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8 years later…thanks for the video. I came to confirm I set my rain-bird correctly! No relying on my husband to do it!
Me too Lmfaooooooo if I leave it to my husband nothing gets done 🤣😂😂😂
He will do it eventually
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk What's the difference between 12 hour and 24 hour formats. I want my run time to be 1AM.
Man, Thank you for the anybody can understand video,,, there’s several videos of this same system but you nailed it, thank you!
Glad to hear
I've been trying to figure this thing out for over a year 🤦🏻♀️ This is the 1st video that actually helped!!
I happy it helps
Thank you, thank you for your help. I’m adhd and reading instructions is hard for me. This walk-thru was so much help
I love this, thank you. As a newly certified irrigation and backflow tech.. I appreciate this so much ❤
Thank you sooo very much for this video!!! The little card was so small and print was so hard to read. Even with glasses 🤓. Stay Blessed 🙏🏽🤩🙏🏽
You’re welcome
Great explanation!!!!! Thanks.
Thank you for this tutorial!
I just bought a house that has this rain bird system, thank you so much for this tutorial! am going to start watering today
+Nicole H. thanks
Thanks great walk through!
+Ken B glad I could help
Very, very helpful. Thank you!
@@OnlineTrinity yeah it’s awesome that it helped
The instruction book is so incomplete! You made my day so much easier! Thank you.
glad i could help
How crazy is this exactly 7 years to the date I'm setting mine up. Thanks for the video
Jj K thankyou for watching hope it helped
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk I really appreciate it was able to get set up
Great Video, Thanks!!
+Rolando Barrera thanks for watching hope it was helpful
Thanks that video helped out a lot
Plumber fish Fish great I'm glad you found it helpful
Useful video!
thank you so much for this video !!!
You aware very welcome
Exactly what I have been saying. The controller box has no control on the time delay for rain sensor. You must adjust the sensor for the sensor I sent link previously. Thanks all in agreement now.
Thank you now for this 7 years ago usful video camera was shaking a lot but very useful
One of my best performance videos hand held is some times all that’s available in the field
I am a sprinkler con the espme con is easy to set 4 me and my.coustmers it looks good 2
only have 2 options on controller for rain delay active or inactive. Delay watering is to manually delay irrigation. I also thought the delay watering was for rain sensor but it does not keep the time delay.
I had this working last year. I have added Program B, Zone 8 at 10 am for 12 minutes and start. Every day. Nothing works. Should I reset? Am I on the right track? Program C, Zone 4 is 3pm for 12 minutes and start. Nothing. Program A works for all zones at 4am , 4 days a week. I really appreciate your feedback. I can't get any help from Rainbird support unless I wait 1/2 hour on hold. I have tried three times. My hydrangeas are wilting. Thank you for any help.
Great video!! Thank you! I have not been able to find an answer to my question about being able to have program A and program B active (not sprinkling) at the same time. For example: Program B runs all my sprinklers for lawn & garden which I run 3 times/week. I would like to have Program A set to water all my flower pots daily, which I have set up as a drip. It would be ideal to not need to switch it back & forth from prog. B to A & back daily or sometimes a couple times/day. I couldn't see anything in advance programing to cover this. Any advice would be helpful!! Thank you!
As long as a program has a start time it will run the program select button is just used for programming The controller can run multiple programs without having to switch back and forth manually.
I set the program, the sprinklers come on time but they never shut off . I have 4 stations on program A ! Program B off c off and d off.
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you so much! 9 years later! This helped so much .. clueless young female with the sprinkler lol.. question. Dumb question Do I leave the arrow pointing on auto run for the sprinkler to work or off?
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Noted thank you so much!
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Hi, Great Video! Our ESP-Me keeps re-running Program A. I called RainBird and they said to put it on Seasonal Adjust and press both arrow keys at the same time to clear. I've done that and reprogrammed water days/time/mins but it keeps running Program A through all zones over and over. Your thoughts please? Thx1
my thoughts are that this timer was designed by a psychotic mental patient. Or the manual was written by one....
I do have the same issue🥺… did you find a way to fix it ? Please, let me know. Thank you 🙏
@@emmyblue check the start time , system can be programmed to start spraying 6 times a day . That functionality is not for individual zones/stations. Select 1 spraying cycle then turn off other cycles. I went through the same issue before. I hope it will solve the issue.
Nice instructional video! I got 2 questions if you have time to answer them. I have a pump that needs to run with another station, if I enable the master valve for the station I want, will they run at the same time? my other question is; are the programs a b c b all running each day if I set a start time on them? let's say my A program starts at 6pm to 7pm and my D program starts at 8pm to 9pm, will A program switch to D automatically? thanks in advance.
