Leak detection

[AlanB]

I haven’t reaad through all the documentation yet, but looking at a few previous forum posts, it looks like leak detection/alerts are only sent at the end of a zone watering cycle. Is this correct ?
This is a problem for us with our current Hydrawise controller which does the same thing. But if we get a leak (usually a hose fitting blowing off) it can cause a lot of damage to the plant pots below – washing several plants out of their soil. I have built a separate circuit using an arduino chip to monitor the flow meter pulses and stop the pump if 3 consecutive flow meter pulses are too close together, ie the flow rate is too high. We get pulses every 5 secs or so when the pipe bursts (>100L/min flow) so the pump stops relatively quickly. The flow rate is very consistent when watering so we can reliably say there is a leak even after 10-15secs.
Is there a way to integrate this in to OS without havin to use my separate module ?

[Ray]

The firmware and UI do report real-time flow rate, regardless of whether a program is running or not. So if you just check the homepage you will see the current flow rate, even if nothing is running. That can be used for leak detection – it’s just that we haven’t added necessary parameters (e.g. leak threshold) and hook it up with the notification channels. You can easily use an external script, or simply ask generative AI to implement this feature for you, in any way you want the notification to be.

[AlanB]

Thanks Ray.
Just this level of support convinces me to use OS! Just have to convince the manager now.

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