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title: "Melnor Raincloud Switch"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate your Melnor Raincloud sprinkler system within Home Assistant."
date: 2017-09-04 10:00
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ha_category: Switch
ha_release: "0.55"
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To get your [Melnor RainCloud](https://wifiaquatimer.com) binary sensors working within Home Assistant, please follow the instructions for the general [Raincloud component](/components/raincloud).

Once you have enabled the [Raincloud component](/components/raincloud), add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: raincloud
```

Configuration variables:

- **watering_minutes** (*Optional*): Value in minutes to watering your garden via frontend. Defaults to 15.
- **monitored_conditions** array (*Optional*): Conditions to display in the frontend. If not specified, all conditions below will be enabled by default. The following conditions can be monitored.
  - **auto_watering**: Toggle the watering scheduled per zone.
  - **manual_watering**: Toggle manually the watering per zone. It will inherent the value in minutes specified on the RainCloud hub component.
