Gilles Belley Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Hi, I need some advices from people who integrated Skydrop irrigation in Control4. Someone did it ? Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcovach Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 There is a driver for it on driver central. IF you would like to try it out before purchasing, let me know. https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/skydrop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullseye Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I have a Skydrop but not integrated with C4. They just announced some changes and a new subscription based service. Check if either of the drivers will still work. Gilles Belley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkimedes Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 3 hours ago, Bullseye said: I have a Skydrop but not integrated with C4. They just announced some changes and a new subscription based service. Check if either of the drivers will still work. I had the same email pop up. I tried the Chowmain driver, didn't pay for it since I found it useless to control from C4. Pissed that I will lose functionality on my ARC just because they changed to subscription. I understand that they may be having to pay for the weather service, which necessitated the change. Either way, I have a Rachio 2nd gen in the warehouse that I'm going to replace the ARC with. Skydrop never seems to adjust for rain here in San Diego. And it actually has rained a bit this year! Gilles Belley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Belley Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 hours ago, dcovach said: There is a driver for it on driver central. IF you would like to try it out before purchasing, let me know. https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/skydrop/ For sure. I will look at the Rachio as per a post I received below and finalize the cotation for he Skydrop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcovach Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 29 minutes ago, Gilles Belley said: For sure. I will look at the Rachio as per a post I received below and finalize the cotation for he Skydrop. You can evaluate the Rachio driver as well on a trial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullseye Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Look like Skydrop is in its last leg. Watch out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkimedes Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Here is what I received from Skydrop the other day, explaining the new fee service- " A few weeks ago, we introduced Skydrop Plus, a subscription service to provide additional features and better-quality weather data to all Skydrop customers. We anticipated and have received plenty of push-back. If nothing else, we learned Skydrop Nation is extremely passionate. Your feedback helped us realize that complete transparency is the best approach. We would like to be more forthcoming about the situation for Skydrop, its continuing operation, and the compulsory nature of the Skydrop Plus subscription. In 2014, our founders set out to create the best smart sprinkler controller on the market and help the world save one of our most precious resources — water. After 5 years, we believe we have achieved part of that goal. We feel strongly that the Skydrop Smart Watering algorithm is the best available. Although all products have their strengths and weaknesses, we believe Halo and Arc are “best of breed” as evidenced by thousands and thousands of happy customers. Unfortunately, a great product alone doesn’t make a business. Despite great efforts from many individuals, we were not able to secure the right funding to grow Skydrop to the point where we could revolutionize the irrigation market as we intended. At the end of 2018 and after exhausting all options, Skydrop ownership made the difficult decision to discontinue operations. The immediate concern was for the many loyal customers that would see their smart controllers reduced to being dumb traditional timers when the Skydrop Cloud ceased operating. A few of the passionate (former) employees wanted to find a way to maintain the Skydrop Cloud and determine a path forward so that customers could continue using the devices and services they have enjoyed. The owners agreed to allow us to at least maintain the cloud services and retain a single full-time customer support employee. For the last several months, as we have transitioned to positions at new companies, we have volunteered our time and personal resources to keep the cloud services up and available. Of course, this is not a long-term solution. We need to get Skydrop onto reasonable financial footing so it can either be acquired or continue operations with a few full- or part-time employees. Our options were: 1) increase sales (hard to do with no sales or marketing team); 2) ask the existing customers to pay a minimal fee to support the continuing availability of the cloud services or 3) shut down the cloud services immediately. We sincerely apologize for this unwelcome news. Our hope is that our customers will see the value in the service and be willing to contribute to the ongoing costs of the system. We’ve also decided to disable, for now, the option to pay the yearly fee with an in-app purchase. We want to avoid the situation where the company accepts money for services they are unable to deliver. Thank you for your passion and support of Skydrop. Matt, Former VP of Engineering Dan, Former Director of Software Audric, Customer Service" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullseye Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Different story than the first letter. Then they updated the app so the "loyal customers" can do nothing from the app without paying for the "Plus" one. And the best part: We’ve also decided to disable, for now, the option to pay the yearly fee with an in-app purchase. We want to avoid the situation where the company accepts money for services they are unable to deliver. I think is time for another option. Do we have any other irrigation controller that is NOT cloud based?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkimedes Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 8:36 AM, Bullseye said: Different story than the first letter. Then they updated the app so the "loyal customers" can do nothing from the app without paying for the "Plus" one. And the best part: We’ve also decided to disable, for now, the option to pay the yearly fee with an in-app purchase. We want to avoid the situation where the company accepts money for services they are unable to deliver. I think is time for another option. Do we have any other irrigation controller that is NOT cloud based?? I tried to alter my watering the other day via the app and this morning from the webpage. It's locked out, and if I can't even "pay", then it's off to Rachio. Luckily I have a 2nd gen floating around the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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