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First time sprinkler toro- TMC 212
I recently moved into my new home with toro TMC 212 sprinkler system....my system was winterized until this morning. I turned on the water supply and turned controller to on position. My question is how can I turn the sprinkler on now simply to test all sprinkler heads and locate a few as well....no maps to their location....?
If people only thought of a sprinkler controller like it was an alarm clock - it only has to wake you up once - the alarm doesn't have to sound for each and every event of your morning routine
Only 1 Program and ONLY 1 start time.
It goes like
Program A> Start time 1 > Zone run time - If all zones have minutes inputed into Program A then start time 1 will run through all the zones. So if each zone is set for 10 minutes. Start time 1 will start up zone 1- run for 10 min, then zone 2- run for 10 min, zone 3 - run for 10 min and zone 4. Then the system will stop.
If you use start time 2 , 3 and 4 and will do the exact same thing. As well as the controller has stackable start times. So if you have 4 start times all at 4 am. with all zones running 10 minute. Start time 1 will finish with a total run time of 40 minutes. Then it reverts back to Start time 2- with another 40 minutes of run time and so on
Program A) Zone run times
Start Time 1)
Start Time 2)
Start Time 3)
Start Time 4)
Program B ) Zone run times
Start time )1 And so on...
thank you. this is the first reply i have gotten that actually makes sense.
wetboots- this is 2011, nobody has a VCR anymore
Only 1 Program and ONLY 1 start time.
It goes like
Program A> Start time 1 > Zone run time - If all zones have minutes inputed into Program A then start time 1 will run through all the zones. So if each zone is set for 10 minutes. Start time 1 will start up zone 1- run for 10 min, then zone 2- run for 10 min, zone 3 - run for 10 min and zone 4. Then the system will stop.
If you use start time 2 , 3 and 4 and will do the exact same thing. As well as the controller has stackable start times. So if you have 4 start times all at 4 am. with all zones running 10 minute. Start time 1 will finish with a total run time of 40 minutes. Then it reverts back to Start time 2- with another 40 minutes of run time and so on
Program A) Zone run times
Start Time 1)
Start Time 2)
Start Time 3)
Start Time 4)
Program B ) Zone run times
Start time )1 And so on...
you think you are starting a station, or a zone, but you are not ~ you are starting a program ~ one start time is all that is needed to have every station in the program to run in sequence
yes i have mistaken the program start time with station run times. i had all 4 programs set to turn on at 4 am. i just need to keep the first program coming on at 4 am, then turn the other 3 program start times to OFF?
you think you are starting a station, or a zone, but you are not ~ you are starting a program ~ one start time is all that is needed to have every station in the program to run in sequence
a controller is not a VCR, and it doesn't program like one
ONE SINGLE START TIME
so start time for station 1 is 4 am, then dont enter a start time at all for the other 3 stations?
a controller is not a VCR, and it doesn't program like one
ONE SINGLE START TIME
so i need to go in and reset station 2 to come on at 440 am, station 3 come on at 5 am and station for come on at 540 am? and that should fix everything?
also, is the 40 min once a week for the lawn too much? i have been told that st augustine does best with an inch of rain per week, and its better to get all that inch at the same time rather than spread out. this makes that water soak in deep, keeping the roots growing deep rather than up near the surface where you will have lots of die off in the winter