Baseline Systems BaseStation 6000 - Manual (Page 57)

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Shutting Down the System when Rain is Forecast
The BaseStation 6000 software provides sensor-based options for controlling your irrigation system when it rains. However, if
rain is forecast and you do not have sensor devices installed or configured, you can use the Rain Shutdown option to pause all
watering for a specified number of days.
1. On the Main Page of the BaseStation 6000 software, click the Information tab to activate the Main Menu.
2. On the Main Menu, click Utilities, and then click Rain Shutdown. The Rain Shutdown dialog box opens.
3. In the field, type a number between 1 and 7 to indicate the number of days that you want watering to be paused.
4. Click OK. A check mark displays next to the Rain Shutdown option on the Utilities menu. “Rain Pause” displays in the upper-
left corner of the main page, and the Pause button is highlighted in yellow.
To resume watering after a rain shutdown
1. On the Main Page of the BaseStation 6000 software, click the Information tab to activate the Main Menu.
2. On the Main Menu, click Utilities, and then click Rain Shutdown. A confirmation message displays.
3. Click OK to resume all watering. The check mark next to the Rain Shutdown option on the Utilities menu is removed.
“System Active” displays in the upper-left corner of the main page, and the Run button is highlighted in green.
Starting/Stopping Irrigation Based on Tiered Soil Moisture Readings
The BaseStation 6000 system can be configured to start or stop irrigation based on readings from soil moisture sensors.
You might have a situation where you are watering a landscape installed over contaminated land, and there is potential for
contaminates to leach into groundwater if the irrigation water applied at the surface penetrates the soil too deeply. In a
brownfield situation like this, you can identify up to three tiers of water penetration and then install a soil moisture sensor in
each of these tiers. Using the advanced functionality of the BaseStation 6000 system, you can automatically control the
irrigation based on the readings from each soil moisture sensor.
Requirements
• Soil moisture sensors installed in the locations that you need to monitor
• Soil moisture sensors configured in the BaseStation 6000 system
• System notification configured in BaseStation 6000 Report & Alert Mailer
To configure the settings for tiered soil moisture readings
1. Before you go to the Start/Stop Conditions tab to begin the configuration, find the serial numbers of the soil moisture
sensors that you added to the system for this purpose. (If you have not added the sensors yet, refer to the topic about
configuring a biSensor on page 23.)
a. On the Main Page of the BaseStation 6000 software, click the Remote Base Unit that the sensors are connected to.
b. Click the Config Sensor tab.
c. Use the scroll box on the left to find the sensors that you configured for the tiered moisture readings.
d. Write down the Remote Base Unit number and the serial numbers of the sensors. Be careful to maintain the order of
the sensors from top to bottom.
2. Click the Information tab to activate the Main Menu.
3. On the Main Menu, click Programs, and then click Start/Stop Conditions. The Set Watering Program Schedule window
opens.