Residential Controller Technician

This course offers the irrigation contractor the solution to a water-efficient residential irrigation system control. Rain Bird’s residential and light commercial controller line contain the features necessary to efficiently irrigate a property with minimal ongoing changes, i.e. you spend less time on the customer’s property. This class will cover programming techniques of three different Rain Bird res/com controller products: ESP-TM2, ESP-Me, and LNK WiFi Stick. This class will also cover basic troubleshooting techniques for traditionally wired irrigation controllers.

Course Outline


Unit 1 Introduction to Class

Unit 2 Components of an irrigation schedule

Unit 3 Programming the Rain Bird ESP-TM2

Unit 4 Programming the Rain Bird ESP-Me

Unit 5 Programming the Rain Bird LNK WiFi Stick

Unit 6 Programming the WR2 Wireless Rain/Freeze Sensor

Unit 7 Controller Troubleshooting

Learning Objectives


Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Input schedule components into Rain Bird ESP-TM2 and ESP-Me controllers

2. Establish WiFi communications with the Rain Bird LNK WiFi Stick

3. Connect and program the WR2 Wireless rain/freeze sensor

4. Troubleshoot input and output power supply problems

Suggested Prerequisites


None