Orbit 57950 B-hyve Smart Indoor/Outdoor 12-Station WiFi Sprinkler System Controller, Compatible with Alexa

Lo utilice para controlar el riego de un invernadero de jitomate, y me agrado mucho que puedo verificar el tiempo de riego via wifi, visualizar el tiempo de ejecucion y poder programar desde el movil o directamente en el controlador. En general puedo decir que de los equipos mas completos.

I really like this product and found it to be a great value. My land scraper told me my old timer/computer was out, but I told him I thought the cables to the sprinkler valves go cut. He insisted and I bought this one. I ended up being right (did not need the product, need new valve wiring which requires digging up the yard!), but I lucked into this gem!I hard wired mine. My input feed did not have a ground wire so I just capped unit ground wire. I hard wired mine. Take the cable run it all the way to the right of the wiring box, snake it back to the left side and the add two inches and just cut the provided outlet plug. It’s scary to intentionally permanently change a new product but you gotta do it if you are hard wiring. This was better than adding an outdoor outlet in my opinion. Turn off the power at the breaker box (turn off the power before removing the old one if this is a retrofit) Once you cut the cable, strip the wires and use small wire nuts to connect hot to hot and neutral to neutral. (Typically white to white and black to black or red; consult electrician if you are unsure)The interface with the app is intuitive and easy. Photos And labels go with each Zone so no more remembering which zone does what. The app interface is so easy I haven’t even used the manual controls on the timer... I’m sure it’s great.I give it a 4 for Alexa integration. I have three programs 1) Grass, 2) Bushes, and 3)Trees. I’d guess that’s a typical basic yard set up. These are all labeled by name. For trees and bushes the zone names actually match the program. Seems logical to me that if I say “Alexa tell b-hyve to water the bushes” that it would water the bushes only. Unfortunately it decides to water all stations. If I say “Alexa water program B” it waters program B only. That’s not great because then you have to remember what is tied to each program (my wife and kids aren’t going to remember that for sure). I put Bushes to B so that is helping me remember. I live in AZ and the most typical command for wife/kids would be “water the grass” on really hot days or when the grass is drying out or if the kids want to play in the sprinkler; but they will need to remember “Alexa run program A” which is doubtful.“Alexa tell b hyve to set a rain delay” works great. The app is supposed to know the weather for my area and self imposed rain delays, but I haven’t tested that feature. I live in Arizona so I don’t have many opportunities for it. I’m hoping to avoid the need for buying a precipitation sensor.I am testing out the smart water feature. I like to have the programs set up for impromptu watering, but b-hyve warns that the smart watering ignores the fact that a custom program may have run. So, I set up the custom programs to run on days of the week, but then I actually do not select any days of the week. Then I let smart watering do the job, but I still have the option to say “run program A” and it runs for the specified zones and run times. I may add another review if smart watering kills my lawn!!! It is saying for my grass and soil and shade to water 2xweek for 15 min. Typically I water every day for 7 min. 15 min seems like it will pool the water and 2 per week seems like it will dry it out... more to come. One annoying feature is that in Arizona we have winter grass and summer grass. You have to remember to toggle the gras type for these zones twice a year. It would be cool if they had a “over seed date” feature.

This device replaces a previous sprinkler system controller. Its basic purpose is to turn on and off up to 12 different sprinkler circuits via existing, underground wiring. It may be programmed to water according to a rigid schedule. Better, however, is its "smart" program that automatically estimates needed watering times and schedule based on plant and soil characteristics as well as the weather forecast received over its connection to the internet. There is no subscription fee and the smart application for phones and iPads is also free.Installation in place of the previous controller was straightforward. Connecting the device to the house wifi system, downloading the smart application, and getting it all working was also straightforward. The system worked the first time on all eleven circuits. My experience is that the application is easier to use on the iPad than on a phone due to the larger iPad screen.Setup of the smart system is done circuit by circuit (zone by zone). Quite a few inputs are required to characterize the plants, sunshine, slope, soil and sprinkler system. At first, it appeared that there is no direct way to adjust the actual quantity of water applied to the plants. But there is. One key input is buried, for each circuit, in: Smart Watering Details / Advanced Details / Application Rate. If the input for Application rate (in inches per hour) is reduced, watering time will lengthen, and vice-versa. The overall quantity of water may also be adjusted in Smart Watering Details / Schedule Adjustments / Adjust (second button) / Efficiency. The efficiency slider adjusts the run time up and down - low efficiency requires increased run times.A second inputs controls how often watering occurs, without changing the total amount of water per week or per month. This is in Smart Watering Details / Schedule Adjustments / Adjust (first button) / Max Allowable Depletion. This setting sets how dry the soil may become before watering. A slider adjusts depletion from 35% to 65%. A low value results in more frequent watering of shorter duration.My expectation is that fine-tuning of these values will be needed to find the optimum amount of watering. I also expect that this system will reduce water consumption while preserving plant health.A second, important benefit is that each watering zone (circuit) can be operated manually. This is very helpful in trouble-shooting and adjusting sprinklers. One can stand at the zone location and turn the system on and off at will. I have found this to be very helpful. This is aided by naming each zone so the initial numerical code does not need to be memorized.Conclusion: I am very happy with my purchase. It is a bit of a project, but I suspect the effort will be repaid by healthier plants and reduced water consumption.

Me gustó lo fácil de instalar y programar y el manejo de sus funciones con el teléfono celular

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