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Will my existing setup work with Rachio? (Pics)

Before You Buy
Jul 22, 2019

Great thanks, just to clarify it’s not an Orbit sensor, it’s my old Orbit controller, but this is the sensor: Irritrol Rain Sensor. I found this which I think is explaining it correctly so I’ll give this a try: Rachio compatibility with Irritrol Wireless Rain Sensor.

Will my existing setup work with Rachio? (Pics)

Before You Buy
Jul 22, 2019

I do have it wired up already and it works fine, but was just asking about the rain sensor since as you can see in my first post there’s 2 wires under “Sensor” on the Orbit, and then 2 that go to 24VAC. On the Rachio it says to only use one of the sensor connectors, S1 or S2 but I have 2 wires so w…

Will my existing setup work with Rachio? (Pics)

Before You Buy
Jul 22, 2019

Thanks, going by memory I think the brand is Irritol it’s some wireless rain sensor but I’m not even sure if it works or not as the Orbit doesn’t really show anything about it, it just apparently turns off the program if it rains. Where I was confused setting it up though is that you can see in the…

Should I start with Flex Daily if my lawn is pretty dead?

Schedules & Zones
Jul 21, 2019

Just wanted to quickly add that it actually arrived today! So I set it all up and did Flex Daily and it shows running from 11:50 p.m. tonight until 5:50 a.m. tomorrow but then not again for about 5 days. That’s definitely going to be too long I think, but please let me know if I should just trust it …