Dashboard for Viewing multiple Apex tanks

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I have a rather silly problem, I have spun up my frag tank again and this time spent the time and money to put in hard plumbing and a Apex EL. The problem i run into is this now makes my home a multiple Apex home, and monitoring more than one at a time is kind of a pain in the butt.

So i decided to build my own solution, I picked up a raspberry pi, 7 inch touchscreen, and loaded in Node-Red with Dashboard UI and started parsing the the local XML. Right now I only have read-only access, but I'm adding authentication to do Feed Modes and Maintenance modes. The goal of this whole project is allow my lady or house sitter the ability to quickly feed the tank or know if the ATO jugs need to be replaced.

I have also added other sensors that aren't part of the Apex, like outside temperatures. I'm also adding the home HVAC target temp as well.

What do you guys think?

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Awesome, can't wait to see how far you can get with this :)
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 10 33.3%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 3 10.0%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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