I use Mycodo on a raspberry pi, connected to a bunch of relays.
Through it I monitor temp and humidity. My main lights and far red lights are set up on a timer. My heat/AC and vents turn on and off depending on temp/humidity. All of these can be monitored thru the web interface on a graph. If temp/humidity ever reach dangerous levels, it emails me.
In the future I'll add moisture, light, and CO2 sensors so I can automate top feed watering and CO2. (I'll also put the vents on controllers that play well with said CO2) And by then I'll finally buy a humidifier. (;
Ask me any questions you have!
Automated control system - any experience or directions?
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Did you write the program running on the R-Pi, or were you able to buy and modify something?hideouspenguinboy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:48 pmI use Mycodo on a raspberry pi, connected to a bunch of relays.
Through it I monitor temp and humidity. My main lights and far red lights are set up on a timer. My heat/AC and vents turn on and off depending on temp/humidity. All of these can be monitored thru the web interface on a graph. If temp/humidity ever reach dangerous levels, it emails me.
In the future I'll add moisture, light, and CO2 sensors so I can automate top feed watering and CO2. (I'll also put the vents on controllers that play well with said CO2) And by then I'll finally buy a humidifier. (;
Ask me any questions you have!
You might wanna double-check anything you've read here...
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You install Raspian, and then Mycodo https://github.com/kizniche/Mycodo
That's it! The only thing that I screwed up was that the timers are literal. (ON from 12pm-12am means exactly that. You have to have a separate OFF timer. It's a good thing in case of power failure, but I didn't know and had 24hr light for a day. (; )
That's it! The only thing that I screwed up was that the timers are literal. (ON from 12pm-12am means exactly that. You have to have a separate OFF timer. It's a good thing in case of power failure, but I didn't know and had 24hr light for a day. (; )
What sensors are you using to monitor humidity and temp?hideouspenguinboy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:48 pmI use Mycodo on a raspberry pi, connected to a bunch of relays.
Through it I monitor temp and humidity. My main lights and far red lights are set up on a timer. My heat/AC and vents turn on and off depending on temp/humidity. All of these can be monitored thru the web interface on a graph. If temp/humidity ever reach dangerous levels, it emails me.
In the future I'll add moisture, light, and CO2 sensors so I can automate top feed watering and CO2. (I'll also put the vents on controllers that play well with said CO2) And by then I'll finally buy a humidifier. (;
Ask me any questions you have!
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So, the program has a list of supported sensors. If you check out that link it should give you the full list. Also, if there was a new sensor you were into, you could probably convince the maker to add it. It's mostly stuff you can get on Adafruit.
Which, in particular, do you use? Just curious.hideouspenguinboy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:05 pmSo, the program has a list of supported sensors. If you check out that link it should give you the full list. Also, if there was a new sensor you were into, you could probably convince the maker to add it. It's mostly stuff you can get on Adafruit.
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I bought DHT22/AM2302 (€5 on Amazon), still didn't get around to use it. It's the one that repeatedly came up when looking for one.
I wonder about writing the guy behind Mycodo to add pH/TDS sensor (+peristaltic pump correction) support. That's the holy grail there. I guess I should get acquainted with this GitHub world first.
I wonder about writing the guy behind Mycodo to add pH/TDS sensor (+peristaltic pump correction) support. That's the holy grail there. I guess I should get acquainted with this GitHub world first.
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Currently I'm only using DHT22 's.
As for adding new pH/TDS, I bet he would consider some help to add those features. OpenSource community stuff and all. I can't imagine it would be super hard to import code from other people open projects using it. I'll certainly be looking at that in like.... 6 months. Maybe I'll learn the language to help out unless someone does it before I get to it!
As for adding new pH/TDS, I bet he would consider some help to add those features. OpenSource community stuff and all. I can't imagine it would be super hard to import code from other people open projects using it. I'll certainly be looking at that in like.... 6 months. Maybe I'll learn the language to help out unless someone does it before I get to it!
Hey guys!
I'm actively designing a light build ad hoping to put incorporate something that allows my fixtures to connect with the ChilLED. Do you know Raspberry Pi has the capability to decipher and send information/data to a central controller. I have a huge space to cover and don't want to be manually operating 100+ fixtures.
Thanks!
I'm actively designing a light build ad hoping to put incorporate something that allows my fixtures to connect with the ChilLED. Do you know Raspberry Pi has the capability to decipher and send information/data to a central controller. I have a huge space to cover and don't want to be manually operating 100+ fixtures.
Thanks!
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The raspberry pi is a straight up linux computer. If you can find out what they use, I'm positive you can. It's just finding a program to do it for you or building it yourself... until you know what it uses, I can't even begin to search. (I want ChilLED tech real bad, but it's out of my price range currently)