Chapter 2-1
Base Station and Perimeter Wire Setup
Chapter 2
Base Station and Perimeter Wire Setup
Recommendation, before you start:
During setup, you will insert pegs into the ground. To make this task
smoother, we recommend you mow your lawn and water it before starting.
Getting Ready
Confirm all parts needed for setup are within reach (refer to ‘What’s in the
Box, Introduction).
In addition, you will use the following tools:
2.1 Perimeter Wire Setup
Before you start the setup, you should have a plan for the Perimeter Wire
layout and for the location of the Base Station.
Laying the Perimeter Wire for the Internal setting of the Base Station is
different from the External setting.
2.1.1 Starting Point: Perimeter Wire at the Base Station area.
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Place the Base Station, according to your plan, with its fence facing the
inner lawn area.
Pull the plot connector and the wire connected to it out of the plastic
covering.
Do NOT remove the wire spool from its covering.
The plastic covering is the dispenser
for the wire.
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If setting of Base Station is Internal (inside lawn)
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Peg the beginning of the wire to the ground, where
Base Station will be located.
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Pull out 30 cm (12 inches) of wire and leave it loose at
the Base Station location.
Later, at the end of the setup this part of the wire will
close the Perimeter Wire loop.
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Start laying the wire in a counter-clockwise direction.
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Continue to pull the Perimeter Wire out of its covering,
laying it loosely as you walk along the lawn edge.
Hammer
Combination Pliers
Small flat and Philips
screwdrivers
Counter-clockwise
direction of wire layout
Perimeter Wire – do not remove
the plastic covering
Leave 30 cm
(12 inches)
starting point
