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ET2000e PROGRAMMING GUIDE
®
ET2000e
IRRIGATION CONTROLLER
PROGRAMMING GUIDE
For use with ET2000e irrigation controllers running on firmware version
605.a
and above.
CHANGE 1 INCORPORATED
30 March 2007
water work
m aking
since 1986

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  • Page 1 ET2000e PROGRAMMING GUIDE ® ET2000e IRRIGATION CONTROLLER PROGRAMMING GUIDE For use with ET2000e irrigation controllers running on firmware version 605.a and above. CHANGE 1 INCORPORATED 30 March 2007 water work m aking since 1986...

  • Page 2: What Can Be Programmed At Each Screen

    4A. TRACK ESTIMATED II. WHAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED AT EACH 4B. POC (MV & FM) SCREEN 4B.1 FMBX FLOW METER SETUP III. USING THIS GUIDE WITH THE ET2000e 4B.2 REGULAR FLOW METER SETUP CONTROLLER 4C. LEARN EXPECTEDS SECTION 2: SETUP 4D.
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ® 5F.2 CONTROLLER WILL SECTION 9: NO WATER KEY AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATE THE BUDGET AMOUNT USING THE 9A. NO WATER KEY DESCRIPTION TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND YOUR CITY ET 9A.1 TURN CONTROLLER OFF 9A.2 APPLY NO WATER DAYS TO PROGRAM 5F.3 ENTER A YEARLY BUDGET AND 9A.3 NO WATER DAYS BY STATION...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    SETUP 1. MAXIMUM & MINIMUM SETTINGS WITHIN THE 12B. POINT OF CONNECTION 2 & 3 (POC 2 & 3) ET2000e 2. ET2000e IRRIGATION CONTROLLER SCREEN 12B.1 POC USE WITH IRRIGATION 12B.2 POC USE WITH NON- 3. FLAG LETTER DEFINITION SHEET IRRIGATION 4.
  • Page 5 SECTION 1: CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION ® SECTION 1: CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION I. ET2000e KEYPAD DESCRIPTION STOP – The STOP key will stop any currently BACK – The BACK key will go back to the running Scheduled irrigation, Manual watering, previous screen. Test Cycle, Manual Programs and lights.
  • Page 6 SECTION 1: / II. WHAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED AT EACH SCREEN ® Programs & Stations Flow Select Program Set Program Start Time Select Program Description (optional) Line Fill & Valve Line Fill By Program Set Number Of Water Days in Schedule Close Times Valve Close By Program Set Priority...
  • Page 7 SECTION 1: / II. WHAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED AT EACH SCREEN ® Setup Reports Select If Part of FLOWSENSE Chain (-FL) ® This Month / Last Select Number of Controllers In Chain (-FL) View Water Usage And Irrigation Time Communications Month Set Communications Address View Controller Information...
  • Page 8 MAIN MENU key. The description on the screen with the arrows, point to the Menu keys which can be pressed to access the various parts of the controller’s programming (See Enclosure 1 ET2000e IRRIGATION CONTROLLER SCREEN MAP). You can always return to a previous screen by pressing the BACK key.
  • Page 9 ) key, the COMMUNICATION screen ( -SR ) will appear. Copyright Calsense Inc. 1987-2006 2A.1 Controller(s) with central communication: Figure 2.3 Note: If FLOWSENSE option is installed (this can ® be verified by looking for a (-FL) in the part number.
  • Page 10 ) key. (-SR) ( -M ) IMPORTANT: Copyright Calsense Inc. 1987-2007 The changes do not take effect until this button is pressed. Figure 2.4 THIS CONCLUDES THE PART & SERIAL NUMBERS SECTION THIS CONCLUDES THE DATE AND TIME SECTION 2C.
  • Page 11 2F. ACCESS CONTROL year. Each month can be programmed with different Start Times, Water Days, Number of Days in Using the Calsense Command Center software, a Schedule, Total Minutes, Minutes per Cycle and three character password can be sent to the Soak In Time.

