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

[MichaelA18454]

Hey Ben, yep, you are spot on.
You efforts and attention to helping me is truely appreciated.
If you live in the land down under, I would buy you a beer.
Cheers

 

[Alaa]

hi
a quick question, if i chained 2 PCA9685 boards (one for lights and the other for motors) can i set different frequency for each, and for the second board what will be the fist channel address
thanks for your support

 

[ummwhy]

You should not use any prefix (tc- for example) in the key. The key should be used as it is

I removed the prefix and it's still giving me the same error

 

[Ranjib]

I removed the prefix and it's still giving me the same error

This will be hard for me to diagnose , the exact setup is working for me. Check in adafruit io dashboard if that token is blocked, regenerate and retry

 

[Ranjib]

hi
a quick question, if i chained 2 PCA9685 boards (one for lights and the other for motors) can i set different frequency for each, and for the second board what will be the fist channel address
thanks for your support

reef-pi 2.x series , the current public version does not support multiple pcs9685 board.
In 3,0 alpha release this is possible. Each pca9685 can have different frequency. They have solder spots which you can join (jumpers) to change the i2caddress. This is covered in the adafruit guide for that chip

 

[Ranjib]

FTS of my biocube 29

Cyphastrea has started encrusting the bottom

Red dragon is still going through the growth spurt

Acan lord ,

Blondes almost at the back of the tank

Grandis will outgrow this island soon and I’m worried if it starts growing on glass bottom

 

[Bigtrout]

FTS of my biocube 29

Cyphastrea has started encrusting the bottom

Red dragon is still going through the growth spurt

Acan lord ,

Blondes almost at the back of the tank

Grandis will outgrow this island soon and I’m worried if it starts growing on glass bottom

Beautious!!!!

 

[AquaRaider44]

FTS of my biocube 29

Cyphastrea has started encrusting the bottom

Red dragon is still going through the growth spurt

Acan lord ,

Blondes almost at the back of the tank

Grandis will outgrow this island soon and I’m worried if it starts growing on glass bottom

dang, that looks amazing! What type of goniporas are those on the left? Have they spread over that rock that much? How long have you had those? Can you post a closer picture of these?

 

[Ranjib]

dang, that looks amazing! What type of goniporas are those on the left? Have they spread over that rock that much? How long have you had those? Can you post a closer picture of these?

they are commonly known as micro goniopora. I dont think they are exactly goniopora (like alveopora/goniopora) , they behave very different. They are creazy grower and have really long sweeper tentacle that sting everything. It nuked half of my original goni and killed another goni. I have now contained it in an island, but not sure what i'll do with it in the long run.
They look pretty gorgeous though, they have yellow center and orange/red body.

 

[AquaRaider44]

they are commonly known as micro goniopora. I dont think they are exactly goniopora (like alveopora/goniopora) , they behave very different. They are creazy grower and have really long sweeper tentacle that sting everything. It nuked half of my original goni and killed another goni. I have now contained it in an island, but not sure what i'll do with it in the long run.
They look pretty gorgeous though, they have yellow center and orange/red body.

Where are you located? I may be able to take some off your hands if you wanted to ship them economically. I would love to glue a hunk of these babys to my back wall and let them spread there.

 

[Ranjib]

San Francisco, Bay Area

 

[AquaRaider44]

San Francisco, Bay Area

Rip that sucks. I'm located in Florida. It looks like the cheapest shipping would be Priority Mail Express which would take 2 days and cost $25 instead of the $15 one I use with locals near Florida which only takes one day. Overnight shipping would be like $40+. I hope I can find some of this locally because it is so beautiful but have never really seen many of the goni's I have had grow that much and spread. If I cant find this maybe I'll break down and buy some from you

 

[crusso1993]

they are commonly known as micro goniopora. I dont think they are exactly goniopora (like alveopora/goniopora) , they behave very different. They are creazy grower and have really long sweeper tentacle that sting everything. It nuked half of my original goni and killed another goni. I have now contained it in an island, but not sure what i'll do with it in the long run.
They look pretty gorgeous though, they have yellow center and orange/red body.

You certainly have your photography skills dialed in!

