Manual Program Operation; Test Mode - Irritrol LIFE Plus Controller 4 Manual Del Usuario

Manual Program Operation

Manual program operation enables automatic watering programs to be manually
started.
1. Press the Manual Program button.
The selected program number will be displayed.
2. Press either the or button to select the desired program, A, B, C or D to
be turned ON manually.
3. To manually start a watering cycle for a program that is currently OFF (the
symbol is off to indicate the programs watering cycle is OFF) press the
Start/Stop button. The symbol
cycle is ON.
Note: if the maximum number of stations that can be turned ON has been reached,
pressing the Start/Stop button will not start the watering cycle and the display
shows STACK. The watering cycles will be delayed (STACKed) until another watering
cycle is finished.
4. To manually advance through the station sequence, for the selected program,
press the button. If Delay Between Station is not OFF, then pressing the
button will turn off the current station and start the delay: the display will show
DELAY. Pressing during DELAY will stop the delay and start the next station.
5. To manually cancel the STACK condition for the selected program and set it back
to OFF, press the Start/Stop button.
6. To manually terminate a watering cycle for a program that is currently ON (the
symbol is on to indicate the program's watering cycle is ON), press the Start/
Stop button. The symbol is turned off to indicate the watering cycle is
OFF.
7. Repeat steps 2–6 for additional programs.
8. Press the Auto button when finished.
is turned on to indicate the watering

Test Mode

Selecting this function enables you to run a quick temporary watering program to
test the operation of each watering station or to test the operation of each electrical
line to the valve solenoid. Starting a Test stops any running watering cycle or manual
station operations.
1. Press the Test button.
2. Press either the or button to select the desired test: VALVE TEST or
ELECTRIC TEST.
Note: Electric Test can be accessed only if Valve Test is OFF.
Note: no other operation is allowed during the Electric Test.
Valve Test (testing the watering stations).
3. Select VALVE TEST.
4. To manually start the Valve Test when currently OFF (the symbol
to indicate the Valve Test's watering cycle is OFF) press either the
button to set the run time from 1 second (0:01
), increment in seconds and press the Start/Stop
turned on to indicate the Valve Test's watering cycle is ON.
5. To manually terminate the Valve Test's watering cycle when currently ON (the
symbol is on to indicate the Valve Test's watering cycle is ON), press the
Start/Stop button. The symbol
cycle is OFF.
If Delay Between Station is not OFF, then pressing the
current station and start the delay: the display will show DELAY. Pressing
DELAY will stop the delay and start the next station.
Electric Test (testing the electrical line to the valve solenoids).
7. Select ELECTRIC TEST.
8. To manually start the Electric Test press the Start/Stop
starts and ends automatically.
Press either the or button to view the status of each line: "M" is for Master
Valve.
• OK • OPEN • SHORTED.
9. Press the Auto button when finished.
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is off
or
) to 8 minutes (8:00
button. The symbol is
is turned off to indicate the watering
button will turn off the
during
button. The test
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