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1. ritrol Controllers Adding Zones To exit the system right click on the top bar of the GUI and then left click on Quit The system leaves the small Start Up icon on your computer desktop Because you updated the controllers with your schedule the system will run as scheduled whether your computer is on or off PC Control The Convenience of the Remote ALIUt Handheld Remote B ri O a Nith the handheld remote you can send the controller several manual commands You can set the PIN number to contact a particular PC Control system s controller Because of the 2 way communication the remote will know if it is talking to a 12 24 36 or 48 zone system You can start the manual run of a zone or zones You can turn off zones ritrol Handheld Remote You can test all Zones in sequence by manually advancing through each zone You can switch on landscape lighting zones up to three at once or individually You can turn the controller to OFF or AUTO VVith the remote connected to a laptop computer you can change your schedule and h send it to the controller in the garage A maintenance contractor can do this for you an _ ee d H e rFitroi Ihe Remotes Display ie ne indicators in the remote s
2. E PC Control Installation and Startup SES ea y a m a a D ma The PC Control system is made up of three main components the software disk for the customer s computer the remote control device with its desktop stand and USB cord and the 12 station indoor controller USB Combination cable USB module included and handheld remote control ee Tn lt D ears T SS Eee ee T T T Ta paia a a Desktop or SEME laptop computer with software Irritrol System Connections In the garage Irrigation controller with built in 2 way radio Users Manual al ee al me hie og E The first sections of this manual are a guide to the installation of the PC Control system with one 12 Station controller and its initial setup The later sections of the manual contain detailed information on specific topics for reference such as Manual On and Off Rain Delay and Sensor Hold Per zone controls What each menu page provides The Scheduling Advisor Using schedules opening saving changing etc Installation and setup for multiple controllers FCC and UL information installation ions s O Ai ee al me i S Make sure the computer meets the system requirements Connect the
3. Oo re Ga Zz Instal ling the Cor troller i i i tr ol Wire Hookup 1 he PC Control is designed to use a normally closed rain sensor The sensor will open or break the electrical circuit when in a wet condition If a rain or rain freeze sensor is being used loosen the screw terminals labeled SL and SH and remove the U shaped jumper wire connecting them Then connect the two wires from the sensor or in the case of a wireless sensor the two wires from the receiver one to the SL terminal and on to the SH terminal Follow the installation instructions with the sensor for other connections and mounting At this point the field wiring to the controller is complete f Replace the controllers access cover and plug in the transformer to power up the controller You can do a quick test of each station with the remote as you walk the site Using the Rer Irritrol _ Field Connections the display is blank press any button to wake up the remote from its sleep mode About two seconds later AUTO or OFF will appear in the display to indicate the controller s status Press the UP arrow button to move up to the first zone The zone number 01 for Zone 1 will be on the left hand side of the display and the default running length of 10 MIN will appear on the right Press the START button to star
4. Overview A The software lets you create a custom watering schedule based on the weather amp monitor watering in real time the remote enables the software to communicate with the Controller amp can be used to manually water while in your yard The Controller operates your irrigation zones O and lighting in your yard Manual P id USB ir BACK The Overview button displays the screen showing how the hardware works in general Manual is another way to find the full manual from this page 122 gt The HELP Menu k Irritrol Support Page i i SUPPORT Check if a newer is available online Updates ol installation When you click on Updates you are asking your system to check online to see if there has been a later release of software for the PC Control You will either see that your software is up to date or that there is a new version ready for you to download lf there is a new one follow the instructions for retrieving it Your software is currently Press back to continue 123 o O PA r l p m i ER in Register sm upc Use he Register button opens a page where you can type in your name address and email information so we can notify you of upgrades or changes for your PC control Submit sends your data via email Support Page
5. Eo Custom Generic You can leave a little white space at the bottom of a photo The zone name will cover it After adjusting the photo size the installer clicks SET and then DONE Irritrol Adding Zone Photos a N The zone is no longer just Zone One It still has its zone number but now it has a photo and a name Use the above method to apply a name and photo to each zone ZONE 4 ADJUST SCHEDULE START h Setup Menu ZONES TYPE Water O Light NAME Front Lawn North DURATION DESCRIPTION Front lawn spray heads along driveway 64 Front Shrubs DP 5 oa n Pre pee oo seas ON WETTER I OPEN j VIEW k SETUP DRYER oea S SDNL MANUAL t RAE se Your system s opening screen may look like this with all its zone photos and names applied For an intro photo start with SETUP Irritrol Adding an Intro Photo 7 65 e 3 7 J E ae i l cp 3 a _ La Troi Adding an Intro Photc _ T When you click on SETUP it will take you to the Setup Menu Then click on the SOFTWARE tab Then click under INTRO PHOTO on JAGE TIME FORMAT INTRO PHOTO the CHANGE 12 hr 11 27pm button 24 hr 23 27 I ritrol Adding an Intro Photo
6. 44 l p Setting Zone Durations and ee 5 Run Times TT Then drag the duration to the Zone One running time length that you f want for the zone Use the above methods to move each DURA TION zone to the START time you want and to set Its DURATION You can both add zones to your schedule and repeat a zones operation multiple times per day Ifthe demands of the landscape required that Zone 1 water twice each water day simply highlight the upper part of the zone on the calendar and then click the ADD button EMIS pays Zone One Click and hold on the upper m part of the added zone run oo ee and move it to a new time and then set its duration 45 1 iy os a ri iti O FREQUENCY interval R EMS vavs ADD DEL FREQUENCY interval Calendar Interval Odd Days Fyen Days Will Water To set a zone s water days how often it will water use the FREQUENCY drop down box As with the START time and the DURATION settings highlight the zone with the cursor so you are adjusting the zone you want The FREQUENCY choices for water days are Calendar Any days of the week Interval Any day interval from 1 every day up to 30 water once every 30 days Odd Days Water on odd numbered dates only Even Days Water on even numbered dates only 46 Will Water Day interval 2 day frequency
7. Registration Please register your software to receive free updates and other benefits FIRST NAME OO O LASTNAME sd appress SY CITY fod STATE ss ZIPCODE EMAIL ee ey EE J mn g E aS me Supre Page o E PC control Mail in provides a form in which aa you can type your REA o l information and Address 1 then print out to City _ Rip Address 2 send via regular City _ _ State _ _ Zip _ i mall Email Registration Form t wish to receive irritrol information updates _ Ido not wish to receive Irritrol information updates Installer s name installers City State Zip We welcome your commets Mail to Irritrol ATTN PC Control Registration P O Box 489 A Riverside Ca 92502 0489 rritrol or Fax to 1 800 862 5676 7 Ww Fi i O Support Page Use the The Forum is not yet active Forum for late However in the future Forum feedba will allow you to enter feedback irritrol and comments via an Internet Phone 1 800 345 Pels The drop down box on this page is for two main support elements One will show you Irritrol s email support address its technical support phone number and live help hours The other selection is where the landscape or irrigation installer of your PC Control system can list his company s name email address and phone number We do not want you to feel you a
8. Irritrol Your Graphic User Interface GUI L The GUI is the essentially the on screen graphic of the control panel for your system The controller page in the setup Menu that we used oo O A Setup Menu to get to the ADJUST l i COMM WETTER System STATUS l om eee check allows S COMM CHECK ODD EvEN the user to i Watering on lt lt a as any dav of the es aenele PEE 11 Mar 2006 1 58 make A adjustments STATION DELAY O lt SECS ADJUST 100 for the whole Run Pump Master Valve DRYER During Station Delay C ADD system MSCHEDULE _ Use Rain Sensor ADVISOR MANUAL 29 13 f r tl O Setup Menu Controller Ta he Soe The Setup Menu allows the CONTROLLERS customization of the program to PIN C CHANGE RESTRICTIONS control your automatic irrigation SMTWTFS ere N RA ARE system Here you can ae a any day Sf the week DATE 11 Mar 2006 ia 2 1 Change your PIN number Direct your system to respond STATION DELAY o 2 secs SEASON 100 E ADJUST to a rain sensor or Run Pump Master Valve E Aey pn Restrict certain days from _ Use Rain Sensor CIETE watering O E Seasonally adjust the whole You can also add other system for more or less controllers to t
9. MANUAL WEATHER Tell the system if pump or master valve is to operate with the zone Now that zones have been added click the green UPDATE CONTROLLER button so controller 2 knows the 140 zones assigned to it In Working with Multiple Irritrol Controllers Adding Zones Z Wall Shrubs Mrita el O E Additional controllers do not aia hea E have default station times Pos m Da oi se A e durations and frequencies on ae core ie the calendar ON ae Defau i aD ET Click on your new zone to P SCHEDULE move it to the lens START Set the start time to a vacant spot on the calendar DURATION r START go r AM a ae ba ome m joe jas FREQUENCY Interval hd nm DURATION i P i m Click ADD to put the new FREQUENCY zone on the schedule Set the zones start duration and frequency as you desire 2 HEINE l l lt gt DEL J 11 A nm B Working with Multiple itrol Controllers Adding Zones _ Joronen Original mi m an March 19 25 2006 SUN MON TUE WED FRI SAT After your New zones are on the calendar E p E rA make sure the schedule has the name H a j ee E You can rename it in a E E the OPEN menu as ell F shown earlier Give the controller or controllers one last UPDATE before you exit the system
10. You will get the same screen as you did for selecting a zone photo For the intro photo there are no default drawings Click on Browse to search for your photo for the opening screen Use the same method as you did for adding zone photos to select the intro photo for the system Leave no white space at the bottom of the photo Then click on the SET button 67 Irritrol Adding an Intro Photo k Front Shrubs ree E ALITO ADJUST On WETTER SYSTEM STATUS OPEN VIEW e SETUP HELP DRYER T SCHEDULE F ADVISOR MANUAL Teel Now whenever the icon on the computer s desktop is clicked the opening screen will include a photo of the owner s home 68 E i itrol i T T p f A i J E gt f p z T AT When you select Light _ for a zone you can type in the zone name a description and insert a photo Zone Setup Menu 7 Landscape Lighting Zones l TYPE Water man NAME Front Walk Lights DESCRIPTION PHOTO VIEW ORDER 12 gt CONTROLLER 1 STATION 12 Use Sunrise Sunset Times _ Disable Zone From Running DELETE You can schedule a lighting zone as you would a Water zone or you can click on the box for Use Sunrise Sunset Times Your postal zip code must be in the WEATHER s
