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Hydrawise supports 2 main types of weather stations:
Airport Weather Stations- Weather stations which are based at airports. These are generally highly
reliable because they are maintained by professional organisations. These weather stations are available
to all users.
Personal Weather Stations- These weather stations are maintained by amateurs. The quality of these
stations varies – some are good, some are not reliable. For this reason, these weather stations are only
available to users on an Enthusiast plan and users are permitted to select up to 5 weather stations to
remove issues associated with the quality of weather data from personal weather stations
Sensors
Hydrawise supports two types of sensors:
1. Flow sensors (meters) which measure water usage for an irrigation zone (or zones).
2. Rain sensors or moisture sensors which allow you to suspend watering cycles for a zone (or zones).
Flow Sensors
Flow!meters!measure!the!amount!of!water!going!onto!each!zone.!This!is!really!useful!for!understanding!
water!usage!and!monitoring!issues!such!as!broken!pipes!or!zones!not!running.!
Hydrawise reporting allows you to see how much water is used for each zone and how much water is used
across your system.
With a flow meter you can also create alerts for flow issues which will keep you up to date on what’s
happening – particularly important for unattended homes. See
Creating Alerts for more information.
Rain/Moisture Sensors
Hydrawise also supports standard open/closed contact rain sensors and soil moisture sensors. In fact, you
can use any generic type of sensor which has a open/close contact.
These sensors use 2 wires and are usually labelled as normally open (sometimes called NO) or normally
closed (sometimes called NC).
A rain or moisture sensor is usually used to stop irrigation, however you can also create your own custom
sensor types to start irrigation or for other advanced applications. See Creating Custom Sensor for more
information.
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