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

[Ranjib]

What are the print bed dimensions of that box? I only have a claim delta regular, I think Santa is coming this year with a new prusa...

120mm X 70mm X 45mm , printed on ender 3.

Amen to Santa bringing Prusa :-) . I am extremely happy with my Ender 3. In fact I think I may get a CR10 , and run all the big not-fine-detail prints there with 0.8mm nozzle. Most parts can be printed in couple of hours.

 

[Smin]

I don't suppose anyone has a link to a good build thread where reef pi is used with LDDs to control a custom led lighting setup?

 

[janos]

Try this:https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-radeon-clone.409451/

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

I don't suppose anyone has a link to a good build thread where reef pi is used with LDDs to control a custom led lighting setup?

Dont have a guide or anything, but I just picked up some radion clone pucks (delivered in a week or two), individual leds, Steve's and corolux driver boards, heatsink, psu and drivers. Intent is to control them via reef pi. I'll let you know if and how I get it working or burn my house down.

 

[PaulJ2303]

Can i ask any of you guys who have experience with doser pumps using a pca9685 to drive to take a look at my build thread in order to help me along:

Reef Pi, on a wish and a prayer!

Hi, I've decided to have a go at building a reef pi monitoring system, here we go o_O So I've just bought a raspberry 3b+ and installed raspbian on it. i then installed the reef pi software on top of that and following the adafruit guide it all went surprisingly well, I've attached a pic of my...

www.reef2reef.com

Ive been following @AquaRaider44 excellent build thread and have tried to get a Jebao dp3s doser pump working via a pwm board (pca9685) and i'm a bit stuck.

I'm hoping @Michael Lane sees this as well as youve helped me a lot.

I guess i'm just not very technically minded ;Blackeye

 

[pickupman66]

WOW. so ive been quite busy and havent touched my controller. it has been churning away for a few months. I FINALLY ordered my 2nd ADJ outlet strip which will install this week hopefully. Plans to mount under the thank above the sump and then will completely take the OLD Archon offline. it has been hanging on like a dead Russian space station. Non-accessible. Randomly having to reboot. As i already have the hardware to control the 2nd power bar it should be all plug and play. Cannot wait to clean it up.

Also, I am slowly moving away from my Jebao pumps to the Current UPS Eflux pumps. I like their controller and it seems to work as needed. I picked up one of they reef lights BNIB at a local bargin hunt for $18 so I may swap that into my fuge. Maybe.

anyways I need to update my reef-pi software to get up to date.

just a dumb question, is there now a process to allow for export of DB to a PC and upload backup DB from file?

 

[Ranjib]

WOW. so ive been quite busy and havent touched my controller. it has been churning away for a few months. I FINALLY ordered my 2nd ADJ outlet strip which will install this week hopefully. Plans to mount under the thank above the sump and then will completely take the OLD Archon offline. it has been hanging on like a dead Russian space station. Non-accessible. Randomly having to reboot. As i already have the hardware to control the 2nd power bar it should be all plug and play. Cannot wait to clean it up.

Also, I am slowly moving away from my Jebao pumps to the Current UPS Eflux pumps. I like their controller and it seems to work as needed. I picked up one of they reef lights BNIB at a local bargin hunt for $18 so I may swap that into my fuge. Maybe.

anyways I need to update my reef-pi software to get up to date.

just a dumb question, is there now a process to allow for export of DB to a PC and upload backup DB from file?

Just scp the file from the pi to anyplace you want. With the exact reef-pi version installed, It should be sufficient to exactly reproduce your controller (with the exact configuration )

 

[Smin]

Dont have a guide or anything, but I just picked up some radion clone pucks (delivered in a week or two), individual leds, Steve's and corolux driver boards, heatsink, psu and drivers. Intent is to control them via reef pi. I'll let you know if and how I get it working or burn my house down.

Thanks I look forward to it. Try not to burn the house down!

 

[Schreiber]

So... PWM. The Adafruit guide is contradictory on which pins to use for dosing PWM control.

It first says to use GPIO 18 & 10.

While later, it says to use GPIO 18 & 19.

