User manual RAIN BIRD MDC 50-200

[. . . ] Controller Unit MDC 50-200, MDC 200 Safety Information Warning! Important safety information, including caution and warning messages, appear throughout this manual. To ensure correct operation and to avoid additional expense, read this manual thoroughly before you begin installing or operating the controller. Operating this equipment in a residential area can cause interference to radio and television reception. The radio frequency energy emitted by this device complies with limits for a Class B computing device, described in FCC Rules Part 15, Subpart J. Safety Information and Icons Used in This Manual: To quickly help you find, identify and understand important information, this manual uses the following icons and notations: This icon indicates critical information. [. . . ] Select WB to return to the Schedule Set-up Screen. 3. Select Next twice to return to the Main Operating Screen. 46 Creating Irrigation Schedules, continued Scheduling to Run on Specific Days and Dates You can program your controller to irrigate on a selected day(s) and date(s) in a 14-day period, instead of on the 14-day cycle (which begins on the day you initially program the controller). You can also set the first date you want to begin irrigating. From the Main Operating Screen, scroll to the Program you want. then Next to reach the Run every and First labels. Note: Run every refers to which days you want a specific Program to run (Run every 1st day; Run every 2nd day; etc). First (which shows the year, month and day) refers to the date you want the sequence to begin. Note: You can see the 14-day Schedule change each time you press the button. Note: An arrow label next to Every shows the direction you are scrolling. Pressing the button pointing to the arrow label changes the direction you are scrolling. 4. To change the date you want to start the sequence, press the button pointing to the First label. Continue to press the button to reach the start date you want. Program 5 Total 15 --W--S--T--F--M Run every 3. day First 2002 - 04 - 21 Every First 1 : 57 14:02:30 (1) 20 : 00 100% P Repeat 2 times Pause: 5 Min. To change the Run every day, press the button pointing to the Every label. Each time you press the button, the day increases by one, up to Run every 14th day (in the 14-day Schedule). Note: An arrow label next to Every shows the direction you are scrolling. Pressing the button pointing to the arrow label changes the direction you are scrolling. Program 5 Total 15 --W--S--T--F--M Run every 2. day First 2002 - 02 - 12 Every First 1 : 57 14:02:30 (1) 20 : 00 100% P Repeat 0 times Repeating and Pausing Programs Once you set-up a Program, you can repeat it up to 99 times and set timed pauses (in minutes) between each repeated Program. From the Main Operating Screen, scroll to the Program you want to repeat. and Next to reach the Repeat label. Repeat Pause Next 47 Creating Irrigation Schedules, continued 3. Press the button pointing to the Repeat label to set the number of times you want the Program to repeat. Holding down the button lets you scroll quickly up to 99 repeat times. Program 5 Total 15 --W--S--T--F--M 1 : 57 14:02:30 (1) 20 : 00 100% P Repeat 2 times Setting Up an Automatic Test Program The MDC 50-200, MDC- 200 Controller allows you to set up a Test Program to automatically activate and test all decoders (from the first one you installed to the last), one by one. You can adjust the Decoder Activation Time between 10 and 240 seconds. 240 seconds is especially useful if you wish to walk through and visually inspect each decoder as they activate. [. . . ] If the master valve is Normally open, exceeding the maximum flow will shut off all valves. Because none of the valves are open, any additional flow detected is considered a leak in the system. Once the flow surpasses the alarm leakage schedule, the field decoder activates, closing the Normally open master valve. 92 Glossary booster pump activates when the demand for water pressure exceeds the capabilities of the master pump. circuit board one of the etched, copper clad sheets of insulating material onto which electronic components and terminals are assembled. [. . . ]