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Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus

Chapter 3: Programming Your
WeatherTRAK ET Plus

This chapter explains how to set schedules and program your
WeatherTRAK ET plus.

You will learn about:

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Setting Schedules,

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Introduction to Programming,

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Programming Fully Automated,

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User Program With ET,

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User Program No ET,

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Copying,

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Reviewing, and

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Adjusting.

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Summary of Contents for WeatherTRAK ET Plus

Page 1: ...art 15 Setting the Clock 16 Setting the Time Zone 16 Setting Auto Daylight Savings 17 Setting the Maximum Active Stations 17 Viewing the Serial Number 18 Viewing the Phase Integrity 18 Setting the Lock Phase 18 Displaying the Microzone 19 Displaying the WT Version 20 Setting the Water District Number 21 Setting the Radio Antenna 22 Chapter 3 Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 25 Setting Schedule...

Page 2: ... Manual 86 Rain Pause 87 Appendix B Troubleshooting Guide 89 Alert Troubleshooting 89 The Controller Programs Correctly But There is No Station Output From the Controller 90 My Landscape is Too Wet 90 My Landscape is Too Dry 90 Adjust is Not Working 90 Controller Just Installed Activated and Still Beeping 91 What Do the Beeps Mean 91 The Display is Blank 91 The Display is Frozen 92 ET Display Has ...

Page 3: ...r landscape Over watering leads to poor plant health and disease It also dramatically increases water bills depletes precious water supplies and creates runoff pollution endangering local watershed areas and beaches In many cases landscapes become conditioned to inaccurate irrigation Often times the plants have adjusted to inconsistent watering and have developed survival mechanisms such as shallo...

Page 4: ...weather conditions in your area and automatically broadcasts customized irrigation adjustments directly to your controller twenty four hours a day seven days a week This revolutionary technology ensures the most accurate cost effective irrigation ever devised The WeatherTRAK ET Plus System What is the WeatherTRAK ET Solution The WeatherTRAK ET plus offers three key solutions to your irrigation nee...

Page 5: ...ng irrigation system for any leaks or broken pipes The efficiency of your new controller depends on the condition of your system By having an efficient system you will gain the most from using the WeatherTRAK ET plus 2 Install your new controller HydroPoint recommends that you have the controller installed and programmed by an irrigation professional HydroPoint has provided a separate poster to sh...

Page 6: ... if the rain sensor is active and how many days until watering resumes Setup This position lets you adjust the time date and time zone Schedule Use this position to set the days your irrigation system can operate Program This position lets you customize your landscape specific parameters by setting various user modes These user modes include items such as Auto User Program with ET User Program No ...

Page 7: ...s that you will receive about your controller You will be alerted if you attempt to make a setting that could harm your plants as well as alerts for electrical and communication malfunctions Getting to Know Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 8 ET This setting displays the last ET value received daily value with the time and date it was received the weekly ET value which is an accumulation of the ET values s...

Page 8: ... to the first item This allows you to not have to retrace your previous steps to go to items in the current list 3 Turn the Lower Line dial to the left or right to change the items on the list that you have selected For example if you select Set Clock on the upper line with the Upper Line dial you actually change the clock settings on the lower line with the Lower Line dial These changes appear in...

Page 9: ...tting the High ET Start Setting the Clock Setting the Time Zone Setting Auto Daylight Savings Setting the Maximum Active Stations Viewing the Serial Number Viewing the Phase Integrity Setting the Lock Phase Displaying the Microzone Displaying the WT Version Setting the Stacking Option Setting the Water District Number and Setting the Radio Antenna After you are finished with the basic set up we wi...

Page 10: ...to 59 SET HIGH ET START HOUR 01 00pm Setting Up Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 15 Setting the Irrigation Start Time With the WeatherTRAK ET plus once you set a start time the rest of the irrigation calculations are done automatically To set the irrigation start time 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to set the hour AM or PM you would like irrigation to begin 3 Turn the ...

