He wasnāt asking, āWill this work with mt Rachio?ā He was asking, āIs there something like this that would work with my Rachio?ā
When he typed, " I am looking for something like below that can be controlled by Rachio rather than being independent of it. I know these timers work by themselves but was hoping to find one that can integrate with Rachio as one of the zones (wireless or not)" that was a clue to his intent.
So getting back to his question, is there something that works with Rachio, and is there any practical way to create such a thing? It might be cheaper than digging up the yard to run a special set of pipes to serve a small area, set it up with a valve and wire that to the Rachio.
The down side would be that there would be no way for ones Rachio controller to know if the sprinkler was still in the correct place, if the hose was still hooked up, and what the hose water flow would be, so this might be a rather major pain in the neck for Rachio,