11. to automatically reset its running time and frequency to follow the on line weather forecast To activate this feature the WEATHER page under SETUP must have the local zip code entered and the forecast requested A left click on ADVISOR F ADVISOR Ni EF MANUAL will open up this feature ADJUST ERYN f SCHEDULE ADVISOR To use the advisor the characteristics of the zone have to be entered The needed data include Plant 7 7 Amount of exposure to direct sun light Type of sprinkler or watering device used Choose above to get a Type of plants recommended watering schedule Flatness or type of slope for the zone OVERRIDE ia Type of soil USE ADVISOR A ei E a 1g ib i E ti O ii noose Soil JOVE issu SANC ateri aae Loar Scheduling Advisor A left click on Soil will provide three choices for soil type Sandy soil lets water in quickly and dries out quickly Clay and clay like soils take on water slowly and puddling or runoff can be a problem if water is applied too fast Once wet clay takes longer than most other soil types to dry out Loam is a soil mix of the other types and is classified somewhere between them Despite a great number of variations the choices for a left click on the soil type are narrowed down to three for 1 simplification C j ERR ee if There are four choices for the degree of slope Left click on the one that b
12. 0O the BACK button to return to the main screen you may see INSTALL MODE on the system s SYSTEM STATUS tab until the 30 seconds times out an Do not bother with Test PC to controller communications the controller to GES Test controller to controller communications we controller test unless your system has more than one controller see the Working with Multiple Seta Controllers Press Start to repeatedly run the communication test When done press Stop section If the test indicates you have a good signal install the controller in the proven location See the following steps f i itrol Mounting the Controller lation procedure for the PC Control s irrigation controller is S milar to conventional controllers Make sure the controler is lugged before you start For a system with multiple controllers the electrical code requires that no field wires including valve common are to be shared by the controllers See Working with Multiple Controllers section ONLY CONTROLLER 1 NEEDS THE MASTER VALVE OR PUMP START RELAY CONNECTED TO ITS TERMINAL STRIP The controller s indoor location must allow the plug in style transformer to reach an electrical outlet with its 3 wire cord The 117 120 VAC outlet must be the type with an earth ground that will accept the 3 pronged transformer connection i Drive a mounting screw included or another appropriate fastener into the wall at eye le
13. E i E W aqao With a click on the ADD button Zone 1 appears on the calendar 94 Front Lawn North A A 3 ae 4 0 s l s l uf i oa a ad Flowers Hot weather s bene y he South S Hot weathe March 12 F ADJUST rritrol Creating New Schedules The installer decides the lawn areas should water one after the other even though they are not in Zone order A click on the picture of South Side Lawn brings Zone 3 under the lens ejk He resets a start time to separate the zones on the time scale 95 itrol Creating New Schedules DURATION FREQUENCY interval BMS pays lt gt DEL a at i v He sets the 1 day interval and clicks on ADD Zone 3 appears He can keep adding Zones in any order with three or four clicks Or he can start dragging and dropping the zones he has added to adjust start times and durations 96 rritrol Creating New Schedules Front Shrubs Day NE Hot weather schedule Hi t ADJUST SCHEDULE CAT AUTO lt March 12 18 2006 CC START nan AM DURATION nep ae ee ee eee i SYSTEM STATUS Avis ae se be fas a a wnan ae gt a J h J a 7 p on jm omy jms j FREQUENCY interval v 3 ye ADD BME DEL When the scheduling for Hot Weather Sched
14. Zone 11 with the cursor eee ee Click on the DEL button s af ja i and Zone 11 is removed from the schedule INILETYg I v BMS pays E 3 3 a Repeat the steps to a ne delete Zone 10 42 h ritrol Moving and Setting Zones e m e m Now that you iiia have as many zones on the schedule as you have installed ae eee ee ee EE EE EREE you can begin en a a a i at Se making your own 3 8 3 8 3 3 8B 3 3 8 3B schedule lf you want to start watering as early as 5 00AM move the time slide upward to view earlier hours Click and hold on the upper part of a zone to highlight it in orange and then drag it to the start time you want In the zone s stats the new start time is shown 43 Irritrol _ _ _ a m AM 5 00AM start has been set for Zone 1 with the default 10 minute duration Setting Zone and Durations If when you drag a zone to a new start time you miss the exact time you want click on the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to adjust the time You can use the drag n drop method to move zones around on the time scale or use the UP and DOWN arrow buttons to set new times for them To change a zones duration running time length simply click and hold on the lower red bar at the bottom of the zone to highlight it in green start Times
15. CAProgram FileslrritrohPCControl At least 20 mb of free disk space is required Irritrol Your System on Screen i When the Software Installation screen appears click on CD ROM from which to install the program E Click NEXT EXT to proceed The next screen is for installation options In most cases all the selected options are desirable Click NEXT to proceed oe Irritrol Your System on Screen i Wait for a few moments while the program completes the installation and instructs you to click RTPA Zr Installation is complete The shortcut icon fa a appears on your PC Control desktop The system overview is the last screen before the program is launched Make sure the remote is connected to your computer and the controller Click next to continue The software lets you create a custom watering schedule based on the weather amp monitor watering in real time the remote enables the In the garage is pl ugged In software to communicate with the Controller amp can be used to manually water while in your yard The Controller operates your irrigation zones and lighting in your yard wexr Click NEXT ritrol se lt a Allow the system 20 seconds or so to establish communication The AUTO ON tab will appear to indicate the controller in the garage Is on Synchronize Time and then Synchronize Controller s
16. Cka ot WAL IAL IA numbered dates are crossed off Even date Inan Odd date only March 12 18 2006 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT lt 4 SUN LL DEA ZN ee A eee ZA ee al 77 AA ZZ m 7A lee A bee 7 77 rl A only looks just the opposite anes K gt ritro STATION DELAY alloy you to seta delay between when one zone turns off and the next one turns on STATION DELAY is used when zone run times are not spaced apart on the calendar but set for one right after the other STATION DELAY 2 lg im Run Pum mp Master r Muirinn atin JETTE ert Ss Se be eer Se Fle a X b un Pum aster Valve uring Paton ela lice Rain Sensor lf because of low water lf your system is using a pump or a master valve that needs to stay on to provide pressure during the delay check the box that provides this pressure each valve must be given an amount of time to shut completely off before the next valve begins drawing pressure a number of delay seconds can be set A dj ust ri tr ol YOU C IN adlust vour wnole s SEASON 100 for more or less watering using ADJUST SEASONAL ADJUST without adjusting each zone on the DD schedule individually 100 means use the duration times that have been set for the zones SEASON 95 95 means cut back the ADJUST watering durations on
17. E e L i ro Salen soaring ee a aif j e E 4 i as TEE z na t WM hen contact is made oe i either the word AUTO AVIO or OFF will appear in the display indicating which mode the controller is in The signal strength Indicator will also appear Yal lf the remote displays SENDING then NOT Sra ACCEPTED and NO SIGNAL then it is not hearing back from the controller _ es Ti e s Ae ieee ees ea 2 pea mige o i HE n F y a a F k g k oy PE ie x iy ny a Fury Cab E db F oe i ai mY a etot i tf nN Ja AL i a k M J i i Fi f 4 Wt l d Ramat i 5 gt wy LI d L itrol Remote Se attr 9 the PIN _ eupan _ You may need to _ change the remote s PIN f you want to change the remote s PIN to match the known PIN of a controller wait until the remote Is not SENDING and press and hold the two top buttons until PIN and a 4 digit number appears The remote s two top buttons a 2 L l j I r O k 5 a li l rg ry pm sal ih a pm Pay pes r z n Wi i ae od g ip r J is d a fae EF i gt 3 r ah i a fag a i i a ad kA raa m i J p F i he P fae Te t E l h n Te i E 5 W v first digit on the left will be blinking Adjust he digit by repested t e
18. Off Season Test Schedule all that is needed is a left click on UPDATE CONTROLLER ritrol Working with Schedules an F i Bo f the owner just wanted to store the Off Season Test Schedule a left click on OPEN will return from the Schedule Calendar to the Schedule page Aleftclickon CHEOULES _ the current Contractor s Original Settings I Schedule will Off SeasonTest Schedule highlight it _ copy _ cory NAME ar eee _ A click on the other OPEN button will put the current program back on the calendar p P B m CLEA EL a E 7 i 5 a r Ei March 12 18 2006 b SUN EGLE TUE WED THU FRI SAT RM EE oy a em AM 4 i i a 1_ O t ir itrol Working with Schedules Contractor s Original Settings is back in place on the schedule calendar Remember that whenever the UPDATE CONTROLLER button is clicked the schedule on the calendar will be sent to the controller as the current schedule 90 a t a 4 m A Alarar T E n fritrol Creating New Schedul Open Schedule SCHEDULES E eft click on NE Contractor s Original Settings OPEN to start creating Off SeasonTest Schedule new schedule copy NEW i LETE NAME Contractor s Original Settings GET Open Schedule Highlight New SC
19. Station Use text boxes will appear VIA at i i immediately start or stop a zone from either oO T USB E mi watering or ligiting for a specified duration Your System on Screen ri a Us Synchronize Controlle tion Zone Six Six Zone One WN Soo UTO L SYSTEM STATUS J The station use configuration in the controller is different than in the software Would you like to Update the configuration in the controller or Get the configuration trom the controller ing today Select the Ss Up Get Cancel is of adjusting the irrigation Tor tne selected zone Use Adjust to easily make a zone wetter or dryer Use Schedule to set a specific start time run time duration amp frequency of watering days between watering Use Advisor to automatically create amp update an ideal watering schedule based on the current weather conditions Main Menu DRYER Access other software features Use Open to manage multiple schedules Use View to look at and edit a schedule J SCHEDULE in either a weekly or monthly form Use Setup to configure ADVISOR the system e g add zones Use Heip for more information i Manual Controls In each case left click on the UPDATE button to update the controller 13 Irritrol p e l _ _ m e You can read about the various controls on the Graphic User Interface GU
