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

layout, title, description, date, sidebar, comments, sharing, footer, logo, ha_category, ha_release, ha_iot_class, redirect_from

layout	title	description	date	sidebar	comments	sharing	footer	logo	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	redirect_from
page	Melnor Raincloud	Instructions on how to integrate your Melnor Raincloud sprinkler system within Home Assistant.	2017-09-04 10:00	true	false	true	true	raincloud.jpg	Irrigation Binary Sensor Sensor Switch	0.55	Cloud Polling	/components/binary_sensor.raincloud/ /components/sensor.raincloud/ /components/switch.raincloud/

The raincloud component 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

{% linkable_title 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 %}

{% linkable_title Binary Sensor %}

Once you have enabled the Raincloud component, 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 %}

{% linkable_title 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 %}

{% linkable_title 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. 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 %}