Pulse watering with Sonoff
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:16 pm
I don't know about you guys, but I've always wanted the Sonoff timers to allow seconds on the timer scheduler.
However due to a software limitation it has never been possible, up until now. Sort of.
With the new 4ch Pro Rev 2, you can now set up to 16s inching for an output.
In other words, when you turn ON a button, it will stay ON for only the amount of seconds which you have set (via dip switches) and since this is a hardware feature you can rely that it will not stay forever ON.
So the way I am using is I like to auto feed 4x times a day for short 15s bursts. So i've set up this particular pump output as an Inching out and configured it to stay on for 15 seconds.
Then If you set the output is set to Inching, when you set an ON timer it will only stay on for the amount of seconds you set on the dip switches.
For example, you set 10S inching for Out1 and you set an ON timer for 10:00, when it triggers it will stay ON for only 10 seconds, even if you don’t have an OFF time set up.
Neat!
However due to a software limitation it has never been possible, up until now. Sort of.
With the new 4ch Pro Rev 2, you can now set up to 16s inching for an output.
In other words, when you turn ON a button, it will stay ON for only the amount of seconds which you have set (via dip switches) and since this is a hardware feature you can rely that it will not stay forever ON.
So the way I am using is I like to auto feed 4x times a day for short 15s bursts. So i've set up this particular pump output as an Inching out and configured it to stay on for 15 seconds.
Then If you set the output is set to Inching, when you set an ON timer it will only stay on for the amount of seconds you set on the dip switches.
For example, you set 10S inching for Out1 and you set an ON timer for 10:00, when it triggers it will stay ON for only 10 seconds, even if you don’t have an OFF time set up.
Neat!