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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@cookhouse but that's the classic app

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Don’t use the new app as it’s total crap but seems Rachio doesn’t show normally but you can click the plus and add it and see the settings. It won’t ever show in the list but maybe you can edit it and click done?  

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@cookhouse is that screenshot of the newer SmartThings app? I am already heavily invested in the new app with more than 50 different automations and a handful of scenes. Rachio is the only thing I'm having issues with at the moment so it's not total crap  

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Also, I have Rachio and SmartThings integrated and it works but the issue is that I have no settings/options for runtimes, while using the new app

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@evelyn1 yes that was from the new app. Click the plus symbol under smart apps and see it in the list? I also set this up a while ago before or was integrated so maybe there is no smart app with the integrated one

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@cookhouse if I click the + in the Smart Apps section, there isn't anything for Rachio. Rachio only shows up when I click the + under Devices and that's how I added the integration. Once it's added, if I click edit, I can only rename the zones or move them to a different room, just as you can see in the screenshot I posted

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I have they smart app code added from long before so I guess that’s why

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@cookhouse most likely. Well thanks anyway for the help. I do appreciate it.  

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@evelyn1 it might be under connected services under settings.  

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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”?