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Thanks.
I started there but he also referred to this forum which I hoped would/could help… no matter.

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@Brettv wrote:

If i try to access the webpage while a scheduled program is running, the sprinklers shutoff, the web page timesout and freezes up. A few mins later, the sprinklers will turn back on, but with a reset amount of time, and outside the scheduled time as well.

My quick thought is the power supply, not that I yet have a lot of experience with this thing myself but… Given that the valve is on and using power it will be reduced when trying to activate things on the board/processor too. My P/S is 750mA and seems to be quite ok with one valve on at the moment and using the Pi (on my Pi I run Sprinklers-Pi and XBMC as a media centre) 😉 Still testing all that so far.

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One question…

I can’t find a description/explanation of the term ‘Duration’ anywhere…?

When you set a schedule is the ‘Duration’ 1 = 1 Minute (up to 100 minutes?)
That being the case then if you set multiple (start) times in a single schedule, say 5pm, 6pm & 7pm but the Duration is 60 then the valve would remain open for 3 hours?

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@jonathon wrote:

I don’t know where you got that IP address, but I’m using 38.102.136.138, as indicated in Rich’s screenshots, and it works 1/10 times, but I don’t get Comms failure messages.

I was getting a ‘Bad response from Wunderground’ and the IP I got pinging api.wunderground.com presented two other options (switching). I was also trying to use the Melbourne airpot PWS (YMML) so all combined it wouldnt work.

Changed ip to the 30.102… Added 90210 to the P/Code (just to avoid ‘0’ and yet staying with PWS) and changed the PWS reference to another close to the airport IVICMARI2 and together this seems to work.

Very happy as I have just installed this onto the OS that comes with XBMC, this unit will be my Media Centre in my back yard and also do the sprinkler control, should be a nice efficient and valued combo.

Thanks Rich.

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Also I am in Australia. The irrigation systems (timers) are not uncommon in our hardware stores but they dont have the P/S separate. I went to a plumbing/irrigation specialist here (Reece) and they are getting me a p/s in for me and also helped me a lot with tubing/drip/nozzle selections.

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Thanks.
Yeah my (quite new) multimeter only has one voltage setting and automatically selected AC for the reading, 55 was high and I took it back. Waiting on a replacement (purpose made for irrigation P/S) later this week to come into stock.

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