Irrigation on Wiser

Given that the irrigation manager isn't available for the Wiser, just wondering if people are generally using schedules or some other method to control their irrigation system?

 

Sounds like you never got an answer to this nor can I find much in the forums for managing irrigation with only a Wiser for controls. Did you ever set anything up?

I currently have a basic 4 button switch triggering general lighting timers for 10 mins for each solenoid hooked up via a Clipsal C-BUS 8 Channel Extra Low Voltage (ELV) Relay L5108RELVP (only using four solenoids at the moment).

That covers any manual requirements and means that I don't have to worry about forgetting to turn it off . Obviously this means I can trigger through Wiser (and smartphones) with appropriate Widgets.

I'm now looking into Logic to start automating this with an option to override as I cannot see Irrigation Manager becoming an option for Wiser.

My intent is per water zone, to water every second day and vary the watering based on rain forecast, temp forecast, and a manual override when the vegie garden is bare. Logic should work on basic measures below.

I'll post my actual logic once I get it working, but my forecast data scraping is my only real challenge and is driving me nuts.

Code:

Master Override on?       YES--> do not water
                      NO --> check garden zone enabled

Garden zone on?       YES--> check rain forecast (BOM)
                      NO --> do not water

rain forecast >20mm?     YES--> do not water
                        NO--> check temp forecast (BOM)
 
temp forecast >25?     YES--> trigger watering event at planned time
                       NO--> check last water

last water < 2 days?    YES--> do not water
                        NO--> trigger watering event at planned time

BenC

 

Would love to see your code BenC. I'm just about to tackle the same on a Wiser 2. Real pity they didn't include the irrigation app.

 

Am not sure why they can't include the irrigation manager with wiser but no one seems to be actively improving what the wiser can do. Looks like the logic engine is the way to exploit this device beyond extending access to smartphones/tablets.

There are so many tweaks I'd love to see on the Wiser... but anyway, I'll keep hacking at the code and post it when done.

BenC