Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 User Manual
Basestation 3200, Advanced irrigation controller, User manual
BaseStation 3200
Advanced Irrigation
Controller
User Manual
Software Version 11.7.5.15
April 17, 2012
Contents at a Glance
Section 1
Introduction
Section 2
System Components
Section 3
Wiring Guidelines
Section 4
BaseStation 3200 Interface
Section 5
Configuring Devices
Section 6
Initial Programming
Section 7
Flow Management & Monitoring
Section 8
Manual Operations
Section 9
System Management
Section 10
Reports, Messages, Alerts, & Logs
Section 11
Troubleshooting
Section 12 Appendix
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- 1 – INTRODUCTION
- How to Read this Manual
- How to Irrigate Efficiently
- Soil Moisture Content
- How to Use Soil Moisture Sensors Successfully
- Watering Strategies
- Root Depth and Plant Water Efficiency
- Understanding Soak Cycling
- Distribution Uniformity
- 2 – SYSTEM COMPONENTS
- Cabinet Options
- Remote Communications Options
- Two-Wire Devices
- Installing the BaseStation 3200 Enclosure
- 3 – WIRING GUIDELINES
- Conventional Irrigation Wiring Installation
- Two-Wire Installation
- Installing Two-Wire Devices
- Wiring a Valve biCoder
- Wiring Surge Protection and Lightning Arrestors
- Wiring a Soil Moisture Sensor (biSensor™)
- Wiring a Temperature Sensor (biSensor™)
- Wiring a Pump Start Relay
- Wiring a Flow Device
- Wiring a Flow Device +NOMV
- Wiring a Water Meter
- Pause Devices
- Wiring a Rain Switch and Other Normally Closed Sensing Devices
- Wireless Rain Sensors
- Removing a Two-Wire Device
- 4 –BASESTATION 3200 INTERFACE
- Controller Front Panel Layout
- On-Screen Help
- Auto Run Main Screen
- Status Colors
- On-Screen Reports
- 5 – CONFIGURING DEVICES
- Searching for Devices
- Assigning Valve biCoders to Zone Numbers
- Adjusting the Valve Power Level for a biCoder
- Configuring Other Devices
- 6 – INITIAL PROGRAMMING
- Power Cycling or Restarting the Controller
- Setting the Controller Date and Time
- Checking the Software Version on Your Controller
- Setting Up Time-Based Watering
- Using Soak Cycles
- Setting Up Programs
- Associating Zones with a Program
- Setting Up Soil Moisture Sensor Based Watering
- Understanding Upper and Lower Limit Watering Strategies
- Complying with Water Restrictions
- Setting Up Event Days
- 7 – FLOW MANAGEMENT & MONITORING
- Configuring a Flow Device
- Multiple Flow Devices and Mainlines
- 8 – MANUAL OPERATIONS
- Manually Running a Program
- Watering Manually
- Setting Up a Rain Delay
- Setting the System to OFF
- 9 – SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
- Setting Up a Passcode
- Changing the Serial Number of Your Controller
- Using the USB Data Functions
- Updating the Controller Software
- Using the Clear All Option
- 10 – REPORTS, MESSAGES, ALERTS, & LOGS
- Zone Status
- Program Status
- Moisture Sensor Data
- Water Used
- Pause Conditions
- Operator Messages
- Viewing Exported Log Files
- Saving Exported Log Files to a Computer
- 11 – TROUBLESHOOTING
- Testing Zones, Valves, and biCoders
- Testing Soil Moisture Sensors (biSensors)
- Testing All Devices
- Repairing Device Assignments and Addresses
- Troubleshooting the Two-Wire: High Current or Shorted
- Troubleshooting: Lost Devices | No Response
- 12 – APPENDIX
- Warranty
- BL-3200-R Hydrozone Worksheet
- Glossary of Terms