Page 11: ... To set the maximum active stations 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to select the number of valves connected to the controller The default number is 12 SET MAX ACTIVE STATIONS 12 AUTO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Yes Setting Up Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 17 Setting the Clock To set the clock 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to set the year 3...

Page 12: ... value is transmitted to each controller during ET Everywhere Service activation You do not set this value MICROZONE 12345678 Setting Up Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 19 Viewing the Serial Number Under Setup to view the serial number of your controller turn the Upper Line dial until you see Please write down your serial number for future reference SN ___________________________ Viewing the Phase Integr...

Page 13: ...n This information will be used for ET Everywhere Service activation only To view this turn the Upper Line dial until you see The number you see is the current WeatherTRAK ET plus version Setting the Stacking Option Stacking is an irrigation term for sequential versus simultaneous operation of two or more schedules Your controller has two schedules A and B Stacking Stacking yes the default setting...

Page 14: ...nal To set the antenna 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to select Internal or External 3 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see You can purchase a kit that has the connection cable and antenna Please call your local distributor or HydroPoint Sales for more information You are ready to activate your WeatherTRAK ET plus Controller Please call us now at 800 362 8774...

Page 15: ...RAK ET Plus This chapter explains how to set schedules and program your WeatherTRAK ET plus You will learn about Setting Schedules Introduction to Programming Programming Fully Automated User Program With ET User Program No ET Copying Reviewing and Adjusting Chapter 3 3 25 ...

Page 16: ...g on both day 31 of the current month and day 1 of the following month WATER DAY ODD EVEN SCH A Odd BEST NON WATER DAY SCH A None Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 27 Setting Schedules Schedules are water days that you can assign on a station by station basis You must set a schedule before you begin any programming There can be up to two different schedules A or B Once you create a schedule you...

Page 17: ...s 29 If you selected Interval you will see the following display Turn the Lower Line dial to choose one of the following 01 Day 31 Day Note The WeatherTRAK ET plus treats the current day as Day 0 and will water on that Day Day 01 will start at 12 01 AM on the day following the current day A 01 Day Interval will water every day a 02 Day Interval will water every second day and a 03 Day Interval wil...

Page 18: ...gation routine for each station at your site There are four Program Modes you can select They are Fully Automated User Program With ET User Program No ET and Off All programs are based on their assigned schedule watering days you created in the A and B schedules Please see Setting Schedules on page 26 for more information The Fully Automated Mode is the first and recommended method of programming ...

Page 19: ... all of the day this will decrease watering by 30 of ET Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 33 6 Set Precipitation Rate This is the amount of water applied in inches per hour After you select a sprinkler type you set the precipitation rate Note The precipitation rate is vital to determine the proper run times for each station and to allow the system to operate properly and efficiently The default...

Page 20: ...d at reducing runoff and maximizing water intake by the plants roots Slope factors will impact the duration of each water cycle and the number of cycles required to apply water The steeper the slope the greater the number of cycles and the lower the run time per cycle 13 Set Sprinkler Location This is when the sprinklers are on a slope If the slope is 0 you will not be allowed to select a location...

Page 21: ...ECIP Digit 2 STA 01 1 70 Inches Hr default Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 37 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to choose Yes end time number or default No Set Sprinkler Type 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see The lower line of the display shows the default setting 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to choose one of the following sprinkler types Spray Head Default Setting Full Circle Rotor Part Circle...

Page 22: ...s Sunny All Day Default Setting Sunny Most of the Day Shady Most of the Day or Shady All Day SET MICROCLIMATE STA 01 Sunny All Day SET ROOT DEPTH STA 01 06 Inches default Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 39 4 Turn the Lower Line dial to choose the desired response 0 to 9 default 5 to create 65 Note The value default will appear if the sprinkler is using the sprinkler type s default value Set S...

Page 23: ...y the data from one station to either select stations or to all stations You can then edit to make changes to the stations as required Please see Copying on page 49 for more information You can also directly program additional stations PROGRAM COMPLETE STA 01 USABLE RAINFALL STA 01 Inactive Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 41 Set Slope Factor 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see The lower ...