Pin # 19 is GPIO 10. Pin # 35 is GPIO 19. According to a few guides I've found online, the PWM pins we can use are GPIO 18 & 19. Is GPIO 10 a typo? In my build thread, I had been having issues with dosing that I got corrected. I *think* I actually used GPIO 10...but after revisiting all of this, I think I'm going to have to tear it open to check for sure.

 

[Ranjib]

So... PWM. The Adafruit guide is contradictory on which pins to use for dosing PWM control.

It first says to use GPIO 18 & 10.

While later, it says to use GPIO 18 & 19.

Pin # 19 is GPIO 10. Pin # 35 is GPIO 19. According to a few guides I've found online, the PWM pins we can use are GPIO 18 & 19. Is GPIO 10 a typo? In my build thread, I had been having issues with dosing that I got corrected. I *think* I actually used GPIO 10...but after revisiting all of this, I think I'm going to have to tear it open to check for sure.

GPIO10 is an error, I'll fix it. Let me clarify,
- During physical wiring, use the GPIO18 and GPIO19 pins , check the pinout image on https://reef-pi.github.io/guides/electronics/ for reference,
- During configuration in reef-pi ui, use pin 0 or 1 in the jack configuration with rpi driver.

 

[Ranjib]

GPIO10 is an error, I'll fix it. Let me clarify,
- During physical wiring, use the GPIO18 and GPIO19 pins , check the pinout image on https://reef-pi.github.io/guides/electronics/ for reference,
- During configuration in reef-pi ui, use pin 0 or 1 in the jack configuration with rpi driver.

Done. Updated the dosing controller guide in adafruit. Let me know if you find any more confusing or wrong information

 

[Schreiber]

Done. Updated the dosing controller guide in adafruit. Let me know if you find any more confusing or wrong information

I'd say the only other thing that was confusing (to me at least) is the picture for the female audio jack for the temp. sensor circuit. It could really use a top-down view. It's super hard to tell from the picture if the long post is on top or on bottom in the picture.

 

[pickupman66]

spoke too soon. went up upgrade and Rasbian was not working. could not SSH, Could not get it to wake from the Keyboard and hdmi. yet web worked. rebooted it thru the web and it corrupted the drive. going to re-build from a clean install of the latest. glad I can do it now with the help of mapped ports lol.

 

[Stephen2]

Hi
What is the best way to backup the reef-pi configuration and setup?

 

[Ranjib]

Hi
What is the best way to backup the reef-pi configuration and setup?

the file /var/lib/reef-pi/reef-pi.db is the only thing you need to backup. That file and the specific version of reef-pi
(always available from github) should be enough to reproduce your exact setup. You have to still do the pi configuration stuff (timezone, ssh, wifi etc)

 

[Alaa]

Hi
Thanks all for the effort and support to this project specially @Ranjib
Quick question , is there a specific pH probe to use with reef pi or any will do once the board is setup
examples of tried and working probes are appreciated
thanks

 

[Ranjib]

Hi
Thanks all for the effort and support to this project specially @Ranjib
Quick question , is there a specific pH probe to use with reef pi or any will do once the board is setup
examples of tried and working probes are appreciated
thanks

most marine aquarium grade probe should do. I have tested atlas scientific and american marine pinpoit. I think BRS and others will work to. The probe+ board gives raw milivolt values, which we then calibrate to get 0-14 range using two point calibration. Depending upon the board (reef-pi ph board or atals scientific board or pico board) the raw values range will be different (e.g. 3K, 7K), but they are similar for all the probes. You should be able to observe daily cyle in any range, even without calibration.

 

[Schreiber]

Is it possible to run a pH probe and a PCA9685 board on the same Pi? From what I understand, as long as they each have different addresses, it should work similarly to the temperature probes on the same bus.

 

[janos]

Check Michael Lane board everything is on one board and working like a charm.Easy to install and you have everything.
PH Doser Light,what ever you need.

 

[Urtoo]

About to order a board, either ML goby board and Mars aqua controller for my sb lights, or the Blue Acro Pico and ML’s Mars aqua controller.
I am swaying towed ML’s breakout board but I do like the all in one of the Pico...
But, if something fails on the Pico I would need to swap the entire board, ML’s is just the device connected.
Decisions decisions.
Or option 3, start a new tank and get both types and deal with the wife’s wrath later