Baseline AppManager & FlowStation 2.0
- 1. Raising the bar Key flow management updates featuring Baseline technology
- 2. 2 What’s new? • Introducing AppManager! • Baseline’s new digital hydraulic model, PipeView • Key updates for the FlowStation and its new online configuration app • The first hardware product for Baseline’s Control Point technology line
- 3. 3 Why? • Provide an all new experience for water management with an application based user-interface • Make it easy to manage one controller or dozens from a single application • Give users a quick, easy-to-understand view of their entire hydraulic system • Bring a new hardware product to the market that gives unprecedented flow management capabilities and make the product easy to specify, quote, and install
- 4. AppManager
- 5. 5 AppManager is a web-based user interface that allows users to access site management applications using a desktop, tablet, or mobile device.
- 6. 6 All new look and feel for the login page to help differentiate AppManager from BaseManager. Enhanced Username and Password requirements greatly improves site security. For AppManager, a password must be at least 8 characters long, it must contain an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number, and a special character.
- 7. 7 AppManager will populate messages for the entire site to access alerts and site status updates quickly. The user can then easily drill down to a single controller to see all of the messages associated to that specific controller. If a user wants to quickly clear their messages, they can do so with just one button-click.
- 8. 8 Users get access to all of their applications they need to manage their site effectively. Users can access more applications to help them manage passwords, user permissions, online help content, and a quick link to Baseline’s website. Coming soon! A dashboard home page that will roll-up Site-level data and reports.
- 9. 9 Key-selling points: Single login for all apps, site-level access to messages, provides access to Baseline site management apps, choose which apps you want according to your needs. • Contractor – Log into AppManager to choose the site management applications you need to keep your clients happy. • Specifier – AppManager is an online framework that hosts a growing library of specifiable Baseline site management applications. • Distributor – AppManager is a web-based interface your customers can log into for quick and easy access to site management applications. • Site Manager – Log into one online framework and get access to several applications that make managing your site easier and more efficient. • Existing User – AppManager is a new interface for you to log into to easily access BaseManager and other brand new site management applications.
- 10. PipeView
- 11. 11 PipeView is a digital model of a site’s hydraulic structure that shows the real-time status of water allocation from a water source to a control point to a mainline and finally to individual zones.
- 12. 12 PipeView shows the allocation of water, in real-time, for single controller configurations or for shared flow configurations involving up to 20 controllers. Each box represents a different component of the hydraulic structure. Each box shows the description of the hydraulic component and its status in real-time. Hydraulic structure Water Source: This is where the water comes from that supplies the system with water. Control Point: This allows water into the system and monitors the flow and records the pressure. A control point can include one or all of the following: Pump, Master valve, Flow sensor, Pressure sensor Mainline: This distributes the water across a site. A mainline can connect to the following: a control point, another mainline, or a zone Zone: This is where water leaves the system to supply a specific area on the site with water.
- 13. 13 When a user clicks or touches a box in the hydraulic structure, a slide-out screen will activate to display content specific to that hydraulic component. When a hydraulic component is selected, the box will become highlighted so the user can easily reference which component they have selected. Water Source: This screen will display messages, budget information, and general information. Control Point: This screen will display messages, flow graphs for usage and rate, pressure graphs for PSI, and general information. Mainline: This screen will display messages and general information. Zone: This screen will display messages and general information.
- 14. 14 New flow graph! • Flow will now be represented using a tachometer-style graph. • The graph will adjust its value according to how the user has configured their GPM values. • When the Control Point is active, the graph will show “High Flow.” When the Control Point is not active, the graph will show “Unscheduled Flow.”
- 15. 15 When the slide out screen is activated for a hydraulic component, users can access the settings specific to that component. Users can view the settings for reference and they can edit the settings to refine the performance or behavior that component.
