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Smart Irrigation

A Home Assistant integration to optimize irrigation

Sensor group configuration

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Sensor groups define what sources provide the weather data to be collected and calculated on to determine irrigation duration. You can use any numeric Home Assistant sensor, regardless of its source. Additionally, if you configured a weather service in this integration, you can retrieve the data from that as well.

Adding a sensor group

Enter a sensor group name and select Add sensor groups. Your sensor group is added and you 'wire up' the sensors.

Configuring a sensor group

Apart from changing the name, you can specify the source where to retrieve the weather data metrics. Metrics can be retrieved from a weather service (assuming you set it up), a sensor or a static value. When using a sensor or static value as a source, take care to make sure the unit the integration expects is the same as your sensor provides. You can choose which aggregation to use like average, maximum, minimum etc.

It's recommended to use actual sensor sources as much as you can and only rely on weather services as needed. If your zone is covered (such as a green house), of course you can set the total precipitation to 0.

The following data can be provided:

Data Required Available sources Available units Expected aggregation Expected aggregation for continuous updates
Current precipitation No Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
in/h
mm/h
Last Last
Dewpoint Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
°C
°F
Average Last
Evapotranspiration No None (module will calculate it)
Sensor
Static value
in
mm
Average Last
Humidity Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
% Average Last
Total precipitation Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
in
mm
Maximum or Last Last
Pressure (*see notes below the table) Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
hPa
inch Hg
millibar
psi
Average Last
Solar Radiation No None (requires module to estimate it)
Sensor
Static value
MJ/day/m2
MJ/day/sq ft
W/m2
W/sq ft
Average Riemann Sum
Temperature Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
°C
°F
Average Last
Wind speed Yes Weather Service
Sensor
Static value
meter/s
mile/h
km/h
Average Last

Please note:

Deleting a sensor group

Use the button at the bottom to delete a sensor group. Note you can only delete sensor groups that are not used by any zones.

Now you are ready to use the integration!

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