Technotes WP SERIES
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1. 18 39 52 69 RAINY BIRD Technotes WP SERIES WP 2 WP 4 WP 6 WP 8 09 2004 86 120 137 WIRING TO THE ELECTRIC VALVE GE Controller capacity 1 Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid per station and possibility to use 1 master valve equipped with a Rain 9V latching solenoid for the system Make sure all wire from the controller to the valves is code approved for underground low voltage use Select the suitable wire size All connections to the valve leads and any splice in the field must be watertight Use Rain Bird Quick Connect King connectors supplied with the product or DBY connectors See wiring diagram below Master valve The terminal marked P is used to activate a Master Valve It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use a Master Valve to ensure proper operation of your system in case for example the valve wiring is accidentally cut i etc 24 Vac Rain Bird 9V latching Important solenoid Maximum distance between the controller and the valves using wire sized 1 5mm7 30m 18 WIRING TO THE ELECTRIC VALVES A Valve box Use Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid for each valve B master valve with Rain Bird 9V latching solenoid SSCP123456 aa fa fee it k y LE OA E E Red Black 19 WIRING TO THE RAIN SENSOR En Rain Sensor RSD BEx option AT r Rec 7 is _ AY 4 4 Fa Paa is h T sal A 4 4 hy a LA ra st 1 My i A y is i F ii a _2. 2 Lu i i yi oD Fa j fn US AVE V AID way ety ta il li PERI ij la H me dp lglg dy le oh la Pa Mu l li ri Active Rain Sensor input immediately stops watering if it rains Note The icon will appear in all screens when the rain sensor is activated 20 CO Not are NNECT THE BATTERIES Start up Programming Connect 2 top grade 9V alkaline batteries 6AM6 6LR61 Varta or equivalent As soon as the batteries are installed this screen appears TF 1 ii Mi HM fy Li Ait i t A Always replace both batteries simultaneously e To prolong battery life the screen automatically goes blank after 1 minute if no keys pressed brand such as Varta or equivalent 5 Important This icon means you must replace batteries Use only a top quality 21 ACCESS TO PROGRAMMING AND BASIC MENU pal iL m 1 Set Clock and current day Ti 5 e PERS Mi 2 Set water days Bou ar i oe 3 Set length of watering time i 4 Set time to start watering LA 9 Controller status screen 4 h d d l Or press simultaneously BASIC MENU 7 ph 1 Ecran par d faut cran d tat ad Se Fe 2 R glage du Rain Delay FA Le 3 Water Budget 4 D marrage manuel d une station TES 5 D marrage manuel d un cycle 6 Test de toutes les stations a d 00 7 Position ON OFF j w 22 1 1 PROGRAMMING MENU GE WP serie
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4. set or cancel water days Press the Vaid to confirm and move to the next screen 24 1 3 Set the length of watering time per station and assign each station to a program Prog A Use the es and Y keys to set the station watering time from m 1 minute to 12 hours in 1 minute increments BHE The station watering time appears in hours and minutes Move to the next station by pressing the key Repeatedly press the key to assign the station to the selected program Once you set station watering time and assign a station to a program move to next screen by pressing the arc key 25 1 4 Set time of the day to start watering You can start a watering cycle up to 8 times per day and per program if you prefer short watering cycles Select the desired O00 program by pressing the key to set the first start time Use the and or keys to set the first start time Then press the key to move to the next start time Repeat above procedure Note It is not necessary to use all 8 start times The controller will automatically file your start times in chronological order from 00 00 to 23 59 To cancel a start time Press the key to display the start times When you see the start time you want to cancel press the be or or keys until you see this screen between 11 59 and 12 00 and between 23 59 and 00 00 Once all start times are set for all your programs basic programming is complete Press
5. al heat Use the i and Y keys to increase or decrease the watering time in 10 increments Example 80 in the display means you have reduced watering time by 20 on all stations An initial duration of 10 minutes which you previously programmed will be cut to 8 minutes The increased or decreased run time will not appear in the display However the icon appears on the controller status screen when the water budget is being used To turn off the Water Budget access the screen and set the water budget percentage to 100 28 2 4 Manual single station start Use the Do to selet the desired station Then press the ee key Watering starts and is indicated on the screen by a blinking sprinkler stream The display counts down the we remaining programmed watering time in 1 minute increments It corresponds to the watering time set in step 1 3 If you wish to stop watering before the programmed time is completed press the r key The blinking stream disappears Note Water Budget does not operate in the manual single station mode 2 5 Manual cycle start Ag cycle consists of the sequential operation of all stations assigned A to the same program Use the key to select the program Then y press the fe key to start the cycle The sprinkler stream will blink et The 1st station number in the program appears and the remaining watering time for the station is counted down The rest of the stations will ap