  • Page 12: Section 3: Programs & Stations

    SECTION 2: SETUP / SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS ® SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS Enter the first character of the The Programs & Stations section of the controller is password by pressing the PLUS or used for programming or viewing the following: MINUS key until the character appears.
  • Page 13 (this setting is optional). From the MAIN MENU screen: • DAYS IN SCHEDULE: The ET2000e can Press the PROGRAMS & STATIONS be set with a 7-Day schedule (shown in Menu key. Figure 3.1), 14-Day Schedule, 21-Day Schedule or 28-Day Schedule.
  • Page 14 SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS ® Example 3 When at the Station Programming screen, the two (2) top right Menu keys Total Mins: 10.0 Mins per Cycle: 20.0 are used for STATION UP and Soak-in Time: STATION DOWN . The following explains each setting on the STATION In this example the controller will irrigate 1 cycle of 10 minutes.

  • Page 15: Program Priorities

    SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS ® From the MAIN MENU screen: Press the PLUS or MINUS key to select all stations or a specific Press the PROGRAMS & STATIONS program. Menu key. Press the COPY STATION x TO Press the STATION – TO – PROG x Menu key.
  • Page 16 SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS ® 3E. STATIONS-BY-PROGRAM PROGRAM PRIORITIES Program Priorities in Use ? YES PRIORITY This section of the controller allows you to view each PROG A ....LOW PROG B .

  • Page 17: Percent Adjust

    SECTION 3: PROGRAMS & STATIONS ® 3F.2 Percent Adjust BY PROGRAM 3F. PERCENT ADJUST From the PERCENT ADJUST screen (Figure 3.8). Percent Adjust allows the user to adjust the Total Minutes or % of ET used by every station, or by program by a specific percentage.

  • Page 18: Section 4: Flow

    SECTION 4: FLOW ® SECTION 4: FLOW TRACK ESTIMATED USAGE presently there are no flow meters or The Flow section of the controller is used for setting expected flow rates in your system. If you are interested in flow reports up the following: you must set the expected flow rate for each station.

  • Page 19: Fmbx Flow Meter Setup

    If the flow meter installed on the system is a Master Valve is in the open position until Calsense FMBX, change the “Use your own K & voltage is applied to close it. Offset” to YES, (The screen will appear as shown in Figure 4.7).

