How it works
Nearly every irrigation controller has a rain-sensor input: a simple circuit that, when tripped, tells the controller to skip watering. kukoo installs across those terminals and behaves exactly like a rain sensor — but instead of reacting to a few drops on a plastic disc, it acts on real soil moisture measured by gophr probes in the ground, delivered through the magpi gateway. When the soil is sufficiently wet, kukoo trips the circuit and your system stands down; when it dries out, watering resumes on the normal schedule.
Key capabilities
- Works with any brand — Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, or anything with a rain-sensor input
- Installation is two wires across the rain-sensor terminals — no controller replacement, no zone rewiring
- Decisions come from calibrated moisture at root depth, not a wet disc
- Uses the same gophr probes, magpi gateway, app, and moisture settings as the rest of Ripple — upgrades cleanly to a keepr later
- Every skipped unnecessary cycle is water and money saved on hardware you already own
Specifications
| Install | Across the rain-sensor terminals of any existing controller |
| Data source | gophr soil-moisture probes via the magpi gateway |
| Compatibility | Any controller with a rain-sensor input |
gophr — $200
magpi — $200
pidgn — $200