Features

• Astronomical feature: Automatically adjusts dusk to dawn times
• Battery backup: Programs saved during power outage
• Daylight savings: Auto adjusts for daylight savings time
• Total of 7 on, 7 off programmable settings
• Suitable for single pole circuits
• Random on/off operation for security
• Manual override
• Backlit LCD screen
• California Title 24 compliant

Get to know your Simple Astronomical Timer

Display key

Display indicators

Program indicators

Buttons

  Mode / delete

Press to switch between Manual, Automatic, and Random operation mode.

• Automatic Mode: The timer will run the programs that you have scheduled. It will automatically turn the lights on or off based on all your programs.
• Manual Mode: The timer WILL NOT run the programs that you have scheduled.
• Random Mode: Randomly turns the lights ON/OFF within 30 minutes before or after the programmed times.

  Up / down selection

Press to navigate while in settings and programming.

  Dawn / dusk

Press to adjust the dusk and dawn times.

 Settings

• Press 1 time to set clock
• Press 2 times to set year
• Press 3 times to set month
• Press 4 times to set day
• Press 5 times to select region
• Press 6 times to toggle Daylight Savings Time (DST)

  On / off & timer override

Press to toggle on/off. Press and hold for 3 seconds to enter timer. Using the button to turn load on will override programmed schedule until the button is used again to turn the load off.

 Reset

Push and immediately release to reset all settings and factory reset device.

 Home

Press (from any screen) to exit and return to home screen.

 Program

Press to scroll through programmed on/off schedules.

 

Setup

Set clock

1. Press 
2. Press    to change the time
   Make sure the AM/PM indicator displays the correct symbol
3. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Set date

1. Press  twice
2. Press    to select the year
3. Press  again to continue
4. Repeat the steps above for month and day
5. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Set region

1. Press  5 times
2. Press    to set the region
3. The abbreviated region names are:
   NOR North United States
   CENT Central United States
   SOU South United States
   MEX Mexico
   PRI Puerto Rico
   HAW Hawai’i
4. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Toggle DST

1. Press  six times
2. Press    to toggle DST on / off
3. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Dusk / dawn time

Review dusk / dawn time

1. Press    once view dusk time
2. Press   again to view dawn time
3. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Offset dusk / dawn time

1. Press    once view dusk time
2. Press    to offset time from dusk
3. Press   again to view dawn time
4. Press    to offset time from dawn
5. Press    to exit and return to home screen

 

Program

Program on/off times

Reviewing programs

Press    to scroll through all on / off programs.

There are a total of 7 on and 7 off programs available. During programming, the system will return to home screen if there are more than 20 seconds of inactivity. For every “ON” program, you should also add an “OFF” program.

Adding on / off times

1. Press    once to access “Program 1 ON”
2. Press    to make changes to selected program
3. Press    to set “ON” time
4. Press  , then press  to set the day(s) to run program
   
5. Press    once to access “Program 1 OFF”
6. Repeat steps 2-5 to make changes to selected program
7. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Use dusk / dawn

1. Press    until you access desired program
2. Press    to make changes to selected program
3. Press    to set time to dusk or dawn
4. Press  , then press  to set the day(s) to run program
5. Press    to exit and return to home screen

Operating timer

Press   to scroll through the available modes:

• AUTO (Automatic)
  Timer is in Automatic mode and will operate by the programmed times
• MANU (Manual)
  This overrides the programmed times an the lights can only be turned on and off by pressing the ON / OFF button
• RND (Random)
  The timer will randomly turn ON / OFF times within 30 minutes of the programmed times

In the example above:

• Current date and time is Wednesday, 7PM
• Lights connected to timer are in “ON” state
• Timer is running in automatic mode
• Daylight Savings Time is turned on

Countdown timer

1. Press and hold    for 3 seconds to enter countdown timer mode
2. Press    to adjust the timer
3. Countdown will start after 20 seconds

Countdown timer

Deleting programs

1. Press    until you access desired program
2. Press    to delete selected program

Factory reset device

Press and release

 

Troubleshooting