April 20, 2014
Weathermatic released SmartLink as the first, affordable cloud-based irrigation control system for commercial applications in the Spring of 2012. As the pioneer and leader in Smart Irrigation control with more than 200,000 SmartLine Controllers installed, our goal was to offer our customers anywhere, anytime access at a price of less than $1000. We now have thousands of connected SmartLine controllers and the nation's leading Landscape Maintenance Contractors as our key customers. We have also launched mobile applications for iOS and Android that are making the system accessible from anywhere.
Since we launched SmartLink nearly two years ago, we have been listening to the feedback from our customers for additional features. We have also come up with some ideas for improved user experience as we've seen how are customers are using SmartLink. Meanwhile, software technology progresses at an extraordinary pace and we have realized the opportunity to take advantage of some of the latest web tools.
We are excited to announce the general availability release of SmartLink 2.0 that includes a new user experience and a host of new features requested by our customers.
Enjoy!
The Controller Dashboard
Snapshot of the status of each of your controllers and weather station, faults and key issues you may need to address
The Sites Dashboard
Overview of each site with snapshot of usage along with weather station data and 7-day forecast based on weather service
Faults & Events Filter
New filters allow you to quickly identify controllers with key events and faults
Events Log
Events logs allow you to review changes in status of controller, weather station and faults.
Communication Log
Communication logs allow you to see if updates to the controller were successfully received
Integrated Global Commands
Global commands to multiple controllers for Remote On, Remote Off, Rain Delay, etc. are now sent directly from controller dashboard
Recent Activity
View status of recent communications with the controller directly from any page
Integrated Help
Get answers to your questions from directly within any SmartLink page or submit a help ticket
Simplified Email Alert Management
Manage your email alerts from a single page for all your SmartLink sites
Improved Permissions Management
Easily manage permissions and add users on multiple sites
File Storage
The former Controller "Image Gallery" is now "Controller Files." You can now upload and store images, PDFs and MS Office files. 
Manage your SmartLink Subscription
You can now renew and manage SmartLink service subscriptions online. Use a pre-purchased SmartLink plan card or pay online with credit card.
Change your Unit of Measure
You can now change your unit of measure from Imperial to Metric or Metric to Imperial. The default unit of measure is based on your country, but can be modified now in My Account > Profile.
Comments
4 comments
Really enjoy the new look and feel of Smartlink 2.0. I had a couple of issues that updating my browser seemed to fix. I have attached a few items I would like to see added to this roll out or future roll outs. Let me know if clarification is needed on anything.
Thanks
These are all great ideas Brent, and consistent with what we are hearing from other customers. You can see what others are requesting here. http://weathermatic.ideascale.com/
Feel free to add your votes and comments to this. Glad you like SmartLink 2.0.
I noticed one of our controllers, BA Alvarado shows that it has been turned off at the controller. Shouldn't that show up in the logs as to when that happened? Or, when it is set back on Auto Mode? Also, really looking forward to the point when you add all the same features that are shown under Advanced dial on controller. Most important are reports about sensor battery health, current depletion per station and the ability for administrator like myself to help reset it. As it stands, those issues are ones we have to go to the site to check. Or, if we can push a manual water to help rehydrate soils and then for it to switch over to auto mode after x days. Helpful when we have had water off for a while and need to start fresh on soil moisture depletion assumptions.
Overall, l like the look. If I can see what alerts are at the first dashboard and get to controllers that aren't on automode quickly, that saves me time having to dig through each controller to extract that info.
Maybe also a way to see aircard signal strength. Currently have to work with Darren to get that information. It is not apparent at site or on our side.
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