Arduino based tank controller

[fishytime]

I just read through this and.....didnt understand a word of it

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I just read through this and.....didnt understand a word of it

That probably means you should go with a AC Jr..

[AndyL]

What a frustrating weekend...

Got the ardiuno so it should be outputting to the router, had a bunch of configuring to do on the router to make this work... Somehow I bricked the router doing this whoops; can't connect to it by wifi or ethernet anymore - so it's a whole new learning experience to see if I can't connect to it directly using the palm pilot (pretending to be a terminal) to reset things...

ah the fun of programming small electronic devices

[byee]

AndyL,

sorry to hear your brick'd your router. there's got be a away to reset the router to its default values. Which router do you have ??

are you communicating with your network via ethernet or wifi ?? which Arduino shield are you using ??

did you write the source yourself or download the source ? can you please email me your source code.

[AndyL]

it's a fonera 2100; running openwrt - so not so easy to unbrick

The plan was to have the fonera running a webserver; linked to my network via wifi. No shields at this time (though I've got a few protoshields for the inputs/outputs once I'm happy with their operation on the breadboard.

Source is freely available - see links above + tons on the arduino.cc forums; just about everything you could want to do is there (including the app i'm currently playing with to use the palm as a temporary lcd display so I can play more while I figure out how to unbrick the router).

I'll post things up more when things actually work right My CGI scripting on the fonera side is suspect for the bricking, so I'm not going to torture people more than necessary just yet

[byee]

No worries. Glad you have everything in hand.

I'm very interested in 'adventures' putting together your controller since I'm also looking at building my controller on the same platform.

I'll definitely be monitoring this thread for your progress.

[BlueAbyss]

Hmm, interesting... I'm doing something similar, but much simpler ie: no internet, just a standalone controller to keep everything in line (and run my LED lights) on my yet to be built 6 gallon. I just don't want to have to worry about such a small volume of water.

I'll be tracking this... and it's good to know that there is someone to ask questions of in this regard

[pterfloth]

Please continue to post your progress. I too am very interested in a DIY controller. I would really like web monitoring.

[Vancouver Reefer]

Hi Guys,

I have been making quite abit of progress on my controller so far. Infact i have run out of I/O and memory, So i found this little guy to upgrade to:

http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/

They are fully compatible with all the arduino code and are great for a larger controller.

My controller is currently at the following stage:

ATO
Automatic water changer
Tank temp
led lighting with sunrise and sunset
PWM cooling fan control
flood sensor
heater and chiller runaway cutoffs
alarm
LCD
Real time clock

To be finished:

PH and salinity circuits for tank and fresh salt mix
4 head perilstatic doser
Internet GUI Text message alarm notification.


Please see my link at the bottom of the page for a little idea of what i got up to at the start of this project. Now i have gotten a new job i now have the finances to get back into this full swing!!

If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask and ill see if i can help out!

VR

[KrazyKuch]

I have been looking for awhile for a circuit for measuring Salinity....have you found one or designed one....I believe it works on the same principle as ph and orp, but am not sure!