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Flow Operations
STATION SETUP
Dial to the Stations menu, and choose Station Setup. Each
station must be assigned to a Flow Zone to complete Flow
Monitor operation.
STATION P/MV USAGE
Station P/MV usage may have already been assigned during
basic operations set up. If not, the desired P/MV activations
may be made here for each station. If some selections are
gray and not selectable, the P/MV output has already been
assigned to a different function.
FLOW ZONE
This is the critical setting to tell the controller which Flow
Zone the station belongs to. In effect, this also tells it which
flow sensor will be reading the flow for the station. Flow
Monitoring cannot work until all necessary stations have been
assigned to a Flow Zone.
FLOW PRIORITY
The priority setting is used for Flow Manager, but is not used
for Flow Monitor. It helps the controller decide which stations
to run sooner to achieve Flow Targets, in case there is not
enough time to complete all irrigation.
FLOW MEASUREMENT SETTINGS
This is how the controller knows what the station should flow
under normal conditions. It can either be entered manually, or
learned automatically by the controller with a flow sensor.
For Flow Monitor, this should be left blank until the Flow
Learning function fills it in automatically.
For Flow Manager, learned flow is the most accurate, but it is
also possible to enter the flow rate by hand if the controller is
not equipped with flow sensing.
COPY AND PASTE
The copy and paste soft keys can be used to duplicate the
upper half of the Station Setup screen for many similar
stations on the same Flow Zone. They will copy the P/MV
Usage and Flow Zone setting to subsequent stations.
Set up the first station, press the copy button, and then click
the Next Station soft key, and Paste. It is easiest to work down
one Flow Zone at a time, if multiple Flow Zones are created.
