Step 9 – Consider The Mainline Operating Limits - Baseline BaseStation 3200 Setting Up

7. Press the Next button to move to the Zone Flow column.
8. Press the + or – button to set the value of the GPM flow for this zone.
9. Perform one of the following options:
If you want to assign another zone to a mainline, press the Previous button to return to the left
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column, and then repeat steps 4 – 8.
If you have finished making changes, turn the dial to the RUN position.
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Step 9 – Consider the Mainline Operating Limits
After you have configured your control points, devices, and water source priorities, you need to consider
the mainline operating limits to ensure that your irrigation system behaves as expected.
To set up the mainline, turn the dial to the Flow position, and then press the Next button to highlight
the Mainline Setup option.
• Design Flow GPM – This field is the flow rating for the mainline in gallons per minute (GPM). This
flow is likely different from the design flow of the flow device assigned to the control point.
Managed by Flow – When you set up the design flow for the mainline and then set this field to YES,
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the controller will use the design flow of the individual zones (or learned flow) and will turn on zones
that are waiting to water until their design flow is equal to or less than the available flow on the
mainline.
Flow Variance Zone Detect – Flow variance is the actual flow compared to the expected flow. Both
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above and below expected flow conditions can be detected and then acted upon.
Flow Variance Shutdown – If you enable the shutdown option for flow variance, the mainline turns
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off when the flow variance exceeds the limit.
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