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SECTION 3 PROGRAMS & STATIONS
making
since 1986
water work
•
MINS PER CYCLE:
The amount of
irrigation time applied in each cycle of a 24
hour watering period.
•
SOAK-IN TIME:
The amount of time (In
Minutes) between multiple cycle starts.
1. Cycle and soak examples:
In the example shown in figure 3.2, station 1 will
irrigate for 5.0 minutes (the Mins per Cycle setting)
then wait 60 minutes (the Soak-in Time setting), it will
repeat the process two (2) more times until the total
irrigation applied is 15 minutes ( the Total Mins
setting), this feature is called Cycle and Soak. Each
station’s Cycle and Soak setting can be set
independent of any other station’s settings. The
following shows some examples of Cycle and Soak
settings:
Example 1
Total Mins: 10.0
Mins per Cycle: 2.0
Soak-in Time:
15
In this example the controller will irrigate 5 cycles of 2 minutes, for a
total of 10 minutes with a soak in time of 15 minutes between cycles.
Example 2
Total Mins: 10.0
Mins per Cycle:
10.0
Soak-in Time:
5.0
In this example the total minutes and the minutes per cycle are the
same, therefore the controller will irrigate one cycle of ten minutes.
The soak in time will be ignored
.
Example 3
Total Mins:
10.0
Mins per Cycle:
20.0
Soak-in Time:
10
In this example the controller will irrigate 1 cycle of 10 minutes.
The
Mins per Cycle Time and Soak-In Time will be ignored
.
2. Test a Station at the Station Programming
Screen
1.
Press the
TEST
Menu key to turn the
current station on. The run time will be
the time set at the Valve Testing
screen.
2.
Pressing the
STOP
key at anytime will
end the test.
3. Set NO Water Days at the Station
Programming Screen
No Water Days gives you the ability to turn a specific
station off for a certain amount of days consecutively
starting from today’s date. This setting will only affect
the station involved.
1.
To turn the current station off for 1 to
31 days, press the blue
ARROW
keys
to highlight the NO Water day setting.
2.
Press the
PLUS
or
MINUS
keys to set
the number of NO Water Days
desired.
THIS CONCLUDES THE STATION PROGRAMMING
SECTION
C. STATION-TO-STATION COPY
The Station to Station Copy feature allows you to copy
programming from one station to another, copy the
programming from one station to all stations, or any
program.
The settings that are copied are:
•
Total
Minutes
(except in Daily ET mode)
•
Minutes Per Cycle
•
Soak-In
Time
From the MAIN MENU screen.
1.
Press the
PROGRAMS & STATIONS
Menu key.
2.
Press the
STATION – TO –
STATION COPY
Menu key.
The STATION TO STATION COPY screen is
displayed (Figure 3.3).
STATION TO STATION COPY
Items copied from Station to Station:
Total Mins*
Mins per Cycle
* except to Daily ET stations
Soak-in Time
Copy from Station 6 to Station 7
Copy Station 6 to PROG A Stations
Figure 3.3
