How To Program RainBird ESP-Me Controller

How to program your RainBird ESP-Me sprinkler system timer the easy way.

In this step by step guide we’ll walk you through setting up your RainBird ESP-Me. We’ll go through everything you need to know to get your sprinklers running automatically. One thing to remember, after you make a change to a setting it automatically saves.

Date & Time: The first step is getting your date and time set up.

Flip the knob over to “Set Date”
Use the left and right arrows to move through the year and date settings.
Use the up and down arrows to adjust each time to where it needs to be.
Flip over to “Set Time” and do the same.

Start Times: This setting determines what time your sprinklers come on. The ESP-Me has six programs you can set up. If you use multiple programs we recommend not using the same start time for more than one.

Flip the knob to “Set Watering Start Times”
Use the left and right arrows to move through the different programs as shown on the left of the screen.
Use the up and down arrows to adjust the start time.
Move through each program to make sure you don’t have any unwanted programs running.
To turn a program off, adjust the time before midnight. There you will see “OFF”. Each program you don’t want to use needs to be turned off.

Note: This controller has four other programs that it can run as well. A B C D. You’ll have to adjust each program to make sure you don’t have unwanted programs running.

Run Times: This programs how long each zone will run for. At the end of setting up your run times it will tell you how long one cycle takes to complete.

Flip the knob to “Set Station Run Times”
Use the left and right arrows to flip through the zones. You’ll see the zone number on the left side of the screen.
Use the up and own arrows to adjust the run time for each zone. You can have different run times for each zone, customize it suitable for your lawns needs.

Water Days: This is where we set up what days we want to water. Also, why it was necessary to set up the date and time. Without that, our watering days could be off.

Flip over to “Select Days To Water” starting with Monday or 1.
Press the “+” sign on everyday that you want to water and the “—” sign on everyday that you don’t want to water.
It will tell you whether that day is ON or OFF next to the day. As well as have a water drop symbol over the number of the day.
Flip the knob to the next day and repeat.
Flip the knob to “Run”

That’s it! Your RainBird ESP-Me is fully programmed and will run automatically now. Sit back and relax.