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1. Zone 6 Show Inactive mnes Swipe with your finger to the left and there is a band with 12 cards each card corresponding to a zone Note By default all zones are named with the word Zone x followed by the corresponding valve number see 1 2 Electrical Tap on any of the zone card to edit zone properties 13 P ea fone 3 Summary Active E Name Zone 3 j vegetation type Other RUH Rae Forecast data Historical averages Active Inactive Zones all the watering zones are active by default Mark them Inactive if you want to disable a specific zone This feature allows you to temporarily suspend watering on a zone without reprogramming all your watering schedules Tap Name button and give each zone a friendly name easy to remember Examples Front Yard Lawn Rose Bushes and My Tomatoes Tap Vegetation and choose each zone s vegetation type from a list containing following types Lawn Fruit trees Flowers Vegetables Trees and Bushes Choose Other if the vegetation type in your zone it s not on this list Forecast data enables or disables your RainMachine ability to auto adjust watering duration for this zone according with weather forecast Historical averages allows the RainMachine to adjust watering time based on historical daily averages for your area Run Now allows you to start watering this specific zone Master Valve Only Zone 1 can be programmed as
2. yy Starting a zone while another one is running it will automatically place the respective zone in Pending mode until the active zone finishes watering or it is cancelled Anytime you want to cancel stop all the manual watering activities tap the STOP ALL button 3 4 Settings screen A Tapping this button will open the Settings application screen Settings Om oo co x A PROGRAMS ZONES WEATHER RESTRICTIONS SYSTEM Note This button will start flashing if something it s not correctly set up in the RainMachine settings i e the Wi Fi connection it s not active or incorrectly setup 3 4 1 Programs Tapping the PROGRAMS card it will open the Program List Program Liat he inactive ln daily add new i200 program Siow inatia Tap a Program card to change its properties Tapping Add New Program card to add a new program and the Program Summary screen will open Note There is no limit of the number of programs you can Set F ed Program 1 summary AOte 7 Runs dally at 06 00 am x DELETE mM Tones Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 RUN KO Cyde amp Soak Station Delay Active Inactive Use this feature to enable or disable a Program 10 Example If you have a veggie garden on zone 6 and you want to water that only from April to September you can define a special program for that and mark it Active in April when you plant your vegetab
3. Master Valve Use it only if your irrigation system has a master valve and connect the master valve to terminal 1 14 P ea P Zone 1 Summary Active a E Name Zone 1 aa WAVE j vegetation type Other Forecast data Historical averages Master Valve can be programmed to open before your program starts pre open and to stay open after your program finishes post open Note If you define Zone 1 as Master Valve you would not be able to assign this zone to a program or to manually start this valve 3 4 3 Weather Weather 4 HI LO RAIN TEMPS SENSITIVITY 3 4 3 1 Hi Lo Temps Go to the Settings screen and tap the Hi Lo Temps card Hi Lo Temperature Control screen will open 15 Hi Lo Temperature Control Extra watering for hot days recommended No watering under 0 F Extra watering for hot days recommended enables RainMachine to add extra watering time based on ET algorithm Maximum allowable increase is 200 However in most situations the extra watering amount actually needed is in the the range of 10 30 No watering Under The RainMachine will not start any program if the forecasted minimum temperature goes below this level 3 4 3 2 Rain Sensitivity g A 00 54 D Defaults Rain Sensitivity EE 0 B 100 A tO my Field Capacity My SO can store wati tO ni day or ant Z ETE Rain Sensitivity allows for an arbitrary attenuation of th
4. of the color LCD screen Help this button will open a contextual Help screen P Help Program Summary Frequency and Start Time Programs or watering cycles are defined by frequency how often to water and start time when to water fh Assigned Zones Each program must have at least one zone assigned what BAR Zones zonet zone ee Pree duration how much to water ee Water Now tapping this button it will open the manual watering application screen Note The Water Now button will start flashing when a watering activity it s taking place i e program starts manual watering is set Tap this button and it will open the Settings application screen S Back tapping this button it will go back to the previews application screen th Home tapping this button it will always open the Home application screen 3 1 Home screen From top to bottom e Top screen 5 weather forecast days starting from TODAY showing the average High and Low temperatures e Middle screen in percent average water that could be consumed for each day e Bottom screen Last weather update status for the setup location and NOAA status NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Note Until the connection is established and weather data is successfully downloaded from NOAA servers the NOAA logo will show in red color It might take up to 1 hour to synchronize with the NO
