Patent ID: 11957084
Assignee: RAIN BIRD CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for controlling irrigation based on rainfall, the system comprising:
an irrigation controller configured to execute one or more watering schedules and including a wireless transceiver;
a server remote to a location where the irrigation controller is installed, the server being in communication with the irrigation controller over a network, the network comprising a wireless local area network, wherein the wireless transceiver of the irrigation controller is communicationally coupled to the wireless local area network;
wherein the server includes a control unit configured to:
transmit a first signal to the irrigation controller, via the wireless local area network and the wireless transceiver, to cause an interruption of one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller in response to weather data indicative of active rainfall, in the location where the irrigation controller is installed, reaching an interrupt threshold that is associated with a preset rainfall accumulation amount; and
transmit a second signal to the irrigation controller, via the wireless local area network and the wireless transceiver, to cause a removal of the interruption of the one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller after a completion of a predetermined interval of time and without determining whether the rainfall accumulation amount is above the interrupt threshold or below the interrupt threshold in response to weather data indicative of a rainfall stop in the location where the irrigation controller is installed.