8
SETTING UP WATERING PROGRAMS
Up to six Programs may be entered, each requiring the programming of:
•
Watering days
– applied to all Station numbers and Start Times
•
Start times
– up to six
•
Station numbers
- up to four or six, depending on the model
•
Station Run Times
– may be different for each Station
For example, Program 3 may be set to water on Mondays and Thursdays (Watering Days), at 7am and
7pm (Start Times), and water Station 1 for 20 minutes, Station 2 for 10 minutes, and Station 4 for 30
minutes (Run Times).
An example of the use of six start times is the watering of a new lawn in very hot weather. It might be
watered for 10 minutes at 6am, 10am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm.
SETTING START TIMES
SETTING WATERING DAYS
1
Select
SET START TIMES
on the
Control Dial
.
This will cause the
START No
to flash.
2
Press to select the required
Program
.
3
Use and to select the
Start No
required.
4
Press and
OFF
will flash (if a start time
has previously been set, then the
Hours
will
flash.
5
Use and to select the
Start Time
Hours
required.
6
Press and
MIN
will flash.
7
Use and to select the
Start Time
Minutes
required
.
8
To add a second start time, press until
Start Number 1
flashes, press to change
start number to 2. Repeat steps 4-7 for
Start
Number 2
9
Repeat steps 2 to 7 until all
Start Times
have
been programmed for all Programs
.
PROG
No
3
START
No
1
AM
7: 30
HOUR
MIN
There are three ways to set
Watering Days
:
• Calendar Schedule
water on specific days of the week (eg. Monday, Wednesday and Friday). This is a seven day schedule
which starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.
• Interval Schedule
water at intervals of a selected number of days (eg. every third day). Available intervals are from 1
(water every day) to 15 (water every 15th day).
• Odd/Even Schedule
water on odd or even numbered days of the month (useful in times of drought when watering
restrictions are in place).