Control Company 5050 TIMER SWITCH CONTROLLER User Manual

Traceable® timer switch controller instructions

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SPECIFICATIONS
14 programs per day or per week.
Minimum switching time:

1 minute

Ratings:

15A~120VAC

Maximum resistive load:

1,800 Watts


LCD DISPLAY

SETTING THE CLOCK
In the clock mode, the timer displays as shown in Figure 1. Note that the colon is
flashing and the word CLOCK appears on the LCD. To set the current time and day,
press the SET key, the DAY is flashing and the LCD appears as shown in Figure 2.
Use the left/right arrow keys (< >) to select the current day, then press the SET key.
The HOUR is flashing, use the left/right arrow keys to select the current hour, then
press the SET key. Now the MINUTE is flashing, use the left/right arrow keys to select
the current minute, then press the SET key. The SECOND will flash. Press the right
arrow key ( > ) to set the time to the start of the next minute, while pressing the left
arrow key (< ) to set the time to the start of current minute.

For example, when the time displayed is 3:16:22 and the second is flashing, pressing
the right arrow key will set the time to 3:17:00. Press the left arrow key to set the time
to 3:16:00.
During the setting procedure, if the left or right arrow key is depressed for longer than
1 second, the key will repeat itself. Depressing the key for a further 2 seconds will
increase the rate of repeat.

After the correct time is entered, press the SET key to end the clock setting. The word
SET will be turned off and flashing will stop. The display now shows the current time
and day as in Figure 3.

REVIEW & SETTING PROGRAMS
The unit can be set for daily or weekly events. You can choose the program to activate
on a particular day, Monday to Friday, Monday to Saturday, Saturday to Sunday, or
everyday. You can set up to a maximum of 14 programs.

To review the various programs, push either the left/right program arrow key. When
the right arrow key is pressed, the LCD display will scroll through all the programs in
the following sequence.

CLOCK PGM 1 ON PGM 1 OFF PGM 2 ON
PGM 2 0FF ...PGM 14 ON PGM 14 OFF CD PGM CLOCK

Pressing the left arrow key will have the same effect except the sequence will be
reversed.

The PROG symbol will light-up to denote a program is being displayed. CD PROG will
light to denote the Count Down Program is displayed. A sample of the program is
shown In Figure 4.
Please note the display will show (--:--) when the program is not set.

All programs can be reviewed by simply holding down the left or right arrow keys: the
display will scroll through all the programs in sequence. Press the key one at a time to
view programs one by one.

Example of setting program 1:

MO 8:15 ON / MO 15:45 OFF

In the above example, the timer will turn on at Monday
8:15 and off at 15:45. To set the timer on at 8:15, press the right arrow key or left
arrow key until the PROG 1 ON appear in the display, then press the SET key and the
SET will light.

With the Day flashing, use the left or right arrow key to select a day for which, the
program 1 to be turned on and off. The day display will sequence through each day
and then MO - FR, MO - SA, SA - SU, MO - SU and then repeat again.

In this example, the day would be Monday. Press the SET key. When the hour is
flashing, adjust the HOUR to 8 using the left or right arrow keys, then press the SET
key. When the minute is flashing, adjust the MINUTE to 15 using the left or right arrow
keys, then press the SET key to end the setting of the program.

In Figure 4 the display shows the timer before it’s being set and in Figure 5 the display
shows the timer after it’s been set.

To set the timer off at 15:45, follow the same steps as setting the ON program.

Note: the HOUR and MINUTE can be set for the program time but not the SECOND.

RANDOM FUNCTION
The timer has a built-in random function to automatically turn the timer on and off at
random intervals. The timer will stay on for approximately 10 to 26 minutes and off 26
to 42 minutes. By pressing the RANDOM key, the symbol RND will flash indicating that
it is active. When the random function is active, all your preset programs including the
CountDown Program are disabled and remain disabled until the random generator is
turned off by pressing the RANDOM key again. Manual Override is also disabled.

MANUAL ON/OFF
This timer can be turned on or off anytime (except when Random function Is active) by
using the ON/OFF key. Press the ON/OFF key to turn the timer on. Press the ON/OFF
key again to turn the timer off. The LED Indicates whether the timer Is on or off. The
flashing word ON or OFF indicates that manual On/Off mode is active.

The manual override mode will be cancelled when a preset program or count down
program is activated. The ON/OFF word on the clock display will then stop flashing.

COUNTDOWN TIMER (PROGRAM)
The countdown timer function can be used to turn the timer on or off for a period from
1 second up to 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds. To set the countdown time, follow the
example shown below.

Example: Setting the countdown time to stay on for 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds.

Display the CD PROG using the left or right arrow keys. (While clock is
displayed, push the left arrow key once will display CD PROG).

Press the SET key. The word SET will light and either ON or OFF will flash.

Select ON using the left/right arrow key.

Press the SET key. Adjust the hour to 1 when the HOUR is flashing using the
left/right arrow key.

Press the SET key. Adjust the minute to 10 when the MINUTE is flashing using
the left/right arrow key.

Press the SET key. Adjust the SECOND to 30 when the SECOND is flashing
using the left/right arrow key.

Press the SET key to complete the setting of countdown time.





TRACEABLE® TIMER SWITCH CONTROLLER INSTRUCTIONS

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