LOCALSKY

Set up LocalSky

About five minutes. Leave any time; your progress is saved on this device until you apply it at the end.

Step 4 of 10Controller (optional)

What runs your sprinklers?
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The hardware that fires your valves. OpenSprinkler talks direct on the LAN; a DIY ESP32 board works over a simple HTTP contract or MQTT; Rachio, Hydrawise, B-hyve and Rain Bird use cloud APIs; HA covers the rest.

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Which hardware fires your valves? OpenSprinkler and DIY boards (HTTP or MQTT) talk directly on your network; Rachio, Hydrawise, B-hyve and Rain Bird connect through their cloud APIs; Home Assistant fires the valves for everything else. Add one, test the connection, then scan it to pull in your zones automatically. No irrigation hardware? You can simulate runs to explore scheduling first, and add real hardware any time.

    No controllers added yet. Add your hardware below, or, if you don't have irrigation hardware yet, simulate runs to explore scheduling first.

Skipping is fine: if HA_URL and HA_LONG_LIVED_TOKEN env vars are set, LocalSky synthesizes a Home Assistant controller automatically; otherwise add one later under Settings. Zones imported from a scan land in the next step with sensible placeholders you can refine.