Using a 6 zone smart wi-fi controller and b-hyve app. I have entered the GPM for each zone but it does not calculate gallons used properly. I am running 4 stations for 40 minutes @ 10gpm; should show 400 gallons used. App shows zone 1 65280 gallons, all other zones 0 gallons. Not using smart watering just a timed cycle. What am I missing?
I am using smart watering, and it shows I am using between 250,000 and 380,000 gallons per DAY! If I look at the individual zone history it might show it ran for 17 minutes x3 for the day with 0 gallons, 0 gallons and then 65280 gallons. Same random entries for all the zones either 0 gallons or 65280. Something is broken big time. This is a new systems that’s been running for about 2 weeks.
Thank DAVE_M, verifies what I am seeing. I guess we can hope an update will fix this.
Luckily my water utility uses the drop counter app which shows me what I actually use.
I tried opening a ticket with support. They see the issue and want me to delete the unit and re-install from scratch. I spent hours setting up 10 zones and using the catch cups and entering boatload of values. Not happy.
Seems to be very basic math. Number of minutes x head flow rate x number of heads. It gets the minutes right.
googling 65280 seems it can be a unix/perl error return code, or not :-).
Support tells me there is no way to backup and restore it either. Bummed.
Looks like they only use flow sensor input to calc gallons used. Since nothing is hooked up probably sees max value on first reading and zero afterwards. That would explain one head using 380,000 gallons and all others 0.
Not a big deal, I just wish that app features worked like they should.
I’ve also found that automatic rain delay isn’t of much use. It relies on forecast and not actuals. Here in central TX we get a lot of rain predicted that never happens and it ends up skipping the sprinklers with no actual rain.
Again, easy enough to take care of but one more feature that isn’t quite right.
Overall I am happy with the controller and like the app for setup and control.