With the correct materials, you can set up your Baseline irrigation controller to have a connected 110V electrical circuit turn on/off based on the settings in a program.
You could set up this system to control landscape lighting at your site, to operate a pump in a water feature, or to turn electricity on/off at a remote location.
Baseline has tested this system and found it to be reliable with the materials listed below. We cannot guarantee success if you use different materials.
Required Materials
- BaseStation 1000 irrigation controller
- Two-wire path
- Dayton 5X826N relay
- Dayton 5X852N socket
- Baseline 5201 biCoder
Overview of the Steps
Step 1 – Connect the Dayton relay to the socket and install the relay in the area where the electrical circuit is located.
Step 2 – Connect the biCoder to the two-wire path.
Step 3 – Make the electrical connections between the biCoder, the relay, and the electrical circuit.
Step 4 – Program the controller.
Step 1
Installing the Dayton Relay
1. Align the pins on the Dayton relay with the ports on the socket and push the two pieces together securely.
Note
The socket has two banks of screw terminals. The terminals on the side with the red/orange tab are used for power out. The terminals on the other side are for power in and the biCoder wires.
2. Install the relay in a waterproof location where there is access to the electrical circuit that you want to turn on/off.
Step 2
Installing the biCoder
1. Position the biCoder in a location where the red and black wires can be connected to the two-wire and the orange and white wires can be connected to the relay.
Note
You can add two-wire between the biCoder and the two-wire path and up to 250 ft of wire between the biCoder and the relay.
2. Connect the red and black wires to the two-wire. Make all connections with wire nuts, and then replace them with 3M™ DBR/Y-6 or equivalent connectors after the device has been tested.
3. Write down the serial number of the biCoder. You will need it when you program the controller.
Step 3
Connecting the biCoder, the Relay, and the Electrical Circuit
Refer to the schematic below while following the instructions to wire the biCoder, the relay, and the electrical circuit.
1. Connect the orange and white wires from the biCoder to the outer terminals in the bank on the opposite side of the socket from the red/orange tab.
Note
You can add up to 250 ft of wire between the biCoder and the relay.
2. Connect the black and white wires from the incoming electrical circuit to the inner terminals in the bank on the opposite side of the socket from the red/orange tab.
3. Connect the black and white wires for the outgoing electrical circuit to the outer terminals in the bank on the same side of the socket as the red/orange tab.
4. Connect the lighting circuit or other wiring circuit that you want to control to the outgoing wires from the relay.
Step 4
Programming the Controller
Search For and Assign the biCoder
1. On the BaseStation 1000 controller, press the Search & Assign button. The Search & Assign menu displays.
2. If the Zone option is highlighted, press the OK button to select it. If Zone is not highlighted, press the ñ or ò button to highlight it, and then press the OK button. The Zone screen displays.
3. If the Device Assignment option is highlighted, press the OK button to select it. If Device Assignment is not highlighted, press the ñ or ò button to highlight it, and then press the OK button. The Zone Assignment screen displays.
4. When the Search option in the Action column is highlighted, press the OK button to search for biCoders.
When the controller finds the devices, their serial numbers display in the Action column.
5. Press the ñ or ò button to move through the list of devices in the Action column. Highlight the serial number biCoder that is connected to the relay.
6. Press the ð button to move to the Zone column.
7. Press the ñ or ò button to move through the list of zones. Highlight the zone that you want to assign the device to. Remember this number.
8. Press the OK button to select the highlighted zone. The serial number of the device that you selected in the Action column now displays next to the zone number in the Zone column.
Note
After you assign a device to a specific use in the BaseStation 1000 system, the device is automatically enabled.
Set Up the Zone Runtime for the Program
IMPORTANT
This zone must have a runtime in only one program – the program that is dedicated to operating the electrical circuit. It’s best to make this Program 1, so it will run as needed and not be restricted by zone concurrency settings.
1. On the BaseStation 1000 controller, press the Program Setup button. The Program Setup menu displays.
2. If the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen, continue to step 3. Otherwise, press the PRG button until the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Note
To move backwards in the list of programs, press and hold the PRG button, and then press the – button repeatedly.
3. The Zone Runtimes option should be highlighted. If it is not highlighted, press the ñ or ò button to highlight it, and then press the OK button. The Zone Runtimes screen displays. Zones are identified with a sequential number and by the serial number of the attached biCoder.
4. Make sure that the runtimes for all zones except the one that is assigned to the relay are set to zero.
- To move to the hour placeholder, press the ï button.
- To move to the seconds placeholder, press the ð button.
- To change the time, press the + or – button.
Note
To rapidly increase or decrease the value, press and hold the + button or the – button.
5. Set the runtime for the zone that is assigned to the relay for the length of time that you want the electrical circuit to be active.
Set Up the Start Day and Start Times for the Program
1. On the BaseStation 1000 controller, press the Program Setup button. The Program Setup menu displays.
2. If the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen, continue to step 3. Otherwise, press the PRG button until the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Note
To move backwards in the list of programs, press and hold the PRG button, and then press the – button repeatedly.
3. Press the ò button to highlight the Setup Prg. Start option, and then press the OK button. The Setup Prg. Start screen displays the list of start conditions.
4. Press the ò button to highlight the Day & Time Start option, and then press the OK button. A checkmark displays next to the Day & Time Start option.
5. Press the ð button to go to the Day & Time Start menu.
6. Press the ò button to highlight the Set Start Days option, and then press the OK button. The Set Start Days screen displays.
7. Press the ò button to highlight one of the intervals, and then press the OK button.
Note
Refer to the BaseStation 1000 User Manual for a description of the intervals.
8. Press the BACK button to return to the Day & Time Start menu.
9. Press the ò button to highlight the Set Start Times option, and then press the OK button. The Set Start Times screen displays.
Note
Each active program must have at least one start time. Programs that have no start times will not run.
10. Press the ò button to highlight the box for the start time that you want to change.
11. Press the + or – button to change the number in the box.
Note
To rapidly increase or decrease the number, press and hold the + button or the – button.
Set the Concurrent Zones for the Program and the Controller
1. On the BaseStation 1000 controller, press the Program Setup button. The Program Setup menu displays.
2. If the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen, continue to step 3. Otherwise, press the PRG button until the program that you want to modify displays in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Note
To move backwards in the list of programs, press and hold the PRG button, and then press the – button repeatedly.
3. Press the ñ or ò button to highlight the Zones at One Time option, and then press the OK button. The Zones at One Time screen displays.
4. Press the + or – button to change the number in the Max Concurrent field to indicate the maximum number of zones that can run at the same time in this program.
5. Press the ñ or ò button to move to the Max All Programs field.
6. Press the + or – button to change the number in the Max All Programs field to indicate the maximum number of zones that can run at the same time when more than one program is running at once.