Vacation mode
Keep your plants safe while you're away
Vacation mode safeguards the water supply while you are away. It needs a tank — without a reservoir there is no supply to ration, and in that case the mode cannot be switched on.
Three protection rules are switched on by default and can be switched off individually:
- Tank budget — once the level drops below an adjustable threshold (default 20%), only priority plants get water.
- Early warning — daily check whether the tank range still suffices; otherwise a warning event.
- Harvest/rest skip — plants in the harvest or rest stage are left out so the supply stays with the others.
1Open vacation mode
On the display: Settings → "Vacation". In the app: Settings → Vacation mode. In the app, the absence period, priority plants and protection rules only appear once the switch is on — so switch it on there first.
2Set the duration
Set the number of days you will be away (1–90).
3Mark priority plants
Mark the zones that must never run dry as priority.
Tip
Only takes effect together with the "Tank budget" option.
4Choose protection rules
All three rules are switched on by default; each can be switched off individually, and they work independently of one another. What they do:
TANK BUDGET — as soon as the level drops below the threshold you set (default 20%), only priority zones still get water. All others pause until the tank is refilled.
EARLY WARNING — once a day the system works out whether the tank will last until the end of the absence you set. If it will not, a warning event appears in the log. No notification is sent to your phone for this — check the app now and then while you are away (with the cloud enabled, that works from anywhere). It does NOT intervene in watering — it only tells you early enough for someone to refill.
HARVEST/REST SKIP — zones whose plant stage is set to Harvest or Rest are skipped entirely so the supply stays with the others. Plants at rest need hardly any water anyway; shortly before harvest, though, many still drink heavily. If a zone in Harvest should keep getting water, switch this rule off. Note: the stage has to be set correctly for this.
Tip
The three rules differ in how far they go: the tank budget and the harvest/rest skip hold water back, the early warning only reports. If you are unsure, leave the early warning on and switch the other two off — watering then behaves exactly as before, but you still get warned.
5Activate
On the display press the big "Mode ON" button; in the app turn on the switch. The status switches to "ACTIVE". After your return, switch it off the same way.
6Check the forecast
The "Tank lasts ~X days" indicator with the daily average shows whether your water supply covers the planned duration. Green = enough, red = tight.
Tip
If red: refill/upsize the tank or take some zones off priority.
See also: Remote access (cloud)
HOW THE RANGE IS CALCULATED
- Available = tank size − already used
- Daily average = mean of the last 10 days
- Range = available ÷ daily average
Example: 5 L tank, 1.5 L used → 3.5 L available. Average 280 ml/day → range ≈ 12 days. For a 14-day vacation that is not enough — the early warning goes off, if it is switched on. Non-priority zones only pause once the level drops below the tank budget threshold.
The forecast needs consumption history: on a freshly set-up system it is only a rough estimate.
PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKLIST
- Fill the tank to the brim
- Check the suction filter for clogging
- Check the sensor status of all zones (no sensor errors)
- Do one test run per zone
- Optional: enable cloud remote access to check in from the road — see "Remote access (cloud)"
Note: manually triggered watering (e.g. via the app while you are away) deliberately bypasses the vacation filters.