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button and select your language; press
4.2 SETTING THE CURRENT DAY AND TIME
–
+
- Press the
and
keys at the same time, insert the con-
nector in the valve (fig. 9, A) until the display will show the
day of the week, flashing.
- Press the
+
key and select the current day. Press
confirm
- Set the current date and time by using the
tons, then press
to confirm.
OK
4.3 INSTALLATION PROGRAM
To activate the water softener, perform the following opera-
tions:
–
• press the
and
OK
"INSTALLATION" word on the display
• wait a few seconds, then slowly open the inlet tap (fig. 3, D)
first, and then slowly open the outlet tap (fig. 3, B)
The water softener will now run the installation program inde
pendently, carrying out the following operations:
1. Backwash (B3)
2. First brine tank filling and quick wash (B7)
3. Resin suction and washing (B5)
4. Quick rinse and second brine tank filling (B7)
5. Service mode
The display will show the step that is currently being per-
formed and how many minutes are left until the end of the
installation.
At the end of the cycle, fill three-quarters of the brine tank
with salt (fig. 8); the water softener is now be ready for pro-
gramming.
It is possible to interrupt the installation program by pressing
–
and holding the
key for 5 seconds. The water softener will
go into service mode.
5) SETTING THE TIMER
At starting Softener programming, the operator shall select
which chronometric mode the softener will have to run (see
5.2 -5.2.1). In the second step, which is the same in both ver-
sions, the following data shall be entered: regeneration start
time, softener model data and indications on how to warn
about salt shortage in the softener.
ATTENTION: If no key is pressed for longer than 1 minute du-
ring the setting procedure, the display will go back to showing
the current time and day, storing the data inserted up to that
moment.
To go back to the setting step you had reached, you need to
repeat the programming from the beginning.
5.1 START
Insert the connector in the timer (fig. 9, A). The display will
show the time, the day, and the water softener model (for
example, if the water softener is an AL8, the writing -08- will
appear on the display).
12:00 SUNDAY
-08-
5.2 SETTING THE REGENERATION DAYS
Regeneration sequences can be set in two ways, when in
chronometric mode: by setting one or more pre-set days (pa-
ragraph 5.2.1), or by (paragraph 5.2.2).
ATTENTION: one setting will exclude the other. If you want to
set an interval of days between a regeneration and the next
20
CHRONOMETER
to confirm.
OK
OK
+
and
–
buttons until you read the
(paragraph 5.2.2) you must not select any regeneration day in
the weekly timetable (paragraph 5.2.1).
You will be able to modify the settings and switch from a
setting to the other whenever you want.
5.2.1 REGENERATION SETTING ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE
to
Press the
button until you read "SET" and select
OK
pressing the
+
key, a star symbol will appear next to the
but-
days selected for the regeneration cycles (ex.: *Monday -
*Wednesday). Press the
week.
In case you want to clear, get the cursor on the day it is next
+
to and press the
to confirm.
OK
If no star symbol is entered, you can set the number of days
elapsing between regeneration cycles in the timer (paragraph
5.2.2).
5.2.2 SETTING THE REGENERATIONS ON AN INTERVAL
OF DAYS
If you want to set an interval of days between a regeneration
and the next, do not place any asterisk and press
writing "REGENERATION EVERY = xx DAYS" will appear on
the display. Using the
between the regenerations.
For example: if you select 12, the water softener will perform
a regeneration every 12 days.
Values go from 00 (no regeneration) to 30 (one regeneration
every 30 days).
If you set 00, the water softener will never perform an au-
tomatic regeneration, and you will need to do a manual one
(see paragraph 7.1). After setting the number of days, press
to continue
OK
5.3 SETTING THE REGENERATION TIME
Once the regeneration days or the number of days between
regeneration cycles is set, the writing "START REGENERAT.
TIME - TIME:" will appear on the display.
1) set the regeneration time using the
press
to confirm.
OK
2) set the minutes using the
confirm.
5.4 SELECTING SOFTENERE MODEL
The ALIA valve has three standard programs: 5, 8 and 12
– one for each model. When the display shows the writing
"MODEL 5 YES=
water softener is an AL5 model, or press the + key and the
display will show the writing "MODEL 8 YES=
Press
if the softener
OK
is AL8 model, or press the
show the writing "MODEL 12 YES=
confirm if the model is AL 12. If you press the
you will be able to change the duration of the single regenera-
tion steps (paragraph 5.5).
CHART 2: Duration of regeneration and water consumption
according to model:
B3
MOD. PROGR.
BACK WASH BRINE SUCKING
AL5
05
1 min
AL8
08
2 min
AL12
12
3 min
5.5 EXTRA-RINSE
EXTRA-RINSE YES/NO will appear on the display; this option
ENGLISH
–
button to view all the days of the
button. Once the setting is over, press
+
and
–
keys, set the number of days
+
or
+
–
or
keys and press OK to
NO=
+
", press
to confirm if the
OK
OK
+
key again and the display will
+
NO=
OK
B5
B7
DURATION
REGENERATION DRAINED
REFILL
15 min
40 sec
16 min 40 sec
20 min
1 min
23 min
25 min 1 min 40 sec 29 min 40 sec
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. By
OK
. The
OK
–
keys and
NO=
+
".
OK
". Press
to
OK
+
key again
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