Installation and Programming Guide

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Manual Operation
The MC-E provides True Manual operation feature for unscheduled station activation. With True Manual, the selected
station will then water until you turn it off or until the controller’s current time reaches midnight. As a safety precaution,
the controller is programmed to halt Manual watering at midnight. When Manual is in operation, MC-E will beep every
30 seconds to indicate active operation.
Activate Station Manually
Step 1 – Turn the Function dial to the Manual position.
Step 2 – Enter the station number (1–48) you want to activate or enter 0 if you only want the master valve to activate.
Press the button to activate.
Example: Activate Station 5. Enter and press the button.
IMPORTANT! The MC-E “True Manual” feature requires you to turn it off once activated. Otherwise, the
manual operation is designed to activate until midnight. Notice that the displayed manual operation runtime
will always end at midnight.
You can move the station number back or forward by pressing the or button.
Step 3 –
Return the Function dial to the Auto Run position to deactivate manual operation and place the controller
back to Auto Run mode.
Manual watering has the least priority. If a scheduled program activated the maximum available
active stations, then Manual operation will not run. When the maximum allowed active stations is reached
while manual operation and scheduled program are running, the Manually activated stations will deactivate to
accommodate the stations in the automatic program.