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Rain Bird 1.0 App

How to Set up Automatic Seasonal Adjust in the Rain Bird 1.0 App

Lowering the amount of time your irrigation system waters during the cool seasons and increasing it in the hotter months creates a healthier landscape. It can help you save countless gallons of water, too. In the simplified diagram below, the dark blue section represents the actual watering needs for a landscape, while the lighter blue […]

Amazon Alexa WiFi Set up Guide for Rain Bird 1.0 App

This guide walks you through how to use your Rain Bird WiFi-enabled controller with the Amazon Alexa voice assistant. To enable Alexa with your Rain Bird controller you’ll need: Note that only one Rain Bird controller can be linked to your Amazon account.

How to Enable Automatic Rain Delay in Rain Bird 1.0 App

Ever regret not checking the weather before leaving home? It’s raining now, and your sprinklers are scheduled to run. What do you do? While a rain sensor would provide you peace of mind from not running your sprinklers during inclement weather, but what if you don’t have a rain sensor installed? Exclusive to select Rain […]

How to Delay Watering Using the Rain Bird 1.0 App

With an EPA WaterSense Certification, the RC2 has proven its ability to save water. With an Automatic Seasonal Adjust and Predictive Rain Delay built into the controller, the RC2 delivers the right amount of water without losing a drop. You’ll learn how powerful and simple the Rain Bird RC2 makes saving water!

How to Set up Day Light Savings Time in WiFi Enabled Controllers

Spring forward, fall back. Since the early 1900s, this expression has acted as a mnemonic device in the United States for remembering to turn one’s clocks one hour ahead in the spring for daylight-saving time, and back one hour in the fall at its end. But what does this have to do with your underground […]

How to Set up Cycle+Soak in the Rain Bird 1.0 App

When sprinklers come on, they can apply water to your landscape at a high rate. Depending on the landscape, the soil may not be capable of absorbing the water as quickly as the sprinklers are applying it.  In cases where there are sloped areas or compacted soils like clay, you may notice water pooling in […]

How to Delay Watering in the Rain Bird 1.0 App

Manually turn off automatic irrigation for a few days when it rains even without a rain sensor. Rain Bird WiFi controllers have settings that allow you to manually stop scheduled irrigation for a fixed number of days. Slide the bar to the number of days you want to cancel automatic irrigation and press the “Save” […]