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Questions:

I can't access the caddy when I type http://irrigationcaddy on my browser. What is going on?

Does the Irrigation Caddy contain an internal clock?

What is the behavior of the Irrigation Caddy after a power failure?

Answers:

- How do I set a static IP?

The IC is configured to automatically obtain a DHCP IP address if a DHCP server is available on the network. Most residential DSL / Cable routers come equipped with one. However, if your installation requires a static IP address, the IC can also be configured to respond to a static IP address specified by you.

Steps:

From a windows computer, open a DOS console and issue the following command:

arp -s 192.168.0.10 00-04-A3-00-00-01

Where:

192.168.0.10 would be the IP address you are trying to set. Replace 192.168.0.10 with your own IP address.
00-04-A3-00-00-01 is the ICs MAC address ( do not change this value )

Connect a network cable to the IC ( make sure the IC and your computer are on the same network ).
From the command prompt issue a ping command with the IP address you specified in step 1.

ping 192.168.0.10

Quickly after issuing the command, apply power to the IC. If the IC accepts the IP address you will see the ICMP responses to you ping command.

- I can't access the caddy when I type http://irrigationcaddy on my browser. What is going on?

This usually happens right after installation if you are using an Apple or Linux computer ( also phones ).

The irrigationcaddy uses NetBIOS to inform clients of the caddy's hostname ( irrigationcaddy by default ). Apple, and linux computers in general don't support the NetBIOS protocol out of the box.

So in order to access the caddy first find the IP address that was assigned to the caddy. ( usually from your Router ).
Then go to your browser and enter http://<ip address> to verify that it works.
Once you know you can access the caddy, it would be a good idea to tell your router to reserve that IP address for the irrigationcaddy device. ( Most routers will allow this )
Then open the file /etc/hosts on your computer and add a new entry to the file, to look something like this

192.168.0.10        irrigationcaddy

where 192.168.0.10 would be the IP address you told your router to reserve for the caddy.

From then on, from that particular computer you will be able to access the caddy by going to http://irrigationcaddy.
Using the IP address on your browser will always work as well.

- Does the Irrigation Caddy contain an internal clock?

Yes. The device has an internal clock. The clock will keep ticking even if the power is removed.

- What is the behavior of the Irrigation Caddy after a power failure?

The clock will keep ticking. Once the power is restored the device would resume operation.