[951calguy]

The sensors I mentioned do not work with OSPi on every timer I have tested there is a 5v dc that’s why the sensor has a red and black leads and the manufacturer says not to invert connections I do not think they arevsimply reed switches.

[951calguy]

ylab How do you measure the water level in your well? Do you have a float level switch or something similar? if you do you can use that connected to a relay for the two master valves and at the same time you will be maximizing the well water usage.

[951calguy]

You might have a really old raspbian image, just get the newest raspbian image and install the unified firmware. https://opensprinkler.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000631599-installing-and-updating-the-unified-firmware#install

[951calguy]

Do you by any chance have all the components for the ospi for sale like in a package?

[951calguy]

Thank you Ray.

[951calguy]

Are both circled areas on the picture supposed to be fuses? That’s what it says on the eagle files but I just want to make sure. Please let me know. Thank you.

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[951calguy]

One more question, I plan to use the raspberry pi 3 and you said that the 3R3 replaces the fuse, so can I just solder the resistor instead of the fuse on v1.42+ ?

Thank you.

[951calguy]

Thank you Ray, yes it makes sense, I apprecuate it.

[951calguy]

Thank you so much Archprlest; I actually bought the OSPi but on my board it says v1.43+ and I did not find the hardware files for it, I guess it is not open hardware anymore. There are some differences between your parts list and the board I have one of them being above the “COM” connection, the other one is the crystal on your list is a through hole component but a surface mounted one is needed Could any of you help me choose from here? I also circled a resistor with the markings “3R3”, Does anyone have a digi-key part number for it?
Also there is an IC on the parts list SN74HC595NSR but on my OSPi board it is marked as HC595AG just want to make sure that it’s ok to use the one on the list.

I made the “Part Number” on the pdf a link if anyone can please just double check it to see if those parts will work I will appreciate it.

how do I get the beer to you Archprlest?

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[951calguy]

do you have an actual parts list? I’m trying to build the OSPi and the expansion board and when I do a BOM from eagle names, part number, and some descriptions are missing.
I’m new to the electronics area and I’m having a real hard time getting what I need.

Thank you.

[951calguy]

On the “better handling of flow sensor” What can we expect? Flow readings are inaccurate to say the least right now and I haven’t figure out how to display gpm it always reverts back to lpm even after changing the settings.

[951calguy]

when I load the .brd on eagle I get the following:

Loading C:/Users/Adrian M/Desktop/HWFiles/exp-board/ExpanBoard.brd …

Warning(s):

line 887: Contact ‘8’ of element ‘IC2’ is connected to several signals: ‘GND’ and ‘GND’
line 1231: Contact ’16’ of element ‘IC2’ is connected to several signals: ‘VCC’ and ‘VCC’

Is this normal?

[951calguy]

Sakos I was wondering if you by any chance still have packages of components for the OSPi. Or anyone with an actual part list and info on where to get the parts please let me know. Thank you.

[951calguy]

Thank you so much Peter I actually got it working but your instructions seem way simpler and I think I will do a clean install following them.
I installed the apache server and placed the UI in the root folder so I can just point to myip/js and it works wonderfully. The reason I wanted to host them on my site not knowing that I could just do it on the same raspberry pi is because I am planning to use the OSPi over a cellular connection and I don’t want to use up all my data just pulling the UI, I do have some other questions about the raspberry pi and it’s behavior, I don’t know if it can handle running the OSPi and the apache server, I am using the pi3 btw but I would like to use the zero also, the other question I have is about how well does the pi3 or zero handle the heat, because I will have them running inside an enclosure outside where temperatures inside the enclosure could be >120 degree f. here in Southern California.

I appreciate all your help.

[951calguy]

Samer if you can help me I can give you all my credentials for my server and ftp, I was trying to get this going this weekend. Allow me to buy you a beer or a coffee, you guys need to add a donation button for all your help.

[951calguy]

I unzipped them by right clicking and choosing “extract here” with 7zip which created just a file with a name but no extension, I then uploaded all the files including the compressed files but it didn’t help.

[951calguy]

Apache
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 07:44:36 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.31 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.31 OpenSSL/1.0.1e-fips mod_bwlimited/1.4
Last-Modified: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 07:32:45 GMT
ETag: “16070a-1225-5396230654a00”
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 4645
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

[951calguy]

I have no idea on how to add support for those files, also I have not modified any files.
After getting a black web page I extracted the cgz and jgz files but I don’t know what to name them, when I extracted them it showed just a bigger file with no extension, I tried renaming changing only the extension but there is already a file with that name app and jqm, I am really lost with this new way of changing the ui it used to be way easier when loading from sd card.

[951calguy]

Thanks guys, this is what I get on chrome.

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[951calguy]

Thanks Ray but I am not trying to access the OpenSprinkler Im trying to host and modify the UI and according to your turorials I should be able to do that either on a local or remote web server but it doesnt seem to work for me even without modifying the UI all I get is a black page with a loding icon as on the attached picture. Is the feature to save the UI to the sd card gone? Any thoughts?

[951calguy]

Hello martin, I would like to ask you the steps needed to get the lcd working, I have seen your OSPY and I know it is functional, I tried replacing and adding the files from dennisfrench on github but I couldn’t get the newest firmware to compile, not only does the LCD doesn’t work but OpenSprinkler also fails to be installed. I would Appreciate any help. Also are you hosting your own UI? I ahev tried hosting them on my own server and changing the settings on my OpenSprinkler unsuccessfully. Thank you in advance.

[951calguy]

has anyone had any updates on the i2c lcd screen and how to make it work with ospi? I know there is a link that mentions it but no step by step for noobs to actually use it. I have asked for help but it has been months and I have had not one reply.

[951calguy]

Please let me know if anyone can help.

[951calguy]

I just dont know which files to include and where to put them at. Or if I could just add them to my already installed ospi .

[951calguy]

Yes thats the one I found, I just dont know how to put it together or recompile it if that is the term to try it

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