Re: Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil

> So when do I get to sample the produce? ;-)

Need to get something to grow first ;-)

Did you give anymore thought to doing a moisture sensor ??

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Wrightson" <neilw@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation


> Hi Frank,
>
> So when do I get to sample the produce? ;-)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil Wrightson.
>
>
>
>  _____
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Frank Mc Alinden
> Sent: Sunday, 28 December 2008 5:19 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Vegie Garden Irrigation Installation
>
>
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Have just finished my vegie garden irrigation installation...
>
> I decided to use Gerry Dupreys Sprinkler controller and built a 10
zone
> version ....
> http://www.rgbled.
<http://www.rgbled.org/sprinkler/index.html>
> org/sprinkler/index.html
>
> I wasnt looking forward to verboarding all components and decided to
use a
> pcb for the pic micro and veroboard the solid state relays....Got the
pcb
> from Futurelec , to get it to work i had to remove 3 resistors and cut
one
> track...
> http://www.futurlec
<http://www.futurlec.com/PIC16F877_Controller.shtml>
> .com/PIC16F877_Controller.shtml
>
> After waiting approx 8 weeks for Futurelec to supply some solid state
> relays
> i decided to order some from a local company Ocean Controls...
> http://www.oceancon
> <http://www.oceancontrols.com.au/relays/ssr/solid_state_relays.htm>
> trols.com.au/relays/ssr/solid_state_relays.htm
>
> Built the controller and bench tested it and all worked fine...Next
hurdle
> was the installation..
> I ran the cables from the vegie garden controller to my water tank
system
> and from there to my garden shed....The cable run would be quite long
for
> a
> serial interface so i decided to install an 8 way switch in my water
tank
> controller and connect it via a 10 pair cable in my garden shed back
to
> the
> switch in humble node 0.....Spent the few days i had off over
Christmas to
> connect the wiring ,valves etc and test....Connected the vegie garden
> controller to a MSS100 serial to ethernet device wrote some xPL
> Determinators and all was good...Did have to modify my water tank plc
> program to start the pump whenever the vegie garden pump solid state
relay
> was active....I allowed the vegie garden controller priority over the
> other
> Modes ie harvesting , garden bed irrigation ....All thats left to do
is to
> write a recurring event in xPL Manager so that the vegie patch gets
> irrigated every morning....Will probably modify my water tank plc
program
> so
> that if the water level gets low it wont water the garden beds
...Would
> like
> to thank Gerry Duprey for making his sprinkler project available to
the
> public and also for writing the xPL Plugin...
> Heres some pics of my install....
> http://s195.
> <http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z38/frankmc_2007/Vegie%20Garden%20Contro
> ller/>
> photobucket.com/albums/z38/frankmc_2007/Vegie%20Garden%20Controller/
>
> Frank
>
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