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5. Start Times & Water Days
From the Main Menu Press the
PROGRAMS & STATIONS
Menu Key, then Press the
START TIMES & WATER DAYS
Menu
Key, the Start Times & Water Days screen will appear (shown below).
Press either
ARROW
Key to move the cursor to the setting you wish to change, Press the
PLUS
or
MINUS
Key to change the
highlighted setting. When at the Start Times & Water Days screen the two top right Menu Keys have a special function, they are
used to scroll to the different programs. The following explains each setting on the Start Times & Water Days screen.
PROG:
Indicates the current program. Program B is being programmed in the example above. The ET2000 Control-
ler has 7 programs, A, B, C, D, E, Drip 1, and Drip 2. Programs A, B, C, D,& E have overlap protection, no
station is able to irrigate at the same time as another station. Programs Drip 1 and Drip 2 are designed to be
able to irrigate simultaneously with other stations, in this way the user can irrigate up 3 stations at the same
time by entering identical start times on Programs Drip 1, Drip 2 and any one of the remaining 5 Programs.
Start Time:
The start time for scheduled irrigation on the current program. Program B has a 11:30 PM Start Time in the
example above.
Name:
A program description can be selected which describes the type of plant material and irrigation heads as-
signed to that program (this setting 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 be used only if the controller is in Daily-ET mode (
see the ET Based Water Management Guide for more
information
).
Finish Times:
Calculates the end-time of each programs scheduled irrigation cycle.
Finish Times
Press the
FINISH TIMES
Menu Key, the Finish Times screen will appear (shown below). In the example below, the finish times
for Programs A, B and DRIP 1 have been calculated. The NO RUN on Programs C, D, E and DRIP 2 indicates those programs
are not being used. If ERROR was shown next to a program, it would indicate that the program has a run-time longer that 24
hours, and must be reprogrammed to correct the error.
RESULTS OF FINISH TIMES CALCULATION
ET-TABLE
HISTORICAL
% OF ET
PROG A:
7:20 AM
PROG B:
3:15 AM
PROG C:
NO RUN
PROG D:
NO RUN
PROG E:
NO RUN
DRIP 1:
2:30 AM
DRIP 2:
NO RUN
Note : The Historical and % of ET columns are used for information only if the controller is in Daily-ET mode.
START TIMES & WATER DAYS
Program : PROG B
Start Time : 11:30PM
Name : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of Days in Schedule : 07
Sun Mon Tue Wed
Thu
Fri SAT
WEEK 1
on
--
on
--
on
on
Hold-Over Time : OFF
Finish Times
(by program)
on
ST
ATI ON UP
These Menu Keys are
used to scroll to any
of the seven programs
