Dramm - ii ri Bluetooth Smart Irrigation and Mist Controller

Brand: Dramm

ii ri Bluetooth Smart Irrigation and Mist Controller

The ii ri is a single-output irrigation and mist controller that runs on one CR123 lithium cell and is programmed entirely from an iOS or Android phone over Bluetooth. There is no screen and no keypad on the unit: you build the watering plan in the app, press the single button on the housing to pair, and upload it. Because it drives a latching coil off battery power there is nothing to wire, no transformer and no control cable, and the IP68 housing is rated to sit outdoors. This part number is the controller with 3 volt valve coil and no solenoid valve in the box, which is what you order when the valve is already in place.

There is one configuration here and it is the bare head: the controller with 3 volt valve coil, no solenoid valve supplied. It threads directly onto a UNEF 3/4 in valve port and takes the place of the existing coil, which is how a single controller can serve valves of different sizes up to 2 in. Order this part when the valve is already on the bench or in the ground and all you need is the control; order one of the pre-mounted controller-and-valve assemblies instead if you need the valve too. Before ordering, confirm the valve accepts a UNEF 3/4 in coil, because the coil is what actually actuates it, and confirm the line pressure sits inside the 0 to 8 bar working range.

Specifications

Key Features

• Operates one solenoid valve with no control wiring and no mains power
• Programmed from an iOS or Android phone over Bluetooth 4.0; the unit itself has no display and one button
• Four plan types: weekly, interval days up to 98, even or odd calendar dates, and a repeating window with set on and off durations
• Up to six cycles a day with an independent duration on each, which is what lets the same unit run a mist cycle rather than just an irrigation start
• One CR123 lithium cell gives up to three years of service
• IP68 dust and watertight housing rated for outdoor exposure
• Plans are built and stored offline in the app, then uploaded at the valve when a change is needed
• Coil is replaceable, so one head can be moved between valves up to 2 in

Ideal Applications

• A single propagation bench that needs a mist cycle without running control wire to it
• Outdoor mum and perennial blocks with no power at the valve
• Temporary and seasonal irrigation that moves from block to block through the year
• Retrofitting automatic control onto a manual or hand-opened valve
• Remote valves where trenching a control cable costs more than the zone is worth
• Trial and research plots that need a schedule independent of the main controller

Mount it on a Dramm solenoid valve feeding JetFog nozzles for propagation mist or PCAS drippers for container irrigation, and move up to a Dramm MistTime or ProLine controller once a block needs more than one output.