Manual Override for Irrigation

If you are receiving alerts for regularly scheduled water irrigation events, you can add a Manual Override for a specific time to monitor your home with your own settings. With some time, FloSense will learn from this manual schedule and adopt it in its settings so that you will not be alerted for this type of event in the future.

To add a Manual Override, in the Flo by Moen app or Moen Smart Water app go to your Device Settings and select FloSense. 

Select the "+" to "Add a Manual Override".

You will then be prompted to fill out information for your Manual Override.

Step 1: Give the Override a name.
You can name the Override "Irrigation" or a different name that you will remember.

Steps 2: Enter a "Start time" and an "End time” for FloSense not to send an alert.
For example. Start time: 5 a.m. End time: 7 a.m.
Select a time window that corresponds to the schedule set on your irrigation controller

Step 3: Select the days when you expect the irrigation to run. 
If your irrigation runs on odd days or if the irrigation system is a weather-based smart system, select all days to allow the irrigation to run on any day.

Step 4: Enter your Alert Thresholds.
 

Flow Rate Limit: This is how fast water flows during an irrigation schedule.
It is not uncommon to see high flow rates with zones that include multiple sprinkler heads.
The flow rate can vary per zone, from 5-10 to 20-25 GPM (Gallons Per Minute) or higher.

If you are unsure about what to set as the “Flow Rate Limit”, you can use Sleep mode for 24, 72 hours, this would let your irrigation run, prevent alerts and shutoffs and let you see the expected rate from the Flow Rate sensor trend (in the app).

Water Usage Limit: The water usage limit depends the amount of gallons used.
You may use the sleep mode for 24 or 72 hours in order to see a full uninterrupted irrigation event and obtain the water usage data from the Usage by Fixture feature.

Water Duration Limit: How long the Irrigation is expected to run for.
The limit is set in seconds.
1 hour = 3600 seconds.
2 hours = 7200 seconds.

Note: if you need to enter a higher number. You may tap on the number and type in the desired limit (instead of using the slider).  

Step 5: Choose the system mode you would like the Manual Override to apply to.

Home Mode is selected by default.

If you expect the irrigation to run when using Away Mode, then we would recommend also checking "Away".

Step 6: Shutoff after an Alert.

You can enable or disable the Automatic Shutoff feature during the time window selected.

Step 7: Save Changes.
After the Manual Override is saved, you can edit or remove it.