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Rain Bird PAR+ES Sat Decoder Controller

Rain Bird PAR+ES Sat Decoder Controller

The PAR+ES Sat Decoder combines the features and benefits of a satellite controller with those of a decoder system. The resulting advantages for the user include:

  • Easy Installation
  • Reduced Installation Costs
  • Easy Expansion

 

Features

Simple to Install

  1. Install the controller
  2. Connect a decoder to the nearest wire path
  3. Program controller with decoder address

Easy to Use and Troubleshoot

  • Uses up to 90 percent fewer wires than conventional hardwire systems
  • Built-in diagnostic tools
  • Compatible with all Rain Bird Golf Decoders
  • Simply attach new decoder to wire path
  • Operates as a standalone controller or add a Rain Bird Central Control System for greater control
  • Operates up to 72 decoder addresses

 


About IC System™

Integrated Control From Anywhere | Make Your Investment Work Smarter

You can’t be everywhere at once. The Rain Bird® Integrated Control System (IC System) changed the remote irrigation game and continues to offer intelligent benefits other systems can’t match. Connect your Central Control directly to rotors and valves to streamline installations, check diagnostics and troubleshoot from anywhere via smartphone, tablet or computer. Make the smarter choice with IC System for powerful, precise property management.

Intelligent Communication

  • In an easy-to-use design, IC CONNECT™ simplifies course management. Collect crucial data from the field and centralize control of greens fans, lighting, fountains and water features.

Intuitive Connection

  • Your Central Control directly connects to your rotors and valves and minimizes complexities, simplifies troubleshooting, saves on labor costs and improves aesthetics by eliminating satellites and hubs from your course.

Instant Confidence

  • Advanced two-way communication from the field to your Central Control catches issues before they become problems and provides assurance your system is working–so you can focus on success.

About Rain Bird

Rain Bird Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services headquartered in Azusa, California. The privately held company was founded in 1933 during California’s agricultural boom.  Since the beginning, Rain Bird has produced and offered the industry’s broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes in more than 130 countries around the world.

Over the past eight decades, Rain Bird has been awarded more than 450 patents worldwide, including the first in 1935 for the original horizontal action impact drive sprinkler (U.S. Patent #1,997,901), which revolutionized the food production industry and ushered in a new era in irrigation. In fact, the original impact sprinkler was designated a historic landmark in 1990 by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Rain Bird’s engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and sales teams have worked together to develop innovative water-conserving products that include irrigation sprinklers, dripline, pumps, and timers/controllers. Today, we offer over 4,000 water-saving irrigation products and services with offices and manufacturing facilities in Arizona, Alabama, Mexico, France, and elsewhere around the world.

Our commitment to The Intelligent Use of Water™ shows not only in our high-quality products but also through our expert water management professionals who share their passion for water conservation. They provide education, training, and services for the industry and communities around us, creating long-term, responsible partnerships with our customers, vendors, and the cities in which we live.  These efforts along with our high-quality products have been recognized with numerous awards throughout the years.

The Rain Bird Mission

  • Our mission at Rain Bird is to be the global irrigation industry leader by:
  • Profitably providing defect-free, high-value products and services that promote the intelligent use of water for worldwide irrigation applications.
  • Achieving customer satisfaction by meeting or exceeding expectations.
  • Being a responsible employer respected by employees and the community.
  • Enabling employees to be the best they can be.

 

 

Centaur Asia Pacific is the distributor for Rain Bird in Singapore.

Updated on: 18 July 2023

Specifications

Station Capacity

  • 72 decoder addresses, up to 16 solenoids operating simultaneously (60 Hz)

Configurations

  • Standalone, two-wire, Link and Link with Radio

Electrical Input (50/60 Hz)

  • 115 VAC Nominal 98 – 132 VAC
  • 220 VAC Nominal 208 – 232 VAC
  • 240 VAC Nominal 225 – 255 VAC

Electrical Output

  • 26.5 VAC, 5.25 AMP

Station Load Capacity

  • Up to two (2) 24 VAC, seven (7) VA solenoids per station depending on decoder type.

Plastic Pedestal Dimensions

  • Width: 17" (43.2 cm)
  • Height: 34¾" (88 cm)
  • Depth: 21" (53.4 cm)

Programs

  • No limit with Rain Bird Central Control Systems. Six (6) automatic (12 start times each) and two (2) manual in standalone mode.

Water Budget

  • 0 – 200% in 10% increments

Station Runtimes

  • 1 – 120 minutes, in 1 minute increments

Languages

  • English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch

Grounding Requirements

  • Less than 10 ohms

Certifications

  • cULus [US and Canada], FCC Part 15b [US], CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B) [Canada], CE [European Union]

Maximum Wire Length Between Controller and Decoder

  • #12 AWG: Star Design: 3.8 miles (6.1 km), Loop Design: 15.2 miles (24.4 km)
  • #14 AWG: Star Design: 2.4 miles (3.8 km), Loop Design: 9.6 miles (15.2 km)

Maximum Wire Length Between Decoder and Rotor

  • 456 ft (#14 AWG)

Maximum Wire Paths

  • Four (4), plus multiple branches per wire pat