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LogicPLUS-S Two-Wire Controller 29
diAMOnd SeTTinGS
The DS, as we call it, is an automatic calendar setting after run times and start times are entered.
The DS will set the minimum days of the irrigation calendar. This is to protect against overlapping
within a program. After initial programming of the LogicPLUS-S, run times and start times, the DS will
not allow you to enter additional run times or increase the budget so that it will exceed the
current calendar days set.
If you are unable to increase run times, check your “total run time” in position 5. If the “total run time”
for that program is close to the number of current calendar days for that program you may have to
increase the number of calendar days to get the controller to accept increased run times, increased
water budget or adding more valves with run times to that program. The same is true of increasing
the water budget; the calendar may have to be extended to accommodate the extended run times to
allow the program to complete its cycle.
The DS sets the calendar automatically as follows. The start time entered is calculated as to how
many hours past 12 midnight it is, for example an am start time would be 8 hours from midnight or
the start of that day, then the DS looks at total run times including pause time and adds the time
from midnight to the start time together. if the total time exceeds 24 hours the calendar is set
for two days, if the total time exceeds 48 hours the calendar is set to a three-day calendar and so
on. The first day will be set as a STRT day (Start) the following day will be “run” days. The day you
programmed this program, automatically becomes day 1 of the calendar, for example a three-day
calendar programmed on Monday would look like the following:
Day 1 STRT would be Monday
Day 2 RUN would be Tuesday
Day 3 RUN would be Wednesday
Day 1 STRT would be Thursday
Day 2 RUN would be Friday
And so on; please note that any calendar not divisible by 7 will run on different days of the week as
the year progresses. If the above example were changed to a five-day calendar the days 4 and 5
would show OFF.
note: it is important to remember if the total run time of a program is under 23 hours and 59
minutes; the dS automatically sets the calendar to one day. even if the start time is set to al-
low the program to run past midnight into the next day. The same is true if multiple start times
are used in the same program and the total runtime of the program multiplied by the number
of start times is under 23 hours and 59 minutes. The dS will not allow multiple start times that
total more than 23 hours and 59 minutes.