3. Programming
Rain Bird
®
ET Manager Series - Installation and Operation Manual
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Weather Region
Main Menu
Settings
System
Data Source
Weather Region
The weather region number represents a weather sta-
tion assigned by the WRSP. The weather region you set
should correspond to a weather station that closely rep-
resents the location of the ET Manager. To obtain your
weather region number, contact your WRSP, the Rain
Bird Distributor, your installation contractor, or go to
www.rainbird.com/etmanager.
To set the weather region, navigate the menus to
Weather Region, press
À
to move the cursor location
to the number and use the
Œ
or
Õ
to enter the weath-
er region number.
Rain Source
Main Menu
Settings
System
Data Source
Rain Source
The rain source may come from:
• Signal:
Use the rain value in the weather sig-
nal from the selected weather region.
• Local (1mm per tip):
Use an on-site tipping
bucket rain gauge connected to the Rain Tip-in
terminal that measures rain with a 1mm per tip
signal (ETM
-
RG Tipping Rain Gauge).
• Local (0.01” per tip):
Use an on-site tipping
bucket rain gauge connected to the Rain Tip-in
terminal that measures rain with a 0.01” per tip
signal.
• Rain Region:
Like the weather region number,
a rain region number represents an area where
customers share data. Within an area, one on-
site tipping bucket rain gauge is used to share
localized rain data among ET Manager cus-
tomers, allowing for a more accurate represen-
tation of local rain. Your WRSP broadcasts rain
region data.
To set the rain source, navigate the menus to Rain
Source, press
À
to enter into the Rain Source screen.
Press
À
once more to change the
•
to the cursor,
.
Use the
Œ
or
Õ
to select the rain source.
If the rain region is selected, press
À
to move the cur-
sor location to the rain region number and use the
Œ
or
Õ
to enter the rain region number.
Elevation
Main Menu
Settings
System
Data Source
Elevation
Elevation above sea level is used when calculating ET.
To enter a close estimation of your elevation, navigate
the menus to Elevation, press
À
to move the cursor
location to the elevation, and use the
Œ
or
Õ
to set
the elevation.
Signal Provider Code
Main Menu
Settings
System
Data Source
Signal Provider Code
Your ET Manager must be programmed to receive
information from your specific WRSP. A Signal Provider
Code is unique for your WRSP and is necessary for your
ET Manager to receive a weather signal. The code con-
sists of 10 different numbers and these 10 numbers are
labeled A-J. To obtain this code, contact your WRSP, the
Rain Bird Distributor, your installation contractor, or go
to www.rainbird.com/etmanager.
Navigate the Menus to
the Signal Provider
Code and press
À
to
enter into the Signal
Provider Code screen.
Press
Õ
to move the
cursor to “Yes” and press
À.
Use the
Œ
,
Õ and À
buttons to set the codes for A through J.