5. 158 Rainmachine 192 168 12 174 Add new device Version 2 3 Devices 4 2 2 Add a new device e Press the Add new device button e Enter the RainMachine device Name optional i e MyRainMachine and URL or IP address i e 201 68 0 102 and then tap Save button 23 eee0 orange 10 49 lt Back Add New Device Name optional URL or IP address Save QUWFTETRETIY FUEL TOUR Note Default port is TCP 443 or TCP 18443 If you need to specify another port enter address in this format address port example 201 68 0 12 8080 e When you are away from home you must configure your home Wi Fi router to give you access to your RainMachine via Port Forwarding see below 4 2 3 Port Forwarding optional To make your home RainMachine accessible through the Internet you must configure your router using port forwarding Quick note for tech savvy users all you need is to forward public port 443 default or 18443 to your Rainmachine s local_address 443 or local_address 18443 eg 192 168 12 142 443 You can find more info and port forwarding tutorials on portforward com 1 Find your external public IP address also called WAN IP address by connecting to your WIFI router and navigate to Internet or WAN section depending on your router model You can double check that by opening a browser and your computer and navigate to 24 http www whatismyip com Note In our example the publ
6. 22F 0 to 50 C 1 2 Electrical e Remove the white plastic terminals lid by pressing on the 2 edge dimples white pulling up the tabs below them e Connect your valve wires to the green terminals labeled 1 through 12 e You can control up to 12 valves with one RainMachine unit C is Common terminal all valves share 2 common terminals labeled C The common terminals are electrically connected together One or both Commons can be used Note OK to use only one Common terminal either one for all 12 valves as the two Common terminals are internally and electrically connected together 1 3 Power up e Replace terminal white terminal lid e Connect the 24VAC power cables to the terminals marked 24VAC e Plug transformer included in the package into AC wall socket e System will boot 1 2 minutes and launch the setup wizard 1 4 Setup The setup wizard will walk you through the basic RainMachine information such as machine name Wi Fi connection and location information Note In order to complete the setup you need a working Internet connection and Wi Fi After you completed the setup wizard you need to add watering Programs and edit Zone Properties Congratulations Your unit is up and running 2 HOW IT WORKS An irrigation controller is a device to operate automatic irrigation systems such as lawn sprinkler Controllers have means of setting the frequency of irrigation the start time and the duratio
7. 3 Days On Roses Delay between zones i 0 min Rain Delay WATERING TIME DEVICE SETTINGS Add New Program Vegetables 0 min Units Dat Roses 5 min ate Time Trees 0 min Security Back Yard Lawn 0 min About Front Porch Berries 0 min A A A Settings Settings Settings 30 RainMachine User Manual To delete a program go to Settings gt Programs Tap on Edit upper right text button and choose what program to delete tap on the red circle and then the Delete delete button and the program will be erased from Programs list You can edit a program by simply taping it in Programs list Modify the options and tap on Save red text button Programs can also be activated or deactivated from Programs list Tap on a program and choose Active ON OFF switch option 4 7 Zones e You can edit a zone by selecting Settings gt Zones section For each zone you can change the name active state vegetation turn ON OFF forecast data and historical averages options When finished tap the Save text button to save the changes made e0ee0 orange 88 MH HH eeeec orange gt 10 57 88 EEE lt Back lt Back Vegetables ei 1 E Discard Save Vegetables ZONE 2 NAME Vegetables Vegetables Roses Flowers Trees Act ive q rees amp bushes Back Yard Lawn Vegetation Type Vegetables Front Porch Berries Otner ss amp bushes Historical Averages Forecast Data Bushes right neighbour Ti ee Tulips Rows A A Settings S
