Baseline Systems BaseStation 6000 - Manual (Page 10)

BaseStation 6000 Site Controller Manual
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• Internet connectivity required for technical support and remote access
• Remote Base Unit™ – Each Remote Base Unit manages an electrically isolated irrigation sub-system and is able to support
200 valves
Optional Components
• Bridge Unit – When your system includes more than one Remote Base Unit, the Bridge Unit is located between the
BaseStation 6000 computer and the Remote Base Units.
• biSensor™ Soil Moisture Sensor – A biSensor provides soil moisture and temperature data to the Baseline BaseStation
Controller.
• Air temperature sensor – The Air Temperature Sensor for the BaseStation 6000 system provides two separate functions: It
offers a convenient way to halt watering when the outside temperature drops below 38 o F. It also enables ET-
(evapotranspiration) based watering.
• Weather station – An on-site weather station collects data on temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and wind speed. The
controller uses this data to adjust watering times. Contact Baseline for supported weather stations.
• Rain sensor or rain gauge – You can connect one of these devices so the system will shut down in the event of rain.
• Flow devices – Flow meters and sensors support flow management, flow learning, high-flow, low-flow, and no-flow alerts
and shutdowns.
• Flow biCoder – The Flow biCoder is used to connect a flow sensor to the BaseStation 6000 system.
• Pause devices – These devices can be used to turn the system off or on when an event occurs. These events can be a user
pushing a pause button to halt watering on a baseball field or a rainstorm activating a rain sensor.
• 1, 2, and 4 valve biCoders™ – The Baseline biCoder connected to the two-wire network activates valves by decoding signals
sent from the Remote Base Unit.
• 12 and 24 valve powered biCoders™ are designed to retrofit into existing systems. These biCoders connect to the two-wire
network and activate valves by decoding the signals sent from the Remote Base Unit. They are designed to drive traditional
wiring where there is one wire per valve. Powered biCoders require 110v in order to run.
Upgrades
• Baseline Mobile Access™ – Upgrade the BaseStation 6000 system to support Mobile Access or Mobile Access Advanced.
Baseline Mobile Access turns any web-enabled cell phone or other mobile device into a remote control and gives you full
access to your BaseStation 6000 system.
Communication Options
You will use one of the following options to establish communication between the BaseStation 6000 computer and the rest of
your system:
• RS232 serial cable – Direct connection between two devices with a maximum distance of 50 feet.
• RS485 dual conductor serial connector – Connect multiple devices on one “daisy chain” with a maximum distance of 2000
feet. Must have an RS485 adapter for each device at both ends.
• Wired backbone – Connect the computer to the Bridge Unit, and then connect the Bridge Unit to one or more Remote Base
Units.
• Mesh radio – One transmitter is connected to the computer. The Bridge Unit or Remote Base Unit requires an antenna and
receiver.
• Ethernet – Uses RJ45 Ethernet cable to connect to the local network or to the Internet. The BaseStation 6000 computer and
the Remote Base Units must have wired access to the Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN).