Two-Wire Installation ................................................................................................................................... 21
Two-Wire Serial Numbers ............................................................................................................................... 22
Two-Wire Connections and Layout ................................................................................................................. 22
Wire Connections ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Wire Lengths ............................................................................................................................................... 22
Wire Layout ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Wire Burial .................................................................................................................................................. 23
Installing Two-Wire Devices .......................................................................................................................... 24
Wiring a Valve biCoder ................................................................................................................................... 24
Wiring Surge Protection and Lightning Arrestors ........................................................................................... 25
Installation Instructions .............................................................................................................................. 25
Wiring a Soil Moisture Sensor (biSensor™) ..................................................................................................... 26
Wiring a Temperature Sensor (biSensor™) ..................................................................................................... 26
Wiring a Pump Start Relay .............................................................................................................................. 27
Wiring a Flow Device ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Wiring a Flow Device +NOMV ......................................................................................................................... 28
Wiring a Water Meter ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Pause Devices ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Wiring a Pause Button ................................................................................................................................ 30
Wiring a Pause biCoder .............................................................................................................................. 30
Wiring a Rain Switch and Other Normally Closed Sensing Devices ................................................................ 31
Connecting a Rain Switch to the BaseStation 3200 .................................................................................... 31
Pause Behavior for the Different Connections ........................................................................................... 31
Watering Behavior for the Different Ports ................................................................................................. 31
Wireless Rain Sensors ..................................................................................................................................... 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 DEVICES .............................................................................................................. 36
Searching for Devices .................................................................................................................................... 36
Searching for biCoders (including Powered biCoders) ................................................................................... 36
Searching for biSensors .................................................................................................................................. 37
Searching for Flow biCoders (including those associated with a Master Valve) ............................................ 37
Searching for Pause biCoders and Temperature Sensors ............................................................................... 37
Assigning Valve biCoders to Zone Numbers .................................................................................................. 38
Zone Numbers are Pre-Assigned in R-Series ................................................................................................... 38
Assigning biCoders to Zones ........................................................................................................................... 38
Clearing a Previous Zone Number Assignment ............................................................................................... 38
Understanding Zone Statuses ......................................................................................................................... 39
Adjusting the Valve Power Level for a biCoder.............................................................................................. 39
Configuring Other Devices ............................................................................................................................ 40
Assigning Soil Moisture Sensors (biSensors) to Primary Zones ...................................................................... 40
Configuring Pause Devices .............................................................................................................................. 40
Configuring Flow biCoders, Flow Meters, and Flow Sensors .......................................................................... 41
Configuring a Master Valve/Pump Start biCoder ........................................................................................... 41
Associating a Master Valve/Pump Start biCoder with Programs ................................................................... 41
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