8. AA servers If for any reason RainMachine does not have internet connection and the link with NOAA servers could not be established the NOAA logo on the screen will turn red 65 Bo 78 Last weather update 7 30am May 16 from SAN JOSE California 3 2 Statistics Screens Tapping anywhere on the Home screen it will open the 30 days average water consumption Taping again on this screen it will show 1 year statistics To return to the Home screen tap again on the graph eter Tiig Ti Apr T Miy Cette oy 11 ar Tih Water 20 days watering history Teme On the right side of the screen you will see an index with the average water consumption for the specific period in this example it is 74 3 3 Water Now Screen ee Tapping this button will open the Manual Watering screen This action allows you to start watering on one or more zones Note If Zone 1 is set as Master Valve it will not show up in the manual watering zone list Only Zone 1 can be set as Master Valve from the Zone 1 properties screen Tap the zone card you want to water and then set the watering time in minutes by tapping or The valve associated with the zone will start watering Cancel anytime this action by taping Cancel T hay aco N ST Al 2 3 O e 03 00 04 00 02 00 h Cancel Pending Pending Us trees Bushes Vegetables Roses ck yard front lawn front yard on the front
9. E card to view if there are any software updates or to Restore to defaults the entire system Restore to defaults will permanently erase all saved settings including watering Programs 21 4 SMARTPHONE APP This section will show you how to connect your RainMachine to your Apple Android smartphone tablets and how the application works Note The following steps are the same on each mobile platform 4 1 Installing mobile app Step 1 On your device open the App Store Google Play app Search for the rainmachine word You should find the RainMachine mobile application Step 2 Download and Install the application 4 2 Connecting to the RainMachine e Open the newly installed RainMachine app in our example showing the iOS 7 RainMachine application version 2 3 e The application will open in Devices screen and automatically will start searching for local devices To refresh the list tap the refresh upper left arrow button To edit the list delete the manually added devices tap the upper right Edit text button The local network devices cannot be deleted from the list 22 La If AGIO U SCl Vidi l d 4 2 1 Discovered devices e A list with local network RainMachine devices will be displayed e In this example Office is the name and 192 168 12 142 is the Local Network IP Address of the first RainMachine device eeeceee orange 11 03 G Devices Office 192 168 12 142 Rainmachine 192 168 12
10. FAT IAUI HIS U Sel VidiIIUd RainMachine The Forecast Sprinkler USER MANUAL v 1 6h RainMachine User Manual 1 INSTALLATION 1 1 Fastening unit 1 2 Electrical 1 3 Power up 1 4 Setup 2 HOW IT WORKS 2 1 Base Watering Duration 2 2 Protecting your plants Hi and Low temperatures 2 3 Missing Internet weather data 3 USER INTERFACE 3 1 Home screen 3 2 Statistics Screens 3 3 Water Now Screen 3 4 Settings screen 3 5 System Settings screen 4 SMARTPHONE APP 4 1 Installing mobile app 4 2 Connecting to the RainMachine 4 3 Login 4 4 How the application works 4 5 Zones Manual watering 4 6 Programs 4 Zones 4 8 Rain Delay 4 9 security 4 10 Date Time 4 11 Units 5 Specification 5 1 Controller features 5 2 Programming features 5 3 Zones features 9 4 Mechanical specs 5 5 Electrical specs 5 6 Warranty 6 Appendix 1 6 1 Evapotranspiration ET 6 2 Quantitative Precipitation Forecast QPF 6 3 Crop Coefficient Kc 6 4 The RainMachine Algorithm RainMachine User Manual 1 INSTALLATION 1 1 Fastening unit e Place the RainMachine controller close to an electrical outlet We recommend placing it indoors i e garage e The quick install guide is also a fastening template Place the provided template on the wall Mark and drill through the holes labeled DRILL HERE e Using provided screws fasten the unit to the wall e Indoor operating temperature range 32F to 1
11. ONTHS 3 4 4 1 Rain Delay Rain Delay delays all watering activities for a number of days When the system is in Rain Delay mode all watering cycles are suspended for a set number of days or until you manually Resume normal operation Turn Off disables all watering activities until you manually turn it back on Unlike Rain Delay Turn Off is a permanent action 18 3 4 4 2 No watering months No watering months January February April May June July August September October November December No watering months Allows you to suspend all watering activities for specific months of the year Note The features in this screen do not protect your pipes or other irrigation system components against freeze If you live in an area with freezing conditions please winterize your system when necessary 3 5 System Settings screen In the Settings screen tap the last card System Advanced Settings A LOCATION PASSWORD DISPLAY UPDATES tf 19 3 5 1 WI FI Tap WI FI card to change your network settings It will open the list of available Wi Fi networks Search for your network name SSID and tap on that card You ll be asked to enter your network password enter it and then tap Connect If your network is not password protected it will automatically attempt to connect At the end of the list there are two special cards Add network and Static IP Use them
