Owner's Manual

Three additional sliders are provided to quickly adjust all
programs. The slider labeled ALL will move the 8 main sliders
equally. If you move it to 50%, all eight sliders will automatically
move to 50%. If the second slider, labeled LINEAR, is adjusted,
then the eight main sliders are automatically adjusted an amount
proportional to their priority. The second priority will be reduced a
little bit more than the first priority, and so on. This is a quick way
to reduce the overall run time of the entire system without
sacrificing the run times of the high priority programs as much as
those of low priority programs. The last slider, labeled EXP
(exponential), is similar but will adjust according to an
exponential curve, sacrificing low priority programs much more
than the linear slider. You can adjust these sliders all you want to
see how they work. The scaled run times will not overwrite the
original run times in the Sentinel database until the APPLY
button is clicked.
Be aware of the following seven crucial points when using the System Flow Optimizer:
• Assign only one Start Time per program.
• While each field unit can run only six programs concurrently, the number of programs included in the flow
optimizer from different units is unlimited.
• Enter a Start Time in a higher numbered box to assign a lower priority to a program, and vice versa.
• Optimization will not take affect in Sentinel before the APPLY command is executed.
• Clicking the APPLY command will cause new Start Times to overwrite the old Start Times in the Sentinel database.
• If the water window or maximum flow are adjusted, clicking the APPLY command will change these values in the
Sentinel database.
• If Run Times are scaled, clicking APPLY will also overwrite the existing Run Times in the Sentinel database.
In the Sentinel Auto Programming window, it is possible to assign programs that overlap so that more stations will irrigate
simultaneously than the maximum number that is set in the Special Data for the same field unit. In such a case, the Flow
Optimizer will include all programs, although the field unit will not run them all. Floptize will warn you if this condition exist
for any unit. You should go back to the Auto Programming window for that field unit and make sure that no more programs
overlap than the maximum allowed, otherwise, increase the Maximum Stations On in Special Data for that unit.
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