Hunter Solar Sync?

[RonRN18]

My home, built in 2020, came with a Hunter controller and a Solar Sync (https://www.hunterindustries.com/irrigation-product/sensors/solar-syncr-sensor) sensor was sort-of installed. The reason I say “sort of” is because the wireless receiver module, which has a green and black wire coming out of it, was not actually connected to the controller. As it is there, I am curious if I could plug it into my OpenSprinkler (Pi) and whether it would be of any benefit. IF it would work, is it just as simple as putting the black wire on GND and the green wire on SN1? Would this provide a more valuable source of data than obtaining online weather data?

[Ray]

I thought the solar sync only works with Hunter’s own controllers. It is not a on-off type of sensor, it sends some kind of encrypted signal that encodes the solar radiation data. I don’t think this can work with OpenSprinkler or OpenSprinkler Pi.

[RonRN18]

Thanks for the info. I kind of had a suspicion that it might be some type of proprietary thing but hoped maybe it could be used.

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