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

[Ranjib]

Can I wire external thermostate and where? Hire is shematics of my ac. At home I have one 24v but I need to get 220v version..I think... thank you!

I don’t think so. You need drivers for this. I have a sensi thermostat driver that I’m playing with... but I doubt there’s any common solution that we can offer

 

[Ranjib]

Sorry, I have been away. Here is a screenshot of my dashboard where I have left the mouse hovering over one of the positions, instead of being in red to show an "off" device, it shows in grey but only while the mouse is over it otherwise it disappears. Devices show in green when on, as normal.
Also as mentioned my temperature graph wont update, I have to do Admin/Reload to get it to show the current data.
Thanks.

Yup, this is a charting bug that was introduced inadvertently during last release , when we updated the chart library . We have made a workaround /fix that will be available in next release.

 

[Ranjib]

I got a Kasa HS300 and added it to my network. I can control it through the app, but nothing else.
I cannot ping it.
I get the following error whenever I try to add the driver:

6/13/2020, 4:33:27 PM

UI

ERROR

{"error":"Failed to create. Error: dial tcp 192.168.1.183:9999: i/o timeout"} | HTTP 500

Signal is strong and I have tried re-adding it twice.

t.

If you are not able to telnet on that ip/port then it’s likely not reef-pi issue.

 

[Ranjib]

Does anyone have performance/responsiveness issues with the webUI?

im finding it locks up, takes a long time to load the graphs on dashboard and doesn’t respond to clicks on the equipment, macros etc... but then sometimes 10min later the thing I wanted to trigger kicks off (like feed mode macro).

edit: running 3.4 on a rpi2b (is that the problem, old hardware?)

Any rpi, including zero and 2/1 is more than enough for running reef-pi. So hardware (in terms of processing power) should not be An issue. Check sd card

 

[t951]

If you are not able to telnet on that ip/port then it’s likely not reef-pi issue.

Thank you...I will try and get a different HS300 and see what happens.

 

[Ranjib]

Thank you...I will try and get a different HS300 and see what happens.

If the power strip is working I think you should try to cross check the IP. If it’s networking related different unit will not solve the issue , I think

 

[t951]

Ranjib,
I have verified the IP on the router, and it matches the one on the Kasa app.
I have installed a demo version of HomeSeer software and it immediately picked up the powerstrip.
I believe that since the error occurs so fast it is happening on the reefpi or raspberry side.
The devices are in the same broadcast domain / subnet.
Is it possible that I have this issue because I still have the power outlets defined in reef-pi on the ML pi-hat? Can you have too many ports?
I am considering reinstalling raspbian and reef-pi all over again. (I am on v3.4 of reef-pi).
I have also tried different names for the driver (Kasa, HS300, KasaPowerStrip) to ensure that it wasn't a potential naming issue.
Reloads/reboots have resulted in no difference.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
t.

 

[elysics]

Can I wire external thermostate and where? Hire is shematics of my ac. At home I have one 24v but I need to get 220v version..I think... thank you!

That schematic says the unit has a room temperature sensor and a display unit with a bunch of wires going to it, are you sure that you cannot set the temperature there?

 

[Ranjib]

Ranjib,
I have verified the IP on the router, and it matches the one on the Kasa app.
I have installed a demo version of HomeSeer software and it immediately picked up the powerstrip.
I believe that since the error occurs so fast it is happening on the reefpi or raspberry side.
The devices are in the same broadcast domain / subnet.
Is it possible that I have this issue because I still have the power outlets defined in reef-pi on the ML pi-hat? Can you have too many ports?
I am considering reinstalling raspbian and reef-pi all over again. (I am on v3.4 of reef-pi).
I have also tried different names for the driver (Kasa, HS300, KasaPowerStrip) to ensure that it wasn't a potential naming issue.
Reloads/reboots have resulted in no difference.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
t.

Don’t reinstall anything , if you really want to get to the bottom of the problem .
can you reload reef-pi without rebooting pi ? And share the ip (ifconfig output ) of the pi ,

 

[Ranjib]

That schematic says the unit has a room temperature sensor and a display unit with a bunch of wires going to it, are you sure that you cannot set the temperature there?

Reef-pi has to know the protocol to do so , I think

 

[elysics]

Reef-pi has to know the protocol to do so , I think

No i meant his unit looks like it should be able to do this on it's own without reef-pi

 

[Ranjib]

Past few weeks i am controlling a bunch of solenoids (from adafruit ) with 3/5 faucet for drip irrigation . Not much to show , since most of the control is timer based (have not hooked up soil moisture sensor yet, but that’s in progress ), but here are some cool flower from the garden
Dalphinium

dahlias perennial and annual

Assorted Peruvian lily

 

[Ranjib]

No i meant his unit looks like it should be able to do this on it's own without reef-pi

Oh got it.. probably..

 

[t951]

Ranjib,

I was able to reload again...which seems to always work.
Here are the screenshots....you will see that the IPs are on the same network, same subnet
You can see that the router IP matches both the Kasa IP on the app and both show the same MAC address.
Thank you again for the guidance...
t.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Just a heads up on adafruits new terminal block for the DB-9!

DE-9 (DB-9) Female Socket to Terminal Spring Block Adapter

Make your own custom DE-9 cable or DE-9 interface with ease, using this DE-9 Socket to Terminal Spring Block Adapter. You get a nice solid PCB with a DE-9 socket and one line of ...

www.adafruit.com

 

[-MerlyN-]

Just a heads up on adafruits new terminal block for the DB-9!

DE-9 (DB-9) Female Socket to Terminal Spring Block Adapter

Make your own custom DE-9 cable or DE-9 interface with ease, using this DE-9 Socket to Terminal Spring Block Adapter. You get a nice solid PCB with a DE-9 socket and one line of ...

www.adafruit.com

Great, four days to late. Ordered Cat6 plugs on Saturday...

 

[Ranjib]

Ranjib,

I was able to reload again...which seems to always work.
Here are the screenshots....you will see that the IPs are on the same network, same subnet
You can see that the router IP matches both the Kasa IP on the app and both show the same MAC address.
Thank you again for the guidance...
t.

When you say reload again, do you mean it works when you reload ? Or it still does not work. The network/subnet etc looks ok to me. If the reload works, it means you have to just add a line in systems unit file to make sure reef-pi waits till network is up.

 

[t951]

When you say reload again, do you mean it works when you reload ? Or it still does not work. The network/subnet etc looks ok to me. If the reload works, it means you have to just add a line in systems unit file to make sure reef-pi waits till network is up.

When I hit reload, everything appears to be functioning as I click on it. Is there a different way to ensure all services are running? I wait until the reef-pi app is up before adding the driver. The reef-pi was running over 24 hours today when I tried to add the driver...still same error.
Where is the systems unit file, and what can I do to edit it?
Can I manually specify the IP and force it?

Thanks,
t

 

[Matevz Savarin]

That schematic says the unit has a room temperature sensor and a display unit with a bunch of wires going to it, are you sure that you cannot set the temperature there?

Yes I can but that means that ac needs to operate whole day. I want to be abble to set it that it turns on when temp rises to set number.now I recive email from pi that room temp is 27 and then I turn ac on with iphone app.. I want that this is done automaticaly. with digital thermostate I would set it to 27 on and at 24 off..hope I am making sense..

 

[MaddyP]

If you are not able to telnet on that ip/port then it’s likely not reef-pi issue.

If you are using the TPLink-Smarthome-API there is a known TCP Timeout error related to the API.