  • Page 20: Regular Flow Meter Setup

    The FLOW METER, MASTER VALVE & PUMP value and the Offset. If you know these values enter screen is displayed (Figure 4.9). them now. If not, Call Calsense at 1-(800)-572-8608 for assistance. FLOW METER, MASTER VALVE & PUMP Line Fill...
  • Page 21 SECTION 4: FLOW ® 4D. LINE FILL & VALVE CLOSE TIMES Press the BACK key to return to the FLOW METER, MASTER The Line Fill & Valve Close Times are used to set VALVE, & PUMP SETUP screen the amount of time each valve time will have to (Figure 4.9).
  • Page 22 SECTION 4: FLOW ® The range for both of these settings are: Press the BACK key to return to the 1 to 4000 gpm Flow Meter, Master Valve & Pump screen (See figure 4.1). • USE CAPACITY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STATIONS ON?: If you want to use THIS CONCLUDES THE PUMP capacity to limit the number of stations on...
  • Page 23 SECTION 4: FLOW ® Note: This is unless you are using FLOWSENSE ®. 4G. ON–AT–A–TIME See Section 11 (-FL) FLOWSENSE for more ® details. The On-at-a-Time section of the controller is used to set up the number of valves that you want to come •...
  • Page 24 SECTION 4: FLOW ® Note: The above settings are defaulted in the 4H. FLOW CHECKING controller and can be changed by the user. Flow checking allows you to have the controller compare the flow of each station during irrigation to To change the settings press the the learned expected flow and alert you of any PLUS or MINUS keys for any number...
  • Page 25 SECTION 4: FLOW ® 4I. ALERT ACTIONS Example: The Alert Actions section of the controller allows you If you set the below limit at 65 gpm to 100 gpm. to setup the way in which you want the controller to and set your limit at -10/+10, inform you of any problems.
  • Page 26 From the MAIN MENU screen (Figure 5.1): ET Gage is in use skip this section. Press the WEATHER Menu key. Press the blue ARROW keys to CALSENSE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Programs & Stations Lights move the cursor to the IS THERE AN ET GAGE? (Figure 5.4).
  • Page 27 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® If YES is selected the screen will change to read: ET GAGE (Figure 5.5). Irrigation Day is from 8:00PM to 8:00PM Is there an ET Gage? YES Log Pulses? NO Gage is 99% full GAGE=.00 inches Skip tonight? YES ET GAGE Irrigation Day is from 8:00PM to 8:00PM...
  • Page 28 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® If the controller in use has a (-RB) option installed and a Rain Bucket connected see: Press the blue ARROW keys to move the cursor to the SKIP 1. Rain setup with Rain Bucket installed. TONIGHT? (Figure 5.9). If the controller in use does not have the (-RB) option installed see: ET GAGE...
  • Page 29 THIS CONCLUDES RAIN SETUP WITH RAIN section describes how to enable the use BUCKET INSTALLED of rain in the ET2000e controller. Each program can be set individually to either 5B.2 Rain setup ( without Rain Bucket use or not use rain to offset irrigation run installed ) and you are sharing rain to times.
  • Page 30 Press the blue ARROW keys to inches of rain. move the cursor to the next entry. If you are not sharing rain data using the Calsense Command CENTER software, this setting will have Press the MAIN MENU key to return no effect on irrigation.
  • Page 31 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® WIND GAGE SETUP Press the PLUS or MINUS keys to Is Controller Wired to a WIND GAGE? YES change the settings. PAUSE IRRIGATION when wind is higher than 15 MPH RESUME IRRIGATION when wind is less The WIND GAGE SETUP screen will change to than 10 MPH reveal the irrigation wind settings (Figure 5.15).
  • Page 32 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® 5D. RAIN SWITCH 5E. ET The ET section of the controller is used to program This section of the controller is used to activate the the use evapotransperation data accessed from an use of a rain switch and have the controller turn ET Gage, or pre-determined values to compute irrigation off due to rain detection.
  • Page 33 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® 5E.4 Crop Coefficients Press the PLUS or MINUS This setting is used to adjust ET for a specific type of keys to change the setting. crop at different periods throughout the year. If you do not want ET to be modified, leave the selection 5E.2 Use ET averaging set at NO (Figure 5.24) A YES next to a program indicates ET averaging is...
  • Page 34 There are two methods to determine station flow timing using a stopwatch. After 3 rates if a Calsense flow meter is not installed on the minutes have elapsed, make note of the system. The following describes each method...
  • Page 35 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® Example #2 Last Min: This is the amount of time last irrigated on (If water meter units are in cubic feet or CF): this station prior to selecting the use of Daily Estimated Mins: This is the total estimated minutes The starting meter reading is 9,975 CF.
  • Page 36 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® your City ET. (see Section 5H. ET State / 5F.2 Controller will automatically calculate the County / City) budget amount using the total square footage and your city ET. From the WEATHER SETUP screen (Figure 5.2). In the WATER USE BUDGET screen Press the BUDGET Menu key.
  • Page 37 (Figure 5.33) 5G. MOISTURE The Moisture section of the controller, along with the MOISTURE SENSING SETUP use of Calsense moisture sensors, allows you to: Moisture Sensing in Use? YES USE BY PROGRAM • PROG A ....YES Set up moisture sensing use by program.
  • Page 38 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® 5G.2. Moisture Sensor Assignment Press the blue ARROW keys to move the cursor to the next entry. Press the SENSOR ASSIGNMENT Menu key. Once all of the Moisture Sensors The MOISTURE SENSOR ASSIGNMENT have been set up properly, press SCREEN is displayed (Figure 5.34).
  • Page 39 MASTER entry. Test 0 GPM 0.00 AMPS • MOIST SET: The Calsense Moisture Sensor has it’s Figure 5.39 own numerical system of moisture readings. Typically it reads between 5G.3 Test Moisture Sensor the range of 45 (dry) to 85 (wet). By...
  • Page 40 SECTION 5: WEATHER ® The MANUAL IRRIGATION screen (Figure 5.40). Press the TEST STATION # FOR MOISTURE SENSOR Menu key to activate test. The screen will show MANUAL MENU Manual Watering Manual Program 1 “READING SENSOR ON # please wait (Less than 15 seconds)” for Test Manual Program 2 which ever station you selected.
  • Page 41 ET is not used. In either case, you would want to use historical ET for the area you are located in. The ET2000e controller stores historical ET information for several states / counties, and numerous cities. Select the area that most closely represents your location (Figure 5.45)

