Smart Schedule going nuts

James LaCroix

August 25, 2022 18:30

I have a regular Yardian running FW 6.14.10. I enabled Smart Schedule last week after the device was offline for a few months (between tenants). The few times it started it's watering schedule it ended up going through an 3 water cycles in a single day. First it started at 5AM and went through my 5 zones for 10-15 minutes. Then it started at 7AM and went through 5-10 minutes. Then it started at 9AM and went through another 5 minute cycle. I slept through the first two but was able to stop the 3rd one.

Has anyone seen this? The amount of water it consumed is quite crazy (est. 800 gallons on 8/20 and 1200 gallons on 8/23). I've never seen it go through more than 1 watering cycle per day.

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Aeon Matrix

August 25, 2022 19:00
Hi James,

We will need to check your data to be sure, but if it's been offline for months, the "Soil Water Level" in each zone should be very low. You could check the "Soil Water Level" for each zone under the "Yard" tab. When you start the Yardian controller, it will run for a long time since the soil water level is low.

The Smart Program will insert soaking cycles for long watering time. That is why each zone takes turn to run.

Please refer to this page for more details:
https://www.yardian.com/blogs/articles/how-smart-watering-works/

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Best regards,
Joseph
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James LaCroix

August 25, 2022 20:06
Thanks Joseph, the explanation makes sense. I will have to dig into this FAQ more as I had assumed with all of the rain we had recently it was above what Yardian estimates, so I’ll have to measure and likely reset.
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Aeon Matrix

August 26, 2022 06:32
No problem James!
You might want to "reset soil water level" for all zones after a long offline period.

Best regards,
Joseph
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