Activa Direct Wash Arming
Use Activa Direct arming to control the car wash through a direct wired connection to the Activa's I/O terminals.
To Select Activa Direct:
Log into the Activa using the technician login. (The owner login does not have access to modify this.)
Touch the System Setups button.
Touch the Carwash Options button.
Touch the Arming tab.
Select Activa Direct as the Arming Option. This reveals four new settings to tune Activa Direct to your specific car wash interface.
Out-Of-Service when
The Out-Of-Service when setting defines what kind of signal from the car wash indicates that it is out of service. The choices are:
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Controller Power Off
The Controller Power signal is also called “Control Power Input”, “fault”, or “trouble” by various car washes. Select this option if the absence of this signal from the car wash indicates that it is out of service. (This is the recommended setting.) -
Controller Power On
As with above, but in this case an active signal from the car wash indicates that it is out of service. This is often called a “fault” signal from the car wash. -
Busy Signal Blink
Some car washes don't have a separate fault signal, but instead generate a pattern on the wash busy (or in-use) signal of off, on, off, and stay-on in one second transitions. The signal then remains on until the fault condition clears. - Busy Signal Blink or Power Off
Combination option. The busy signal blink indicates a fault, while a signal must be received on the Controller Power input to indicate that the car wash is turned on.
Out-Of-Service delay seconds
This is the number of seconds that the Out-Of-Service condition must remain in effect before it takes effect. Some car washes have their Controller Power or fault signal twitch a bit at the beginning or end of a wash. This delay allows for this without indicating that the wash is off line every time.
Time in hold Arming Signal (or until wash becomes busy)
Different car washes require that the arming signal be held for different periods of time. The two most common requirements by car washes are a two seconds pulse and “until the car enters the bay” (at which point, it becomes busy). Additionally, a timeout is required should the car never enter the bay.
To hold the signal until the car enters the bay, set this to 900 which is 15 minutes. (You can reach 900 either by pressing the up arrow for a while, or pressing down from 1.) The arming signal will thus be dropped after the car enters the bay or after a 15 minute timeout.
Many other possible values between 1 and 900 are available. The default is 2.
Time to wait for wash to begin
If the car wash does not begin (wash becomes busy) for this long, the Activa will stop waiting for the customer to enter the wash and go back to idle. The customer may loose the wash at this point. If the car wash has a timeout limiting how long it will wait after being armed, set this value to match.Setting Arming Outputs
Selecting which outputs are activated when a wash package or additional service is armed is very much like any other arming system. When editing a package or additional service, the Wash Options tab displays the list of eight available Activa Direct outputs. (The last two are intended for use by the Additional Services, but that is not required.)
Presently, Output 1 must be included in every wash package if wash codes from the Site Controller are being used. Nothing needs to be wired to this output.
A typical car wash simply sets Output 1 and Output 2 to arm wash package #1 (with Output 2 being wired to the car wash), Output 1 and Output 3 to arm wash package #2 (with Output 3 wired to the car wash), and so on. However, any combination of outputs may be used for a single package.
Setting Arming on the Site Controller
The interface on the Site Controller is currently incomplete. It will always show the car wash as being Offline. Additionally, when setting the Wash Key Net Arming, it will show the Ryko names for the arming outputs. Simply ignore these names and all outputs above number 8, and numerically select the same arming outputs as on the Activa.
Activa Direct Wiring Terminals
The “Wash Option” arming outputs and other signals correspond to terminals on the inside back wall of the Activa as shown in the following table:
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Output to car wash
TerminalArming Output 1
711
Arming Output 2
712
Arming Output 3
713
Arming Output 4
714
Arming Output 5
715
Arming Output 6
716
Arming Output 7 / Option 1
717
Arming Output 8 / Option 2
718
Arming Output Common wire
719
Input from car wash
TerminalBusy or Wash-in-Use Input
720
Control Power or Fault Input
721
Input Common wire
722
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