20. Sunday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday the 12th 14th 16th and 18t are water days for this week March 12 18 2006 TUE VET H FREQUENCY Even Days v To see next week s even dates and water days click the arrow button However remember to return to the current week afterward March 19 25 2006 MON TUE WED THU FRI SA a E i i AM Updating the Controller with the New Schedule Tela im Use the above methods to give all your zones the PC CO N TON start times 200 MTADJUST durations and MECHEDULE MON TUE wep THU FAI SAI watering day Sas intervals that you want DURATION SSI Bes pays PADD BME DEL F ADVISOR MANUAL Y As soon as you began changing the schedule the green UPDATE CONTROLLER button appeared to remind you to send the new schedule to the controller You can UPDATE at any time However now that you have your zones scheduled click UPDATE CONTROLLER 59 J With the New Schedule 7 When you click on UPDATE CONTROLLER a progress bar will appear It will take about six 6 seconds to send the updated schedule wirelessly to the controller When the controller has the schedule the SYSTEM STATUS tab will rise and then drop down into view again Creating Zone Labels and itrol Adding Zone Photos a Ra Either during the zone
21. a System Schedule To see how your changes E from SETUP look on your calendar left click on the VIEW button The default schedule shows Default Schedule mi a 11 zones E March 5 11 2006 P watering every SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT day except Friday with the first zone starting at 6 00AM and the last ending just before 8 00AM Friday s zones have faded out to indicate a non water day 3 Ld LJ Wo r _F y T ua System Schedule For an unrestricted schedule press SETUP again to see the controller menu h Wy page uci A WATERING RESTRICTIONS Use your cursor and ODD EVEN 5 mouse to left click on Watering an occur on F to make it OK to 123 water on Fridays again SEASON nn Ecs ADJUST 120 AMP Click on VIEW to return to the default schedule on the calendar setting Up Your System Schedule Irritrol Left click on SCHEDULE in the area below ee the Zone lens Now the Zone statistics for the zone in the lens and scheduling calendar are visible i SCHEDULE T ADISOR DURATION FREQUENCY interval hd 1 EEOSE aD 36 F TEE f f SCHEDULE START DURATION ADVISOR MANUAI Syston Schedule Zone Two is highlighted in the lens and its scheduling stats are below In the default schedule Zone Two has a Start time
22. di 12 40 Left click on CHECK and then Test PC to controller communications 132 gt Working with Multiple Irritrol Controllers Comm Check i j After you see a good signal indication green or yellow waves stop the PC to controller communications test and start the controller to controller communications test If you do not see good signal indications in either test leave the test running while someone moves the controller to an alternate location to find a good signal Then you can install the controllers in the proven locations Test PC to controller communications j Left cidi Of Test controller to controller communications Stop to end the test It will take about 30 seconds for the test to shut down Response from VCU num 2 pin 7030 with signal level 158 Total Errors 0 133 ritrol e E Add Controller Tamem On the SETUP Ji page for What is the number of CONT ROLLE the controller you click on ADD would like to add The Add Controller box CONTROLLER 2 AN will appear Select 2 for the first additional controller ter Valve Then click ZONES Belay to get to the zone f E 4 page in the SETUP menu ritrol Controllers Adding 2 Zones VE OROI mE pan On the ZONES OLLER STATION 11 r ADD page click on the Pump Master Valve me ADD butto
23. display can Confirm communications with the controller using the SENDING ACCEPTED Signal Strength icon and NO SIGNAL indicators Indicate whether the system is in AUTO or OFF Indicate an active rain sensor is wet Indicate a short circuit in the valve solenoids or field wiring Display the current zone in operation and its time to go Indicate battery condition i oa i SEN ont a r a J E r y A od i 7 a gt Eg 4 3 P a a iis r e iE A y aO f Gp f S fN a i Ea 4 E pE E Bt poe ge IP had uW Ff Ui iNJ ea gt A Wd Sats E g Pz SA s a i fi Connected to the Computer hen the remote is hooked up via its USB cable to the computer It can wirelessly Relay changes to the automatic schedule from the computer to the controller Relay manual commands from the computer to the controller Relay system status to the computer from the controller wet sensor AUTO or OFF Mode etc 5D MULTI MANUAL _ no NO PIN OK toy SIGNAL fil Liquid Crystal Display Main function buttons System buttons AUTO or OFF mode Handheld Mode The UP arrow button incrementally increases the value of the highlighted or blinking number in the display The DOWN arrow button incrementally decreases the value of the highlighted or blinking number in the display The SHUTTLE button is for moving side
24. f 7 f y E ritro Manually Starting a Zone Use the UP or DOWN arrow Mine to set the duration of the zone s manual run Press the START button to start the manual run SENDING and ACCEPTED will appear lt momentarily and the water drop between the zone number and the remaining running time will be blinking Until it falls back into its battery saving sleep mode the remote will display the zone s number and the manual run s decreasing time to go If you wake up the remote while a zone Is In operation the zone number and time to go will appear again T e s j Na Lones L si n g the Z Remote s Manual Advance pia rritr Once you have started a zone with the remote you can use the UP arrow button as a manual advance through the zones Before the remaining time to go runs out on an Operating zone press the UP arrow button to move up to the next zone The currently running zone will shut off and the zone with the next higher number will turn on You can test all the zones this way as you walk the site The zone numbers wrap around from running the highest number back to running the lowest Press STOP to quit tT Hro Operation f you want a timed manual run of more than one zone after choosing the first desired zone and setting its run time press the SHUTTLE button to _ return to the zone number and start it blinking Press and hold the ST
25. pressing ihe UP c or DOWN arrow buttons to display the desired number Remote Use the shuttle button to move to the next digit and start it blinking Repeat the above steps to set each of the four digits to the desired PIN 7 _ r i E L hen p press the STA Pine controller Ifthe PIN is not the controllers PIN the display will show NO PIN NO SIGNAL and NOT ACCEPTED lf the PIN matches the controller s PIN a momentarily SENDING then ACCEPTED will be displayed followed by PIN OK AUTO or OFF will then appear as well as the signal strength icon The controller awaits your command AUTO Y p a Ia lt lt 0 Using the Remote f rritrol Manually Starting a Zone f the display is blank press any button to wake up the remote from its sleep mode About two _ seconds later AU TO or OFF will appear in the display Repeatedly press the UP arrow button to move up through the zone numbers to find the zone you wish to start The zone number such as 02 for Zone 2 will be on the left hand side of the display and the default running length of 10 MIN for ten minutes will appear on the right Press the SHUTTLE button to move from the desired zone number to the digits for the running time length These digits will begin blinking 157
26. scheduling when setting start times durations and frequencies or after your schedule is established you can name the zones and insert digital photos of each Our research found that the at a glance scheduling calendar the drag n drop zone handling individual Zone names and photos of the zones in the customer s yard made the PC Control s GUI very intuitive and easy to use To make these individual settings click on the SETUP button and then click on the ZONES tab 54 Creating Zone Labels and Adding Zone Photos E p Trritrol a D i Er t When you get to the ZONES page reach up and click on a zone drawing to highlight the zone in the lens Zone One Here Zone One has n i been highlighted in 3 4 the lens and it has appeared on the Testes Tate ter 1 o tans Fe SETUP i Contractor s Origin ADJUST SCHEDULE Lh CONTROLLE ZONES TYPE Water O Lig NAME cone One MECCMrDIOTTMAt START op r itrol TYPE water O Light NAME ZIE mE DESCRIPTION PHOTO VIEW ORDER n E CONTROLLER STATION X M Use Pump Master Valve _ Disable Zone From Running ADD DELETE Each zone can be set to use the Master Valve Pump Start circuit Individual zones can be disabled if you do not want them to run Here the installer is about to type in a name for zone 1 Crea
27. then click on OPEN to move it to the calendar Here Fall Season Schedule has been saved and Contractor s Original Settings is back ee z ka rr trol Schedules Over Internet _ ia T a ma a EE med a i aiana ee The EMAIL IT function allows the sending and receiving of schedules over the Internet For example if you are notified that your installer has a new schedule for you click on EMAIL ET Email Schedule Configuration The PC Control Would you like to Get a schedule amp will ask you if configuration that has been sent to you You want to or Send one to someone PEE Send or Get copy a schedule Get Send NEW LoS DELETE NAME Contractor s Original Settings Contractor s Original Settings DESCRIPTION Very first schedule created by the chedule created bythe imctaller _ or DESS y on A JJ AN OOL Itro etting New Schedule l Ss k Email Schedule Configuration x When you select To Get a schedule amp configuration that has Get YOU will be been sent to you please enter your email instructed to enter address your email address emait O G Email Schedule Configuration x Then click on Get again To Get a schedule amp configuration that has been sent to you please enter your em
28. transformer to the controller and temporarily mount the controller and plug It in Install a battery in the remote and connect the remote to the computer Put the system s disk in the computers CD ROM drive and at the user s computer location start the communications check lf communication is OK install the controller Compile Must Veet Er Z p gad a l E Windows compatible PC with CD ROM drive Windows 98SE edition 2000 ME NT XP Home XP Prot Available USB port 1 0 or greater 900 MHz CPU 64 MB RAM 20MB free hard disk space 1024 x 768 64K color display monitor preferred 800 x 600 minimum Mouse amp keyboard Internet capability preferably high speed Digital photo capability pia rritr Addr aum he controller remote and software for the PC Control all come with the Personal Identification Number PIN of 0000 This default PIN allows for a speedy communications check before installation _ After you have confirmed that all the devices are talking to each other and installation is complete you can set the unique PIN for your system The PIN can be reset from the computer however the remote s PIN and the controller s PIN can each be set manually If the system will have more than one controller see Working with Multiple Controllers for a PIN set required now on controller 2 or greater There is also a chapter on SETTING PIN NUM
29. until you see four PIN numbers with the first digit blinking VVait until the remote is through its SENDING mode as Indicated in the display 3 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to set the first digit and then press the SHUTTLE side to side arrows button to move to the next digit It will be blinking and ready to set Repeat these steps until you have set the last of the four PIN numbers to match your controller tr ol Press the START button The display should illuminate SENDING momentarily and then ACCEPTED as the controller responds Either AUTO OR OFF should appear depending upon which mode the controller Is In You can further test the communication by pressing the UP arrow button You will see MANUAL along with 01 flashing for station or zone 1 Press the START button On the controllers face panel you should see the station 1 Indicator ight come on If so the units are communicating Press the STOP button You should see SENDING and then ACCEPTED momentarily in the display and Station 1s Indicator light should go out on the controller Remember your PIN
