Manual
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Manual Watering
e Manual Watering functions are used for additional watering if the irrigation program is not sucient.
ey can also be used to troubleshoot each station for proper operation. Pressing the Manual Watering Key accesses the
Multi-Manual function.
M-Manual - Select M-Manual to activate a station or group of stations with a specied runtime.
Multi-Manual Station Activation Directions
Manual station activation example: Activate stations 1–12 with a runtime of 5 minutes each and limit watering to 3 stations
simultaneously.
e Multi-Manual function is limited to the maximum simultaneous station settings of the gateway. In cases where a
program is running and a multi-manual activated, the gateway will activate all stations specied in the multi-manual
in addition to the currently activated stations. us, the multi-manual will allow the gateway to exceed the maximum
simultaneous station settings.
1. Press the Manual Watering Key .
2. e cursor should be located in the Manual eld, use the Input Dial to select M-Manual.
3. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Sta#: eld. Use the Input Dial to select the correct
value of the rst station being irrigated. For this example, select station 01.
4. Press the Right Arrow to advance the cursor to the next value. is value will indicate the last station of the range.
If irrigating only one station, this value should be the same as the rst value. For this example, select station 12.
5. Press the Right Arrow to advance the cursor to the next entry eld. is entry eld will indicate the runtime in
hours, minutes and seconds (HH:MM:SS). Use the Input Dial
and the Right Arrow Key to select the
appropriate runtime value. For this example, set the value to 00:05:00.
6. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the next entry eld. Notice that a new Station: line was created.
Fill this line only if irrigating multiple ranges of stations, otherwise, leave this line blank.
7. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Simult: eld. Use the Input Dial to select the
maximum simultaneous irrigating stations. For this example, set the value to 03.
8. Once nished, press the Start Key to activate or press the Home Key to cancel and revert back to the default
display.
Pressing the Home Key will save the entered values.
e gateway containing the desired station to be started can be selected by highlighting ‘x’ in the “BDx” eld.
When nished, the display should read:
Manual: M-Manual
Sta#: 01-12 00:05
Sta#: ----- --:--
Simult: 03
Press START to water
When reviewing the Multi-Manual program by pressing the Manual Watering button, the display will deduct the
stations that watered or currently watering to the list.
Modifying the Multi-manual will append the added stations to the currently running manual. Currently running
stations will not be aected. e Gateway will run the stations in sequential order disregarding the order it was entered.
% (Percent) Adjust
e Percent Adjust feature is not used at this time.