Manual Watering - Orbit 57880 User Manual

section 5:

Manual Watering

The Orbit ® timer has the ability to override the automatic program
without disturbing the preset program .
Manually Running Both A and B Programs
• Turn the rotary dial to AUTO, then press the
The display will show "AB" and "ALL" blinking . [See Figure
9] This indicates all stations in the "A" and "B" programs will
water for their assigned durations in sequence .
• To activate the assigned water durations in the "A" and "B"
programs for each station, press ENTER .
Water durations assigned to station 1 in "program A" will water
first, then move to station 1 in "program B" before advancing to
the second station and will continue alternating . Only those stations
assigned a watering duration will water .
1 2 3 4 5 6
Figure : Manually running both programs A and B
Manually Running "Program A" or "Program B"
pROGRAm A
To activate each station's assigned watering durations for the "A"
program only, press the mANUAL
This will activate stations with assigned watering durations in the
"A" program . To initiate watering, press ENTER . (All stations cycle
once) . [See Figure 10]
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mANUAL key .
key, followed by the NEXT key .
Figure 10: Manual Watering Program A Only
pROGRAm B
To activate each station's assigned watering durations for the "B"
program only, press the mANUAL
key two distinct times . This will activate only those stations with
assigned watering durations in the "B" program . To initiate watering,
press ENTER .
• To halt or discontinue manual watering, press the
once . The timer will revert to your original automatic watering
schedule .
Manually Running One or More Stations
The manual operation mode allows you to set durations in any of the
stations from 1 to 99 minutes .
• Turn the rotary dial to AUTO .
• Press the mANUAL key . Then press
display will show a blinking cursor on station 1 along with - -
MINS . [See Figure 11]
• To set the number of minutes for watering duration, press
and hold the key to advance to desired number of water-
ing minutes . Use the key to go in reverse . Press
begin watering .
• To skip a station, press NEXT
the station number you wish to program . (Example: To set
station 3 for five minutes, press the manual key; then press the
NEXT key five times to select the manual operation mode and
key, followed by the NEXT
CLEAR key
NEXT three times . The
ENTER
to
until the cursor is blinking over
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