Rain8 Auto Mode

The auto mode is for the user who does not care to dedicate a PC to run a home automation program or whose irrigation needs can be condensed into two separate schedules that don't require frequent changes.

In the example here, only Auto A schedule has been enabled, therefore the House Code and Unit code that will trigger this schedule are set by drop down text boxes.

Auto B is not enabled therefore its HC/UC and run time boxes are grayed out (deactivated).

Sending the Rain8 an A-9 ON would turn on the zone 1 sprinkler valve. This valve would remain on for 250 minutes, then it would turn off and the zone 2 valve would turn on and so on...

The run times for each zone may be anything from 0 to 250 minutes, in one minute increments. A setting of zero would cause the Rain8 to skip that particular zone. Here zones 6 - 8 would be skipped.

One way to generate the trigger signal is to use X10's CM11A running in the “stand alone” mode. This is available as part of X10’s Home Director package that sells from $30 to $50 on the internet.