Controller
Connects to the tap, opens and closes water with a solenoid valve and measures the quantity of water delivered. It communicates with the app and coordinates downstream SDUs.
Philla Core
Philla Core System
Not just minutes. Water actually delivered.
This page describes Philla Core: the system designed to water pots with a measurable dose. The same architecture, based on point-level control, measurement of delivered water and the app, can evolve over time toward new functions.
How Philla Core is built
Philla Core, seen as a system.
This page is only about Philla Core. The system starts from the terrace water point: the Controller commands and measures water, powers and coordinates the Smart Drip Units, SDUs open the outlets toward pots and the app makes configuration, cycles, history and alerts readable.
Energy
- Controller
- Electrical line
- SDU
Water
- Controller
- Perimeter tube
- SDU
Data
- App / Cloud
- Controller
- SDU
Smart Drip Unit
Each SDU receives water, power and commands from the Controller. It opens the outlets toward individual plants only when required by the irrigation cycle.
Configured pots
Each pot has a readable configuration: name, position, expected dose and cycle history.
Philla App
Lets users configure pots, set doses, monitor cycles and receive clear notifications about outcomes and anomalies.
Behind the scenes Technical details on communication, measurement and connections.
The Controller communicates with the app through MQTT on a TCP/IP network, normally via Wi-Fi, and also keeps a Bluetooth interface for local setup and control.
SDUs communicate with the Controller through Modbus RTU on an RS-485 bus. Between Controller and SDUs, power and communication travel in the same four-core cable: VDC, GND, RS-485 A and RS-485 B.
- Water control
- The Controller opens and closes water through a solenoid valve and measures delivered water with a volumetric flow meter.
- Distribution
- Each SDU has six hydraulic connections: two for the perimeter tube, entering and leaving toward the next SDU, and four outlets dedicated to watering its assigned pots.
- Feedback
- App, history and notifications make cycle outcomes, anomalies and checks readable.
What this page covers
From zones and minutes to pots, milliliters and feedback.
- Fewer estimates
- Not only cycle duration: the system reasons about the expected dose for each pot.
- More feedback
- Measuring delivered water makes what happened in the installation easier to read.
- Real context
- Weather, exposure and terrace use become part of the irrigation decision.
- A network that can grow
- Dedicated lines and specific modules can enable further functions over time.
Current benefit
Care for plants. Respect for water.
In systems programmed only by time, water can move quickly through the root ball and leave from the bottom of the pot. Water appears to arrive, but part of it may not actually be retained.
Philla works on dose and feedback. Keeping the root ball in steadier conditions helps reduce the risk of unnecessary dripping, ineffective irrigation and water lost on the terrace.
Before Zone + minutes
Philla Pot + milliliters
Feedback Measurable dose
Weather and context
Smart weather logic, pot by pot.
Real terraces and balconies are not uniform. One part can be exposed to rain, another protected by roofs, awnings, verandas or walls. Philla can consider these differences before starting a cycle.
Exposed pot
If rain actually reaches it, the cycle can be skipped or postponed.
Sheltered plant
Under a roof or veranda, it can still receive water when needed.
Terrace use
Guests, clean floors or maintenance work may require a temporary pause.
Different exposures
Pots in sun, shade or wind do not all behave in the same way.
Preventive checks
More readable maintenance, fewer blind checks.
Philla can run checks on installation integrity and observe flow variations, blockages, limescale, fittings or emitters that behave differently from expected over time.
For those living the terrace
- Clearer messages.
- Indications on where to intervene.
- Problems visible before the plant suffers.
For installers and maintenance
- More readable lines.
- Observable anomalies and flow rates.
- Progressive changes easier to identify.
App and history
The app makes system knowledge readable.
The app is not only for starting or stopping irrigation. It is for reading what normally remains invisible: expected dose, cycle outcome, history and targeted checks.
Expected dose
You know how much water each pot should receive.
Cycle outcome
You know whether irrigation was completed.
History
You see how behavior changes over time.
Targeted checks
If action is needed, you know where to look.
Enabled evolutions
A platform that can evolve.
The following functions do not necessarily describe products available today. They are examples of how a controlled hydraulic network can grow over time, using dedicated lines, specific modules and suitable configurations. Where planned, some evolutions can also use high-pressure operation.
Cooling / misting
Some outlet points can be dedicated not to watering a pot, but to misting. In this way, Philla Core can become the base for cooling certain terrace areas with short, controlled cycles, kept separate from pot irrigation cycles.
Controlled fertilization
For a fertigation function, an upstream diverter or mixer can add liquid fertilizer to water and distribute it with a dedicated program, keeping a readable history of performed cycles.
Dedicated treatments
Some outlet points can be dedicated not to watering a pot, but to distributing repellent liquids or specific treatments for outdoor spaces, where technically correct and legally allowed.
Philla Core
Every pot, its own dose.
Philla connects pots, installation, measurement and app into a system readable pot by pot.