[Adrian Beamish Burton]

I cannot believe that it is a serious suggestion to run a cable to a WiFi AP/Repeater/Extender in order to network a fixed device. That sounds absurd to me.

Anyway, I get the point. Everything is moving to WiFi. Most of the alternatives to OpenSprinkler are WiFi-only so I can see that is what customers (on the whole) want. I did see OpenSprinkler having an ethernet port as a point of difference – a competitive advantage, but it has other advantages too.

I have bought the OpenSprinkler 3.0 now.

[Adrian Beamish Burton]

Confirmation that a micro-USB to ethernet adaptor will work on the new hardware would be good!

[Adrian Beamish Burton]

From a brief glance I can see, some of the differences are:
2.3
– Ethernet, no Wi-Fi
– 1 sensor port
– no RF port
– USB port
– No OTA Firmware updates?

3.0
– Wi-Fi, no ethernet
– 2 sensor ports (although the firmware only uses one at the moment)
– RF port
– micro-USB port
– OTA Firmware updates?

I am one of those people that like to use Wi-Fi only for portable devices, so ethernet is a big plus for the old version. However, will future firmware updates be compatible with the old hardware?

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