+Daniele yes but you may need a pump start relay. All programs will run an overlap as long as there are zoned time and start time for each program. They will also do a procedure which is called stacking if the zones are set to run at the same time in different programs it will run first program a and then program b after a finishes
Could you please the difference in the four programs in my system. I don't seem to be able to find out that information.
great video full of information. One question that isn't answered (at least for me) is how the multiple programs A-D can be used. I understand that two programs (A and B) can be 'stacked' such that B will begin AFTER A has completed, but is it possible to force it to only run program B or C or D alone? ie unstacked? I'd like to have a program for alt day watering... when necessary and daily when needed. IS this possible?
No but you can save zone times in those programs. Then just add and remove start times as needed. Consider upgrading to a rachio smart controller app programming makes everything easier amzn.to/3MINgLv
Just got off the phone with RainBird tech support. The answer to my question of "how to suppress a program?" - ie if you want 4 different programs to be loaded into the controller - but only want on to actually run - simply set the start time for the unwanted programs ie B,C,D to "off"
This might be obvious to most, but it wasn't to me... :)
Question on water start time. How do you turn off 2nd start time? Thanks!
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@Titus Terrence yea, I have been watching on kaldrostream for since november myself :D
Go to the second start time hold the plus or minus it will cycle through and stop on off after midnight
Is there a way to have the system run the zones one at a time, with a pause between? We're on a well, and as the summer gets hotter and drier, the water level goes lower. Prefer to not accidentally run the well to the yucky sediment in the bottom!
Turn the dial to off then press and hold both arrows at the same time for 3 seconds It will allow you to program a delay between zones try 5-10mins to let the well catch up
We are having the same problems as Judy below. Our Program A runs a 7 zone cycle and then it starts over again and again and again until we manually turn it off. Any thoughts on how to make it stop doing this? We only need the one cycle.
Turn the dial to start times there should be the number 1 and the time the program starts.
Then press the right arrow so it is on start time 2 if it has a start time hold the plus button until it shows off and not a time
Now repeat for all the start times
Press the program a b c d button and make sure that there are no start times for the other programs this should fix your problem
Dude - you are the bomb. I didn't realize there would be start times within the same program...? But there sure is and yep - I bet that's the problem. Fixed it up and will test it in the morning but I'm feeling confident. Thank you so much for this! Hope this help brings you some well deserved good karma! :)
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I thought same but after lots of searches for the controller I found the answer under the actual rain sensor device. It says you adjust the sensor not the conoller. It collects water as the water evaporates it will allow water torun again. You can test it by spraying water on the unit while the irrigation is running. The irrigation should stop running when the sensor gets enough water in its reservoir.
***** it is different with a rain sensor attached the delay is in the sensor panel then
Where and how to set it. I have not found anything to back up your statement. You may be correct could you send the directions to set with sensor installed. Ty
if its the rainbird wireless the receiver can be set to 12, 24, or 72 hrs depending on if there is one two or three streams on the sprinkler icon other wise get out the ladder and adjust the sensor tip it may have adjustment markings
I can't figure this sprinkler system out I have the same model and I programmed ABC and D to run 3 days a week at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. for simplicity. however, I often find my sprinkler running at times when there should be no set time to run. I have about 11 soon none of which is programmed to run more than 10 minutes. why is my sprinkler system coming on between 11 and 12 a.m.?
you should have only start times on program a other times it will be running 4 programs end to end
What does it mean if there is a house looking picture with an X through it on the bottom left side? Thank you!
Sounds like the rain sensor icon
I would like to water my hydrangeas at different days and times in addition to my entire lawn (on Program A_. I have tried adding a Program B and C for different zones and times but nothing happens. I don't what to do. I have read manual and run around the house a few dozen times but nothing is going on.Can you help?
+Michelle Russell once you have selected program B you need to set run times, start times, & days to water for B program
how cancel the station delay time
Great video. Can I buy you a cheap tripod and have you do it again?
Don’t always have a tripod with me
We just bought a home with this system. Do we have to go out and manually switch the programs? Some of our zones are on A and some on B and the trees and shrubs are on C...
No programs just allow different start times or days it will run any program that has a start time
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk Thank you
Hi. This system is installed on a house i purchased. How do i figure out which stations are which? Ex: is station 1 always the front yard?
