Programming fundamentals – Hunter SRC User Manual

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Program

Begins at

6:00

Program

Ends at

6:50

Station 1

Station 2

Station 3

Sprinklers at

Station 1 begin to

water at 6:00

Sprinklers at

Station 1 turn off

at 6:15

Sprinklers at

Station 2 begin to

water at 6:15

Sprinklers at

Station 2 turn off

at 6:30

Sprinklers at

Station 3 begin to

water at 6:30

Sprinklers at

Station 3 turn off

at 6:50

PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS .....................................................................................

For the controller and it’s selected program to operate automatically,

there are three components that must exist: When to water (or Watering

Start Times), how long to water (or Station Run Times), what day of the

week to water (or Days to Water).
We have included an example that will better illustrate the operation

of a program. Let’s say you have a program start time set for 6:00

Stations 1 and 2 are going to have a run time of 15 minutes and station 3

is set for 20 minutes. Please note that stations 4, 5 and 6 have not been

included in this program, we will water them on separate programs.
Going back to our previous example, at 6:00

the controller will activate

the watering cycle. The sprinklers on station 1 will run for 15 minutes

and then automatically shut off. The controller will automatically activate

station 2 sprinklers. These sprinklers will also run for 15 minutes and

then shut off. Then, watering on station 3 will begin automatically. The

sprinklers will turn on for 20 minutes and shut off automatically. Since

no times were programmed for stations 4, 5 and 6, the controller skips

them. This will conclude the program and end the water cycle at 6:50

As shown in the above example, only one program start time was

required to run the three different stations. The controller automatically

moves to the next station without the need for additional start times.
We realize that many consumers will have variations in their plant

watering needs, so at Hunter we equipped the SRC with three different

programs A, B, and C. These programs are completely independent

of each other and give you the ability to have three coexisting timers in

one controller.
For example, using more than one program would enable you to water

on odd days for lawn stations 1, 2, and 3 on program A, station 4 to soak

the flowers every day on program B, and station 5 and station 6 to water

on even days on program C. However, it is not absolutely necessary

to use this feature. Most homes and businesses can have all stations

adequately watered on one program with the other programs turned off

for future use.