If you are seeing issues with the water continuously flowing with a full flow from your valve, then follow these steps: First, confirm that the valve is installed in the right direction. The flow arrows on the valve should be pointing in direction of the water flow. If the Valve is installed correctly, make sure…Read More »
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If you are looking at the B-hyve app and notice that you may not be seeing the entirety of the app page, or are missing any “Save” or “Next” buttons, then we recommend going into your phone settings and making sure that the text size is set to normal. Sometimes, having a larger text size…Read More »
With the Orbit Branded 7-Strand sprinkler wire (100 ft.), the wire strand is 50 feet in length, and each wire will adequately handle one solenoid valve up to a maximum distance of 800 feet. We use and recommend an 18-gauge sprinkler wire. If you are working with a different size sprinkler wire, then keep in mind…Read More »
Low battery on the B-hyve hose faucet timers, will result in your timer turning itself to OFF automatically, being unable to turn it back to AUTO, and not allowing it to go into pairing mode. If you notice that your hose timer is perhaps not running the schedule you scheduled it to run, then it…Read More »
Below is the list of current Firmware versions for our B-hyve devices: 0030 – B-hyve GEN 1 Hub 0042 – B-hyve GEN 2 Hub 0041 – B-hyve Gen 1 Hose timer 0074 – B-hyve Gen 2 Hose Timer 0058 – 1 port B-hyve XD 0058 – 2 port B-hyve XD 0058 – 4 port B-hyve…Read More »
If you are using Smart Watering with your B-hyve timer and wish to have the program start at a certain time, then this article will help. First, you want to go into the B-hyve app, and then tap on “Programs”. Next, you will tap the “Smart Watering” button in the top right corner Lastly, at…Read More »
If you had any questions on why most of the B-hyve devices require a 2.4 GHz, then this article should help. Currently, all models of B-hyve timers (except for the B-hyve XR) and our WiFI hubs require a 2.4GHz WiFi to connect to the internet. This is how the devices were designed, and this cannot…Read More »
When a B-hyve controller loses WiFi connection, there are certain functions that will continue, and other functions that will no longer work. One very important thing to know is that even if your controller loses WiFi connection, if you had any custom programs created prior to the connection loss that were already running, then those…Read More »
If you are hearing a buzzing noise coming from the solenoid on your Orbit timer, then this is to be expected. Some solenoids can be louder than others, but the buzzing comes from the magnets inside the solenoid being electrically activated and vibrating. Should you notice the noise, then as long as your valve is…Read More »
To check the firmware version on your B-hyve device, please follow the steps below. From the home page of the app, select the “My B-hyve” button in the bottom right corner Select “Devices” Choose the device you wish to check the firmware version on Scroll down until you see “Firmware Version: XXXX”…Read More »