+jul labro most of the time zones start in the front yard and move around the yard in a circle if you want to change the order you can move the zone wires to change the order
I am using the ESP Me for my irrigation, I am having problems it is not irrigating but it shows to be active. The water tank is full, the pump is running but the pressure gauge is on zero. What could be possible problems?
William Musazura have you primed your pump
Is there a way to do 4 zones one day and the remaining 4 zones another day and run it automatically?
bjmunsonline yes program the first 4 zones to run and select the day press the round program select button and then set the other 4 zones to run on oppsite days you will also have to set a start time for program B
how to programing for Overseed we need 6 cycles per day.
turn thed ial to program start times
use the right arrow to select a second start time
and plus button to select the time desired
repeat for as many start times desired
Just had a new Rainbird system put in and one of the stations won't come on. One time when I pressed that arrow key while in manual station it came on but never again. AND when I do the test that station did not come on and it didn't alert either, and it's my front yard - the most important station to get water. Any ideas of what to do? I hate to pay for another service call.
Was the whole system just installed or just a new control panel. It could be loose wiring. Or a bad solenoid on the valve. The test function will only run zones that have programmed time on them. If some one just installed the controller for you they shouldn't charge you for another service call, maybe adding on additional parts seems fair but not another trip charge.
Just a new control panel was put in. I had a Hunter XC before. Thank you so much for your info - helps a lot. The manual isn't much help for trouble shooting.
I've got 5 zones. Zones 1-2 are flower beds. Zones 3-5 is yard.
I'd like to water Zones 1 and 2 every day. I'd like to water Zones 3 - 5 3 times a week.
How can I program the ESP to allow this to happen?
BellyUpFish set up 1,2 on program A
And 3-5 on program B
REdUDEMAN thanks. I’ll give that a shot.
How long do you water for new sod (Saint Augustine grass)?
+949surferdude 30 minutes zone two times a day three times a day if it's over 85°
Anybody can help me need to know how to turn off 2 zones in my back yard I have a patio an it's getting wet inside of there from the zones back there just wanna know how to stop them from coming on.
Go to run times on the dial use the arrows to select those zones and zero out the times
how do i get my program B to run instead of A. i have it set to B, but the sprinklers ran on Program A setting?
You must remove all start times from program A then add a start time on program B.
If both programs have start times they will both run.
Will off turn off system? I just bought a house and want to turn off during upcoming freeze.
Off just turns off the electric
You’ll need to shut off water at the source and winterize the backflow.
my rainbird clock comes on at unprogrammed times; clock was set to come on at 4am and 6am today; stations 5 and 6 came on only, with stations 1,2,3, and 4 not coming on at all.
+Montery12 sounds likely that you should check the other programs to make sure there is not another start time
Would a leaking valve throw the time program off? I heard that "a bad solenoid could upset the clock's performance." Thanks for getting back.
+Montery12 no a leaking value would not affect the controller if it takes a surge it can hot post and always send power to the value
All good. Thank you.
How do you turn off the 2nd run time?
After midnight one click
REdUDEMAN Thanks
How do you get rid of extra watering cycles once your sod is established
VOWplay go to one time before midnight it will say off
How to remove a start time from a irrigation controller sprinkler system ua-cam.com/video/sEGPoc_S3eE/v-deo.html
I have this controller too but the problem I have is that every 2 days or so the controller will reset its date and time to 1 Jan 12 and the time to 00:00 (12am) and stuck on that. This means the watering will not start at all. I have tried pressing the reset button and set the date and time again but it would reset after a few days. Any ideas if its broken thanks.
+saauuzza you can try replacing the 9 volt battery first in the back of the panel it may be because of power failures but may also be a bad controller they should replace it for you it is within the 5 year warranty bring made in 2012 Rain birds help line is 1-800-RAINBIRD ( 1-800-724-6247)
+REdUDEMAN Thanks, yeah i tried two 9 volt a lithium and alkaline. I think its a faulty unit I would RMA the device. Thanks again.
I am a sprinkler con i have ben installing.the espme espsms esplme rain bird cont/ timers 4 a wile never had a problum my sprinkler dis told me that hunter cont are a pain he had a couple of the hunter xcore 2 wire con that he had 2 send 4 repair
hunter xcore is a value controller they are better than rainbird stp witch are total junk you should stick with a commercial controller hunter pro-c controller is just as good as the esp. 2 wire controller is the ACC expensive and only worth it on very large systems
When I look 4 a controler I look 4 1 the customer can use and has good ratings
I set mine to manual station. I input 1 hour and 30 minutes, and press arrow to start it. it starts but then it says time remaining 30 minutes. Why? It still goes for the full time I set it for. Very confusing
+Robyn Kay check the seasonal adjust %
Seasonal adjust is 100% and has never been set up. in my programming I have this particular station set for 30 minutes with 3 start times. On another station, i have 5 minutes only. When I do manual station on either of these, regardless of whether i input more or less time that is on the "Programme" it displays the programme time. Strange. It still seems to run for the time I input, just the display is incorrect and very confusing if I want to know how much longer its got.
