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 station assigned to a 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 GreenKeeper 212 enables each pro- gram to have up to four separate start times per day.
Program start times are numbered 1 through 4. These
Setting The Station Run Time
A station run time is the length of time the station (con- trolled by the valve) will water during the program water- ing cycle. The run time for each station can be set from Off (no run time) to 4 hours, in
A station is assigned to a program when it is given a run time. If the run time for a station is turned Off in a pro- gram, it will not operate during the program watering cycle. This is how the GreenKeeper 212 enables you to assign stations to different programs.
All stations assigned to the program are shown on the lower portion of the display when the control dial is in the
STATION TIMES 
position.
numbers are shown at the top left of the display next to the start time symbol 
when the control dial is in the PROGRAM START TIME 
position and indicate how 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 AM.
This illustration shows how a station run time is dis- played for a program. In this example, zones
The station run time being displayed is identified by the flashing station number.
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