Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 V12 - Manual (Page 64)

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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