If you are using a B-hyve timer and do not have access to WiFi or choose to not use it, you are able to control your timer through Bluetooth instead. There are some limitations while using a B-hyve device through Bluetooth – You will not have access to smart watering – You will not be…Read More »
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The watering budget is used to increase or decrease the amount of time the program selected will water. Example: If you have a program set to run a zone for 10 minutes, then at 100% watering budget, the program will do just that. If you were to change the percentage to 50% then the program…Read More »
If you have boughten something from www.orbitonline.com and want an update on the shipping status for your order, then this article will help with that. Click here and we’ll take you to our Shipping page, where you can check out our shipping and ordering policies as well as some additional information. You can also head to support.orbitonline.com and tap…Read More »
If you have an Indexing Valve and are wanting to use it with a B-hyve timer or an Orbit Underground Timer, then this article will help with wiring and programming. There are two methods to wire and program an indexing valve – Multiple Start Time Method – Jumper Wires Method * Please note that if…Read More »
This article will walk you through pairing your B-hyve Smart Flood Sensors with their Hub. A couple of things you need to know before pairing: Your network name (SSID) and password are required You need a Gen 2 Hub in order to pair, the hub for your Hose Faucet timers will not work. You’ll need…Read More »
This article will walk you through pairing your B-hyve XR Indoor/Outdoor Smart Watering Timer. First, make sure your controller is in pairing mode (indicated by the pulsing Blue Center button, and the “Pairing” on the left display segment. If this is not showing, then try unplugging your controller for 30 seconds and then plugging it back…Read More »
There are two basic differences in the timer functionality: Gen2 uses Bluetooth for pairing to WiFi. Helps keep the entire experience in the B-hyve App for iOS, Android it’s a little less different. Gen1 uses AdHoc WiFi which takes a step or two more than the Bluetooth. Bluetooth allows the phone to stay connected to…Read More »
WeatherSense technology works with the Smart Watering program, which monitors the forecast and manual weather thresholds, to place the timer in an automatic weather delay when the forecast and weather thresholds are met or exceeded. The WeatherSense program will suspend watering when one of three weather delays are activated. WeatherSense has thresholds relating to rain…Read More »
The timer will run manually, but will not run automatically. If your timer is not watering your Programs, but it is watering your manual watering cycles, you likely have your rain sensor terminal active. To turn off your rain sensor terminals: Make sure your timer is in the “Auto” position. Hold down the “Rain Delay”…Read More »
If your timer is running for only 1 second and then shutting off, it’s likely that your timer has the Rain Sensor terminals online. Your B-hyve controller will prevent the system from running if your Rain Sensor is active. You will still be able to run your controller in a manual cycle, but your custom…Read More »