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Nick – We do some manual watering from time to time. Our main water distribution line has some points on it that just have a hose bib – no valve. So to do the manual watering we only need to pressurize the main line. The master valve is on Station 1 and I’ve set a “dummy zone” on Station 3, but there is no valve wired to Station 3. The settings for Station 3 are Use Master and Ignore Rain.

To enable manual watering up to now, we’ve just turned Station 3 on with the iOS app for OpenSprinkler – turn it off when done. Now that I’ve learned about the Program Switch feature, I’ll add the switch to Sn2 and make (and disable) a simple program (set as Program 2) to turn on Station 3 for 30 or 60 minutes. Then a simple press of the switch will pressurize the main line and we can hand water or set a hose and sprinkler and know when it will shut off.

Since our automatic watering is mostly done before dawn or during evening hours, and our manual watering is done during the day time won’t cause any interference with the normal schedule of the other programs.

Just some thought,
Brian

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Ray – Update was very smooth. Problem fixed. Thanks again.

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Ray – Many thanks for the quick response. Love my OpenSprinkler.

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Bowman – When I reset the machine, All was well. Could have been the result of some storms we had that dropped power to the house.

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Ray – Any feedback here? I built my OS last year. Very dependable, but when I switched to Zimmerman, I saw the same thing – doesn’t seem to be looking at yesterday’s average but rather current data. I switch Zimmerman off for the winter, but now that it is starting to heat up here central Texas, I’m trying to get the automated weather adjustment running.

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