Programmable electronic control unit for automatic watering systems
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1. An electronic control unit for watering lines, comprising:
- an electronic circuit with a programmable processing unit, operating buttons for programming said processing unit;
a display for visualization of programming steps;
said programmable processing unit provided with a programming menu divided into a plurality of selectable parts;
said selectable parts including watering program parts corresponding to respective independent watering programs;
each said watering program part including a plurality of selectable chapters corresponding to respective programmable watering functions of a watering program;
each of said selectable chapters including a plurality of selectable pages corresponding to respective programmable parameters of a watering function of the watering program;
said operating buttons including a plurality of first buttons for selecting said watering program parts and for moving sequentially through the chapters of said selectable watering program part to select one of said selectable chapters, a plurality of second buttons for moving fore and back through the pages of the selectable chapter to select one of said plurality of selectable pages of the selectable chapter, and a third button for entering and exiting from said selected page, said second buttons being also operable for increasing and decreasing the parameters of the selected page.
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Electronic control unit comprising an electronic circuit with a programmable processing unit and operating buttons to execute and to vary manually the programming of the processing unit and a display for the visualization of the programming stages. The programmable processing unit is organized to individuate a programming menu that is subdivided into a plurality of parts selectionable at will. Each part comprising at least one chapter. The chapter being formed of at least one setting page of at least one respective programming parameter, and in that each part of the menu is directly selectionable by pressure on at least one respective operating button.
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1. An electronic control unit for watering lines, comprising:
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an electronic circuit with a programmable processing unit, operating buttons for programming said processing unit;
a display for visualization of programming steps;
said programmable processing unit provided with a programming menu divided into a plurality of selectable parts;
said selectable parts including watering program parts corresponding to respective independent watering programs;
each said watering program part including a plurality of selectable chapters corresponding to respective programmable watering functions of a watering program;
each of said selectable chapters including a plurality of selectable pages corresponding to respective programmable parameters of a watering function of the watering program;
said operating buttons including a plurality of first buttons for selecting said watering program parts and for moving sequentially through the chapters of said selectable watering program part to select one of said selectable chapters, a plurality of second buttons for moving fore and back through the pages of the selectable chapter to select one of said plurality of selectable pages of the selectable chapter, and a third button for entering and exiting from said selected page, said second buttons being also operable for increasing and decreasing the parameters of the selected page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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