Just followed this process and set mine up in Australia without too many problems.
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Buying was easy enough, bought the Gen 2 and Outside Enclosure from Amazon, shipped to Australia without any hassles (not cheap AU$344, but no hassles).
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Power Supply: Bought this from Radio Parts ($40 shipped). This has the correct plug for the Gen 2 and so plugs straight in without any issue.
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Enclosure: Since my old controller was directly wired, I got a short wired extension cord to plug the adapter in and had that connected to the incoming power (see picture). I drilled a small hole to match where my old retic wires came in. And I glued a small block of wood ion to ensure the plug pack didn’t move around while I was assembling it.
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Initial Setup: Worked easily without any issues with my iPhone. I have no idea how it worked, so I will probably have to investigate the security implications of the device, but that’s an issue for another day. I am also boggled that the iPhone cannot simply turn a station on without multiple taps. For testing purposes, I wanted to just select a zone and say “on”, just like the trivial three button interface on the device can manage, but my $1000 phone can’t!
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Localisation: There no issue with it picking my location and weather station in Perth. However I currently have an issue where the watering days are off by one, which may or may not be a time zone issue.
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Connections: Simple enough but I did not realise you had to push the button and then insert the wire, so that confused me for a while. I was thinking it was some sort of punch down thing.
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Programs: Set up an initial Schedule but since the watering days are not matching my legal requirements, I am a bit stuck for the moment. I’ve left it in stand by mode to avoid it watering tomorrow and then will enable it and see if it waters correctly on Saturday or not.
Still, the process was all straight forward, wiring up the adapter was the most tricky, but even that was fairly straight forward.