- 16. 16 Key-selling points: Real-time digital model of a hydraulic structure, real-time color-coded statuses for quick status updates, real-time display showing the allocation of water through the hydraulic structure, dynamic graphs show real-time flow status, usage, and water budgets. • Contractor – PipeView gives you a quick and easy to understand status update of where water is flowing at your site which means you get more control for optimal water management. • Specifier – PipeView provides end-users with real-time flow data and shows the distribution of water from the designated water source to the control point through mainlines and down to individual zones giving them more insight into their system than ever before. • Distributor – Your customers will be awestruck by PipeView’s real-time display of how water moves through their irrigation system from the water source all the way down to individual zones which means increased efficiency and control. • Site Manager – You will have more control and insight into the allocation of water at your site than ever before using PipeView’s real-time display of water allocation and flow graphs. • Existing User – Baseline gives you even more control over your site with a real-time view of how water is allocated from the water source to individual zones that includes minute-by-minute flow data.
- 17. FlowStation App
- 18. 18 The FlowStation application allows FlowStation users to remotely configure and manage their shared-flow resources from a desktop, tablet, or mobile device
- 19. 19 The FlowStation app will allow users to see the FlowStations they have within their company and the controllers that are assigned to their FlowStations. Users can drill into an individual FlowStation to view general information such as the description, MAC address, and IP address. A single FlowStation will support up to 20 BaseStation 3200 controllers for massive shared-flow configurations.
- 20. 20 The FlowStation hydraulic structure supports: Water Sources = up to 20 Control Points = up to 20 Mainlines = up to 40 Users can make the following assignments: Water Source > Control Point (up to 8) Control Point > Mainline Mainline > Mainline Mainline > Control Point This configuration architecture supports true sub- metering for flow management and complex site configurations.
- 21. Water Source – City Main Example Hydraulic Structure Sub-mainlines can now be designed as Control Points downstream of the Water Source. This facilitates better water monitoring and management when pipe downsizing is utilized to optimize system hydraulics. Zones can now be connected to different mainlines but be scheduled in the same program. The FlowStation knows which Control Points to activate to provide water to the zones that are operating in that program. 6” 480 GPM 4” 140 GPM Mainline 1 2” 52 GPM Mainline 2 = low flow drip zone = high flow rotor zone 1 2 21 42 5 WS MV FS PS Control Point Master Valve Flow Sensor Pressure Sensor
- 22. 22 Users can select an individual component of the hydraulic structure to view and edit the settings specific to that component.
- 23. 23 From the FlowStation app, users can review all controllers assigned to their FlowStation and the real-time status of the hydraulic components shared with the FlowStation.
- 24. 24 Users can create a Control Point Group to leverage flow optimization features. A Control Point Group informs the FlowStation that multiple control points are associated with one another. When a downstream zone requests water from a Control Point Group, the FlowStation will note the GPM requirements of the zone and then activate the smallest control point in the group. This ensures optimal flow resolution for flow monitoring and reporting.
- 25. 25 Key-selling points: Remote configuration for FlowStations, simple and easy to use interface, makes a very complex process easier to understand, new “Control Point Group” feature. • Contractor – Save a ton of time and effort by managing your FlowStation from your laptop or phone with the FlowStation app. • Specifier – Design utilizing shared water sources distributed across multiple controllers. • Distributor – FlowStations are now easier to manage than ever and can be programmed remotely with the FlowStation app saving your customers time and money. • Site Manager – Shared flow management is made easier with Baseline’s FlowStation app that brings the FlowStation online. • Existing User – Manage your FlowStation online using the FlowStation app and take advantage of new features like Control Point Groups.
- 26. ControlPoint-PFS
- 27. 27 The ControlPoint-PFS is a factory assembled product that provides optimized flow management in real-time using a master valve, a flow sensor, and a pressure sensor working together
- 28. 28 All connection points are solvent welded using industry best practices
- 29. 29 The ControlPoint-PFS gives the users a ton of real-time flow management capabilities all rolled into a single, easy to install product: • Capture flow rate and usage • Set high flow and low flow alerts • Capture PSI readings • Set high pressure and low pressure alerts • Shutdown master valve for high flow, low flow, high pressure, or low pressure events • Program operational delays based on pressure • Program shutdowns based on usage and budgets • Monitor, in real-time, for leaks or mainline breaks
- 30. 30 Key-selling points: Turnkey solution for optimized flow management, comes fully assembled for easy installation, requires only one connection to the two- wire path for quick installation, unit assembled in factory ensures high quality, single part number makes it easy for specification • Contractor – The ControlPoint-PFS from Baseline brings optimized flow management to any sight in a pre- assembled unit that can be installed quickly and easily. • Specifier – Lock your spec with the ControlPoint-PFS which is the only flow management product using two-wire technology with pressure regulation, flow monitoring, flow management, and flow stabilization all in one pre- assembled unit. • Distributor – Pull-in more customers with something they can’t get anywhere else: the ControlPoint-PFS which is an easy to install, fully-assembled flow optimization product. • Site Manager – You get immediate, real-time flow management and data with a high-quality, factory assembled product that’s easy to install. • Existing User – Upgrade your flow management capabilities quickly, easily, and efficiently with the ControlPoint- PFS from Baseline which is a factory assembled product, built to specification, that includes a mastervalve biCoder, a flow sensor and biCoder, and a pressure sensor and biCoder.