  • Page 42: Section 6: Reports

    Press the PLUS or MINUS keys to select the desired station. From The MAIN MENU screen (Figure 6.1): Press the HFC Menu key to CALSENSE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM change the information to Programs & Stations Lights Hundreds of Cubic Feet.
  • Page 43 SECTION 6: REPORTS ® 6B. 24 MONTH 6C. HOLD-OVER The 24 Month report shows the amount of water Hold-Over occurs if the controllers irrigation cycle is used, budgeted (if budgets are enabled), and ET (if forced to end before it has finished. Any unfinished ET enabled) for the last 24 months.
  • Page 44 Scientific weather station. Automatically shared from another controller 6D.1 Reports / ET & Rain Table (ET) connected to a Rain Bucket using Calsense The ET Table (Figure 6.6) shows daily ET numbers Command Center software. (Controllers (measured in inches) stored in the controller. These...
  • Page 45 SECTION 6: REPORTS ® (Table: 0 Reports: 0): These two values appear in 4 Total Alerts - on 1 of 4 (ALL) (Figure 6.6) and are defined as follows: 11/18 9:52AM Radio Remote Finished (*** 11/18 9:51AM Radio Remote Enabled (norm) 11/18 1:10AM END:...
  • Page 46 SECTION 6: REPORTS ® 6F. STATION HISTORY STATION 1 HISTORY :- - FLOW- - - : MOISTURE Date & Time READ FLAG 11/21 2:20PM The Station History report section of the controller 11/20 2:20PM 11/19 2:20PM 11/17 2:20PM allows you to view individual station irrigation 11/16 2:20PM 11/10...
  • Page 47 SECTION 6: REPORTS ® 6H.2 Irrigation Details 6H. LIVE SCREENS From the REPORTS menu screen (Figure 6.2): This section of the controller allows you to view: Press the LIVE SCREENS Menu • Current Irrigation activity. key to access the REAL-TIME •...

