Hi Paul,

Our R&D has fixed this issue and it should work now. For the exclamation mark, when Sprite finishes running a watering schedule, it will send a confirmation to the cloud server. In this way, the could server knows whether the schedules are correctly executed or not.

The exclamation mark means the cloud server did not receive the confirmation from the device. There are two possible causes:

1. the device is not powered up when it was supposed to be powered up to run that schedule. Therefore, the corresponding zone is not watered (what is why we use the exclamation to alert users)

2. the schedule run fine but it was during a temporary network outage or exception so that the confirmation cannot be delivered to the server. Wireless connection can be unstable for a short peroid time so it is not uncommon to have a glitch in the communication.

In your case, if the schedules afterwards are all correctly run, it could just be a temporary network issue. But if that happens a lot please check the WiFi signal strength. If you use a WiFi extender, please make sure it is connected to the main router stably.

Thanks,

Wency

Netro Support

Hi Mark,

Could you please make sure you selected all zones and also select this month(December) in the program? You can go to Settings->Programs->Months to verify.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Lyndon,

Our R&D are looking into this issue and we will get back to you soon.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Dave,

As you have more than 2 common wires, please use wire connectors to do the wiring and see if it helps.

You can test your controller through the following steps:

Please check the wires. Are they loose or disconnected from the slots? Please also check the common wires and the master valve if you have one. If you believe the wires are correctly installed,  please check if there is a main valve/faucet that is turned off manually. 

To test if the controller is working properly, use a multimeter (AC voltage mode) to test the voltage between the common wire and the zone wire when the zone is active. Normally the voltage should be between 24V and 28V.

You might also want to check whether there are shorted zones or open zones. You just need to use a multimeter to measure the resistance between the common wire and each zone (remove the wires from the slots before testing the resistance). The normal reading would be 20-60 Ohms. If the reading is less than 10 Ohms then you might have a shorted circuit in the solenoid and if it is larger than 80 Ohms you might have an open circuit. 

Please let us know if it works. You can also send us email to support@netrohome.com and we will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Dear customer,

Zone area data is used to calculate water usage. It will not affect smart watering. 

Thanks,

Netro Support

Dear customer,

Could you help us confirm:

1. Through the web app, Netro watered your zones indeed and it is opening the valves.

2.The web app shows it was watering, however, the web app did not check the device status.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Alex,

Your username triggers a corner case bug of a third party tool we used in our system. As a workaround, we update your username to "alexepn". Now you can use your new username or email to login. 

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Nguyễn, 

We have the beta version of v3.0.1 on Google play which should fix this issue. Could you please let your customer join the tester program and try it to see if it works? 

Thanks, 

Netro Support

Hi Lawrence,

The manul run button is in the home page, below the Netro logo, there is task bar "online", "enabled", "manual run", "rain delay". We have updated the manual run feature and watering a zone by sequence is not supported now.

Thanks,
Netro Support

Dear customer,

When the device finishes running a watering schedule, it will send a confirmation to the cloud server. In this way, the could server knows whether the schedules are correctly executed or not.

The exclamation mark means the cloud server did not receive the confirmation from the device. There are two possible causes:

1. the device is not powered up when it was supposed to be powered up to run that schedule. Therefore, the corresponding zone is not watered (what is why we use the exclamation to alert users)

2. the schedule run fine but it was during a temporary network outage or exception so that the confirmation cannot be delivered to the server. Wireless connection can be unstable for a short peroid time so it is not uncommon to have a glitch in the communication.

If the schedules afterwards are all correctly run and confirmed, it could just be a temporary network issues. But if that happens a lot please check the WiFi signal strength. If you use a WiFi extender, please make sure it is connected to the main router stably.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Nguyễn,

 

When you start manual watering, did you received a notification "Starts in -- mins"? It is possible that you Pixie timer is in sleep mode. 

 

By default, your Pixie turns on its WiFi module once every hour to sync up with the server. The sync-up usually takes less than one minute. For the next 59 minutes the timer will be sleeping and disconnected from the WiFi until the next sync. When the timer is sleeping, it is unaware of the schedule changes, including the manual watering.

Therefore, when you start a manual run, the timer is most likely in sleep mode and the status is "pending."  It will have to wait until the next sync-up to start the watering. 

 

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Vieri,

We will add Euro as currency unit in the future version of the app.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Roger,

 If you press the power button on the back, does the light turn on?

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Marlpit,

 Could you please place the sensor under the sunlight for 2-3 days to charge it up? If the weather not good, it may take longer time. Also, Do you have an incandescent lamp at home? If so, you can try to put the sensor under the incandescent lamp for 24-48 hours and it may come back to work.

Thanks,
Netro Support 

Hi Rony,

We are available M-F from 1pm to 5pm PST at 866-313-8058.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Dear customer,

Some zones are watered multiple times a day, you probably selected clay, clay loam or loam as the soil type which accepts water slowly, often as little as 1/4 inch per hour and that is why we break the watering into many pieces to avoid water runoff.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Lugo,

Please check the wires. Are they loose or disconnected from the slots? Please also check the common wires and the master valve if you have one. If you believe the wires are correctly installed,  please check if there is a main valve/faucet that is turned off manually. 

To test if the controller is working properly, use a multimeter (AC voltage mode) to test the voltage between the common wire and the zone wire when the zone is active. Normally the voltage should be between 24V and 28V.

You might also want to check whether there are shorted zones or open zones. You just need to use a multimeter to measure the resistance between the common wire and each zone (remove the wires from the slots before testing the resistance). The normal reading would be 20-60 Ohms. If the reading is less than 10 Ohms then you might have a shorted circuit in the solenoid and if it is larger than 80 Ohms you might have an open circuit. 

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Nabil,

Could you please specify when this error code happened?

Thanks,

Netro Support

Hi Jacques, 

Does this problem still exist? I will have our R&D look into this issue.

Thanks,

Netro Support

Dear Jim,

The manul run button is in the home page, below the Netro logo, there is task bar "online", "enabled", "manual run", "rain delay".

Thanks
Regards,
Netro Support