 

[janos]

Hi to all,anybody use lcd monitor with reef-pi,if yes please some info. Now i use my main computer with web browser but sometimes would be nice to see and adjust just right beside the tank.Maine computer and monitor is far from my tank,and the reef-pi sitting just beside the tank. Thank you for your time.

 

[Bigtrout]

Hi to all,anybody use lcd monitor with reef-pi,if yes please some info. Now i use my main computer with web browser but sometimes would be nice to see and adjust just right beside the tank.Maine computer and monitor is far from my tank,and the reef-pi sitting just beside the tank. Thank you for your time.

Browser on your cell phone? Works great for me. I even do command line stuff thru my phone.

 

[janos]

Browser on your cell phone? Works great for me. I even do command line stuff thru my phone.

Thank you my eye is not so good.Use now my computer screen but sometimes would be nice to see and adjust just beside the tank.

 

[AquaRaider44]

Thank you my eye is not so good.Use now my computer screen but sometimes would be nice to see and adjust just beside the tank.

I can assure you that any touch screen lcd monitor for the reef pi would be small and expensive. If I were you I would either A. use your computer or B. buy a mouse keyboard and hdmi monitor/tv and connect to the pi so you can use everything right there.

 

[Ranjib]

Hi to all,anybody use lcd monitor with reef-pi,if yes please some info. Now i use my main computer with web browser but sometimes would be nice to see and adjust just right beside the tank.Maine computer and monitor is far from my tank,and the reef-pi sitting just beside the tank. Thank you for your time.

I have used pi touch display in the very big inning. Reef-pi has dedicated controls for switching on /off and dimming the brightness of official pi touch screen display. I don’t use it any more and I realized I rarely use it when phone /tablet/laptop is around . At night the display brightness was a pain .
I regularly used hdmi based monitor to use the built in pi GUI , but those builds are almost exclusively based on pi 3.
You can also use a cheap amazon fire like tablet and google chrome to have similar but more robust experience

 

[Ranjib]

I’ve been busy enjoying with family , taking a vacation in turkey . Great place , artifacts of ottoman and Byzantine civilization is everywhere in the city

During the long plane ride I went through the code and did some hacking with Kasa smart outlet . After some field testing in my garage I think I have a working support for kasa110 single outlet smartplug with current monitoring and Kasa 300 , a 6 outlet powerstrip with current monitoring (independent outlet). We don’t have any notion of current monitoring in reef-pi yet, so for the time being the drivers for the smart plugs expose a standard outlet interface as well as analog input interface (that returns the current utilization) , which for the time being can be visualized as ph (since they are just tied to an analog input ) . Overall, at the end of all this I was able to build a simple temperature controller that has only a pi zero and an audio jack to plug in a temp sensor. This controller paired with a Kasa smart poweratrip or plug , can monitor as well as control heater and at the same time report back the current utilization. I also went ahead and get my hands dirty with a rather primitive 3d printed enclosure. It’s tiny

Has only the bare minimal, pi zero is powered by stock micro usb connector. Thankfully, Kasa smar strip has 5v, 2.4a USB port, so one less power adapter.

I have added two notches to easily mount the enclosure anywhere using couple of screws

Pi zero and audio jack fits neatly.

I’m putting it in action next week and I’ll update you all how things go. I’m worried about smart outlets being dependent on network, but we’ll see. I’m otherwise very happy with the powerstrip in particular, it’s sleek , has touch control for each outlet for manual override , has current monitoring for each outlets, we can offload the timers on the smart strip directly if we want and there’s 5v , 2.4a usb sockets. All of this at 60$ , that’s just super awesome. Field testing will reveal more though ... but I’m hopeful

 

[janos]

I have used pi touch display in the very big inning. Reef-pi has dedicated controls for switching on /off and dimming the brightness of official pi touch screen display. I don’t use it any more and I realized I rarely use it when phone /tablet/laptop is around . At night the display brightness was a pain .
I regularly used hdmi based monitor to use the built in pi GUI , but those builds are almost exclusively based on pi 3.
You can also use a cheap amazon fire like tablet and google chrome to have similar but more robust experience

Thank you Ranjib i think i try the HDMI monitor just beside the reef-pi.You are right about the light at night time right now the hole thing around the tank look like a Christmas tree,wave maker light,main pump light,sump light,+night lite for the tank. Sometime just would be nice to adjust right beside the tank.