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Gardena Watering Controller 6040 Operating Instructions Manual page 4

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Watering Programs
Setting the
Prerequisite : you must set the current time and day of the
watering programs :
week before you can set the watering programs.
To give you a better overview of your irrigation system and to make
it easier to enter the watering data, we recommend entering the
data for your valves on the watering plan included in the appendix
of these operating instructions.
1.
Selecting the Channel and Program Memory Location :
You can save 4 watering programs for each channel.
1. Press the Channel key for the relevant channel
(e.g. the display shows channel 1).
2. Select the program memory location using the ▲-▼ keys
2.
(e.g. program memory location 1) and confirm your selection
by pressing the OK key.
S S T T A A R R T T T T I I M M E E
Setting the Watering Start Time :
3.
3. Set the hours for the watering start time using the ▲-▼ keys
(e.g.
1 1 6 6
S S T T A A R R T T T T I I M M E E
4. Set the minutes for the watering start time using the ▲-▼ keys
4.
3 3 0 0
(e.g.
OK key.
R R U U N N T T I I M M E E
Setting the Watering Duration :
5.
5. Set the hours for watering duration using the ▲-▼ keys
(e.g.
1 1
R R U U N N T T I I M M E E
6. Set the minutes for watering duration using the ▲-▼ keys
3 3 0 0
(e.g.
6.
OK key.
The arrow ê above the watering cycle flashes on the display.
Setting the Watering Cycle :
(a) Every 2nd or 3rd day (from the current day)
(b) Select any day of the week (daily watering also possible
with this setting)
7. (a) Watering Cycle every 2nd or 3rd Day :
7. (a)
Using the ▲-▼ keys, set the arrow ê to 2nd or 3rd
(e.g. 3rd = every 3rd day) and confirm your selection by press-
ing the OK key.
The watering program is saved and the display shows the
watering cycle (e.g. 3rd ) and the preview for the week
(e.g. Mo, Th, Su ).
The days in the preview for the week are always with respect
to the day of the week set in the system.
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and the hours flash on the display.
hours) and confirm your entry by pressing the OK key.
and the minutes flash on the display.
minutes) and confirm your entry by pressing the
and hours flash on the display.
hour) and confirm you entry by pressing the OK key.
and minutes flash on the display.
minutes) and confirm your entry by pressing the
– or –
(b) Watering Cycle for Any Day of the Week :
7. (b)
Using the ▲-▼ keys, set the arrow ê to the desired day of
the week (e.g. Mo = Monday) and select / deselect the day
by pressing the OK key.
When you have selected all the desired days of the week
(e.g. Mo, We, Fr), press the ▲ key until the arrow ê over Su
disappears.
The watering program is saved and the display shows the
watering cycle (e.g. Mo, We, Fr ).
Changing an existing
You can change an existing program stored in one of the 4 pro-
watering program :
gram memory locations without having to create the program
from scratch.
The data for the watering starting time, duration, and cycle are
preset ; therefore you only need to change the specific values of
the watering program you want to change. You can transfer all
other values from "Setting the Watering Program" by pressing
the OK key.
Ending the programming
You can exit the programming mode prematurely at any time.
mode prematurely :
v Press the Time key.
The display shows the current time and day of the week.
Reset :
The Watering Controller is reset to the default setting and
all program data is deleted.
v Press the Reset key (e.g. using the tip of a pen).
• All symbols of the display light up for 2 seconds.
• The program data for all programs is deleted.
• The system time and day of the week are not deleted.
You can reset your Watering Controller at any time. After resetting
the Watering Controller the display shows the time.
Manual Watering
Manual watering :
1. Press the Man key.
2. Press the relevant Channel key (e.g. channel 5).
1.
3. Press the Man key if you want to irrigate for
– or –
set the manual watering duration using the ▲-▼ keys
1 1 : : 1 1 5 5
(e.g.
2.
3.
0 0 : : 3 3 0 0
minutes
) and confirm your entry by pressing the OK key.
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