12. atered you can put them in pending by tapping the switches To stop the watering select the zone and click on Stop or tap the ON OFF switch To stop all watering tap the upper left side Stop All text button 29 RainMachine User Manual 4 6 Programs The application allows you to organize your zones into programs or to delay watering activities Go to Settings section and click on Programs to create start edit or discard programs To add a new program o Goto Settings gt Programs and click on Add New Program To setthe same number of minutes for all zones to be watered or select a different value for each zone m To delay the watering of the zones inside a program with n minutes choose Delay between zones option m From Cycle amp Soak option you can set the number of minutes for water cycles and soak This option divides each zone into a number of parts equal to water cycles and delays every part with the number of minutes equal to soak o Rename the program and tap on Save red text button The newly created program will now be displayed in Programs list Also to discard all changes tap on Discard text button o Tapping Start text button will automatically start the program you created eee0 orange 87 Mm HE eeeec orange F 11 03 87 ME HE eeeeo orange F 11 02 87 E Back Programs Edit Back Program lt Discard Save Start Programs Water daily Cycle amp Soak Zones 3 cycles 1 min soak Every
13. ational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http www noaa gov Note Unlike other smart sprinkler controllers RainMachine uses free weather data from NOAA s National Weather Service a governmental agency paid from your tax dollars You will never pay fees for accessing weather data 6 2 Quantitative Precipitation Forecast QPF After estimating the water loss RainMachine takes into account the estimated amount of rain with spatial resolution of 5 km QPF is the expected amount of melted precipitation accumulated over a specified time period over a certain area To learn more about QPF please refer to http www hpc ncep noaa gov qpf gpf2 shtml Note QPF becomes better as we approach the event e g the rainfall Better results on saving water can be obtained if your program frequency is less than 3 days 35 6 3 Crop Coefficient Kc Each zone has its own water requirements Depending on vegetation type RainMachine adjust the ET values using a crop coefficient abbreviated Kc Navigate to Settings Zones to set the vegetation type for each zone That will improve both the health of your plants and the amount of water saved 6 4 The RainMachine Algorithm The user is required to set the Base Watering Duration for each zone as required in a normal summer day and RainMachine takes it from there adjusting watering time based on estimated ET QPF and Kc The RainMachine has an internal database with average ET on y
14. culations based on your vegetation type Lawn Bushes Flowers Vegetables Citrus etc and feedback from meteorological data such as e Forecasted Temperature from National Weather Service e Quantitative Precipitation Forecast from NOAA s National Weather Service e Solar Radial Levels adjusted to Earth s rotation and inclination during the year Note See Appendix 1 for a detailed explanation of the Evapotranspiration ET Quantitative Precipitation Forecast QPF algorithms 2 2 Protecting your plants Hi and Low temperatures While saving water is one of the RainMachine s main goals growing a healthy lawn or garden is equally important RainMachine protects your plants against extreme weather conditions like freezing temperatures or unusually hot days Navigate to Setting gt Hi Lo Temps and you can instruct the RainMachine to avoid watering when the minimum temperature drops below a certain level or to add more water in extreme hot conditions In addition you can select individual months of the year when the controller prevents starting of any watering cycle Note By setting up freeze protect you instruct RainMachine to not start watering cycles under a specified temperature or on specific months That does not protect your pipes or other parts of the system against freezing If you live in a zone where freezing occurs please winterize your system 2 3 Missing Internet weather data The RainMachine can properly work e
15. e forecasted rainfall amount As a result particularities such as non uniformity runoff or overall rain forecasting confidence can be adjusted Considering only 80 of the rainfall amount is a conservative approach that will cover most situations Decreasing rain sensitivity will increase the amount of irrigation water used because a lower amount of rain water would be considered in the algorithm In an ideal world rain sensitivity should be 100 16 Field Capacity is a measure of the amount of rainfall that your soil can store in the root area of the plants An easy way to understand this parameter is to think of how many regular summer days you would not water after a heavy rain Default is set to 2 days Colder climates can set to 3 or 4 days Remember this threshold 2 days 3 days etc occurs only when heavy rain 0 25 inch or greater accumulates in the ground Modify this number only if you think that your RainMachine is over watering after heavy rains Note During summer and if heavy enough rains are present RainMachine will skip watering up to the number of days you setup example 2 days During spring fall or winter RainMachine will automatically extend this number based on EvapoTranspiration calculations colder more skipped days Example If field capacity is set to 2 days in a cold time of the year this will be automatically extended to 3 or more days 17 3 4 4 Restrictions Restrictions a 2 RAIN DELAY M
