berkinet wrote:

hamw wrote:... AFAIK, there is no way to set individual sprinkler zone duration from Indigo Touch either through the popup UI control or the device interface, unless a custom interface like what you have created is made.

I could be wrong on this, since I haven't tried it. but... The Indigo AppleScript dictionary provides for the following action steps:
sprinkler action runSchedule / stopSchedule / pauseSchedule / resumeSchedule / prevZone / nextZone / zoneOn
zone index integer -- (use if sprinkler action = zoneOn) the zone index which should be turned on
zone durations list of real -- (use if sprinkler action = runSchedule) list of zone durations to schedule

So, you should be able to create a control page with a pair of up and a down arrows to set the an internal variable for the zone index, and another pair of arrows to set the zone duration. The arrow actions could be AppleScripts, which would allow high and low limits, or just simple action groups to increment/decrement a variable. Then, a final button would execute an AppleScript which would use the Zone and Duration values to start the EZFlora. I believe the trick is to set the durations for all zones other than the desired zone to 0.

For example, if the desired zone was 2 and the zone duration was stored in variable target_duration, the value of zone durations would be {0,target_duration,0,0,0,0,0,0}

CAVEAT: This is all just a guess. I have not tried using action steps and couldn't find any useful examples in the forums, so I can't really post any psuedo code. If anyone has actually tried this please speak up.

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tell application "IndigoServer"
   --set the zone to be manually activated (5, in this example)
   --action step 1 manually activates the specified zone
   set zone index of action step 1 of action group "Water A Single Zone" to 5
   
   --set the watering time (seconds)
   --action step 2 turns off all zones after the specified delay
   set delay amount of action step 2 of action group "Water A Single Zone" to 900
   
   --make it so!
   execute group "Water A Single Zone"
end tell


raneil wrote:[tell application "IndigoServer"
--set the zone to be manually activated (5, in this example)
--action step 1 manually activates the specified zone
set zone index of action step 1 of action group "Water A Single Zone" to 5

--set the watering time (seconds)
--action step 2 turns off all zones after the specified delay
set delay amount of action step 2 of action group "Water A Single Zone" to 900

--make it so!
execute group "Water A Single Zone"
end tell

hamw wrote:How about using a VPN client to log onto the indigo computer from the yard, open your basic schedule and then just set zone durations directly there? Pretty easy IMHO. I use RemoteTap constantly to make small changes in my setup. Would avoid a whole lot of scripting. Although maybe not as much fun.......

berkinet wrote:Great! Maybe you could avoid action 2 of your approach if you added this to your script:
set zone durations of action step 1 to {0,0,0,0,900,0,0,0}

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-- First, set the three key variables
set sprinklerController to "Irrigation Controller #1"
set zoneNumber to 8
set zoneDuration to 1

-- Next, create the zone duration list for a complete schedule.
-- But, only our target zone will have a non-zero setting
set zoneDurationList to {}
repeat with zone from 1 to 8
   if zone = zoneNumber then
      set val to zoneDuration
   else
      set val to 0
   end if
   set zoneDurationList to zoneDurationList & val
end repeat

-- Now, tell Indigo to create an action group, execute it and then delete it
tell application "IndigoServer"
   set oneTimeWater to make new action group with properties {name:"One Time Water", display in remote ui:false, description:"My Water Test"}
   make new action step in oneTimeWater
   tell first action step of oneTimeWater
      set action type to controlSprinkler
      set device name to sprinklerController
      set sprinkler action to runSchedule
      set zone durations to zoneDurationList
   end tell
   execute group "One Time Water"
   delete action group "One Time Water"
end tell


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Mar 23, 2011 10:17:33
  Action Group        One Time Water
  Sprinkler           Scheduled "Irrigation Controller #1" zone durations: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 1.00
  Sprinkler           Turning "Irrigation Controller #1" zone 8 on for 1.00 minutes
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-inner" on (ack: valve 8 on)
  Trigger Action      Irrigation 1 State
  Script              sprinkler 1 running

Mar 23, 2011 10:18:33
  Time/Date Action    _next_zone_8_Irrigation Controller #1
  Sprinkler           Stopping "Irrigation Controller #1" scheduled zone durations
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-inner" off (ack: all valves off)
  Trigger Action      Irrigation 1 State
  Script              sprinkler 1 stopped
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-lawn" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-patio" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-lwr" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-upr" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - drive-kitch" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-patio" off (ack: all valves off)
  Sent INSTEON        "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-outer" off (ack: all valves off)

Mar 24, 2011 10:12:50
Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-lwr" on (ack: valve 3 on)
Trigger Action Irrigation 1 State
Script sprinkler 1 running

Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-lwr" off (ack: all valves off)

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tell application "IndigoServer"
   tell device "Irrigation Controller #1"
      set zone index to 3
      turn on
      delay 5
      turn off
   end tell
end tell

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-- First, set the three key variables
set sprinklerController to "Irrigation Controller #1" -- Indigo sprinkler device name
set zoneIndex to 8 -- Zone number on controller
set zoneDuration to 1 -- Irrigation duration in minutes

tell application "IndigoServer"
   tell device sprinklerController
      set zone index to zoneIndex
      delay zoneDuration * 60
      set zone index to 0
   end tell
end tell

2011-03-24 15:33:01 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-inner" on (ack: valve 8 on)
2011-03-24 15:33:01 Trigger Action Irrigation 1 State
2011-03-24 15:33:01 Script sprinkler 1 running
2011-03-24 15:34:01 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-inner" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:01 Trigger Action Irrigation 1 State
2011-03-24 15:34:02 Script sprinkler 1 stopped
2011-03-24 15:34:02 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-lawn" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:02 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-patio" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:02 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-lwr" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:03 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - f-hill-upr" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:03 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - drive-kitch" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:03 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-patio" off (ack: all valves off)
2011-03-24 15:34:03 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation Controller #1 - bk-yd-outer" off (ack: all valves off)

berkinet wrote:Thanks Matt. So, the turn on, turn on device x for n and set on state to true were NO-OPS.

So, the most simple way to control a sprinkler zone, without any need to create an action group, etc is...

raneil wrote:...I've hit a snag. I cannot determine the current operating mode of the EZFlora beyond the basic "which zone is on".

berkinet wrote:

raneil wrote:...I've hit a snag. I cannot determine the current operating mode of the EZFlora beyond the basic "which zone is on".

Back to the original post in this thread. This is probably obvious, but... By using an AppleScript to control the sprinklers you could easily update variables storing information about the currently running zone (time started, zone number, duration end-time) in Indigo variables.

As to seeing a "Schedule" or the schedule state (paused, running, stopped), you create an AS that in turn called the zones for the desired duration in the desired order and call that script a "Schedule." Then you could have multiple "schedules" and could store the schedule name in an Indigo variable as well.

raneil wrote:..So, I enabled Indigo's logging to an SQLite database. An Indigo Trigger (based on changes to the EZFlora's pseudo-property "Active Zone Name") sends my script off to query the database of recent "Sprinkler" log entries. Based on those, it can accurately determine the current status of the EZFlora:

on (schedule)
paused (schedule)
on (manual)
off

And the UI is updated accordingly.