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BaseStation 3200 Advanced Irrigation Controller Manual 

Page 

94

 

water budget 

In the BaseStation 3200 controller, the water budget functionality enables you to define 

and track the total flow for each Flow biCoder per month. You can configure the target 

flow value in GPM for the Flow biCoder and how the system will react when this number 

is reached. 

water window 

The time available for watering through an irrigation system. Typically, all days and times 

would be available for watering unless there are watering restrictions or you need to set 

aside a time for mowing. 

zone 

A designated area of landscaping that is watered by a specific valve 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for BaseStation 3200

Page 1: ...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 Ope...

Page 2: ...Baseline Inc www baselinesystems com Phone 208 323 1634 FAX 208 323 1834 Toll Free 866 294 5847 2012 Baseline Inc All Rights Reserved Revision 2...

Page 3: ...s 9 Distribution Uniformity 10 2 SYSTEM COMPONENTS 11 Cabinet Options 11 Remote Communications Options 11 BaseManager 11 BL Commander 12 Two Wire Devices 12 Total Supported Devices and Limits 13 Maxim...

Page 4: ...sors 32 Removing a Two Wire Device 32 4 BASESTATION 3200 INTERFACE 33 Controller Front Panel Layout 33 On Screen Help 34 Auto Run Main Screen 34 Status Colors 35 On Screen Reports 35 5 CONFIGURING DEV...

Page 5: ...a program 48 To set up the day intervals for a program 49 To set up historical ET based watering for a program 49 Prerequisites 49 Instructions 50 To adjust the water budget for programs 50 Associati...

Page 6: ...71 Restoring Your System 71 Exporting Log Files 72 Importing Log Files 72 Updating the Controller Software 73 To download the software from the Baseline web site 73 To unzip the compressed update file...

Page 7: ...Response 86 12 APPENDIX 87 Warranty 87 BL 3200 R Hydrozone Worksheet 88 Existing Irrigation Controller Information 88 Additional Information for Existing Programs 89 Programming Information for the B...

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Page 9: ...on advanced functions and troubleshooting For additional information you can also visit the Baseline web site at http www baselinesystems com To get the most out of your BaseStation 3200 we recommend...

Page 10: ...ing concepts Soil Moisture Content How to Use Soil Moisture Sensors including Hydrozones scheduling groups and primary zones Watering Strategies Root Depth and Plant Water Efficiency Soak Cycling Dist...

Page 11: ...y is generally wasted it gravitationally moves down through the soil and becomes unavailable to plants Excess water will also leech nutrients from the soil into deeper soil layers reducing the efficie...

Page 12: ...is controlled by a single soil moisture sensor in one of the infields Likewise the manager puts all zones covering the outfields into a second scheduling group controlled by a single moisture sensor...

Page 13: ...rigation water is actually infiltrating the upper levels of the slope or berm Take care when you set the soak and cycle times for slopes and berms for some slopes you might need to break the total run...

Page 14: ...gy Likewise newly installed sod has very shallow roots Water the new sod on an appropriate time schedule until it has rooted sufficiently to enable a sensor based watering strategy typically 30 to 60...

Page 15: ...ing crop results They have been used for decades in irrigated agriculture Garden and crop plant watering depends greatly on the type of plants being grown and a discussion of this topic is beyond the...

Page 16: ...se field capacity to vary significantly over time Refer to Understanding Upper and Lower Limit Watering Strategies on page 53 One important thing to remember about watering strategies any one zone or...

Page 17: ...Sandy Loam 0 35 inch to 0 50 inch per hour Silt Loam 0 15 inch to 0 40 inch per hour Clay Loam 0 10 inch to 0 20 inch per hour As you can see from the tables above most sprinkler heads have higher pr...

Page 18: ...tribution uniformity problems As you intelligently reduce water applied to any zone you may notice stressed areas or brown spots in your landscape When this happens you should first adjust your heads...

Page 19: ...stainless steel XS indoor outdoor large wall mount cabinet P series Stainless steel pedestal cabinet C series X XS series P series All cabinet dimensions are in inches in Remote Communications Option...

Page 20: ...be factory or field installed It communicates digitally with the BaseStation 3200 unit via a special internal port in the controller With this option you can operate your controllers using a BL Comma...

Page 21: ...al Supported Devices and Limits The following table lists the total numbers of devices by type that can be connected to a BaseStation 3200 The BaseStation 3200 can communicate with a maximum of 110 de...

Page 22: ...various enclosures for the BaseStation 3200 controller C series Wall Mount Cabinets The C series wall mount cabinet is designed for outdoor or indoor wall or pole mounting The cabinet features four sc...

Page 23: ...or or indoor wall or post mounting The cabinet features a center located key hole main mounting screw assembly for easy mounting plus an additional center mounted hole as indicated in the diagram belo...

