Rain Bird WPX User manual

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

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WPX Battery-Operated Controller

Controls and Indicators.................... 2

Operating Modes..................................... 2

Introduction ..................................... 2

Operation and Setup........................ 2

Contractor Rapid ProgrammingTM ......... 2

Set Date & Time ....................................... 2

Set Irrigation Schedule ........................... 3

Select Zone.................................................................3

Set Zone Watering Run Times..............................3

Set Zone Watering Start Times............................3

Set Zone Watering Days.........................................3

Custom Days .........................................................3

Watering Day Options .......................................3

Cyclic Days ........................................................3

Odd Days / Even Days ....................................4

Auto Run .................................................. 4

O ............................................................. 4

Manual Watering ..................................... 4

One-touch Manual Start ......................... 4

Seasonal Adjust....................................... 4

Special Features............................... 5

Delay Watering ........................................ 5

Contractor Default Save.......................... 5

Contractor Default Restore..................... 5

Factory Default Restore .......................... 5

Rain Sensor Bypass ................................. 5

Installation....................................... 5

Valve Wiring............................................. 5

Batteries................................................... 6

Replacing Batteries..................................................6

Optional Rain Sensor .............................. 6

Troubleshooting............................... 7

User Manual - Table of Contents

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

Controls and Indicators

Operating Modes

 Set Date & Time - Set the current Date and

Time of day (select 12 hour or 24 hour format).

 Set Irrigation Schedule - Edit customized

irrigation schedules that run automatically.

 Seasonal Adjust - Increase or decrease wa-

tering duration (Run Times) by a percentage

for all Zones.

 Auto Run - Watering occurs automatically ac-

cording to programmed irrigation schedules.

Manual Watering / Oﬀ

 Manual Watering - Start watering immedi-

ately for ALL Zones or for any ONE Zone.

 Oﬀ -Stops any active watering and disables

automatic irrigation.

+or –Buttons

Adjust settings

Button

Cycles through

Manual Water-

ing, Oﬀ and

Auto mode

Mode Button

Cycles through

Operating Modes

One-touch

Manual Start

Water all zones

immediately

according to

their scheduled

run times

Button

Advance

to the next

setting

Battery Indicator

Shows the remaining

battery life

Introduction

Thank you for choosing Rain Bird’s WPX Battery-Operated Controller.

The WPX is designed to provide worry-free automatic irrigation in the

absence of AC power or in areas where installing new eld wires is not

practical.

Operation and Setup

Contractor Rapid ProgrammingTM

At initial programming, the controller automatically copies the start

times and watering days from Zone 1 to all other zones.

 NOTE: If multiple zones have the same or overlapping watering

times, the controller will water the zones in sequence (multiple

zones will not run at the same time).

 NOTE: Changes to a zone’s schedule made after initial program-

ming will only aect the zone being modied.

 NOTE: You may re-activate the Contractor Rapid ProgrammingTM

feature by resetting factory defaults (see page 5).

Set Date & Time

Press the MODE button until the Set Date & Time screen is displayed.

SET

DATE

SET

TIME

SELECT

TIME

FORMAT

Press +or –to set the time format (12 hour or 24 hour); then

press

Press +or –to set the hour (ensure that AM/PM set-

ting is correct when using 12 hour format); then press

to set the minutes; then press

Press +or –to set the year (YYYY); then press to set the day

(D), then month (M). If 12 hour format is selected, the date format

will be shown as M/D/YYYY.

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

Set Irrigation Schedule

Press the MODE button until the Set Irrigation Schedule screen is

displayed.

1 Select Zone

SELECT

ZONE

Press +or –to select the Zone Number; then

press

2 Set Zone Watering Run Times

SET ZONE

RUN TIME

Press +or –to set the Run Time (in minutes); then

press

 NOTE: Run Times can be set between 1 to 240

minutes.

3 Set Zone Watering Start Times

ZONE 1

(START TIME 1)

ZONE 1

(START TIME 2)

Press +or –to set the 1st Start Time for the selected Zone (set to

06:00 by default); then press

Press +or –to set the next Start Time, or press

again to advance to Set Watering Days.

