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Issue with Smart Watering

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-10-07 04:37:31 UTC

Hi David,


Your zone 3 watered several times per day and it is smart watering. Some zones are watered multiple times a day, you probably selected clay, clay loam or loam as the soil type which accepts water slowly, often as little as 1/4 inch per hour and that is why we break the watering into many pieces to avoid water runoff.


 We found your smart watering is advanced and in this level, Netro smart watering will add smart zone schedules for you if Netro think the watering is not enough. 


If you do not want smart zone schedule to override your own programmed schedule, you can set up the Smart Zone level from Advanced to Basic, which only skip rainning days for your programmed schedule. ( Settings->Zones->Smart Zone)

Thanks,

Netro Support

Whisperer setup works - but never reconnects to network

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-10-07 04:31:27 UTC

Hi Ken,


We have also received your email and we will get back to you soon.


Thanks,

Netro Support

Inaccurate readings

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-10-03 03:23:51 UTC
Hi Julie,


Could you please send us email to support@netrohome.com with your Netro account registered email?

We will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Netro sensor stopped working

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-10-03 03:23:40 UTC

Hi Lyndon,


Could you please send us email to support@netrohome.com with your Netro account registered email?

We will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Can you implement this improvement?

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-30 02:16:15 UTC

Hi Growbro,


Thanks for your request and I will forward it to our R&D.


Thanks,

Netro Support

Connecting Pixie to Google Home

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-30 02:15:40 UTC
Hi Steve, 

Netro pixie cannot work with Google Home, though other Netro products (Sprite, Spark, Whisperer) can work with. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Association of whisperer with pixie zone

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-27 08:59:24 UTC

Hi Lee,


Please go to the home page. There is a drop down menu and please select your second pixie timer, then tap the "+"button on the upper right corner, go to Add a Product-> Plant sensor and then select the Garden and complete the following procedures to add the sensor. You will need to press the button 6 times on the back of the sensor to change its mode to Setup mode (light blinking slowly).


Please let us know if it works.


Thanks,

Netro Support

Battery Charging issue

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-27 08:56:07 UTC

Hi Billy,

Could you please send us email to support@netrohome.com with your Netro account registered email?
We will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Lots of questions!

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-23 06:43:37 UTC

Hi Thomas, 


You can find some useful information when selecting the soil type from this article:https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=179 


The slope does not need to be particularly accurate bacause the slope mainly affects the maximum watering time. The larger the slope, the shorter the watering time, and itNetro will break watering into several times. 


Dry spots is determined by the springler system. If there are many dry spots, you can choose the frequent watering mode through settings->zones->specific zone number->smart zone-enabled->Mode. 


Thanks, 

Netro Support










Winterizing using a third party service

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-22 01:36:21 UTC

Hi Marc, 


You can use Netro's shared user function. Please let the shared user download the app and use his own email register an account with Netro. Then you can add his email as a shared user in your account. Please go settings->controller->manage users->add manager 


Thanks 

Regards, 

Netro Support


Zone name

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-22 01:30:35 UTC

Hi Michele,


When you change the new name for the restriction, there will pop up edit keyboard.  After the edit of the new name, you will need to tap on the "done" button on the screen keyboard, the tap the "save" button on the top right corner. Please let us know if it works. 


Thanks,

Netro Support


Schedule

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-22 01:14:56 UTC

Hi Nessy,


You mentioned some zones are watered multiple times a day, you probably selected clay, clay loam or loam as the soil type which accepts water slowly, often as little as 1/4 inch per hour and that is why Netro's smart watering breaks the watering into many pieces to avoid water runoff.


Thanks,

Netro Support

What does the attention icon means?

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-22 01:12:13 UTC

Hi Shai,


The exclamation mark means the cloud server did not receive the confirmation from the device. There are two possible causes:


1. the device is not powered up when it was supposed to be powered up to run that schedule. Therefore, the corresponding zone is not watered (what is why we use the exclamation to alert users)

2. the schedule run fine but it was during a temporary network outage or exception so that the confirmation cannot be delivered to the server. Wireless connection can be unstable for a short peroid time so it is not uncommon to have a glitch in the communication.

If the schedules afterwards are all correctly run and confirmed, it could just be a temporary network issues. But if that happens a lot please check the WiFi signal strength. If you use a WiFi extender, please make sure it is connected to the main router stably.


Thanks,

Netro Support


Moisture reading not working

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-22 01:10:14 UTC

Hi Nancy, 


Our sever side gets and updates weather information every early morning at 4 am. It's probably that Netro has not updated the rainfall data previously so the moisture level did not go up. Please let us know if you have any further questions. 


Thanks, 

Netro Support


new xfinity box

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-17 02:11:13 UTC

Hi Gary,


We have replied you through email.


Thanks,

Netro Support

Manual en Español

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-17 02:03:01 UTC

Hi Juan,


You can go to the product page on our own website, select "User Manual" and download it. Please scroll the download file and you can find it in Spanish version. https://www.netrohome.com/en/shop/plans/1


Thanks,

Netro Support

Moisture sensors not working

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-16 02:35:55 UTC

Hi Nancy,


Could you please check the soil around the sensor if it's tight enough? If there is large gap between soil and sensor, the air could cause noise. 


Thanks,

Netro Support

Can't get our Netro to reset

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-14 08:50:51 UTC

Hi Neil,


Could you please send us email to support@netrohome.com with your Netro account registered email?

We will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support

Power Supply

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-13 07:56:54 UTC

Hi Jason,


If the power adapter is not working, we will ship you a replacement power adapter. Could you please do a test by connecting your power adapter two strings together for less than one second, and then release. See if there is any spark. Please let us know the result.


Regards,
Netro Support

Connexio

19
Wency Pan
Updated at 2021-09-13 07:09:44 UTC

Hi Gerard,

Could you please send us email to support@netrohome.com with your Netro account registered email?

We will have our technician look into this issue. 

Thanks
Regards, 
Netro Support