Page 24: ...anent receiver unit antennas mount on the right access port typically factory installed To install a communications module in an existing cabinet consult the documentation that came with the communica...

Page 25: ...el mounting body to protect antenna cabling and raise antennas above the top of the pedestal for best signal strength Consult the Resource Library on the Baseline web site at http www baselinesystems...

Page 26: ...or 48 zones depending on the cabinet One 12 or 24 zone connection module fits in a C series cabinet An X XS or P cabinet accommodates two 12 or 24 zone connection modules The terminal designations for...

Page 27: ...e with One biSensor 1 Power off the two wire when installing devices Leave 24 to 36 inches of slack on the two wire to allow for easy installation and maintenance 2 Wire the sprinkler valves directly...

Page 28: ...Powered biCoder Wiring Example with One biSensor Expanding with Two Wire All BaseStation 3200 controllers are capable of communicating with Baseline biCoders and biSensors connected to a two wire pat...

Page 29: ...stals Example Wiring Diagram You can connect up to 20 5200R Series Powered biCoders to a single BaseStation 3200 which enables you to retrofit a large site with multiple controllers into a single Base...

Page 30: ...two wire specification please refer to the Resource Library on the Baseline web site Wire Connections Install all wire connections in compliance with the connector manufacturer s instructions and make...

Page 31: ...pology has multiple last devices Each device must separately meet the distance requirement While the loop topology might provide a more robust configuration it is harder to trace the wiring errors tha...

Page 32: ...valve boxes 1 Power off the two wire when installing devices Leave 24 to 36 inches of slack on the two wire to allow for easy installation and maintenance 2 Place the biCoder in the valve box for conv...

Page 33: ...ance from the controller 3 A stub length must not exceed 50 feet without a surge arrestor must be within 300 feet of an existing surge arrestor For R series controllers a lightning arrestor and approp...

Page 34: ...tion Connect the red and black wire from the biSensor to the red and black wires on the two wire making certain that you maintain the polarity 5 Verify communications with the BaseStation before proce...

Page 35: ...Master Valve Pump Start and test its operation Refer to Configuring a Master Valve Pump Start biCoder on page 41 Wiring a Flow Device Water flow sensors measure the velocity of the water moving past t...

Page 36: ...Device NOMV 1 Power off the two wire when installing devices Leave 24 to 36 inches of slack on the two wire to allow for easy installation and maintenance 2 Locate the flow biCoder near to the flow se...

Page 37: ...contact your local distributor You must have a water meter and register pipe size and flow rate that will generate at least 100 pulses per minute to have reasonable flow readings 200 pulses per minute...

Page 38: ...tton box using waterproof connections 5 Power off the two wire when installing devices Leave 24 to 36 inches of slack on the two wire to allow for easy installation and maintenance 6 Mount the pause b...

Page 39: ...in You can connect pause devices including rain switches to pause biCoders and then associate the pause biCoders with specific programs After you have created the associations you can configure the pr...

Page 40: ...a two wire device first you must physically disconnect it from the two wire and then you perform a Search operation from the device specific menu in the controller Example If you need to remove a biS...

Page 41: ...the controller D Buttons The buttons are used to select programming elements change their values and initiate operations like testing a zone Increases the value of the highlighted field or sequences...

Page 42: ...er A BL Commander remote control is currently active Active BaseManager central control software is currently connected to and communicating with the controller Two wire Indicates the approximate curr...

Page 43: ...ons to access reports from the main screen Note Refer to Notes Messages Alerts and Logs on page 75 for the complete description of the on screen reports 1 Turn the dial to the Auto Run position 2 Pres...

Page 44: ...rching for Devices Before you can configure any devices such as biCoders or biSensors in the controller the controller must find those devices and assign them You can connect the following types of bi...

Page 45: ...Device Setup 3 Press the ENTR button 4 Press the or button to select Search in the Find Flow biCoders screen 5 Press the ENTR button to search for flow biCoders The system verifies and repairs all flo...

Page 46: ...terminals in 3200R controllers are shown on the label next to the terminals The serial numbers for terminals in 5200R biCoders are shown on the door label Assigning biCoders to Zones After you have w...

Page 47: ...figured as primary zones will have a P next to them Note that the status of each zone is shown in the Zone Number list The zone status codes are OK Working properly OP Open circuit SC Short circuit ER...

Page 48: ...e found during a search operation 1 If you have not searched for the pause biCoders do that first Refer to Searching for Pause biCoders and Temperature Sensors on page 37 2 Turn the dial to the AUX po...

Page 49: ...to select the Master Valve Pump Start biCoder that you wish to configure 3 Press the NEXT or PREV button to select the Master Valve Zone you would like to configure 4 Press the ENTR button Note You c...

