I would like to be able to pause a running program for a set time that would stop all watering but allow manual zone operation while the program is paused and then to unpause the program before it times out.
I saw this on the RM web site in their list of revisions: "Updated API to 4.6 version to reflect the new API calls like Pause." With this API call it looks like it might be possible to pause a program, but I don't know if it would be possible to manually turn on and off a zone while it's paused, but it's a place to start.
Since I am running two RMs, I would want to be able to pause and unpause either one in an event.
There are a couple of reasons I want to do this. One is to pause watering if the wind reaches a threshold. The other is start a particular zone to scare deer away. To scare deer away, I have several motion detectors around to activate particular zones. The problem is that only one zone can be on at a time so there needs to be a way to kill any active zone first and then light off the motion triggered zone for a short time (15 secs) and then resume the active zone.
Another related action that would be desirable to have in addition to a pause is a Stop All action which would stop the running program.
I saw this on the RM web site in their list of revisions: "Updated API to 4.6 version to reflect the new API calls like Pause." With this API call it looks like it might be possible to pause a program, but I don't know if it would be possible to manually turn on and off a zone while it's paused, but it's a place to start.
Since I am running two RMs, I would want to be able to pause and unpause either one in an event.
There are a couple of reasons I want to do this. One is to pause watering if the wind reaches a threshold. The other is start a particular zone to scare deer away. To scare deer away, I have several motion detectors around to activate particular zones. The problem is that only one zone can be on at a time so there needs to be a way to kill any active zone first and then light off the motion triggered zone for a short time (15 secs) and then resume the active zone.
Another related action that would be desirable to have in addition to a pause is a Stop All action which would stop the running program.
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