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

[level16gazebo]

For the 0-10v controller, if I have a light set to 100%, what should the voltage be? 50? 25%?

I feel like I must have gotten something backwards, I'm getting 0v at 100%, 5v at 50%, 7.5v at 25%, 10v at 0%.

is that the expected value? I can reverse the pin in software and it flips around, I'm just not sure which is expected.

 

[elysics]

For the 0-10v controller, if I have a light set to 100%, what should the voltage be? 50? 25%?

I feel like I must have gotten something backwards, I'm getting 0v at 100%, 5v at 50%, 7.5v at 25%, 10v at 0%.

is that the expected value? I can reverse the pin in software and it flips around, I'm just not sure which is expected.

Depends how you've wired it but if you have the version where the output is connected through a resistor to 10v and through a transistor to ground then yeah that inverts the signal

 

[level16gazebo]

Depends how you've wired it but if you have the version where the output is connected through a resistor to 10v and through a transistor to ground then yeah that inverts the signal

That's the one. And yeah, setting the jack to active high makes it behave the way I expected, so... cool. This is really coming together - I basically just need to select a housing at this point.

 

[DanTheReefer]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Two reef-pi questions:
1) I started having a lot of latency with the telemetry warnings, 5-10 hours. Goes from gmail to my at&t cell (email to <my cell number>@txt.att.net). Has anybody else been having similar issues or a work around?

2) Every 2-3 months my heater relay doesn't click off when pi tells it to. If I find it and toggle it on/off via the equipment control, it does turn off, so I'm fairly certain it's a mechanical hang up. Either way, wondering how I can tell pi to toggle it on and off if it gets above a certain temp?

 

[Ranjib]

Hello everyone,
happy thanksgiving. Reef-pi 5.0 is out. Release announcement https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-pi-5-0-release-announcement.874824/#post-9608150

check it out , and thank you for making this awesome community
sincerely
ranjib

 

[Coolhack]

All the sudden today, I notice my tank is kinda cold while I was feeding. Checked my temp probes and the probes said 73.5 degrees. I'm like hmmm, worked fine the other day so I went down to switch on the heaters manually and they kept switching off even though the temp is set for 79.5 degrees. So now I have the probes cut off from operating any equipment and am waiting to see if it's the heaters. They all worked perfect up until I upgraded to 5.0 last night. Any thoughts?

 

[Ranjib]

All the sudden today, I notice my tank is kinda cold while I was feeding. Checked my temp probes and the probes said 73.5 degrees. I'm like hmmm, worked fine the other day so I went down to switch on the heaters manually and they kept switching off even though the temp is set for 79.5 degrees. So now I have the probes cut off from operating any equipment and am waiting to see if it's the heaters. They all worked perfect up until I upgraded to 5.0 last night. Any thoughts?

Hmm. Did you change anything ? Does the heater on off work from reef-pi ui? I checked my metrics, nothing look abnormal as of now

 

[Coolhack]

Hmm. Did you change anything ? Does the heater on off work from reef-pi ui? I checked my metrics, nothing look abnormal as of now

Only thing I did was upgrade to 5.0. When the temp is below the set temp for the heaters to cut on, they just won't cut on. I then cut the heaters on manually, and then they shut right back off. I have to cut then temp probes off under the Temp Tab and then cut the heaters on, then I have to manually cut them off because reef pi won't cut them off once the set temp is reached. They have worked fine for months up until last night when I upgraded to 5.0.

 

[GaryE]

All the sudden today, I notice my tank is kinda cold while I was feeding. Checked my temp probes and the probes said 73.5 degrees. I'm like hmmm, worked fine the other day so I went down to switch on the heaters manually and they kept switching off even though the temp is set for 79.5 degrees. So now I have the probes cut off from operating any equipment and am waiting to see if it's the heaters. They all worked perfect up until I upgraded to 5.0 last night. Any thoughts?

I've had that happen a few times.. Turned out it was an IP address issue.

