Mains powered control boxes are awake all the time and should water within a minute or so of the scheduled time.
Solar powered units are asleep mode of the time and will water on the first automatic wake-up after the scheduled time. The boxes wakes every 30 minutes, but not necessarily at 00 and 30 minutes. So if your watering time is 9am, and the box wakes at 9.12, it will water then. The “wake time” ( minute of the hour it wakes ) is different for every control box.
To check whether your system is watering automatically, put a jar or container under the drippers or sprayers and check within an hour of the scheduled time. Reasons it may not be watering:
- You have set “don’t water over X” for a moisture sensor. This is to save water when soil is already damp.
- Temperature is below the minimum temperature set for watering. You can choose this in settings.
- Battery may be critically low. The control box will return to sleep before draining the battery further with pumping.
- The clock is incorrect. You can check and set the clock time via the device control panel.
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Solar powered units are asleep mode of the time and will water on the first automatic wake-up after the scheduled time. The boxes wakes every 30 minutes, but not necessarily at 00 and 30 minutes. So if your watering time is 9am, and the box wakes at 9.12, it will water then. The “wake time” ( minute of the hour it wakes ) is different for every control box.
To check whether your system is watering automatically, put a jar or container under the drippers or sprayers and check within an hour of the scheduled time. Reasons it may not be watering:
- You have set “don’t water over X” for a moisture sensor. This is to save water when soil is already damp.
- Temperature is below the minimum temperature set for watering. You can choose this in settings.
- Battery may be critically low. The control box will return to sleep before draining the battery further with pumping.
- The clock is incorrect. You can check and set the clock time via the device control panel.