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Orbit B-hyve Sprinkler Controller

Sprinklers · Water

WorksVerified plugin

1 report: 1 says it works.

Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: Orbit B-hyve.

What people report

PluginStatusWhat they saidConnectsSource
Orbit B-hyve Verified
homebridge-platform-orbit
WorksZone stuck on Stopping fixed by websocket auto-reconnect update
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Hi, I think all these issues are related to websocket connection to the bhyve API having closed. I've updated the code to auto reconnect. Update to the latest from npm. Cheers. On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:51 PM mitch7391 wrote: @MortJC I have since broken the accessory apart as it’s separate tiles for further testing and noticed that if I manually start a zone separate of the ‘controller’ accessory; it starts the sprinkler zone but in HomeKit it just shows as idle. It stays like this after the zone is finished until I manually switch the zone off in HomeKit. [image: …

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Connection not statedIssue #8 · 2020-04

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Identifiers

BrandOrbit
CategorySprinklers

Also reported as

  • Orbit B-hyve sprinkler controller