- 31. 31 FAQs • Will www.basemanager.net go away? • Nope! Not in the immediate future. To help mitigate a jarring experience, we will continue to support both URLs so users can transition over to AppManager at their own pace. • AppManager doesn’t have a dashboard or anything, why? • It’s coming this fall! To help inform how to construct the dashboard, in terms of content and code architecture, we had to create a few Apps first. • How much does PipeView cost? • Nothing…it’s included with the BaseManager subscription. We are researching an effective price increase that, if warranted, will be implemented Jan. 1, 2019. • Will my BaseStation 1000 show up in PipeView? • Not at this time. Because it uses a different flow architecture, PipeView will not generate a digital hydraulic model for BL-1000 users.
- 32. 32 FAQs • Will the ControlPoint-PFS work with the BaseStation 1000? • Again, no. Because the BL-1000 cannot read pressure, it cannot support the ControlPoint-PFS. • How does AppManager get its data? Is it different than BaseManager? • It works just the same as BaseManager. All data from our controllers go to the Baseline Server. We always called it the BaseManager server because that was the only product it really supported. So data from the controllers go to the Baseline Server and then AppManager, BaseManager, PipeView, and the FlowStation app pull whatever information they need from the server. • Will PipeView work with BaseStation 3200 controllers that have old firmware? • Nope. All of the new products, PipeView, FlowStation app, and ControlPoints will require users to have BaseStation 3200 controllers updated with 16.1 firmware or higher (16.3 is highly recommended.) • If a user does not have a FlowStation will they still see the FlowStation app? • No…the FlowStation app will appear only when a user has subscribed and paid for the app.
- 33. 33 FAQs • Do 3200’s still require the shared-flow biCoder to work with the FlowStation. • Nope…it will all connect and communicate without the need for the biCoder. • Can the FlowStation do manual zone operations without turning off other zones? • Yes…this has been updated! The FlowStation will allow zones that are watering to continue to water even when a manual operation is requested. • When will the V16.3 code be available? • We will publish the V16.3 code to the website Tuesday, Aug. 7 along with the other content. We will include a note in all out-bound communications that the updated code is available. • If I change my AppManager password does my BaseManager password also change? • Yes…the server will recognize your username for both applications and reference the same password for both.
- 34. 34 The following documents have been created and/or updated to provide customers with the information necessary to effectively use the new products: Supporting Documentation • PipeView • ControlPoint-PFS • BaseManager • FlowStation Brochures • Central Control product • Stand Alone Server • FlowStation • ControlPoint-PFS Specification Docs • Network overview for IT administrators • FlowStation V1>V2 differences • FlowStation Configuration Guide • Stand Alone Server Support Agreement Support Docs • BaseStation 3200 • FlowStation User Manuals • BaseManager • PipeView • FlowStation App (in progress) • AppManager (in progress) Online Help • New Baseline Apps page • New ControlPoints page • New Stand Alone Server page Website
- 35. 35 Release Schedule August 7: Newsletters • Distribution • Contractors • Specifiers • Existing Customers August 7: Website Updates • New Product Pages • All Product Documentation • Links and SEO August 7: Addendum Price • New Price List Circulated throughout distribution channel August 15: Webinar • Host all audiences for a 30 minute webinar to discuss new products and solutions August 15: Press Release • Circulate and publish press release for Baseline’s newest solutions for Flow Management
- 36. 36 Pricing – Contractor List FREE! FREE! 1” = $1,266 1.5” = $1,278 2” = $1,290 $1,500 per year