I have a confusing question or at least to me. I have a 2 Gen 2 Controller setup. I am using a PWS that is on my property for weather intelligence. Both controllers are setup exactly the same way. I have Flex Daily schedules that are setup to run on Tuesday and Friday. I am in a watering restricted area in the DFW Metroplex. I have one controller to water in the morning starting at 12:02 AM. The other controller waters in the evening starting at 7:00 PM. I setup the staggering like this so I did not need to worry about schedule overlaps. Even though the instructions from Rachio for wiring 2 controllers with a Master Valve indicate I could run a zone from each controller at the same time with lower pressure, I have not been successful with that aspect of the installation. The closest valve to the main source will get the water first. When that valve closes the other will start spraying water even though according to the controller, it has been open for whatever time the first valve opened. They both access the same PWS so the environmental conditions should be the same. What I observed today was similar to what I have observed for the past several weeks. Controller A (let’s call that the front yard) ran the schedule this morning as expected. When I look at the calendar for Controller B (back yard), it does not indicate a watering is scheduled for today even though 48 hours ago it did show a scheduled watering event for today. We have not had a measurable rain in over 2 weeks. Moisture levels for the affected zones in the back are at roughly 35%. I left the depletion at the default of 50%. Not sure why one controller would run and the other would not run when all the setups and environmental conditions are the same for both controllers.
Root depth, plant type the same?
Keep in mind, 0% in Rachio equals what you have AD set at, in your case 50%, so at 35%, it is still has 35% capacity until it reaches your AD of 50%.
Yes - the root depth, plant types, soil type, etc are the same for each controller’s zones. I will double check to make sure I did not accidentally change a setup or two. Now a couple of zones for each controller are a mixture of warm season grass and ornamental trees (crepe myrtles, red buds, …), so I set the plant type to shrub for those zones. Again, similar situations in front and back have the same settings.
As I mentioned earlier, when I checked the calendar about 48 hours ago, the moisture levels for all the zones were the same between each controller. However, one controller ran it’s schedule and it appears the other will not run it’s schedule.