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

[Cary]

Sorry, I should have looked. Found them

Thanks.

 

[Brad Cox]

Well im at a stopping point.

When looking over the led light parts i have all them.

But when trying to assemble them im having trouble.

Have anyone built these yet?

 

[Cary]

Try @aaron. I am pretty sure he has done it. I think our Australian friend has too. I seem to remember some pictures early in this thread.

 

[Brad Cox]

Try @aaron. I am pretty sure he has done it. I think our Australian friend has too. I seem to remember some pictures early in this thread.

Ok ill check back earlier in this thread.

 

[Cary]

Ranjib. I am in Reef-pi/website. It looks like I can't seem to figure it out. I can't do a pull because the glossary has not been forked. Do I need to fork, then pull, enter the additions, and commit?

 

[Cary]

Ranjib. I am in Reef-pi/website. It looks like I can't seem to figure it out. I can't do a pull because the glossary has not been forked. Do I need to fork, then pull, enter the additions, and commit?

It also looks like I can click the pencil to fork the glossary project and edit the file. Is that the way you want me to do this?

 

[Brad Cox]

So do i need to disable pwm in the config for this to work?

Its currently enabled but it doesnt work

 

[Aaron Smith]

Ranjib. I am in Reef-pi/website. It looks like I can't seem to figure it out. I can't do a pull because the glossary has not been forked. Do I need to fork, then pull, enter the additions, and commit?

Are you making pulled pork?[emoji15][emoji23]

 

[Brad Cox]

Are you making pulled pork?[emoji15][emoji23]

I noticed you got ur leds running.

What did u have to do to interface them or what did you use to get pwm working?

 

[Aaron Smith]

Well im at a stopping point.

When looking over the led light parts i have all them.

But when trying to assemble them im having trouble.

Have anyone built these yet?

What parts do you have and can you post pics of your build?

 

[Brad Cox]

What parts do you have and can you post pics of your build?

Well all i have right now is the pca9685 hooked up to the pi3. The i have my gnd and pwm hooked to my lights.

 

[Aaron Smith]

I have a cat5 port hard wired to the pwm board and one one my fixture with a patch cable connecting them. Are your lights 5v pwm?

 

[Aaron Smith]

Are you powering the pca from pi or your driver or external power supply?

 

[Aaron Smith]

Because my driver is 5v pwm I am powering the terminal from the pi

Tank shot while I'm at it

 

[Ranjib]

It also looks like I can click the pencil to fork the glossary project and edit the file. Is that the way you want me to do this?

Yes. Use github UI to fork the repository into your personal github profile. This will make a copy of the entire repo. Then edit the file you want in your own repo. Once you are comfortable with the changes, commit and raise a pull request. more here: https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/

if this sounds too much, email me the content, i'll update the docs over weekend

 

[Ranjib]

Well all i have right now is the pca9685 hooked up to the pi3. The i have my gnd and pwm hooked to my lights.

have you wired up the pca9685?... tutorial can be found here: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-16-channel-servo-driver-with-raspberry-pi/overview
Once wired, declare the pwm outlets in configuration file and restart reef-pi service. Because we are in the middle of a code change (all configuration file based modifications will be moved to UI based workflow, for ease), the configuration file is in bit of flusk, currently it should be like this

lighting:
  enable: true
  jacks:
     J1:
        pins:
           - 0
           -  1
       J2:
           pins:
             - 3

Where all connectors ae represented by individual jacks, which have name and an array of pins. Jacks can support multiple pins (each pin denotes the pin number from pca9685 board). For kessil, we need dual channel(J1) 3.5 mm audio jacks, while for most other things we need single channel (J2) barrel jacks. If you are using cat5 cable or vga cable you can have more than 2 pins, thus controlling more than 2 channel using a single jack/connector.

Once you have declared the jacks, and restarted reef-pi, you should be able to add/remove light and associate jacks with lights using UI. You can use a multimeter to test that pwm is working (should generate 0-5 v output)

 

[Ranjib]

Well all i have right now is the pca9685 hooked up to the pi3. The i have my gnd and pwm hooked to my lights.

Your lights require 10v signal. Dont hook up the pca9685 output to light controls yet, test the pca9685 is working as expected using reef-pi first (i.e. configure and test that its generating correct 5 v pwm).. then take the next step to hook up transistor+resistors + 10v DC supply to convert 5v pwm to 10v.

 

[Cary]

Yes. Use github UI to fork the repository into your personal github profile. This will make a copy of the entire repo. Then edit the file you want in your own repo. Once you are comfortable with the changes, commit and raise a pull request. more here: https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/

if this sounds too much, email me the content, i'll update the docs over weekend

Ranjib, It looks like I was able to create a pull though I noticed some errors afterward. Please edit as you wish.

 

[Brad Cox]

Because my driver is 5v pwm I am powering the terminal from the pi

Tank shot while I'm at it

Mine is similar. Just setup as a test right now.

 

[Brad Cox]

have you wired up the pca9685?... tutorial can be found here: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-16-channel-servo-driver-with-raspberry-pi/overview
Once wired, declare the pwm outlets in configuration file and restart reef-pi service. Because we are in the middle of a code change (all configuration file based modifications will be moved to UI based workflow, for ease), the configuration file is in bit of flusk, currently it should be like this

lighting:
  enable: true
  jacks:
     J1:
        pins:
           - 0
           -  1
       J2:
           pins:
             - 3

Where all connectors ae represented by individual jacks, which have name and an array of pins. Jacks can support multiple pins (each pin denotes the pin number from pca9685 board). For kessil, we need dual channel(J1) 3.5 mm audio jacks, while for most other things we need single channel (J2) barrel jacks. If you are using cat5 cable or vga cable you can have more than 2 pins, thus controlling more than 2 channel using a single jack/connector.

Once you have declared the jacks, and restarted reef-pi, you should be able to add/remove light and associate jacks with lights using UI. You can use a multimeter to test that pwm is working (should generate 0-5 v output)

So this is what my config looks like. Do i change it to what urs says.


Also is there a way to edit thru ssh? I tried but get a permission error. Ive been editing thru sudo nano