Rain Sensor not operating and No Rain Status in APP

[wyone]

OK, so after my fiasco with damaging my original opensprinkler I replaced it today. I decided I should go all out and put in a rain sensor as well. It is an Orbit that has NC contacts that open on rain.

I selected rain sensor on the device settings. everything seems perfect. I wet the sensor, and in the Web app on my laptop I get a red status that says Rain Detected. It however does not seem to shut off the program. But maybe that is because I am trying to do a run once and then a manual program and both of those override the rain settings???

Also on the android app on my Samsung Galaxy 4 I never get the same status bar that shows Rain. Not sure if this is normal or maybe I have a setting incorrect?

Also, thanks for the FAST service to get me a replacement and all the help. Also thanks for the idea to BACKUP my programs. I Did that BEFORE the issue I had with my original control and when I put in my replacement it was merely a matter of importing the programs. That is AWESOME.

Thanks again for all your hard work! Still the BEST product of it’s type on the market!

[Ray]

Rain delay and sensing is ignored when you perform a run-once program or when the controller is in manual mode — it’s only effective with a regular program. If you want to quickly test if it’s working, just create a test program that starts in a minute or two, and then watch if rain sensor affects the program run or not.

[wyone]

and the rain sensor works perfectly.. as I expected. I have a program to run at 4 AM on Saturdays, and we had a good rain storm last night, and low and behold, when I look at status, the last run was when I was attempting to test the sensor the evening I installed it.

Thanks again!

[dnnn]

Same here. The native app doesn’t seem to have the rain detected status. Salbahra, do you have any plan of adding this feature to the app?

Thanks,
dnnn

[Samer]

It actually does and based on what @wyone is saying it showed up. Is it not working for you? Also, does it show correctly in the firmware?

Thanks

[wyone]

On my laptop, using your software.. it shows up as rain sensed. On my Samsung phone, it does not show that. Maybe I have a setting different? If I manually set a rain delay, it shows up on both the laptop and phone. hmmmm

[Samer]

Ah okay. I misunderstood your previous comment. This is likely a bug and will be checked out soon. Thanks!

[wyone]

No worries… I hope you take my comments as PURELY constructive. and not criticism. 🙂 🙂 Love the hardware… Love the software

[Samer]

I found this bug and just pushed a fix. I apologize it took so long to get to this one.

Should see the update within the week on the various app stores.

Thanks!

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