Toro ECx User Manual page 11

Selecting Program Start Times
A program start time is the time of day you select to
begin an automatic program watering cycle.
It is important to remember that a program only
requires one start time to operate automatically.
When a program starts, each zone assigned to the pro-
gram will water in numerical order, one at a time for its
set run time.
Sometimes it is necessary to run a watering program
more than one time per day. For example, when growing
a new lawn. The ECx enables each program to have up
to four separate start times per day.
Program start times are numbered 1 through 4. These
numbers are shown at the top of the display next to the
start time symbol when the control dial is in the
SET PROGRAM START TIMES
many start times are currently set for the program.
This illustration shows how
a program start time is
displayed. In this example,
program A has one start
time (start time number 1)
set for 5:00 .
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position and indicate how
Setting the Valve Run Time
A valve run time is the length of time the zone (controlled
by the valve) will water during the program watering
cycle. The run time for each valve can be set from Off
(no run time) to 4 hours, in one-minute increments.
A zone is assigned to a program when it is given a valve
run time. If the run time for a valve is turned Off in a pro-
gram, it will not operate during the program watering
cycle. This is how the ECx enables you to assign water-
ing zones to different programs.
All zones assigned to the program are shown on the
lower portion of the display when the control dial is in
the
SET VALVE RUN TIMES
This illustration shows how
a valve run time is displayed
for a program. In this exam-
ple, zones 1–6 are assigned
to program A. Zone 1 has a
10-minute valve run time
and the valve for zone 2 is
set to run for 25 minutes.
The valve run time being
displayed is identified by the
flashing zone number.
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position
Flashing
Flashing
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