The old app worked perfectly fine and was never offline. You should have just updated the old app and not create a new one. The new app is always offline and just don’t want to stay connected forcing me to go and manually change or turn on the sprinklers myself on the physical box instead of the app. I would appreciate if the app gets an update to fix this issue. It’s always offline and doesn’t stay connected no matter what I do. I’ve deleted the box and re added it. I’ve deleted the app and re downloaded it. I’ve even gone back to the old app and that worked well but I wanted to give the new app a try again and still with the same issues. Please help.

…and still can’t connect to router. I am by no means a beginner when it comes to setting up network devices. Could not connect to AP without rebooting my phone, and repeated visits to select the AP. Was able to load the config file provided when I first set this up. Then I was able to enter my network ssid and password. By default, the permanent AP switch is on, so turn that off. Then click done. From here I’ve had 2 different things happen. Several times it loads the network info and then opens a ‘Help’ dialogue, asking if the WiFi indicator is flashing red and green: no (flashing blue [wifi pairing mode]) then it is confused and wants to start over again. The other time it became stuck “‘setting network parameters’ and then wants to join the AP again; the WiFi indicator again was flashing blue. I’ll update this if ever able to eventually connect to my network. UPDATE 1: I’ve been able to get so far as a message indicating the controller is connecting to the router. This immediately results in the controller restarting and entering pairing mode; eventually it does not connect and again requests connection via the controller AP.TLDR; if you are updating, delete the controller from the app screen and reinstall. It will keep your programming and you will successfully reconnect yo your local network.

I made the mistake of agreeing to this upgrade with knowing what I was in for. In order for it to work, it has to do a firmware update over Bluetooth which appeared to work however I could never complete the connection to my wifi even though the version 1 app was working fine on that network. I tried the next day by uninstalling everything on my phone and unpluging the controller and starting from scratch. I got it to work on its own hotspot which at least gave me control of the system. After that I deleted the controller and re-added it to use my WiFi. After a long pause it finally saw the available WiFi networks and I was able to connect to my extender near the garage where the controller is installed. The app has some nice features and it connects quicker than the old version. Just be ready because it’s no easy upgrade.One other thing, why am I seeing a BETA tag in the app? I don’t see anywhere in the App Store that this is beta upgrade.

The 2.0 version is way better than the original Rain Bird app. This new version connects to the controller without issue. Unlike the original which would constantly have connection errors, including when saving changes, resulting in those changes getting lost and having to do it all over again, and hoping no connection error occurs again. Thank you Rain Bird for recognizing the serious issues with the original app, and redesigning a new one.My only regret is that I didn’t find the new Rain Bird 2.0 app sooner. Would have saved me hours of frustration with the old app.If you have a Rain Bird controller that is compatible with the 2.0 app, I STRONGLY recommend using Rain Bird 2.0 instead of the original Rain Bird app. The difference in reliability and usability is night and day. And the new app has all the features of the old one, plus some nice enhancements.