Gardena 4030, Operator'S Manual

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4. OPERATION
4.1. Basic Programming
Date and Time (Time Key)
You can end the programming mode at any time
by pressing the Time key.
Setting the date and time:
You must set the date and time before you can
set the watering programs. The day of the week is
selected automatically using the date. When the
Time key is pressed, all the valves are closed as
a precaution.
1. [ Fig. O1 ]: Plug in the power supply unit – or –
press the Time key.
YEAR YEAR
and date-year flash in the display.
2. [ Fig. O1 ]: Select the date-year using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
2010 2010
) and confirm by pressing
the OK key.
MONTH MONTH
and date-month flash.
3. [ Fig. O2 ]: Select the date-month using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
05 05
) and confirm by pressing the
OK key.
DAY DAY
and date-day flash.
4. [ Fig. O3 ]: Select the date-day using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
23 23
) and confirm by pressing
the OK key.
TIME TIME
and time-hours flash.
5. [ Fig. O4 ]: Select the time-hours using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
12 12
hours) and confirm by pressing
the OK key.
TIME TIME
and time-minutes flash.
6. [ Fig. O5 ]: Select the time-minutes using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
30 30
minutes) and confirm by
pressing the OK key.
[ Fig. O6 ]: The date and time have been set and
the main level is displayed.
Watering Programs (Channel Key)
Prerequisite: The date and time have been set.
To give you a better overview, we recommend that
before starting to enter the watering data you enter
the data for your valves into the watering plan in the
appendix of these operating instructions.
You can save 3 watering programs for each channel
(a maximum of 3 programs x 4 (Art. 1283) /
6 (Art. 1284) channels = 12 (Art. 1283) /
18 (Art. 1284) programs).
Ending the programming mode prematurely:
You can exit the programming mode prematurely at
any time.
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Press the Channel key twice.
The main level is displayed.
Setting the watering programs:
PLEASE NOTE!
If two programs overlap on one channel, this
results in the total watering duration being
less than planned. If two programs overlap
on different channels, the water pressure
may drop to an extent such that watering is
inadequate or the pop­up sprinklers fail to
extend.
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Make sure that the watering times of the
programs do not overlap.
Selecting the channel and program memory
location:
1. [ Fig. O7 ]: Press the Channel key.
SELECT CHANNEL SELECT CHANNEL
and the channel flash.
You can end the programming mode at any time by
pressing the Channel key.
2. [ Fig. O8 ]: Select the channel using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g. channel 2) and confirm by pressing
the OK key.
Channel appears on the display (e. g. 2) and
Select Program and the program memory
location flash.
3. [ Fig. O9 ]: Select the program memory location
using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g. program memory
location 3) and confirm by pressing the OK key.
Start Time and the hours for the watering start
time flash.
Setting the watering start time:
4. [ Fig. O10 ]: Select the hours for the watering
start time using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
16 16
) and
confirm by pressing the OK key.
Start Time Time and the minutes for the water-
ing start time flash.
5. [ Fig. O11 ]: Select the minutes for the watering
start time using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
30 30
) and con-
firm by pressing the OK key.
Run Time and the hours for watering duration
flash.
Setting the watering duration:
(This always corresponds to 100 % Run Time)
6. [ Fig. O12 ]: Select the hours for watering dura-
tion using the
▲
-
▼
keys (e. g.
1 1
hour) and confirm
by pressing the OK key.
Run Time and the minutes for watering duration
flash.
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