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Success percentage - this is the percentage of time the controller has been connected to
Hydrawise. We measure this over a 6-hour time frame. 100% means it was always
connected, 80% means that for 20% of the time it was not connected.
A low success percentage will indicate a poor wireless connection between the controller
and your access point.
To improve your wireless signal strength you could try the following –
Move the controller closer to your wireless router.
Remove any obstacles in a direct line of sight between the controller and your wireless
router such as metal items (metal is an extremely good isolator for WiFi signals).
Move your wireless router closer to the controller.
Install a higher gain antenna on your wireless router.
Use Ethernet to a location closer to the controller and install a new wireless router.
Consider a WiFi repeater/extender between your wireless router and the Hydrawise
controller to boost the signal strength.
Consider moving the controller away from potential sources of interference, including
microwave ovens, nearby base stations using adjacent channels or cordless
telephones operating in the 2.4GHz range (you could also change the channel your
phone uses).
Note that the Hydrawise unit is designed to work in poor wireless environments. However, if
you wish to manually run or stop a zone and the wireless signal is down then these actions
will fail.
Offline
If the controller loses internet for more than 24 hours you’ll receive a notification email.
The controller will go into an offline mode. In offline mode, your controller won’t be able to
access local weather conditions such as rainfall or evaporation and will revert to a pre-
defined program.
For Smart Watering zones, the controller will adjust each zone’s watering length based
on your offline watering budget and will water at each zone’s configured peak watering
frequency.
For Time Based Watering zones, the controller will adjust each zone’s watering length
based on your offline watering budget and will water at each zone’s configured
watering frequency.
For more information on Smart and Time Based Watering, see “Configuring Irrigation
Zones”
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Note that Cycle & Soak is not supported in Offline Mode and each zone will water for
its full watering length without pausing.
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