Page 24: ...al to other programming functions User Program With ET To program with ET you must enter the entire irrigation schedule cycle time number of cycles per operating day soak time and also assign a Schedule water days The program you create is then modified by the daily ET Everywhere Service Updates Stations in this mode will run according to the same Start Times you set in Setup Remember if you choos...

Page 25: ...ery seven days or once a week etc The choices for SET WATER DAYS are shown below For Let Me Set Water Days 1 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see The lower line of the display shows the default settings for January Jan S M T W T F S STA 02 Y Y SET WATER DAYS STA 02 Let Me Set Water Days Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 45 4 Turn the Lower Line dial to the desired tenths of minutes Turn to 8 ...

Page 26: ...user selects which days of the week to water Note There is a cursor beneath the Y under the S for Sunday to indicate it can be changed In this example we will set Sunday and Thursday as Water Days 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to Y Y for Yes Default Setting or for No 3 Turn the Upper Line dial until you see The cursor will move to the Y under the M for Monday 4 Turn the Lower Line dial to the desired...

Page 27: ...ay wish to erase all of the programming you entered in your WeatherTRAK ET plus controller and start over You can easily do this with Copy Program Defaults Or you may want to start over with the Setup defaults You can do this by using Copy Setup Defaults The steps to use the Copy feature include 1 Copy From the Station Number Set the source station with the Upper Line dial 2 To Station Number Pres...

Page 28: ...to individual stations or all stations 4 Copy Schedule Defaults This erases all schedules and restores factory set defaults to all schedules 5 Copy Setup Defaults This erases all user selections and restores the factory set defaults for the Setup feature Copy From the Station Number 1 Turn the Function Selector dial to COPY The display will look like this 2 Turn the Upper Line dial to select the d...

Page 29: ...CHEDULE DEFAULTS Press COPY COPY FROM STA 01 To STA 02 Press COPY Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 53 Copy Program Defaults You can copy program defaults to individual stations or to all stations 1 Turn the Function Selector dial to COPY 2 Turn the Upper Line dial past all of the COPY FROM STA 01 02 03 displays through to the last Station on your controller The next display is 3 Turn the Lower...

Page 30: ... days are Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday There is one Irrigation Start time there is an Increase ADJUST setting of 10 see following section on ADJUST there is a High ET Start Time in effect and there is a 30 minute Soak period between cycles STA 01 04 6 MIN 03X AUTO Wk1 M W FS 10 Soak30 Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 55 Copy Setup Defaults 1 Turn the Function Selector dial to COPY You ...

Page 31: ...Everywhere Service Broadcast automatically modifies the irrigation schedule to respond to current water requirements based on actual weather STA 03 12 0 MIN 06X U NO Int 05 To Go Soak10 Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 57 Note If the Hi ET Start Time is used for a given day then Hi ET will replace the 10 field and the percent adjust will not be shown 3 Turn the Upper Line dial to REVIEW the ne...

Page 32: ...tion 5 Programming Your WeatherTRAK ET Plus 59 Note If you want to change an irrigation run time in the User Programmed With ET mode or the User Programmed NO ET mode it is necessary to make the changes back in the PROGRAM mode The ADJUST feature does not operate in these two modes The steps to use the ADJUST feature include 1 Adjust You can select individual controller stations with the Upper Lin...

Page 33: ...to the runoff point due to soil saturation For example if the automatically calculated irrigation schedule requires 4 minutes per cycle 4 times per day for a total of 16 minutes and the user ADJUSTS irrigation to increase 20 the new cycle time will be 4 8 minutes 4 x 1 20 The total adjusted run time will be 19 2 minutes 4 8 x 4 If the maximum allowable cycle time to runoff is 4 minutes the adjuste...

Page 34: ...eatures of the WeatherTRAK ET plus These include Running Using Rain Pause Operating Manually Understanding Alerts Using ET Using Display Adjust Using Help Setting to Off Activating the Rain Service Setting the Zip Code Setting the ET Zone Displaying the Group Number and Setting the Maximum Backup ET Chapter 4 4 63 ...

