EZFlora controls only one valve at a time correct?

[Anonymous May 8, 2009 at 8:17 pm Post count: 35]

#40160 |

I believe this is the case…just want to check.

In my app when I toggle one sprinkler on and then set another…I don’t get notify that first one was turned off but it is.

I guess I need to send the valveStatus message to ezrain so it notifies me in these cases? Or I can in my app merely assume that if valve1 WAS turned on…I can safely turn off the last valve that was on…thus skipping need for this notify.

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 2:50 am Post count: 35]

#42757

Is this true?

I read something else saying control was limited to 4 zones concurrent due to some power supply issues. This may have been older EZRain unit though.

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 3:06 am Post count: 1001]

#42758

What cmd1 and cmd2 values are being issued by your application to control which valve is On and Off?

EDIT: the Value Status Byte has 3 bits to return the Active valve number. That would suggest that one valve can be active at a time.

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 4:04 am Post count: 35]

#42759

    protected void turnOn(InsteonSprinkler device)

...snip...

getProcessor().sendIns(getID(), "0x0F", "0x40", device.getID());

...snip...

}



protected void turnOff(InsteonSprinkler device)

{

...

getProcessor().sendIns(getID(), "0x0F", "0x41", device.getID());

...

}

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 4:06 am Post count: 35]

#42760

I think I know where this is leading…can I OR the valves together for cmd2?

There are 8 of them…coincidence? I think not…

I don’t really need this capability…it’s generally more of a strain on your water pressure/effectiveness anyways.

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 4:15 am Post count: 1001]

#42761

Sorry but I could not determine from your code snippet what the actual hex cmd1 and cmd2 values are being sent. I would like to check the command documentation for the sequence you are using first but I’m pretty sure the answer is no in terms of ORing the value numbers.

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 4:18 am Post count: 35]

#42762

device ids are 1-8 corresponding to valve#

[Anonymous May 20, 2009 at 4:25 am Post count: 1001]

#42763

If the command for valve ON is 0x40, then the cmd2 value is the valve number 0-7 for values 1-8. Not sure how that squares with your last post that you use values 1-8. Cmd2 for a cmd1 of 0x40 is a number, not a bit pattern. You cannot OR valve numbers.

[Anonymous June 4, 2010 at 12:45 am Post count: 7]

#42764

So… sorry for beating a dead horse but; I have a EZServe controling my EZrain, is it possible to have 2 valves run at once ❓

[Anonymous June 4, 2010 at 1:09 am Post count: 1001]

#42765

No. One zone at a time. Turning on zone x turns off zone y if it was on. The number of heads in a given zone are often based on the available flow capacity. Turning on two valves could exceed the water supply capacity. That is not a hard and fast rule as some zones have few heads. I have connected two valves to the same zone when using a RainBird controller years ago but some controllers limit a zone to one valve.

[Anonymous June 4, 2010 at 2:34 am Post count: 7]

#42766

Thank you, very clear!

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