During periods of water shortages or drought, or if you live in an area where water restrictions are in place, you may be limited on the days and times that you can irrigate your landscape. Your WeatherTRAK ET plus can help you manage water restrictions during these times.

Before you begin, make sure your date and time are set correctly and that you have set your water window and irrigation start time properly.

Setting the Date and Time

1.  Turn the Function Control knob to the SETUP position. The SET CLOCK (YEAR) screen displays.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the current year.

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob clockwise to select (MONTH).  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the current month.

4.  Turn the Upper Line knob clockwise to select (DAY).  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the current day.

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob clockwise to select (HOUR).  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the current hour.

6.  Turn the Upper Line knob clockwise to select (MINUTE).  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the current minute.

7.  Turn the Upper Line knob clockwise to set (TIME ZONE).  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the time zone you are in.

8.  Turn the Function Control knob to RUN to finish.

Setting the Irrigation Start Time

1.  Turn the Function Selector knob to SCHEDULE.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B.

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to select SET IRR START HOUR SCH.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob to set the hour you would like irrigation to begin. Pay close attention to AM or PM as you turn through the choices to make sure you are selecting accordingly.

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob to set the start time minutes.

6.  Turn the Lower Line knob to set the minutes of the hour you want to begin watering.

7.  To finish, turn the Function Selector knob to RUN.

Setting the Water Window

1.  Turn the Function Control knob to Schedule.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B.

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to select SET WINDOW HOUR.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob set the number of water window hours. The minimum number of hours you can select is 6; the maximum is 23.

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob to select SET WINDOW MIN.

6.  Turn the Lower Line knob to set the number of water window minutes, from “00” to “59”.

7.  To finish, turn the Function Control knob to RUN.

Your next step is to choose the best method that fits the watering restrictions you are required to follow. Your options are:

• Set by WeatherTRAK: enables you to exclude one day a week of watering
  
  
• Odd/even: enables watering to occur only on odd or even days
  
  
• Interval: enables watering to occur at time intervals of your choosing
  
  
• Days of week: enables watering to occur on specific days during the week

If you are restricted from watering one day a week perform the following steps:

1.  Turn the MAIN knob to Schedule.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B. 

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to SELECT WATER DAYS.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob to SET BY WeatherTRAK. 

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob to select NON-WATER DAY.

6.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select the day you would like to not water on.

7.  To finish, turn the MAIN knob to RUN.

If you are restricted to watering on odd or even days of the week, perform the following steps:

1.  Turn the MAIN knob to Schedule.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B. 

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to SELECT WATER DAYS.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select either odd or even.

5.  To finish, turn the MAIN knob to RUN.

If you are restricted to watering during set time intervals, perform the following steps:

1.  Turn the MAIN knob to Schedule.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B. 

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to SELECT WATER DAYS.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select interval.

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob to select desired number (4 for every 4 days, 6 for every 6 days, etc.)

6.  To finish, turn the MAIN knob to RUN.

If you are restricted to watering a specific number of days per week, perform the following steps:

1.  Turn the MAIN knob to Schedule.

2.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select A or B. 

3.  Turn the Upper Line knob to SELECT WATER DAYS.

4.  Turn the Lower Line knob to select Days of Week.

5.  Turn the Upper Line knob to the right to underline the value for the day you want to choose.

6.  Turn the Lower Line knob to the right or left to select one of the following values:

• “Y”=Yes, OK to water on this day
• “-“ Non-Water Day-never water on this day.

1.  Repeat steps 5 and 6 for any day of the week you want to change the watering setting in the selected month.

2.  Repeat steps 3 through 6 for every month of the year.

3.  To finish, turn the MAIN knob to RUN.

When programming your controller to comply with strict watering restrictions, it is not unusual to have an alert. This means your WeatherTRAK ET plus controller is doing its job in making sure you know that there might not be adequate time available to meet the watering demands of your landscape. However, it is still important to comply with your local water restrictions.

To change the high ET start time, perform the following steps:

1.  Turn the MAIN knob to SCHEDULE.

2.  Turn the Upper Line knob until SET HiET START HR (hour) displays.

3.  Turn the Lower Line knob until 9pm displays.

4.  Turn the Upper Line knob until SET HiET START MIN (minute) displays.

5.  Turn the Lower Line knob until 00 displays. If supplemental watering is needed, it will occur at that time.

6.  To finish, turn the MAIN knob back to RUN.