Hydro-4 instructions

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Installation. The valve box is to be installed outside, buried at ground level (1-2) or resting on the surface (3), ensuring that the cover opening is free so that the valve inside the box can be programmed easily. If installed below ground, do not place it in areas which are frequently walked over or passed over by mechanical means (eg. ride-on lawn mowers).

90524*

91002*

91009*

91025*

91013*

8804*

8609*

9073*

8609*

91227

91228

91229

91013*

91256

91255

91254

91257

91258

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91222

91225

91232

90326*

90910*

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Turbina

90474

Turbo-jet

90262

Colibrì

90210

Pop-up

90020

91013*

8609*

8804*

Installation drawing. * parts not supplied, to be purchased separately.

Once the valve box has been positioned, make the hydraulic connections as indicated on the following pages: depending on individual requirements, it is possible to connect the valve box with pipes of different diameters using the specific fittings (not supplied). Below each link is referred to the example above.

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FITTING THE BATTERY. In order to operate the water timer requires two AAA (LR03)1.5V Alkaline batteries that must be replaced with two new charged batteries at the start of each season and are sufficient for, at least the entire irrigation.

To install or replace the battery, proceed as follows:

- Unscrew the two screws on the valve box cover 1, remove them 2 and remove the cover 3.

- Unscrew the plastic cover on the water timer 4 and lift it up 5.

- Take out the water time 6.

- Unscrew the battery compartment plug 7, take out the battery-holder 8, and if present, remove the drained batteries.

- Fit the new batteries in the holder, observing the correct polarity 9.

- Replace the battery-holder into its housing 10 and screw down the plug checking that the seal is correctly placed in its seat 11.

- Insert the water timer into its seat 12, screw the cover back on 13, close the valve box with its cover 14 and secure it using the designated screws 15-16.

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USE. It is possible to set up two watering programmes, A and B, which operate independently from each other on one or more of the 4 lines .

Each watering Programme, A or B, can be set to start watering on any day of the week (WEEKLY SCHEDULE), up to 4 times a day (START TIME) and for a maximum run time of 60 minutes for each line (RUN TIME).

Line 2

Income

Line 3

Line 1

Line 4

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PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE. In the example, programme A starts watering at 5:00 (START TIME) and at 21:00

(START TIME2): at these times the valves open in order (RUN TIME: valve 1 for 5 minutes, valve 2 for 10 minutes, valve 3 for 5 minutes, valve 4 not used). The programme starts on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays (WEEKLY

SCHEDULE).

Programme B starts watering at 6:00 (START TIME): at this time only valve 4 opens for 20 minutes (RUN TIME).

The programme only starts on Saturdays (WEEKLY SCHEDULE).

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1

Start time 1 ore 5:00

2 3 4

5 10 5 OFF run time (min)

Watering programme A

2

Start time 2 ore 21:00

1 2 3 4

5 10 5 OFF run time (min)

3

Start time 3

OFF

4

Start time 4

OFF

Run time (w

1 2

Start time 2

OFF

3

Start time 3

OFF

4

Start time 4

OFF

1 2 3 4

OFF OFF OFF run time (min)

20

Watering programme B

Sunday

S

Monday

M

A Tuesday

T

Wednesday

A

Thursday

W T

Friday

F

A Saturday

S B

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GUIDELINES ON PROGRAMMING. provides information about all the programming pages in the order they appear: and allow the user to scroll through the different pages.

The key lets you access the EDITING of the parameter displayed.

