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Ptogramming &

Operating lnstructions

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Tianstoim€r: Plug in, Class 2, UL listed. t2oll lO VAC" 60 Hz, O.5 A inpul 24VAC at 0.83 Aoutput.lnpue 24VAC, o.aj A 5Ol50 HzAmbieht opejatins Tempchtu,€ Range: 32"F to I 22T (0"C to 5o"C).Backup Battery and Duration: 9V Alkaline, 100 Hou15.

NoTE: Due to continuing product improvements, all leatures and specifications are subject tochanSe without notice.

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This controller generates radio frequency energy and may cause interference to radio andteievision reception. lt has been type t6ied and found to comply with the limits for a Class Bcomputing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpad I or part t5 of FCC Rules,which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residentialinstallation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particularinstallation. lf this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, whichcan be determined by turning the equipment off dnd on, the user is encouraged to trv tocorre(l lhe interterence by one or more of the following measures:- reorient the receiving antenna- move the controller away ftom the receiver- plug the controller into a different outlet so that conholler and receiver are on difJerentbranch circuits.

lf necessary, the user should consult the dealer or an expeienced radio/television technicianfor additional suggestions. The user may find the following booklet prepared by the FederalCommunications Commission helpful:"How to ldentify and Resolve Radio TV lnterference problems,,This booklet is available from the lJ.S. Covernment printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,Stock No. 004-OOO-00345-4.

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The l\,4ira.le i9 d professiondl level irrigaLion controller, thdt makes your home ldndscape irrigd-tion easy and fun. When programing the l\,4iracle wisely, your garden willflourish bea;tifully;and your water budget will go down.

Three types of Miracle are available: 6*, 9**, and t2***, for the various number of valveoutputs conneded in your house zone. Three separate krigation programs are available toenable irrigation of dilferent groups of plants such as lawn, shrubs, tieesetc. Each program has many programmable features for optimal results. A built in ajarm leatureenables quick problem spotting in your irrigation system, which in turn enables quick trouble-shootinS._The miracle has a fail safe program that enables trouble-free irrigation wheneveryoule at home or away for a long period.

_ The miracle i5 easy to install and use. Note that although it is possible to install and program

the Miracle with little or no instructions, it is highly recommended that you read the eniiremanudl lirst.

* l\,'liracle with 6 valve outputs*+ l\,,liracle with 9 valve outputs**+ Miracle with t2 valve outputs

NoTE: All Miracle types (6, 9 or l2 valve outputs) have the same hardware and operationalfeatures.

Display

Miracle Components

control Dial

CommandButtons

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wire Teminals

vaLves and sensor wnes.

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Control Dial Options

Stops all irrigation activities (see p.8e 20)

To delay ifiigation programs when rain is expected o..,t 6". page rey

To view c!rrent status of the Miracle lsee page ts;To set cunent time and day (dock) (s€e pase I r)seled5 irriSation days in each program $]f{ rs66 pos" ,r1

SettinS qtaft time lor eacl. program f)-,,uloau ]3y

sefting the ir.igation duration for each station E(*€ pase ra)CuttinS or adding "c6" of water to a program 06 (see pase 15)

To start/stoD a sinSle sration manually (-egdrdless o, program; ' ,*. pag" .o

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lnstalling the Battery (see Figure l)Remove lhe batlery cover and place battery asshown in Figure L Note the pola.ity of thebattery

Ihe Miracle uses a backup banery fo. norinSthe hrigation programs in memory and main-tainin8 its clock once the battery is installedyou can start proghmming the Miracle.although the Miracle is in your hand, and nowires are connected (for programming seepage 8).

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NOIES: . Use a 9 Voft Alkaline battery A fresh baftery will last approximately 4 days in theevent of power failure.

.The battery does not enelgize the valves. To energize the valvet a 24vac transformermust be installed (see page 6).

