Hello ljm,
I've tested the Immediate Valve test feature and it works well. When I developed the feature it just so happened that I had a D-Link DR-615 Router, a very low cost router that happens to have a lot features. One of the features that it has is incoming packet filtering, so you can easily specify IP addresses that you want to forward.
It turns out that most other low cost home routers don't have incoming filtering, so I wrote the instructions on how to configure your router using the incoming filter. To enable Immediate Test, you'll need to open a port on your router and without incoming flitering on your router, I don't know how much traffic you'll get to the EtherRain. That's what needs to be tested.
To use immediate test you need to configure both the EtherRain controller and your router.
Click here for configuration instructions (.pdf). The feature is available from the
Lawncheck SmartPhone site.
Please send me an email using the LawnCheck Support form or use the forum and let me know if you'd like to try this and I will enable your account.
Jim