Flow Meter Real-time View and Historical

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Wade M

October 24, 2019 03:02

I have a well for all my water needs. As such, it's very important that I'm aware of flow rates during irrigation.  I have a flow sensor installed and connected into my new Pro-16, it's working, but not providing the needed info I was expecting. To get flow rates, I have to navigate thru the menu on the Pro-16 directly, and then use a stop watch and do some math to get GPMs.  This seems like an easy calculation that could be done and displayed on the Pro-16 and in the App. There are a few flow related items that would be very helpful and add value:

1) real-time view of current flow rate in GPM: This doesn't need to be millisecond resolution, maybe a 5 to 10 second running average displayed on the iOS App when  remote and locally connected. When, locally connected, the update rates could be much quicker. 

2) ability to use flow sensor to track per zone watering volumes, instead of manually inputting the GPM numbers/zone.

3) Alerting/Notifications if flow rates exceed defined values.  if an irrigation head, or pipe bursts, this would be very valuable! this will require #1

thx! Wade

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  RainMachine Nicholas October 28, 2019 07:21

  The Web UI does have the flow calculations (they update in the Watering History when zone ends irrigation) but we are considering improving this.

  As noted in the other thread this is getting under our radar for Spring 2020 Release (better graphing and notifications). Don't hesitate to add more ideas into the mix.

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  Wade M May 27, 2020 12:42

  Has there been any progress on the flow related request above?  I found a zone running wide open after a line break and it pulled down my well.

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  Brian May 27, 2022 21:31

  Any progress on this. You have said you were working on this for years now. With the option to change watering time with temperature/humidity etc. Total gallons used does nothing for me because I have to divide it by the gallons used, which constantly varies. The only statistic that means anything is flow rate with notifications if it exceeds a user defined value or maybe a percent change over historical values. I really like the product, but this is main reason I switched. I keep getting line leaks and don't know it until it's obvious on the surface. Many leaks in Arizona are dried up by the time you get outside in the morning.

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