# Manual Sector Control
Basically, you have two operating modes with the sector control:
- **AUTO:ON** ⇾ You let Raindancer calculate and automatically set the stop angles
- **AUTO:OFF** ⇾ You switch off the automatic system and set the stop angles yourself
To set **Auto:On/Off**, go to the **irrigator**, then to the **Sector Area**.
Here you will find the "**AUTO**" switch for switching over.
You normally work in automatic mode (**AUTO:ON**).
The stops are calculated by the raindancer and set automatically.
#### Manual Adjustments
If you want to **set the stop angles manually** on the smartphone, switch to **AUTO:OFF**
You will now be asked whether you want to switch ...
- **Permanently** - i.e. until you later say yourself: now it should "automatically set the sector" again
- **Until the end of the operation** - i.e. only for this gear
- **For a period of time** (e.g. 120 min) - i.e. for a limited time, after which it will switch back to automatic sector control.
When could this be done?
e.g. if a stop is to be set to 50° for 2 hours when the wind is blowing in the evening.
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The connection to the raindancer is usually only established **every 7 minutes**!
The correction of the stops is therefore not immediate.