+Robyn Kay are you setting all of this on program A
No it is on manual station There is a program A and a program B.
+Robyn Kay There should be a re set button on the back of the front panel you could press that but you'll have to reprogram it
It was okay. You moved a couple of times before finishing a program, not sure where the dial was supposed to end up. After watching several times, got enough out of video to program daily for new sod.
Rome Guillermo leave the dial on run
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk So how do I cancel Program B? I only need Program A (which I programmed right) for now for daily auto-rin, how do I totally cancel the start time in Program B?
If you got a start time one pastor before midnight there will be a position that says off
My system runs through once and then runs again. I want it to stop after it has run once. I have observed that "Set Watering Start Times" Program A says, "1st 6:00am." Program B says, "1st 7:00am." Programs C and D say, "1st Off." Can I solve my problem by changing Program B to "1st Off?" If so, which buttons should I push? If this is not the solution, please help!
Thanks.
Mary Stone thats excatly why it runs twice to remove the run time go one past the 12:00 midnight to go to off
because you would program what days you want each to run on they can overlap, for example if new sod was laid on just zone 2 so you can program B to run just that zone a second time on the same day. also programs (stack) so if a programed start time happens while a cycle is running it will start at the end of the current run cycle.
How can I change one station from skip to watering?
try going to zone run times and adding time to the controller
How do I cancel a second start time on Program A? Turn the second start time to off?
if you go past 12:00 midnight it will say off
Thank you, Thank you,Thank you...You saved me a lot of time & a lot of money on my water bill!
+Judy Catanzaro no problems
Hey so how come sprinklers don't turn off automatically? I have them starting at 4 a.m. and I have 25 minutes on each station. They just keep circling around and around until I turn the dial to off.
+Alex Pedroza make sure there is only 1 start time
yes there's only one start time
+Alex Pedroza did you check to make sure there's not a start time on any of the other programs
REdUDEMAN There's no other start time on any programs. Would seasonal adjust have anything to do with it? For seasonal adjust it was on 100 for all programs.
+Alex Pedroza seasonal adjustment will just run zones longer. You do realize that zones run end to end not at the same time right?
Hi, thanks for the video. How do I delete an existing program?
+Subramanian Iyer you can just remove the start times for that porgram
How do you reset it to wipe everything out and start over.
Lance Henry I believe there’s a reset button on the back of the panel
I have done all that for program b but it's not working. should I reset?
+Michelle Russell yes reset then program it again
hi i have problem with (SET STATION RUN TIMES ) i can't to do more than 18min and she torn in the zero. i don't know what's
the problem because normally she has (1min to 6h ) but now just (1min to 18 min)
What program are you on?
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk ESP-ME
The button that says program in the middle make sure you are on program A
Just bought a house that has this system. I tested the sprinklers and noticed they turn on in different sections. How do I know how many zones I have so that I can start programming the start times?
If you open the faceplate. The wires are in numbered slots. You can also test all zones 2mins each
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk If I need to do maintenance on a sprinkler head is there a way to bring up the head while I do work on it or do I have to dig around it in order to get to it?
There is a pull up spot
@@lmno4515 yes there is a manual lift spot
is there anyway you could set different watering times on each day?
+SuperMarioAwesome if you set different programs for different and start time for those programs
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk theres only 4 programs tho....and 7 days of the week?
@@DarrenGlen sure buit you tipically would run in the morings
Is there a way to program to run on odd days and omit Saturday/Sunday?
yes first set the controller to odd days under advanced watering cycles then you can select a day on the dial hold both arrows at once this will allow you to turn off days permanently
Thank You
Hey i know its late..lol
I have a customer with this system and everthing is set and when i put it on auto the water dont come on
Check voltage form the controller. It might be a problem with the wire
He was goo until the end , started getting lazy on us lol
AmazingA Williams some times
So when my program starts, my stations 1-10 cycle through but they all say OFF. What am i doing incorrectly? thanks.
Your rain sensor may be wet turn to the yellow sensors portion on the dial and then disable the rain sensor with the arrow or Plusbutton then try
It worked, thank you much!!
