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Skip Days watering schedule will activate the program within the specified interval. You can designate skip days from
1 through 59 days between watering days. The entered value will be the number of days the controller will skip until an
active watering day. If you enter a value of 3, MC-E skip watering for 3 consecutive days and water on the fourth day.
MC-E will repeat the schedule after the active day.
Set Skip Days Program Schedule
Step 1 – Place the Function Dial to the SET PROGRAM position.
Step 2 – Enter the program number (1–8) being modified. Press the
to activate the selection.
Press the
button to clear any “Key Entry Error”.
Step 3 – Press the
button to activate Skip days watering schedule. Default settings are “0” days and “0” skips.
Step 4 – Enter the designated Skip day number and press the
button. (1 = skip 1 day then water the next day,
2 = skip 2 days then water the next day, etc.)
Example: Set the program to skip 4 days before activating. Press
.
Step 5 – Enter today’s designation number and press the
button. This number represents the current day’s position
within the schedule interval. This number will increment on a daily basis starting from 0 (zero) until the
skip day number designation is met. When the skip day number and the “Today” number are equal, then the
controller will regard that day as the program’s watering day.
Example: With skip day set to 4, the program is set to skip days 0, 1, 2 and 3. Set today so that the controller
will water the next day. Enter
and press the
button.
To return the program’s scheduling to Weekdays, press the
buttons.
Step 6 – Return the Function dial to AUTO/RUN
position to exit SET PROGRAM.
Water Budget
The MC-E water budget
feature maximizes water conservation by allowing you to micro-adjust watering. By
adjusting your irrigation during dry seasons, wet seasons, etc., you can be sure that your landscape areas are receiving the
optimum irrigation while conserving water resource. Once activated, the global water budget affects all active programs.
Adjust the Global Water Budget
Step 1 – Place the Function Dial to the WATER BUDGET
position.
Step 2 – Use the
or
buttons to adjust the watering percentage. The
or
buttons will
increment/decrement the percentage by 10%. Press
to save any changes.
In addition, you can adjust the percentage by entering the percentage number using the key pad and pressing
the
button to accept.
Example: Decrease watering globally to 85%. Press
.
You can adjust the watering budget down to 0% (OFF) and up to 200%.
Step 3 – Return the Function dial to AUTO/RUN
position to exit WATER BUDGET.
CAUTION: Increasing the water budget may shift station operations to past midnight. During start time review, an
asterisk will be displayed alerting you to the situation. The controller will complete programs that start before midnight
and end after midnight. However, program start times that have been shifted past midnight (after day change) may be lost.
Check your start times and adjust accordingly.
