i went back to the original code but changed the file name to
"\\\\nsp\\pi\\sprinkler\\schedule.json" and then I tried "\\\\nsp/pi/sprinkler/schedule.json"
I also tried both of the above with nsp.local instead of just nsp.
All cases result in file not found error.
run:
\\nsp\pi\sprinkler\schedule.json (No such file or directory)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 8 seconds)