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	related	ha_quality_scale
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	docs title /docs/configuration/ Configuration file	legacy

The raincloud {% term 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 {% term "configuration.yaml" %} file. {% include integrations/restart_ha_after_config_inclusion.md %}

# 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 {% term "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 integration, add the following to your {% term "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 integration, add the following to your {% term "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 integration. {% endconfiguration %}