30. ART button to start the zone The zone will start running and MULTI MANUAL will appear Repeatedly press the UP arrow button to find the number of the zone you want to add to the manual run Then press the SHUTTLE button to move to its running time and adjust it with the UP or DOWN arrow buttons ae r tr ol Operation If this is the last zone you wish to add to the manual run just press and release START The added zone s number and running time will be displayed for a few seconds and then the zone you chose first will appear with its time to go To add another zone first press the SHUTTLE button to return to the blinking zone number press and hold START for a moment and then repeat the steps to add other zones The controller will run each of the zones in zone number sequence from lowest to highest and then shut off the last zone when its duration has timed out aman Sto ing Opera ic ons and f r tr ol P P To stop an ongoing operation of a a zone press the remotes STOP button SENDING and ACCEPTED will appear momentarily and then the display will show the controller s mode either AUTO or OFF If you stop a zone s operation but leave the controller in AUTO it will automatically resume when the next Start time arrives for any zone The AUTO ON and AUTO OFF buttons turn the controller ON or OFF respectively for automatic operatio
31. BERS p l j tr ol Preparing the Controller onnect the controller s transformer following these steps Do not plug in the transformer Remove the access cover from the controller by pushing in on the finger grips on both sides and sliding the cover forward and off the controller Slip the transformer s 3 wire cord through the small hole on the left side of the bottom of the controller s case Pull 6 inches of cable into the controller and tie a loose half knot to prevent it from being pulled back out With a screwdriver connect the red wire to the lower left hand terminal on the terminal strip the black wire to the second from the left and the green wire to the third Connect the 9 volt battery to the battery clip and replace the access cover Temporarily mount the controller on a short screw or nail in the proposed location and then plug it in to prepare for the communications check Preparing the Remote E i g i O With the remote face down use a fingernail to open the catch to the battery compartment cover and set the cover aside Bring out the battery clip and connect the 9 volt battery Insert the battery into the compartment and without crimping them carefully put the wires back _ Insert the cover s two tabs under the lower lip of the compartment and snap the cover s latch back in place For a close range check press and release any button on the remote to wa
32. F sensor Hold Manual Rain Delay Per Zone Controls Working with Multiple Controllers The Convenience of the Remote j rritrol System ON or OFF i Whenever the system is activated by clicking on its desktop icon the computer will check with the controller wirelessly through the connected remote In about 20 seconds the SYSTEM STATUS tab will descend to show if the controller is in AUTO ON AUTO OFF SENSOR HOLD or MANUAL DELAY LIU TIYE If your system is OFF and you want M to turn it back to the AUTO ON AUTO i mode so it will start when the next zone start time arrives left click on the play button The AUTO ON tab will be displayed SYSTEM STATUS To turn your entire system OFF left g click on the stop button No automatic operations will start while CELA It the system is in the AUTO OFF mode Manual commands however will override AUTO OFF 73 Irritrol SENSOR HOLD SYSTEM STATUS sensor Hold Sn The PC Control system is compatible with normally closed rain and rain freeze sensors Sensor types include models wired directly to the controller or wireless models where a receiver is connected to the controller and a remote sensor relays the condition from outside Irritrol carries wireless rain and rain freeze sensors as well as a wired rain sensor If you have a rain sensor connected to the system and the sensor
33. HEDULES schedule and then type in a name Then left click on peor the DESCRITA a n p Contractor s Original Settings OPEN OTT SeasontTest Schedule box and type in information you DELETE want to remember NAME er about the DESCRIPTION schedule f EMAILIT NEW x J le _ a re AL IU SCHEDULES Contractor s Original Settings Off SeasonTest Schedule i Hot weather schedule _ copy DELETE GET wr NAME Hot weather schedule DESCRIPTION EMAIL IT Increased irrigation for June 18th through the end of August Here the installer has named a new schedule for Hot Weather and typed in a description Now to see the calendar click on OPEN n _ 2 a PX Sad i z o gt 5 y f Y j T ZONE LONE Hot weather schedule 31 ADJUST SCHEDULE START a es yr a eim Front Lawn North South Side Lawn Flowers on bank Back Lawn Cents anon FREQUENCY interval hd EMS bays AD O O a aD 2 On a clear calendar the installer has clicked the Zone 1 photo of the Front Lawn North and has selected a 6 00AM start time and a 1 day every day watering interval for hot weather Creating New Schedules Hot weather schedule 51 March 12 18 2006 p r ADJUST SCHEDULE START DURATION FREQUENCY interval v zs g DAYS Eei
34. I in the Software overview field The zone drawings across the top can be replaced by digital photos of watering zones in your yard The zone you click on will move under the lens The zone can then be adjusted using the five available controls below the lens Your System on Screen wa i Daina 2 OTs Azone Thrde Zone Four Zone Five __Zonesix _ 000 Software Overview ADJUST Geeren Zone Selector Shows which zones will or are watering today Select the zone you wish to change Zone Controls Provides easy to more advanced levels of adjusting the irrigation for the selected zone Use Adjust to easily make a zone wetter or dryer Use Schedule to set a specific start time run time duration amp frequency of watering days between watering Use Adviser to automatically create amp update an ideal watering schedule based on the current Weather conditions Main Menu DRYER Access other software features Use Open to manage ro i multiple schedules Use View to look at and edit a schedule d SCHEDULE in either a weekly or monthly form Use Setup to configure ADVISOR the system e g add zones Use Help for more information T MARIUAt Manual Controls immediately start or stop a zone from either watering or ligiting for a specified duration 14 Co ommunication Check from CONE Location b
35. Left click on SETUP to open the SETUP page PIN CHANGE Left click on the CHECK COMM button to prepare for the y automatic communications check DATE A fnr DWE inn wy Communication Check Irritrol from Computer s Location a rr P Start Test PC to controller communications p Stare Test controller to controller communications Press Start to repeatedly run the communication test When done press Stop Left click on the Start button for PC to controller communications N Int Communications Check k Irritrol from Computer s Location Gee Test Pc to controller communications Green radio f Start Test controller to controller communications waves indicate an excellent signal Here signal levels are high and there is no information Response from VCU num 1 pin 1 with signal level 157 loss Total Errors 0 Radio wave depictions in yellow are less than optimal but OK Red means a poor signal Gray waves means no signal The communications check is designed to remain on so someone can move the controller to alternate locations to find green or at least yellow signal indicators The communications check will remain on until 30 seconds after you left click on Stop 17 INSTALL MODE Communications Check k a Irritrol from Computer s Location o When you have clicked Stop and then click on CO
36. Your schedules amp configuration have been sent to samssprinklers com When they run the software it will notify them w 1 f amp T a DW pmm wt ul Vw SG Ws FE OE sched ule and watch it depart on the progress bar The addressee will receive an email notification that your schedule Is waiting and will use EMAIL IT and Get to retrieve it E e Irritrol a EEE mr EV B HFIP a o choose ODD or EVEN for water days select or cross out the type you do not want b WATERING RESTRICTIONS SMTWTFS ODD EN Watering not occur on even da For odd date cross out EVEN setting Odd and Even Dates You have already seen several functions from the CONTROLLER page of the SETUP menu PIN CHANGE COMM CHECK and non water days l A CONTROLLER mouine WATERING PIN cHance RESTRICTIONS SMTWTFS COMM CHECK ODD N Watering n occur on any day Of the week lh 18 Mar 2006 fm 12 21 STATION DELAY MINS M Run Pump Master During Station Wi Use Rain Sensor SEASON nno ADJUST UO alve P elay ee Pan Sl ot oe 110 i rol Setting Odd and Even Dates March 12 18 2006 SUN MON TUE 7 WED THU FRI SAT i a Aw a VA A T LL watering 2A P MAL AAA schedule KtA edl IK CLA
37. _ er the calendar On itro as SCHEDULES Contractor s Original Settings OPEN s IH Off SeasonTest Schedule click on the Ea Hot weather schedule copy schedule nam highlight it Most importantly click on OPEN to see THU FRI SAT the schedule to be deleted on the calendar Then click on the OPEN button that gets you back to the SCHEDULES page SCHEDULES Contractor s Original Settings Off SeasonTest Schedule Fea Hot weather schedule fr NAME Off SeasonTest Schedule GET Delete Schdeule Would you like to delete this schedule with all it s events DE TE Cancel x i gt ae kh FI SS ak See 4 EO til B VW E I UTO SCHEDULES page click on DELETE The system will ask if you are sure Click DELETE and the schedule IS gone S Dod N ao 3 y Begs Y 4 n oe I iN a A Ls ritro ib i i SCHEDULES acre Contractor s Original Settings E fs V4 n i l fr m EN r Y j LEAFY f w w Vig LICIIC LS eet ww F copy a schedule by highlighting an _ existing schedule SCHEDULES and clicking the acre Contractor s Original Settings OPEN COPY button KA Hot weather schedule E Then in the Goer NAME box type Neve in a new name for SCHEDULES the schedule BJ Contractor s Original Settings OPEN EA Hot weather schedule Press OPEN to 2 Fall Season S
38. ail address EMAIL cylus splillet mtd com Email Schedule Configuration Getting Please wait Email Schedule Configuration You have received the schedules amp configuration that have been sent to you Press Use to replace your existing schedules amp configuration or Discard to continue with your existing one Discard seconds as the nev schedule downloads You will see your options either to Use the new one as your existing schedule or to Discard the new incoming one If you choose Use the new schedule becomes your current schedule onthe calendar lf you like it click UPDATE CONTROLLER Email Schedule Configuration or Send one to someone cose Cant You can fill in the TO and FROM email addresses and type ina short message Then click on Seng Would you like to Get a schedule amp configuration that has been sent to you WW VA GA amp i o ass ae eae i ia schedule click EMAIL IT and click on a Send An address box will appear Email Schedule Configuration 3 Please enter the email address of the person you would like to Send all your schedules amp configuration to TO email FROM cylus splillet mtd com MESSAGE Sam is this enough for summer A i seng l _ ye a e 4 l 7s b 5 O lt i m a Sending Please wait R
