Rainbird esp multiple programs

I have fiddled around with the controller and can't seem to figure it out. Here is a link that might be useful: RainMachine.

I may be missing something and I would appreciate if it was explained to me. Residential controllers are usually programs for different plant types sprinklers vs drip, etc. Any program can be accessed at any time as long as times don't match.

Different zones can not be run at the same time. So an example: ProgA zone1 can be am for 5 minutes duration and ProgB zone 1 can be am for 5 minutes which gives zone1 a rest to soak in between waterings. Two zones running at the same time will lower the flow and pressure of both zones. That is the reason for having zones in the first place if the system isdesigned properly. JMHO Aloha. Bedroom - 1 large area rug or 2 area rugs?

Check to see if you have enough water pressure and your transformer has enough current to drive at least 3 valves if you have master valve. Here is a link that might be useful: BlueSpray. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren. Small-Space Living. Kitchen and Dining Seating. Living Room and Entryway Seating. Sign In. Join as a Pro. Houzz TV. Hi Ann, If your timer is that old I would consider upgrading to a Wifi timer and saving the diagnosis fees on your old one. Rain Bird has a couple of models I would recommend that you can run from your smartphone.

I have a rain Bird 6TM. I added another sprinkler valve and 3 more sprinklers to that valve. When opening my controllers lower face I see where there are 8 zones available. I connected the wire at the new valve and the same color wire at the controller to zone 7 but my controller is not recognizing the 7th zone.

Is there something I need to do or program to get it to recognize the new 7th zone?? Does that mean I can only have 6 zones? Thanks, John. I looked up the TM2 timers. There are 4,6,8, and 12 station models. I think I figured it out, I had 2 run times for program A at 6am zoneS 1,2,3 and for program B at 4pm zones 4,5,6. From what you describe you only need one start time for each program, one at 6am for program A and one at 4pm for program B. Hello, Great information here.

I have an ESP-Me controller. Currently all zones are programmed in Program A. I may also want to add Program C in a different configuration. I want to be able to operate these programs independently.

I am not seeing in the Operating Manual how to do that. To stop a program from watering you can simply turn off the start time for that program. When you need that program again, simply add back in the start time. Programs will water in sequence depending on the start times you have entered. Be sure not to overlap start times on the programs. It is set to via PGM A to water zones in the morning at 5am.

That works perfect. Within PGM B, I set zone 2 as a 5 minute program, zeroed timed the other zones, and set the start time in the evening. Any suggestions on how to get a single zone to water at a secondary time? The timer only has info programmed in Program A for each zone. For some reason the system will run normally through the zones but then repeat. I do not see any times set in Programs B or C. The system runs until I manually switch to OFF.

I can manually water a zone and timer works fine without repeating so why would the system start watering zone 1 after zone 4 finishes? Sounds like you may have additional start times on program A. Remember you only need 1 start time to water all the valves on program A. One start time will water all the valves in sequence. Mover the program selector to program A. The display shows the first start time currently set for the program.

Repeat step 4 to check if there are additional start times on program A. I have jusr reseeded my lawn, and want to water every day. Setting the timer to turn on every day went normally Monday through Saturday.

Every day now has cyclic instead of on. Is this correct? You want Custom. I have a rainbird esp-me with 4 zones. What I would like to do is run zones 1 and 2 shaded area for 15 minutes 3 days a week Mon, Wed, Fri and zones 3 and 4 sunny area for 15 minutes 4 days a week Sun, Tue, Thur, Sat.

I would like to start around 4am so it would be finished around am. I am at a loss on how to set this up. How would I go about doing this? You can do most of what you want by using the 4 programs on the timer. The tricky part is getting the 2 hour break between start times for the stations, because multiple stations on a program water in sequence; that is when one station waters and shuts off the next station on the program begins watering.

Make sure that station run times for stations are at zero. There are 6 zones set at 20 minutes. All this program A.

There are no other programs and no other start or set times of watering. I have decided to not water any zones and have turned dial to OFF. A couple of days later I decide to manual water one zone. I do not need or want any other zone to water. The timer will not count down.

The allotted time for this his single manual zone waters. I do not turn dial back to off. At 8 pm zone 1 will start watering. The program is running yet display is blinking zone 6 with time and dial is still on manual zone. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Install the app. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

It might! Perhaps, it's just been rainy, and your sprinkler valve box is retaining water due to our clay soils. Or maybe, there's a leak upstream that's trickling into the box. Why does my sprinkler system run twice? Category: home and garden smart home. Only one start time per active program is required, a second start time will cycle the program an additional time. Individual stations are assigned to a program A,B,C. The controller will operate the stations in numerical order.

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