Manual

 Update Firmware
o The most current version of the firmware will be posted to www.toro/evolution-ag
o Create on a thumb drive a folder: Evolution
o Within that folder on the thumb drive create a subfolder: Firmware.
o Download the firmware file from the website into the Firmware subfolder
o Insert this thumb drive into the controller
o Enter the ADVANCED menu of the controller
o Scroll down until you find: Firmware
o Select: Update firmware, and follow the steps it will lead you through
Terminology
 What does FP1 and FP1 Mean?
o FP1 and FP2 are abbreviations for Fertilizer Pump 1, and Fertilizer Pump 2. You may see
reference to FP1 and FP2 on the SCHEDULES/WATER DAYS menu even if you are not
using the fertilizer injection program. If you do want to inject fertilizer, the programming
is done in the ADVANCED Menu, under FERT DETAILS
 What is Pulsing? When would I use it?
o Pulsing is the technique of releasing water to the plants in pulses, rather than all at
once. Pulses can be very short for plants in a greenhouse, sometimes less than a
minute. For agricultural fields, they can be considerably longer. You, the grower, can
determine how long is the watering pulse, and how long to wait until the next watering
pulse. For instance: Assume you have a very heavy clay soil, and you observe that
runoff starts to occur after 45 minutes. It takes about an hour for the water to fully
absorb into the soil.
o If you know that the plants actually need about 3 hours of water each day, you can very
simply set the controller to water in 45 minute pulses, with each pulse followed by a 1
hour pause. The watering would proceed something like this:
o To setup a Pulsing program, see the How Do I? section above.
 What is a Looping Schedule?
o What a Looping Schedule does:
 Runs every day
 Runs only within a time window (set the start time and the end time)
 During the time window, will alternate between run-time, and delay time
 Can assign as many zones as available to this Looping Schedule
 During the time window, the controller will activate each assigned zone for the
defined run-time, then pause for the defined DELAY time, then start again with
the first zone. It will cycle repeatedly through this sequence until the end of the
run delay run delay run delay run
what the valve will do: 45 min 1 hr 45 min 1 hr 45 min 1 hr 45 min
total runtime: 45 min 1 hr 30 min 2 hrs 15 min 3 hrs