Smart Garden Hub User Guide Revision 2.5, March 2015 www.greeniq.
1. Your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub 1.1. Welcome Thank you for purchasing the GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub. The GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub allows you to easily control your garden's irrigation and lighting, and save money on your water and electricity bills. Your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub: • Automatically adjusts irrigation scheduling based on current and weather forecast. • Controls your garden lighting based on sunrise and sunset schedule changes throughout the year.
You have full control of your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub via your iPhone, iPad, Android smartphone/tablet, PC, Mac and other web-enabled devices. For more details please visit our web site. 1.2. About this guide In this guide you’ll learn how to control your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub using the GreenIQ web app. The web app is easy and intuitive to use, and there is no need to read this entire guide to get familiar with most of the system’s features.
1.3. Installation GreenIQ web app will work properly only after the following steps were completed: 1. GreenIQ Cloud account was created. 2. Internet connection was set up (Wi-Fi mode only). 3. The GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub is connected to power and the Internet. Please refer to the “GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub Installation Manual” for more details. 1.4. About this guide It is highly recommended that you’ll read the latest version of this document. You can find it in the following link: http://greeniq.
2. About GreenIQ Technology 2.1. How it works 1. Using the app, you define start time and end time for each zone (up to 4 different programs per zone). 2. Now you can just lay back and the GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub will take it from here. 3. The GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub autonomously gets all the information it needs from the Internet via its Wi-Fi or Ethernet cable connections. 4.
2.2. The science of Evapotranspiration Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of water evaporation from the soil and plant transpiration to the atmosphere. Your garden's water balance is compensated by natural precipitation and by your irrigation system. The question is how to avoid over-watering and under-watering of your plants? Your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub automatically downloads data from the Internet on current and forecast weather conditions provided by the nearest weather station.
3. GreenIQ Web App 3.1. Compatibility The GreenIQ web app works for iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones/ tablets, Windows PC, Mac and many more platforms. A full list of supported devices, operating systems and browsers can be found in the following link: http://jquerymobile.com/gbs/ Only A-grade platforms from this list will be able to run the GreenIQ web app. 3.2. Response time When you send a command via the app to the GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub you’ll notice a delay of a few seconds between: 1.
These delays have no impact on the unit during normal scheduling operation. 3.3. Launching the web app Open your web browser and go to the following link: http://greeniq.net Alternatively, you can scan the QR code on the plastic card you got with the device. It is recommended to create a shortcut or bookmark the web app link. Note: Shortcut and bookmark creation procedures depend on your device, operating system and browser, and are out of the scope of this manual.
supplied with the device and press the “Sign In” button. If you already set up your account, you will be forwarded to the main menu. In case your account is not set up, or if there is a missing detail in your account, you will be asked to fill the missing information before proceeding to the main menu. Tip: You may want to allow cookies in your browser so that the username and password will be saved by the browser for the next sessions.
Figure 1: The Sign In screen Figure 2: The Main Menu 10
3.5. The main menu You may choose one of the following options from the main menu: 1. “Program” – Access, create or modify each zone’s irrigation program, and the lighting programs. 2. “My Account” – Modify your account details. 3. “Report” – View a report of each zone’s activity during the past 7 days. 4. “Internet Setup” – Select Wired-Mode or Wi-Fi Mode and submit Wi-Fi network details. 5. “Status” – Check your system’s status. 6. “About” – Useful links and contact information. 3.6.
Tip: It is recommended to push the “Submit All” button before exiting the web app, in order to make sure that all configuration data was synchronised with the cloud. Smaller “Submit All” buttons appear on the upper right corner of all the screens under the “Program” menu. Note: An automatic “Submit All” operation takes place every few seconds. 3.7. The Program screen The Program screen includes the following functions: 1.
4. Master Lighting Enable switch. Turning off this switch will turn the lighting off. Note: The Master Zone (Zone 7) does not appear on the Program Screen, as it is not being controlled directly by the user. The Master Zone will turn on whenever one of the irrigation zones is turned on, and will be turned off when all the six irrigation zones are off.
