The optical sensors typically use an integrated IR LED, so they do not need to be in a lit environment. I'm not sure why your sensor does not recognize when the water level is raised again. Usually, the problem with optical sensors is the other way around, a droplet stays on the sensor which causes it to not recognize the level drop.
Cron uses 0 as the starting number for days of the week, so 7 would be out of range. Take a look at crontab.guru to test some expressions (even though it does parse 7 as Sunday...).Ranjib,
Tried to program my feeder to run on day 1,3,5,7 but it appears that day 7 is not allowed. Is this a bug or am my missing something? Please see the attached screenshots.
Also, I've noticed that some time back you have removed use of fractional seconds to full second stepping for Duration on Dosing.
Would it be possible to reenable this option as it provides more accurate means of tuning to say 1ml, 2ml, 3ml. Speed by itself does not always allow for this level of tuning. In the past I was able to select say 1.2 or 1.5, etc. seconds for duration and in conjunction with speed adjustment this worked really well. In the current one second increments I can never calibrate my pumps to 1ml, or 2ml, etc exact dosage. Instead setting turns out to be anything but like 1.3, 1.6, etc.
I keep getting this error, been running over 1 week now:
The error is there for a few seconds, then goes away, and will reappear later.
Yes, 3.4What version of reef-pi are you running, several us have had temp probe issues with the latest 3.4 code, you can roll back to 3.3 and see if it corrects the issue, that is what I did and I have had no more temp probe issues. Not sure if @Ranjib or anyone ever figured out the issue in 3.4 but several of us were seeing the issue.
Nope, I don’t think optical sensors require light. They should work in dark places just fine.
I would super duper appreciate any and every help on documentation side. Let me know if I can be of any help. It will be awesome if we can do it in a way where community users can incrementally add their learningsI have some time on my hands and thinking about trying to do something in regards to documentation. I know we have the build threads but thought it might be nice to have something per function that goes over all of the options and what and how they can be used. Does anyone know if this has been started or if anyone is working on something like this?
Would this be something that others would be interested in? Would love to have it on a wiki page but I guess those are old school but that would be a nice way to host it and allow updates.
Let me know what folks think!
I have some time on my hands and thinking about trying to do something in regards to documentation. I know we have the build threads but thought it might be nice to have something per function that goes over all of the options and what and how they can be used. Does anyone know if this has been started or if anyone is working on something like this?
Would this be something that others would be interested in? Would love to have it on a wiki page but I guess those are old school but that would be a nice way to host it and allow updates.
Let me know what folks think!
Here's a manual myself and a few others have helped with, it's not perfect but has been helpful to quite a few. You can edit it directly or post on a wiki if you want.
Reef-pi User Manual.docx
Reef-pi User Manual May 25, 2020 – Version 1.0 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 1. Setup Reef-pi – Configuration 4 2. Setup Reef-pi – Settings 5 Advanced Settings 6 3. Setup Reef-pi – Telemetry 7 Adafruit IO Logging 7 Email Alerts 8 4. Setup Reef-pi – A...docs.google.com
I am seeing issues on 3.4 too. I keep getting "Temperature sensor failure" It appears to still work though.
1s check interval for ATO is OK, as long as you don't have many other things running at same smaller duration. Best is to check the CPU usage graph and its safe as long as cpu usage is not going above 70%.
I'm running 3.4, installed about 3 weeks ago. The two float switches I'm using are this type (https://www.marinedepot.com/marine-...agnetic-mounting-bracket-for-auto-top-off-ato). I did change my reef-pi ato settings to check the switches every 1 second.Which version of #reefpi are you using? I have a new setup with ATO and its been solid (*cough* except for when I forget to turn it off during my water change, oops). I have a pretty small usb based pump and have mine setup to run for 17secs and thats all it runs. I have three floats on the ATO, 2 in the sump, one primary and then a backup as a failsafe, then there is an additional float in the ATO container that will turn the ATO off when the water level gets low. I have an additional ATO circuit in the ATO container that lights a LED when the water level gets low to alert me to fill the container (it also emails me).
Seems like something is not quite right with the float switches, at least that is my guess I have yet to see mine run past the set time its pretty consistent right now. What kind of switches are you using and how did you mount them? You can look at my build thread to see how I have mine mounted, I used cpvc and the tube is dry to keep water from the wire connection on the back end, I have several of mine fully submerged and I wanted to keep the wire side connections dry.
Thats my best guess at the moment, someone else may have some better ideas of things to check/verify.
