User Manual

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WaterTecS100UserManual 14

ManuallyRunningaZone

PresstheBypassbuonontheS100toturnoﬀthebiSensorcontrolandpreventa

cyclewindowfromstarng.Thenusethecontrolsonyoursprinklermertostart

themanualrun.Whenthemanualruniscomplete,presstheBypassbuononthe

S100againto

enablebiSensorcontrol.

ConiguringtheSprinklerTimer

1. Setyoursprinklermertoapply½”to¾”ofwatertoeachzoneeachday.By

conﬁguringyourmertowatereveryday,youallowthebiSensortowateronthe

bestpossibledays.

2. Use“SoakCycles”tominimizetheamountofrunoﬀ.Atypicalsoak

cyclemightbe

madeupof2waterperiodseachequalto½yourtotalwatermewithonesoak

periodequaltothetotalwatermebetweenthe2waterperiods.

3. Forhelpfulsuggesonsonwateringstrategies,refertoWateringWithSoil

MoistureSensors(hp://www.baselinesystems.com/mediaﬁles//pdf/

watering_with_SMS.pdf)

Step5–ConiguretheSprinklerTimer&theCycleWindow

ConiguringtheCycleWindowontheS100

Thecyclewindowistheamountofmeallowedforacompletewateringcycleto

ﬁnishaertheﬁrstzonehasstartedwatering.Adjustthecyclewindowmetobeat

leastonehourlongerthan themerequiredtoﬁnishwatering.TheS100ispresetfor

a

12‐hourcyclewindow.Ifyoursystemneedsmorethantwelvehourstocompletea

wateringcycleorifyouchoosetowateryourlawnseveralmesperday,youmay

needtoincreasethecyclewindowduraon.

1. PressandholdtheBypassbuonfor2

seconds.Thecurrentcyclewindowme

displays.

2. WhileholdingtheBypassbuon,pressthe

+or–buontochangethecyclewindow

me.Youcansetavaluebetween0and24

hours.

Note:Whenyour

systemruns,ifthemoistureissllbelowthethresholdwhenthe

cyclewindowisﬁnished,thecyclewindowwillstartagainifavalveisrunning.Setthe

cyclewindowforenoughmetoaccommodateallwateringneedsplusanaddional

hourforpadding.