' Before replacing old battery make sure the 24Vac transformer is hooked to thepow€r oudet to maintain all prog,amming intormation in Miracle's memory

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Mounting the Miracle to the Wall (see Figule 2)L Seled a suitable indoor location for Mhacl€ wiihin

reach of an electrical power outlet. l\,4ake sure valvesand sensor wires reach l\,,tiracle location.

). Placp l\,4irdcle insLdllation template (templaLe issupplied on back cover pdge of mdnudl) againstwall. ali8ning top edSe at dbout eye level. Markupper side ot mounting slots(t), on top and bottomof template (see marlings on template).

J. Drill hro holes in pla(es marked, inserl screwanchors(2) and drive two screws(3). A,4ake sure toleave a little over I/I2" (2 mm) beh,1/een screwshead and wall.

4. Align mounting slots on back of lvliracle with screwheads and lower the l\,4iracle to rest on screws./\,4dke sure the Mirdcle is properly se(ured. beforereleasing it.

Wiring (see rigure :) Figur€ 2

Remove the. battery.cover (as shown in Figure l) and perform the following sections in theorder described in the next paSe (page 6).

Connecting the Main Valve (MV) or PumpConnect one ofthe MV solenoid wires to the wire terminal marked MV, and the remarnrng wreto the terminal marked COM. lf pump is used instead of a MV connect one of the relay wiresto the terminal ma*ed MV, and the remaining wire to wire terminal marked COM- €AUflON:Do not connect MV output directly to pump - The Miracle can be damaged.NOIEi Use only 24vac solenoid valve/pump relay, with a maximum holding current draw of2O0 mA.Connecting lhe Stalion ValvesRoute a common wire, from the wire terminal marked COM, to all the stations, and connect itto any wire in each valve. Connectthe remaininS wire of each valve, separately, to terminalsmarked I to 12.NOTE: Use only 24vac solenoid valves. The maximum holding current draw for valve is 2oo mA.Conneding the lnput Sensor (such as lain 8au8e, moisture sensor, elc)This option can be used to stop irrigation activities when it is raininS or the ground is saturatedwith water. Any dry contact (on/ofO sensor can be used. Route a two wire cable from theSensor to wire terminal marked SENS (polarity of wires is not important). When sensor iscontacted, programs A and B stop, closing all their assigned valves. Program C is not influencedby the sensor and is suitable lor patio irrigarion. When sensor contacts are open again, the nextStartTime assigned for programs A or B begins.connecting the 24vac Translormer

Do not plug transformer to power outlet before connectinS all wires (includinS thetransformer wires) to Miracle - to prevent injury and or damage to Miracle.The 24vac transformer energizes allvalves and pump staft relay (if used) andfeeds the lvliracle's circuit. Connect transformer wires to wire terminals marked24vac (wires polarity is not impodant).

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llllhat Does a Program Do ?A program is set for hrigating a certain type or group of plants located in your Sarden (such asflowers, trees, lawn, shrubs etc).lhe Mirade offers you 3 separate and independent prog.alns(A, B and C). Allplggrams can run at the same time. The Miracle can monitor 6, 9 or 12 stationvalves (depending on your Miracle model), that can be divided amon8 the programs, accordinSto your needs. A station can be assigned to more then one proSram. Each plogram has severalbasic parameters that have to be entered before operation, such as: Which days to irrigate -Adive f,rr',s, lvhen to slart irrigation cycles - Stdrf ttmes, duration of inigalion - Ruo Times,On'Active Day''when "Start Time'afiives the program accomplishes each station's Run Timein s€quence. beginning from the lower numbered station.

