reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[dmolavi]

Think I found ones: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/54-00081/tensility-international

The datasheet shows 7.1mm threading (plus 1.5mm for chassis), so I think these will work. For $2 each and free shipping, I'll give them a shot :)

 

[georged]

The specs for this state it's for panels up to 0.075in (2mm). This is gonna be a tough nut to crack. I could countersink the hole, but it would need to be done by hand, as there isn't enough room for my drill to get into where it needs to be.

Tap the panel and don't bother using the supplied nut.

 

[b4tn]

Think I found ones: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/54-00081/tensility-international

The datasheet shows 7.1mm threading (plus 1.5mm for chassis), so I think these will work. For $2 each and free shipping, I'll give them a shot :)

I love that website. I still feel guilty thought when I order $2 in parts and get it free over night lol

 

[Bigtrout]

Is their any news on the PWM frequency issues?

 

[Ranjib]

The specs for this state it's for panels up to 0.075in (2mm). This is gonna be a tough nut to crack. I could countersink the hole, but it would need to be done by hand, as there isn't enough room for my drill to get into where it needs to be.

I generally use dremel for the same job

 

[Ranjib]

Is their any news on the PWM frequency issues?

@theatrus and Mealnie both submitted a patch to fix this for pi and pca9685 resepectively, its waiting on me to test them on actual hardware. Likely in next two days you'll get an answer from me

 

[Bigtrout]

I love that website. I still feel guilty thought when I order $2 in parts and get it free over night lol

Yes arrow is pretty good especially on small orders

 

[Ranjib]

Yes arrow is pretty good especially on small orders

Amazon has this as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OGLCR3W
I had purchased one, but I didnt end up using it actually, cant recall exactly why, but there was some issue...

 

[Hookster15]

Timer question for skimmer, I would like it to run 24 on and 24 off.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

The specs for this state it's for panels up to 0.075in (2mm). This is gonna be a tough nut to crack. I could countersink the hole, but it would need to be done by hand, as there isn't enough room for my drill to get into where it needs to be.

These are nice to have...

https://www.rockler.com/flex-extens...NEqqYkpewYElNoprRJ6HBxcmC5bu7K0EaAukPEALw_wcB


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JVPGZP6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_e-VxCbPD13WNY

 

[Ryan115]

Timer question for skimmer, I would like it to run 24 on and 24 off.

In the timer set up, you should be able to set it to: Day of the Month = */2 and change back after 86400 seconds.

 

[b4tn]

The *\2 works but I had a ton of issues with getting the timer to disable using this method. I had it set up like this in the hour field to turn on every other hour and it worked but the timer would not disable. In the end I had to put the hours in manually so I could disable the timer for macros.

 

[Ranjib]

In the timer set up, you should be able to set it to: Day of the Month = */2 and change back after 86400 seconds.

One thing call out from safety/reliability perspective is if pi had a hard shtdown then the automatic turn off after the given period will not work. As after power comes up the original timer will not kick off (since its due time is passed) and hence no revert action. So, if the revert duration is a very long (say in multiple hours) then it may be safer to just create a separate timer for turning off the equipment.

 

[pickupman66]

@Ranjib MAJOR ISSUE today. as you know I had issues with my system alerting last week on the ATO. I have been traveling all week away from home and now that i am home, something was amis. my Clam did not look good. Plus one of the BTA walked around. I went to move a frag away from it and thought WOW, that water is COLD> I went to check Reef-pi and could not login. I put my cooking thermometer in the tank and it read 68°! HOLY MOLY! This is not good. I could not access reef-pi so I power cycled it. as soon as it came up, it started blowing up my phone with ATO alerts and also the LOW temperature alerts. I checked and I am about 4 gallons low. This means the system has not been working properly for at least 4 days. I dont know where to go to diagnose this. It appears to be operational at this moment as I can access and heater and ATO is working.

ALSO, since the reboot today, I have no historical graph data. all of that is missing.

Tank is at 70° but i am sure it got as low as 65° during the night.

I am on version 2.2 and I show no errors in the web GUI. All equipment was powered as my lights were on and all water movement pumps had power.

 

[Bigtrout]

Did u have a power blink possibly where the reef pi got shutdown hard and then booted back up?

I made my power relay NC on my heaters so that if the reef pi goes wonky i still have heat...

 

[That Crusso Kid]

@Ranjib MAJOR ISSUE today. as you know I had issues with my system alerting last week on the ATO. I have been traveling all week away from home and now that i am home, something was amis. my Clam did not look good. Plus one of the BTA walked around. I went to move a frag away from it and thought WOW, that water is COLD> I went to check Reef-pi and could not login. I put my cooking thermometer in the tank and it read 68°! HOLY MOLY! This is not good. I could not access reef-pi so I power cycled it. as soon as it came up, it started blowing up my phone with ATO alerts and also the LOW temperature alerts. I checked and I am about 4 gallons low. This means the system has not been working properly for at least 4 days. I dont know where to go to diagnose this. It appears to be operational at this moment as I can access and heater and ATO is working.

ALSO, since the reboot today, I have no historical graph data. all of that is missing.

Tank is at 70° but i am sure it got as low as 65° during the night.

I am on version 2.2 and I show no errors in the web GUI. All equipment was powered as my lights were on and all water movement pumps had power.

Sorry to hear about your troubles and hope everything recovers!

 

[pickupman66]

Did u have a power blink possibly where the reef pi got shutdown hard and then booted back up?

I made my power relay NC on my heaters so that if the reef pi goes wonky i still have heat...

Not that I know of. I am using the DJ power bar.

 

[Bigtrout]

Not that I know of. I am using the DJ power bar.

Ah ok then you cant go NC contacts...

 

[Matt Carden]

That's why I'll be building my own power block.

 

[bishoptf]

@Ranjib MAJOR ISSUE today. as you know I had issues with my system alerting last week on the ATO. I have been traveling all week away from home and now that i am home, something was amis. my Clam did not look good. Plus one of the BTA walked around. I went to move a frag away from it and thought WOW, that water is COLD> I went to check Reef-pi and could not login. I put my cooking thermometer in the tank and it read 68°! HOLY MOLY! This is not good. I could not access reef-pi so I power cycled it. as soon as it came up, it started blowing up my phone with ATO alerts and also the LOW temperature alerts. I checked and I am about 4 gallons low. This means the system has not been working properly for at least 4 days. I dont know where to go to diagnose this. It appears to be operational at this moment as I can access and heater and ATO is working.

ALSO, since the reboot today, I have no historical graph data. all of that is missing.

Tank is at 70° but i am sure it got as low as 65° during the night.

I am on version 2.2 and I show no errors in the web GUI. All equipment was powered as my lights were on and all water movement pumps had power.

Thats a bummer, I would go through the syslogs day by day and see if you can pin-point what took place to put it in that state. It would be good to know what may have happened, if it was hardware or software, if software it will help to know where to look. I will try to think of some simple external checks that will notify you if something is wrong, although if your away you would have to have a way to access your network.