Even/Odd day watering restrictions not implemented correctly

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John

June 28, 2021 19:17

Setting even/odd day watering restrictions currently precludes users from setting a watering frequency (e.g., every four days), which suggests the programmers don't understand what even/odd watering restrictions are or how Rainmachine customers use them. In a nutshell, even/odd needs to move from being a "frequency" to being a restriction in rainmachine settings. Many municipalities restrict watering to even/odd days based on things like the last digit of your house number to control the peak rate of water consumption during hot weather, meaning that because my house ends in a "5," I can never legally water on even-numbered days. This is a restriction, not a selected watering frequency. I would additionally like to be able to choose a watering frequency, such as every four days by default, which I cannot currently do due to miscategorization of even/odd watering restrictions in the current rainmachine software as a frequency rather than a restriction. Please consider fixing this shortly, or I will be forced to return my controller and find another brand controller.

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  RainMachine Nicholas June 29, 2021 11:03

  Taking this into our next planning. The frequency off/even will still be available (backwards compatibility) but odd/even will be added as a restriction.

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  Brent Redberger July 06, 2022 22:47

  Please implement this as my "restrictions" are water on Even or Odd days depending on house number.

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  John July 07, 2022 15:47

  Seems like they just don't get it. I switched to Hydrawise and it works fine for even/odd day restrictions.

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  Mark Bartosik June 16, 2023 22:39 (Edited June 16, 2023 22:53)

  It looks like the solution is to set Odd/Even under individual program (main menu "Programs").

  To me this makes sense (or at least is not a problem). I also may use my Rain Machine for other things not covered by a municipal restriction e.g. filling a pool. If it is under a global restriction then it may stop my other permitted use. Also those restrictions may only apply between certain dates which makes putting the restriction within the "Program" not a bad choice.

  However, I do see the user interface and workflow problem.

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  Brent Redberger July 24, 2023 15:09

  Any update on adding this restriction feature.  I see no option to enable this in the Programs area as per the original description by John.

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  Bryce August 02, 2023 07:54

  So odd/even restrictions will work for me - our municipality is address last digit. So if its even you water even days, odd you water odd days. This in and of itself works fine. But I want nested restrictions.

  We don't necessarily need (nor should be) water every available day. So, which I think the OP is trying to say, is that we want even/odd days, but we also need the ability to add more perimeters, Like water it only 3 days a week, on your odd/even day, or water a weekly cumulative amount (time or volume) but only on your designated day.
  
  So having the ability to "build" restrictions, eg, nested restrictions, for programs is really quite a must. The software is already calculating/adjusting for weather, we need the ability to also add additional rules.

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