Rain Bird Wi-Fi Irrigation v1.0

Local, cloud-free control of a Rain Bird irrigation controller from RTI. The driver talks directly to the Rain Bird LNK or LNK2 WiFi module on your network. No Rain Bird cloud account is used, so there is nothing to rate-limit and no vendor quota to exhaust.

Supports the Rain Bird WiFi controller family (ESP-TM2, ESP-Me, ESP-ME3, ESP-RZXe, LXME2 and similar). The driver detects the model and the number of stations automatically.

What you can do

· See which station is watering, live

Run any station for a set number of minutes

Stop all watering

Set or clear a rain delay (in days)

Per-station run-duration spinners for one-touch "run this zone" buttons

Requirements

· A Rain Bird controller with an LNK or LNK2 WiFi module, set up and online in the Rain Bird app

The module on the same network as the RTI processor (give it a DHCP reservation so its address does not change)

The password you use to connect to this controller in the Rain Bird app

Setup

1. In the Rain Bird app, open Controller Settings, then Network Info, and note the controller IP address.

2. Confirm the password the Rain Bird app uses to connect to this controller, and enter it in the driver exactly as it is set in the app.

3. In the driver properties, enter the IP Address and the Controller Password.

4. Name each station under Zone Naming. The name you enter (for example Front Lawn) appears by that name in the Run Zone and Stop Zone command pickers, tied to its station number. Name every station you want to control.

You add one Rain Bird Controller device and configure everything, including the zones, inside it. Zone numbers map to the controller station numbers (Zone 1 = station 1). The driver connects, reads the model and station list, and begins reporting state.

Important: password lockout

The controller locks itself for 20 minutes after five wrong password attempts. Enter the password carefully. If the driver reports that the password was rejected, fix it in the driver properties and then use Force Reconnect. The driver deliberately stops after a rejected password so it cannot cause a lockout on its own. If a lockout does occur (for example from another app), the driver waits it out and retries automatically.

Commands

· Run Zone: pick a station by its configured name and run it for a number of minutes. The run always has a set duration, so the controller stops the valve on its own when the time is up.

Run Zone With Set Duration: run a station using its duration-spinner value.

Stop All Zones: stop all watering. The controller has no per-zone stop, so Stop Zone also stops all watering.

Set Rain Delay: suspend automatic watering for a number of days. Set Rain Delay 0, or Clear Rain Delay, removes it.

Set Zone Duration, Zone Duration Up, Zone Duration Down: adjust a station duration spinner.

Force Reconnect, Refresh State, Clear Cache: connection and state helpers.

Feedback

Connection State, Status Text, Detected Model, Serial Number, Zones Detected, Running Zone, Running Zone Name, Any Zone Running, Rain Delay Days, Rain Delay Active, Rain Sensor Active, and per-station Available, Display Name, and Running variables. Each station also fires Started and Stopped events.

Trial and licensing

A 120-minute trial is included so you can evaluate the driver on your own hardware before purchase. Paste your licence key in the driver properties to unlock permanent use. The licence is tied to the processor.

Diagnostics

Driver messages appear in the processor XP Diagnostics System Log. Set Debug Level to Low for normal use (the driver still logs errors and a state heartbeat every 60 seconds at Low), or Medium or High while troubleshooting. The Status Text and Last Error variables always reflect the current state on the panel.

Support

Questions or issues: support@customcontroldrivers.com