Cookiethief, you should be using "http://localhost" do not use the :8080 port as reef-pi has stopped listening to this port.
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Hi Ranjib, thanks for all this work!
I've done some deconstructing of my Jebao Wavemaker Controller. The wireless ones use a NRF24L01+ Transceiver Module to setup master / slave communication. It's cheap and easy to get one (https://amzn.to/2wQkmCY) and add it to a pi. The problem - which I havn't been able to figure out - is that there isn't a way to sniff the channel and signals the Jebao controller is sending, so they can't talk to each other. I don't know which command to emulate, or on which channel. I'm wondering if anyone else has some knowledge of the NRF24L01+ channel or commands that are standard on a Jebao. I imagine they all use the same channel for wider compatibility.
If that can be programmed in it seems like it would be a nice affordable plug and play option for reef-pi.
It depends on what you want it to run. But yes one Raspberry Pi could run 2 tanks but you will be limited to how many outlets etc you can have.
I'm also still waiting on parts to do my build but the guides are probably the best place to start.
For your case you would need to figure out how many outlets you need and then distribute the remaining pins among pH, temp, dosing pumps and ATO switches etc. (any more than 2 dosing pumps will need a PCA9685 board as well). There is no salinity monitoring yet (I'm not sure if it is planned, but if it is it will be a fair way away).
Interesting that there is only on, and off for the wavemakers. I thought i saw a way to control them beyond that, but on/off is good enough for me, granted i can use that function to create some cool "random" flow in the tank. I understand the GPIO limitations as well, but i wasn't aware that the software was limitless, that's good to know and i tip my cap to ranjib for designing it. So it doesn't matter what wavemaker i use, so long as i can plug it directly to an outlet. Same principle for the gyre machines?
From my limited understanding, I think jebao works on 24V power and 5v control. I have not verified it personally. I want to get to the wave makers, but currently reef-pi does not have any specific things for wavemaker (i.e. you can use some other modules, like timers to build wave makers, but theres nothing purpose made feature for wavemakers).Hi Ranjib, thanks for all this work!
I've done some deconstructing of my Jebao Wavemaker Controller. The wireless ones use a NRF24L01+ Transceiver Module to setup master / slave communication. It's cheap and easy to get one (https://amzn.to/2wQkmCY) and add it to a pi. The problem - which I havn't been able to figure out - is that there isn't a way to sniff the channel and signals the Jebao controller is sending, so they can't talk to each other. I don't know which command to emulate, or on which channel. I'm wondering if anyone else has some knowledge of the NRF24L01+ channel or commands that are standard on a Jebao. I imagine they all use the same channel for wider compatibility.
If that can be programmed in it seems like it would be a nice affordable plug and play option for reef-pi.
In terms of how many pumps we can control.. i think it will be initially limited to 18 (16 pwm from pca9685 and 2 from pi) at least. If we work on multiple pca9685 support in 3.0 release, then this will go to way more .. the bldc drivers can be tuned for wide variety of operating voltage . i am still reading on hall sensor and other specifics,. If you want we can start the thread in github for the development specifics. We do discuss some of the same things (more technical) in the slack channelHi Ranjib, thanks for all this work!
I've done some deconstructing of my Jebao Wavemaker Controller. The wireless ones use a NRF24L01+ Transceiver Module to setup master / slave communication. It's cheap and easy to get one (https://amzn.to/2wQkmCY) and add it to a pi. The problem - which I havn't been able to figure out - is that there isn't a way to sniff the channel and signals the Jebao controller is sending, so they can't talk to each other. I don't know which command to emulate, or on which channel. I'm wondering if anyone else has some knowledge of the NRF24L01+ channel or commands that are standard on a Jebao. I imagine they all use the same channel for wider compatibility.
If that can be programmed in it seems like it would be a nice affordable plug and play option for reef-pi.
the adafruit.io integration is broken in the beta releases. I am in this strange dilemma on whether i want to keep it or remove it from reef-pi as part of 2.0 release. Its really a nifty feature that we can see metrics in an external place (has lots of good use cases), but since reef-pi 2.0 allows multiple ATO, temperature and many more things.. its just trivial to trip the free account limit for adafruit.io, in short I worry most users will generate more data than free limit, and will be rate limited , adafruit can block us for this, or it may significantly deteriorate reef-pi performance. I certainly dont want to mandate paid adafruit.io account to run reef-pi. ..
@MaccaPopEye is an OG in reef-pi :) . You can count on his inputs. I have nothing to add in terms of what reef-pi can do other than what he already mentioned.
this is pretty much my thought as well. I'd love to get some schematics , if you have.
I think we should be able to specify what data is sent to the Adafruit.io feeds. Generally, I'm mostly concerned with temperature and PH over time, so 5 feeds would be more than sufficient for me. I think that's a pretty significant change in the current functionality, so it probably makes sense to delay until after v2.0.
