| 11 | | User documentation is available at: http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Rain8 |
| | 11 | == Warnings == |
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| | 13 | * Most sprinkler power-supplies can only turn on two sprinkler zones at a time. Use caution when enabling multiple zones at once. |
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| | 15 | * It is important that you properly configure your Rain8net to automatically turn the zones off in a reasonable amount of time. Just in case the controller losses communication, you don't want your sprinklers to run too long. |
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| | 17 | = Users Guide = |
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| | 19 | Create a Rain8net device as usual, assign a room, and click Save. This creates a device which represents the Rain8net network. Assign the Serial port that you connected to the Rain8net module. To add controls to the network, click on the settings (wrench in the top-right corner): |
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| | 21 | [[Image(rain8_settings.gif)]] |
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| | 23 | Type in the unit and zone address for the sprinkler you have and click "Add Sprinkler". This will add a new device in the same room as the controller which controls the individual sprinkler zone. |
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| | 25 | [[Image(rain8_control.gif)]] |
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| | 27 | Now you can turn each zone on and off with the buttons on the main window. Note: you can also change the name of the sprinkler to something more descriptive than the defaults. |
