Watering Program Basics - Toro TMC-212 User Manual

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Watering Program Basics

The following example illustrates how a typical watering
program could be set up for the sprinkler system shown
on the previous page.
The diagram at the right depicts the watering program in
a timeline format.
Example: The program start time is set for 3:00 a.m.
Lawn stations 1 and 2 each have a run time of 10 min-
utes and lawn station 4 is set to run for 20 minutes. Note
that stations 3 and 5 water shrubs and flowers and have
been excluded from this program. (These stations will be
set to operate on a separate program).
As shown in the watering program diagram, at 3:00 a.m.
the controller starts the program watering cycle.
Station 1 sprinklers run for 10 minutes and shut off. Next,
station 2 sprinklers turn on, run for 10 minutes and shut
off. The controller skips station 3, and turns on station 4
which runs for 20 minutes and shuts off. Station 5 is
skipped and the watering cycle ends at 3:40 a.m.
As you can see from this example, only one program
start time was needed to operate three different stations.
Using more than one program for example, would enable
lawn zones to be watered every day on program A,
shrub zones to run on on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday on program B and drip irrigation to soak the
flower beds every three days on program C.
Note: Although the TMC-212 offers the multiple program
feature, you may want to use one program only if it
meets your needs. The remaining programs can be
turned off and on as you need to use them.
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Watering Program Diagram
Program Starts
at 3:00 a.m.
12
Station 1
9
Station time
6
10 minutes
12
Station 2
9
Station time
6
10 minutes
12
Station 4
9
Station time
6
20 minutes
Program Ends
at 3:40 a.m.
3
3
3
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