# B-hyve — Orbit smart watering (unofficial)

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/b-hyve-orbit-smart-watering-unofficial/157617>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, flow, homey-pro, advancedflow\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/b-hyve-orbit-smart-watering-unofficial/157617 "2026-07-27T15:30:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grant\_Lutz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/grant_lutz/32/57778_2.png) [@Grant\_Lutz](https://community.homey.app/u/Grant_Lutz)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/b-hyve-orbit-smart-watering-unofficial/157617/1 "2026-07-27T15:30:33Z")

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I am launching the unofficial B-hyve app to integrate homey with Orbit B-hyve!

Control your **Orbit B-hyve** smart watering products from Homey — hose faucet timers, multi-zone sprinkler controllers, and flood sensors, fully integrated with Flows and Insights.

This is an **unofficial community app** , not affiliated with or endorsed by Orbit. It talks to the same B-hyve cloud as the official phone app, so both stay in sync — and thanks to B-hyve’s live push connection, watering started from a schedule or the phone app shows up in Homey within seconds.

## Supported devices

- 🚿 **Hose faucet timers** (HT-25, XD, etc. — via the B-hyve Wi-Fi hub)
- 🌱 **Indoor/outdoor multi-zone sprinkler controllers** (6/8/16-zone models)
- 🌊 **Flood & temperature sensors** (Orbit 71000)

> A B-hyve account and the Wi-Fi hub (for hose timers) are required. Bluetooth-only timers can’t be controlled from the cloud.

## What you can do

**Watering** — every zone is its own device: tap to water with your default runtime, or use the _“Water for”_ slider to run any duration straight from the device — no Flow needed. Watch the time remaining count down, and track water usage per zone in Insights.

**Rain delays** — one toggle pauses everything; Flows can set any delay based on your weather app and notify you when delays start or end.

**Programs** — run, enable, or disable your B-hyve schedules by name from Flows, or set a program’s watering budget (50% = half runtime) for seasonal adjustment.

**Smart Watering** — see soil moisture per zone, and even tell Orbit how wet the soil actually is so it replans.

**Flood sensors** — standard Homey water/temperature alarms, so you can shut watering down (or the water main, if you have a valve) the moment a leak is detected.

### Flow highlights

- **Triggers:** watering started/finished (zone, program, minutes, gallons/litres tags), rain delay started/ended, mode changed, station fault
- **Conditions:** rain delay active, watering held by rain sensor, mode is…, program enabled
- **Actions:** water for N minutes, stop, set rain delay, run/enable/disable program, set budget, set soil moisture

## Installation

📦 **App Store** : submission in progress — this post will be updated with the test link, then the store link.

🔧 **Now (sideload)**: source is on GitHub — [grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve) — install with `homey app install`. Full instructions in the [User Guide](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve/blob/main/docs/USER-GUIDE.md).

## Links

- 📖 [User Guide](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve/blob/main/docs/USER-GUIDE.md) — step-by-step for every function + troubleshooting
- 📝 [Changelog](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- 🐛 [Report a bug](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve/issues) (or post here)

Initial release: all three drivers, live push updates, full flow card set, pairing/repair, water usage metering. See the [changelog](https://github.com/grantlutz/Homey-B-hyve/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for details.

_Credit where due: the Orbit cloud protocol knowledge builds on the excellent [Home Assistant B-hyve integration](https://github.com/sebr/bhyve-home-assistant) by_ @sebr _and contributors._

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**Feedback wanted!** I’m running it on three hose faucet timers — if you have a multi-zone controller or flood sensor, I’d especially love to hear how it behaves. Post your experiences, feature requests, and Flow ideas below. 👇