Example: (see Figure 4 +)ProSram A (ni8ate6 the lawn zone):^.li!e DoF - Monday, Wednesday and kiday / stott fimes -6:00 am and 6:30 pm/ Rqr lirrer - Station 1 for 25 minutes (min) and Station 2lor 30 min. EveryMonday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 am, station t opens for 25 min (until 6;25 am), and then at 6:25am slation 2 op€ns tor 50 rnin (until 6:55 6m). At 6:30 pm, itation I opens again for 25 min (unril 6:55pm), and then at 6:55 pm, station 2 opens for 30 min (until 7:25 pm).PtOSram B ftrigates $e tree zone): rctive odls - Su ay/ Stott TiI''e -2:oo pml lur r,rre * Station3 openslor 5 houls. EverySundayat 23O pm nation 3 opens for 5 hours.

Program C (irrigates the shrub zone): I.tive Ddyi - Every third day, startin8 from l\Ionday/ Sforl rine-10:00 am and l:5o pm/ Rn fint s -Station 4lot 30 min and Station 5 for 45 min. Starting fromMonday, every third day at l0:oo am, station 4 opens for 30 min (until lo:30 am) and then at 10:30station 5 opens for 45 mjn (until I l:15 am). At 0l:30 pm, station 4 opens again for 30 min (until 2:00pm) and lhen at 2:oo pm station 5 opens for 4s min (until 2:a5 pm). For programming and additionalfeatures, relerto the following programming pages.

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E"jj-sFail Saf€ Program: The A,4r'racle ofters you a built-in program that becomes active when powerrs restored, after d power fdilure hds occurred (baLtery isweak or dead, and no power from the24Vdc transformer). The fail sate proSram sets ihe Mi;acle clock to t2 am (midriiehii ana thecurent day Lo Sunddy. progrdm A operates all stations, on(e a day, Ior all days of"the week. The5lart lrme 15 set to 7 dm, and Run lime set to tO min te<

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Program Planner Table

Before statinS to program the l\,4iracle, use the ProSram Planner Table to record your programs.Recording your programs assists you in programming the l\,4iracle, and is useful as a quickreference in the luture. To demonstrate, the contents of the table shown on lhis paSe relates tothe example described on page 8.

Easic Functions for Easy ProsramminB .!!@,6i,ri \ _1 fy'[, ryr!.rlr {6 I. Turn Control Didl lo desired function ophon. i ;@ ^l @4'I a :-?L-Y-ifj I

^ A 'At" V- i/t-J ;:;;-::-. Pre55 / sl button to select a program to be :

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NOIES: . Turning lhe Control Dial to next function option will automatically sdve your settingsrn memory,

. When programminS is done, leave the Control Dial on RUN, to view the currentstatus of the l\4iracle.

. To clea. all inlolmation trom Mi.acle (mstr) - remove battery from Miracle. andtransformer from power outlet, and install both again.

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Setting Time and Day (Miracte's ctock)

Pedorm the following steps to set the present iime and day:

1. Turn Control Dialto Set fime/Doy

2. Press ON+ OFF- button to set hour.

3. Press < > button to move to minutesfield, and use ON+ OFF- button to setm;nutes,

4. Press < > button to move to daysfield, untilthe current day blinks, and press

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tD""'"ON+ to set current day (selected day will turn black).

NOTE: Press ABC button to select between 24 and 12 hour clock system

Active Days lselecting lhe trigation Days fol a ProSlam)

An Active Day is a program's irrigation day. There are h,!o ways of setting the Active Days:

According to a Weekly 7 Day calendarl. Turn Control Dial to ?4cfive Doys"2. Press ABC button to select a proSram (A, B

or c).NoIEi The C shown on the right side of the

weekly field, indicates a Waekly 7 DayCalendar mode. lf c is not shown,press < > button to move to the riShtside of the "weeldy''field and press theON+ button until C is shown.

3. Press < > button to move to the days oI the weel( field. Press the ON+ button to setthe day to aclive (day icon turns black when set) or oFF- for non adive day.

Accordint to 7 day interval between waledng daysL Turn Control Dialto acfive Ddys.2. Press ABC button to select a program (A, B or C).3. Press < > button to move to Days/lnterval field and use ON+ OFF- button to set interval

days (up to 7 days).4. Press < > button to move to Days field and press ON+ to select the first day of the

interval (day icon turns black when selected).

