Toro Micro-Master Series User Manual page 48

Micro-Master Touch User Guide
Sequential Programs
Sequential Programs have a runtime allocated to each individual station output. Irrigation will begin
at station 1 and end at the last station programmed. This is a simple way of programming if only one
station at a time is being irrigated. Stations with a runtime of zero are skipped.
Grouping Programs
A Grouping Program can have up to 48 groups of up to 40 stations. Due to electrical limitations only
eight valves per master/remote unit are allowed. Each group has an individual group runtime. Each
group can have up to four chemicals assigned. The same four chemicals are used in all groups of a
program, however the runtime for each chemical in each group can be different.
Any station can be in one or any number of groups. A group may contain no stations. i.e. As a
program delay.
If several pumps are used during a program, the pumps can simply be loaded into the groups with the
stations. When the group of stations is switched on, the pump will be switched on at the same time.
Use Program 1 Config
Each program, by default, shares some configuration parameters with Program 1. These parameters
include modes and units, delays, control sensors, pump sets, filter banks and flow meters. These
parameters are shown with a '*' next to the name on the display during edit functions. Changing a
shared parameter will change the parameter for all programs that have 'Use Program 1 Config'
enabled. When 'Use Program 1 Config' is disabled for a particular program, the shared parameters
are copied from Program 1 to the particular program and then are specific to that program.
In this way the majority of situations will only have to set basic irrigation parameters once.
Complicated and specialised programs can then be individually programmed.
Water Budget
Each program has a water budget. Water budgets can be set from 0% to 250% in increments of 1%.
Enabled Programs and Rain Switch
Each program can be enabled or disabled. In conjunction with program enabling, a global rain switch
is available. A program must be enabled and the global rain switch must be off for the program to
run. An option to force the program to ignore the global rain switch is available in the Advanced
Parameters pages.
Irrigation Units
Group or station runtimes are entered as a number of units. The available units are hours:minutes,
minutes:seconds, or volumetric. If the selected Irrigation Unit is volumetric, the units used for
irrigation are the same as the units of the allocated flow meter.
For example, if flow meter 1 has been set with units of kilolitres, and program 1 irrigation unit is
volumetric and uses flow meter 1, then the values entered for each group of station in program 1 will
be kilolitres.
Injection Units
Units for chemical injection can be either hours:minutes, minutes:seconds, or volumetric. If the
selected Injection Unit is volumetric, the actual units used are the same as the units for the flow
meter allocated to the chemical.
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