Sometimes your timer may not find a Wi-Fi network. There are a few steps you can take to try to resolve this issue. Make sure your router is broadcasting a 2.4 GHz network. Most Orbit products do not communicate with 5 GHz networks (the exception to this, being our B-hyve XR model that can use…Read More »
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The Watering History page with a Flume device installed will show you all of the details from your previous watering events. To get to the Watering History Tab: Open the B-hyve app. Tap “My B-hyve” at the bottom of the page. Now tap “Watering History”. Once you’re here, you’ll see the Day view. If you click…Read More »
Flume Compatibility Works With 95% of Water Meters In order to install Flume you must have the following: A water meter A Wifi connection An android or iOS phone or tablet The Sensor works on both outside and indoor water meters within 1000ft reach of the Flume Bridge and is compatible with most water meters…Read More »
My station won’t turn on. How to troubleshoot a valve There are a few different possible causes of your stations not turning on. Your water may not be turned on. If you have a master valve, manually open that and then try running the timer again. If you have a pump, make sure that is…Read More »
Color and 8 segment LCD definitions: Button Panel Definition Flashing Blue P Pairing mode enabled Solid White Nothing Idle mode Waiting for program or command Flashing White Clockwise trailing Connecting to Wi-Fi or Server Green Station Solid Station is currently watering Yellow D Currently as a rain delay Flashing Red, white, and Blue Clockwise Trailing…Read More »
If your B-hyve indoor controller has gone offline, please use the following steps to help with getting it reconnected to your WiFi. Power Cycle controller A lot of the time, a simple power cycle of the controller will reconnect your controller. To do this, unplug your controller for 3-5 seconds, and then plug your controller…Read More »
Here is a brief video explaining Smart Watering, what it is, and how it works! Smart Watering takes environmental factors such as: vegetation type soil type slope sun exposure sprinkler head type the number of sprinkler heads the amount of water flowing from your sprinkler heads historical rain data evaporation tables and real-time evaporation rates…Read More »
Watering Restrictions Watering Restrictions can be set to not allow the Smart Watering Program(s) to water on specified days and during specified hours of the day. Note: Watering Restrictions only apply to Smart Watering Programs, any Custom Programs you have set to run will still run at their scheduled times and days. To enable/disable Watering…Read More »
Sometimes you may have a program you don’t want to use any longer. Deleting the program is a fairly simple process. To delete a program Go to the “Programs” page. You’ll now see the programs page with all of your active programs. Tap “Saved Programs” to get an entire list of all of your programs. Locate the…Read More »
To add a zone to the timer, you first need to wire the valve into the timer. Each valve should have two wires coming from the solenoid. One wire from the valve will go into the common terminal, and the other wire will go into the numbered terminal. In the app, go to the “Zones” page. Tap “Edit”…Read More »