Water Budgeting; Multiple Start Times - Orbit 57880 User Manual

ImportaNt: this timer contains a rain Sensor Bypass Switch.
If the rain sensor switch is in the "on" position and no sensor is
connected the sprinkler timer will not operate.
Station Advance
When the sprinkler timer is operating, press
at the current station and move on to the next station .
Timer Off
Turn the Rotary Dial to the OFF
kler timer from watering in Automatic and Manual modes .
Rain Delay
Rain delay allows you to delay your sprinkler timer from watering
for a set period of time . Delay settings are 24, 48, and 72 hours .
ACTIvATE THE "RAIN DELAY" FUNCTION:
1 . Ensure the rotary selector is on the
2 . Press the RAIN DELAY
ing for 24 hours . [See Figure 8]
3 . If a longer Rain Delay is desired, press and release the
DELAY button to increase or decrease the setting .
4 . Press ENTER or wait 10 seconds and the selected Rain Delay
will begin .
5 . The CLEAR button stops the Rain Delay and scheduled
watering will resume .
Figure : LCD Display with Rain Delay
10
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NEXT to end watering
position . This prevents the sprin-
AUTO position .
button to automatically delay water-
RAIN
At the end of the selected Rain Delay amount of time, automatic
watering resumes .
While in rain delay mode, the sprinkler timer will display the
remaining hours . No other buttons, besides CLEAR, will be accept-
ed while the sprinkler timer is in the rain delay mode .

Water Budgeting

Water Budgeting is a simple way to adjust your watering duration to
match seasonal watering needs . Water Budgeting works by increas-
ing or decreasing watering duration for all stations in all programs .
Adjustment range is from 10% to 200% by increments of 10% . The
default value is 100% .
TO SET BUDGETING:
1 . Turn rotary dial to BUDGETING
2 . To increase or decrease the percentage, press the
button .
ENTER
3 . Press to save setting .

Multiple Start Times

Multiple Start times allow "program A" and/or "B" to cycle through
each Station/zone and repeat the program again (up to four times)
on the days programmed . This is useful for preventing damage to
newly seeded lawns and to prevent water waste from run-off on
sloped areas . To Set Multiple Start Times
START TImES
1 . Turn rotary dial to
or "B" .
2 . Press NEXT until the curser blinks at "Cycle Start Time 2" .
3 . Use the or key to enter the time you want the program
to begin watering again and press ENTER .
4 . Repeat step 3 to program a third and fourth start time if
needed .
5 . To delete a start time press NEXT
the start time and press CLEAR .
position .
or
position for "program A"
until the curser blinks by
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