Hi Angelo & everyone,
I set up my system today as a proof of concept. It was a lot of fun and it worked out fine. Tests with moisture sensors and my mini pump were successful (under settings). However, when I click on "AutoWatering" to set up routines as you describe in your tutorial but it would only show "sensor not available".
Sorry if I missed something obvious as I am new to this but I was not able to solve this by going through your website and the forum. What could be the reason?
Here is the hardware that I use (picture below):
Raspery Pi 4B 2GB
Automation Hat (sourced from you)
8 Relais board
Capacitive moisture sensor
Mini pump 5V
Thanks,
Thomas
Hi Thomas,
To show up in the "autowatering" page, the sensor should have the field "userfor" set to "watercontrol".
You can go to "hardwareSetting" page, click "edit" and change this parameter on the sensor you require. Then click "confirm&save".
The Sensor will now be included in the list of autowatering page and will also appear in the "auto water control chart" in the "data" page.
Let me know if you require more support on the configuration.
Regards,
Angelo