16. ettings 31 RainMachine User Manual 4 8 Rain Delay e The application allows you to delay all your watering activities From Settings gt Rain Delay section select the number of days and tap on Save button eeee0 orange 87 fi eee0 orange 10 59 87 i eeee0 orange 13 01 79 E lt Back Rain Delay lt Back Rain Delay Programs Zones 1 DEVICE SETTINGS Units Date 59 minutes Time About Settings Settings Settings 4 9 Security e Change device password Access Password section enter old and new password and click on Save button 4 10 Date Time e Date and time settings can be changed from Settings gt Date Time section 4 11 Units e You can also select the units for the temperature values displayed in Stats screen You can do this by accessing Settings gt Units section 32 5 Specification 5 1 Controller features PA 23 5 4 oak Weather aware ET controller Wi Fi web based controller 12 zones master valve Location based weather data NOAA 6 5 glass capacitive touch screen iPhone and Android apps Automatic or Manual Rain Delay Freeze Control Hot Weather Compensation ET based ET Evapotranspiration controller Indoor use only Programming features Unlimited Programs Programmable Station Delay Multiple Cycle and Soak timers Active Inactive Programs Daily Odd Even specific week days Zones features Master valve pre and post delay Edi
17. ic IP address WAN IP address would be 201 68 0 102 2 Find the RainMachine s local IP address by going to the RainMachine Settings gt Advanced gt WIFI The first line in this screen contains the IP address of your device Note In our example local IP address is 192 168 12 142 3 Login into your WIFI router and configure TCP port forwarding Protocol TCP Source Port 443 or 18443 Destination port 443 or 18443 Destination IP RainMachine s IP address example 192 168 12 142 4 Go to your SmartPhone App and add a new device by clicking on Add new device button Important Note for Airport Users Do not set up your Rainmachine in the Airport s Guest Network as you will have a difficult time accessing the device from your local LAN as well as from the Outside world The Guest network can be opened for guests only and by definition cannot access the internal hosts and vice versa 25 4 3 Login After connecting a RainMachine device to your mobile the login screen will be displayed Enter the credentials for username and password and click on Login Default username and password are admin and respectively admin Check the Remember me checkbox if you want your login and password credentials to be remembered by the mobile application eeeee orange 11 18 https 192 168 12 142 admin Remember Me QUWFETRETIY FUEL FOEP A S DF GH J KL 4 4 How the application works e Up
18. if you manually want to add special networks or to manually allocate an IP address 3 5 2 Location Location screen allows you to change your RainMachine s name to set up Units Celsius Fahrenheit to change your Address and to set up your Local Time Note Address setup is based on Google Maps You need a working Internet connection in order to setup or change the address Date System time is automatically adjusted if you are connected to Internet Manual changes are not recommended 3 5 3 Password Tap PASSWORD card and it will open the REMOTE MANAGEMENT screen This is the Administrator login and password information 20 RainMachine User Manual By default Remote Management is Enabled You can control the RainMachine from any device that runs a modern web browser Safari Chrome and is connected to internet RainMachine accepts requests on TCP port 80 and for added security it forwards requests on TCP port 443 which is an encrypted port Note Default username is admin and the default password is admin 3 5 4 Display DISPLAY changes the amount of time in minutes after which the display goes in sleep mode in order to save energy In sleep mode the RainMachine application is fully operational all the watering programs are working the Wi Fi connection is always on Tap with your finger once and the display will wake up showing the Home screen 3 5 5 Updates Tap UPDAT
