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Lots going on at the house this summer… landscaping is finally underway. When the house was being built I focused on all the interior automation but also ran as much cabling outside. I’m happy to report that I ran enough conduit under driveways and walkways and wire to satisfy all my needs. Landscape lighting and irrigation requires a lot of wiring especially if you want it to integrate nicely with your home automation system (HAI OmniPro II).
Because I don’t want another controller, I’m staying away from the standard sprinkler system controllers and going with the Rain8net by WGL Designs. This device interfaces your irrigation valves with your OmniPro II so you can easily control the irrigation system via programs. There is also an optional rain sensor that plugs into the Rain8 to keep you from looking like an idiot.
Best part is that is costs the same as a mid-high-end programable 8-zone sprinkler controller… about $100.
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Danny,
Since you are already showing weather on Myro you should work out a program that looks at the weather forecast and decides whether or not to turn the sprinkler on.
I don't know the programing behind it but if the forecast called for rain but it ended up not raining just have the sprinklers go on after a certain time period. If it starts to rain while watering have it shut off the sprinkler system.
I don't know if it does that already but just more thoughts I had.
Thanks for reading,
David
Danny,
Since you are already showing weather on Myro you should work out a program that looks at the weather forecast and decides whether or not to turn the sprinkler on.
I don't know the programing behind it but if the forecast called for rain but it ended up not raining just have the sprinklers go on after a certain time period. If it starts to rain while watering have it shut off the sprinkler system.
I don't know if it does that already but just more thoughts I had.
Thanks for reading,
David
David,
I've got some plans for triggering events based on weather, power usage, even stocks... there will be some of that in future versions of Myro. The version that will be released first is the "entry" basic version with Home/Luxe versions coming in the future... still defining this.
Thanks for the ideas!!!
Danny
David,
I've got some plans for triggering events based on weather, power usage, even stocks... there will be some of that in future versions of Myro. The version that will be released first is the "entry" basic version with Home/Luxe versions coming in the future... still defining this.
Thanks for the ideas!!!
Danny