Just connect the dots...
Unlike conventional underground sprinkler systems, you set up "Zones" around plants that have similar
watering requirements. You could make a small zone around just one plant
and a large zone for the lawn. Each watering head can have up to 15 unique
zones of almost any size or shape.
You
set up the watering zones by plugging the hand-held controller into the
watering head. Then, using the keys on the controller, you give the zone
a name, like "ROSES" or "FRONT LAWN". Using the arrow keys, you direct
a stream of water around the outline of the zone you want to water. Set
points around the zone by pressing a key on the controller. The watering
head remembers the points (called "Dots") that define the zone.
You can use from 3 to 24 dots
to define a zone of almost any shape. The zone can be any size up to the
range of the watering head, which is a 60-foot (18 m) diameter circle.
After you have defined the zone, you use the controller to select a
watering frequency (any days in a two week schedule), and an amount of water
(from .1 to 2 inches in .1" steps). When all your zones are set up, plug the
controller into the junction box and set a starting time for watering. Now the
controller communicates with each watering head (up to 30) and tells it when to
start watering.
The watering head sends a stream of water up and down
the zone in stripes until the correct amount of water has been supplied.
Each pass from one side to the other puts down about 0.05 inches of water.
The controller displays the names of all the watering heads and zones currently
being watered.
