Baseline Systems BaseManager 2.0 User Manual

BaseManager 2.0

Quick Start Guide

June 3, 2014

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Table of Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1

Overview of the BaseManager Quick Start Process ........................................ 1

Step 1 – Install Your Communication Equipment ................................................ 1

Step 2 – Check the Firmware Version on Your Controller ................................... 2

BaseStation 1000 ............................................................................................. 2

BaseStation 3200 ............................................................................................. 2

Step 3 – Connect Your Controller to BaseManager ............................................. 3

BaseStation 1000 ............................................................................................. 3

BaseStation 3200 ............................................................................................. 4

Step 4 – Get the Registration Code from Your Controller ................................... 4

BaseStation 1000 ............................................................................................. 5

BaseStation 3200 ............................................................................................. 5

Step 5 – Call Baseline Support to Set Up Your BaseManager Account ................ 6

Step 6 – Configure Your BaseManager Account .................................................. 6

Appendix .............................................................................................................. 8

Working with the Site Network Administrator ................................................ 8

Ethernet Radio ............................................................................................ 8

Wi-Fi ............................................................................................................ 8

Wi-Fi Settings Worksheet ................................................................................ 9

Connecting Your Controller to a Self-hosted BaseManager Server ............... 10

BaseStation 1000....................................................................................... 10

BaseStation 3200....................................................................................... 10

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BaseManager 2.0 Quick Start Guide

Introduction

BaseManager is a powerful cloud-based central control and remote access platform that allows any
BaseStation 3200™ or BaseStation 1000™ controller to be managed remotely over the Internet.
With BaseManager, you’ll be able to do everything you normally have to do at the controller, from
the convenience of any Internet connected device.

This quick start guide helps you get connected to BaseManager.

In order for a BaseStation irrigation controller to connect to BaseManager, the controller must
have access to the Internet. Every BaseStation 1000 and BaseStation 3200 controller has a built-in
Ethernet port that is Internet ready.

Baseline also supports cell modem, Wi-Fi, or Ethernet radio communication modules that connect
the controller to the Internet.

Overview of the BaseManager Quick Start Process

Step 1 – Install your communication equipment.

Step 2 – Check the firmware version on your controller and update if necessary.

Step 3 – Connect your controller to BaseManager.

Step 4 – Get the registration code from your controller.

Step 5 – Call Baseline Support to set up your BaseManager account.

Step 6 – Configure your BaseManager account.

Step 1 – Install Your Communication Equipment

Using the Baseline installation guide that came with your communication equipment, install,
connect, and configure the equipment. Check the status lights and indicators on your
communication equipment to ensure that it is powered up and appears to be sending and receiving
data.

If you have a cell modem, be sure to complete and submit your Wireless Service Activation Form
that was enclosed with your cell modem communication package. Baseline will not activate your
SIM card until we have received your form with your valid billing information. Be sure to read the
Wireless Service Terms and Conditions on page 2 of the Wireless Service Activation Form.

If the Internet connectivity at the site is not managed by a network administrator, it’s likely that the
communication equipment and irrigation controllers will connect to BaseManager without any
special configuration. However, if your installation site has a managed network, you will need to
work with the network administrator at the site to complete the setup. You might also need to ask
the admin to make some configuration changes that allow the communication to/from your device
to get out to the Internet via the site’s network.

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