 REPEAT to set additional Start Times, up to six for that Zone.

 NOTE: Adjustments are set in 10 minute increments.

 NOTE: To remove a Start Time, press +or –until -:- (OFF) is dis-

played. (-:- is just before 0:00 or 12:00 AM.)

 NOTE: The controller will not water multiple zones at the same

time. If two or more zones have the same (or overlapping) start

times, the controller will wait until the rst zone is nished water-

ing before starting the rest of the zones in sequence. This method

is called“start time stacking”.

4 Set Zone Watering Days

SELECTION

DAY

Custom Days

Press +(to enable) or –(to disable) the blinking Selection Day.

The cursor will automatically advance to the next Selection Day.

 REPEAT to set each day of the week as desired.

 REPEAT Steps 1-4 for additional Zones as desired.

When programming is complete, press the MODE button until the

AUTO RUN screen is displayed.

Watering Day Options

Additional Watering Day options are also available:

 Cyclic Days (1-30)

 Odd Days (Will NOT water on the 31st of the month)

 Even Days

To change a zone’s watering day type, simply press the

+and – buttons at the same time while setting Zone

Watering Days.

Cyclic Days

SET

DAY

CYCLE

SET

START

DATE

Press +or –button to set the number of days in the watering

cycle; then press

Press +or –to set the next Watering Day; then

press

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

Odd Days / Even Days

When ODD 1,3,5...29 (or EVEN 2,4,6...30)is blinking, press

 NOTE: ODD schedules will not water on the 31st of the month.

Auto Run

Press the MODE button until the AUTO RUN screen is displayed.

In AUTO RUN mode, theWPX will irrigate each zone per its programmed

schedule. If any zones are scheduled to run at the same time and day,

your controller will place those zones in a queue and irrigate one valve

at a time, starting with the lowered number zone rst.

 NOTE: After 5 minutes of inactivity, the controller will revert to

AUTO RUN mode (unless the controller is in OFF) and turn o the

display. Press any key to turn the display back on.

Oﬀ

Press the button until the OFF screen is displayed.

Selecting the OFF mode will cancel any active watering and prevent any

irrigation from starting automatically.

 NOTE: Select the AUTO RUN mode to resume normal operation.

Programmed irrigation schedules will NOT run if the controller is

left in OFF mode.

 NOTE: If you intend to stop automatic irrigation only for a few

days, we suggest you use the “Delay Watering” feature described

in page 10.

 NOTE: To re-initiate watering, press the button again to re-

turn to AUTO RUN mode.

Manual Watering

Press the button until the Manual Watering screen is displayed.

SET

RUN

TIME

CHOOSE

ALL ZONES

OR ANY

ONE ZONE

Press + or - to select ALL Zones or ONE zone; then

press

Press +or –to set the RunTime for the selected Zones; then press

to begin watering.

 NOTE: To water the scheduled runtime for each zone: Press –

when setting manual runtime until the screen shows “SCH” MIN.

One-touch Manual Start

Water ALL zones immediately according to their previously

scheduled run times:

With the controller in AUTO RUN mode, press and hold for

3 seconds to begin watering all zones that have a programmed

runtime.

Seasonal Adjust

Press the MODE button until the Seasonal Adjust screen is dis-

played.

ADJUST

SETTING

The SEASONAL ADJUST mode allows you to increase or decrease the

run times for all zones by a certain percentage (10% to 200%).

Press +or –to increase or decrease the setting.

 NOTE: SEASONAL ADJUST applies to ALL automatic watering.

Special Features

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

Special Features

Delay Watering

Delay automatic irrigation for up to 9 days.

Press the MODE button until the AUTO RUN screen is displayed.

(Unit must NOT be watering.)

Press and hold +for 3 seconds, then press +or –to select the

number of DAYS to delay irrigation, up to 9 days.

To cancel, press –until DAYS is set to 0. (Controller will revert to

AUTO RUN.)

SYMBOL and DAYS remaining are displayed while Rain Delay is

in eect.

