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    Flow biCoder Installation Guide

    BL-5309 / BL-5308 Flow biCoder

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    Flow biCoder description

    The Baseline Flow biCoder are two-wire decoders that are designed to work with flow sensors and flow meters that produce a pulsed output. The BiCoders transmit the pulse data between the flow device and BaseStation Controller.

    Water Meter & Register Requirements

    • You must use a water meter register that provides at least 10 pulses per gallon. 
      • A “Pulse-Reed Switch” type register does not generate enough pulses per gallon for meaningful flow measurements for many installations. 
      • Netafim three-wire, optically-coupled, register-based water meters will operate across a large range of flow rates and are a good choice where extended range is important. More information at http://www.netafim.com or contact your local distributor.
    • Water meter and register (pipe size and flow rate) must be able to generate at least 100 pulses per minute to have reasonable flow readings, 200 pulses per minute is better.
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    How to install Flow biCoder

    1. Power off the two-wire during the installation of any two-wire device.
    2. Install the Flow biCoder as close to the flow device as possible. Follow the flow meter manufacturer’s specifications for the required straight pipe before and after the flow meter for accurate readings.
    3. Connect the red and black wires from the Flow biCoder to the red and black wires from the two-wire field. 
      1. Be sure to maintain polarity by connecting red to red and black to black. 
      2. All connections on the two-wire must use 3M™ DBR/Y-6 or equivalent moisture-resistant connectors.

    Principle Splicing Techniques

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    1. Depending on the flow device, connect the white/black, yellow, and purple wires from the BL-5309 Flow biCoder to the wires from the flow device. 
      1. All device-side connections must use 3M™ DBR/Y-6 or equivalent moisture connectors.
      2. For flow devices with two wires, see diagram A.
      3. For flow devices with three wires, see diagram B.
    2. Verify communication from the BaseStation to the flow biCoder and complete configuration and setup according to controller's manual. 

    Reference

    For more information, visit our Product Documentation for 2 wire devices. 

    • Installation Guides
      • BL - 5308 (Flow sensor biCoder designed to work with most flow sensors/meters)
      • BL - 5309 (Flow sensor biCoder designed to work with electromagnetic type flow sensors/ meters, or flow meter connected to pump station or systems with multiple flow meters on same circuit)
      • BL- 3200UPG - SF (shared flow biCoder)

    Diagram A. Example Flow devices with two wires

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    Diagram B. Example Flow devices with three wires

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