Irrigation control systems and user interfaces

Abstract

Systems, user interfaces, and methods related to irrigation control systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, an irrigation control system includes an irrigation management application which, when executed by an electronic device, causes a user interface to be displayed to a user. The user interface includes features that permit a user to do one or more of configure, monitor, program, control, adjust various components and/or operations of the irrigation management system.

1 . An irrigation management system, comprising:
 an irrigation management application for use in monitoring and/or controlling irrigation of at least one irrigation area including a plurality of irrigation stations, wherein the irrigation management application is configured to be executed by an electronic device including a control circuit, and a memory, wherein the irrigation management application is stored in the memory, and wherein when executed by the control circuit, the irrigation management application is configured to:
 cause a user interface to be displayed on a display to a user, the user interface including a table of data relating to one or more characteristics of an irrigation system, wherein the table includes rows and columns of the data; and 
 cause the user interface to be displayed such that values of the data are displayed in multiple colors, each color indicating different ranges of the values of the data. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least two of the colors comprise different shades of one color. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein one of the at least two of the colors comprise a second color different than the one color, the second color to visually indicate a particular data value as an outlier value. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein a darker color indicates a higher range of the values of the data than a lighter color; or   wherein a lighter color indicates a higher range of the values of the data than a darker color.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , the multiple colors comprise a first color and a second color, wherein the first color indicates that the data value has been increased from a nominal value and the second color indicates that the data value has been decreased from the nominal value. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the characteristics comprise at least one of an irrigation station run time, an irrigation station water usage, and an irrigation station alert occurrences; and   wherein the values comprise at least one of run times, number of gallons used, number of inches of irrigation applied, number of watering passes applied, irrigation station voltage, irrigation station pressure, irrigation station flow, irrigation station age/date code, precipitation rate, and number of irrigation station alerts.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the characteristics comprise at least one of an irrigation station or area run time, an irrigation station or area water usage, a number of irrigation station or area watering passes, an irrigation station voltage, an irrigation station pressure, an irrigation flow, an irrigation flow rate, an irrigation component age, an irrigation station precipitation rate, and a number of irrigation station alerts. 
     
     
         8 . An irrigation management system comprising:
 an irrigation management application for use in controlling irrigation of at least one irrigation area including a plurality of irrigation stations, wherein the irrigation management application is configured to be executed by an electronic device including a control circuit, and a memory, wherein the irrigation management application is stored in the memory, and wherein when executed by the control circuit, the irrigation management application is configured to:   cause a user interface to be displayed on a display to a user, the user interface including listing of the irrigation stations in the at least one irrigation area by irrigation station identifier; and   cause the user interface to display an active adjustment panel over a portion of the listing and proximate to a given irrigation station, the panel indicating a programmed run time, separate run time adjustments, and an adjusted run time for the given irrigation station.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the irrigation management application is configured to cause, in response to a user selection of the given irrigation station in the listing, the user interface to display the active adjustment panel over the portion of the listing and proximate to the selected irrigation station. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the irrigation management application is configured to cause, in response to a user hover action over the given irrigation station in the listing, the user interface to display the active adjustment panel over the portion of the listing and proximate to the given irrigation station. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the separate run time adjustments include one or more of a program adjust value, a schedule adjust value, a seasonal adjust value, a weather-based adjustment value, an evapotranspiration (ET)-based adjust value, system adjustment value, a manual adjust value, and a custom adjust value. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the adjusted run time is calculated from the programmed run time and the separate run time adjustments. 
     
     
         13 . An irrigation management system comprising:
 an irrigation management application for use in monitoring and/or controlling irrigation of at least one irrigation area including a plurality of irrigation stations, wherein the irrigation management application is configured to be executed by an electronic device including a control circuit, and a memory, wherein the irrigation management application is stored in the memory, and wherein when executed by the control circuit, the irrigation management application is configured to:
 cause a user interface to be displayed on a display to a user, the user interface including a map layer and an irrigation control layer superimposed with the map layer, wherein the map layer comprises aerial map imagery, wherein the irrigation control layer comprises station icons at locations of the aerial map imagery corresponding to the plurality of irrigation stations; and 
 cause the user interface to be display one or more supplemental image layers each comprising a visual representation of data and superimposed with the map layer and the irrigation control layer. 
   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein each of the one or more supplemental image layers is partially transparent such that portions of the map layer underlying the one or more supplemental image layers are visible to the user. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the user interface includes an identifier in association with each one of the one or more supplemental image layers to uniquely identify each one of the the one or more supplemental image layers. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 ,
 wherein the user interface further comprises a location icon indicating a physical location of the electronic device on the aerial map imagery; and   wherein at least one of the location icon and the station icons overlay the one or more supplemental image layers.