39. all zones by 0 73 ADD 5 In very hot weather you may want SEASON A to dramatically increase zone ADJUST 120 A watering durations 120 means a 20 percent increase NN The ADD button is for adding controllers to the system See Working with Multiple Controllers where we show how to add controllers and zones to the system or the Scheduling Advisor to work it needs the average daily weather forecast _ tor the next ten days _ The data is gathered Online from weather com and then averaged Type in you postal Zip code or for international sites type in city state information irritrol SETUP Menu WEATHE R ECAST ZIP CODE or CITY 92504 FORECAST TEMPERATURE IF HUMIDITY High gt 60 WIND High gt 10MPH MPH Scheduling Advisor uses your zipcode amp local weather information average high for the watering period to create a watering schedule UPDATE WATERING SCHEDULE Weekly Then click on FORECAST to tell the system it is OK to go get the online weather wate jji 3 ji i itrol SETUP Menu WEATHEF k 2 emer 88 sh Bw 4 mi o J i E _ Your Local Weather x When the weather data Current local weather information for Riverside CA 92504 APERA click n ACCEPT to enter the information The average highs for the next 10 into the PC Co
40. ays EE MON ften a Zone Will Water Calendar Days FREQUENCY Calendar Ei March 12 18 2006 WELD IHU v Click on green letters to turn off water days or click on white letters to turn them back to green Here the user has chosen Monday Wednesday and Friday as water days by turning off Sunday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday The new water days for the zone are shown on rritrol Will Water Odd Dates ome Municipalities and water purveyors require odd and even date watering as a method to reduce residential water use in hot dry weather Usually odd or even date watering to meet such restrictions would be established for the entire system in SETUP on the CONTROLLER page So people with odd numbered addresses do not get an extra watering day in a 31 day month some agencies mandate no watering on the 31st of any month If Odd date is selected for the system s water days in the CONTROLLER page of SETUP the 31st of any month and February 29th in a leap year are non water dates However here is how to set Odd or Even per zone Odd Days have been chosen for the zone Sunday is the 12th of the month so watering for this week will occur on Monday Wednesday and Friday the 13th 15th and 17th FREQUENCY Odd Days v r w g Ith oO ven Days were EEN for the same week only the even numbered dates would be water days Here Sunday i is the 12th so
41. chedule ma see the schedule NEW on the calendar and change things as you like NAME C aer li DESCRIPTION EMAIL For September amp October O m FP m i Adjusting Copied Schedules itrol Fall Season Schedule March 12 18 2006 SUN MON WED THU FRI Front Lawn North s lt s Here on the calendar for the Fall Season Schedule the zones have been changed to a 2 day interval and the durations are being shortened for less water use To save Fall Season Schedule just click on OPEN to return to the SCHEDULES page 103 __ On Eoo ritrol SCHEDULES Contractor s Original Settings OPEN R Hot weather schedule ms Fall Season Schedule NAME Fall Season Schedule GET DESCRIPTION MAIL IT For September amp October isan BI auto load amp run on 1 Sep 2006 fi SCHEDULES we Contractor s Original Settings OPEN Hot weather schedule WA Fall Season Schedule DELETE NAME Contractor s Original Settings Ger a had an auto load and run on date either change to a new run date or uncheck the box 1 fi Here September 1st was chosen as the start date for the Fall Season Schedule To save the Fall schedule and get back to the current schedule click on your current schedule and
42. e i amp i tg a l uug A d iy f f j y p i i h 1g r ol Controllers rs 9 Zones TYPE wWater Light LABEL The person adding NAME 15 the zone has DESCRIPTION selected a name Trees at the base of the front retaining wall and typed ina description PHOTO VIEW ORDER 15 gt CONTWOLLER 2 STATION 3 v apo 4 i laa Miu some om IA 4 ak ow Alals i DESCRIPTION Trees at the base of the front retaining wall PHOTO co A zone PHOTO comes next VIEW ORDER is Jo STATION 3 Working with Multiple Controllers Adding Zones Irritrol Select Zone Photo Select Zone Photo fy Custom Generic gt BT iio Custom A Generic Browse GenericBlank jpg se Custom ts selected and then Browse to find the photo After selecting and sizing the zone s photo a click on SET and DONE puts the photo in place Driveway Trees 139 Working with Multiple Controllers Adding Zones a Irritrol lr ADJUST SCHEDULE SYSTEM STATUS START f Water OPEN O Driveway rees DEES DURATION DESCRIPTION Trees at the base of the front retaining wal Inter val kd TA f PHOTO VIEW ORDER 15 lt EES 011s 35 D GD CONTROLLER 2 STATION 2 DEL ea i F Use Pump Master Valve ADVISOR lt _ Disable Zone From Running
43. ection to activate automatic lighting zone start times If you choose Light for a zone the pump master valve will not activate with the zone Rain sensor non water days Scheduling Advisor and Seasonal Adjust are also ignored Set Up Landsc D e Lighting Zone z ut f f T D p oO f f f f j jf i a E oi p 2 The PC Control does not LY Steal supply power directly to J your landscape lighting A 24 volt AC relay that activates a larger relay carrying the main power UF J at JON A Setup Menu ADJUS I SCHEDULE ON o WEATHER gt ZONES s A CCa A m to your lighting O pE transformer is required EREQUENCY me Aor The Irritrol SR 1 relay w recommended has ADC A a eae both relays built in and MANUAL meets the requirements UA D see installation instructions Set ON and OFF time and frequency while the lighting zone is highlighted in the magnifying lens i A Lighting Transformer Low voltage output wire a Landscape jad ee J Pii PA i i O r e L t Z Controller in Garage pijpt terre r n station wire e a SS SS valve common wire to valves aa gt m yelow cable I 120 VAC 60 HZ Power Wire In Code Approved Conduit ritrol Reference Chapters System ON or System OF
44. em performance The PC Control s scheduling calendar allows you to see that zone run times and durations are separated from each other The system automatically allows lighting zones to overlap an irrigation zone However the system comes with OVERLAPPING ZONES set at 0 for watering zones Realizing that some low flow drip irrigation zones may be able to run simultaneously with sprinkler zones a 1 overlap setting is available Let the irrigation professional decide on this setting uA 4 TIAL OVERLAPPING ZONES 1 3 Mute Sounds l Pla acna Parcmalan Mae Plhadiae am The HELP Menu Software Page OOO O View a quick animated overview of Overview essential information to get started using qi the software When you click the Tell A Friend Send a free version of this software to a HELP button the amean ie first page to appear View the complete Software User Manual is SOFTWARE The 1 Manual which includes scheduling tips amp details about how Scheduling Advisor works Overview button brings out the screen with an overview of the various controls tA Parsiartra rer _ f Tell a Friend allows you to enter a friend s email address and send them the message that a copy of the software is ready for them to download and try out Manual will present the entire Users Guide for quick reference 121 Tne HELP Menu Hardware Page Irritrol
45. en NEW the SCHEDULES DELETE page ee The title of the NAME Contractor s Original Settings GET i DESCRIPTION RIR EION ee installer appear in the NAME box _ auto load amp run on 13 Mar 2006 Fa There s room for DATE MODIFIED Mon Mar 13 2006 a schedule Above the installer has just typed the description also 7 description 86 A i s E Irritrol Working with Schedule Oo Left click to highlight a schedule and then edit the title or description Then left click on OPEN to put the schedule on the calendar Schedule has Contractor s Original Settings OPEN been changed to Off Season nd Test NEW Schedule S omavecd This system s tor mre ication must NAME Off SeasonTest Schedule Get DESCRIPTION not be In A Run each zone for a few minutes once 4 e per week to exercise valves amp sprinklers ven watering is not BM toe a Seen Press the OPEN button to weekly test Is i see the schedule for editing scheduled cory 87 a f i tr ol W O rki N g wii E k qT y N 7 Le NE JF WED TRU START o FREQUENCY On the schedule field the owner has set each DURATION f Calendar x station to run in sequence once per week on l s MTWT F Saturday afternoon Zone 1 starts at 1 38PM If the irrigation season was over and the owner wanted to activate the
46. er Here the photos are on the disk in the D drive The installer double clicked on the drive and has found the jpg Images and Is about to open the _ VIEW section to see a thumbnail Of available photos ys on Lynnw704 F pps on Riverside File an Photo File 2 xi E Photo images t e at Lal spk57Ozinshrubs_1189 jpq Mi spk_570 beds_ _1188 2 jpg spk_570_appl3_ _1188 jpq Ei tiir_ _ms J beds_ 1188 jpq spk_570_appl4_ 1188 jpg HI tiir_ _ms 53758_appl_ 1188 jpg spk_570_appl6_ _1188 jpq tiir_ _ms Mpact_appl 1188 jpq Lal spk_570_appl _ _1188 jpq Lal tiir_ _ms FOzbackyard_1189 jpq La spk_S70_appl8_ 1188 jpq Lal tiir_ _ms Open f Bo B Irritrol Adding Zone Photos Select a Photo File 21x Look in E Photo images a e E tir_ _ms_ezdriphabitat tir_ _ms_ezdriphabitat Zone Four Select Zone Pho File name 9 i Files of type JPEG File Cancel Guston ne BEDE GenericGrass jpq Browse DURATION FREQUENCY Even Days v The installer found the Front Lawn North photo and double clicks it Og Irritrol Adding Zone Photos Select Zone Photo n about 2 seconds the iiia Custom O Generic photo appears in the Select Zone Photo box In this case the installer is going to click on the icon to make the small photo fit the box
47. est describes the topography of the zone The choices are from None for a flat ground surface up to High for a steep slope Plant s Planter N Shrubs Trees Custom in r Seed Single Stream Rotor Multioie Stream Rotor r rixeo Spray a Drip r wie z Bubbles 5 Microspray Custom tin innr Benna Per Zone Controls Using the Scheduling Advisor There are five choices for the type of plant material Ba being irrigated by the zone The first four are self explanatory Custom allows you to enter a known root depth Seed is for germinating seeds for a new lawn Left click on the appropriate plant type for the zone Sprinklers vary greatly in how fast they apply water their precipitation rate The choices for a left click in this category are Single stream rotating sprinklers Multiple stream rotating sprinklers Fixed sprays these spray water in fan shaped arc patterns full half quarter circle etc Drip irrigation includes emitters and emitter hoses Micro sprays are small very low flow spray heads Custom is for entering a known precipitation 81 Exposure Full Sun Part a Full Shade Do m Custom Part Su Sinale Grass None Sanda Recommended to water this 0 hne for every OVERRIDE a USE ADVISOR E rritrol Scheduling Advisor There are six choices
