Posts

Showing posts from April, 2019

Setting up a RainBird ST8I-WIFI Controller

Image
So this Spring my wife and I have been getting repairs made to our yard and outside needs of our house. Two thing we needed done were to get out sprinkler system fixed and repair and get new Sod layed to cover a very large dead spot. So since were were fixing out sprinklers and the whole system was 10years old we decided to upgrade to a wireless system. We got the RainBird ST8I-WIFI Irrigation Controller at Lowe's. Unless you know how to wire a system up I would hire a professional to do that. But you old system and the new system should look something like this below. you will notice numbers 1-6 those are your stations. In this case 1 is red, 2 is blue and so on. Just take a picture of you old controller and match it to the new one. Once setup and turned on we are ready to setup the wireless portion. Download the rain bird app from the Google play store or Apple App Store and install. Once installed open the app, and it should ask you which Rain Bird Controller you h...

Setting up Philips Hue Bridge and Light bulbs

Image
So I had issues keeping the Sengled element classic blubs connected and I wanted to try the Philips Hue setup. So I ordered a set of 4 to set up and I will most likely replace more bulbs as I go.  This is the 2 things you need to get started and they do have a starter kit that includes both. This guide is to setup the Bridge and Connect the Bulbs to the Bridge. Let start with the Hue Bridge. To start with plug in the power and network cable. Then Install the Philip Hue app to your phone and open it. Once it is installed and opened, It will automatically Search for the any "Hue Bridges" Once one is found you should get a message like this one below. At this point just click setup and you will get a image like below telling you to press the big button on the Hue Bridge.  My Bridge had 2 updates it had to finish before I could move on. ******Startign the setup of the lights****** Once the updates were done it came up with this screen below. When you ...