Weather monitor and irrigation overrride system with unique system identifier

• US 20070010915A1
• Filed: 07/07/2005
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Sales, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Sales, Ltd.
• Inventors: Been, Harold, Burson, Jason
• Application Number:
  US11/176,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20070010915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/284
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 25/16 Control of watering
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/22 Improving land use; Improving water use or availability; Controlling erosion

Abstract

A weather monitor and irrigation override system for use with an irrigation control system. In a preferred embodiment, the weather monitor and irrigation override system comprises a controller transceiver couplable to an irrigation control system, an environmental sensor, a sensor transceiver coupled to the environmental sensor and configured to wirelessly and bi-directionally communicate with the controller transceiver, and a system identifier module coupled to the controller transceiver having a communications identifier unique to the sensor transceiver and the controller transceiver whereby the controller transceiver accepts wireless transmissions only from the sensor transceiver. A method of manufacturing the weather monitor and irrigation override system is also provided.

Claims

1. For use with an irrigation control system, a weather monitor and irrigation override system, comprising:

a controller transceiver couplable to an irrigation control system;

an environmental sensor; and

a sensor transceiver coupled to said environmental sensor and configured to wirelessly and bi-directionally communicate with said controller transceiver.

2. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a system identifier module coupled to said controller transceiver having a communications identifier unique to said sensor transceiver and said controller transceiver whereby said controller transceiver accepts wireless transmissions only from said sensor transceiver.

3. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 2 further comprising a display transceiver having said unique communications identifier wherein said display transceiver is configured to wirelessly and bi-directionally communicate only with said controller transceiver.

4. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 3 further comprising a display module coupled to said display transceiver, wherein said display module is configured to accept instructions and to display a status of said weather monitor and irrigation override system.

5. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 4 wherein said display module further comprises a no-signal indicator configured to indicate that the display module is not receiving a signal from said controller transceiver.

6. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 4 wherein said display module further comprises a station identifier configured to indicate which of a plurality of environmental sensors is supplying data displayed by said display module.

7. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 4 wherein said display module includes a display module low battery indicator.

8. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 3 further comprising an override module couplable to said irrigation control system and said controller transceiver, said override module configured to override said irrigation control system.

9. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 8 further comprising a controller module coupled to said controller transceiver and said override module.

10. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 1 wherein said environmental sensor is a temperature sensor or a rain sensor.

11. The weather monitor and irrigation override system as recited in claim 1 wherein said controller transceiver and said sensor transceiver are radio frequency transceivers.

12. A method of manufacturing a weather monitor and irrigation override system for use with an irrigation control system, comprising:

providing a controller transceiver couplable to an irrigation control system;

providing an environmental sensor;

coupling a sensor transceiver to said environmental sensor and configuring said sensor transceiver to wirelessly and bi-directionally communicate with said controller transceiver.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 further comprising coupling a system identifier module to said controller transceiver, said system identifier module having a communications identifier unique to said sensor transceiver and said controller transceiver whereby said controller transceiver accepts wireless transmissions only from said sensor transceiver.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 further comprising providing a display transceiver having said unique communications identifier and configuring said display transceiver to wirelessly and bi-directionally communicate only with said controller transceiver.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 further comprising coupling a display module to said display transceiver and configuring said display module to only accept instructions from and to display a status of said weather monitor and irrigation override system.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 further comprising configuring said display module with a no-signal indicator configured to indicate that said display module is not receiving a signal from said controller transceiver.

17. The method as recited in claim 16 further comprising configuring said display module with a station identifier configured to indicate which of a plurality of environmental sensors is supplying data displayed by said display module.

18. The method as recited in claim 15 further comprising configuring said display module with a display module low battery indicator.

19. The method as recited in claim 14 further comprising coupling an override module to said irrigation control system and said controller transceiver, and configuring said override module to override said irrigation control system.

20. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising coupling a controller module to said controller transceiver and said override module.

21. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein providing an environmental sensor includes providing a temperature sensor or a rain sensor.

22. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein coupling a sensor transceiver includes coupling a radio frequency sensor transceiver.