Moving Irratrol sensor from RainBird to Mini8

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Ed Johnston

April 02, 2017 15:45

I have a Irratrol RS1000 rain sensor wired to my Rainbird panel.  I have the Mini8 installed and now want to move the sensor to the Mini8.

The sensor has 4 wires. 2 are connected to 2 separate power terminals on the Rainbird, and the other 2 are connected to 2 separate terminals labeled "Sens", which, I suppose means sensor.

So where do I connect these 4 wires into the Mini-8?

Also, does anyone know if the Irratrol sensor is considered normally "open" or is it normally "closed".  One of these options has to be selected in the Mini-8 app.

 

Thanks for any help !

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  RainMachine Support Agent April 02, 2017 17:43

  Ed,

  The 2 wires that power the rain sensor can connect to the 2 wires the power the RainMachine. 
  Here is a diagram for the other 2 wires.

  

  I hope this helps.

  Brandon M

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  Ed Johnston April 02, 2017 18:03 (Edited April 02, 2017 18:04)

  Brandon -

  Thanks for the info.  So, do I twist the 2 power wires together and insert where your diagram shows a black wire?  Same question for the 2 sensor wires: do they get twisted together and inserted into just the one blue wire location in the diagram? 

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  RainMachine Support Agent April 02, 2017 18:44

  You are correct. 

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  Ed Johnston April 02, 2017 18:52

  Got it, thanks!

  I'm also looking for a description on how the rain sensor interacts with the Mini-8 under various scenarios.  Is there documentation somewhere you can point me to?  Like, will the sensor stop a running program, or does it just prevent a program from starting if it's raining, etc?

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  RainMachine Nicholas April 06, 2017 06:00

  Hi Ed,

  On current firmware version the RainSensor stops all scheduled watering if it detects rain even if a program is running. No programs can start if the rain sensor detects rain.

  Note: Manual watering will not be stopped by rain sensor.

  Also next firmware will have more customization options for Rain Sensor (like scheduling a Snooze for a certain period).

   

  More information: https://support.rainmachine.com/hc/en-us/articles/227832747-Rain-Sensor

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