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Confused with how Sprinklers works. #198

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avfoto opened this issue Sep 3, 2023 · 5 comments
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Confused with how Sprinklers works. #198

avfoto opened this issue Sep 3, 2023 · 5 comments

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@avfoto
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avfoto commented Sep 3, 2023

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how Sprinklers works.
I have Zone 1 defined as the general pump for irrigation of the rest of the zones, is this correct?
I understand that the rest of the zones may be assigned to different solenoid valves, so I do not mark those zones as pumps.
If I generate a schedule to turn on the pump (Zone 1) and at the same time open the solenoid valve that allows water to pass to zone 2, it does not work. First it starts the pump and when the allotted time ends, it stops the pump and then opens the zone 2 solenoid valve.
How can I configure Sprinkle so that the zone 1 pump works on each schedule and at the same time opens the solenoid valve of the zone I want to water?
Thank you

@g-work
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g-work commented Sep 3, 2023

I haven't used sprinklers_pi for a long time, but if I remember it correctly, you have to tick 'Pump' separetly for a schedule when using one. Pump is a seperate output, not 'Zone 1'. The zones are sprinkled one after another.

@nhorvath
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nhorvath commented Sep 3, 2023 via email

@avfoto
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avfoto commented Sep 3, 2023

Thanks to both. Now I just saw that the pump is common and goes on pin gpio 11, so the pump and a solenoid valve can be powered, although for this to work, the pump operating time in the schedule must be left at 0.
Thank you.

@avfoto
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avfoto commented Sep 3, 2023

In any case, what does it mean that the "pump" option is activated or deactivated in each of the zones?

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