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The Irrigation Amount Per Program Start Time screen appears.
Press the
+ and -
buttons to enter the Irrigation Amount for
Program A. Press
Next
to move to the next program. When the
Irrigation Amount for every program is entered, press
Done
.
b
b
NOTE:
To manually calculate Irrigation Amounts, see the
Irrigation Amount and Station Run Times section in the Appendix.
g
b
b
NOTE:
Programs which you do NOT want watered based on
evapotranspiration (such as landscape lighting or a fountain
feature) must be set to “Non ET”. This is set by pressing the
-
button
until 0.00 is displayed, then pressing the
-
button one more time
to display “Non ET”.
Complete Setup
Test Weather Signal
To verify that your ET Manager Cartridge is ready to receive weather
data, check the signal and activation status by following the steps in
the Weather Signal section.
Setup a Local Rain Gauge
If you have installed the Local Rain Gauge (ETM-RG), you must set the
ET Manager Cartridge Rain Source to “ETM-RG” by following the steps
in the Rain Source section.
ESPLXD-ET Controller Settings
After the ET Manager Cartridge is setup, the current program settings
in the ESPLXME-ET Controller should be updated or verified based on
the Schedule Report and the following guidelines.
ESPLXD-ET Controller programming guidelines:
b
l
Irrigate EVERYDAY of the week if possible.
b
l
Enter start and run times that your landscape would need during
the hottest, driest part of the year.
b
l
Set Seasonal Adjust to 100%.
Remember, the ET Manager will change the Seasonal Adjust
percentages to increase or decrease watering run times depending on
the weather conditions.
b
b
NOTE:
It is important to keep all run times for a valve on one
Program. For example, do not turn on Valve 1 in both Programs
A and B.
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