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

[attiland]

which SSD form factor is needed for a Pi?

Any you can plug in to a USB 2/3 case. I use the 2.5. Be careful some of the cheap one doesn’t work with the pi.

this one didn’t work https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clear-US...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

you are looking for ones have Linux driver nativity

 

[iLMaRiO]

ok so it's an USB SSD to plug to the USB port

 

[attiland]

ok so it's an USB SSD to plug to the USB port

Yep. It is actually less performance than the high end SD but the benefits are higher than the performance loss. I actually never noticed but I know it is lower according to the tests I have looked.

 

[Coolhack]

Did you try adding a fake piece of equipment for the "Chiller" setting on temperature controller?

If you can't get it working easiest solution is to go back to 4.3, you can use the upgrade in admin tab. Make sure to power cycle the Pi after you do that. Then delete all your temperature sensors and add them back. That should sort it out.

Once v5.1 is released you can update again.

That is exactly how I got it to work, added chiller to a plug that wasn't even a plug lol, then made the temp for the chiller to kick on at like 120 degrees and blam, now controls my heaters again. Is this a bug for raspberry pi 4's?

 

[iLMaRiO]

Guys, with reef-pi is possible to trigger custom "actions" based on "any" sensor data ? In example, power on the chiller outlet if ph reading is 34, then dose 20ml with dosing pump3 and shutdown the heater.

(stupid example only to show the idea)

 

[Ranjib]

Guys, with reef-pi is possible to trigger custom "actions" based on "any" sensor data ? In example, power on the chiller outlet if ph reading is 34, then dose 20ml with dosing pump3 and shutdown the heater.

(stupid example only to show the idea)

Should be possible. The actions can be grouped as a single macro which is then triggered by ph module

 

[Ranjib]

That is exactly how I got it to work, added chiller to a plug that wasn't even a plug lol, then made the temp for the chiller to kick on at like 120 degrees and blam, now controls my heaters again. Is this a bug for raspberry pi 4's?

It’s a UI bug that saves the empty equipment target for chiller as ‘nothing’ in 5.0 release. It’s fixed in master and will be released in 5.1

 

[Ranjib]

Hi everyone , I have just released 5.1. It has three minor bug fixes
- temperature controller ui was saving wrong details when target equipment was not specified
- dli web switch driver authentication bug (thank you @dmolavi for the patch )
- light changes was taking 15 seconds to take effect after update
Release builds can be found in usual location:

Release 5.1 · reef-pi/reef-pi

[bug] Temperature controller UI saves "nothing" as equipment id, when none is selected DLI web switch driver authentication fix sync lights immediately after update

github.com

4.0 or above user can upgrade straight from UI. There was no breaking changes .

 

[Ranjib]

Time for some long due coral pics :-) . Now that my house works are settling , and the new tank is slowly growing, hopefully I’ll get to share more coral photos

Zoa, leptoseris and Ricordia island

Rainbow monti and alveopora . Cleaner shrimp is photo bombing

Acan lord

Fungia . New acquisition :-)

 

[InactiveAcct]

@Ranjib does the reef-pi community have anything in the works for automated alk testing? Was think we could do the ph probe titration method that doesn’t rely on a colorimeter.

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib does the reef-pi community have anything in the works for automated alk testing? Was think we could do the ph probe titration method that doesn’t rely on a colorimeter.

There are discussions on this in recent times, but nothing concrete yet. We have an open source peristaltic pump design(3D printed parts and nema23 stepper) , contributed by a community member and other smaller bits that we have to assemble, and do end to end testing .

 

[elysics]

Clean reinstall resolved all the issues i was having with changes not saving, cpu and ram activity are way down again too.

 

[DWKDiver]

On 5.1 trying to reset ATO get this:

Failed to delete. Error: item 'undefined' does not exist in bucket 'ato'

I already deleted and recreated the ATO but same results.

Any idea what is wrong?

 

[Ranjib]

On 5.1 trying to reset ATO get this:

Failed to delete. Error: item 'undefined' does not exist in bucket 'ato'

I already deleted and recreated the ATO but same results.

Any idea what is wrong?

can you refresh and check if theres any usage graph present? this sounds like a minor UI bug(ato id is not being set correctly.. hence the undefined), but im not able to reproduce yet,,

 

[DWKDiver]

can you refresh and check if theres any usage graph present? this sounds like a minor UI bug(ato id is not being set correctly.. hence the undefined), but im not able to reproduce yet,,

Did the refresh several times. Waited a long time refresh. Same results.

 

[169468]

Apologies if this is covered in this huge 889 page thread, but I’ve been toying with the idea of playing around with reef-pi and don’t know what I need to start with.

One of the problems is that the Raspberry Pi seems almost impossible to get hold of. What is the current recommendations as to which versions are best, what will work for a simple controller, and where are you buying from?

The Pi 4 seems overkill and I’m worried about the heat. Pi 3 is out of stock almost everywhere. The Pi zero 2w is in stock in one store that I’ve found but I’m not sure how suitable that is.

 

[GaryE]

Apologies if this is covered in this huge 889 page thread, but I’ve been toying with the idea of playing around with reef-pi and don’t know what I need to start with.

One of the problems is that the Raspberry Pi seems almost impossible to get hold of. What is the current recommendations as to which versions are best, what will work for a simple controller, and where are you buying from?

The Pi 4 seems overkill and I’m worried about the heat. Pi 3 is out of stock almost everywhere. The Pi zero 2w is in stock in one store that I’ve found but I’m not sure how suitable that is.

I run one setup on the Pi Zero.. The 2w would be just fine.

 

[DWKDiver]

5.1. I've deleted ato and added back an ato. Let it run for a while and get graph data. Still same error when trying to reset ato.

Can't reset any ato.

 

[marekd1]

Ranjib,

Not sure how everyone would feel about this but could I suggest if possible to drop the year from the graphing function.
I think it would make them little more cleaner looking.

One more question, are you still planning to assign the MQTT messages so they are specific to reef-pi device name? We had a thread while back to help resolve issue when multiple reef-pi devices are broadcasting messages, the messages from another reef-pi device with same name get lost.

Cheers
Mark

 

[Ranjib]

Ranjib,

Not sure how everyone would feel about this but could I suggest if possible to drop the year from the graphing function.
I think it would make them little more cleaner looking.

One more question, are you still planning to assign the MQTT messages so they are specific to reef-pi device name? We had a thread while back to help resolve issue when multiple reef-pi devices are broadcasting messages, the messages from another reef-pi device with same name get lost.

Cheers
Mark

Funny you say that , originally it was not there , but that created confusion during the December to January transition and I had to update code to include year.
this is very simple visual change that we can always change, it’s more about the user experience we have to settle in. I’m open for suggestions