Amount of rain from weatherstation => skip program about irrigation-v5 HOT 11 CLOSED

Hi @jellyneck84 ,

Try this feature https://github.com/petergridge/Irrigation-V5#watering-adjuster-feature. I use OpenWeatherMapHistory to look at the past and forecast weather to adjust the amount of water applied, for example if 7.5mm equivalent rainfall has been received in the last few days the watering system will only run for 50% of the nominated run time. The OWMH component is configurable so it can use the information exposed to support many models, even watering more if the temperature is expected to be high.

Cheers
Pete

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Hallo Peter. But then i still need a helper which is set by an automation and Container the value, for example 0.5.

Any idea how to Set this? Through an automation? Or just a template sensor with a trigger? Maybe you have an example for me.

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Here is a template example your can try. This sample will will run in the developer tools/template window.

{% set rain48 = 16 -%}
{% if rain48 > 15 -%}
True
{% else -%}
False
{% endif -%}

swap out the rain48 constant for your sensor to test with your system values.

once you are happy with the results you can create the binary sensor using the UI

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Ok, this will just Set it to true, or false, but not the reduction value, but should work similar. Will give it a try. Thx

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Another question, even if offtopic: what does "Support for rainbird Controller " means in release notes? Isnt the Controller irrelevant, because you need just define the Zone switch for opening the valve?

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The value reduction is provided by the OWMH so once it is configured you reference the sensor in the irrigation component.

The rainbird controller has a default run time of only a few minutes, to allow it to run for longer the rainbird API is required to be called.

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The value reduction is provided by the OWMH so once it is configured you reference the sensor in the irrigation component.

The rainbird controller has a default run time of only a few minutes, to allow it to run for longer the rainbird API is required to be called.

You mean to keep the connection with the controller open? I am using rainbird esp-rzx with WiFi lnk Modul.... is thought with the rainbird Integration its just a local connection to the Controller triggering the Zone.

Controller is offline because of powered off.....

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I don't have a rainbird controller and developed this with a user that was having issues. I am not sure how effective it is. If you are not having issues with longer run times that is good.

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Ah yeah, and a 3rd question: Can i setup the irrigation card to show me always all details of the zone (toggle the settings button by default)

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