Baseline Systems BaseStation 3200 V12 - Manual (Page 35)

BaseStation 3200 Advanced Irrigation Controller Manual
5 – Configuring Devices
After you have finished connecting all your devices, you need to have the controller find those
devices so you can assign them.
The devices that you can attach to the BaseStation 3200 have serial numbers. The controller
identifies an attached device by its serial number. After you have searched for the attached
devices, you can assign each serial number to a specific purpose in the controller. For example, you
assign a valve biCoder’s serial number to the number or address of the zone that the valve waters.
The BaseStation 3200 controller accommodates up to 200 zones, and those zones are identified in
the controller with numbers 1 to 200. These numbers are also referred to as “addresses” because
they tell the controller where a specific device “lives.”
Searching For and Configuring Zone biCoders
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 biCoders and
other two-wire devices directly to the two-wire path:
• Valve biCoders (decoders)
• biSensors (soil moisture sensors)
• Event biCoders and air temperature sensors
• Pump start devices and master valves
• Flow meters
Searching For biCoders (including Powered biCoders)
1. Turn the dial to the Assign position.
2. Press the + or – button to select Search in the Assign
screen.
3. Press the Enter button to search for biCoders. The search
may take several minutes to complete. You will see a
status screen like the one shown here while the search is
in progress.
The display shows the number of devices found and the
number of ports or addresses available.
Note: To cancel a search in progress, press the Back
button.
4. Continue to the procedure for assigning the biCoders to zones on page 30.
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