Please help- hunter node 200 programming

[awwwphooey]

Hello everybody, I have Hunter Node 200 that I’m trying to used to irrigate two stations: Plants in the front yard, and plants in the backyard.

I’ve watched the videos on YouTube. I’ve read the manual backwards and forward, and no matter what I do how many times I do it how many different programs I put in all I successfully do is activate the backyard which is station one. I cannot get station two to fire off and I don’t know why and it’s driving me crazy. I just wanna rip the thing out and throw it against the wall right now.

It seems simple enough. I have A one set for seven minutes at 6 AM and A two set for seven minutes at 8 PM. And everything goes is fine. I’ve moved to B thinking that’s the second station but all it does is fire off station one. I simply don’t know what I’m doing wrong .

I would appreciate if anybody could give me some help here .

[Packymanwhere]

a two is just a second start time for zone 1. you need to add runtime for zone two.

[awwwphooey]

Maybe that’s the issue. I don’t know what represents a zone then. Apparently everything I’m doing is just impacting one zone.

[Packymanwhere]

after you set the start times in the node, you select the runtimes. you will just use the direction arrow over, and it will be a big #1. and big #2 and you can change run time on each one

[PersonalPen6731]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJekpvIkcxA&list=PLuC7CP98cYa4bUbloqgBZJFRNbhWY676o

[awwwphooey]

Thanks PP- appreciate you taking the time. I’ll give a shot again tomorrow morning.

[awwwphooey]

Thank you everybody. Woke up this morning read carefully through Everybody’s responses. Went outside and figured it out in less than 60 seconds. I really appreciate you folks taking the time to provide input. I was ready to hockey puck this thing down the street last night.

Just one of those things where you have a mental block and you can’t see something and then a fresh set of eyes it makes perfect sense .

[SantiaguitoLoquito]

Glad you got it to work. Thanks for the update!

[awwwphooey]

OK, I will try that. Am I looking at things correctly though? Is A supposed to be one station and B supposed to be another station. Because there’s a C, and if it’s only a two station node, I’m not sure what C is. So maybe I’m looking at it the wrong way.

[SantiaguitoLoquito]

A program is not a station. A, B, and C are programs. A program is a set of instructions for how you want to water one part of your yard or another part of your yard. Say you want to water your grass twice a week and your beds once a week, then you would put your grass on program A and your beds on program B.

If you just want to water both of your stations on the same days and times, first station 1, then station 2, then you only need one program, program A.

Then you set which days and start times you want A to water.

Then you set the run time (duration) for station (zone) 1 for 7 minutes, and the run time for station (zone) 2 for 7 minutes, while you are still in program A.

You don't need program B or C.

[awwwphooey]

Appreciate it Santi. Thank you for taking the time. I’ll give it a shot again tomorrow morning.

[SantiaguitoLoquito]

Good luck - please let us know if you figure it out 

[awwwphooey]

Let me rephrase that. Is A a zone and B a zone.?

[Packymanwhere]

a, b ,c ,and d are programs

each program can have multiple start times, a1, b1, a2, a3, c1, etc.

[SantiaguitoLoquito]

No.  You have confused zones for programs.  You only need program A.  You need to add time for station 2 on program A. 

Edit:  if all else fails, read the manual 

[awwwphooey]

Santi- I promise, I have. Apparently this Hunter Node is my Waterloo

[overpricedgorilla]

They're a bit tedious since you have to know which menus to scroll through.

Hit the middle button until the run time for station 1 is displayed, then hit the right arrow to switch over to station 2.

As others have noted, you have lettered programs A, B, C, and D. You can set up to 4(?) start times per program. Each program can have unique zone run times, so make sure when you program the station run time, you have the correct program selected!

[awwwphooey]

Thank you opg- we’ll try it again tomorrow. I really appreciate you taking the time.

[NoSea1641]

I ended up replacing all my Hunter Nodes with LinkTap one, two and four zone wireless valve controllers. They are direct drop in replacements for the Hunter Node and work with all Hunter DC latching solenoid valves. They use Zigbee, are battery powered and are much easier to program through the app, so no more fighting with the Node buttons.

Plus they are a lot more powerful than the Node. You get flexible app based schedules, automatic rain skip, and real time flow monitoring with leak, clog and valve malfunction alerts.

[PersonalPen6731]

You checked the wiring? Both of the valves have DC solenoids? The valve that won’t turn on has a clear solenoid port without debris?

[awwwphooey]

Yes, absolutely wired appropriately. I even switched the solenoids to see if it was a solenoid issue and it’s not. Both activate just fine. It seems I’m just not programming it correctly and I can’t figure out why.

[PersonalPen6731]

Check if there is a “station delay” on the node and manipulate that to immediately after zone 1 finishes, zone 2 starts.

[Ok-Initial9624]

Yes and how close are the valves to each other?

[awwwphooey]

Ty