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layout: page
title: "Melnor Raincloud Switch"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate your Melnor Raincloud sprinkler system within Home Assistant."
date: 2017-09-04 10:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
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logo: raincloud.jpg
ha_category: Irrigation
ha_release: "0.55"
ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling"
---

To get your [Melnor RainCloud](https://wifiaquatimer.com) binary sensors working within Home Assistant, please follow the instructions for the general [Raincloud component](/components/raincloud/).

## {% linkable_title Configuration %}

Once you have enabled the [Raincloud component](/components/raincloud/), add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: raincloud
```

{% configuration %}
watering_minutes:
  description: "Value in minutes to watering your garden via frontend. The values allowed are: 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60."
  required: false
  default: 15
  type: integer
monitored_conditions:
  description: Conditions to display in the frontend. If not specified, all conditions below will be enabled by default.
  required: false
  type: list
  keys:
    auto_watering:
      description: Toggle the watering scheduled per zone.
      required: false
      type: boolean
    manual_watering:
      description: Toggle manually the watering per zone. It will inherent the value in minutes specified on the RainCloud hub component.
      required: false
      type: boolean
{% endconfiguration %}