Setting simultaneous operation of programmes and zones using Main valve in zone one
We have seven zones and a main valve. We need to operate the programmes and zones in pairs or sometimes three simultaneously plus the Main Valve. Have trialed the mini 8 for our orchard but have now decommissioned it as it cannot seem to do what our Hunter I Core controller can do (And that equipment has its limitations as well)
Ideally we need a multi-station simultaneous operation that can be operated from the field and that can import information from our weather station (https://live.harvest.com/?hsn=11526&grp=Main )
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The limitation of the hardware is maximum 2 valves (1 master valve + 1 zone valve). If I understand correctly you have a zone that actually has 2 or more independent valves let's say Z1-1 (Zone 1 Valve 1), Z1-2 (Zone 1 Valve 2) etc
I'm not sure why it needs to be simultaneously run but the only solution would be to use multiple RainMachines, setup with a program that start at the same hour and have Z1-1 wired to RainMachine1, Z1-2 wired to RainMachine2 and so on.
For automation this would work, the problem would be manual start as you will need to start the same program on multiple RainMachines. This can be solved by a custom API script that executes <start program> on all your machines at the same time.
The weather service could be integrated in RainMachine not sure about their usage restrictions but they do seems to allow retrieval of current data.
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