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Settint Start Times For Protram

Each of the Miracle programs (A, B or C), has 4 i(igation cycles available per day. Start Time iswhen each irri8ation cycle begins.

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5. Press < > button to move to minutesfield and use ON+ OFF- button to set Start Time in minutes.

NOTES: . The word O FF will be shown in the center of the screen when Start Time is not set.. To clear a Start Time, set the hours and minutes to OOioO - O FFwill be shown.

To set the Start Times, pedorm the following:

1. Turn the Control Dial Io Statt Times.2. Press ABC button to select a program (A, B

or c).3. Press ON+ OFF- button to select Staft Tirne

number (1,2,3 or 4).4. Press < > button to move to hour field

and use ON+ OFF- button to set the sta(Time in hours.

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Setting the Run Times 0rigation Dulation of Each station)

Each station (valve) can be set to run (open) from I minute to t hours and 59 minutes. To setRun Time, pe orm the following:

l. Turn Control Dial to Rur /irres.2. Press ABC button to seled a program (A, B

or C).3. Press ON+ OFF- button to select a station

(l to l2).4. Press < > button to move to hour field

and use ON+ OFF- button to set hour5. Press < > buLton lo move lo minules

field and use ON+ OFF- button to set

6. Press < > button to move to the station's number field and repeat stepsthe next station's Run Time.

NOTE: When setting the Run Time to 00j00 the word O FF is shown - valve is

this program.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When programming for the first time or following power reset. all stationsare assigned to program A. set all start Times in program A according to Voltda]].llllsqltheunused stationsirlplegram A to 00;00 - o FFwill display.

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Setting the Watet Budget o/o (Weather adjustments)

The waterbudSet enables you to increase (up to 2o0qo) /decrease (down to t Oolo) the ifiiga-tion Run Time of a program.This option is useful during seasonal changes (when it is getting warm increase o/0, and whencold decrease o/o).

When the Water Budget is other than t 00o/o, the o/o sign is shown in the pRC . window.

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To set Water Budget 0/o perform the following:

1. Turn Control Dial to Watet Budget -

2. Press ABC button to select a program (A, Bor c).

3. Press ON+ OFF- button to increase/de-crease o/o

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Manual Operation of a Single Station

Each valve can be opened or closed manually. The Miracle offers you two ways of using this

l. Turn Control Dialto Mdnual Valve.2. Press on right side of < > button to

move to station field and use ON+ OFF-button to select station (l of I2).

Opening a station for delault Run TimePress on < > button untilthe hand siSn { D )field blinks, dnd press oN+ to open the slarionfor lO minutes.Opening a station toi any Run Time - Press on < > button to move to hour field and useON+ OFF- button to set run time in hours. Press on < > button to move to minutes fieldand use ON+ OFF- button to set Run Time in minutes. Press on < > button to move tohand siSn field and press ON+ button to open valve. Note that the "drops" sign blinks when avalve is open, and the display shows the remaining Run Time.To close a running station press on OFF- .

NOTES: . No more than J stations can run at the same time.. When SHORT or OPEN is displayed on the right side of the screen, refer to Alarms

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A single irrigation cycle of any program (A, B or C) can beuser To run a proSram manually pedorm the following:

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L Tuln Control Dial to /lronuol Ptg. (nole lhathand siSn blinks).

2- Press ABC bulton to selecl program(A, B or C).

3. Press ON+ OF!- button to rlarl/stop pro-gram. When a program is irrigatin& thedrops sign blinks, and the remaining Run Time of the cufient runnint station is displayed.

