[bob]

@ray wrote:

2. Added support for relay (available on harware version 2.1; earlier hardware versions do not have built-in relay). On the ‘Edit Stations’ page, you can individually set each station to activate relay (similar to master station). On the ‘Options’ page, a new option named ‘Relay Pulse’ is added. If the pulse time is set to 0, the relay will be activated along with an associated station (i.e. relay on when the station is turned on, off when the station is turned off). If the pulse time is non-0 (it can be between 0 to 2000 milliseconds), the relay will pulse (i.e. on-off) when the associated station is turned on, and pulse again (on-off) when the station is turned off. The pulsing is useful if you intend to use the relay for garage door opener etc.

Are there plans to implement this for the OSPi v1.4 as well ?

Thank you,

B

[bob]

Thanks Scottch!

The type of intelligent watering you mention is being developed in the OSPi version. I don’t see this being worked on for the Arduino variant but I don’t follow that as closely.

This is very good news and reason enough to choose that platform. Where I live, the Pi’s higher power draw over 6months/year operation only needs to be compensated by 2m3 of water saving to break even. Intelligent watering should easily cover that.

Thanks again for your help.

b

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