Weather and Integrations

OpenSprinkler's Weather-based Adjustment, and Integrations

Use Weather Adjustments
Overview OpenSprinkler can utilize online weather data to automatically make daily adjustments to the station water time. By default, it uses Apple Weat...
Sun, 2 Mar, 2025 at 10:04 AM
How to use MQTT
Introduction Starting from firmware 2.2.1, the MQTT feature has been expanded to include subscription support and customizable topics. Key Features: ...
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Set up Email Notifications
Starting from firmware 2.2.1, OpenSprinkler supports email notifications, offering a free alternative to IFTTT Webhooks (which now require a paid subscripti...
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Set up IFTTT Notifications
NOTE: IFTTT now requires a paid subscription to use the Webhook trigger explained below. The advantage of IFTTT is that it supports multiple (SMS, emai...
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Using Weather Underground (WU)
Background: Weather Underground (WU) was acquired by IBM in 2019, resulting in changes to their API service and the process to obtaining an API key. At of ...
Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Interactions between Rain Delay, Rain Sensor, and Weather Algorithm
Rain Delay – A manual control that prevents watering for a specified duration set by the user. Rain Sensor – Requires an external rain sensor, which autom...
Fri, 7 Mar, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Using OpenSprinkler with Amazon Echo or Google Home Assistant
You can use voice input such as Amazon Echo or Google Home Assistant with OpenSprinkler. This is done through an integration with IFTTT. The basic steps ar...
Fri, 7 Mar, 2025 at 7:59 AM