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4. Using This Guide With The ET2000 Controller

This guide will explain the operation and programming of the ET2000 Controller (

for programming the more advanced features of

the ET2000, see our ET Based Water Management guide

). The following describes the conventions used throughout this guide.

When instructed to press a key, the name of the key will be 

CAPITALIZED AND BOLD

. The illustration below shows the name and

location of the keys used for operating and programming the ET2000 Controller.

The eight keys located on either side of the controller’s screen are Menu Keys, a Menu Key’s name will be the text on the screen
next to the arrow, this text will change with each screen. The arrow will point to the Menu Key that is to be pressed, the name of the
key will be 

CAPITALIZED AND BOLD

.

There are seven Hot Keys (

see Key Pad Descriptions on page 6 

), they are the 

STOP

 Key, 

MANUAL

 Key, 

NO WATER

 Key, 

HELP

Key, 

ENGLISH / SPANISH

 Key, 

BACK

 Key and the

 MAIN MENU

 Key. The controller screen in the illustration below shows the

Main Menu, which can be accessed at any time by pressing the 

MAIN MENU

 Key. The descriptions on the screen with the arrows,

are pointing to the Menu Keys which are to be pressed to access the various parts of the controller’s program (

see ET2000 Screen

Map on page 5 

). Most programming functions will begin from the Main Menu. As you navigate through the various screens you

can always return to a previous screen by pressing the 

BACK

 key.

The last four keys are the 

PLUS

 Key, 

MINUS

 Key and the two 

ARROW

 Keys. When a screen is accessed that has a setting which

can be changed, there will be a highlighted cursor on the screen, you will use either 

ARROW

 Key to move the cursor to the setting

you want to change. A change can only be made to a setting while it is highlighted by the cursor. Once a setting is highlighted, use
the 

PLUS

 or 

MINUS

 Key to make the change to the setting. If the setting is a number, you can quickly scroll to the desired setting

by pressing and holding down the 

PLUS

 or 

MINUS

 Key.

CALSENSE  WATER  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM

Programs  &  Stations

Lights

Weather

Flow

Setup

Reports

Radio  Remote

Status

Menu

Keys

Menu

Keys

Back Key

Main Menu Key

Controller Screen Showing Main Menu

Arrow Keys

Plus and Minus Keys

?

ENGLISH
ESPANOL

MANUAL

English / Spanish Key

Help Key

No Water Key

Manual Key

Stop Key

Menu Key Name

Summary of Contents for ET2000

Page 1: ...rlsbad CA 92011 1 800 572 8608 FAX 760 438 2619 www calsense com ET2000 PROGRAMMING GUIDE CONTROLLER STATUS adjust stations No Stations are Watering NEXT SCHEDULED IRRIGATION IS AT 12 00 AM on Saturday Aug 17 2002 Aug 16 2002 Sat 10 45 03 AM Stock No 4039 Rev 09 02 ...

Page 2: ... Copy a Station to Another Station 10 Copy a Station to All Stations on a Program or All Stations on the Controller 10 8 Flow Meter Master Valve Pump Setup 10 Estimated Water Use 10 Flow Meter Setup 11 Flow Meter Settings 12 Master Valve 14 Pump Output 14 9 Manual Key 15 Manual Water 15 Test 15 Master Valve 16 Manual Special Sequence 16 Scheduled Manual Special Sequence 17 10 No Water Key 17 Turn ...

Page 3: ... Station Order 21 Diagnostics 21 Log Lines 22 ET Rain Tables 22 16 Controller Status 23 Status Screen 23 Station Alerts 23 17 Weather Setup 23 Wind Gage Setup 24 Rain Switch Setup 24 Moisture Sensor Setup 25 18 Lights 26 Programming a Lights Schedule 26 Testing a Lights Circuit 26 19 Radio Remote 26 ...

Page 4: ...xt between English and Spanish BACK The BACK key will go back to the previous screen MAIN MENU The MAIN MENU key is used to access the different pro gram features of the controller 10 1 7 9 8 5 6 4 3 MENU KEYS MENU keys select the different features or commands in the different screens and are adjacent to the left and right side of the controller s display screen The text in the screen will point ...