48. for the zone can be shortened or lengthened when you click and hold the cursor on one of the red arrows and move the arrow up above 100 watering time to for example 110 This setting would provide 10 more watering time perhaps to meet the water demand for warmer weather 16 Per Zone Controls ii ADJUST a i If the zone looked just a little wet during cool weather you could use the same method to move the red arrow down to 90 for a 10 cut back in watering time The adjustment range is in 10 increments down to 0 zone off and up to 200 or double the watering time you originally had set Like all the controls located below the lens this function is only for the highlighted zone ig i Per Zone Controls rritrol SCHEDULE South Front Lawn Earlier we extensively covered the use of the SCHEDULE function to bring the zone s stats into view and to change its Start Time Duration and ZONE 4 ADJUST T ECHEDULE FREQUENCY aie Refer to the earlier sections of Setting Up Ww Your Schedule Setting DURATION Zone Durations and Run Times and Deleting and FREQUENCY l uara Adding Zones interval v EMIS pays LADD a DEL fas De jas Fes Jr femme fs jaana 78 Per Zone Controls Using the Scheduling Advisor F Rech zone can be set up to use the Schedine Advisor to recommend or
49. for the zone s exposure to the sun light Part Sun means somewhat more sun exposure than shade and Part Shade means the opposite Custom allows the percentage of sun exposure to be entered In this case the Scheduling Advisor took the five characteristics that were entered for the zone and came up with a recommendation of 25 minutes of run time every 2nd day If in the SETUP menu the local postal zip code has been entered and the OK given to Get the Weather left click the USE ADVISOR box to have the zone automatically adjust to incoming weather information from the Internet j irritrol Per Zone Controls Using the Scheduling Advisor iaa s When you left click on USE ADVISOR the PC Control will now use the Scheduling Advisors recommendation to automatically adjust the zones run time and duration to the weather forecast To indicate this ADVISOR appears in the zone drawing or photo There are many more variations in the zone characteristics than the choices offered So the OVERRIDE option is available for fine tuning 100 tells the system to use 100 of the ADVISOR s irrigation recommendation USE ADVISOF If when doing so the zone looks a little too ipa sidi a ssatsahatocaioom wet cut back the recommendation and observe the zone s plant material for a week or so to make sure watering is adequate In OVERRIDE ae 10 increments y
50. he system up to EENE three more See Working with Run a communications check Multiple Controllers section If using a pump to supply water Above the user is about to to your system you can decide on how long it should run to pressurize the system before turning on a zone change the system s PIN to give the system a unique address ritrol setting Y Setup Menu ao Ur WATERING Coumo RESTRICTIONS C PN SMTWTFS ODD EVEN Change Controller PIN x Peon i ue Eo F Old PIN New PIN LA Cancel gt M Ruin Pimn Macter Valve Fr V i A ws 4 k a D GAN Ww y d N A TD from 0001 99 Left click on PIN to call up the Change Controller PIN screen and type in the old PIN and a new PIN and then click OK In a second or two your GUI remote and controller will have the new PIN If you ever have a maintenance contractor come by with his remote he needs to Know your PIN number Then the contractor can run your system with his remote and you do not have to be home during the service call You dont have to leave your garage unlocked either The contractor does not need access to your controller to run each zone for inspection or repair rritrol water WATERING RESTRICTIONS SMTWT S ODD EVEN Watering will not occur on Friday The settings on the CONTROLLER page i
51. is in a wet condition the SENSOR HOLD tab will appear Irrigation zones will not operate automatically when a sensor has the system on HOLD 74 rritrol O Front Lawn 00 a ON L SYSTEM STATUS MANUAL DELAY fart 9g SESTER SoS Manual Rain Delay MANUAL DELAY provides a way to tur system off for up to 7 days and then havai i resume its normal schedule For example if the system does not have a rain sensor and it looks like a couple of days of rain are on the way you can pre set a delay in watering w Click the system s pause button to see the MANUAL DELAY tab come into view Use the UP or DOWN arrows to set the number of days you want for the delay Leave the tab showing Clicking on the Play or Stop button will cancel the delay Each day the tab will indicate the original length of the delay in days and the number remaining In the case shown after 1 of 5 days remaining normal operation resumes after midnight day changeover J Irritrol ZONE J ADJUST WETTER z 8 ai 2 z DRYER F SCHEDULE f ADVISOR MANUAL gt 09 Per Zone Controls L ADJUST O You can click any zone in the parade of zones at the top to highlight the zone in the lens When a zone is within the lens its per zone controls become active The first function below the lens is ADJUST The watering time duration
52. is selected the zone looks like this on the calenc Vee hr _ 7 ew yY ee lt FREQUENCY ETE MON TUE WED THU FRI interval hd 2 FH paYs ARAM MEI March 12 18 2006 lt tm MON TUE WED THU FRI If today Sunday is not the first day that you want the 2 day interval to begin simply click and WIEL 14 10 VVU hold the upper ETE Mon TUE WED THU FRI part of the zone and drag it to the next day Monday is now the first water day 13 Will Water Day interval FREQUENCY Contractor s Original Settings Ea fm March 12 18 2006 MON TUE WED TRU BIBS vas ANP Mel You can select water day intervals with a frequency so spread out that the You can highlight the zone you want and click on the 31 icon for a monthly view zone may not 4 July 2006 fr appear in each SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT week s calendar HEHHE You can look months ahead HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHAH HHHH using the Month icon and arrow button to see the eas Hins jyan Hins Hans Hina funs FABAFAE HHHH HHHH HUHH HUHN HUHH HUHH HHHH f a rth O FREQUENCY Calendar interve Odd Days Even Days FREQUENCY Calendar v ADD DEL the calendar Setting When you choose Calendar for water days letters appear representing Sunday through Saturday Green letters represent active water d
53. ke it up Wait two seconds all segments in the display will be illuminated while the remote searches for the f controller The default PIN will allow communication When the controller s status appears AUTO or OFF with the signal indicator the two devices are talking Checking the Range from Computer to Computer 7 S E It O i the following steps you will check to see if the system s range will work for your application At the user s usual computer location within the home use the supplied cord to connect the remote to a USB port on the computer On the side of the remote the plug for the USB compartment is designed to be pulled outward by its short upper tab to expose the mini USB connector After connecting the remote to the computer place the remote in its stand on the same surface as the computer If the computer is off turn on the computer and let it boot up Then open the CD ROM drive insert the PC Control system s CD and close the drive EE rritrol Your System on Screen Click on My Computer and then click on the disk drive icon Double click on the PC Control file to start it A start up screen will appear followed by the License Agreement amp Privacy Policy IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY PRIOR TO INSTALLATION nd User License Agreement lt This License Agreement for the PC Contr
54. l controller s to controller 2 3 etc Leave their PINs at OOOO and just change the controller numbers One controller must remain 1 130 f a Ith O Step Two Prepare for the COMM MM Controllers side check Sf my z a y 7 4 a a y B Take the remote to the computer s location in the home and hook up the remote to the computer with the provided USB cable Remember the upper tab on the remote s plug for its USB port is the one to pull to open the port Place the remote in its stand on the same surface as the computer insert the disk into the computers CD drive and follow the software setup shown earlier m a Before the COMM check with a SONIR multiple controller SETUP do a CHANGE PIN change even if the change is from 0000 to 0000 This will get all units to talk with each other i CHECK 131 Irritrol The PIN change will link all the components If you are adding one 12 station controller your remote now knows it is no longer talking to a 12 zone system PS Test PC to controller communications Start Test controller to controller communications Response from VCU num 2 pin 7030 with signal level 167 Total Errors 0 19 Mar 2006 Working with Multiple Controllers Comm Check a i WAT CHANGE REST SM COMM CHECK ODD gt i Water ao any
55. le y NAME Contractor s Original Settings GET ee Keeping the Contractor s Original Settings schedule as backup Is a good idea Later you will see how to store copy delete and make new schedules For now click on OPEN to get back to the scheduling calendar Irritrol Tevee aa dele ree owes ae ome Zone Two ADJUST SCHEDULE START _ _ DURATION f jae 83 83 3 4_ 8 4 8 4 8 84 Jf 4 8 4 884 EMS pays lem ep aa od j ae EiS EE faDD ME DEL a ae ee ee ee a bair jas TE TE ETA JE SESSE ADVISOR MANUAL FREQUENCY O Se E JD_ E A J0_ J _ 30 q ff M J I a Setting Up Your System Schedule he water drops on the drawing of each zone indicate today is the zone s water day Here the new name is on the schedule and the user has clicked the symbol twice to magnify the view of the zones At the far right the cursor is on the Time Slide You can click and hold the box and drag the view to an earlier or later time of day 41 r a ritrol Deleting Unneeded Zones i Po To begin scheduling you FREQUENCY can eliminate any zones interval you will not be using EMS vay Let s say you only a nine watering zones an a Zone 10 and 11 are left AD over from the Default Schedule Highlight
56. llers 48 zones Any sensor such as a rain or rain freeze sensor for the system must be connected to Controller 1 Conroe S PIN tr ol When all the PIN and controller numbers have been set press and hold the AUTO ON button until the STATION Indicator lights start a quick sequential run then release AUTO ON The controller will illuminate the value of each of your PIN numbers one digit at atime while at the same time Indicating the PIN number sequence using the lights from POWER all the way down to TEST where It Indicates your controller number The MANUAL and AUTO ON lights will be flasning during this verification sequence After a few seconds the controller will go back to Indicating POVVER and AUTO ON The controllers PIN set procedure Is complete Remember your PIN so you can set the same number in the software program and in the handheld remote E n rritrol es i Handheld Remote S PIN Setting the remote s 4 digit PIN number can normally be pe done fom the computer However if you need to address T PC Control systems or you get a NO SIGNAL indication in the display you can check and set the remote s PIN manually PIN Set Procedure 1 Fress and release any button on the remote to wake It up from its battery saving sleep mode You should see all segments illuminated in the display for about two seconds 2 Then press and hold the two top buttons
57. n DELETE able Zone From Running Add Zone Inthe Add Zone box select CONTROLLER 2 and STATION 1 Which controller amp q station is this zone controller by CONTROLLER 2 STATION rmon VIEW ORDER 11 2 i Lf p i ti Controllers Adding Zones The PC Control sees that on Controller 2 Station or Zone 1 is really Zone 13 Give the new zone aname photo and water or light assignment In the line up of stations a blank Zone 13 appears with No Name Left click on that Zone to move it under the lens Setup Me TYPE Water O Light LABEL NAME Front Lawn _ mis DESCRIPTION South half of front lawn PHOTO VIEW ORDER 13 CONTROLLER 2 STATION Use Pump Master Valve i ir ritrol reese mee Add Zone a Which controller amp me station is this zone controller by E CONTROLLER 2 STATION 3 ss Ss w Working with Multiple Controllers Adding Zones ee FF eee x E f Cancel i You can now stay on the Zone page and continue adding zones by clicking on ADD and then designating the zone you are adding to the system Here on Controller 2 a third zone is being added 137 Vic pa a B yo I aa N W