19. les and you can mark it Inactive in September when you harvest You do not need to reprogram everything to accommodate that Just 2 touches as described will do it Program Frequency tap on Runs daily at 06 00 am to change the start time and the program frequency Available settings are daily specific weekdays odd even days every 2 or more days Daily Water every day at a specified start hour 7 days a week 365 days per year Specific weekdays Water on specific days by selecting checkboxes for individual or multiple days of the week 365 days per year Odd Even days Water only on Odd or Even calendar days 365 days per year Every 2 or more days Water every 2 days or water every N days as desired Next tentative run is the day when the RainMachine would try to run the program If that specific day is restricted by Freeze control or No watering months or if weather conditions does not allow the program might not run Assigned Zones Assign zones to this program and specify watering time duration for each zone in minutes The longest watering time you can set a zone to water is 300 minutes Note By default you will see the Active and Inactive zones If you don t want to have them on the list uncheck Show inactive checkbox to hide them Cycle amp Soak allows you to avoid water waste Each soil type can absorb a specific amount of water in a time interval In order to avoid runoffs
20. min Ss Flowers 9 min Trees Trees a Trees amp bushes 9 min Trees amp bushes 02 39 Back Yard Lawn Bi Back Yard Lawn Pending Ss Lawn Lawn 05 00 Front Porch Berries Front Porch Berries i Other 9 min Other 9 min Bushes right neighb min Bushes right neig Pending Trees amp bushes Trees amp bushes 10 00 Tulips Rows nal Tulips Rows PE K Flowers a Flowers Dog Area Dog Area 4 5 Zones Manual watering In Zones section you can manage the zones you want to be watered at one time In this section the list with all available zones is displayed To begin the watering choose a zone set the number of minutes the sprinkler will water using and circle buttons and then click on Start or if there is no need to change the amount of watering time just tap the ON start pending watering OFF stop watering switch in front of the zone name and the action is instant 28 RainMachine User Manual e eee0 orange F 10 58 87 Wm eeees orange 12 20 82 TE eeeec orange 10 59 87 EE lt Back Back Yard Lawn Stop All Office Edit _ lt Back Back Yard Lawn Vegetables Vegetables 9 min Roses O 3 l O O g B O 2 I D E Trees eran a Trees amp bushes Back Yard Lawn 02 45 Lawn Front Porch Berries Other 9 min Bushes right neighb Trees amp bushes 9 min Start Tulips Rows 5 mi Stop f min Ss Flowers Dog Area CEE If you want all the remaining zones to be w
21. n of watering While most sprinklers have a fixed duration of watering e g 5 minutes per zone as defined by the user the RainMachine automatically adjusts your base watering duration by lowering it on rainy or colder days and increasing it on hot summer days Because the system dynamically adjust the watering duration the RainMachine not only saves water but it also protects your plants 2 1 Base Watering Duration The Base Watering Duration is the duration of watering required for each zone during a normal summer day as defined by the end user Initial calibration efforts using complex formulas that take in consideration soil type inclination and hypothetical solar irradiation amounts are possible but they are not practical Variable city water pressure as well as uneven water distribution among all sprinkler heads coupled with local shading conditions create an impractical and inaccurate model in gauging what s best for your garden Note Our device guarantees seasonally and daily water savings based on calculations that take in consideration vegetation type variability of the weather and time of year but it cannot prevent water waste should you set the Base Watering Duration to something much higher than normal Given a Base Watering duration per each zone as decided by you the RainMachine will then dynamically adjust the watering duration up and down as needed These adjustments are the result of Evapotranspiration cal
22. on successfully login the application will open the Stats screen In this section you can see the information about the presumed water consumption percent icon for weather condition and the textual Low High temperatures for the next 5 days including Today e On the bottom of the screen above the application menu there are info about NOAA s weather servers latest data update on the RainMachine device followed by a green checkbox for success download For no data or no connection the green checkbox will be replaced with an yellow triangle with black exclamation sign 26 RainMachine User Manual eeee0 orange CEEA D 66 Toa S mz GB mts Gs D ws Masons Sta e The user can manage maximum 12 zones that the device can be programmed to water and all active zones can be seen in Zones section By default the watering time is set to 5 minutes This can be changed by tapping a zone and then change the amount of time using and circle buttons e The Zone 1 can be set as Master Valve receive the status Pending until the first one finishes e The watering will start in the order the zones were scheduled Only one zone can water at one time If more zones were scheduled for watering they will 27 RainMachine User Manual eee0 orange 88 ME Hi eecees orange 12 05 Edit Stop All Office Vegetables Vegetables Vegetables 9 min lt Vegetables 9 min Roses Roses S Flowers 9
