Hello, your hardware and advice was the basis to realize this project. I wanted to share this even if its based on a different software: Thank you! Thomas

Hello, I really liked the the Hydrosys4-System and used it for over a year but decided to switch to Home Assistant for a bit more flexibility/connectivity on some components. However, the switch is not easy with the Automation Hat as it was purposely build to work with the Hydrosys4. Currently I am struggling to get the analog readings from the Automation Hat into Home Assistant. Has anyone tried this by any chance? I believe it only requires some (minor) code changes of what someone else tried with a different analog sensor reading via USB (see link below) but I am still struggling. Can anyone help? Thanks, Thomas

Hi all, I have combined the system to work with an ebb and flow table(s). It works as follows: A pump floods the table for around 3 min The pot plants absorb water for 15 min Solenoid valve gets actuated to release the water back into the tank unter the table The system has been working well a few months now but I have not automated it. I basically just actuated the steps in the settings section. Is there a way to trigger all of the three steps above with one automation (triggered by moisture level - I have sensors set up)? Thanks, Thomas

Hi all, I am still looking for a way to integrate the Mi Flora Bluetooth Sensor to reduce the cabling of my system. What is the Mi Flora Sensor? Its a Bluetooth Sensor that measures Moisture / light / pH / humidity / temperature / nutrient. It transmits the data via low energy bluetooth (shorter distance, max. 10m for this sensor) Protocol: Bluetooth 4.1 BLE It costs around 12-18 EUR (e.g. on Alibaba express) Integration with other Systems I found various projects already where people integrated it in other systems, e.g.: HomeKit (https://tiemerding.com/pflanzensensor-fuer-homekit/) Home Assistant (works out of the box) Someone made it work with Esp32 (wifi and bluetooth chip) to overcome longer distances (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3qr4PVtuCc); integration with MQTT server Is there any way to easily integrate it into HydroSys4? Is there any way to directly integrate the sensor (maybe with minor coding adjustments)? I suppose the answer is "no" but still wanted to ask. Does the recent integration of the MQTT protocol allow any workaround for integration (e.g. over the option quoted above)? Thanks, Thomas