Patent ID: 8700222
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A01G,G05D

Abstract:
1. An irrigation controller, comprising: a computer processor; a memory operatively connected to the computer processor, said computer processor configured to execute programs stored in the memory, said memory further storing a watering restriction, said watering restriction comprising at least one day of a week permitting watering and at least one day of the week restricting watering, said watering restriction further comprising changes to the at least one day of the week permitting watering and the at least one day of the week restricting watering, the changes occurring at least once during a year, wherein said watering restriction is pre-programmed; at least one manually actuable control operatively connected to the computer processor that allows a user to enter at least two watering schedules including run times, and to select from the at least two watering schedules at least one affected watering schedule that is affected by the watering restriction and at least one non-affected watering schedule that is not affected by the watering restriction; circuitry operatively connected to the computer processor and configured to turn a plurality of valves ON and OFF; and programming stored in the memory to accept input from the user via the at least one manually actuable control to implement the at least two watering schedules, wherein during said run times, the computer processor operates ones of the plurality of valves, the programming further accepting input from the user via the at least one manually actuable control to implement the affected watering schedule and the non-affected watering schedule, the programming automatically prohibiting operation of the ones of the plurality of valves during one or more run times of the affected watering schedule according to watering restriction and automatically permitting operation of the ones of the valves during one or more run times of the non-affected watering schedule regardless of the watering restriction.