23. our area ETavg and compares that with current ET deriving a percent of water need WN WN Ke x ET QPF Kc x ETavg For instance if you programmed to water for 5 minutes during the summer and if the above formula returns WN 80 RainMachine is going to water only 4 minutes 80 from 5 minutes lf QPF becomes bigger than ET e g lots of rain the RainMachine will not start watering at all WN is zero or less If WN becomes negative that means we have a surplus of water and the RainMachine stores that surplus in a non volatile memory delaying watering cycles for up to 3 days of ETavg That accounts for even more water savings Note The adjusting algorithm Internet Weather check box can be disabled per individual zone allowing you to have different watering behavior on different zones Do not set Internet Weather Yes for greenhouses covered patios flower pots 36
24. table zone names Zone vegetation type Weather data parameters per zone Mechanical specs Dimensions 6 x 4 x 1 in 152 x 78 x 25 mm Weight 11 oz 312 g Package contains smart sprinkler controller AC adapter wall screws quick setup guide Shipping weight 44 oz 1248 g Electrical specs Wire range AWG 14 22 0 75 1 5mm AC Input 24VAC 50 60Hz 750mA adapter included Valve output 24VAC 50 60Hz max 10VA Master valve 24VAC 50 60Hz max 10VA 33 e WIFI USB 802 11N 2 4Ghz US Japan EU 5 6 Warranty e 1 Year std hardware warranty e Indoor operating temperature range 32 to122 F 0 to50 C For high temperature environments please ensure adequate air flow in vertical position 34 6 Appendix 1 6 1 Evapotranspiration ET Evapotranspiration accounts for the amount of water lost to the atmosphere as a result of evaporation both from soil and plant leaves and transpiration from the plant tissues Using ET the RainMachine estimates how much water your lawn garden and trees need to grow healthy To learn more about evapotranspiration please consult http en wikipedia org wiki Evapotranspiration RainMachine downloads weather forecast data from NOAA and using a complex algorithm it calculates ET and estimates the water needs for the next days NOAA provides forecast data for the entire US with a 5 km approx 3 miles spatial resolution allowing RainMachine to predict the watering adjustments N
25. ven when your Internet connection temporarily goes down The controller downloads forecast data for up to 7 days therefore it can continue normal operation several days with intermittent Internet failures Note You need a working Internet connection when you setup the controller for the first time During the first setup and until the connection with NOAA weather data servers is established and data downloaded the NOAA logo is red In addition RainMachine uses a historical database with your local weather conditions and if no Internet weather data is available it stills saves you some water by using a locally stored historical averages table Note Using Forecast data and or Historical averages can be disabled for any specific zone lf both Forecast data and Historical averages are disabled for a specific zone the RainMachine will act as a regular sprinkler controller watering the amount you programmed the Base Watering Duration for each zone without any adjustment 3 USER INTERFACE IMPORTANT Available touch actions to navigate and make changes on the RainMachine application are one finger tap and one finger swipe left right top and bottom When the screen enters into sleep mode one finger tap will open it back up into Home screen On the RainMachine 6 5 glass capacitive touch screen there are 5 backlit illuminated touch buttons 3 on the left side and 2 on the right side
26. you can split the watering interval in multiple cycles allowing a soak time between cycles Example 1 Instead of running Zone 3 which has compacted clay soil for 15 minutes you can split that in 3 cycles 5 minutes each allowing 30 minutes soak time between cycles This will provide a better water absorption in the soil Example 2 Watering Program example Zone 1 with 20 minutes and Zone 2 with 10 minutes with 2 cycles and 30 minutes soak time Cycle 1 Zone 1 10 min 20 min divided by 2 cycles Zone 2 5 min 10 min divided by 2 cycles 11 Soak 30 minutes gt here is where the water soaks in Cycle 2 Zone 1 10 min 20 min divided by 2 cycles Zone 2 5 min 10 min divided by 2 Note Although the water running time is only 30 minutes Zone1 Zone2 the total program duration is 60min due to added 30min soak time Cyde and soak 3 cycles delayed by 5 Minutes Set cance Cycle amp Soak is recommended for compacted clay soil or for sloped surfaces However on any soil or surface soak time allows water to penetrate deeper growing healthier roots Delay between zones allows you to specify an amount of time between two consecutive zones to accommodate specific irrigation systems that require time to fill up water tanks or build up water pressure 12 3 4 2 Zones On the Settings screen tapping the ZONES card it will open a list with your available zones fone list O 6 6

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