Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 - Manual (Page 41)

C h a p t e r 2 – B a s i c P r o g r a m m i n g
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Baseline 3200
Micro-Climates and Zone
Scheduling Groups
Your site is composed of multiple areas that can
be thought of as having similar watering needs
(the zones of the softball field have a different
set of watering needs than the north lawn
between the sidewalk and the building). These
areas can be thought of as micro-climates.
Grouping the zones together (a primary zone
with linked zones) and then installing a biSensor
in each of these areas provides customized
water for each of these micro-climates.
Moving the dial to the biSensor Menu position will allow you to assign each of the biSensors to
their corresponding primary zone. This is done in the Assign biSensors sub-menu. Use the + or –
keys to select the serial number of the biSensor and the NEXT/PREV keys to select the associated
primary zone (only primary zones are displayed).
Press ENTR to make the assignment. Continue
with these steps to assign all biSensors to their
primary zones.

Make sure to assign the
right biSensor to its
primary zone. Making a
wrong assignment here
will result it unexpected
and confusing water
behavior.
Once the biSensors have been assigned, return
to the top level menu by pressing the CLR key.
Then select the Configure biSensors menu and
press ENTR to continue programming soil
moisture based watering. The screen to the
right shops the default settings.

New grass should not be
watered with biSensors as
there is not an established
root zone. Change the
Water Strategy to Timed.
There are three basic water strategies, with some variations for each of the biSensor strategies:

Timed – this will run without biSensor control, but will log daily moisture levels.

Lower Limit – watering cycles will be held off until the moisture level drops below the
limit, and then a full water cycle will run.

Upper Limit – water cycles will run on each start time, but the run time will be
adjusted to replenish the moisture to field capacity.