Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

ntewinkel — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:35:23 GMT

Hi Ralph,

I'm using an older RPi 1B to run my sprinkler system with OpenSprinkler and my home-built control board to switch the zones, but the "enclosure" I have is just a little plastic ziplock-type container [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c1fe56e4-abb6-4ff2-bae2-512ab4906c31/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]

I like the look of the enclosure you have, but am curious how this is working out for you (I'm hoping you've been using it for a month now?) - did you need to add any ventilation to the box? or do you just leave the front open or the lid off?

Thanks,

-Nico

edit: here's what mine looks like... needs work [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c1fe56e4-abb6-4ff2-bae2-512ab4906c31/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]

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RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

shabaz — Sun, 12 May 2019 02:01:37 GMT

Hi Ralph,

This looks like an amazing project! Very comprehensive.

RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

DAB — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:15:56 GMT

Nice post.

It is always useful to verify that your components work with testing before you hook up anything valuable to the outputs.

DAB

RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

three-phase — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:32:04 GMT

Good progress being made, hopefully you will figure out the control button issue soon.

Kind regards.

RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

jpnbino — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:39:23 GMT

For this application it´s fine to use resistive touch and large buttons ( I´d prefer larger ones). Also it´s cheap and good for functional test.

My next steps are to implement the cloud communication via MQTT to the Cayenne Dashboard. That way I can monitor and control the interface from a browser or mobile app.

Looking forward

Good Job

RE: Irrigation Sprinkler Control - Testing the Relay Interface

jw0752 — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 03:58:54 GMT

Hi Ralph,

Looks like you are doing a really nice job. There are always things that don't do what you want. Even if you can't get exactly what you envisioned there will be a workaround that will get you close.

John