Last night one of my 2 controllers (EZRain8 and EZFlora) were scheduled to run using 6 minutes for each zone using a multiplier based on last 7 days average temperature (which is 2 for between 65 and 70 degrees). The first 3 zones worked and watered for 12 minutes consecutively. The fourth one (Front Walkway) went for 24 minutes and the 5th one (Garden) did not turn on at all! I checked the log and found this:
2018-03-22 23:48:00.548 Schedule _next_zone_4_Irrigation House
2018-03-22 23:48:00.561 Sprinkler turning "Irrigation House" zone 5 on for 12.00 minutes
2018-03-22 23:48:06.678 Error "Irrigation House - Garden" on; send failed (no acknowledgment)
2018-03-22 23:48:13.602 Error reflector connection test failed: Reflector connection is currently down.
2018-03-22 23:48:13.604 Error reflector reconnection scheduled in 15 minutes
2018-03-22 23:49:00.543 Schedule Water Front Walkway add 1 minute to run time
2018-03-22 23:49:00.546 Schedule Weather - Get Sensor Array information
2018-03-22 23:50:00.547 Schedule Water Front Walkway add 1 minute to run time
2018-03-22 23:50:00.549 Schedule Weather - Get Sensor Array information
2018-03-22 23:51:00.550 Schedule Water Front Walkway add 1 minute to run time
2018-03-22 23:51:00.553 Schedule Weather - Get Sensor Array information
2018-03-22 23:52:00.554 Schedule Water Front Walkway add 1 minute to run time
2018-03-23 00:00:00.704 Application Created new log file (Indigo Server version 7.1.1)
2018-03-23 00:00:00.704 Schedule Irrigation Status
2018-03-23 00:00:00.706 Schedule Water Front Walkway add 1 minute to run time
2018-03-23 00:00:00.707 Schedule Weather - Get Sensor Array information
2018-03-23 00:00:00.714 Schedule _next_zone_5_Irrigation House
2018-03-23 00:00:00.736 Sprinkler stopping "Irrigation House" scheduled zone durations
2018-03-23 00:00:06.848 Error "Irrigation Orchard" valve status request; send failed (no acknowledgment)
2018-03-23 00:00:08.010 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - Garden" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:08.012 Trigger Sprinkler Front Walkway Off
2018-03-23 00:00:10.249 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - Patio" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:10.457 Received INSTEON "Irrigation House" status changed: all valves off
2018-03-23 00:00:16.559 Error "Irrigation House - Peaches" off; send failed (no acknowledgment)
2018-03-23 00:00:22.686 Error "Irrigation House - Front yard" off; send failed (no acknowledgment)
2018-03-23 00:00:23.352 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - Front flowers" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:23.512 Received INSTEON "Irrigation House" status changed: all valves off
2018-03-23 00:00:23.848 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - zone6" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:24.184 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - zone7" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:24.312 Received INSTEON "Irrigation House" status changed: all valves off
2018-03-23 00:00:25.496 Sent INSTEON "Irrigation House - zone8" off (ack: all valves off)
2018-03-23 00:00:26.376 Received INSTEON "Irrigation House" status changed: all valves off
Please note that the send failed to turn on the next zone (Garden at timestamp 22 23:48:06.678) and that is the issue. Is there a work around or possible fix to double check status and resend the command upon an error like this? .
At that time, there should not be much insteon or other traffic that should be interfering with signal loss. The controller is an EZRaind8 and is about 10 feet from the irrigation box with the valves. The irrigation controller is one room away from the power linc controller on another circuit. I have had these controllers working for many years.