  • Page 48: Real Time Poc Flow

    SECTION 6: REPORTS ® If POC 2 and/or POC 3 are used for non-irrigation Press the LIVE SCREENS Menu purposes (See Section 4 FLOW / 4B POC (MV & key to access the REAL-TIME FM) for setup instructions), the screen will appear as DISPLAYS screen (Figure 6.13) shown in (Figure 6.18).
  • Page 49 SECTION 7: LIGHTS (-L) ® SECTION 7: LIGHTS (-L) 7B. TESTING A LIGHTS CIRCUIT 7A. PROGRAMMING A LIGHTS SCHEDULE You can also test a light circuit by pressing the MANUALLY START You can program up to four (4) individual light Menu key.
  • Page 50 SECTION 8: RADIO REMOTE (-RRe) ® SECTION 8: RADIO REMOTE (-RRe) 8A. ENABLE RADIO REMOTE CHANGE LIST Add via Controller If the Radio Remote Control option is installed on a Add via PC controller (-RRe), the RADIO REMOTE Menu key Delete Controllers ! will be available at the MAIN MENU screen.
  • Page 51 SECTION 9: NO WATER KEY ® highlight which program to set SECTION 9: NO WATER KEY the No Water Days for. 9A. NO WATER KEY DESCRIPTION Press the PLUS or MINUS keys to select the desired program (or From this screen you can turn the controller off, set all stations).
  • Page 52 SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY ® 10A.1 Manual Water a Station SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY The Manual section of the controller is used for: From the MANUAL IRRIGATION screen (Figure 10.2): • Manual Watering stations • Testing individual stations Press the PLUS or MINUS keys •...
  • Page 53 SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY ® 10A.3 Cycle and Soak during Manual From the MANUAL IRRIGATION screen Press the PLUS or MINUS (Figure 10.2): keys to change the station number. Press the LEARN THE Press the PLUS or MINUS EXPECTED AT STATION # keys to change the CYCLE &...
  • Page 54 SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY ® Press the MASTER VALVE Press the PLUS or MINUS keys OVERRIDE Menu key. to change the “Open master valve time”. MASTER VALVE OVERRIDE screen displayed (Figure 10.5). Press the blue ARROW keys to change from the open and close MASTER VALVE OVERRIDE entry and to change from one day to the next.
  • Page 55 SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY ® 10E. MANUAL PROGRAM 1 Press the PLUS or MINUS keys to set the amount of days that you The Manual Program section of the controller want the program to run. (The End provides an alternative to regularly scheduled date will change automatically).
  • Page 56 SECTION 10: MANUAL KEY ® Note: Time must be set from 0.1 seconds to 15.0 10H. USE HOLD-OVER minutes. Hold-Over time is generated whenever scheduled irrigation has hit the Stop time. The controller will Press the blue ARROW keys to first try and use up any hold-over in the table after highlight the RUN EACH scheduled irrigation has finished, but before the Stop...
  • Page 57 ® ® SECTION 11: (-FL) FLOWSENSE ® Press the PLUS or MINUS keys The Calsense FLOWSENSE option allows the user ® to set the time that you want the to manage an irrigation system that has one or more Hold-Over irrigation to begin.
  • Page 58 ) Note: Each controller in the communications chain must have the (-FL) option and will have to be set to Copyright Calsense Inc. 1987-2006 YES. Figure 11.3 Press the blue ARROW keys to You will have to perform a Controller Scan: move the cursor to the next question.
  • Page 59 SECTION 11: FLOWSENSE (-FL) ® ® The MAINLINE BREAK SETTINGS screen is Example: displayed (Figure 11.6). Number of controllers in chain 5 Controller position in chain communications address MAINLINE BREAK SETTINGS Master controller During Irrigation 400 gpm Slave controller Slave controller All Other Times 150 gpm Slave controller - - - - - - - SYSTEM CAPACITY SETTINGS - - - - - - -...
  • Page 60 SECTION 11: FLOWSENSE (-FL) ® ® 11.B.2 Flow Checking Capacity with pump: When a program irrigates by use of pump the GPM limit set will not be exceeded. Flow checking allows you to have the controller compare the flow of each station during irrigation to Capacity without pump: When a program irrigates the learned expected flow and alert you of any without the use of a pump the GPM limit will not be...
  • Page 61 SECTION 11: FLOWSENSE (-FL) ® ® The default settings are: normal operating range of water flow. Then in the (-) and (+) blocks enter the range of fluctuation that you BELOW: -5 / +5 deem normal. FROM / TO: -10 / +10 FROM / TO: -10 / +10 ABOVE:...
  • Page 62 SECTION 11: FLOWSENSE (-FL) ® ® Press the ON-AT-A-TIME Menu key. Example: Within Program Within Controller The STATIONS ON-AT-A-TIME screen is displayed (Figure 11.11). Program A Program B STATIONS ON-AT-A-TIME Within Within Program System PROG A ....PROG B .

