BaseStation 3200 User Manual â 11.7.5.15 ... - Baseline Systems
BaseStation 3200 User Manual â 11.7.5.15 ... - Baseline Systems
BaseStation 3200 User Manual â 11.7.5.15 ... - Baseline Systems
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<strong>BaseStation</strong> <strong>3200</strong> Advanced Irrigation Controller <strong>Manual</strong><br />
Note: As you change the time in the field, the ratio percentage changes to indicate how the time is related to<br />
the amount of time that the primary zone is scheduled to water. The example in the illustration shows that 45<br />
minutes is 100% of the watering time scheduled for zone 2, so you know that zone 2 is also scheduled to water<br />
for 45 minutes. In this example, if you were to reduce the time in the Water Time field to 22 minutes, the ratio<br />
would change to 50% to indicate that 22 minutes is approximately half of the 45 minutes that zone 2 is<br />
scheduled to water.<br />
5. To adjust the water time tracking ratio for other zones, press the ENTR button to move to the next zone.<br />
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have adjusted the water time tracking ratio for all the zones in the group.<br />
7. When you have finished making changes, turn the dial to the Auto Run position.<br />
Using Soak Cycles<br />
Because each type of soil has a different rate at which it can absorb water, you should set up the cycle time and<br />
soak time (“soak cycles”) for your zones to ensure that water soaks into the soil instead of being wasted. For<br />
example, if you are applying water at 0.4 inch per hour to an area of clay soil that can only absorb water at 0.2 inch<br />
per hour, the water that does not soak into the soil will either run off or evaporate.<br />
It is especially important to use appropriate soak cycles when you are watering a slope.<br />
The <strong>BaseStation</strong> <strong>3200</strong> allows you to quickly configure soak-cycle times for your zones.<br />
To enable the default soak-cycle settings<br />
1. Turn the dial to the Soak Cycle position.<br />
2. Press the + or – button to select the zone that you want to enable the default soak-cycle settings for.<br />
Note: When you set the soak-cycle times for a primary zone, the soak cycles will also be set for all linked<br />
zones. The cycle time for linked zones is calculated based on the tracking ratio of the primary zone cycle time.<br />
The soak times will be the same as that of the primary zone.<br />
3. Press the CLR button. If soak-cycle settings were already configured, pressing CLR will remove those settings.<br />
Press CLR again to update the fields with the default soak-cycle settings. The controller automatically sets the<br />
cycle time to one-third the zone run time and the soak time to twice the cycle time.<br />
4. When you have finished making changes, turn the dial to the Auto Run position.<br />
In this example, the settings are shown for a 60-minute zone run time.<br />
Primary zone 2 waters for 20 minutes, and then allows that water to soak<br />
in for 40 minutes. While zone 2 is soaking, other zones can run. After the<br />
40 minutes soak time, zone 2 will be allowed to run another 20 minutes<br />
after any zone that is currently running finishes.<br />
With these settings, zone 2 completes its 1 hour of watering in three,<br />
20-minute segments, with at least a 40 minute soak time between them.<br />
When there are many zones in a program, zones will be cycled and soaked<br />
until all have been completed. Zones that have completed their soak cycles<br />
are prioritized higher that zones that are still waiting to water so the first zones to start watering will be the first to<br />
complete.<br />
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