Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 V12 - Manual (Page 78)

BaseStation 3200 Advanced Irrigation Controller Manual
Learning the Flow by Program
1. Turn the dial to the Flow position.
2. Press the Next button to highlight the Program Learn Flow Operations option.
3. Press the Enter button. The Prog Learn Flow
screen displays.
4. In the Program column, press the + button to
move to the program that you want to
schedule a learn flow cycle for.
5. Press the Next button to move to the Status
column, and then press the + button to toggle
the setting between Pending and Not Yet.
6. Press the Next button to move to the Date
column, and then press the + button set the
learn time in 5 minute increments in the future, up to about 24 hours.
Note: At the 24 hour point the status will return to Not Yet.
7. When you have finished setting up the learn flow cycle, turn the dial to the RUN position.
IMPORTANT NOTE! The learn flow cycle does not start until you turn the dial to the RUN position.
Depending on how many zones a program has, the learn flow cycle could take more than an hour
to complete.
When the learn flow cycle begins, it will pause any running programs (on that mainline), and it will
run one zone at a time to learn its flow. The controller takes an average of multiple readings. If the
readings vary too much, the learn flow process will fail. When the learn flow cycle completes, the
values are displayed in the Zone Flow Setup screen.
Managing Multiple Flow Devices and Mainlines
With the BaseStation 3200, you can independently manage 8 mainlines separate from each other.
A mainline is defined as a primary water delivery pipe that delivers water to a specific set of zones
(valves and heads). Mainlines are considered to be different and separate if the water in one
mainline cannot be delivered to the zones of another mainline.
You can program sites with this topology so that each mainline operates independently. In this
scenario, a learn flow cycle can be running on mainline 1, while a high flow shutdown event is
occurring on mainline 2, but the other mainlines and their programs/zones will continue to operate
normally.
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