  • Page 63: Section 12: (-F Option)

    Note: POC 1 is set for use with irrigation always SECTION 12: (-F) OPTION: and cannot be changed. All models of Calsense controllers that have a (-F) option can use up to three (3) separate Points of connection. Press the blue ARROW key to highlight MASTER VALVE IS setting.
  • Page 64 Note: The two settings that must be set are the K and Flow Meter type and size used. value and the Offset. If you know these values enter them now. If not, Call Calsense at 1-(800)-572-8608 12B.1 POC Use with irrigation for assistance.
  • Page 65 SECTION 11: FLOWSENSE (-FL) ® ® 12B.3 Use Master Valve for x.xx hours POINT OF CONNECTION (MV & FM) This setting can be used to open a normally closed Point Connection: POC 2 Master Valve on Point of connection 2 or 3 for a Master Valve is NORMALLY CLOSED Flow Meter in use ? YES period of time from 0.1 hours to 24.0 hours.
  • Page 66 SECTION 12: (-F) OPTION ® Press the SCHEDULE USE OF MV Menu key. The MV USE: START TIME AND DURATION screen is displayed (Figure 12.10). MV USE: START TIME AND DURATION Point of Connection 2 Use at 12:00PM 12:0PM 12:00PM 12:00PM 0h 0m 0h 0m oh 0m...
  • Page 67 NOTES ® NOTES __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________...
  • Page 68 (ENCLOSURE 1) MAXIMUM & MINIMUM SETTINGS WITHIN ET2000e ® MAXIMUM & MINIMUM SETTING WITHIN THE ET2000e Maximum and Minimum settings within the ET2000e Area Setting Minimum Maximum Total Minutes 0.0 Minutes 999.0 Minutes Minutes Per Cycle 1 Minutes 255 Minutes...
  • Page 69 ENCLOSURE 2 ET2000e IRRIGATION CONTROLLER SCREEN MAP ® Start Times & Water days (H) Set Valve Run Times Stations Station Programming Test Program Priorities Programs & Stations Stations - by - Program Move Station Station - to - Station Copy...
  • Page 70 ENCLOSURE 2 ET2000e IRRIGATION CONTROLLER SCREEN MAP ® water work m aking since 1986...
  • Page 71 ENCLOSURE 3 FLAG LETTER DEFINITIONS ® Flag Letter Definitions For Controller LETTER DESCRIPTION DEFINITION During normally scheduled irrigation or during scheduled manual hold over a short circuit was detected. The valve is Short Circuit turned off and the remaining irrigation time is thrown away. At the next scheduled irrigation the valve will try again.
  • Page 72 ENCLOSURE 3 FLAG LETTER DEFINITIONS ® During normally scheduled programmed irrigation, we crossed the HOLD OVER time. The irrigation was terminated and the remaining time was added to the hold-over Normal Stop Time for that station. This flag is set during manually scheduled hold-over if during that activity we hit the manual hold-over STOP TIME.
  • Page 73 ENCLOSURE 3 FLAG LETTER DEFINITIONS ® ET Table Codes LETTER DESCRIPTION DEFINITION This means the (ET) number was edited at the Edited controller by a user. This means the (ET) number was retrieved from ET Gage actual real-time (ET). This means the (ET) number was retrieved from the Historical historical (ET).
  • Page 74 (ENCLOSURE 4) STATION WIRING COLOR CODES ® (ENCLOSURE 4) STATION WIRING COLOR CODES ® 2075 Corte del Nogal, Suite P, Carlsbad CA 92011 1-(800)-572-8608 FAX: 1-(760)-438-2619 www.calsense.com Stock Number: PG4-IC-D2 Rev. 03/07 30 March 2007 CHANGE 1 INCORPORATED water work...

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