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A and B Start Thresholds:
Because your landscape may have different types of plant life, your
Weather Reach Receiver may use two Start Threshold values, an A threshold and a B threshold.
For example, you may be watering your lawn based on your A Threshold and shrubs on your B
Threshold. These two different types of plants require different amounts of water in the soil to
remain healthy because they utilize water at different rates and have different rooting depths;
grass generally needs more water then shrub beds. If you are unsure if you are using both A and
B Thresholds, please refer to your Users Guide, page 44.
A and B Soil Moisture Depletion Balances:
Two soil moisture depletion balances are kept,
typically one for lawn areas and one for shrubs.
Once the Soil Moisture Depletion Balance
reaches the Start Threshold for A or B, the Weather Reach Receiver will allow the associate
valves to water.
Getting to know your Weather Reach Receiver
Display
1.
The LCD screen displays key information and allows you to view the menus.
Buttons
2.
Up and Down arrow buttons are used to navigate the menus in your Weather Reach
Receiver.
3.
Menu/Select Button is the function key that allows you to view subsequent menus and
serves as the enter key when programming the Weather Reach Receiver.
4.
Escape button, or Back button is used to view the previous screen.
5.
The Manual Override button is used when you need to turn on the sprinklers manually from
the sprinkler controller and the Weather Reach Receiver is currently interrupting the system
(the red lights are on). Manual Override is effective for one hour. If you need more time for