Clock

A

LINE PROG

S M T W T F S

Run Time prog. A

A

LINE PROG

A

LINE PROG

A

LINE PROG

A

1

PROG

2 3 4

Start Time prog. A

A

1

PROG

2 3 4

A

1

PROG

2 3 4

A

1

PROG

2 3 4

LINE

B

PROG

Run Time prog. B

LINE

B

PROG LINE

B

PROG LINE

B

PROG

B

PROG

1 2 3 4

Start Time prog. B

B

PROG

1 2 3 4

B

PROG

1 2 3 4

B

PROG

1 2 3 4

Weekly

Schedule

Rain

Sensor

S M T W T F S

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Manual

Test

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DISPLAY. The following functions are assigned to the various keys or combination of keys:

Indicate the programmed start times

(start time) for automatic watering

Indicates battery level

Signals that the main number indicator represents the start time of the watering cycle (start time) of the selected programme

Indicates the line which is being programmed

Indicate which programmes

(only a, only b, both a and b neither a nor b) are enabled

Indicates the page for testing and manual watering

Indicates that we are in change parameter mode

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OK

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PROG

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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Indicate the time or, in the programming pages, the run time and start time of watering

Indicates that watering is in progress

Indicates the day of the week. in programming, it indicates the day of the week in which watering is required and with which of the two programmes.

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HOW TO USE THE KEYPAD. Only three keys let you set all the parameters. The keys and let you scroll through the various pages in order to select the one desired. The key lets you access the EDITING of the parameter displayed.

When is pressed, OK appears in the bottom left display.

With OK, the and keys turn on and let you edit the value of the parameter displayed.

If a key is not pressed for approximately 5 minutes, the water timer automatically returns to the date and hour page, without confirming the changes in progress.

When the desired value is reached, exit from the changes by pressing the key, OK will appear on the lower right part of the display.

It is now possible to go back to the page with the and keys, and change the values if needed.

OK S M T W T F S

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SETTING CURRENT DAY AND TIME. When the batteries are first fitted the display shows the first page current

TIME/DAY, indicating as default 12:00 and Sunday.

By pressing , the message OK appears and the days of the week disappear. Press or to increase or decrease the current time. By holding down the key, the time progresses more quickly until the required time setting is reached. To confirm the modified parameter press and move to the screen to set the current day.

S M T W T F S OK OK

OK S

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SETTING CURRENT DAY AND TIME. Press or to scroll through and select the current day. To confirm the modified parameter press and move to the screen to set the type of programme to use. Press or to enable the required programme A or B or both programmes or set them to OFF. To confirm the modified parameter press and exit programming and return to the time screen.

OK S

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OK M

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OK

A

PROG

OK

A

PROG

OK M

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OK

A

PROG

OK

A

PROG

S M T W T F S

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Set/modify the RUN TIME. The RUN TIME page allows the user to set a watering run time for programme A and programme B for each LINE.

From the RUN TIME page, press to enable modification ->the symbol flashes indicating that the parameters displayed can be modified and require a setting confirmation.

OK

Using changes the value displayed (by pressing and holding the keys, the value will change more quickly). Press to confirm the set value. By pressing the user moves to the RUN TIME setting of the next LINE up to a maximum of 4 lines to form a WATERING CYCLE).

If a watering cycle does not include the use of a specific line, simply set the watering run time of that line to OFF.

A

LINE PROG

A

LINE PROG

OK

A

LINE PROG

OK

A

LINE PROG

OK

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LINE PROG

OK

A

LINE PROG

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Set/modify the START TIMES. The START TIME page allows the user to set up to start times per day for the WATERING CYCLE for programme A and 4 times for programme B. From the START

TIME page, press to enable modification of the START TIME -> the symbol flashes indicating that the parameters displayed can be modified and require a setting confirmation.

Using changes the value displayed (by pressing and holding the keys, the value will change more quickly), press to confirm the set value. If necessary, set the times of the next START TIMES by pressing

and repeating the operations described above.

2 3 4

A

1

PROG

2 3 4

OK

A

1

PROG

OK

A

1

PROG

OK

A

1

PROG

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PROG

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PROG

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Set/modify the WEEKLY SCHEDULE. With the weekly programming (WEEKLY

SCHEDULE) the user selects the days of the week on which the set Watering cycles are activated. From the

WEEKLY SCHEDULE page, press -> the symbol flashes =Sunday.

Each time is pressed, the screen displays which programme is to start on that day (only A, only B, both A and

B, neither A nor B). Press to move on to the next days and proceed in the same way to programme the days.

To exit, go to by pressing a number of times; when it flashes, press to display the screen WEEKLY

SCHEDULE again.

