Recent content by uh2

I couldn't figure it out, so I placed a ticket with their support. So far..silence.   Zaphod, what you describe is what I did to check the weather in 'my' python script. I say 'my' because I used someone else's code and modified it to handle the IC commands, and to email me when it decides to...

I'm aware of OpenSprinkler... I may have even mentioned it previously... But I already had the IC once I found out about it. I haven't pursued it because I'm trying to keep costs at a minimum right now until I can determine how far I want to go with this. I also haven't tried to change thr...

I can already see this is going to suck up all my time and money.   I'm ok with that.

  Yeah, I'm trying to maximize what capabilities I have with the IC for now. At some point in the future I may do what you suggested, but for right now since I'm just getting started, I'm going to get my feet wet with the IC.   Update: I've got a python script running in Mint Linux that checks...

 I don't want to wire it in series with the valve because I will lose the ability to remotely monitor the sensor state on the controller. The controller won't know that the moisture sensor has cut current to the valve. It will continue on it's merry way thinking the valve is operating, and I...

I've got a question.....   My rain sensor, Irrigation Caddy and the Toro Soil Sensor (still in the box) can all be used in a normally open or closed configuration. Right now, it's in NC(normally closed). Now, since an NC circuit is always in use (hot), piggy backing two different sensors on the...

  Even though the crypto makes our lives harder (trying to reverse engineer it), it would be a bad design practice to not secure the transmission. Maybe it's in the clear now, I don't know...but with something like this that has to opportunity to waste your money (false no moisture readings and...

It looks like the rain sensor I have is the previous generation? It doesn't work with the EVO-SC. I just bought the dang thing too, I wish I had realized this before I pulled the trigger.   It also appears the EVO-SC is only used with a Toro controller, which means it's not going to work for me. 

I'll take a look at that controller you linked to. It sounds like it would solve my problem for the most part. Right now I'd be happy just to trip the rain sensor detection, but I know access to the raw data from the sensors would be much useful. But do I have time to mess with that and is it...

Well, I haven't taken the Toro out of the box because after doing some more research, I'm wondering if it's worth it or if I need to change my approach. I have a Toro wireless rain sensor that occupies my rain sensor port in my controller. Initially I thought I could just piggyback the xtra...

  Jim, I plan on collecting everything and sharing it tonight. My problem is as soon as I found anything remotely interesting I bookmarked it, so now I have a ton of bookmarks to sift through and decide whether it was worth keeping. I'm like you, I can hack up other people's code but I don't...

Sounds like a plan. Are you using multiple controllers or are you connecting these sensors to a single controller? I plan on installing mine tomorrow evening.

  The Toro XTRA SMART. We'll see how smart it is....the reviews are mixed. It appeared to be discontinued, so I decided to snatch one up before they disappeared.   One thing I didn't think of was using a RasberryPi for botht he controller and weather delays. I wish I had thought of that before I...

I've been working on and off for a few days on this. I've made a little progress, but not much. Jim, the NOAA would work for someone else, but not for me as my city isn't listed. I've run into that on another site. Weather Underground has a few weather stations near me, so it's probably a tad...

      I'm going to keep this in mind when I get it running. It will be a 'Phase 2' implementation.     I stumbled on Misterhouse today and found some scripts that dealt with sprinkler control and one that dealt with control AND weather querying. I didn't get very far with any of them. I did find...