Rain Bird WP 4, Technotes

Page 1: ...Technotes WP SERIES WP 2 WP 4 WP 6 WP 8 09 2004 1 18 35 52 69 86 103 120 137...

Page 2: ...LECTRIC VALVE Controller capacity 1 Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid per station and possibility to use 1 master valve equipped with a Rain 9V latching solenoid for the system Make sure all wire from th...

Page 3: ...19 WIRING TO THE ELECTRIC VALVES A Valve box Use Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid for each valve B master valve with Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid...

Page 4: ...20 WIRING TO THE RAIN SENSOR Active Rain Sensor input immediately stops watering if it rains Note The icon will appear in all screens when the rain sensor is activated Rain Sensor RSD BEx option...

Page 5: ...e pressed Important This icon means you must replace batteries Use only a top quality brand such as Varta or equivalent Always replace both batteries simultaneously Start up Programming Connect 2 top...

Page 6: ...Rain Delay 3 Water Budget 4 D marrage manuel d une station 5 D marrage manuel d un cycle 6 Test de toutes les stations 7 Position ON OFF 1 Set Clock and current day 2 Set water days 3 Set length of w...

Page 7: ...and Note As soon as you are in the programming menu PROG appears on the screen Set clock and day Note if those 3 parameters are already set press the key to move to next screen 1 1 1 Set current time...

Page 8: ...the next screen 1 2 Set water days Press the key to move the square cursor through the days of the week numbered 1 to 7 Use the and keys to set or cancel water days The key cancels water days and the...

Page 9: ...time from 1 minute to 12 hours in 1 minute increments The station watering time appears in hours and minutes Move to the next station by pressing the key Repeatedly press the key to assign the station...

Page 10: ...ve procedure Note It is not necessary to use all 8 start times The controller will automatically file your start times in chronological order from 00 00 to 23 59 To cancel a start time Press the key t...

Page 11: ...the programming menu press both the and keys simultaneously Optional functions follow Press the key 2 2 R glage du Rain Delay You can delay watering from 1 to 15 days during rainy weather Press the or...

Page 12: ...ater budget feature can be useful for cutting back watering during cool winter months or for increasing watering during periods of unusual heat Use the and keys to increase or decrease the watering ti...

Page 13: ...ring before the programmed time is completed press the key The blinking stream disappears Note Water Budget does not operate in the manual single station mode 2 5 Manual cycle start A cycle consists o...

Page 14: ...to the controller using a 2 minutes cycle and allows you to check that your irrigation system is working properly Then press the key to start the cycle test To move to the next station before the wat...

Page 15: ...with the cross on the sprinkler Press the key to prevent watering The cross stops blinking If you move through the menu by pressing repeatedly the key you will see that the non blinking cross appears...

Page 16: ...igation Start time has not been entered for the program to which the station is assigned Water budget for the station s program is set to 0 I remove batteries from the controller but the irrigation co...

Page 17: ...Rain Bird after sales service For further information please contact Rain Bird Europe 900 rue Amp re BP 72000 13792 Aix en Provence Cedex 3 France T l 33 4 42 24 44 61 Fax 33 4 42 24 24 72 sav rainbi...

Page 18: ...on controllers conforms to the European Directives 89 336 CE and 93 91 CEE concerning electromagnetic compatibility The WP Series is battery powered General information about your WP Series controller...