Question

I'm using Rachio 3 for my irrigation and it's integrated with SmartThings. I use the newer SmartThings app and not the classic. With that said, I can start a water session on any zone but I have no way to set the session runtime of any zone via SmartThings. I think it runs a default of 10 minutes. Is there a way to adjust the runtime or at least change the default runtime SmartThings has? Rachio defaults to 3 minutes and I can adjust that in Rachio but this doesn't coincide with SmartThings so wondering if there is a hidden setting in SmartThings.  

Answer 1

You’re doing better than me, I can’t get anything in the new app and in Classic just a quick run

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@dye well at least I know it's not just me then. Bummer

Answer 2

The default run time is set in the smart app

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@doze10 I don't see Connected Services within the SmartThings app.  

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@evelyn1 it's under settings.  

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@doze10 ah, ok. I keep forgetting to look in the cog wheel for that. Found it. However, no additional options within Settings -> Connected Services -> Rachio other than what you can see in this screenshot  

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@evelyn1 oh ok. I don't know anything about rachio just knew where connected services was. Sorry

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@doze10 no worries at all. Thanks for helping, though. Seems like a limitation on the new SmartThings app.  

Answer 3

No reason to use Rachio in smartthings. The Rachio app is way more powerful.  

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@capable again, reading comprehension isn't your thing. What part of example or use cases don't you understand?  

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@evelyn1 the absolutely no logical ones that have been provided.  

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@capable Unified automation? Do you really think that anyone wants to use a different app for every smart device they have? SmartThings alleviates that and using Action Tiles or Sharptools allows tablet setups for other household members to use. In rachio's case, if I add new shrubs/plants, I can quickly use the tablet on my wall to trigger a quick unscheduled run rather than going to rachio (yet another app). Again, you have no vision

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@evelyn1 I guess you don’t own a phone. So I can see how grabbing a tablet off a wall in your case would work.  

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@capable I wouldn't be grabbing anything off a wall. I'll just be tapping an icon, done. Forget carrying my phone if I'm home. I have three tablets on the walls at home. You really can't be this closed-minded, seriously. I feel like I'm being pranked  

Answer 4

Just don’t use smart things for Rachio. I found it better just to use the Rachio app for better control.  

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@romaine what if you want to do things the Rachio app cannot do? What if you bought Rachio because it was advertised to work with Smartthings (as I did)?  

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@romaine I know, I repeated it because if you’d read it you wouldn’t have made your comment! I’m not telling anyone what to do, that ball is firmly in your court!  

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If you bought a car and the A/C didn’t work or the radio, would you complain to the dealer? What if the dealer’s response was, ”it’s a car, it’s purpose is to get you from A to B, you don’t need A/C or a radio”?