reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.
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Don't be. Its ok. I m lagging due to some personal hurdles , I'll be occupied sorting things out this year, but I don't believe the project will be impacted in long term. I am more focused on keeping the tanks going (thanks to the reef-pi controllers) during the crunch time. I'll keep you all informed, but expect that to be monthly or quarterly process and not daily or weekly. That said, I believe things will be back to previous times sooner . And my time availability is trending in positive direction
thank you for tagging along, reef-pi is bit busy offroading
iamdan
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Same here as I am an IT guy myself but sadly programming goes over my head. Apologies to all with my crap humour wasn’t my intention to offend anyone
Hi. I am using robo tanks reef pi controller. Works flawlessly with one exception. Every 6 weeks or so I am not able to connect to reef pi. I just get a loading page and have to unplug the controller and restart. I don’t believe this is to do with the controller as I had a simmilar issue with my own reef pi controller. Does this happen to others? Not an issue as it happened at the end of my holiday but could have happened earlier!
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ColoredRock
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I had that happen once... not sure what happened..did what you did as well.
iamdan
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Can be a multitude of things like wether or not you are running raspbian buster or bullseye and the latest updates, can be your wifi/modem/router regardless wether reef-pi connected to it via cable or wifi as let’s face it home grade modems are ****e lol
eggi55
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Hello to all reefers
I have a general question about esp32 in connection with the mini pc. The esp32 constantly interrupts the WiFi connection and no, they are not far apart. max 2m.
I would like to use the miniPc instead of the Raspi.
Best regards
I have a general question about esp32 in connection with the mini pc. The esp32 constantly interrupts the WiFi connection and no, they are not far apart. max 2m.
I would like to use the miniPc instead of the Raspi.
Best regards
ColoredRock
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I use a UniFi Dream router whichs supports a dedicated 2.4 ghz. wifi (not that the reef-pi needs it to be clear I just run it on my IOT channel)... I chalk it up just like any other computer... and me for that matter... just needs to be rebooted once in a while
Sral
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Sounds like the ESP crashes and reboots regularly, that's aknown problem currently. There has been an update on the PathVariableHandlers Library that has been used, if I recall my Emails correctly. Might try that and see if it helps.
eggi55
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It would be nice if you could help me, otherwise I can bury this with the mini PC.
It's no use to me if the wifi of the esp32 (which is no longer built on) keeps crashing. I also don't understand why you don't use the 266, it's at least stable when it comes to wifi, ic2 works because of the pwm module.
Sral
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It’s not that the WiFi is unstable itself, it’s more that the code regularly causes memory leaks that we haven’t been able to fix yet.
Every time that happens, the ESP has to reboot, resetting the WiFi connection.
It’s fixable, we just haven’t found the solution yet. There is hope though.
Sral
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Sry, did you mean the SHT 31 D ?
I think there is little difference between the different vendors, the chip should be the same.
Not sure if there is already a driver in Reef-Pi, but I should be able to adapt my SCD-30 interface in little time if necessary.
Sral
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Just looked it up in the driver repository on GitHub and there seems to be a driver for the SHT31D. So it should be as simple as installing the pH circuits: connect the sensor to the I2C network, set up the driver and get the data from the driver using analog input connectors. You’ll likely have two „pins“ available on the driver, one for the temperature and one for the humidity data.
geekengineer
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I'm starting to get my tank going more finally. I haven't been around for a while so I may be way behind on what the new updates are etc. I was curious if there would be any features for running two raspberry Pi's together? Meaning having a main reef pi controller in my tank, but I have a second one for my basement water changing/making setup (where some of the pump controls are as well). I noticed there was a way to let a remote pi access the GPIO from another pi. I guess the only other issue is needing an I2C access between them as well or at least transfer some sensor data. I know Ranjib was working on an ESP interface, but I had it planned to use the other remote basement raspberry pi already as well.
Sral
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Short update, we did manage to set up the SHT31D with the native ReefPi driver.
It took a bit of work, since it would not accept the sensor under the correct address of 68 at first, but after deleting everything SHT31D related and setting up the driver again it started to work.
geekengineer
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I just noticed that was a feature you could enable on the raspberry pi. I wasn't sure if it had been used with reef-pi or not.
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