That first controller you bought, I can't stand that thing. Specifically because of how I couldn't program it to do what I wanted it to do.
Seems like that second controller should run more than one program at once but I'm not familiar with it.
Maybe go with a Hunter product. I like the Hunter X-core outdoor. Just use program A for the morning watering then program B for the afternoon. It should work just fine. 90% of the controllers that I've installed over the past couple of decades were the Hunter brand.
Right. So, that Hunter X-core, I can set it to run multiple programs in the same day. Meaning automatically? So, Program A will water each zone for 30 minutes in the morning then it will automatically switch to program B and do each zone for 10 minutes in the afternoon?
Meaning both programs will be active at the same time.