NOIE: No more lhen 3 stalions can run atlhe same time-

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Setting Rain DelaY

When rainy days are expected, you miSht prefer to delay an irrisation Program until the rain is

over (up to 99 delayed days). After setting the delay, the ProSram stoPs immediately, and

resumes when the delayed days are over To set the rain delay, perform the IollowinS:

l. Turn control Dial to Rain Delay.

2. Press ABC button for selecting ProSram todelay (A, B or c).

3. Press ON+ OFF- button to select number ofdays to delay

NoTEs: . stations can be opened manuallyalthough Rain Delay is set.

.To cancel the delay, set Rain Delay back 10 0.

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Run (Viewing Curent Status of the Milacle)

It is highly recommended to turn the Control Dial back to RUN whenprogramming is done.The RIJN mode enables you to viewthe condition of the l\,4iracle as follows:. when currently not irdgalint (screen A): The screen shows lhe currenttime and day.

NoTEi When a powerfailure and restart occurs, the time field blinks. Re-

enter allthe programming infomation, startingfrom the begin-ning (see page l0).

. When cunently wat€ring (screen B): The screen shows the active program (A, B or c). open qaion number and rhe remain ng run t:me.

- When a station is opened manually, ihe hand sign displays on top ofthetab sign.

- When more than one station are currently open, the screen switches {romone station to another.When 0/o sign is displayed next to the active program - budget is set tothat program.

. When inpul sensor is active: The display shows SEand irrigation pro' Dgrams A and B stop (program c is not influenced bythe input sensor).NOTE: l\,lanual operation of a station or pro8ram is not influenced by the

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input sensor.. Wh€n rain delay is set (screen C): The display shows the n!mber of remaining rain delay days.. When there is an alam (screen D): The fuliracle can display several types of alam. A bell sign is shownwhen a new alarm occurs (see Alarms Display and What to Do, page 2l ).

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@)r!)Off (Stopping All hrigation Activities)

Set the Control Dial to Off, to stop all ifiiSation activities (all open stations close). When theControl Dial is set to Off, the display will show O FF blinking for a few seconds, and thenremain still. All open stations close.

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Alarms Display and What to DoNew Alarm Svmbol: Blinl(s when new dlarm o((ur5 in the system (see

following alarms below). Pressing any key causes the bell sign to disappearSHORT: Shown when the l\,4iracle deteds a shorted station. A shorted stationis a uto matically turned off. To detect a malfunctioning station, turn the ControlDialto l\,,lanualValve mode, and review the stations - a malfunctioning stationdisplays sHoRT. When the short is fixed, press on the left side ofthe < >button to move the to hand field and use ON+ button to reset the station.

NOTE: When sHoRr is detected Jor the [,,lain Valve (or pump), the displayshows O FFand does not operate untilthe problem is fixed. Whenthe problem is fixed turn the Conhol Dial to lvlanual Valve and press

the ON+ button to reseithe station.

No Power Symbol: Blinks when 24vac power does not reach the Miracle(main power is oft transformer is out ofthe socket, loose wire). Allstationswill not operate, programs will remain in memory and the clock will continuewo*ing until 24vac is restored.

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Display shows SHORT: ./ Fix exposed wires which touch each other, either inMiracle terminals or on station site. / / Clean dirt orwater on exposed wires.

clock blinks:a Battery is weak or dead, and powerfailure has o..!iierl

r/ set the current time and day and reprogram the

Stations open at wrong Slart Times.t FailSafe Program was not clearedfrcm memory (after first time installa-iion or power outage when battery isdead).

./ Check and reset the current time and day./ Set allStariTimes of the unused st.tions inprogram A to OO:00 - OFFwill display.

Program does not starla Programming error or conflict.rt Control Dial is turned OFEi} Rain Delay is set.a Rain gauge makes contact.

/ No more then I stations can run at the same time./ Turn Control Dialto RUN.r/ Set Rain Delay to 0../ It's rainingl / fix short in rain gauge or it's wiring./ Confirm thatthe transformer in the socket and, noloose wire in [,1iracle

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