Virtual device (which is a combination of others)

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Tuna Toksoz

September 17, 2018 00:09

I have two rainmachine pros (16 zone), one for front and the other for back. I tried to time them so they don't overlap (even vs odd days) to prevent water pressure concerns. Then I thought, both my back and front device are located in same area, shares same password, uses same weather station etc.

So the idea is, can we have 1 large virtual device that's backed by multiple so we can set up programs for one as a whole, and get rainmachine figure out timing, cycles, etc?

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  RainMachine Support September 17, 2018 08:34

  Hi, Tuna
  This is something we are thinking about for the future implementation.
  Right now the only way to prevent water pressure when you are using two RainMachine devices on the same location is to set IFTTT.com applets and when a RainMachine finish, the other will start and so on.
  For this, you'll need remote access account set up on both devices and an ifttt.com account.
  
  Hope this helps, Tuna
  Thank you
  RainMachine Support

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  Sebastian September 18, 2018 08:03 (Edited September 18, 2018 08:04)

  Are you using a master valve? You could switch a relay with the master valve and wire that to the rain sensor input of the other machine. If you set no snooze for a rain detection event, one machine would "physically" block the other while its running. 

  The "blocked" machine would resume its schedule as soon as the first one finishes.

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  Robby September 24, 2018 11:39

  no use for this but very good idea!!

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  Michael December 30, 2018 10:45

  Yeah a Master console for multiple units that sync's them all together sounds smart

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  Steve Moore April 27, 2019 02:06

  I have three devices and about to add a third and would LOVE this feature. Managing three is difficult but one virtual would be very much appreciated.

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