Device Card

Device cards are windows that pop up in the bottom right of your screen when you click on the device icons on the Verdi Dashboard.

Device Cards for Controllers

(Verdi Block Controllers & Verdi Micro-Block Controllers)

Use the image below to identify the different sections of the device card. The sections of a device card for controllers are as follows:

Device name, ID, location
Connected zones, sensors
Sensor Automation
Device Status
Valve History
Irrigation Verification
Manual Override
Notes
Network Test
Delete Device

Name, ID, Location

Section 1 of the Device Card is the card header that displays the user-selected device name, coordinates, six-character shortcode, and device ID. This header allows the user to edit the device name (Click ) and coordinates (Click Reposition) if the device is relocated. The X-icon closes the card.

Connected Zones and Sensors

Section 2 of the Device Card displays all zones and sensors connected to the device as well as whether the device is currently irrigating. Clicking on the zone name under Connected Zones will highlight the zone on the Map View. Help opens a modal that aids the user with setting up Verdi Micro-Block Controllers and Variable Rate Irrigation. Under Connected Sensors, there are dropdown menus for two device-connected sensors, S1 & S2. Click on to access the Sensor Settings modal.

These settings enable alerts to be sent to the user based on sensor readings. When enabled, Sensor Threshold Protection will send alerts to the users when the sensor falls outside of the specified Minimum and Maximum Acceptable Value. Note that device actions are not taken based on these alerts. These thresholds function regardless of valve operational status. For valve operational status-dependent thresholds, enable Use Sensor for Verification. This will check if the sensor falls within the specific values during verification checks - verifications pass if values fall within the range and fail if values fall outside the range. Sensor units will change based on the specific sensor connected. Alerts will be sent to the user if the verification fails, and the device card will be updated under Valve State Verifications (Section 6). See Irrigation Verification for more information on using sensors for irrigation verification.

Click Edit Connected Zones to add or remove zones assigned to the device. If you do not see this option then contact your Verdi Account Manager to edit connected zones.

Sensor Automation

Section 3 of the Device Card outlines sensor-based automation (see Sensor-Based Automation). This is the ability to turn on and off a valve based on a sensor wired to the controller. For example, this could be used to keep soil moisture within a specific moisture range automatically by opening an irrigation valve for a specified amount of time (ex 10 minutes) when soil moisture hits a low threshold and then turning off the valve and taking another sensor reading to determine if another duty cycle is needed.

Status

Section 4 of the Device Card outlines the device status. Four device statuses are outlined here: battery life, network health, valve state, and control mode.

Battery Status

Battery status gives us a rough estimate of what the device last reported its battery voltage.

Green is good, yellow will need replacing soon, and red means the device ran out of battery.

If your device has issues and is reading low battery, it is safe to assume the battery needs replacement.

Battery status may be a symptom of other issues, so it’s still important to do a quick investigation to confirm there is nothing else wrong with the device.

Signal Status

Signal status tells us an approximation of how many of the recent transmissions to/from the Verdi Gateway successfully communicated with the device, represented in uplink loss (↑%) and downlink loss (↓%).

Any loss % greater than 40% will cause the device card to read a poor connection.

This stat is a rolling average and will not immediately update when work is done to improve the device signal strength such as replacing a broken antenna.

To see a more accurate estimate of uplink/downlink loss, you need to contact Verdi Support.

Valve History

Section 5 of the Device Card displays the controller's recent history. This enables quick reference to recent valve operations. Light blue shows the scheduled irrigation (the valve should have been open), and dark blue shows the actual valve state - the actual reported valve state at the time of the scheduled irrigation. If you only see a dark blue section, then that means the valve was likely manually turned on or off by either clicking the open or close buttons on the Device Card (see section 7) or the physical buttons on the Verdi Block Controller. If you only see a light blue section, then that means that the controller never received the schedule or was not online at the time of the irrigation.

Irrigation Verification

Section 6 of the Device Card summarizes valve state verification for both open and closed states. Click icon for more details on this feature. This feature is most functional when a pressure sensor and or a flow meter are connected to the Block Controller. See Irrigation Verification for more information on using sensors for irrigation verification.

Manual Override

Section 7 of the Device Card enables the user to manually operate a valve or pump instead of having the device follow the irrigation schedule set in the Schedule tab. This allows a user to remotely control irrigation in real-time.

To manually turn on a valve or pump, press the Force Open button, a command will be sent to the device, and it will open and stay open until either the Force Close Button is pressed or the Sync Schedule button is pressed, and there are no current scheduled irrigations.

To manually turn off a valve or pump, press the Force Close button, a command will be sent to the device, and it will close and stay closed until either the Force Open Button is pressed or the Sync Schedule button is pressed, and there is a current scheduled irrigation.

Note on Response Time of Controllers
It will take the Verdi Block Controller up to 6 minutes to change the valve or pump states once the Force Open, Force Close, or Sync Schedule button is pressed.
It will take the Verdi Micro-Block Controller up to 20 minutes to change the valve or pump states once the Force Open, Force Close, or Sync Schedule button is pressed.

Notes

Section 8 of the Device Card provides a spot for user notes about the device, valve, or zone.

Network Test

Section 9 of the Device Card

Clicking Start Network Test will cause the device to clear its current status and rapidly communicate for a few hours to re-assess the signal status.

Remove Device

Section 10 of the Device Card

To remove a device from the Verdi Dashboard, click Delete on the device card to remove the device; all associated data will be lost. This cannot be undone.

Device Card for SDI-12 Telemetry Node

The Verdi SDI-12 Telemetry Node device card maintains a similar header as other device cards. They also allow the user to:

view the sensor data in graph format - the output and data graphed depends on the sensor, see View Sensor Data
change the attached sensor (dropdown menu)
edit the connected zones - click Edit Connected Zones
add notes
delete the device - click Delete (all sensor data will be lost and not displayed on the dashboard)

Device Cards for Sensoterra Soil Moisture Probes

The Sensoterra Soil Moisture Probe device card maintains a header similar to that of other device cards.

Enter a Lower Limit and an Upper Limit to receive an SMS alert and trigger a warning on the Verdi Dashboard when the soil moisture reading from a Sensoterra sensor is outside of the set limits.