Observed: colors at controller aren't identical to colors at values in every case. I remember that the installers shorted us cable and I had to augment with a new length whose colors were different. Aberrant in particular: red, green and grey. Therefore, somewhere these connect and some mappings are done, but it's no longer possible to discern.
The Orbit controller offered 12 zones.
Zone | Wire color | Description |
---|---|---|
0 | white | Common wire—goes to every valve |
1 | red | Front parkway and central lawn sprinklers |
2 | purple | South (garage) and front parkway (mailbox) |
3 | green | North: back lawn, side and front lawn (north of steps) |
4 | black | Lawn under deck |
5 | grey | Back bottom |
6 | blue | Big front plantings microsprays |
7 | yellow | South microsprays |
8 | orange | Back planter, back hedge and back down-hill microsprays |
9 | brown | Back yard bottom (unirrigated) |
...by box and color (and original zone assignments at controller)
Zone | Controller | Valve | Description |
---|---|---|---|
color | color | ||
0 | white | white | Common wire—goes to every valve |
Front box: | |||
1 | red | red | Front parkway and central lawn sprinklers |
3 | green | green | Back north-side lawn, side and front lawn sprinklers |
6 | blue | blue | Front north and central plantings microsprays |
South box: | |||
7 | yellow | yellow | South microsprays |
2 | purple | red | South lawn and mailbox parkway sprinklers X |
Back box: | |||
8 | orange | orange | Back planter, back hedge and back down-hill microsprays |
4 | black | green | Back lawn under deck sprinklers |
5 | brown | blue | Back yard bottom (unirrigated) |
Back (little round) box—wired through from back box: | |||
9 | brown | brown | Back south (from opposite back door to south fence) microsprays |