Since I am new to the system I havenât actually started my watering schedule (havenât determined when to start watering yet either). However I noticed that with the update, my watering schedule is not breaking up to allow for runoff or soak time like it was before. Previously my schedule would break up into 6 minute increments, but now itâs just blocks of time.
Also I donât know how you got the default zone run times, because they are different than what the app was telling me to do before the update. How do I know if the initial setting is over or under what it should be or will get to. Is it the minimum for the season or an average?
I love where everything is going, Iâm just trying to figure out how to start in the right foot.
Do you happen to have any emitter or drip nozzle types in your schedule? If those are in the same schedule they will disallow smart cycling from happening.
This matrix also shows the max. amount of time (based on zone characteristics) we allow a zone to run before cycling.
They are for this month. So if you choose fixed or watering as needed, both will be adjusted with new minutes each month, and water as needed frequency will also be adjusted.
I was on thep hone for 55 minutes this morning with Tom. Great guy, but we didnât fix the issue.
Not to mention, getting away from Flex schedules is not great either.
Great product went downhill.
I was also promised an email outlining the steps we took to fix the problem - this has not been sent yet as promised, in case additional troubleshooting is required.
App will no longer open on 2 iPhones after update. We tried multiple Wifi Locations, no other changes other than the 2.5 update.
He is located in a different state than your Tech Engineers.
1 hour on the phone is quite crazy to be honest.
Also settings that were saved prior to the update did not stick for some reason. I had to manually fix them through the app.
I was going to âplayâ with the new Water as Needed scheduling to see how it worked, so on the WEB app I clicked on âAdd watering schedule.â The pop-up showed zones starting at Zone 6 with no apparent way to get to zones 1 through 5. It also shows all the disabled zones, but at least they are shown disabled.
This is a 16 zone original Iro. The Android app shows all the zones.
There are 9 zones enabled. So what shows is 4 enabled zones and 7 disabled ones. The âsliderâ at the bottom is all the way left. The text for the last zone is off the screen, thus the reason the slider shows.
Sorry to hear about your experience. That is unacceptable.
I can send you a 2.5.1 build of the software to see if that resolves your issue? If you send me an email with your Apple email address franz@rachio.com or PM me (click on my name --> message) we will get you up and running.
Also, we will continue to evaluate all of our schedules, so please donât focus on flex November timeframe. Continue to use it if it was working well for you.
I went from Gen 1 to Gen 2, and went ahead and accepted all of the defaults to have an âas neededâ schedule, listening to the statement that Flex schedules were gone from the product.
Look what Iâve got now. I water every zone every day for a total of 39 minutes. With my Flex schedule it was only watering when the soil was dry enough to need it.
Iâve provided a link at the bottom with tips if you want to continue to try water as neeed. If youâd like to stay with flex and youâve accidentally deleted it, you can create any number of flex schedules here:
I did my best to put into place the âflexâ schedule I had. Iâll have to wait for the â45 minutes in advance of startâ time period to see the schedule for the month change. Even though all of my zones still show to water tomorrow, none are near the âtoo dryâ limit to actually trigger watering.