My heaters were controlled by a smart plug and the IP address on the smart plug got swapped with something else in the house resulting in my temp sensor not operating the smart plug, and it was being turned off by the smart plug software.

Check that first.. And if you can, set a static IP address for anything you are controlling with reefpi.

 

[Ranjib]

Only thing I did was upgrade to 5.0. When the temp is below the set temp for the heaters to cut on, they just won't cut on. I then cut the heaters on manually, and then they shut right back off. I have to cut then temp probes off under the Temp Tab and then cut the heaters on, then I have to manually cut them off because reef pi won't cut them off once the set temp is reached. They have worked fine for months up until last night when I upgraded to 5.0.

Can you share you temp controller settings ? Are you using Kasa outlets ?

 

[Ranjib]

I've had that happen a few times.. Turned out it was an IP address issue.

My heaters were controlled by a smart plug and the IP address on the smart plug got swapped with something else in the house resulting in my temp sensor not operating the smart plug, and it was being turned off by the smart plug software.

Check that first.. And if you can, set a static IP address for anything you are controlling with reefpi.

In that case reef-pi should show error under configuration section

 

[GaryE]

In that case reef-pi should show error under configuration section

No error.. Because the IP address that should have been on the smart plug had moved to a Kaza light switch.. This is how I knew there was an issue.. I would turn on that light and a few seconds later it would turn back off.. Happened a few times and annoyed me sufficiently to investigate..

I have since assigned persistent IP addresses in my DHCP server for those plugs.

 

[Ranjib]

No error.. Because the IP address that should have been on the smart plug had moved to a Kaza light switch.. This is how I knew there was an issue.. I would turn on that light and a few seconds later it would turn back off.. Happened a few times and annoyed me sufficiently to investigate..

I have since assigned persistent IP addresses in my DHCP server for those plugs.

Oh wow.. that can mess things up real bad , as in reef-pi will not even know that the device has changed

 

[Coolhack]

Oh wow.. that can mess things up real bad , as in reef-pi will not even know that the device has changed

I'm not working on smart plugs, mine is just the reef pi with a dj relay power strip. I do have smart plugs but they haven't been plugged into the reef pi system.

 

[DanTheReefer]

No error.. Because the IP address that should have been on the smart plug had moved to a Kaza light switch.. This is how I knew there was an issue.. I would turn on that light and a few seconds later it would turn back off.. Happened a few times and annoyed me sufficiently to investigate..

I have since assigned persistent IP addresses in my DHCP server for those plugs.

I gave up on the smart plugs with reefpi - even when I had them assigned statically, every few weeks the router would move one around for a day or 2 and then put it back. Ended up using the HS300 for simple Alexa-enabled things like T5 on/off schedule, media reactor for changeouts, etc.

For mission critical things like the heater I think you definitely want a wire controlled output.

 

[Ranjib]

I gave up on the smart plugs with reefpi - even when I had them assigned statically, every few weeks the router would move one around for a day or 2 and then put it back. Ended up using the HS300 for simple Alexa-enabled things like T5 on/off schedule, media reactor for changeouts, etc.

For mission critical things like the heater I think you definitely want a wire controlled output.

Fascinating. I ve been using hs300 for my tanks for more than year now. I use google wifi mesh to get around those type of issues. I’ll keep this in mind.

 

[Ranjib]

got some live stock for my Red Sea reefer

Pincushion sea urchin . Love this dude

 

[Coolhack]

Can you share you temp controller settings ? Are you using Kasa outlets ?

I have a 110 and a 40 gallon tied into one sump, a 45 gallon sump.

 

[Coolhack]

got some live stock for my Red Sea reefer

Pincushion sea urchin . Love this dude

I have a pink pin cushion urchin in my 45 tearing through some hair algae.

 

[Coolhack]

I have a 110 and a 40 gallon tied into one sump, a 45 gallon sump.

And here are the connector settings.