58. n SETUP are global for your entire system You will see later how to set the water days for individual zones Restriction Settings If there is a day of the week you want as a non water day left click that day to cross It out If your city or the water company says you can only water on EVEN numbered dates left click on ODD to cross It out a mn as trol Controller Screen Functior Setup Menu eon ONTROLLER to a rain sensor left click Use Rain Sensor If Ou PIN CHANGE WATERING y RESTRICTIONS have more than one controller SMTWT S acs in your system the rain COMM CHECK ODD EVEN y Watering will nat occur sensor should be connected jaer on rride a 12 Mar 2006 0 B21 to controller 1 It will tell the other controllers if the rain sensor reads WET SEASON 700 STATION DELAY 0 2 secs Abitgp 100 Run Pump Master Valve pa SEASON ADJUST provides uring Station De ay AbD the UP and DOWN arrows W Use Rain Sensor 1 e DELETE that let you set all zones on the controller to more or less watering time by a Inthe example above the percentage controller has been set for no watering on Fridays Perhaps ADD is used to add up to the lawn mowing day is three more controllers to the Friday system See Working with Multiple Controllers section Setting Up Your
59. nally which is normal You will be setting the values for five 5 digits four for the PIN and one for the controller number Indicator lights 1 through 9 represent digits 1 9 and 10 represents Zero At the end of the PIN SET sequence if there is only one controller in the system you will set or leave the controller number at 1 First press both the MANUAL and AUTO ON buttons at the same time until the POWER light flashes and one of the station lights comes on Repeatedly press the MANUAL button until the indicator light is over the value you want for the first digit of your PIN Then press the AUTO ON button 1 ia J ab eee e i de piesa es i ER a i k Se y zr re ae q T i B Controller ait The POVVER light will shut off and the next light c down SIGNAL will come on indicating the second digit is ready to be set rritr ol Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to set each digit of your desired PIN When the indicator light has moved down to TEST you will see the preset 1 for the controller number If you nave one controller inthe system leave the value at 1 and proceed to the next step In multiple controller systems set the additional controllers with the same PIN However set the controller number to 2 3andthen 4 The system will see Controller 1 as having zones 1 12 Controller 2 as having zones 13 24 etc he system can control up to 4 contro
60. ns Manual operations at the controller or with the remote ignore OFF Setting to Sigs or AUTO i 162 itrol The Light E Bulb Button Nhen you press the light bulb button all the landscape lighting circuits connected to the system up to three turn on This feature is included to give lt you manual control of your lights without having to turn on your computer If before the lights turn on automatically you are expecting evening guests or you hear a suspicious noise outside in the dark unplug the remote from the PC wake it by pushing any button and then press the light bulb button The default lighting time is one hour gt The Remote s Sleep q ritrol _ Mode and PC Mode _ To save battery life the remote enters sleep mode after a few minutes of no button use To manually put the remote into the battery lt saving sleep mode press and hold the STOP button for about two seconds When you Bpease the button the display will go ank When connected to a personal computer the remote s buttons are inactive PC indicates the remotes mode USB also indicates the remote s power and communication connection The 9 volt battery is sleeping 164 im iE T _ i F2 Manually Setting the Controller s PIN To communicate ane to AVA interference from other Systems the controller the remote and
61. ntrol days system Temperature is 66 F Humidity is 57 Windspeed is 10 MPH ne rte TEMPERATURE 66 F HUMIDITY High gt 60 WIND High gt 1OMPH 7 uaa S l r trol SETUP Menu WEATHE MP CODE or CITY FO u Either before or after you q have loaded the weather if EMPERATURE zj F data there is one more AUMIDITY Medium 30 60 setting for the WEATHER NIND Medium 5 10M MPH page scheduling Advisor uses your zipcode amp local wea F The PC Control needs to nformation average high for the watering peric know how often you want it reate a watering schedule eee ae to go get the weather SCHEDULE WEA ix information We suggest Daily as the frequency you paily N set for the weather Each day that you siia orv turn on your computer for the first time im oo the system will ask if it is OK to check Seasonally ses y veatr pee When Needed riod UPDATE WATERING Daily a SCHEDULE LE Weekly v 117 l UER at F u g 7 i SOFTWARE LANGUAGE TIME FORMAT INTRO PHOTO English 12 hr 11 27pm CHANGE CHANGE page of the h O 24 hr 23 27 SETUP menu we OVERLAPPING ZONES o have already _ Mute Sounds covered the use Cl Show Sunrise Set Shading on Schedule of INTRO PHOTO M Show Zone Numbers and its CHANGE SELECTOR O Fast Slow button EXPL CLR m The first version
62. of 6 11AM a duration running time length of 10 minutes and an irrigation FREQUENCY of one day every day watering Zone Twos schedule is also shown on the calendar 37 Setting Up Your system Schedule m m n me oo Default Schedule Rit i If the schedule March 5 11 2006 gt seems a bit SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT E E AM crowded press two or three times to magnify the time f il scale AM gt gt E FF l Default Schedule 31 iy March 5 11 2006 MON TUE WED THU Now the zones with their running time slots and water days are visible Jd i ki j i lt Setting Up Your itrol System Schedule S Before you start customizing the schedule give ita i new name Click on the OPEN button to get to the AL Ad OPEN SCHEDULES menu Open Schedule If this is the first time a malaria a schedule is being open setup highlight the Test Schedule ameer Default Schedule title in the NAME new box berere We suggest the installer type in a meiDefault Schedul 4 NAME BAECMUSISIGE C er gt name liie perra E CONTSSEES er zone nin eve eo H day Original Settings 39 itro 8 System SCHEDULES we Contractor s Original Settings Test Schedu
63. of the PC Control has an English language version of the software In the next phase of development spanish French German and Italian versions will be added Some of the other selection options on this page include 12 hour or 24 hour timekeeping format Mute sound effects and show zone numbers in the zone drawings or photos fe 3 rritrol SETUP Menu SOFTWARE LANGUAGE TIME FORMAT INTRO PHOTO English fe 12 hr 1 1 27pm CHANGE 24 hr 23 27 OVERLAPPING ZONES o _ Mute Sounds C Show Sunrise Set Shading on Schedule Mi Show Zone Numbers SELECTOR O Fast Slow EXPL CLR There are two more buttons on the page EXPL and CLR It is probably best to leave these two alone EXPL was originally for sales demonstrations and launches an example of a 9 station system with pictures and all It does however take over and replace your current schedule We may remove this button from production models CLR clears everything so you can start over ay E Bis Overlap be _ Irritrol lost residential irrigation systems are designed with the fewest number of electric valves required to properly do the job This hydraulic efficiency in most systems precludes the operation of more than one valve or zone at a time Our research shows that professional installers worry about end users scheduling zones to overlap to the detriment flow pressure and syst
64. ol License Agreement is a legal agreement between you either an individual or an entity referred to herein as you or End User and Irritrol Systems Irreitrol for PC Control software Software and related documentation Documentation By clicking on the Agree button downloading installing copying or otherwise using the Software End User agrees to be bound by the terms of this License Agreement If you do not agree ta the terms of this License Agreement click on the Disagree button and or do not download or instal the Software 1 Grant of License The End User is granted a limited non exclusive and non transferable license to do only the following A install and maintain the Software on one computer at any time for use only in the End User s own business B Make one copy in machine readable form solely for backup or archival purposes for the computer on which the Software is installed 2 Copyright and Trademark Rights Read the agreement carefully You must click the AGREE button to continue Where should the software be installed from iag Check for the latest software from Irritrol thru the internet amp download amp install Install from your CD ROM R Select installation options below then click next to install the software from your CD ROM now Create start menu folder Create desktop icon Create quick launch icon MAEI E p
65. or connectors irritrol i L Wire Hookup The hole already in the bottom of the controller is _ large enough to accommodate two conductor cables or one of the less common13 conductor bundles Use code approved connectors for waterproof wire connections and splices in the field Wire Pattern Attach the white color coded valve common wire from the cable to one wire lead from each valve solenoid Attach a separate colored wire to the remaining wire lead of each valve solenoid Note the color code for zone identification later At the controller bring the cable up into the bottom of the device and cut the cable leaving 5 inches for reaching the terminal strip Separate the colored wires and then strip back 14 inch 6mm of insulation from the end of each l i z l yd i Wire Hookup Secure the white colored valve common wire to the screw terminal labeled VC COM Connect the individual valve wires to the appropriate Station or zone terminals If the system includes a master valve or pump start relay connect that wire to the MV terminal screw see the following illustration Wiring Diagram on valve connections and pump start Either the master valve or the pump start relay will use Valve Common for their other wire connection are Ginn sah ati a Wid y m r 7 E ANT iy Lat ge 4 Vv W a el ov a CONTROLLER 1 Buin
66. ou can adjust up or down F4 USE ADVISON for areas that are a little too dry or too wet 83 OV 3 J is a0 o E EJ USE ADVISOR pM ANUAL JUAL VIANUAT DURATION W f a rth O To manually start a zone highlight it Manual Operation by clicking on the zone s photo or drawing or on the zone in the scheduling calendar Once the zone is in the lens click MANUAL An optional DURATION appears with the 5 minute default for the manual run Using the UP or DOWN arrows the duration for the manual run can be adjusted to the time length desired in minutes hours or both Here the operator chose a 2 minute run 84 Le Whe irritrol iS p A r E gt L E s gt gt er Zone Controls Manual Operation A left click on MANUAL START will start the zone s operation MANUAL START will immediately turn to MANUAL STOP and a Progress Bar will appear to show how far along the manual run is The manual run will operate until its time is up or until MANUAL STOP is left clicked You can repeat the steps to line up other zones for manual operation The last zone will stop when its manually set duration times out oA Working with Schedules ee a z T p Open Schedule SCHEDULES Contractor s Original Settings Test Schedule l copy Left click on SS OPEN to op
