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I’ve finally configured my garden and landscaping on drip irrigation, but I’m using some dumb valves hooked up to my house hose spigot.

I would absolutely love a smart valve that I can have better control of the schedule, or respond to sensors.

After some looking around, it seems like “Rachio” is the only integration I can find for something like this. It’s a bit pricy ($99 per valve), and it looks like it needs a wifi hub to work. Has anyone used this integration successfully?

Is there any other options? There seem to be lots of “Bluetooth” controllers available in the big box stores, but I’m guessing they will need an app or something?

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[–] bigredgiraffe 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The second link he posted is the repository with the custom component, installation through HACS looks like.

Thanks for those links BTW, I just added finding something like that to my list the other day haha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see that now. I don’t even read links these days, just click them. I thought that was just one long link!

Sweet. I think I’ll check it out.

[–] bigredgiraffe 1 points 1 year ago

Hah yep I had to do like a triple take, it looked like a wrapping link.