Would you please consider enhancing the user interface to allow degree settings for the head arc?

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Davekstl

May 23, 2017 14:16

I have rotors and spray heads. Some are set at a 360 degree arc, and others as various degrees of arc, 90, 180, 270...etc. While I can take your current interface and adjust the recommended times to allow reductions from 360 degrees, it would be a great tool if your interface would let me pick a degree setting for a particular zone. 

Example from my current system:

• Zone 1 - Rotors set at 180 degrees- your recommend settings 39 minutes
• Zone 2 - Rotors set at 360 degrees - your recommend settings 39 minutes
• Zone 3 - Rotors set at 180 - your recommend settings 39 minutes

In this example, Zone 2 is set correctly. Zones 1 and 3 will over water by 100 percent.

So if you could build into the interface Zones | Zone 1 | Sprinkler Head Type | Rotor | xxx degrees  ... it would be great.

Thanks

Dave Krygiel

 

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  Ed111 June 05, 2017 13:28

  This suggestion makes sense, doesn't it?  The amount of water received in a given time would be greater if the rotor arc is limited.  I don't think specifying the zone area is quite the same thing.

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  Roy Lomicka June 20, 2017 20:08

  I think this feature needs to be per head, not per zone. Specifying the number, type, arc, and nozzle type of heads in each zone would allow the system to more accurately estimate water flow.

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  Davekstl June 28, 2017 19:49

  Roy I agree with you.  I was hoping for a change, but your suggestion would help. However, setting the type of head, number of that type and the degrees per zone would accomplish this.I realize that setting the gallons per head and the distance would be ideal, but I don't think most people would take the time to do it. It needs to ne simple, and better then the current method.

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  Roy Lomicka June 29, 2017 01:05

  Regarding keeping the interface simple, yet allowing advanced settings, the system should have what I call intelligent defaulting, so 80 to 90 percent of users will get good estimation using default values (that they don't even have to see) and the 10 to 20 percent of users that want more control can tweak the settings.

  I like the current system that lets me set the zone run times to a percentage of what is automatically calculated. I can set a zone to 150% or 50% when I feel a zone needs more or less time than was calculated as the nominal 100% time for the zone. The system then adjusts from that revised nominal time based on weather.

  So far, my rain machine has used a lot less water than I would have used with my old controller while still keeping the grass green. It will be interesting to compare my water usage this summer with past summers. I think the rain machine will pay for itself in the first season of use!

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