Hi Guys,
I've been directly my questions to Rob so far since I'm using his hardware, but thought I'd toss this question out to the group...
I’m currently dosing kalk using a 12v dosing pump defined as ‘equipment’ with the equipment tied to a ‘minute’ timer that turns the pump on for 2 seconds each minute. I'm turning that 'equipment' on & off with 2 macro’s: 'doserTIMER_on' and 'doserTIMER_off'. These are then used as ph lowering/raising mechanisms to control pH as configured in the pH tab control section… This is working fine, but I can’t see the actual dosing events in the dashboard as if it were configured as an actual 'doser' instead of 'equipment' as it is now and it's kind of driving me crazy I can't actually use the dosing pump as a 'doser'... Here's the config:
Here's the 'equipment' config...
Here's the timer config...
Here are the on / off macro's...
Here's the pH tab control section...
I'm just winging it here with this configuration and it works fine.. keeping a stable pH over time.. but it's bothering me I can't see dosing pump turning on and off like I can see the heater as it's controlled by my temperature control settings...
Can someone recommend a similar configuration using the dosing pump configured as a 'doser' rather than 'equipment'?
When I configure a 'doser' and tie it to it's own 'doser_on' and 'doser_off' macros and attempt to use those as the lowering, raising mechanisms in the pH tab control section, it seems to trigger the doser, but the dosing pump runs continuously rather than turning off after my configured 2 seconds.. Here's my attempt at configuring this:
I would think the 'doser' would run for 2 seconds every minute if it were on.. correct?
Here's the timer config...
Here's the macro's I configured to turn the 'doser' on and off:
And here's the configured pH tab control section:
Again, with this control configuration, the doser is turned on when outside the thresholds, but it stays on... no bueno.
I also tried to configure the macro's to control the 'doser' directly rather than using a 'timer'...
Changing the pH tab control section to this:
But again, once the pH tab control setting is triggered, it just turns on the 'doser' and it doesn't turn off after the configured 2 seconds.
One other thing I'm confused about... Can someone explain the usage of the timer config when it comes to setting up a 'doser'? I'm confused by the action, (turn on/off), and then (turn back on/stay off) and the after x seconds functions... what is the goal of e.g., turning on a device on and then turning it back on (when presumably you didn't turn it off) after X seconds? I totally confused by the options here. It make sense with 'equipment' where the option is action (turn on) and then (turn back OFF) after 2 seconds, but with the doser you don't get that, you get this... again what is the point of turn on and then turn back on or turn on and stay off ??
Lastly, I firmly believe in the notion of RTFM before asking questions, but unless I totally missed a link somewhere, I don't think there is one.. just the links to the adafruit circuit builds which appear dated and incomplete when it comes to configuring these types of use cases. Not criticizing, it is what it is.. .
I'd appreciate any constructive feedback and criticism.
Thanks!
jb
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I've been directly my questions to Rob so far since I'm using his hardware, but thought I'd toss this question out to the group...
I’m currently dosing kalk using a 12v dosing pump defined as ‘equipment’ with the equipment tied to a ‘minute’ timer that turns the pump on for 2 seconds each minute. I'm turning that 'equipment' on & off with 2 macro’s: 'doserTIMER_on' and 'doserTIMER_off'. These are then used as ph lowering/raising mechanisms to control pH as configured in the pH tab control section… This is working fine, but I can’t see the actual dosing events in the dashboard as if it were configured as an actual 'doser' instead of 'equipment' as it is now and it's kind of driving me crazy I can't actually use the dosing pump as a 'doser'... Here's the config:
Here's the 'equipment' config...
Here's the timer config...
Here are the on / off macro's...
Here's the pH tab control section...
I'm just winging it here with this configuration and it works fine.. keeping a stable pH over time.. but it's bothering me I can't see dosing pump turning on and off like I can see the heater as it's controlled by my temperature control settings...
Can someone recommend a similar configuration using the dosing pump configured as a 'doser' rather than 'equipment'?
When I configure a 'doser' and tie it to it's own 'doser_on' and 'doser_off' macros and attempt to use those as the lowering, raising mechanisms in the pH tab control section, it seems to trigger the doser, but the dosing pump runs continuously rather than turning off after my configured 2 seconds.. Here's my attempt at configuring this:
I would think the 'doser' would run for 2 seconds every minute if it were on.. correct?
Here's the timer config...
Here's the macro's I configured to turn the 'doser' on and off:
And here's the configured pH tab control section:
Again, with this control configuration, the doser is turned on when outside the thresholds, but it stays on... no bueno.
I also tried to configure the macro's to control the 'doser' directly rather than using a 'timer'...
Changing the pH tab control section to this:
But again, once the pH tab control setting is triggered, it just turns on the 'doser' and it doesn't turn off after the configured 2 seconds.
One other thing I'm confused about... Can someone explain the usage of the timer config when it comes to setting up a 'doser'? I'm confused by the action, (turn on/off), and then (turn back on/stay off) and the after x seconds functions... what is the goal of e.g., turning on a device on and then turning it back on (when presumably you didn't turn it off) after X seconds? I totally confused by the options here. It make sense with 'equipment' where the option is action (turn on) and then (turn back OFF) after 2 seconds, but with the doser you don't get that, you get this... again what is the point of turn on and then turn back on or turn on and stay off ??
Lastly, I firmly believe in the notion of RTFM before asking questions, but unless I totally missed a link somewhere, I don't think there is one.. just the links to the adafruit circuit builds which appear dated and incomplete when it comes to configuring these types of use cases. Not criticizing, it is what it is.. .
I'd appreciate any constructive feedback and criticism.
Thanks!
jb
Ignore these.. can't seem to delete them>>>
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