Page 50: ...TR buttons for approximately 5 seconds 3 After the screen goes blank release the buttons 4 Turn the dial to Auto Run The controller restarts Setting the Controller Date and Time Set or change the cont...

Page 51: ...the dial to the Zone Water Times position After you have assigned all the biCoders to zone numbers each zone will have this default program Setting Up a Timed Zone By default all zones are set up as t...

Page 52: ...nked zones are automatically assigned to the program of their primary zone and cannot be changed independently To modify the default settings for a zone 1 Turn the dial to the Zone Water Times positio...

Page 53: ...in Assigning a Primary Zone on page 44 first 2 Turn the dial to Zone Water Times 3 Press the or button to select the zone that you want to link 4 Press the NEXT button to move to the Zone Mode field...

Page 54: ...allows you to quickly configure soak cycle times for your zones To enable the default soak cycle settings 1 Turn the dial to the Soak Cycle position 2 Press the or button to select the zone that you...

Page 55: ...ms The controller identifies each program with a letter of the alphabet starting at A and going up to T By default all zones assigned in the controller are associated with program A To associate zones...

Page 56: ...displays 4 Press the NEXT button to move to the Water Windows field and then press the or button to select either Weekly or Daily Note If you use Weekly to set up the water windows and then you decide...

Page 57: ...ET occurs Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA continuously monitor climate data in all regions of the United States When this data is averaged over a 30 year perio...

Page 58: ...e programs to use the Historical ET Calendar settings be sure to set the program start dates so the interval is staggered Refer to Setting up the day intervals for a program on page 49 To adjust the w...

Page 59: ...setting up soil moisture sensor based watering The biSensor measures soil moisture where the plants need it at the root level When you have a biSensor installed the BaseStation 3200 enables you to set...

Page 60: ...omplete explanation of these strategies 5 Press the NEXT button to move to the Calibrate field If you selected Lower or Upper one of the Manual strategies you can set this field to OFF or Once to indi...

Page 61: ...water strategy the controller sets and manages the lower water limit The controller schedules a monthly calibration cycle to adjust the limit for seasonal changes to soil and plants This calibration c...

Page 62: ...ion date After the initial calibration cycle has been run you must monitor the moisture levels and plant health so you can make adjustments as needed Upper limit watering starts a watering cycle on ea...

Page 63: ...ns have been met Program start time Valid water day If a moisture biSensor is used then the moisture level at the program start time is less than the limit There isn t an event day There isn t a rain...

Page 64: ...button to set the desired date 4 When you have finished making changes turn the dial to the Auto Run position To edit existing event days 1 Turn the dial to the Event Days position 2 Press the NEXT o...

Page 65: ...e Flow Menu position b Press the NEXT or PREV button to select Flow Device Setup c Press the ENTR button The Flow Device Setup screen displays d Press the or button until Search displays in the Config...

Page 66: ...You can set the following values for each flow device on the Flow Device Limits screen Note The step by step procedure for configuring the flow device limits is on page 59 Design Flow In this field y...

Page 67: ...ress the CLR button 7 Press the NEXT button to go to the Unscheduled Flow Limit field and then press the button to enter the maximum amount of unscheduled flow in gallons per minute 8 Press the NEXT b...

Page 68: ...of the flow device or the sum of all flow devices supplying water to the mainline The measured flow may be higher or lower than the expected flow When the ratio becomes greater than the variance then...

Page 69: ...variance condition press the button to enter a percentage in the field Example If the expected flow is 50 GPM and the High Alarm field is set to 10 then the acceptable flow range is up to 55 GPM 10 o...

Page 70: ...es that can run at the same time on this controller Note Consider electrical and water constraints when you are setting up concurrent zones 4 Press the NEXT button to move to the list of programs 5 Pr...

Page 71: ...Setup screen Learning the Flow by Zone For each zone you can either set the design flow manually or you can configure it to run through a learn flow cycle and have its design flow set automatically Yo...

Page 72: ...ows how you can configure a site that has two mainlines Note that mainline 2 has two POCs each with a master valve and flow device You will find it helpful to have a diagram of your site when you are...

Page 73: ...position Refer to the topic for setting up the day intervals for a program on page 49 Forcing a Program to Start 1 Turn the dial to the Manual Run Program position 2 Make sure that the field at the to...

Page 74: ...controller displays this warning message Program NEXT START date out of range or Program is not ET Calendar 6 If you want to change another program s start date press the NEXT button to move to that p...

Page 75: ...on to change the option to Manually Run Zone s 3 Press the NEXT button to move to the next field and then press the or button to select All If the field is set to OFF press the button one time to chan...

