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VSX OPERATING MANUAL
You may now press the OPTIONS, BACK, or
NEXT buttons to view more options, or you
may press EXIT to leave the Program Options
mode.
Note that, whenever a Program is scaled up or
down (to any value other than 100%) and saved,
a “+” or “-” sign appears as a reminder in the
upper left corner of the display before the
Program name, when pressing PROGRAM
SELECT to view Programs.
The “+” or “-” signs will also appear next to
the Total when STATIONS is first pressed in a
scaled Program. If you continue to press STA-
TIONS to view individual Station run times, the
“+” or “-” sign will appear next to the Event
number, and the actual scaled run times are
shown in the run time area of the display. This
is a reminder that you are viewing a scaled run
time, and not the base run time.
Cycles: The Cycles option specifies the number
of times a Program will run. The default value
is 1, so that once you have created a Program, it
will run the entire sequence of stations once per
scheduled day.
You may specify up to 15 cycles per Program,
however. This is useful when your plants
require more water than the ground is capable
of absorbing in a single application (such as
very dense or compacted soil, or sloped areas),
or when you wish to keep an area wet with
many short applications (germinating seed,
grow-in, etc.). You can also specify a Delay
between each cycle at the next option setting.
To set the number of Cycles: Press PROGRAM
SELECT until the name of the Program you
want to adjust appears. Press OPTIONS until
Set Cycles?
appears. Press ENTER. The
display will show:
Type the number of cycles you want with the
number buttons on the keypad, and press
ENTER. The display will briefly show
“SAVED!”
and the new number of cycles. After
a moment, the display will revert to
Set
Cycles?
You may now press the OPTIONS,
BACK, or NEXT buttons to view more op-
tions, or you may press EXIT to leave the
Program Options mode.
Note that the next time you press the STATIONS
button while in this Program, the Total run time
will be updated to reflect the number of cycles of
the Program.
Cycle Delay: This is the amount of time the
Program will wait between multiple cycles,
before starting again. There is only 1 cycle
delay factor per Program, which will occur
between all cycles. If there is only 1 cycle,
Cycle Delay will not have any effect at all.
To set the Cycle Delay: Press PROGRAM
SELECT until the name of the Program you
want to adjust appears. Press OPTIONS until
Set Cycle Delay?
appears. Press ENTER.
The display will show:
(or, Delay = ##:## if a delay has
already been programmed).
Type the length of the cycle delay you want in
hours:minutes format with the number buttons on
the keypad. (You can also clear out an existing
delay by typing “0” or pressing CLEAR). Press
ENTER. The display will show:
