Set Time Of Day And Date - Orbit 57880 User Manual

the ReSeT button again unless you want to completely remove all
your programming.
User Controls
Set the Time of Day and Date
TIme/DATe
• Turn the rotary dial to the position.
• 12:00 PM will appear in the display with three arrows
pointing to the year, month, and day. [See Figure 1]
• Press and hold the button to advance the clock to the cor-
rect time of day. Use the button to go in reverse. When the
correct time of day is reached, press the eNTeR button to
lock in the time. To increase or decrease more rapidly, hold
down either the or buttons until the display goes into
rapid advance mode.
• A blinking cursor will appear below the arrow for the year,
month, and date when programming.
• Use the and buttons to set the correct year, then press
eNTeR.
• Use the and buttons to set the correct month, then press
eNTeR.
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• Use the and buttons to set the correct date, then press
eNTeR. The display will show the correct time and date.
Note: If a watering schedule is not entered into the timer, the factory
installed fail-safe program will turn on each station every day for 10 min-
utes. To avoid accidental station activation, either turn the rotary switch
to off or enter a watering schedule.
Figure 1: LCD Display with Surrounding Information
Determine a Watering Plan
To help you visualize how best to program the sprinkler timer, it
might be helpful to make a watering plan on paper. This will help
you establish which days and times you want to water. [See Figure 2]
1. For each station (or valve) write down the watering location,
the type of sprinkler head and the plants to be watered.
2. Using this list, determine the recommended watering dura-
tion (for each type of sprinkler head and the vegetation
to be watered) and frequency for each station.
Important: Identify any imposed watering restrictions through
your local water district.
3. Determine, based on step 2, the ideal watering option for each
station.
Watering
Station Program Days
Option
1 A Days of Week M, W, Sat
2 A Days of Week M, W, Sat
3 A Days of Week M, W, Sat
4 A Days of Week M, W, Sat
5 B Interval Every 5 days
6 B Interval Every 5 days
Figure 2: Creating a Watering Plan
• Program A allows you to select specific days of the week to
water (e.g. Monday, Wednesday and and Saturday) as well
as every second day (every other day).
• Program B allows you to specify 2 options:
- Interval Watering - Interval watering is used to water at
an interval from 1 to 28 days. An interval of 1 will water
every day; an interval of 2 will water every other day, etc.
- Odd or Even Days - The sprinkler timer can be selected
to only water on Odd days or Even days. The odd/even
schedule is based on the date.
Start Duration
Location Sprinkler
Time Minutes
5:00 AM 15 min Front Strip Spray Heads
15 min Front Spray Heads
30 min Back, South Gear Drive
30 min Back, North Gear Drive
9:00 AM 30 min Back Shrub Head Shrubs and Flowers
30 min Front Shrub Head Shrubs and Flowers
Plants
Grass
Grass
Grass
Grass
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