You could integrate lighting and irrigation schedules quite easily with the
ISY, Mike. I'm not at all sure it could be done with the smartlinc. But $99
for a smartlinc, plus probably another $125 for a sprinkler controller and
another $50 or so for a smart light switch might be enough for proof of
concept.
Keep in mind, though, that one could always do most of what I am doing in
available software on a PC or Mac for less money what I'm doing with an
ISY. If your PC or Mac stays on all the time... or you've an old one you'd
like to dedicate to just that purpose, you could have the broader control
of the ISY at lower up-front cost. I simply don't trust either a PC or Mac
to boot up and recover well enough after a power fail, and the ISY does
that quite reliably.
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Scott Gomez
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:51 PM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> SG writes:
> >A simple example: my ISY at the house in Mexico turns on porch lights
> based
> >on "sunset + 15 minutes" rather than simply "at sunset". More complex:
> The
> >sprinklers for the plantings there turn on for a frequency and duration
> >using different programs that I enable/disable based on time of year,
> and
> >whether the sprinklers are in front of the house (shaded, cool, eastern
> >exposure) or the back (very sunny, hot, western exposure).
>
> Wow, never know what one can learn on the list. Some of my orchids are
> kept in tanks
> with T5 or other lights and many require variable day length to throw
> a flower spike.
> I have them on timers that I tweak by hand every month or so. I could
> lie to the controller
> about the location to have adequate day length as I believe it would be
> best to vary
> light period from about 10 hours to about 15 hours in summer depending
> on the plant.
> I would like to start them at the same time each day though so I have
> the light on early in AM so
> I can spritz the Phrags on way to work as they require daily H2O. I
> have about
> 10 bucks invested in standard timers. I wonder what the minimum
> requirement would be with one of these systems to do what I want?
> I hope the ISY isn't the only answer as the price of admission for this
> task is steep.
>
> No longer wish to be, Manual Mike
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