Toro TDC-100/200 - Manual (Page 13)

Grow In Irrigation Program Setting:
Grow In Irrigation Program example: Create program 3 with stations 21–30 for 5 minutes each with no percent
adjustment. Set the start time at 6:30 am and the end time at 4:00 pm. Set the delay for 2 hours and 15 minutes and
the maximum simultaneous active station to 5.
1. Press the Scheduled Watering Key . The cursor is initially located at the program selection field. Use the
Input Dial to select the program (P01–P10) you want to create or modify. For this example, select
program 3.
2. Press the Right Arrow Key to advance to the Percent Adjust field. Normally this setting will be 100%
unless weather or other condition suggest that less or more irrigation is needed. Use the Input Dial
to adjust the setting. For this example, no adjustment is needed.
3. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Hold: field. Use this function to suspend program
operation. Select from None, Today, 02–30 days or Permanent. For this example, select None.
4. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Type: field. Use the Input Dial to adjust
the setting. For this example, set the Type to Grow-In.
5. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Start: field. This start time will indicate the starting
point of the Grow-In cycle. Use the Input Dial to select the start time value. Use the Left and Right
Arrow Keys to navigate between the Hours and Minutes fields. For this example, set the start time
to 06:30am.
6. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the End: field. This end time will indicate the end point of
the Grow-In cycle. Use the Input Dial to select the end time value. Use the Left and Right Arrow
Keys to navigate between the Hours and Minutes fields. For this example, set the end time to
04:00pm .
7. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Delay: field. This delay time will determine the wait
time between program cycles. Use the Input Dial to select the delay time value. Use the Left and
Right Arrow Keys to navigate between the Hours and Minutes fields. For this example, set the
delay time to 02:15.
8. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Sta#: field. Use the Input Dial to select
the correct value of the first station being irrigated. For this example, select station 21.
9. Press the Right Arrow to advance the cursor to the next value. This value will indicate the last station of
the range. If irrigating only one station, this value should be the same as the first value. For this example, select
station 30.
10. Press the Right Arrow to advance the cursor to the next entry field. This entry field will indicate the
runtime in hours, minutes and seconds (HH:MM:SS). Use the Input Dial and the Right Arrow Key
to select the appropriate runtime value. For this example, set the runtime to 00:05.
11. Press the Down Arrow to advance the cursor to the Simult: field. Use the Input Dial to select
the maximum allowable simultaneous active station. For this example, set the value to 05.
When finished, the display should read:
Sta#: ----- --:--:--
Simult: 05 End: 04:00pm
Delay: 02:15(hr:min)
Sta#: 21–30 00:05 P03 100% 00:50:00
Hold: None
Type: Grow In
Start: 06:30am
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