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Very good app
Calendar Issue
My Rainbird App Calendar does not move the dot to the next day and I have to move it manually each morning to maintain the auto watering schedule. Have tried reset of controller and delete/reinstall the App. Any other suggestions if this persists please. It is controlling the ESP ME.
Spyware
I don’t enable location sharing with anything that doesn’t actually need it. My sprinkler system doesn’t need to know where I am. Whether I am sitting on my living room couch, out a a restaurant, or out of town on vacation, what does that have to do with me getting into my sprinkler controller to either check on a setting or change a setting? My plants and lawn need water regardless of where I am. The message that appears when location services reads, “Rain Bird requires location services tone enabled in order to determine your WiFi SSID.” Really? Hogwash. I set up this controller a year ago. I programmed it connect to my router (SSID) and it worked just fine. It IS connected to my router. After one of the most recent updates, if I try to view or change a setting via my cellphone, Rain Bird needs to know where I am? In order to “determine” my SSID? On what planet? The controller is already tethered to my SSID. And, if I am out and about, my cell phone isn’t tethered to any SSID as it is using cellular data. So again, my location is needed for what purpose? This is an unacceptable collection of my data. Rain Bird, please reprogram this app to allow users to opt in or opt out of letting you track their whereabouts. But don’t disable the app if people value their privacy.
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Clunky App
The app is very clunky and not very user friendly. As an irrigation installer I avoid Rainbird residential control systems because of this factor. Ranbird’s competitor Hunter Hydrawise residential control systems are much smoother, user friendly (especially customer usage) and customisable. If they could improve the app then it would be a much more competitive system
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Time was not set back automatically one month ago
I’ve been using this controller for a while but just realized that the time is not adjusted with daylight time and neither is keeping the minutes synchronized with the internet.
I move the string time of my Program A to 8am today because Rain was forecasted, so I decided to not manually set the rain sensor to “Rain” and let the entire system to work by itself. My surprise, it was raining, my sprinkler were running with the rain at 7am because the controller time still had the summer daylight savings hour. The rain sensor didn’t act either to skip the program today.
Some recommendations to rainbird developers. The controller is connected to internet. Why don’t you get the time from there?
About the rain sensor, I know this is not the scope of the app but that makes you think the quality of the rainbird product as a whole.
I move the string time of my Program A to 8am today because Rain was forecasted, so I decided to not manually set the rain sensor to “Rain” and let the entire system to work by itself. My surprise, it was raining, my sprinkler were running with the rain at 7am because the controller time still had the summer daylight savings hour. The rain sensor didn’t act either to skip the program today.
Some recommendations to rainbird developers. The controller is connected to internet. Why don’t you get the time from there?
About the rain sensor, I know this is not the scope of the app but that makes you think the quality of the rainbird product as a whole.
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Zone Adjustment
The app has glitch/error every time I start manual watering as it pertains to connecting to the controller. The system turns on and works and the time left appears after resetting the app.
Also, there needs to be unlimited program options, why cap it at three?
Also, we need to be able to set a pause between zones activating during a program…because…my well pump is just a bit more efficient at pumping than the active recharge rate of my well. I have to add multiple activation times to a single program so the well can recharge. If I was able to put a 5 or minute pause between each zone, my well would have plenty of time to recharge and I would be able to start and run an entire program once instead of multiple times.
Also, there needs to be unlimited program options, why cap it at three?
Also, we need to be able to set a pause between zones activating during a program…because…my well pump is just a bit more efficient at pumping than the active recharge rate of my well. I have to add multiple activation times to a single program so the well can recharge. If I was able to put a 5 or minute pause between each zone, my well would have plenty of time to recharge and I would be able to start and run an entire program once instead of multiple times.
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Impossible to figure out
I can’t get the adjusted time to change. The water seems constant. Very annoying system. Not intuitive to use.
New ESP-TM2 w/Wi-Fi on 15 y/o system
My new controller was installed a week ago. So far I really like the convenience of the Wi-fi module. It allows me to control the TM2 from the palm of my hand. The app has worked correctly for what it offers. The only thing missing is a history of water events/delays/seasonal adjustments. Having a history would allow me to fine tune my water usage. Im on a well system and want to be water-wise.
Add a history and I will think we are pretty close to my ideal water app (or create a moisture meter sensor to check the ground moisture to really fine tune my watering!) Rain and freeze sensor will be added before winter.
Add a history and I will think we are pretty close to my ideal water app (or create a moisture meter sensor to check the ground moisture to really fine tune my watering!) Rain and freeze sensor will be added before winter.
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Poor onboarding experience
Difficult to get started first I think that you need to Agee with all the location Bluetooth access since when I didn’t the app went into error mode and I had to delete if and start again then on the second try it does not tell you explicitly to switch Wi-Fi networks on the phone from hot spot to home network mode when the home network details are entered it just complains that you have not done it!
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Flakey WiFi Connection
My experience with this app is that it is incredibly flakey at connecting to my controller. I’ve even added a wifi booster to ensure it isn’t a signal strength issue, yet I’m lucky if I can successfully connect even 40% of the time.
If reliable remote connection is important to you, I would suggest you do some research on other controller options.
If reliable remote connection is important to you, I would suggest you do some research on other controller options.
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