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Hi all: I wish you a great 2022. God willing it will be better that last year. Cheers!

Rob: One way I would approach that dilemma is to incorporate a chip on the controller that can be custom coded so that the app would look for it and decode it and if it passes then it would work fully and not in demo mode, whatever that could be. For earlier versions of the hardware a little...

Hmm, this is a feature I would consider adding in my future changes to the reef-pi code. While I do water changes and top-offs manually (I have a small tank and take the opportunity to examine and clean the equipment at that time), on a daily basis I run a macro to turn off and another macro to...

Yes, the HDMI console is a convenience thing. You see, my internet router (from my ISP) is crappy plus I've also experienced occasional WiFi disconnects by the RPi's. Moreover, as power outages are common here, the console allows me access when power is out, as long as the UPS I installed holds...

Rob: Regarding these two suggestions they're doable but require extra effort so I'll put them in a background task. The extra effort is related to the screen sizes: laptop/desktop vs. tablet vs. cellphone. Top-row column titles would be either scrolled out of sight or (if fixed on top) take up...

I'm sorry but I still don't follow your meaning. When you talk about seconds you mean the doser chart? (Could be an ATO chart but I don't have an ATO so I don't know what it looks like.) If that is so, the "seconds" axis shows the totalized time the doser was turned on during the day. That is...

Hi: Rob would probably have a more expansive answer but in my experience, DS18B20-based temp sensors are finicky. Though inexpensive, they're prone to electromagnetic interference (as happens when the pump's motor is started) when the connecting cable is long and/or poorly shielded; also, their...

Hello: Please be more specific as there can be floats for any number of purposes. What is the scenario? One of my upcoming changes uses floats to stop dosing when the Alk/Ca/Mg canister levels run low, but it's not related to ATO. Thanks,

Hi all: This minor release only adds icons to the previous release. The previous release contains: * Based on the latest reef-pi master branch from upstream to insure backward compatibility * Reorganized controls in Configuration->Settings & added UI section + internationalization * Change...

Thanks for the feedback Rob, I'll look into it.

Greetings: I'm pleased to announce my latest revision of the reef-pi software, called reef-pi-4.1-190-gf4d1fbb-MODIFIED.deb. You can get it in my Github repository here. It includes: * Based on the latest reef-pi master branch from upstream to insure backward compatibility * Reorganized...

Hello: I just released version reef-pi-4.1-138-g07a9dd0-MODIFIED.deb and it's available on my Github repo here. It addresses the following: Set equipment switch panel height to 100% inside container fixed Y axis label orientation + internationalization on doser & ATO charts shortened X axis...

Hi all: Found a fix for the pH calibration issue; I will post a fix this weekend with some additional changes. Thanks,

Hmm, still researching - Thank you all for your patience. Regards,

User @sakiscr reported an issue with pH calibration in version 4.1-131-gf905e4d-MODIFIED which results in the calibration dialog not displaying when the button is clicked. I have confirmed the problem and believe it's related to the similar issue with dosing calibration I reported earlier. Seems...

Hi again: I get it now. I don't have a sump (my equipment is all HOB) so I couldn't visualize this scenario. However, I would be concerned about using a timed start though. Since people have different types and sizes of pumps in their sumps, wouldn't a float switch in the sump work better? A...

John: Thank you for your feedback. It did not occur to me to add a time delay upon boot. Could you expand on its use case? Seems that the required code changes would be in the same source files as the stay-off-on-boot feature. Thanks,

Hello: Released a new version reef-pi-4.1-131-gf905e4d-MODIFIED.deb. It only includes technical and bug fixes for inclusion into upstream master branch and has no new features. You can find it at my Github repo here. Thanks,

Hi Rob: I think of this as a stopgap measure because the real issue is that reef-pi's code doesn't do what you mention, which I think is the proper way of handling this scenario, but the stay-off-at-boot is still useful. We'll see. Thanks,

Hello again: I released a new version of my modified reef-pi software. Unlike previous releases, from now on they will be hosted on my Github repo at github.com/prsws/reef-pi/. It works similarly to Ranjib's repo so I believe this will simplify deployment and support. Another benefit is that...