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 map of a geographic region that includes the at least one irrigation area; and 
 cause the user interface to display station icons on the map, each station icon of the station icons corresponding to an irrigation station of the plurality of irrigation stations; 
 wherein the station icon visually indicates a location type of the at least one irrigation area where the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon is located. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the station icon is displayed using one of a plurality of colors, wherein a first of the colors represents a first location type of the at least one irrigation area and a second of the colors represents a second location type of the at least one irrigation area, wherein the first location type is different from the second location type. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the station icon is displayed using one of a plurality of shades of a color, wherein a first shade of the color represents a first location type of the at least one irrigation area and a second shade of the color represents a second location type of the at least one irrigation area, wherein the first location type is different from the second location type. 
     
     
         4 . 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 of a geographic region that includes the at least one irrigation area; and 
 cause the user interface to display station icons on the map, each station icon of the station icons corresponding to an irrigation station of the plurality of irrigation stations; 
 wherein the station icon is associated with a visual marker that indicates that an operational parameter of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon has been adjusted relative to a scheduled operational parameter. 
   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the visual marker comprises a single upwardly-pointing symbol that indicates that the operational parameter of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon has been adjusted to be greater than the scheduled operational parameter. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the visual marker comprises two or more upwardly-pointing symbols indicating that the operational parameter of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon has been adjusted to be greater than the scheduled operational parameter and was increased by a larger value than an adjustment of the scheduled operational parameter indicated by the single upwardly-pointing symbol. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the visual marker comprises a single downwardly-pointing symbol that indicates that the operational parameter of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon has been adjusted to be less than the scheduled operational parameter. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the visual marker comprises two or more downwardly-pointing symbols indicating that the operational parameter of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon has been adjusted to be less than the scheduled operational parameter and was decreased by a larger value than an adjustment of the scheduled operational parameter indicated by the single downwardly-pointing symbol. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the operational parameter indicated by the visual marker associated with the station icon is a run time of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon, and wherein the visual marker indicates that the run time of the irrigation station corresponding to the station icon is zero such that the irrigation station is inactive. 
     
     
         10 . 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 of a geographic region that includes the at least one irrigation area; 
 cause the user interface to display station icons on the map, each station icon of the station icons corresponding to an irrigation station of the plurality of irrigation stations; and 
 cause the user interface to display an informational field associated with one or more of the station icons, wherein each informational field visually indicates a value for one or more operational parameters of an irrigation station associated with the one or more of the station icons. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more operational parameters comprise one or more of a voltage measured the irrigation station associated with the station icon, a pressure measured at the irrigation station associated with the station icon, a flow value sensed at the irrigation station associated with the station icon, and an elevation of the irrigation station associated with the station icon. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the informational field associated with the station icon visually indicates the value for a voltage and the value for a pressure measured at the irrigation station associated with the station icon. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 ,
 wherein the irrigation management application is further configured to cause the user interface to display a station identifier associated with each one of the station icons;   wherein the station identifier identifies the irrigation station associated with respective ones of the station icons; and   wherein the station identifier is displayed within the user interface adjacent to the informational field associated with a respective one of the station icons.   
     
     
         14 . 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:
 receive, via a wide area network, aerial map imagery corresponding to the at least one irrigation area from a map service server; 
 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 the 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; 
 store the aerial map imagery received from the map service server in the memory; and 
 cause, in an event connectivity to the wide area network is interrupted or unavailable, the user interface including the map layer and the irrigation control layer to be displayed on the display to the user, wherein the map layer comprising the aerial map imagery is retrieved to be displayed to the user from the memory instead of from the wide area network. 
   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the irrigation management application is configured to receive, the aerial map imagery corresponding to the at least one irrigation area from the map service server via the wide area network and via the other electronic device. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the irrigation management application is configured to retrieve, in the event connectivity to the wide area network is interrupted or unavailable, the aerial map imagery received from the map service server from the memory. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , further comprising a buffer memory configured for temporary storage of data, wherein the memory is configured to non-volatilely store the aerial map imagery received from the map service server.