Page 35: ...y user in MANUAL Note WeatherTRAK ET plus can run up to 3 values at the same time Using Rain Pause Rain Pause is a feature that allows you to turn off all stations of the controller for a specific number of days Rain Pause is different from Off With Rain Pause after a period of days has gone by the controller will return to its normal operation Off stops all irrigation indefinitely until you retur...

Page 36: ...ater All Stations This involves manually watering all stations with the same run time Note Manual operation is useful to test your system to ensure that all the sprinklers are working properly and are correctly identified Mar 26 2004 08 45 23pm STA ON Rain Switch MAN Using Special Features 67 The steps to use the Rain Pause feature are 1 Rain Pause This turns off all stations of the controller 2 D...

Page 37: ... SET STA 04 10 0 Minutes Using Special Features 69 Manual Water Specific Stations 1 Turn the Function Selector dial to MANUAL The display will look like this 2 Leave the setting at the default of Specific Stations The choices are Specific Stations Default Setting or All Stations The process to manually water specific stations is to first set the station with the Upper Line dial and then set the am...

Page 38: ...DJUST feature or allow more days to irrigate To fix Communication Alerts call Hydropoint Customer Service at 800 362 8774 To see alerts Turn the Function Selector dial to Alerts Using Special Features 71 2 The choices using the Lower Line dial are Specific Stations Default Setting and All Stations 3 Turn the Upper Line dial The display will look like this The lower line of the display shows the de...

Page 39: ... SEE ALERT Using Special Features 73 Water Window Status Alert This alert shows the total amount of used window run time plus idle soak time and shows the amount that this exceeds the Set window If the Run Time is under the window allotment then there is not a warning but this screen still shows the time and amount it is under In this example the allowed water window is 300 minutes The 60 indicate...

Page 40: ...l to HELP The display will look like this 2 Turn the Upper Line dial The display will look like this This is the current daily ET stored in the controller The Lower Line shows the date and time the ET was received 3 Turn the Upper Line dial to the next position SERIAL NUMBER 00649765 THE CURRENT WEEKLY ET 1 67 11 28 02 00 09 24 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE DIAL 1 800 362 8774 Using Special Features 75 Cus...

Page 41: ...al to RUN or any other Function position other than OFF Turn the Function Selector dial to OFF The display will look like this The upper line of the display shows the date and time Jan 21 2005 12 47 56pm Irrigation is Turned OFF RESET ERASE or RESTART Hold Copy to RESET ERASE LOCK PHASE None Using Special Features 77 4 Turn the Upper Line dial to the next position 5 Turn the Upper Line dial to the...

Page 42: ...o irrigation will occur until the Function Selector dial is turned to another position Once the Function Selector dial is turned to OFF and it remains in the OFF position for at least one 1 second all active controller functions are stopped until you return the Function Selector dial to the RUN position or any other Function position This prevents momentary interruption of any irrigation when rota...

Page 43: ...occurs with the WeatherTRAK ET plus and daily ET values are not received To set the Maximum Backup ET 1 Under Setup turn the Upper Line dial until you see The lower line shows the default setting 2 00 2 Turn the Lower Line dial to select a number from 0 to 9 3 Continue to turn the Upper Line and Lower Line dials until you have selected the correct three digit number Note The maximum Backup ET valu...

Page 44: ...l select the irrigation start minute 5 Rotate the Upper Line dial until you see Set Clock Year 6 Using the Lower Line dial set the clock hour 7 Continue using the Upper and Lower Line dials to set the clock month day hour minute time zone and max active stations Activate Call HydroPoint Data Systems Customer Service to activate your controller at 800 362 8774 Be sure to have the site data workshee...

Page 45: ...Lower Line dial select a week to view weeks 1 8 Quick Reference Guide 85 3 Rotate the Upper Line dial to select the day pattern type 4 Using the Lower Line dial select the day pattern for the selected schedule 5 Rotate the Upper Line dial to select the setting for the selected day pattern 6 Using the Lower Line dial set the day pattern settings Water Day patterns available Automatic Odd Even Inter...

