Program Properties - Rainmachine Pro-16 Quick Start Manuals

Program Properties
Weather-Adaptive Watering: When enabled, the base watering
duration (Suggested or Custom) will be adjusted based on weather.
Rain Restriction: Do not water if rain exceeds a certain amount.
Use this feature if you absolutely don't want any watering during rain
exceeding a certain set amount. (e.g. if rain > 1/8inch then stop
watering). Rain Restriction is a binary decision (water or not water) and
sometimes is required by water company / city regulation.
While we do not agree with using rain restriction, it might be required
by some municipalities. Keep in mind that Weather-Adaptive Watering
takes rain into account anyway, but in cases when light rain is present,
the system still might trigger a short watering cycle. If the rain amount is
large, the Weather-Adaptive feature will prevent watering for that day
and possibly few days after.
Cycle and Soak: Splits the base watering runtime into multiple cycles
separated by soak times. This feature improves watering efficiency by
allowing time for the soil to absorb water and thus avoid runoff.
Delay between zones: Sets the amount of time between two
consecutive zones in a program, to accommodate specific irrigation
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