2018 Sep 30, 04:25 PM
Welcome,
Those sound like very useful plugins.
I will be glad to advise you on their development. First we will need to know a little more about your setup.
How is your Ras Pi connect to your irrigation system? In other words how many free GPIO pins do you have to work with?
SIP has existing code to handle input from a rain sensor. We should be able to use that to control your drain actuators. When the rain sensor changes there is a signal broadcast that can be used by plugins. An example is included in the signaling_examples.py file located in the plugins folder.
I'll need to think about how to handle input from the tank level sensor. Will the water level in the tank rise and fall during the growing season? That is, will the plugin need to check the tank level periodically or will it just need to stop all stations when the tank is too low?
Those sound like very useful plugins.
I will be glad to advise you on their development. First we will need to know a little more about your setup.
How is your Ras Pi connect to your irrigation system? In other words how many free GPIO pins do you have to work with?
SIP has existing code to handle input from a rain sensor. We should be able to use that to control your drain actuators. When the rain sensor changes there is a signal broadcast that can be used by plugins. An example is included in the signaling_examples.py file located in the plugins folder.
I'll need to think about how to handle input from the tank level sensor. Will the water level in the tank rise and fall during the growing season? That is, will the plugin need to check the tank level periodically or will it just need to stop all stations when the tank is too low?