Programming - Orbit 57880 User Manual

section 3:

Programming

Using your watering plan, determine which program you will need to
use (A, B or both A and B) and go to the appropriate section (below) for
programming help.
Program A - Day(s) of Week
STeP 1. SeT THe "START TIme( )"
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Note: The cycle start time is the time the program begins watering the
first station. Cycle start times do not correspond to specific stations.
• Turn the dial to the CYCLe START TImeS position in
"Program A". The display will show an "A" and a blinking
cursor should be next to "Cycle Start Time 1" (on the left side
NeXT
of the LCD). If not, push the key until the curser is
next to "Cycle Start Time 1". [See Figure 3]
• Set the time you want to begin watering for start time 1 using
the or keys, then press the eNTeR key. The curser
should now be at "Cycle Start Time 2" and begin blinking.
ImportaNt: Entering additional start times (2 through 4) will
repeat the watering program for the same designated watering day.
Generally, only one cycle start time is required for "Program A".
For more information on "multiple Start times" go to the
"automatic operation and Commonly used Features" section on
page 10.
STeP 2: WATeRING DURATIONS
To set the duration for each station/zone assigned to "Program A"
do the following:
• Turn the rotary dial to the STATION DURATION position in
"Program A". The display will show an "A" and MINS. [See
Figure 4]
• Press the NeXT key until the cursor blinks over the station
first station assigned to "Program A". Using the "Watering Plan"
as our example, this would be station 1. [See Figure 2]
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Figure 3: LCD Display with Start Time
• Press and hold the or key to enter the watering duration
and press the eNTeR key. You should see an "A" over the
Station just programmed. [See Figure 4]
• Following the steps above, set the watering duration for each
remaining station assigned to "Program A" (15 min for station
2 and 30 min for both Stations 3 and 4 in our example).
• To skip a station, press the NeXT key.
• To erase previously programmed watering durations, press the
CLeAR key.
STeP 3: ASSIGNING WATeRING DAYS
• Turn the rotary dial to DAYS OF Week in "Program A". The
NO DURATIONS eNTeReD
eNTeRING DURATIONS
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Figure 4: Entering Duration for "Program A"
display will show an "A" and the cursor will blink under the
days of week M, T, W, T, F, S, S Monday, Tuesday, etc. [See
Figure 5]
• Press eNTeR to activate watering on Monday. An arrow
appears under "m" and the cursor will advance to Tuesday
("T"), press eNTeR to activate watering on Tuesday or
to skip to the next day. [See Figure 5] Repeat these steps for all
days of the week.
• To delete a previously entered day, press CLeAR.
• If you want to water every second day, press the NeXT
advance the cursor to "2nd", then press eNTeR. If you choose
to water every 2nd day, you cannot set specific days of the
week for watering.
please proceed to the "automatic operation" section if a program
B is not required.
Program B - Interval Watering & Odd and
Even Days
STeP 1. SeT THe "START TIme(s)"
Note: The cycle start time is the time the program begins watering the
first station. Cycle start times do not correspond to specific stations.
• Turn the dial to the CYCLe START TImeS position in
"Program B". The display will show a "B" and a blinking
cursor should be next to "Cycle Start Time 1" (on the left side
of the LCD). If not, push the NeXT key until the curser is
next to "Cycle Start Time 1".
• Set the time you want to begin watering for start time 1 using
the or keys, then press the eNTeR key. The curser
should now be at "Cycle Start Time 2" and begin blinking.
ImportaNt: Entering additional start times (2 through 4) will
repeat the watering program for the same designated watering day.
Generally, only one cycle start time is required for "Program B".
For more information on "multiple Start times" go to the
"Commonly used Features" section on page 10.
NeXT
key to
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