home-assistant.io/source/_integrations/raincloud.markdown

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	ha_codeowners	ha_domain	ha_platforms	ha_integration_type
Melnor RainCloud	Instructions on how to integrate your Melnor Raincloud sprinkler system within Home Assistant.	Binary Sensor Irrigation Sensor Switch	0.55	Cloud Polling	@vanstinator	raincloud	binary_sensor sensor switch	integration

The raincloud integration allows you to integrate your Melnor RainCloud sprinkler system in Home Assistant.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

• Binary Sensor
• Sensor
• Switch

Configuration

To enable it, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
raincloud:
  username: YOUR_USERNAME
  password: YOUR_PASSWORD

{% configuration %} username: description: The username for accessing your Melnor RainCloud account. required: true type: string password: description: The password for accessing your Melnor RainCloud account. required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %}

Binary Sensor

Once you have enabled the Raincloud integration, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: raincloud

{% configuration %} monitored_conditions: description: Conditions to display in the frontend. The following conditions can be monitored. required: false type: list default: If not specified, all conditions below will be enabled. keys: is_watering: description: Return if is currently watering per zone. status: description: Return status from the Melnor RainCloud Controller and Melnor RainCloud Faucet. {% endconfiguration %}

Sensor

Once you have enabled the Raincloud component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: raincloud

{% configuration %} monitored_conditions: description: Conditions to display in the frontend. The following conditions can be monitored. required: false default: If not specified, all conditions below will be enabled. type: list keys: battery: description: Return the battery level the Melnor RainCloud faucet. next_cycle: description: Return the next schedulle watering cycle per zone. rain_delay: description: Return the number of days the automatic watering will be delayed due to raining per zone. watering_time: description: Return the watering remaining minutes per zone. {% endconfiguration %}

Switch

Once you have enabled the Raincloud component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# 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. manual_watering: description: Toggle manually the watering per zone. It will inherent the value in minutes specified on the RainCloud hub component. {% endconfiguration %}