Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 - Manual (Page 4)

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Baseline 3200
Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
Controller Front Panel Layout .............................................................................. 5
Cabinet Options ................................................................................................... 6
Remote Communications Options ....................................................................... 6
How to Irrigate Efficiently .................................................................................... 7
Soil Moisture Content ..................................................................................... 8
Watering Strategies ........................................................................................ 9
Root Depth & Plant Water Efficiency ............................................................ 10
Zone Schedule Groups .................................................................................. 10
Soak Cycling .................................................................................................. 11
Distribution Uniformity ................................................................................. 12
Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 14
Installing the BaseStation 3200 ......................................................................... 14
C-series Wall Mount Cabinets ....................................................................... 14
X/XS-series Wall Mount Cabinets ................................................................. 15
P-series Pedestals Cabinets .......................................................................... 16
Installing Standard Accessories .......................................................................... 17
Rain Switches and other Normally Closed Sensing Devices .......................... 17
Wireless Rain Sensors ................................................................................... 18
Conventional Irrigation Wiring Installation ........................................................ 18
Conventional Wiring Modules ...................................................................... 18
Connecting Valve Wires and Moisture Sensors over Valve Wires ................ 19
Expanding with Two-wire ............................................................................. 19
Two-wire Installation ......................................................................................... 20
Two-wire Serial Numbers ............................................................................. 20
Two-wire Connections and Layout ............................................................... 21
Field Decoder Wiring .................................................................................... 23
Surge Protection ........................................................................................... 23
Connecting to BL-5200R Series Wall Mount biCoders .................................. 24
Total Supported Devices & Limits ................................................................. 25
Installing biSensor Soil Moisture Sensors .......................................................... 26
Grouping Zones into Schedule Groups (or Hydrozones) ............................... 26
Choosing the Primary Zone for a Schedule Group ........................................ 26
Choosing the Sensor Location ....................................................................... 26
Burying the biSensor ..................................................................................... 27
Searching for and Assigning Devices .................................................................. 30
Zone Numbers vs. Serial Numbers ................................................................ 30
Assigning Valve biCoders to Zone Numbers ................................................. 30
Assigning Other Devices................................................................................ 32
Setting the Controller Date and Time ................................................................ 33
Auto Run Main Screen ....................................................................................... 33