Siri not running all zones

[TheBum]

I have a B-Hyve Indoor 4-zone timer. When I tell Siri “start the sprinklers”, she responds with “OK. Four valves are queued up for watering next.” However, only one zone runs, usually zone 4.

[MortJC]

Hi. The Bhyve can only run one sprinkler at a time. Homebridge will be sending the commands to run each one at the same time. Likely the last one is the one that will end up running. Hence Zone 4 will run.

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I have a B-Hyve Indoor 4-zone timer. When I tell Siri “start the sprinklers”, she responds with “OK. Four valves are queued up for watering next.” However, only one zone runs, usually zone 4.

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[TheBum]

Is that something Homebridge could address or is it a limitation of the HomeKit protocol?

[MortJC]

No. It's the bhyve that's only allowing you to run one zone at a time, and it's doing this as most locations won't have the water pressure to run all the sprinklers at the same time. Make sense?

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Is that something Homebridge could address?

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[TheBum]

I wasn’t questioning sequencing zones. We’ve had this sprinkler system for almost 26 years, so I know most of the ins and outs. I’m only just now getting it networked.

Could the plug-in be modified to handle the sequencing, or does HomeBridge not provide enough info to it (e.g. the number of zones).

[MortJC]

The homebridge plugin does not replace the scheduling provide by the b-hyve itself. It only for running zone immediately and proving the status.

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 I wasn’t questioning sequencing zones. We’ve had this sprinkler system for almost 26 years, so I know most of the ins and outs. I’m only just now getting it networked.

Could the plug-in be modified to handle the sequencing, or does HomeBridge not provide enough info to it (e.g. the number of zones).

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[TheBum]

So, basically, Siri is useless for B-Hyve timers with HomeBridge and this plugin unless you only have one zone?

[MortJC]

No, you can run each zone individually. E.g. Siri turn on the "Back garden" sprinkler. Are you not able to do that?

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So, basically, Siri is useless for B-Hyve timers with HomeBridge and this plugin unless you only have one zone?

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[TheBum]

Once I renamed the zones in the Home app, it worked. It did not work with the default “Zone ” names.

[MortJC]

Great. Sorry I misunderstood your initial email.

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Once I renamed the zones in the Home app, it worked. It did not work with the default “Zone ” names.

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