Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 - Manual (Page 63)

BaseStation 3200 Advanced Irrigation Controller Manual
Complying with Water Restrictions
There are times and seasons when water restrictions are placed on areas. Keeping a green and healthy landscape
during these restrictions is best achieved with deep rooted turf! Train your grass before the crisis to grow deep
roots by watering deeply and only when the grass needs it.
Note: If you are in an area that is under severe water restrictions, do not try to water using biSensors – set the
water strategies to Timed and apply permitted water. You can use the moisture graphs to track the moisture
depletion rate.
The first step in understanding how to keep the controller from watering when it should not is to identify under
what conditions it will allow watering. The BaseStation 3200 controller will start a program when all of the
following conditions have been met:
• Program start time
• Valid water day
• If a moisture biSensor is used, then the moisture level at the program start time is less than the limit
• There isn’t an event day
• There isn’t a rain sensor stop condition
• There isn’t another controller stop condition (such as a high flow shutdown)
The program will run to completion, spanning days if needed. The running program may be paused for some
period of time by one of the following conditions, after which it will resume until it has completed:
• Water window (white square)
• Pause switch or pause biCoder
• Turning the dial to make a programming change – when the dial is left in a programming position, the
controller will return to run mode in two hours just as if the dial had been move back to Auto/Run.
If there are specific days that cannot be used for watering, use one of the following methods to meet those
requirements:
• Start programs after midnight and provide enough time for them to complete during a single day so they do
not span into the next day.
• Use water windows to block out specific days.
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