On Tue, 18 May 2010 22:16:55 -0700 (PDT), terry wrote:
I have an Ingraham TE 109 that someone gave me because it's so
difficult to program.
Yup my neighbour gave me two (electronic); cos very difficult to
program!
I'm actually glad both of you have had "problem" electrical timers given to
you; I'm about to mail you mine!
I mean, how hard can they make these things to program?
Nothing (absolutely nothing) on it is intuitive!
For example, here are the instructions for mine:
http://www.intermatic.com/products/t...s/dt500cl.aspx
And, here is how to program the darn thing:
3 ¡V Clear Any Existing Programming
3a. Locate the Reset button. It is the small, round hole adjacent to the
keypad. You will need a pen or paper clip to press this button.
3b. Press and release the Reset button. The display will light up all the
segments and then go blank.
3c. The timer has erased all programming, displays the default settings
(MO, ¡§12:00 PM¡¨) and is ready for setup.
4 ¡V Set the Time, Day and Operating Mode
NOTE: The time, day AND operating mode must be set before any ON Events can
be programmed. Settings for time and ON Events will not be activated until
setup and programming are complete.
Setting Time and Day
4a. Ensure that the time is displayed. A timer that is just reset will
display MO, ¡§12:00 PM¡¨.
4b.The first two digits (hours) of the Time of Day (TOD) display will begin
to flash (Fig. 3).
4c.Turn the selector wheel until the correct hour shows in the TOD hours
display, along with the PM indicator, if desired. Note that PM indicator
will alternate on and off as the time passes through noon and midnight.
4d. Press the ON button to set the new hour. Or, if no change to the hour
is needed, press the TIME button to keep the original hour setting. The
last two digits of the TOD display (minutes) will begin to flash (Fig. 4).
4e. Turn the selector wheel until the correct time in minutes shows.
4f. Press the ON button to set the minutes. Or, press the TIME button to
keep the original minute setting. The Day Of Week (DOW) will begin to flash
(Fig. 5).
4g. Turn the selector wheel until the current day is displayed and press
the ON button for the new DOW or the TIME button for the original DOW. This
completes the time and day setup.
Setting the Operating Mode
4h. ¡§SEL¡¨ will show in the TOD display and the DOW icons displayed above
¡§SEL¡¨ reflect the timer¡¦s operating mode setting (Fig. 6, 7 or 8). The
three possible modes a
a. The Daily Mode will allow three events per individual day for a total of
21 events all week. Only the current day (MO, TU, etc.) will be displayed
above ¡§SEL¡¨.
b. The Weekend/Weekday Mode will allow up to 24 weekend events, Either SA
SU or MO TU WE TH FR will be displayed above ¡§SEL¡¨, depending on the
current day of the week.
c. The Weekly Mode will allow up to 48 events, repeated every day of the
week. MO TU WE TH FR SA SU will be displayed above ¡§SEL¡¨.
4i. Turn the selector wheel to sequence through these modes.
4j. Press the ON button to set the new operating mode or the TIME button to
keep the original operating mode. .
NOTE: Changing the Operating Mode will clear all the events currently
programmed in the timer.
5 ¡V Set an Initial ON Event
Once the time, day and operating mode are set, events can be viewed and
programmed.
Viewing a DOW¡¦s Events
1. Ensure that the time is displayed.
2. Press and release the EVENT button to view the first DOW choice.Each
press of the EVENT button will display the next DOW choice. The DOW choices
will vary, depending on what you chose for the operating mode.
a. The Daily Mode will scroll through
seven choices ¡X each day of the week (MO, TU, etc.) (Fig. 9).
b. The Weekend/Weekday Mode will scroll through two choices ¡X either SA SU
or MO TU WE TH FR.
c. The Weekly Mode will not scroll
¡X MO TU WE TH FR SA SU will be displayed.
Programming an ON Event
4. From the current day¡¦s time display, press and hold the EVENT button.
The TOD display is replaced after 2 seconds by ¡§-:--¡§ (Fig. 10).
5. Pressing the button down cycles through the DOW choices for the
operating mode.
a. The Daily Mode will scroll through seven choices ¡X each
day of the week (MO, TU, etc.)
b. The Weekend/Weekday Mode will scroll through two choices
¡X either SA SU or MO TU WE TH FR.
c. The Weekly Mode will not scroll ¡X MO TU WE TH FR SA SU will be
displayed.
6. When the desired DOW choice appears, release the EVENT button to enter
the programming mode.
NOTE: You may also enter programming directly from viewing the desired
DOW¡¦s events. Press and hold the EVENT button for 2 seconds until the TOD
display is replaced by ¡§-:--¡§.
7. A flashing cursor will appear at 12 midnight (Fig. 11).
8. With no button pressed, turn the selectdor wheel until the cursor
reaches the time you'd like to turn the device on, for example, 4am (Fig
12).
9. Press and hold the ON button while you turn the selector wheel, moving
the cursor to the time you¡¦d like toturn the device off, for example, 7:30
AM (Fig. 13).
10. Release the ON button.
11. You may now follow steps 7 through
10 to program another ON Event for the same DOW choice.
12. After all events for that DOW choice are entered, press the EVENT
button.
Depending on the operating mode you chose:
a. In the Daily Mode, each press of the EVENT button will move you to the
programming mode of the next DOW choice. You may enter ON Events for those
days or simply press EVENT to pass to the next day. After programming has
sequenced through all seven days, pressing EVENT will light up the RANDOM
feature.
b. In the Weekend/Weekday Mode, one press ofthe EVENT button will move you
to the programming mode of the other DOW choice. You may enter ON Events
for that group of days or simply press EVENT. The RANDOM feature will then
light up.
c. In the Weekly Mode, there are no other DOW choices, so pressing EVENT
will immediately light up the RANDOM feature.
NOTE: If the allowed number of ON Events for your chosen operating mode has
been reached, any attempt to program additional events will cause the TOD
display to read ¡§FUL¡¨. To remove events, follow ¡§Changing Program Times¡¨ to
turn them off.
And, believe it or not, it goes on and on and on and on like this!