Saving Your Schedule/Creating Multiple Schedules

Once you’ve chosen a controller model and entered the irrigation schedule, run times and watering times, you can save the program for later use. You can build any number of different watering programs by saving the information you enter under different file names. For example, you might want a SMITH schedule, a JONES schedule, and so forth. (Note: If you are running Windows 3.1 or 3.11, you are limited to eight characters in your file name. If you are running Windows 95, there is no such limit).

To save a schedule you have set up, choose File, then Save. In the Save As dialog box, enter the name of the file, such as the examples given above. Leave the “.dat” extension, since that identifies the file to the SRP software as a data file.
Often, it may be easier to copy a schedule you’ve already set up, make modifications, and save it under a new name.

To do that:

• Open the schedule you want to copy (choose File, then Open)
• From the File menu, select Save As, and give the schedule a new name.
• Now make changes to the (new) schedule as you wish.

To open an existing watering schedule:

Before you download a watering schedule to a controller, you must open the schedule using the SRP software. To do so, choose File, then Open. Then select the watering schedule you want. If you make changes to the schedule, be sure to save it by using File, then Save, to preserve the changes.

For convenience, the SRP software automatically saves the file in the “srpcomm” file already created during installation. You can save it elsewhere if you choose.