Watering Program Details

This section covers in detail each of the three parts of a watering program: watering days, program start times and station times.

Selecting a Watering Day Schedule

The TMC-212 provides three optional formats to schedule watering days: Calendar, Interval and Odd/Even.

The Calendar Format

The Calendar format is a recurring 7-day schedule that begins on Sunday and enables you to select specific days of the week to water.

This illustration shows how a Calendar schedule would be displayed when the control dial is

in the WATERING DAYS

position.

In this example, program A has watering days set for Monday (MO), Wednesday (WE) and Friday (FR).

The Interval Format

The Interval format provides a periodic watering day schedule ranging from 1 (everyday) to 7 (every-7th day) in one-day increments. For example, to water every third day, you would select a 3-day interval.

Since the interval schedule is not tied to specific days of the week, you can determine when the interval schedule will start by selecting the initial watering day.

For example, if you have selected a 3-day Interval and today is Sunday, you may choose to have today, Monday or Tuesday be the first watering day of the interval. If you

16select Monday, the next watering day will be Thursday.

This illustration shows how an Interval schedule would be displayed. In this example, program B has a

3-day Interval schedule set to begin on Monday.

Odd or Even Day Format

The Odd or Even day format enables you to select all odd- or all even-numbered days of the month to water.

This illustration shows how an Odd day schedule for program A would be displayed.

Day Exclusion Feature

Since the Interval and Odd/Even watering day formats are not tied to actual calendar days, the Day Exclusion feature enables you to exclude specific days of the week from the watering schedule. For example, due to water conservation restrictions, watering is not permitted on Monday. Also, the lawn is mowed on Saturday, so Mon- day and Saturday will be excluded from the schedule.

This example shows the days excluded (dE) are Monday and Saturday in watering program A.

Program Off

Selecting Off disables the program until needed and does not alter or erase any of its current settings.

This illustration shows how a program would be displayed if it is turned Off. In this example, program C is Off.