{"id":497,"date":"2013-09-06T04:08:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T10:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2021-04-07T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T02:21:43","slug":"understanding-the-esp-timers-program-selector-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/understanding-the-esp-timers-program-selector-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the ESP timer’s program selector switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With 3 programs, 4 start times available per program, and advanced watering cycles, it’s easy to see why programming a Rain Bird ESP timer can be a daunting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been getting many questions lately about the use of the program selector switch on the Rain Bird ESP timer. There is a common misunderstanding that if you leave the selector\/slide switch on a certain program, that it becomes the only program the timer will water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>To explain, it doesn’t matter where the program selector switch is positioned, the timer will water all programs in which there is information\/programming entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you click on the image on the left for a larger view, notice that the selector switch is positioned on program A. I also have information on programs B & C that will water even though the selector is positioned on program A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I move the program selector\/slide switch to program A.<\/li>
  2. I input station run time for valves 1-4 on program A with a start time of  6 AM, and I set the water days to the custom cycle to water on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.<\/li>
  3. If I move the dial back to Auto the timer will water all of the information I just entered on program A.<\/li>
  4. I move the selector\/slide switch to program B.<\/li>
  5. I input station run times for valves 5 & 6 with a start time of 2 PM, and I set the waters days to cyclic to water every other day.<\/li>
  6. If I leave the selector\/slide switch on program B and return the dial to Auto, not only will the timer water every thing I entered on program B, the timer will also water everything I entered on program A.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    After reading through the manual again on the ESP timer I agree that Rain Bird doesn’t do a good job of explaining what the switch does after you input programming onto the different programs on the timer. I would suggest they add the line of text I have above or something similar to help users better understand the programming process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I’ll remind you one more time here, no matter where the selector\/slide is positioned, whenever you move the dial to the Auto position, the timer will try and water all the information you have input in the various programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    With 3 programs, 4 start times available per program, and advanced watering cycles, it’s easy to see why programming a Rain Bird ESP timer can be a daunting process. I’ve been getting many questions lately about the use of the program selector switch on the Rain Bird ESP timer. There is a common misunderstanding that… Continue reading Understanding the ESP timer’s program selector switch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"yes","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,18],"tags":[48,27,28,29,43,6,26],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprinklers","category-timers","tag-basics","tag-controller","tag-esp","tag-rain-bird","tag-sprinkers","tag-sprinkler","tag-timer","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"