A

B

S

A

B

A

B

A

B

M T W

A

B

T

A

B

F

A

B

S

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B

A

B

S M

A

B

A

B

A

B

T W T

A

B

F

A

B

S

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A A

B

A

B

S M

A

B

T W

A

B

T

A

B

F

A

B

S

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EXIT OK

A

B

A

B

S M

A

B

T W T

A

B

F

A

S

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EXIT

OK

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

S M T W T F S

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B

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B

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B

A

B

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B

A

B

S M T W T F S

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A

B

A

B

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B

A

B

A

S M T W T F S

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B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

S M T W T F S

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Test/manual watering. From the TEST page press .

Press to select which valve is to be activated, press to activate it for 5 minutes.

Press to change the manual watering run time (optional).

The symbol appears and flashes on the display together with the number of minutes of manual watering remaining. The solenoid valve automatically closes and stops watering operations when the set watering minutes have been reached. If you wish to stop watering operations in advance, press and the message OFF appears on the display.

LINE PROG

EXIT

LINE PROG

EXIT

LINE PROG LINE PROG

EXIT EXIT OK

PROG

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Exiting the test/manual watering page. Move to the page where TEST is displayed with the symbols and flashing. Press to exit TEST/manual mode. Press to go back to the page with the clock.

By entering TEST mode, any automatic watering is stopped but this will be restored on exit.

Reset. The factory settings can be restored by pressing and holding down and at the same time until

12:00 appears on the display (approx. 10 seconds). Then, completely reprogramme the water timer as described in the programming sections.

S M T W T F S OK EXIT

S M T W T F S S M T W T F S

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PROGRAMMING WATERING - Enabling programmes A and B and setting to off.

Activating/deactivating programmes A and B of the water timer is useful in managing:

- watering requirements based on the season: for example, programme A can be set for the summer - maximum watering requirements, and programme B for the spring - low watering requirements;

- simplified programming: if just one programme is sufficient for your watering requirements, it is possible to eliminate the display of the pages of the other programme, simplifying setting operations for the programme being used.

- setting to OFF: to temporarily stop watering without losing the programme settings, as described below.

The display normally shows the current TIME/DAY screen; press to go into the time programming and press it twice more.

Then press to select which programme is to be enabled. The possible selections are 4

If programmes A and B are assigned on the same day, this could cause the simultaneous opening of the two lines: the system does not have a sufficient flow rate, this could have a negative impact on the quality of the watering.

Once the selection has been made, press to confirm enabling of the programme/s displayed.

S M T W T F S

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LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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OK

LOW BATT

A

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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OK x 2

LOW BATT

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

A

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

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LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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WATERING PROGRAMMING - Rain Sensor RF. From the RAIN SENSOR page press -> activates when the Rain

Sensor RF activates/deactivates..

Press to move the status from “” (sensor activated) to “” (sensor deactivated) and vice versa.

Confirm by pressing .

Status of Rain Sensor RF:

Off: Sensor EMPTY or not active for the water timer.

Permanently on: Sensor FULL or active for the water timer. With the sensor FULL any watering programmes are interrupted and other programmes start automatically while the symbol remains active.

Active and flashing: the water timer has not received any information from the Rain Sensor RF for more than

24 hours and is working independently from the sensor. Check the Rain Sensor RF installation and batteries.

LOW BATT

A

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

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OK

2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

A

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1

OK

2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

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LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

A

LINE

B

PROG

ERR

1 2 3 4 %

S M T W T F S

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PROG

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S M T W T F S

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LOW BATT

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LINE

B

PROG

ERR

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OK

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CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE. Clean the outside of the valve box and the control module when necessary using a soft cloth dampened slightly with water or specific detergent: follow the detergent cleaning instructions.

Do not use abrasive pads, scourers or acid detergents. n winter or long periods of inactivity close the tap or the gate valve upstream, access the control module and manually open all 4 lines in sequence to discharge the pressure, remove the water timer, store it in a dry area where the temperature does not fall below 3 °C and remove the batteries.

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For more information and further details, please consult the instruction manual supplied with the product.

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