Irrigation sprinkler identification

A sprinkler system comprising:

• a group of sprinklers, each sprinkler comprising:
• a base having an interior cavity;
• a fluid flow path extending through the interior cavity;
• a valve including a valve body and a valve element, the valve element is configured to move relative to the valve body to various positions to control a water flow through the fluid flow path;
• a nozzle head supported by the base and comprising at least one nozzle configured to discharge water received through the fluid flow path;
• a motorized rotator configured to rotate the nozzle head about an axis;
• memory containing a sprinkler identification code that is unique to the sprinkler;
• and
• a transmitter contained in the interior cavity;
• an irrigation controller having a wired connection to the group through which electrical power is supplied to the sprinklers;
• and
• a computing device including a display, the computing device configured to:
• receive a wireless broadcast of the sprinkler identification code of a nearby one of the sprinklers;
• identify the nearby sprinkler based on the received sprinkler identification code;
• and
• display an identification of the nearby sprinkler on the display.

A method of identifying individual sprinklers of a group of in-ground sprinklers comprising steps of:

• each sprinkler wirelessly broadcasting a corresponding sprinkler identification code that uniquely identifies the sprinkler using a transmitter of the sprinkler;
• positioning a computing device in close proximity to a nearby one of the sprinklers;
• receiving the wireless broadcast of the sprinkler identification code of the nearby sprinkler using the computing device;
• and
• displaying an identification on a display of the computing device of the nearby sprinkler based on the received sprinkler identification code.