67. r 2 as having zones 13 24 etc Therefore even though the controllers PINs all need to be the same they need differing controller numbers This section will show you the set up and installation procedure unique to multiple controller systems IA a Fi o I S n a og N i N j y A E DP j B exe pa ra gt Oo B ff a f i WW E lt e B fl M D P p bie B Controllers ome multiple controller facts The electrical code does not allow controllers to share field wires like zones valve common master valve etc A rain sensor master valve or pump starter relay for the system must be connected to controller 1 only Each controller in the system needs to be within range of the remote that is attached to the computer Each controller needs to be within range of one another Each added controller can be set up with zone labels and photos similar to the earlier procedure r 7 w g Iti oO Controllers Number Set Step One Setting controller 1 In the early section of this manual Checking the Range Preparing the Controller we stated that the software remote and controller all come from the factory with OOOO as their PIN to speed up the communication check After you have the transformers connected to the controllers and powered them up use the procedure from Manually Setting the Controller s PIN to reset the additiona
68. re alone out there with your system In addition to the above support avenues our new PC Control microsite on the web is www irritrol com pccontrol PC Controller Version 1 0 33 Copyright r 2005 2006 Irritrol systems Inc im All rights reserved Toro and the Toro logo are registered trademarks of The Toro Company Inc all other trademarks are the propery of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with conntected to or sponsored by Toro This software contains Macromedia Flash tm FLASH ENABLED player software by Macromedia inc copyright r 1995 2004 Macromedia Inc All rights reserved Macromedia and Flash are trademarks of Macromedia Inc Agreement The Agreement was already seen in the original setup when you started the system for the first time The rest of the copy is boiler plate statements concerning company logos The ABOUT page has the version information on the software and a secret button with version information on the other parts of the system 3 P 7 rKING WITtN VI U Iti p c Controllers For larger residential landscapes the PC Control system can be set up with more than one 12 zone controller up to 4 controllers for 48 zones total Each of the controllers needs to know if it is number 1 2 3 or 4 inthe system The PC Control will see controller 1 as having zones 1 12 controlle
69. t each zone Also take an overall photo of the home and yard for the intro photo to place on the opening screen f the automatic irrigation system is newly installed and the landscape is not yet established zone photos can be added at any time Irritrol Adding Zone Photos 7 Se l io p o find the photo you want first left click on a PHOTO on the ZONE page gt mi PHOTO VIEW Select Zone Photo CO OLLER 1 S O Custom Generic The default TYPE Grass drawing for the Grass o zone appears Planter j The drop down Shrubs ae box shows there raas x are a few other Custom in root cae Generic sketches available But if you want to insert a photo click Custom seT DONE g e ritrol Adding Zone Photos Select Zone Photo P 1 you click Custom O Generic Custom you XO nn are ready to use p the Browse button to locate ca your photo it I mi 7 i Ti l TA Select a Photo File Look in lt Local Disk C e Then you can Ea Temp __ select your Documents and Settings O WINDOWS photo file In Documentum this case the installer is going up a level to find photos saved on File name C d SK Files of type JPEG File Cancel i ith ol Adding Zone Photos Select a Photo File Look in My Comput
70. t the zone SENDING and ACCEPTED will appear momentarily and the water drop between the zone number and the running time will start blinking Using the Remote ritrol Field cae ions ou can walk the site with the handheld remote to see f Zone 1 has turned on You need not wait for the 10 minute default run time to elapse just press the UP arrow button In2to3 seconds you should see Zone 1 shut off and Zone _ 2 begin operation Repeat these steps to check all your newly connected zones Now that the controller is installed and performance of the system has been tested you are ready to program a watering schedule into the system E PC Control Programming with Your Computer f f fia y i it i Yol ir Cy ItroOi Oe Ul _ on the computer screen i M td BR just click on the PC T x Pe Control Control system siconon JA h D n e your computer s desktop In a few seconds the GUI will appear Click on the maximize icon on the top bar to increase the GUI to its full size You can left click and hold on the top bar and move the GUI around the screen with your Ye i mouse A right click on the top bar gives you the choice of minimizing the GUI or to Quit Click on Quit whenever you are done working with the system de a LJ a Minimize F
71. the software program need to be set with the same personal identification number or PIN All the devices are shipped from the factory with 0000 as their address to speed up the initial communications check at installation Your system needs its own unique PIN to replace the default address Any combination of numbers up to 9999 is available There is also a fifth number for the controller that needs to be set for systems that have more than one controller The factory preset controller number is 1 because most residential systems will require only one 12 zone controller 165 l irritrol Controller s s PIN Normally the controller s PIN can be set from the computer but not its controller number Before a communications check and installation involving multiple controllers up to four for a total of 48 zones can take place each controller needs to know which it is or will be in the system The PIN and controller number can be set manually The manual PIN set procedure is also a good way to verify a controller s PIN if you get a NO SIGNAL indication in the remote s display or NO SIGNAL in a text box on the computer screen The procedure follows l am Manu a Setting the E L ritro Controller s PIN et procedure controller A few moments after the controller is plugged in its POWER and AUTO ON lights will illuminate The SIGNAL light may blink occasio
72. ting Zone Labels and _ Aaaing Zone Photos Under the ZONE for each zone you can Designate it for irrigation or landscape lighting Type in a name and description or note Select and insert the digital photo Add and delete zones Assign zones to specific controllers if there is more than one controller in the system See Working with Multiple Controllers ii Creating Zone Labels and Adding Zone Photos Flere the zone has been named Front EUG North It has bean left as a Water zone and its description has been typed in Because there is no pump or master valve in the system the installer unchecked that box As shown this station or zone 1 is on controller 1 Contractor s Original Settings TYPE water 2 Light NAME Front Saan AS iim DESCRIPTION Front iawn spray he ads along driv E way PHOTO VIEW ORDER 1 CONTROLLER STATION 1 Up in the lens the iki RURRRAGD Val C ADD se Pump Master Valve zone s name has Disable Zone From Running enn appeared mena an itrol Adding Zone Photos lmost any photo handling software that can store digital photo files for browsing can be used with the PC Control Photos stored on disk or from a digital camera card reader or stored in My Photos etc can be retrieved for zone photos Try to take photos that clearly depic
73. ule is complete click OPEN 97 Ei tr ol Open Schedule SCHEDULES March 2006 increased through t _ auto load amp run on 13 Mar 2006 R ma A Tr AAA iri rm fha EK A INAS F June 2006 Schedules Schedule page before clicking on the current schedule you can also set the Hot Weather Schedule to automatically load and run on a specified date Click on the calendar icon and use the right arrow to move to the month you want Then click on the future start date ey Y r EZA ma Y Ba q m 7 Gaeneatate jl e a a Schedules coP E a A F i AUTO oan Hot weather schedule NEW run box On June 18 Gons when the owner s SS NOE AE o eT computer is first turned NAME Hot weather schedule cet on the system will ask to DESCRIPTION update the controller If increased irrigation for June 18th the computer is off all through the end of August day on the 18th the nex me load amp run on 18 Jun 2006 om time it is turned on will TE MODIFIED Mon Mar 13 2006 be update day SCHEDULES o store Hot weather Contractor s Original Settings OPEN schedule and revert Off SeasonTest Schedule back to the original hast D PT _ copy schedule the installer new clicks on the current schedule and clicks pomme OPEN to put it back on NAME Contractor s Original Settings
74. vel and leave approximately 1 4 6mm of its shank showing With the access panel removed hang the controller by its rear keyhole slot on the screw If the controller does not hang securely remove it from the wall and drive the screw a little further into the wall When the controller does hang securely by the first screw drive a second screw through the lower wall mounting hole in the wiring compartment Installing the Controller Fi g i 0O recommended field wire is 18AWG 1 0mm UF with multiple insulated wires within a arate jacket This caplet is Reulated for direct burial and the insulation on each wire within is color coded to simplify zone identification For a system with multiple controllers the electrical code requires that no field wires including valve common are to be shared by the controllers See Working with Multiple Controllers section ONLY CONTROLLER 1 NEEDS THE MASTER VALVE OR PUMP START RELAY CONNECTED TO ITS TERMINAL STRIP Route all the zone wires the valve common wire the Master Valve wire if required any sensor wires and zone wires for landscape light switching if needed in from the valves and other devices in the field and up through the bottom right hand opening In the controller The field wire opening has two extra knockouts to accommodate Ys and 1 conduit adapters if you plan to use a wiring conduit or need more room for incoming wires
75. ways to find and highlight a number in the display The START button is for activating a command and sending it wirelessly to the controller Handheld Mode The STOP button will cause an ongoing operation in the controller to stop The AUTO ON button will turn the controller from OFF mode to the AUTO ON mode in which the controller will wait for the next scheduled zone start time The AUTO OFF button will shut off any automatic schedule that is running In AUTO OFF mode the controller will not start any automatic schedules The LIGHT button will turn on all the landscape lighting zones up to three at once with a default duration of 1 hour E n fa i j eo Usil agi T e Ha andh theld L itrol ae With the remote unplugged from the computer and a 9 volt battery connected in Its compartment press and release any button to awaken the remote from Its battery conserving sleep mode All segments In Its display will be illuminated for about 2 seconds and then the remote with its current PIN will try to contact the controller Pano MAUI oka Tl PM HR e MIN SHORT 4 ii KN SENDING waT NE A ACCEPTED J E i i oa G i m l pi at ie A eg ee F ia oa ea E l n e en a os TF tr Paar ie imams h g x zz i il jl W f j a re ip Pra s s s oy poa p a F i H L nana E 1 L Tal r T 5 l iy 4 all 5 me Fi a r OE

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