6. pear in sequence 29 To stop watering before the cycle is completed press the or key The controller will revert to the controller status screen 2 6 Test of all stations This function tests all the stations connected to the controller using gt a 2 minutes cycle and allows you to check that your irrigation system is working properly T rE GE i Then press the key to start the cycle test To move to the next station before the watering time of the previous station is completed press the Q key During the test period TEST and remaining watering time will be displayed alternatively on the screen To stop the test press the n key 30 2 71 System On Shutdown The default mode is On which allows programmed watering to take place You can prevent watering rainy weather shutdown without changing the scheduled watering programs OFF y _ ON and OFF blink on the screen along with the cross on the sprinkler Press the r key to prevent watering The cross stops blinking If you move through the menu by pressing repeatedly the arcs key you will see that the non blinking cross appears in all the displays except one No watering either automatic or manual will take place To return to the watering mode press the zo key until the blinking cross display appears in the screen above Now press the s key The cross disappears 31 TROUBLESHOOTING Symptom Possible cause 7 Make su
7. re a 9V lautching solenoid is used Check electric wiring No run time has been set for the station Sensor system is preventing irrigation Start time has not been entered for the program to which the station is assigned Water budget for the station s program is set to 0 Station does not come on Battery powered controllers operate by impulses To stop watering the electric remove batteries from the controller but the valve needs to receive a shutdown irrigation continues impulse Removing batteries prevent the controller from sending the shutdown impulse 32 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GE If your are not able to solve a problem with your controller please contact your authorised Rain Bird after sales service For further information please contact Rain Bird Europe 900 rue Ampere BP 72000 13792 Aix en Provence Cedex 3 France T l 33 4 42 24 44 61 Fax 33 4 42 24 24 72 sav rainbird fr WARRANTY Rain Bird 3 years warranty covers this product For further details please consult our turf catalog 33 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES declare that the WP series type devices an irrigation controllers conforms to the European Directives 89 336 CE and 93 91 CEE concerning electromagnetic compatibility The WP Series is battery powered General information about your WP Series controller is located on the back of the unit Aix en Provence 12 08 2004 General Manager RAIN BIRD EUROPE
8. s have a protected programming menu to avoid Prog accidentally modifying the programming schedules You can access n PE n this menu by Connecting the batteries D2 4 6567 Pressing both keys simultaneously and Note As soon as you are in the programming menu PROG appears on the screen Set clock and day Note if those 3 parameters are already set press the vase key to move to next screen 1 1 1 Set current time of the day Use the and oF keys to set the hours To confirm and move to next step press the key Use the o and n keys to set the minutes If you want to go directly to the next step and confirm this setting press the key 23 1 1 2 Set current day GE Press the key to move the square cursor through the days of the week numbered 1 to 7 1 Monday 2 Tuesday etc Place the cursor on the current day of the week Example Today is Wednesday Place the cursor on 3 Press the z9 key to confirm and move to the next screen 1 2 Set water days Prog A Press the key to move the square cursor through the days of the week numbered 1 to 7 Use the S and gt keys to set or cancel water days al fn The rs key cancels water days and the square disappears To set a water day place the cursor on the corresponding day number and press the ts key Press the key to set water days for the next program if desired Repeat the above steps to
9. the zo key to leave the programming menu and move to controller status screen 26 2 1 Controller status screen GE UD You have now completed all programming for automatic irrigation Bot This screen shows current time system ON OFF etc n0 l When screen is blank this screen will appear if you press any key ones Note to return to the programming menu press both the and keys simultaneously Optional functions follow Press the aise key 2 2 Reglage du Rain Delay SH an You can delay watering from 1 to 15 days during rainy weather ht Lun Press the be or rs keys to make the settings The RH icons rg g and TX icon appear in all screens Each day the controller counts down the number of days remaining before automatic irrigation programs will resume normal watering schedules Restart is automatic 21 Note To cancel a Rain Delay access the screen and reset the number of days to 0 Remember that it is impossible to manually start irrigation during a Rain Delay 2 3 Water Budget The controller has a Water Budget function used to adjust watering Aa time for all programs from 0 to 200 without re setting the length of watering time for each station A setting of 100 means that all 18 D stations will run according to their programmed watering time The Water budget feature can be useful for cutting back watering during cool winter months or for increasing watering during periods of unusu
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