[APP][Pro] Rain Bird

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Is the IP address of the RB hub still the same?

84

At first the app was (succesfully) connected thru ā€œhostā€ ā€˜Rainbird.localā€™
When everything stopped working I tried to set the IP adress in the ā€œhostā€ field in the homey app.
Sadly, this doesnā€™t make any difference.

When I test a flow in homey, the response is an error at the card ā€œstart zone xx for xx minutesā€
a popup appears with the text: ā€œNetwork request failedā€

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Can you check if Homey can reach rainbird.localā€™s IP address?

  • Install Net Scan app
  • Add a ā€œIPā€ device
  • Enter the IP address and a name
    The status should be ā€œonlineā€
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Hi Peter, thanks for your help,

Yes it can, i checked this with the net scan app like you asked.

So I do not think itā€™s a network related problem, cause my phone app from rain bird can connect, and also home assisitant can connect and control the rain bird controller with the HA integration.

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Thanks.
Your second sentence is the exact reason I wanted you to check if Homey can reach the device. Often other stuff just works, except for Homey.

OK, next steps to check or perform:

Device
Is the Rain Bird device in Homey added via the Rain Bird app (LAN) and not showing as ā€œunavailableā€ ( = red triangle) in the device tile?

Does the Rain Bird device tile in Homey respond to manual commands?

Wifi
If you use guest network/AP isolation, disable it for that SSID.

Re-login
Open the Rain Bird device settings in Homey and re-enter any required PIN/password or re-add the device to refresh the session.

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88

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your suggestions, meanwile a couldnā€™t stand it that the device didnā€™t worked.
Soā€¦ i kind of fixed it by nowā€¦

It seems like that any changes to the network ā€œhostā€ settings in de existing device didnā€™t really changed by applying it. Even repairing it did not solve the problem.

In the test app I added a new device, with the IP adress as ā€œhostā€ instead of the (in previous version) standard host ā€œrainbird.localā€.
So by now I have 2 devices, with the same settings, but only the new one is working and connecting to the Rain-bird controller.

Many thanks for your time and suggestions!

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89

Ah, great ideas! And youā€™re welcome!

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90

Has anyone had any success with connecting an ARC series controller with this APP?

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I am also trying to connect but without success. Maybe Rainbird 2.0 app is a problem. Year ago it was working ok.