Page 5: ...get Moisture ET County City if in Daily ET mode Limit Learned Delay Time Alert Action Mainline Break Use of Rain by Program Moisture Sensing Setup Crop Coefficents if in Daily ET mode Sensor Assignment if in Moisture Sensing mode Adjust Learned Numbers if in Learned mode Adjust Limit Numbers if in Limit mode Start Times Water Days Programs Stations Station to Station Copy Stations Finish Times Sta...

Page 6: ...er controller Master Valve Select type of master valve Pump Output Select pump output type Select use of pump by program Limit Learned Select to use limit mode or learned mode Set all learned flow rates if in learned mode Set all high low limits if in limit mode Adjust learned flow rates if in learned mode Adjust high low limits if in limit mode Delay Time Set delay time Set trip Alert Actions Set...

Page 7: ...pressing the MAIN MENU Key The descriptions on the screen with the arrows are pointing to the Menu Keys which are to be pressed to access the various parts of the controller s program see ET2000 Screen Map on page 5 Most programming functions will begin from the Main Menu As you navigate through the various screens you can always return to a previous screen by pressing the BACK key The last four k...

Page 8: ...etting is optional Days in Schedule The ET2000 can be set with a 7 Day Schedule shown in the example above 14 Day Schedule 21 Day Schedule or 28 Day Schedule Water Days The days of the week in the schedule to irrigate on represents a water day represents an off day Hold Over Time A time at which irrigation is forced to end even if the scheduled irrigation cycle is not finished This setting is to b...

Page 9: ...il the total irrigation applied is 15 minutes the Total Mins setting this feature is called Cycle and Soak Each station s Cycle and Soak settings can be set independent of any other station s settings The following shows some examples of Cycle and Soak settings S TATION UP STATION PROGRAMMING Station 1 PROG A Total Mins Mins per Cycle 5 Soak In Time 60 No Water Day 0 Test 15 0 Station Up Key Stati...

Page 10: ...creen Press the PLUS or MINUS Key until the station is selected station 2 was selected in the example above Press the COPY FROM STATION TO STATION Menu Key the station will be copied and you will be returned to the Programs Stations screen If you wish to copy the current station to another station Press the STATION TO STATION COPY Menu Key to return to the Station To Station Copy screen and repeat...

Page 11: ...s why the choice of flow meter model heading in the example screens show only Meter 1 If the controller has the F option installed use of multiple flow meters there will be three headings Meter 1 Meter 2 and Meter 3 and a choice of model for each flow meter installed 3 The MASTER CONTROLLER setting will appear with NO selected as shown above In most cases this setting will not change If a system h...

Page 12: ...ion approximatley 6 to 10 scheduled irrigation cycles are required to learn a station s flow rate The controller will then use this learned flow rate to alert the user when HIGH FLOWS and NO FLOWS occur Press the ARROW Key to move the cursor to the SET ALL LEARNED VALUES Menu Key use the PLUS or MINUS Key to set the desired gpm then Press SET ALL LEARNED VALUES the Menu Key to set the value This s...

Page 13: ...ROG C Alert No Action Alert No Action PROG D Alert No Action Alert No Action PROG E Alert No Action Alert No Action DRIP 1 Alert No Action Alert No Action DRIP 2 Alert No Action Alert No Action MAINLINE BREAK MAX FLOW NUMBERS Mainline Break Numbers DURING IRRIGATION is gpm AT ALL OTHER TIMES is 700 gpm System Max Flow Capability is 999 gpm 700 The Alert Actions setting defaults with Alert No Actio...

Page 14: ...UT Menu Key the Pump Output Options screen will appear shown below The Pump Output Used will be highlighted and the default setting will be set for NORMAL PUMP OUTPUT to change the setting Press the PLUS or MINUS Key There are three settings NORMAL PUMP OUTPUT if a pump is installed or if a pump is not installed and the output is not used for a special purpose STEADY ALERT LIGHT or BLINKING ALERT ...

Page 15: ... Press the PLUS or MINUS to select the desired Program or ALL stations PROG A has been selected in the example above then Press the MANUAL WATER xxxx STATIONS Menu Key to start manually watering the selected program or all stations on the controller To end the manual cycle before all of the stations have run Press the STOP Key The last setting at the Manual Irrigation screen is the Cycle and Soak ...

