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

[dmolavi]

I'm going to get a BRS double junction and test against my Hanna pH meter.

@Ranjib Separately - good to see the TPLink support (I use the outlets for various lamps in my house, my kids don't shut lights off and I'm too lazy to get up haha). Can I use the basic 'framework' for those as a starting point for the Digital Loggers web switch? (Basically, it's just 8 outlets accessable via an API to turn off/on).

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I'm going to get a BRS double junction and test against my Hanna pH meter.

@Ranjib Separately - good to see the TPLink support (I use the outlets for various lamps in my house, my kids don't shut lights off and I'm too lazy to get up haha). Can I use the basic 'framework' for those as a starting point for the Digital Loggers web switch? (Basically, it's just 8 outlets accessable via an API to turn off/on).

Can those outlets be used in conjunction with the ADJ strip?

 

[Ranjib]

Can those outlets be used in conjunction with the ADJ strip?

Yes

 

[Ranjib]

I'm going to get a BRS double junction and test against my Hanna pH meter.

@Ranjib Separately - good to see the TPLink support (I use the outlets for various lamps in my house, my kids don't shut lights off and I'm too lazy to get up haha). Can I use the basic 'framework' for those as a starting point for the Digital Loggers web switch? (Basically, it's just 8 outlets accessable via an API to turn off/on).

I don’t know . I highly doubt this. This one uses a autokey encrypted tcp based protocol, that I was able to understand by going through the nidejs library. We need to know the specifics of control mechanism of that particular vendor. You have such doc?

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

I don’t know . I highly doubt this. This one uses a autokey encrypted tcp based protocol, that I was able to understand by going through the nidejs library. We need to know the specifics of control mechanism of that particular vendor. You have such doc?

the smart outlets in general. Will we be able to use them along with the ADJ strip?

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

Yes

Just saw this. This is indeed, exciting.

 

[dmolavi]

I don’t know . I highly doubt this. This one uses a autokey encrypted tcp based protocol, that I was able to understand by going through the nidejs library. We need to know the specifics of control mechanism of that particular vendor. You have such doc?

Yeah. They use a RESTful API to interact with the controller..I can post a link in a bit..

 

[DirtDiggler2823]

Yeah. They use a RESTful API to interact with the controller..I can post a link in a bit..

I can test these as well. I have a couple of use cases. Would we be able to tie them to equipment and into macros and timers? I can build an automatic water change system with these...... maybe.

 

[Ranjib]

I can test these as well. I have a couple of use cases. Would we be able to tie them to equipment and into macros and timers? I can build an automatic water change system with these...... maybe.

Yes :-)

 

[Ryan115]

I just got a few of these in the other day. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074GVPYPY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They weren't intended to be used for the tank, but if they can, that would be great.
I liked the smaller form factor, with included energy monitoring.

 

[Bigtrout]

So is the smart plug driver TP link specific?

 

[Bigtrout]

I just got a few of these in the other day. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074GVPYPY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They weren't intended to be used for the tank, but if they can, that would be great.
I liked the smaller form factor, with included energy monitoring.

I have these and they have been in use for a year and a half, and the power monitoring is accurate as well!

 

[bishoptf]

BRS double junction probe

Thanks will get one on its way, thanks.
:)

 

[Ranjib]

So is the smart plug driver TP link specific?

Yes. There’s no common protocol that we can use to support multiple vendor. Tplink was something others had brought up earlier, it’s available in us , uk and Australia, which is why I went with this. They have energy monitoring version as well ...

 

[Ranjib]

Is there any manual or schematic and installation instructions that you could give me im interested in building one for my tank and I would appreciate it if you had anything that coul help me to understand it a little better. That site that says calkulate is hard to understand but if I had a little guadiance i think I could figure it out. Thanks in advance.

