Generation 2!

OK. May want to take Alarm.com integration out of the marketing literature then! I will look forward to that when it comes as I control a lot of my house through that app.

Do you happen to have any example flow sensors to reference? I would like to direct bury the cable before I do some work in the area where it would go.

We will announce all of the 8 zone information once we are ready :sunny:

:cheers:

Great! I’ve sent an email.

http://support.rachio.com/article/459-flow-sensors

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Hey @alexrodriguez, jumping in here. The discount on the 16 zone Gen 2 is the only one we have planned.

@NickT, thanks for the interest. Our Alarm.com integration will be part of their spring release.

As a PSA to all those who would like this to mean that Gen 2 will get HomeKit turned on at some later date, be warned that this wishful thinking has caused disappointment for other products.

See, for example, some level of outrage when ecobee released a new HomeKit version of their thermostat six months after hinting at possible HomeKit support for the original ecobee3 at CES 2015 (in vague, NDA-inspired-ish language), among other places.
http://www.smarthomehub.net/forums/discussion/489/homekit-enabled-ecobee3
http://www.smarthomehub.net/forums/discussion/539/early-production-e3-dumping

Though I can’t blame Rachio for being vague, either (assuming their might be something there), since Chamberlain’s MyQ Garage apparently has HomeKit-capable hardware and customers were promised a HomeKit-enabling firmware upgrade over a year ago (again, at CES 2015) which has still not materialized.
http://www.smarthomehub.net/forums/discussion/519/myq-garage-to-be-homekit-compatible-with-just-a-firmware-upgrade

Anyway, I’m still hopeful for Rachio HomeKit support in the future, but I’ve learned that I should be patient and wait for full announcements before I count on it. I realize that Rachio has to keep their proprietery business information to themselves and should not over-promise anything - that just leads to customer frustration and disappointment. And, of course, dealing with Apple means signing non-disclosure agreements and limited information-sharing.

From what I’ve seen, Rachio is a great, incredibly responsive company and I love their product. Thanks, Franz, for offering as much info as you can!

I’m just putting this out as a warning that a non-promise should be considered a non-promise, nothing more. :slight_smile:

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I just bought the Rachio Gen1 on Amazon cause it dropped in price finally. But today just as it arrived Gen2 is released. From what I read thus far on improvements it seems that I will be just as happy right now with Gen1. But my question is will I still be happy in a year? In other words, @franz do you anticipate the software and updates in the future to work on both generations? Or would it be smart for me to return this and get Gen2?

For both gen 1 and gen 2, any client software updates (mobile/web) or cloud-to-cloud integrations (Alexa, sensors, etc.) will be fully supported.

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Will the Gen1’s sensor inputs support the flow sensor as well (assuming I have nothing else hooked up to it)?

Will there be any differences in linking multiple gen 2 clocks?

@Munch, no, there won’t be any differences in linking multiple Gen 2 clocks. This is often requested feature and something we’re looking at doing, but I don’t have a timetable for it currently.

@donandersonjr, no, unfortunately the Gen 1’s sensor port won’t support a flow sensor. It’s a great reason to upgrade to a Gen 2. :smile:

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@benblackmer - I too fall into the category of only needing an 8 zone unit. Considering in the opening of this thread it is stated that Gen2 was built upon the requests, suggestions and idea’s of your customer base, I hope your company thinks things through before not offering a discount for Gen1 - 8 zone owners when the Gen2 - 8 zone unit is release. I believe if a choice is made not to offer a discount, you might lose some customer base but more importantly, the very requests, suggestions, and idea’s that clearly have been the basis of forward momentum.

Well done for getting Gen2 to the market.

As an existing Gen1 user, I am in the market for another 2 controllers (3 in total for my irrigation requirements).

Will the Gen2 hardware support the ability to mesh all controllers as one so that they know about each other and that scheduling conflicts will be eliminated?

I understand that the software may need coding to support mesh functionality, but am looking at benefits of hardware capabilities in purchasing decision.

Many thanks, keep up the good work.

This functionality is not currently scheduled for the year.

:cheers:

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Will there be a discount to upgrade to the 8 sensor version? I only have 3 zones currently (adding 2-3 more this year for the front yard) so 16 seems overkill. But, it would suck to miss out on a good discount to upgrade, seeing as I bought my Gen 1 in October and used it for about a month before winterizing.

Then could you please plan for a discount on the other one too? :grinning: And let us know before March 2? Or allow us to take a rain check on the discount? I only have 3 zones, soon to be 5 or 6, but I don’t need 16.

Hopefully can be calibrated to work with any pulse output flow sensors, like cheap Chinese ones.

As long as we know the K-factor and offset for the meter, not a problem. We’ve built the list so it can easily be added to.

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