ADDING SMART+ WIFI IRRIGATION CONTROLLER

To turn on the Irrigation Controller press the main button for 5 seconds. To turn the device off press on the off button behind the lid for 2 seconds . If you do not turn the Irrigation Controller off, it will reamin on until the battery is discharged.
If the product is already turned on, long press again for 5 seconds on the main button to enter the pairing mode. There you have 2 options to add the device to the app.

a) Auto scan mode

To connect the WiFi Irrigation controller, tap “+” button on the home screen page where you want to add the device, and then select “Add device”. Now press the button “Start automatic search” shown on the screen. The next screen will show the devices that are available in the network. You can select and add the devices shown individually by tapping the “Add” button. Alternatively, for complete integration, you can also select the “Add all” button shown at the top of the list. In the next screen, select the WiFi router with 2.4 GHz network and enter the corresponding password with which you want to connect your devices. If you have multiple Wi-Fi routers at your home, then you can select the WiFi from “Change WiFi network” as well. After a device is added successfully, then a message will be displayed that “The device is successfully added”.


 
b) Manual adding mode

If you cannot find the desired device with above mentioned steps, then you can also add the device manually with “Add manually” button mentioned at the bottom of the screen.
To do this, set the Irrigation Controller to pairing mode if it has not already been set. Now select the device category tab “WiFi”. Then select the category “Others”. The WiFi Irrigation Controller does not support the fast-flashing mode in manual mode. You can try establishing a connection in slow-flashing mode (previously known as ap mode and hereafter referred as slow-flashing mode). For slow flashing, you need to connect with the device hotspot. You are now requested to connect the smartphone to the hotspot (LDV SMART+-xxxx) provided by the Irrigation Controller. After tapping on "Connect with hotspot", the WiFi of the smartphone must be connected to the hotspot (LDV SMART+-xxxx) of the Irrigation Controller via the WiFi settings of the smartphone, you need to confirm with the “yes” button that the connection was successful. In the next step, a search will be carried out for that device. After the device is added successfully, then a message will be displayed that “The device is successfully added”.


c) Product functions

Tap one of the Irrigation Controller icons to display the device screen to control its functions.

 
  • Manual Mode: In the manual mode you can set a time how long the irrigation shall take. You can start the irrigation with the set time by pressing the start button in manual mode or the main button on the irrigation controller.
  • Automatic Schedule: In Automatic schedule you can set up 3 irrigations schedules. At each schedule there are several options:    a) Continuous Irrigation by time or quantity   b) Cyclic Spray by total quantity or misting period with drip irrigation time and intermittent time.
  • Rain Delay: In case rain makes irrigation unnecessary you can in the app to delay the automations for 24, 48 or 72 hours.
  • Water consumption: Displays the last consumed liters of last irrigation and the history of the last days and months.

D) SOIL MOISTURE SENSOR

The Soil Moisture Sensor can be added to the Irrigation Controller and not as a stand-alone product to the SMART+ App.
To pair a soil sensor with the Irrigation Controller, activate the Sensor option in the settings of the Irrigation Controller in the SMART+ app. In the device overview of the Irrigation Controller on the bottom you can find the sensor tile. Open the tile and activate the sensor. Now insert the AAA batteries in the soil sensor to power the sensor. The status of the switch is not relevant. The distance between irrigation controller and sensor shall be while pairing less than 15cm. After a short time, the soil sensor is bound to the irrigation controller and shows the current soil temperature and humidity. For both values historic data are available.