I have ran the system in TEST to find all the sprinklers and make sure there is no damage to the system. I have replaced the memory battery and tried to get it to water in AUTO. She has a very nice yard and the hot weather has dried up the lawn. I have a 83 yr old neighbor that lost her husband 6 years ago and I have been helping her with small things around the house. I really like the concise and detailed help you provide!! I ran across your website today about help with Rainbird sprinkler systems. 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. I would suggest they add the line of text I have above or something similar to help users better understand the programming process. 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.Īfter 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 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.I move the selector/slide switch to program B.If I move the dial back to Auto the timer will water all of the information I just entered on program A.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.I move the program selector/slide switch to program A.I also have information on programs B & C that will water even though the selector is positioned on program A.
If you click on the image on the left for a larger view, notice that the selector switch is positioned on program A. 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. 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. I’ve been getting many questions lately about the use of the program selector switch on the Rain Bird ESP timer. 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.
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