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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Harvey J. Nickerson, El Cajon, CA (US);
Larry J. Martin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to use with irrigation devices connected to a multi-wire path in an irrigation system. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for use with irrigation devices including a modulator configured to provide an output power signal modulated with data; a multi-wire interface coupled to the modulator and configured to electrically couple to the multi-wire path extending into a landscape and to which the irrigation devices are connected; and a control circuit configured to execute an automated device discovery process configured to cause the modulator to modulate data comprising a discovery message on the output power signal, the discovery message indicating a portion of an address to match and prompting a response from one or more of the irrigation devices in which a corresponding portion of the unique address matches the portion of the address to match.