Why IFTT

[Modawg2k]

I was playing around with IFTTT and I was curious about the Rachio recipes. Many seem to be from Rachio. Why would you guys make these recipes for things that the Iro is suppose to do (i.e. delay watering if it’s going to rain tomorrow). Isn’t our controller/software designed to do that or am I missing something and these recipes provide extra control.

[azdavidr]

@Modawg2k The way I’m using it right now is that my landscaper comes every other Saturday, so I created a Google calendar to skip watering on those days. Eventually that will be built into the Rachio software but since it isn’t, it provides a nice solution for now.

Here are a couple of examples.

Generic:

http://community.rachio.com/t/new-ifttt-event-trigger-coming-soon/1467?u=azdavidr

Mine:

Flex Schedules vs. the New "As Needed" schedule

For what it’s worth, I found a temporary solution to the same problem. I created a gmail account just for a Rachio calendar, then put in a ‘skip watering’ event every other Saturday, which is when my landscaper comes. Set up an IFTTT rule that looks at your Google calendar and then issues a ‘Skip watering time’ to the Rachio. I called my calendar ‘Rachio’ in the screenshot below, and it’s tied to my everyday Google account. Here are some screenshots: GOOGLE CALENDAR: [image] IFTTT RECIPE: …

[Modawg2k]

Make sense, thanks