Toro ECXTRA User manual

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ECXTRA Programming Shortcuts

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Setting the Time/Date:
1. Turn the dial to time/date, the hour will flash, press the plus or the minus to
increase or decrease the hour.
2. Press next to program the minutes.
3. Press the next to program the current year.
4. Press next to program the current month.
5. Press next to program the current day.
6. Press next and 12H or 24H will flash for the time format, just press next and it will
show the current time.
Setting the Watering Days: (Calendar Schedule)
1. Turn the dial to watering days and Cal will flash.
2. Press next and Sunday at the bottom will flash.
3. Press plus to select the day you want and the minus to remove a day that you
don’t want.
4. Press the “plus” button to turn the days on.
Setting the Interval Schedule:
1. Turn the dial to watering days.
2. Press plus or the minus as needed to display INT for the interval setting.
3. Press next and the current interval number will flash. (1-7)
4. To change to interval number, press the “+” or “-- ” buttons.
5. Press “next” and the interval start day will flash.
6. To change the interval start day, press “+/on” or “-/off” buttons.
Setting the Odd or Even Schedule:
1. Turn the dial to watering days.
2. If odd or even does not does not display, press the plus or minus as needed to
select the odd or even setting.
Note: Check to see if the Day exclusion Feature is turned on, because if it is set to “OFF”
the system will not turn on automatically from the timer.

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Checking the Day Exclusion Feature:
1. Turn the dial to watering days.
2. Press next until “DE” is on the display.
3. If all the days of the week are displayed then the days are on but if none of the
days is displayed then you need to…
4. Press the plus button to turn the days on.
Setting the Start Times:
1. Turn the dial to Start Time.
2. Start time number 1 will flash.
3. Press next and the hour or “Off” will flash.
4. Press the plus or minus to set the desired hour.
5. Press next and the minutes will flash, and then press the plus or the minus to the
desired minutes.
Note: This timer can be programmed to water up to 4 times a day.
Turning off a Start Time:
1. To turn off a start time, press the plus or at the same time.
Setting the Zone Run Times:
1. Turn the dial to zone run times.
2. Zone number 1will flash.
3. Press next and the run time or off will flash
4. Press the plus or the minus button to set the desired run time.
5. Press next to move on to the next zone and repeat steps 3 & 4.
6. When finished programming the zone run times turn the dial back to the Run
position.
Note: To turn the run times to off press the plus or minus buttons at the same time.
Manual Operation
Manually turning on a Program:
1. Turn the dial to the Run position.
2. Position the program switch to the desired program you want to start.
3. Press the manual start button 2 times to start the program.

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Manually turning on Selected Zones:
1. Turn the dial to the Run Position.
2. Press the manual button once.
3. Press the plus to select the flashing zone or press the minus to skip the Zone.
4. Once you have selected the zones you want to run…
5. Press the manual button once more to begin the watering.
Clearing the Program Memory:
1. Turn the dial to season adjust.
2. Check the program switch setting to make sure it is the desired program you want
to clear.
3. Press next and CL will flash.
4. Press and hold the minus button until CL stops flashing. (Apporx. 5 seconds)
5. To clear the memory of another program, repeat steps 2-4.
6. Return to dial to the run position once the memory is clear.
Information on the Time Pod
Where to update the software:
1. http://software.ecxtra.com/setup.exe
How to Reset the Time Pod:
1. On the back of the time pod at the top right corner, there is a small hole and you
would unravel a paper clip and push it in the hole to reset the time pod.
What software works with the ECXTRA?
•ME2000
•Windows XP Home
•Widows NT
•Windows 98 (Second Edition)
What Software does not work with the ECXTRA?
•Windows XP Pro
•Macintosh
•Windows 98