Enable delay between zones in conjunction w/ cycle and soak

post by cab3 on Oct 1, 2020

I have recently had problems with high water pressure keeping a valve activated, even after the zone associated with that valve has completed. This results in the “stuck” zone continuing to run, even with other zones are also running. If there’s a pause (i.e. even a minute where NO zones are running), then the valve and zone behaves correctly.

I’ve noticed that there’s a way using the Well or Pump relay to enable a delay between zones, but this then disables the “smart cycle” or “manual cycle and soak”. I’d love a way to be able to say:

Run Zones 1-5 for twenty minutes each, with a cycle/soak delay of 20 minutes, and a 1 minute delay between zones.

Is there any possibility of this making it into the product to allow delays between zone activation, even when using the SmartCycle or Manual Cycle and Soak features?

Thank you!

post by dom2114 on Sep 3, 2022

Looking for the exact same functionality.

Hunter hydrawise offers exactly this.

post by squanchyboi on Jun 13, 2025

Same here. I am running our system off a slow well and need to configure both. Looks like I’ll be moving to Hunter.

post by cab3 on Jun 13, 2025

I’d guess that after 4.5 years, this isn’t high in their Product Management’s list of Customer Requests. Sad, as I’d still make use of it and not have to do manual workarounds via complex multi-schedules.