Central irrigation control system

摘要

In one embodiment of the present invention, irrigation software is provided for an irrigation system. The irrigation software may include a hierarchical watering plan display, water pump adjustment, water pump efficiency profile use, a soil moisture interface, a historical flow interface, a demand ET interface, an instant program interface, an instant program interface, a manual irrigation interface, a precipitation management group interface, a rain schedule adjustment algorithm, a map-to-monitor button, a universal start time shift interface, and a conditional screen saver.

主权项

1. A system for controlling irrigation comprising:
a server; software executable on said server and configured for programming and running an irrigation schedule for an irrigation system; said software causing said server to graphically display a hierarchical watering plan interface comprising:
a top level information display, displaying a plurality of watering program entries vertically listed relative to each other; said watering program entries including a program name; and,a plurality of top level expansion elements that are each located near and correspond to one of said plurality of watering program entries;wherein a user click event on one of said plurality of top level expansion elements displays a previously hidden first subcategory tier immediately beneath a corresponding watering program entry and above any of said plurality of watering program entries below said one of said plurality of watering program entries; said first subcategory tier displaying a plurality of geographic area entries corresponding to one of said plurality of watering program entries.