Baseline Systems BaseStation 6000 - Manual (Page 59)

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Requirements
• Air temperature sensors are installed in the locations that you need to monitor.
• Air temperature sensors are configured in the BaseStation 6000 system. (Refer to Adding Devices to Manage Start/Stop
Conditions on page 20.)
To configure the settings for temperature sensor readings
1. Before you go to the Start/Stop Conditions tab to begin the configuration, find the serial number of the air temperature
sensor that you added to the system for this purpose. (If you have not added the sensor yet, refer to Adding Devices to
Manage Start/Stop Conditions on page 20.)
a. On the Main Page of the BaseStation 6000 software, click the Remote Base Unit that the sensor is connected to.
b. Click the Config Zone tab.
c. Use the scroll box on the left to move to the Address range between 180 and 199, and then find the sensor that you
configured to manage the start/stop conditions.
d. Write down the Remote Base Unit number and the serial number of the sensor.
2. Click the Information tab to activate the Main Menu.
3. On the Main Menu, click Programs, and then click Start/Stop Conditions. The Set Watering Program Schedule window
opens.
4. Make sure that the Start/Stop Conditions tab is visible.
5. Click the arrow in the Program field, and then click the program that you want to configure air temperature sensors for.
6. In Temperature Sensor group box, refer to the information
that you recorded in Step 1 above, and then type that
information in the Base and Address fields for the air
temperature sensors that you are using the monitor this
location. After the system reads the sensor, the current
data will display in the Description field and in the Curr=C
(Current) field under the Temperature column.
7. In the Limit=L field under the Temperature column, type the limit for the air temperature on this sensor.
8. If you want irrigation to start when…
• The current temperature is less than the limit, select the C < L check box under Start.
• The current temperature is greater than the limit, select the C > L check box under Start.
9. If you want irrigation to stop when…
• The current temperature is less than the limit, select the C < L check box under Stop.
• The current temperature is greater than the limit, select the C > L check box under Stop.
10. If you want irrigation to pause when…
• The current temperature is less than the limit, select the C < L check box under Pause.
• The current temperature is greater than the limit, select the C > L check box under Pause.
11. Click Return/Save.