Baseline Systems BaseStation 6000 User Manual
Basestation 6000 site controller, User manual, Contents at a glance
BaseStation 6000
Site Controller
User Manual
January 16, 2012
Contents at a Glance
Section 1
Pre-Installation
Section 2
Hardware Installation & Configuration
Section 3
Initial Programming
Section 4
Programming Adjustments
Section 5
ET-based Watering
Section 6
Flow
Section 7
Manual Operations
Section 8
System Management
Section 9
Logs, Reports, Alerts, and Graphs
Section 10
System Diagnostics
Section 11
Troubleshooting
Section 12 Reference
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- 1 – PRE-INSTALLATION
- System Components
- Planning Your System Configuration
- Sample Wiring Topologies
- Wiring Hints
- 2 – HARDWARE INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION
- Installation Hints
- Installing and Setting Up the Computer
- Manually Starting the BaseStation 6000 Software
- Understanding the System Refresh
- Identifying Your Site
- Configuring a Remote Base Unit
- Configuring a Bridge Unit
- Adding Valve biCoders and Other Two-Wire Devices
- Listing Attached Devices
- Saving the List of Attached Devices
- Searching for a Configured Device
- Adding Valve biCoders
- Adding a Master Valve
- Adding an Air Temperature Sensor
- Adding a Pause Device
- Adding Devices to Manage Start/Stop Conditions
- Adding a Flow biCoder
- Adding a biSensor
- Adding a Tipping Bucket Style Rain Gauge
- 3 – INITIAL PROGRAMMING
- Quick Start / First Watering
- Planning Your Programming
- Setting up Scheduling Groups
- Setting Up Programs (Establishing Water Windows)
- Controlling Total Active Zones (Concurrent Zones)
- After You Finish Initial Programming
- 4 - PROGRAMMING ADJUSTMENTS
- Understanding System Status and Color Coding
- Viewing System Information
- Checking the Status of Individual Zones
- Adjusting Individual Zones
- Disabling Zones
- Adjusting the Tracking Ratio of Linked Zones
- Compensating for Unusually Wet or Dry Weather
- Adjusting Programming with biSensors
- Turn On Based on Day Interval and Turn Off Based on Upper Moisture Level (Water Strategy 1)
- Turn On Based on Lower Moisture Levels and Turn Off Based on Upper Moisture Levels (Water Strategy 2)
- Turn On Based on Lower Moisture Levels (Water Strategy 3)
- Turn On Based on Day Interval and Turn Off Based on Time (Water Strategy 4)
- Adding and Managing Events
- Making Seasonal Adjustments
- Shutting Down the System at the End of the Watering Season
- Shutting Down the System when Rain is Forecast
- Starting/Stopping Irrigation Based on Tiered Soil Moisture Readings
- Starting/Stopping/Pausing Irrigation Based on Temperature Sensor Readings
- Starting/Stopping/Pausing Irrigation Based on Switch State
- Changing all Zones in a Program
- 5 – ET-BASED WATERING
- Configuring an ET Primary Zone
- Adjusting an ET-Based Zone
- Configuring a Precision Rain Shutdown
- Configuring an ET Weather Station
- Configuring Hargreaves Equation and a Rain Gauge for Weather Station Data
- ET Reporting
- 6 – FLOW
- Detecting and Managing Flow Faults
- Controlling Water Usage
- Managing and Optimizing Flow
- 7 –MANUAL OPERATIONS
- Manually Running Zones
- Setting Zones to Done
- Pausing the System Temporarily
- Configuring the Walk Around Order and Starting a Walk Around Test
- 8 – SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
- Adding a Picture of a Zone
- Adding Zone Notes
- Adding Base Notes
- Viewing Base Notes
- Deleting the Base Notes File
- Loading and Configuring a Site Map
- System Notification
- User Management
- 9 – LOGS, REPORTS, ALERTS, and GRAPHS
- Logs and Reports
- Alarms, Alerts, and Warnings
- Graphs
- 10 –SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
- Accessing the System Diagnostics Interface
- Testing the Basic Functions of theRemote Base Unit
- Testing Electrical Connections with Devices
- Testing for Excess Current
- Listing Devices
- Verifying Configuration
- Testing Communication with Devices
- Testing Valves
- Testing the Current Supplied to a Valve
- Testing the Current Power Setting of the Decoder
- Testing Sensors
- Performing a Quick Test on All Zones
- Performing a Detailed Test on All Zones
- Clearing the Current Configuration
- Using the Auto Configuration Option
- Learning the Zone Addresses of biCoders
- Testing a Bridge Unit
- Testing Radio or Backbone Communication between Computer and RBUs
- Testing Communication between Computer and the biCoders
- 11 – TROUBLESHOOTING
- Remote Base Unit Troubleshooting
- General Troubleshooting
- Wire Troubleshooting – The Ultimate Frustration
- 12 – REFERENCE
- Backing Up Your Data
- System Adjustments – Reference Guide
- Address Usage in the BaseStation 6000
- Water Auditing
- Zone Group Organizer Worksheet
- Calculating the Application Rate for Dripper or Bubbler Zones
- Glossary of Terms
- Warranty Information