Page 46: ...al to Adjust 2 Using the Upper Line dial select the station to adjust 3 Using the Lower Line dial select the amount to adjust the station Manual The Manual feature allows you to immediately start irrigation for a specified number of minutes for all stations or a single station s Only one station can be on at a time when watering in Manual To water all stations 1 Turn the Function Selector dial to ...

Page 47: ...f days you allow irrigation may not be enough to adequately irrigate all zones 2 To correct this Increase the number of days to irrigate Change the station program parameters or adjust to reduce the required amount of water for each zone Communication alert Call HydroPoint Data Systems Customer Service at 800 362 8774 Electrical Alert Most likely this is caused by a blown solenoid or wiring proble...

Page 48: ...Station Output From the Controller 1 Turn the Function Selector to RUN Check the Date and Time settings Be sure they are correct If the date is wrong controller will not be in sync with the actual date which may cause valves to not operate on correct days If the time is wrong controller will not be in sync with the actual time so valves will not operate at the correct time 2 Keep the Function Sele...

Page 49: ...all HydroPoint Data Systems Customer Service at 800 362 8774 ET Display Has a P After It 1 Turn the Function Selector to RUN Check the Date and Time settings Be sure they are correct 2 Turn the Function Selector to Diagnostics If you see a P after ET the controller is currently running and an ET was communicated to the unit during station operation The controller will label the ET as Pending until...

Page 50: ...urized has improper head spacing or other design flaws even the best control system will not compensate for this You have a golden opportunity to up sell your services to improve the irrigation system and assist in saving the owner money and waster water The schedule adjustment process requires a base program calculated on as much information about the landscape as possible It is then adjusted up ...

Page 51: ...is monitored every 2 weeks and adjustments of 5 upward are programmed until the landscape shows no signs of stress If the landscape is extremely dry or extremely wet an adjustment in the precipitation rate may need to be done The following steps will help you identify a proper precipitation rate for your system Site Data Gathering 97 The Processes Precipitation Rate Gathering Initial Controller In...

Page 52: ...iency using the formulas below PR CV avg 3 66 TR CDA Where CV avg the average catch can amount in milliliters TR the test run time in minutes CDA the throat area in square inches Site Data Gathering 99 Compare Site Information to Criteria 1 Do the heads have head to head coverage Does one head spray all the way to the next head i e it does not spray less than or greater than the spacing between he...

Page 53: ... of all the catchments and 35 is the average of all the catchments Process 4 Sprinkler Type Default 1 If all of the first three processes are not possible then set the controller to the default PR 2 Process to use the default In the programming process select the sprinkler type for the desired zone Turn the Upper Line dial to Precipitation Rate Do not change the default setting Continue with progr...

Page 54: ...erence will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Conne...

Page 55: ...ing 25 49 Crop Coefficient 32 Custom Plant A 39 Custom Plant B 39 Custom Turf 39 Cycle Time Setting 42 43 D Decrease Irrigation 58 Display Adjust Using 63 74 Displaying the Group Number 63 79 Drip Emitter 36 E Efficiency Setting 32 37 ET Everywhere Service 2 3 19 20 30 31 42 49 57 73 78 ET Using 63 73 ET Zone Setting 63 79 F Flowers 38 Full Circle Impact 36 Full Circle Rotor 36 Function Selector 6...

Page 56: ...14 Water Window Using 31 35 WT Version 13 20 Z Zip Code Setting the 63 78 Index 106 L Lock Phase 13 18 Lower Line Dial 7 M Manual 9 67 68 69 Maximum Active Stations 13 17 Maximum Backup ET Setting the 63 80 Microclimate Setting 33 39 Microzone 13 19 Mixed High Water Use 38 Mixed Low Water Use 38 Mixed Medium Water Use 38 Mixed Impacts 36 Mixed Rotors 36 N Native Grasses 39 Native Trees Shrubs 39 N...

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