Page 16: ... PLUS or MINUS Key to select the OPEN or CLOSE setting Press an ARROW Key to move the cursor to the HOURS setting Press the PLUS or MINUS Key to set the desired number of hours of override Press the xxxx MASTER VALVE FOR x Menu Key to start the master valve override To end the override before the set end time Press the STOP Key Note Scheduled irrigation will not occur while the master valve overri...

Page 17: ...manual special sequence is set to start it will be temporarily halted until the manual special sequence is finished then resume where it left off TURN CONTROLLER OFF NO WATER Turn Controller OFF Apply No Water Day s to PROG A 3 No Water Days Summary no water by station Turn a Controller Off Press the TURN CONTROLLER OFF Menu Key The controller will be turned off and will immediately return to the ...

Page 18: ...cursor is highlighting the Total Mins setting and you Press the HELP Key you will access an explanation of the Total Mins setting After viewing a Help screen Press the BACK Key to return to the screen you were at when you Pressed the Help Key 12 English Spanish Key Press the ENGLISH ESPANOL Key to toggle between displaying text in English or in Spanish When in Spanish mode all Help screens will al...

Page 19: ... controller cannot be programmed until the proper password has been entered at the Log In screen Enter Your Login 0 0 0 LOG IN LOG IN COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATION ADDRESS 406 p norm A 9600 B 9600 2000 BOARD ET2000 32 LR G RR Copyright Calsense Inc 1987 2001 All Rights Reserved Enter the first character of the password by Pressing the PLUS or MINUS Key until the character appears Press the ARROW Ke...

Page 20: ...w is shown in the upper left corner of the screen gallons in the example above The upper part of the screen shows controller usage totals the lower part of the screen shows individual station usage totals Press the STATION UP or STATION DOWN Menu Keys to view the desired station station 8 is shown in the example above The totals are listed in two columns The Month column is the total water usage s...

Page 21: ... inactive and stations 7 and 8 are not being used they have been turned off at the Station In Use screen Station 2 is irrigating and has 8 5 minutes left to irrigate Station 3 has completed an irrigation cycle and is in a soak in cycle it also has 8 3 minutes of hold over time Stations 1 4 and 5 are waiting to start their first irrigation cycle You can use the Irrigation Detail screen to view the ...

Page 22: ...Low Current H High Flow R Irrigation Halted Due To Rain W No Water Moisture Sensor Alerts only if moisture sensing is enabled M Moisture Sensor Caused Cycle Skip O Reading Not Put In Line Yet R Reading Out Of Range X Moisture Sensor Max Water Days Set F No Filtered Reading S Signal Never Went Away Reading Never Taken ET Rain Tables ET AND RAIN TABLES ET Table from 10 29 2001 back Mon Sun Sat Fri T...

Page 23: ...ption is installed on the controller which includes the Calsense ET Gage Rain Bucket and Wind Gage also a rain switch if one is installed You can also access the setup of daily ET water budgets and moisture sensors The following sections describe Rain Bucket settings on a controller without the RB interface Wind Gage setup Rain Switch setup and Moisture Sensor Setup setup of the ET Gage and the Ra...

Page 24: ... stay in this mode until the wind decreases to 15 MPH or less and stays at 15 MPH or less for 20 minutes when this criteria is met irrigation will resume where it left off Rain Switch Setup RAIN SWITCH SETUP Is the controller connected to a Rain Switch Device Irrigation will be STOPPED when the rain switch detects rain A Rain Switch is a device like a MINI CLIK or RAIN GUARD There is special way t...

Page 25: ...r the same as the it s station number these stations are know as a Master In the example above stations 1 7 10 13 19 and 24 are Master stations All other valves will use the readings from one of the Master stations This is done by assigning each of these stations to a Master station In the example above stations 2 3 and 4 have been assigned to station 1 stations 5 6 and 8 have been assigned to sta...

Page 26: ...f the 14 day schedule set the ON OFF TIMES as described above repeat this process until all 14 days have been programmed This schedule will continually repeat itself every 14 days Testing a Lights Circuit Station Up Key Station Down Key S TATION U P Test LIGHTS SCHEDULING MANUAL OPERATION L1 Schedule for ON TIMES 10 00PM OFF OFF TIMES 11 30PM OFF Sep 17 2002 Tue Status OFF To turn on a lights circ...

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