Yep
Anyone know how the rain delay works
***** set dial to delay watering then hit plus too add to the number of days you want the delay to last then set dial to run it will resume watering as normal after that
Why does the sprinklers come on out of nowhere? How do you reset the manual setup?
Check all start times on all programs. Set them too off a,b,c,d programs
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk thank you. Do you know why my sprinklers don’t turn on now on their automatic setting? Our Gardner tested them from the valve so they may have caused an issue
@@AS-ch4ty if none at all run it is most likely the common wire is broken or disconnected if some one was in a box I’d check there. If it’s broken in the field a professional will have a wire tracer to complete the job
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk thanks. They work when I test them manually but don’t turn on on their scheduled days
Hello
I just bought a house last year and some of the zone were not working. I called the company and the guy came and fixed it but now again zone 4 , 5 and 6 are not working. Please help me out if you can .
This typically would be a common wire problem try to redo the white wire connections.
Less you’ve had some landscaping or possibly a cable line or utilities installed they could’ve hit the wire at that time
REdUDEMAN can you please make video on that please.
REdUDEMAN I can turn it on manually but not auto.
abdul Omar did you have any digging done this year?
REdUDEMAN I am really stressed out about this . Please help me if you can .
My neighbors irrigation doesn't run at all!? If I turn the controller to test, will it bypass the rain sensor? Thanks
Marlene Nesbitt yes
You can also disable the rain sensor from the yellow position on the dial
Otherwise if it still doesn’t work there could be a wire problem
?Can I run 2 zones in the same time
+Ali Ali no
Mine does, that's what brought me here.
How can get to cycle zone by zone ? All mine come on at once and I would rather do it zone by zone and get more pressure.
How to set it to come on automatic
Auto run
Are station the same as zone?
Yes
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk THANK YOU
En français est ce disponible?
I only speak English
What is the difference between the programs?
Programs give tha ability to run different start times or days. Say you lay new sod on zone 2 it can be set on its own program to water everyday. Or gardens, or drip for plants gives you the ability to have them set on their own programs.
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk so if I laid new sod in zones 2 and 3 I should put that under program B if I want to water that daily and program A can be all zones twice a week. Just an example. Thank you for replying
@Amarie310 exactly
Someone turned on program C …. You don’t show how to turn on and off programs A B C D….. I don’t just want to start pressing buttons…. HELP!
Push program button until display shows c then go to start times. After midnight it will display “off” do this for any start times.
@@Irrigation_Tech_Talk THANKS AGAIN!!!!
Let me know if you have additional questions
2023 now discontinued and no ligature on Rain Bird website. This is horrible corporate thoughtlessness.
Hopefully my video helped if not you can call 1800-rainbird help line but honestly will take time but they should be able to get you pdf of the instructions
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i have a degree in Electronics, and yet the mental way this thing has been designed is just frying my brain. This thing is harder than a VCR to program. I have 9 Stations but the damn thing will only let me set up to 6 start times? where is the start time for the other 3 stations? what would have been so hard about setting 9 start times for the 9 stations and 9 "ON" lengths for those start times. But NOOOO. I still dont get it. And the manual is as good as useless. it reminds me of the old Japanese synthesizer manuals..."Turn Filter to adjust filter". Well The damn Rainbird manual says "adjust start time to set start time". So where is that start time linked to the station i want to start? no-where!!! like i said this thing is just doing my head in
only set 1 start time it will run all stations with length
start times ar if you want to run in the morning and at night ect
let me know if that makes sense
hi thanks for your reply but I cannot run all the stations at once because the water pressure is not enough. I need to be able to run them separately at different times and I cannot set the start times for the last 3 stations
Darren Glen only set start time 1 they run sequentially
@@DarrenGlen
Here's an example of how to program it.
Program A
Start time #1. 7am
Zone 1 run time 5 min
Zone 2 run time 5 min
Zone 3 run time 5 min.
Zones 4-9 run time 0 mins
Program A
Start time #2 10am
Zone 4 run time 5 min
Zone 5 run time 5 min
Zone 6 run time 5 min
Zones 123 789 run time 0 min.
Program A
start time 3 1pm
Zones 1-6 run time 0 min
Zone 7 run time 5 min
Zone 8 run time 5 min
Zone 9 run time 5 min.
Hope this helps
I should have taken Dramamine.. dude needs to hold that camera down it’s all over the place 🤢
All my camera work is like tgat
Isn’t UA-cam great!
It is
Hello,
How do I shut off the additional run times? Thanks👍🏻
Once on the start times
Select the start time you want to remove
Hold down the bottom arrow it will stop at off after 12am