Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 - Manual (Page 71)

C h a p t e r 5 – R e f e r e n c e
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Baseline 3200
Self-Test – Zone Test
Doing a zone test will verify communication
between the controller and the valve biCoder,
activate the solenoid and measure the current
and voltage, deactivate the solenoid, and
measure the voltage drop between the
controller and the valve biCoder. The results are
displayed on the screen once the test is
complete – see the sample screen to the right.
In this example, the solenoid is drawing about
0.18 amps and the two-wire voltage loss is 1.4
volts. If this voltage loss increases over time,
then the wire and connections are becoming more resistive and should be checked. When the
voltage loss get above 5 volts then communication problems can occur and steps need to be
taken to find and repair poor connections and degrading wire.
Self-Test – Test biSensor
A soil moisture biSensor test will test the
communication between the controller and the
biSensor and will return the current soil moisture
and soil temperature. A sample screen is shown
to the right. The biSensor reading line has both
the soil moisture percent value, as well as the
raw reading from the bisensor (in parenthesis).
The temperature readin is the soil temperature
from the sensor and is in degrees farenheite.
The two-wire voltage loss is a meaure of the wire
length and quality between the controller and
the bisensor. Voltage drops above 5 volts should
be repaired.
Self-Test – Test All
This operation will test all the devices on the
two-wire and will then display a test summary
screen of the test results, as can be seen in the
sample screen to the right.
If there are errors with the devices, the error
count will be listed for each device type. The
number of each device type is also given in
parenthesis for each line. This test will verify
communication and valve currents, biSensor
readings, and other device readings, but will not
make any repairs.