Whether controlling one large, contiguous site
like a sports complex or housing association, or multiple remote sites like a school district or
parks & recreation department, a central control system provides easy, rapid access to the
irrigation system from a computer.
System Control: Sentinel allows all irrigation control actions to be carried out easily and
efficiently from a central location. Control actions such as adjusting runtimes to changing
weather conditions or stopping irrigation in the event of rain or high wind can be automatically
accomplished without requiring a technician to visit individual controllers. However, if a
technician is on-site and sees a need for programming changes, like shortening runtimes after a
grow-in period, true two-way communications allow changes to the program at the field
controller on-site and can also be uploaded to the central computer.
Sensor Integration: Sentinel can incorporate many different sensors, including flow sensors,
tipping rain cans, wind sensors, freeze sensors, and full weather-stations. These sensors and
instruments monitor site and climatic conditions and report to the central computer. Runtime
adjustments are automatically made based on these inputs and combined with information on
plant material and soil types. Sentinel Satellites can react automatically to readings outside of
pre-defined limits set by the system operator, like isolating stations when excessive flow
indicates a piping break.
Multiple Communication Options: A Sentinel system consists of a central computer, irrigation
controllers, sensors, weather stations, and a communication system that ties it all together. No
matter whether the central computer is located onsite or at a remote location, communication
options like radio, telephone, cellular, and Ethernet can be mixed and matched to meet system
needs.
| Categories | Sprinkler and Irrigation Manuals, Toro Sprinkler and Irrigation Manuals |
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| Tags | Toro Sentiel |
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| Language | English |
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