Page 76: ...ant each zone in the program to run 5 Press the NEXT button to move to the First Zone Delay field and then press the or button to set the amount of time that you want the system to delay before the fi...

Page 77: ...hed making changes turn the dial to the Auto Run position Setting the System to OFF Turn the dial to the OFF position when you want to halt all watering for an indefinite period of time All current wa...

Page 78: ...hanges 1 Turn the dial to the AUX position 2 Press the NEXT button to move to the Passcodes option and then press the ENTR button The Passcode screen displays 3 Press the button to toggle between Read...

Page 79: ...our controller The backup will allow you to restore to the previous programming if anything goes wrong 1 Turn the dial to the AUX position 2 Plug a USB drive into the USB port on the faceplate of the...

Page 80: ...e NEXT button to move to the Export option and then press the ENTR button The controller copies all the internal log files to the USB drive 5 After the controller has finished copying the log files to...

Page 81: ...aseStation 3200 Software Update 4 Navigate to the page where you find the Download button for the latest code version and then click that button 5 When prompted choose the option to Save the file and...

Page 82: ...e time for five seconds and then release the buttons Wait for the controller to restart 7 After the controller has restarted turn the dial to the AUX position 8 Verify that the software version listed...

Page 83: ...urred you can access the Pause Condition report by pressing NEXT four times from the main screen If you clear the pause condition this report does not display until the next time a pause condition occ...

Page 84: ...ith one or more flow meters the controller indicates the total flow measured This value is updated once each minute and is shown without brackets More detail is available in the flow reports Prog Show...

Page 85: ...4 To return to the main screen press the CLR button Water Used The BaseStation 3200 provides two types of water used reports Report for controllers that do not have a flow sensor In this report all f...

Page 86: ...starting Press CLR to terminate the event day Automatically cleared when the event day ends Flow Devices A high flow shutdown or an over budget shutdown stops the system from using the specific flow...

Page 87: ...it or change the water window programming Automatically cleared when the water window expires time advances to a blue square To display the Pause Conditions report 1 Press the NEXT button four times o...

Page 88: ...rchive folder that contains the log files that you want to view The Archive folders are created monthly and are labelled with the year and the month For example Archive_201111 contains the log files f...

Page 89: ...r of your controller Continue navigating until you find the folder or file that you want to copy Right click on the folder or file and then click Copy 4 Open a Windows Explorer window that represents...

Page 90: ...than a second to measure the voltage and current through the valve solenoid This test will return the solenoid current and the status of the valve 5 When you have finished viewing the test results ret...

Page 91: ...with causes and suggestions for resolving the issues Self test status Cause Action No response Two wire connection to the biSensor is broken repair the wire and connections to the biSensor Two wire vo...

Page 92: ...ase water time to apply at least inch of water Testing All Devices Before you begin troubleshooting a problem run a Test ALL from the Self Test dial position This test checks all the devices on the tw...

Page 93: ...process is finished the controller displays the Self Test menu 3 When you have finished viewing the test results return the dial to the Auto Run position Troubleshooting the Two Wire High Current or...

Page 94: ...place it Reconnect components on the repaired two wire segment Verify that that adding these components does not cause additional failures Connect other two wire segments verifying correct operation a...

Page 95: ...service Warranty Exclusions normal wear and tear abuse unreasonable use mistreatment or neglect Damage caused during installation or incorrect installation damage caused by modification or repair not...

Page 96: ...be watered similarly such as zones that share the same slope sun exposure and plant type Areas that require dissimilar water or scheduling requirements are considered to be separate hydrozones Make u...

Page 97: ...put into a scheduling group Link the other zones in the scheduling group to the primary zone so they will be watered more or less relative to it In the BaseStation 3200 controller you will link the z...

Page 98: ...der S N biSensor S N Zone on BaseStation Old Zone Hydrozone Program Run Time B 5 VB00005 B 6 VB00006 B 7 VB00007 B 8 VB00008 B 9 VB00009 B 10 VB000010 B 11 VB000011 B 12 VB000012 E 1 VE00001 E 2 VE000...

Page 99: ...r two wire irrigation wiring biSensor Baseline s patented digital Time Domain Transmission TDT soil moisture sensor concurrent zones The number of zones valves that can be operated at the same time ty...

Page 100: ...e or it can be set manually master valve MV An automatic or manual valve installed at the supply point which controls water flow into the system mainline piping The controller allows four master valve...

Page 101: ...rimary zone soak cycle When a zone waters using a soak cycle the total watering run time includes periods of watering run times interspersed with periods of non watering times soak times soil moisture...

Page 102: ...h You can configure the target flow value in GPM for the Flow biCoder and how the system will react when this number is reached water window The time available for watering through an irrigation syste...

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