Hunter’s New ACC Controller Wins Exhibitor New Product Contest At 26th Annual International Irrigation Show

Innovative ACC Controller Voted Most Significant New Product in Turf/Landscape Category

Hunter Industries’ all-new ACC Controller was selected by a panel of irrigation experts as the most significant new product in the turf/landscape category at the 26th Annual International Irrigation Show in Phoenix.

“We are honored to accept this award by the Irrigation Association,” said company President and CEO Richard E. Hunter. “Our all-new family of ACC controllers underscores our ongoing commitment to innovation, and will serve as a state-of-the-art, user-friendly platform for a wave of new products for the landscape and golf industries in 2006 and beyond.”

By consistently offering innovative products with the highest level of customer convenience and quality, Hunter remains focused on its core purpose: to be the landscape professional’s first choice for irrigation products and services.

The ACC is Hunter’s most powerful and advanced irrigation system controller ever produced, providing new levels of convenience and versatility along with real-time flow monitoring technology for the ultimate in control.

With widespread availability beginning in late 2005, the ACC enables users to customize their controller in the field with the specific features they require. The ACC’s adaptable modular design allows expansion from the base 12-station unit all the way up to 42 stations. The ACC can also be easily upgraded via plug-in modules, enabling true two-way communication with a Hunter central control system via hardwire, radio or telephone.

Key customer benefits of the Hunter ACC include:

• Elimination of water waste and damage from broken sprinklers and pipes through real-time flow monitoring (when used with Hunter flow sensor): Learns flow by station and responds to incorrect or abnormal flow by shutting off zone and alerting the user.
• Modular, versatile design for easy expansion: Provides easy addition of stations (expands from 12 to 42 stations in six station increments) and simplified inventory management.
• Total programming flexibility: Six fully independent programs and four custom manual programs, to suit even the most complex landscapes.
• Maximum day scheduling choices for each program: Users can select days of the week, odd/even dates, even ‘skip’ days.
• Non-volatile, 100-year memory for added convenience: Retains program data and time/date settings during power outages.
• Management of multiple water sources: ACC has two programmable pump starts/master valve outputs by station.
• Cycle and soak capability by station: Run times divisible into repeat cycles to minimize runoff.
• Remote control compatibility: Accommodates ICR remote control with no wiring necessary.
• Central control ready: Optional plug-in communications adapts ACC to Hunter central systems, with full two-way communications.
• ‘No water’ window programming (unique to standalone units): User defines hours when no watering is allowed; will override any user-set programs that enter that time frame, accommodates local water restrictions.
• Wide range of cabinet/pedestal options: Locking wall-mount metal cabinet standard, with an optional metal pedestal available. A locking plastic pedestal model is also available.

Hunter Industries is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of irrigation equipment for landscape and golf.