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2. Setting the controller to operate with the weather station and to
compensate for evapotranspiration (ET):
In the ENVIRONMENT Menu screen press and highlight ET MONITOR
icon. Press again and the next screen appears with the valves number.
Press , SELECT VALVE screen appears with valve 1 and 2. Press and
select a valve. Press to connect, when connected, CONNECTED appear
momentarily and then ET MONITOR screen appears with ET INACTIVE
blinking. Press to change INACTIVE to ACTIVE. Press and ET MONITOR
screen appears with NEW or MATURE blinking. Press or and select one
of the plants appearance option. Next, select the soil type. Press to select
SOIL TYPE. CLAY appears, blinking. Press or and select the soil type for
the indicated valve, (refer to ‘How to Determine Soil Texture’ on page 35).
After selecting the SOIL TYPE, press to move to the next screen and
repeat the steps for selecting PLANT TYPE and PLANT DENSITY. In PLANT
TYPE, select from MIX PLANTING to ANNUALS and in PLANT DENSITY
select from 10-30% to plant density of 70-100%. After selecting the setting
press again to move to the next screen and repeat the steps for selecting
MICROCLIMATE and SLOPE degrees. In MICROCLIMATE select from OPEN
SPACE to FULL SHADE and in SLOPE % select from 0%–4% to 13%–20%.
After selecting the setting press again to move to the next screen
and repeat the steps for selecting IRRIGATION METHOD and IRRIGATION
EFFICIENCY. Under IRRIGATION METHOD select from DRIP EMITTER to ROTOR
and in IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY the preset default setting can be changed
if needed. Press again to move to the last screen and repeat the steps,
selecting FLOW RATE and SPACING (if no information is available for the flow
and spacing, a PRESET setting is used). When finished, press to download
the new information. ARE YOU SURE? screen appear with YES. Press
again to download the information. The UPDATE SUCCESSFUL message
appears confirming that the controller accepted the new information and the
SELECT VALVE screen appears again. Repeat the steps for the second valve.