Contractor Default Save

Save irrigation schedules for future retrieval.

Press the button until the OFF screen is displayed.

Press and release both and +buttons at the same time.

The“OFF”symbol will ash briey to conrm schedules are saved.

Contractor Default Restore

Restore previously saved irrigation schedules.

Press the button until the OFF screen is displayed.

Press and release both +and buttons at the same time.

The “OFF” symbol will ash briey to conrm schedules are re-

stored.

Factory Default Restore

Restore the controller’s factory default settings.

 CAUTION: All programmed irrigation schedules currently stored

in memory will be lost. However, Contractor Default settings re-

main stored in separate memory and are not aected by Factory

Default Restore, and can be recalled after restoring Factory De-

faults.

Press the MODE button until the Seasonal Adjust screen is dis-

played.

Press and release both and buttons at the same time.

Rain Sensor Bypass

Set sensor to Active or Bypass for all zones.

Press the MODE button until the AUTO RUN screen is displayed.

Press and release both –and buttons at the same time to

toggle between OBEY and IGNORE.

SYMBOL is displayed when IGNORE is selected.

Set sensor to Active or Bypass for any individual zone.

Press the MODE button until the Set Irrigation Schedule screen is

displayed.

Press +or –to select the desired zone.

Press and release both – and buttons at the same time to

toggle between OBEY and IGNORE.

SYMBOL is displayed when IGNORE is selected.Installation

Installation

Valve Wiring

Wires may be extended up to 100 feet (30 meters) (18 AWG / 0.75

mm² minimum wire size) from the controller. All wire connections

should be made using appropriate water-proof splice kits (not pro-

vided).

Attach the black wires from each solenoid to the black (common)

wire(s) on the WPX.

Attach one red wire from each solenoid to the appropriate zone

wire on the WPX.

Connect an optional Master Valve.

VALVE WIRING

WPX Battery-Operated Controller

 NOTE: The WPX can be mounted on a DC latching

solenoid using the included solenoid bracket,

or on a wall using the optional wall-mount bracket

(Model: 9VMOUNT).

Batteries

The Rain Bird WPX uses two alkaline 9-Volt batteries to operate. Your

controller will function using either one or two 9-Volt batteries. Under

normal conditions, the expected life is 1 year for a single battery and

two years when using two 9-Volt batteries.

Replacing Batteries

1. Remove the battery compartment cap.

2. Install one or two 9-Volt alkaline batteries on the battery clips pro-

vided.

3. Re-install the battery compartment cap.

 NOTE: Do not mix new batteries with old ones. Doing so could

reduce the battery life and cause the controller to stop working

prematurely.

Optional Rain Sensor

Cut the yellow loop in half and remove about 1/2”of insulation

 NOTE: Cut the yellow wire loop only when installing a rain sensor.

Connect the sensor to the terminals with waterproof connectors.

BACK OF CONTROLLER

JUMPER

WIRE

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CONNECTORS

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Troubleshooting

Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution

No Display Display is in sleep/power save mode. Press any key to wake up display.

Batteries are dead. Replace batteries.

Automatic irrigation not starting Missing start time, run time or watering

days.

Set start time, run time and watering days.

Sensor wire loop cut but no rain sensor

installed.

Re-connect the sensor wires or bypass the sensor operation.

Rain Delay is set. De-activate rain delay.

Automatic irrigation started but no water-

ing occurs

No water pressure. Turn on main water supply.

Faulty wiring. Check for open/short circuits in wiring.

Faulty Solenoid. Replace solenoid.

Incompatible Solenoid. Must use a 9V-latching solenoid (Rain Bird K80920) or other

compatible DC latching solenoid.

Controller is watering more than expected Excessive Start Times, Run Times or wa-

tering days.

Modify Start Times, Run Times or Watering Days as desired.

Seasonal adjust set. Reduce the seasonal adjust value as needed.

“Manual Watering ALL” is not watering

some zones or isn’t available as an option

One or more zones don’t have a pro-

grammed start time or run time.

Program a start time and run time for all desired zones.

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