Intermatic EI500 Series Operating manual

IntermaticEI500SeriesSettingsInstructions
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SETTINGTHECLOCK
1. PressandholdtheCLOCKbutton.
2. PresstheDAYbuttonuntilthedisplayshowsthecurrentday.
3. PresstheHOURbuttonuntilthedisplayshowsthecorrecthour.
4. PresstheMIN(minutes)buttonuntilthebuttonshowsthecorrectminute.
SETTINGPROGRAMS
Thingsyoushouldknowbeforeprogrammingevents:
•YoucanrepeattheONandOFFprogrammingproceduresforupto7events
•Warning–whilesettingeventsthetimermayprematurelyturnontheloadifyoupresstheMODEbutton
•Donotcreatethefollowingsettingsastheycancausethetimertoworkinanunexpectedway:
oDonotsetupeventsinprogressiveorderoftime,forexample:8:00pmON,9:00pmON,10:00pmON.
Dothefollowinginstead8:00pmON,10:00pmON,9:00pmON
oDonotoverlapeventtimes,forexample:8:00pmON/12:00pmOFFand9:00pmON/11:00pmOFF
oDonotsetON/OFFeventswithin30minutesorlessfromoneanotherifyouaregoingtousethetimer
intheRANDOMmode.TheRANDOMmodeintervalisautomaticallyset±15minutesfromthe
programmedtimes,whichcanmakethetimesoverlap.
ProgrammingEvents
1. PressthePROG(Program)buttononce.Thedisplaywilllooklikethefirstimage
here.
a. YouwillnowsetupthetimeinwhichyouwantyourdeviceturnedON.
b. Thenumber1inthelowerlefthandcornerindicatesthatyouarenow
programmingevent1.
2. PresstheDAYbuttonrepeatedlyuntilthedisplayshowstheday(s)whenyou
wantthetimerturnedon.Theoptionsare:
a. Alldaysoftheweek(MOTUWETHFRSASU)
b. Individualdaysoftheweek(MO,etc.)
c. Weekdaysonly(MOTUWETHFR)
3. Weekendsonly(SASU)PresstheHOURandMIN(Minute)buttonstosetthe
timewhenyouwantthetimertoturnon
4. PressthePROG(Program)buttonagain.Thedisplaywilllooklikethesecond
image.
5. Repeatsteps2‐4tosettheOFFtimeforevent1.
6. Whenprogrammingiscomplete,presstheCLOCKbuttontodisplaythecurrent
time.
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ReviewingProgrammedEvents
1. Inthecurrenttimedisplay,pressPROG(Program)buttonrepeatedlytochecksettings.
2. Whenfinished,presstheCLOCKbuttontoreturnthedisplaytothetimeofday.
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Clearing/DeletinganEvent
1. PressthePROG(Program)buttonasmanytimesasnecessarytolocatethesettingyouwanttoclear.
2. PressandholdtheMODEbutton.
3. PressthePROGbuttontoclearthesetting.
4. PresstheCLOCKbuttontoreturnthedisplaytothetimeofday.
OperatingtheTimeSwitch
1. PresstheMODEbuttonrepeatedlytosetthetimertoautomatic,randomormanualmode.Forthetimeswitch
torunprogrammedeventsit,itmustbesettoAUTOmode.
2. AUTO‐runsalleventsautomatically,accordingtothescheduleyouhaveset.ThewordAUTOappearsinthe
display.
3. RND(Random)–runsallevensinRANDOMmode.ThisisasecurityfeatureinwhichONandOFFtimes
randomlydiffer±15minutesfromtheprogrammedtimes,creatingamore“lived‐in”look.Theword
RDMappearsinthedisplay.Remember,settingON/OFFeventswithin30minutesorlessfromoneanother
canmakethetimesoverlap.
4. MANUAL–turnsONandOFFonlywhentheuserpressestheONorOFFbutton.Thedisplayisblank,showing
neitherRDMorAUTO
OverridingTimerSettings
1. PressONand/orOFFbuttonstooverridecurrentprogrammedevents.
2. IfthetimerisnotinMANUALmode,itwillobeythenextprogrammedevent.Thisallowstheusertomanually
turnalightonandallowthetimertoshutthelightbackoffatapresettime.
ResettingtheTimer
1. Incaseofoperationalfailureofthetimer,presstheRESETbuttontoclearallsettings.
2. Restartthetimer.
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