Central Irrigation Control System
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1. An irrigation control system comprising:
- an irrigation controller configured to cause irrigation according to an irrigation watering schedule for a geographic area;
a rain sensor configured to sense a rain event and communicate said rain event to said irrigation controller;
wherein said irrigation controller is further configured to;
halt all currently scheduled irrigation events when said rain sensor communicates said rain event;
said currently scheduled irrigation events having an original start time and an original end time;
create a first recalculated start time for each currently scheduled irrigation events while maintaining said original end time for each of said currently scheduled irrigation events; and
,periodically create a subsequent recalculated start time while maintaining said original end time for each currently scheduled irrigation events if said rain sensor continues to communicate said rain event to said irrigation controller;
wherein said irrigation controller will stop periodically creating said subsequent recalculated start time for each currently scheduled irrigation events if said rain sensor stops communicating said rain event or if said original end time has passed.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, irrigation software is provided for an irrigation system. The irrigation software may include a hierarchical watering plan display, water pump adjustment, water pump efficiency profile use, a soil moisture interface, a historical flow interface, a demand ET interface, an instant program interface, an instant program interface, a manual irrigation interface, a precipitation management group interface, a rain schedule adjustment algorithm, a map-to-monitor button, a universal start time shift interface, and a conditional screen saver.
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1. An irrigation control system comprising:
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an irrigation controller configured to cause irrigation according to an irrigation watering schedule for a geographic area; a rain sensor configured to sense a rain event and communicate said rain event to said irrigation controller; wherein said irrigation controller is further configured to; halt all currently scheduled irrigation events when said rain sensor communicates said rain event;
said currently scheduled irrigation events having an original start time and an original end time;create a first recalculated start time for each currently scheduled irrigation events while maintaining said original end time for each of said currently scheduled irrigation events; and
,periodically create a subsequent recalculated start time while maintaining said original end time for each currently scheduled irrigation events if said rain sensor continues to communicate said rain event to said irrigation controller; wherein said irrigation controller will stop periodically creating said subsequent recalculated start time for each currently scheduled irrigation events if said rain sensor stops communicating said rain event or if said original end time has passed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An irrigation control system comprising:
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an irrigation controller configured to control irrigation according to an irrigation watering schedule for a geographic area; said irrigation controller configured to halt current irrigation during a rain event, periodically recalculate irrigation start time and maintaining an irrigation end time while said rain event continues, and cease periodically recalculating said irrigation start time when said irrigation end time has passed or when said rain event stops. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An irrigation control system comprising:
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a central irrigation controller controlling irrigation according to an irrigation watering schedule for a geographic area; said irrigation controller halting currently scheduled irrigation during a rain event, periodically recalculating irrigation start times and maintaining irrigation end times while said rain event continues, and ceasing to periodically recalculate said irrigation start time when said irrigation end time has passed or when said rain event stops. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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