Use and Care Manual / Installation Instructions

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PROGRAMMING LIGHTING AND WATERING CYCLES
EDIT CYCLES
From the HOME screen (A), press SET UP. On the SET UP SCREEN (B), press EDIT PLANTS.
From the SEED LIST SCREEN (C), Select a plant and then the cycle will appear for that zone. On the EDIT SCREEN (D), you will see
buttons for temperature, water and lights. You may also edit plant names on this screen for new seeds.
To change the temperature for when the fans turn on, press to increase or decrease the temperature. You
may also set the RH using the + and - buttons next to the RH symbol. Fans will come on if the temperature
and/or the RH rises above your settings.
To change the lighting cycle, press CHANGE to scroll through the lighting options. They are OFF, 12/DAY,
16/DAY, 18/DAY, 20/DAY (12, 16, 18 & 20 are the hours the lights will be on each day; default is 18 hours per
day)
To change the watering cycle, press and use the arrows to select a watering cycle. The choices for watering cycle are:
OFF: (no watering cycle)
1X DAY: (once each day)
2X DAY: (twice each day)
1-2 DAY: (once every other day)
1-3 DAY: (once every 3 days)
1-4 DAY: once every 4 days (default for most cycles; soil germination)
1-5 DAY: once every 5 days
Note: once or twice a day watering cycles are normally used for growing hydroponically, depending on your hydroponic growing
media, i.e. perlite, mats, etc.)
You may also change the duration of the watering cycle anywhere between 1 and 10 minutes. Press the + and - buttons to
increase or decrease the minutes. The default is 5 minutes. Press BACK when you are nished. You can select another plant to
change or press to return to the HOME screen.
To change a plant name, press PLANT NAME; a keyboard will appear and you can type in a new name.
Press “” to save the name. You can then edit the cycles for your new seed.
You can change the lighting and watering cycles for specic seeds, or new seeds that are not in the default programming
cycles.
SET YOUR FAVORITE PLANTS
You can reduce the size of your plant selection list from the home screen to just your favorites so you
don’t have to scroll through the entire list of saved plants to nd your favorites; at the same time you will
keep the programming for all of your plants, when you need them.
From the HOME screen, press SETUP, then from the SETUP screen, select SET FAVORITES. You will see the
entire list of plants you have stored in the controller. To set your favorites, press the screen to the right of
the plant names you would like to make your favorites. A little heart will appear, indicating that the plant
is now a favorite. To de-select plants from the list, press the heart button until it disappears. You can scroll
through the entire list using the NEXT button. To save your favorites, press the HOME button
SETTING UP YOUR GROWING CYCLES (continued)
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