SECTION 3 PROGRAMS & STATIONS
®
making
since 1986
water work
5. When at the START TIMES & WATER
DAYS screen the two (2) top right
Menu keys can be used to scroll to the
different programs. The following
explains each setting on the START
TIMES & WATER DAYS screen.
•
PROG:
Indicates the current program.
Program A is being programmed in the
example figure 3.1. The ET2000 Controller
has seven (7) programs A, B, C, D, E,
Drip1, and Drip 2.
•
START TIME:
The Start Time for
scheduled irrigation on the current
program. Program A has a 11:30 PM Start
Time.
•
NAME:
A program description can be
selected which describes the type of plant
material and irrigation heads assigned to
that program (this setting is optional).
•
DAYS IN SCHEDULE:
The ET2000 can
be set with a 7-Day schedule (shown in
figure 3.1), 14-Day Schedule, 21-Day
Schedule or 28-Day Schedule.
•
WATER DAYS:
The days of the week in
the schedule to irrigate. “on” represents a
water day, “- -“ represents an off day.
•
STOP TIME:
A time at which irrigation is
forced to end, even if the scheduled
irrigation cycle is not finished.
THIS CONCLUDES THE START TIMES & WATER
DAYS SECTION
B. STATIONS (STATION PROGRAMMING)
The stations section of the controller is used to setup
the following:
•
Individual station program assignments
•
Total
minutes
•
Minutes
per
cycle
•
Soak-In
Times
•
No water days
•
% of ET
(If in Daily ET mode)
•
Expected Flow Rates
(If in Daily ET mode, or
in Budgets mode)
•
Area square footages (
If in Daily ET mode
)
•
Precipitation rates (
If in Daily ET mode
)
Note:
Station description’s can be entered via the
Command Center software.
From the MAIN MENU screen.
1.
Press the
PROGRAMS & STATIONS
Menu key.
2.
Press the
STATIONS
Menu key.
The STATION PROGRAMMING screen is displayed
(Figure 3.2).
Test
Total Mins : 15.0
Mins per Cycle : 5
Soak-in Time : 60 No Water Day 0
STATION PROGRAMMING
Station 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROG A
Figure 3.2
3.
Press the blue
ARROW
keys to
move the cursor to the setting you
want to change.
4.
Press the
PLUS
or
MINUS
keys to
change the highlighted setting.
5. When at the Station Programming
screen, the two (2) top right Menu keys
are used for
STATION UP
and
STATION DOWN
. The following
explains each setting on the STATION
PROGRAMMING screen.
•
STATION:
Indicates the current station
number (Station 1 is the example in figure
3.2).
•
PROG:
Indicates the program that the
current station is assigned to (Program A
is the example in figure 3.2).
•
TOTAL MINS:
The total amount of
irrigation time that will be applied in each
24 our watering period.
