Maintenance mode
Repot and harvest without bad readings or watering
When repotting, harvesting or cleaning, sensors dangle in the air and pots move around — normal readings are impossible. Maintenance mode therefore pauses ALL zones with one switch and freezes statistics and AI learning. No bad data, no watering in between.
What maintenance mode does:
- All automatic watering paused (Automatic, AI, schedule)
- Moisture history, health score and AI learning frozen
- Manual pumping stays allowed (e.g. for flushing)
1Switch it on
In both cases the dashboard clearly shows the active maintenance mode — so you can always see that nothing is being watered automatically right now.
In the app
Settings → expand the "Maintenance" section → enable maintenance mode.
On the device
enable maintenance mode in the settings.
2Do your work
Repot, harvest, clean sensors, reroute hoses or move water distributors at your leisure. No zone waters in between, no reading is recorded.
Tip
Also the right first step for sensor troubleshooting — there you pull the sensor out of the soil, and without maintenance mode the readings in the air would corrupt statistics and AI learning. See the guide "Sensor error (NIO)".
See also: Sensor error (NIO)
3Put everything back
Sensors back into the soil, place the distributors, briefly check that all connectors are seated.
4Switch it off
Disable maintenance mode — the zones take over again immediately, statistics and AI continue as if nothing happened.
Caution
Do not forget to switch it off! While maintenance mode is active, no zone waters automatically.