Owner's Manual

The Calendar button displays a schedule outlook for the current month with the
selected schedule plotted. You may notice on your screen that the first schedule week
is not necessarily the first week of the month on the calendar. This is because the
schedules are six weeks long, so the first week may occur at different positions on the
calendar, depending on the month. This relationship is determined by the
Reference Day.
From the Calendar screen, you can view the irrigation schedule of any month with
any or all of the 16 schedule patterns. Run Days (days selected for irrigation) are
indicated with a blue box under the calendar day. Days without any blue box
designated to them are disabled for irrigation.
You can also add your own labels to the days. To do so, click the Edit Notes button.
This will allow you to enter a 30-character description, such as a holiday name, in the
yellow space at the bottom of each day. (Only about 11 characters will show.) You can
pick the Lock Notes button to freeze these labels temporarily, but SAVE must be
clicked to assign them to the date. When saved, the labels will always appear on the
assigned calendar date on all schedules of all field units. Once saved, the notes will
appear against a green background.
Except for the notes below each day, nothing else you do on this screen can be saved
or affect the schedules of the programs. This screen is for viewing the schedules in
relation to the calendar format.
You will see how these schedules are assigned to the programs in Chapter 5.
NOTE: Receive Special Data must be performed first before setting Schedules. If it is
not, field units with 16-schedule capability are assumed to have only four-schedule
capability by default.
The Auto Programming window (under Master Control
Panel / Programs) is the hub of the entire Sentinel system.
This is where you can control the automation of starting,
running, stopping and repeating all stations of each field unit.
Each field unit can have 16 programs. Each program can use
any of the 16 custom schedules defined in Schedule
Programming. The 16 programs are divided into four clusters,
A through D and each cluster having programs 1 through 4.
Every parameter on the current selected program must be
configured and saved before proceeding to the next program.
You can pick a different cluster and program by clicking the
desired letter and number in the upper left corner of the
window. A cluster of four programs can be transmitted to the
field unit at one time or after all programs are saved, you can
send all 16 programs to the field unit at once with the Automatic Communications function described in Chapter 11.
NOTE: If planning to use the Flow Optimization feature (Floptize), only six programs can be used due to the field unit’s
maximum simultaneous operation of six stations. Refer to the section Start TImes and the Flow Optimizing Parameters for
more information.
The schedule will determine the days the program will run. The field unit will not run a program on a day that
is not selected in the assigned schedule. To assign a schedule to the program currently selected, toggle the
up/down arrow at the left side of the schedule number. The schedule description is displayed at the right side
of the number. You can show and hide the entire schedule for reference by clicking the Show Schedule
button. The button changes to Hide Schedule when the schedule window is activated.
You can assign the Primary and Secondary descriptions for each program at the top center of the Auto
Programming window (beneath the Unit description). Use a description that pertains to the program selected. Once a
description is typed and saved, that description is available as a selection for other programs to use. When you select a
different program and click the down-arrow at the right side of one of the description boxes, a list of all descriptions that have
been saved will be displayed for selection.
Auto Programming
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