Orbit Iris Hose Faucet - built in device doesn't work?

Hi all

Ordered an Orbit Iris Hose Faucet from eBay (#27087) and was able to successfully pair the device. But if I use the built-in Orbit driver, it doesn't seem to open/close the valve. If I use a generic Zigbee switch, however, I can trigger the valve. What steps am I missing to use the built-in driver?

Here's what I'm seeing in the log:

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:47.982 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 AC00

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:35.745 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 AA00

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:35.385 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 A800

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:34.818 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 A600

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:34.282 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 A400

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:34.249 am debugParse: catchall: 0000 8021 00 00 0040 00 34B3 00 00 0000 00 00 A200

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:34.235 am debugParse: catchall: 0104 0020 01 01 0040 00 34B3 01 00 0000 00 01

dev:4822019-05-24 08:29:29.278 am debugsending refresh command

Then sent a start command:

dev:4822019-05-24 08:35:43.227 am debugParse: catchall: 0104 0020 01 01 0040 00 34B3 01 00 0000 00 01

dev:4822019-05-24 08:34:51.611 am debugopen(time) with 10

dev:4822019-05-24 08:34:51.608 am debugopen()

Oh great ! I ordered two of them.
I hope there is usable driver out there.

I have 4 and they are working with the official orbit driver. Do you see valve under current state or switch? Sometime switching the driver with none compatible one causes weird behavior.
Try select the correct driver, reset the orbit but don't delete the device in HE and discover again.

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Thanks. I'll try that.

I am new to Hubitat. Is an Iris Hub also needed with this device? Thanks.

Where are you guys buying from. ??

No

I bought mine from this vendor on eBay.

I made a Best Offer of $15 each and it was accepted.

Good luck.

Not in front of my hub right now, but did you possibly switch to generic driver and then click “configure”? If so, the valve probably has incorrect parameters. Switch to the Orbit driver, and if available, click the configure button to send the correct parameters to the valve.

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Unfortunately there is no configure button with the official driver.

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Hmmm Mine Has Configure button at the top.

You are right. My mistake. Too many buttons on my phone and I completely missed it.

I ended up buying one. I have an idea for it. I will have to wait and see if I get around to it. I’m thinking I will use it with garden irrigation.

I’ve created a virtual switch and will write a rule to look at this switch if it’s on or not to decide if it needs watering.

The switch is turned in based off events from my Rachio controller through IFTTT.

I have 3 running off the native driver and they work great. I use @bptworld simple irrigation app to water my gardens.

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I am using @bptworld simple irrigation as well. Simple but very effective.

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Tried the reset and re-find. But it's still not showing anything in the state but valve: closed.

Finally got it working! I kept trying to use the Iris discovery - and while it would create a device and it could be eventually used with some tweaking, it wasn't right as @Navat604 noted. So I removed the device and started over, using the Zigbee discovery. Interesting note: if you hit the manual button while the Orbit is in discovery mode, Hubitat seems to pick it up faster. I did have to discover twice to get it to take, but now it shows all the proper options and responds to the buttons.

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Ahh... Didn't know you were using the iris discovery instead of Zigbee discovery. Actually I didn't know using Iris discovery would put the Orbit timer on another profile. Glad you got it working.

Not your fault! I appreciate the help.