Also
Ranjib, I cannot get my ATO to work but I didn't really follow the adafruit build instructions. Instead I have a water valve solenoid and an electric float switch with two wires coming out of it and i was thinking that I could use reef pi to activate the solenoid (it only needs 5 VDC 100ma on the gate of a mosfet) from the reading that the two wire float sensor gives off. If sensor Low on water (open circuit) or once water reaches high level it would be a closed circuit. Then set it to activate 5 volts on an outlet in turn using the pi to activate the gate of a mosfet to complete the circuit of the RO solenoid? I feel like it should work just fine. The way I configured it it wont activate the mosfet or it activates it and wont turn it off. Its not reading the inlet. I even tried to set a jack and set to RPI driving on pin 5 and reading on pin 23 but still no luck. any help would be great and also do you have a link to a cheap but good Pico PH probe?
Thanks for the Welcome ill be around for a while until I get this working. Im very determine.LOL

There’s lot going on here :-) . Can you start a thread? The solenoid thing should work , I need the details of sensor circuit. I’m using Milwaukee , American marine and atlas scientific probes . They are all around 34-50$ on amazon

 

[Ranjib]

Some tank updates
My acros showing new growth spurt

Green slimer and red dragon continues to grow . I have to trim the green slimer but don’t know what to do with the frags and I don’t want to dump it in the toilet :-(



Rest of the softies and lps are doing ok

Fts

Side view

 

[dmolavi]

Yeah. They use a RESTful API to interact with the controller..I can post a link in a bit..

Here's a quick look at their API: https://www.digital-loggers.com/rest.html

Really all we'd care about are what these examples show (turn on/off and status):

Outlet/relay control examples. Relays are zero based (0-7).

Switch relay 3 on. (true=on false=off)
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/2/state/" .

Turn all relays on.
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/all;/state/"

Turn relays 1 and 5 on.
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/=0,4/state/"

Get the status of relay/outlet 1
curl -k -u admin:1234 -H "Accept:application/json" --digest https://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/2/state/

Get the status of all relays
curl -k -u admin:1234 -H "Accept:application/json" --digest https://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/all;/state/

I have some python code for a simple app I wrote to control it here:
https://github.com/dmolavi/dlipower

 

[dmolavi]

Reef-Pi may have saved my tank from a crash...

I was taking a look at my ATO monitoring graph on Adafruit IO yesterday and noticed it hadn't run in over 24hrs. I had topped off the reservoir the day before, so no issues there. When I got home from work, I took a look in my sump and it was about 3/4" low. Closer inspection of the optical sensor on my Osmolator showed that it had some buildup on it that was preventing it from operating properly. Cleaned it off and it turned the ATO on immediately.

 

[Ranjib]

Reef-Pi may have saved my tank from a crash...

I was taking a look at my ATO monitoring graph on Adafruit IO yesterday and noticed it hadn't run in over 24hrs. I had topped off the reservoir the day before, so no issues there. When I got home from work, I took a look in my sump and it was about 3/4" low. Closer inspection of the optical sensor on my Osmolator showed that it had some buildup on it that was preventing it from operating properly. Cleaned it off and it turned the ATO on immediately.

Nice :-)

 

[Ranjib]

Here's a quick look at their API: https://www.digital-loggers.com/rest.html

Really all we'd care about are what these examples show (turn on/off and status):

Outlet/relay control examples. Relays are zero based (0-7).

Switch relay 3 on. (true=on false=off)
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/2/state/" .

Turn all relays on.
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/all;/state/"

Turn relays 1 and 5 on.
curl -u admin:1234 -X PUT -H "X-CSRF: x" --data "value=true" --digest "http://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/=0,4/state/"

Get the status of relay/outlet 1
curl -k -u admin:1234 -H "Accept:application/json" --digest https://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/2/state/

Get the status of all relays
curl -k -u admin:1234 -H "Accept:application/json" --digest https://192.168.0.100/restapi/relay/outlets/all;/state/

I have some python code for a simple app I wrote to control it here:
https://github.com/dmolavi/dlipower

I understand controlling this is easy, but my concern is this has the typical problem of being specific for this vendor. So, unless this is very popular, affordable and available across different regions, it won’t be be something we can recommend. It will be harder to maintain (test and improve) various drivers that I don’t personally use ... let’s see if there’s enough interest on this power bar