Patent ID: 9215848
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A01G,G05B

Abstract:
1. An electronic control unit with one or two ways controlled by electrovalves for programmed watering of lawns, gardens, flower boxes and similar spaces, comprising a front panel, a display and an electronic micro controller, wherein said front panel comprises a single program selection push-button for selecting the duration and the repetition frequency of a watering program by moving indicators through a circumferential sequence of numbers corresponding to respective selectable watering programs and a printed list of selectable numbered watering programs with related watering duration and repetition frequency, said front panel also comprising at least one start push-button for starting the selected program with said duration and repetition frequency, said electronic micro controller being controlled by said selection and start push-buttons and being connected to said display so that, in response to the operation of said selection push-button, the micro controller causes the visualization of the duration and the frequency of the selected program and, in response to a single operation of the start push-button, the micro controller causes the immediate start of the selected watering program and the advanced visualization of the start time, while in case of operation of the start push-button for a variable number of times or for a variable prefixed time the micro controller programs the variable delayed start of the selected program and the visualization of the delayed start time for the selected program.