Figure 3: The Program screen Figure 4: The Zone screen 14
3.8. Define zone properties 1. Select a zone from the Program Menu. The Zone screen will now show up. 2. To change the zone name, tap on the Zone Name field. 3. To change the zone’s picture, tap on the picture. 4. Tap the “Choose File” button. 5. Choose a photo. On mobile devices with a camera, you can shoot a photo directly from this menu. 6. Press the “Upload” button. Note: Picture upload time depends on the picture size and connection speed. In some cases picture upload might take few minutes. 7.
3.9. Create an irrigation program 1. Select a zone from the Program Menu. The Zone screen will now show up. 2. Turn on the “Zone Enable” switch. 3. Select one of the four programs. 4. Turn on the “Program Enable” switch. 5. Edit “Start Time” and “End Time”. Notice that the web app calculates and displays the irrigation duration for you. If you wish, you may use one or more of the following options: 1.
schedules to match the watering needs during the hottest days of the year. To save water, the GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub will adjust these schedules based on actual and weather forecast. 2. “Days of the Week to Run” – Tap this button and check the days of the week you want this specific program to execute. 3. “Every X Days” – Tap this button and edit the irrigation period to be every day, every two days etc. You can also define the starting date for the periodic irrigation in the “Starting From (Date)” field.
Figure 5: Irrigation program Figure 6: Monthly Irrigation Factors 18
3.11. Define the monthly irrigation factors For each irrigation zone screen there is a collapsible control called “Monthly Irrigation factors (%)”. This is an optional feature, and the default factors are set to be 100%. Use the sliders or numerical fields to determine the percentage of required irrigation each month. Example: Assuming Program 1.1 (Zone 1) is set to start at 20:00 and end at 20:30.
3.13. Create a lighting program 1. Select Zone 8 from the Program Menu. The Lighting screen will now show up. 2. Select one of the four programs. 3. Turn on the “Program Enable” switch. 4. Tap “Lights On” button. 5. Select Start Time Mode: Clock, Dusk or Sunset. 6. If Clock Mode is selected, set the Start Time. 7. If Dusk or Sunset Modes are selected, you can adjust the number of minutes before Dusk/Sunset for the lights to turn on. 8. Tap “Lights Off” button. 9. Select End Time Mode: Clock, Dawn or Sunrise.
3.14. Managing your GreenIQ account Select “My Account” from the main menu to edit your account settings. Important: A valid e-mail address should be entered. This will allow GreenIQ sending you important alerts such as Internet connection failure etc. Important: Make sure that the location on the map is your garden’s location. If not, press the “Locate Me” button. If your browser asks for permission to access your location, you need to accept.
3.16. Managing Internet connection The GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub must have a constant Internet connection to work properly. Internet connection is defined once during installation. Please refer the “GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub Installation Guide” for more details. If Internet connection is interrupted, the unit will continue watering your garden, based on “start time” and “end time”, but no water saving will occur. An e-mail alert is sent upon Internet interruptions, and when the unit is reconnected. 3.17.
The Status screen shows the following indications: 1. “App to cloud connection” – Indicates the status of the web app connection to the cloud. 2. “Smart Garden Hub Internet connection” – Indicates the status of the unit’s connection to the Internet. 3. SSID and signal strength as measured by the unit. 4. “Smart Garden Hub software is up-to-date” – GreenIQ releases software updates from time to time with new features and other improvements.
3.18. Resetting your Smart Garden Hub remotely GreenIQ releases software updates from time to time. Each time your GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub is booting up, it automatically downloads the latest updates. If you see that the unit’s software is not up-to-date, it is recommended to reset the unit by pressing “Reset Smart Garden Hub” button on the Status screen, and then “OK”. Important: The remote reset works only if the GreenIQ Smart Garden Hub is connected to the Internet.
3.19.GreenIQ Community We invite you to visit our web page for updates, tips and support: http://greeniq-system.com/ You’re welcome to join our Facebook page, share your tips, photos of your garden, and interact with other GreenIQ users. https://www.facebook.com/greeniq.systems Follow us on Twitter for latest updates, events and news coverage. https://twitter.com/green_iq your home just got smarter.
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