Rain Bird ESP-LXME - Manually Opening a MV

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ESP-LXME Controller
Manually Opening a MV
Occasionally it may be necessary to provide water to the system
for unscheduled tasks. The Open MV feature allows you to leverage
settings, such as allowable incremental ow, from your MV Water
Window to open normally closed MVs for a user-selected duration.
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Turn the controller dial to Manual Watering.
A
The Manual Watering screen appears. Press the Down Arrow
button to select MV Water Window ; then press Next.
B
The MV Water Window screen appears. Press the Down Arrow
button to select Manual MV Open ; then press Next.
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C
The Manual MV Open screen appears. Press the + and – buttons
to set the duration (in hours and minutes) for the MV to be open;
then press Next. “MV is Open” will be briey displayed.
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Press and HOLD buttons to accelerate settings for hours and
minutes.
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NOTE: The Manual MV Open function can also be used with
normally open master valves (NOMVs). If ow sensing is installed,
using this function informs the controller that a manual ow rate
should be expected, eliminating high ow (SEEF) shut down.