How to use Orbit Hose Water Timer with the dashboard?

That's strange. Since I've installed the unit it's always said scheduled under the devices, but there is no scheduled setup.

It is used as feedback for the schedule, so if the device is not in schedule mode, you can ignore it. The hose timer pretends to be a thermostat, so that particular value is "Temperature Set Point Hold", which doesn't make sense for a water timer, so it is displayed as "schedule" instead. It does not matter if it is on or off if you are not running a schedule. If you were to run it in scheduled mode and then put in a rain delay, it should flip to schedule off. If you are running in manual mode you can ignore it.

With the Arcus code available this driver is due for an update.

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Chuck have you looked at the Arcus driver yet ?

I know that this is an old thread but having recently moved over to HE, I decided to pair my Orbit hose controllers today. I can tell you that they work and if you would like to set them up in a dash board using the Valve template works well and will toggle the hose controllers on and off. Shown here is with two of them off and one of them on.Capture