piBeacon: 11- sprinkler control

[kw123]

This thread will discuss using pibeacon as a sprinkler valve controller.

The description will grow over time

The functionality will cover:
1. drive sprinkler relays to switch valves on/off (4...16 valves), using regular indigo actions
2. add some sensor, moisture, temp, humidity .. if you like
3. how to attach a display and show the sprinkler settings and stats and actions
4. add (touch) switches for sprinkler functions, eg start, stop, next zone.

costs:
1. RPI $35
2. box $10
3. display $ 30
4. 24v AC to 5V BUK $5
5. Some cables, connectors for valves , ethernet plug .. $5-10

you likely can get a cheaper one, but doing this .. you did it yourself -- . and it can serve as a regular pibeacon BLE RPI detecting BLE devices (iPhones, and ibeacons)

Karl

[kw123]

display code for a script to show the above screen on the attached display:

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import datetime
dev    			= indigo.devices[1757238557]
props  			= dev.pluginProps
zNames 			= dev.zoneNames
nZones 			= dev.zoneCount
durations 		= dev.zoneScheduledDurations
zoneMaxDur  	= dev.zoneMaxDurations
zoneStarted 	= dev.states["activeZoneStarted"]
timeLeft    	= str(dev.states["activeZoneMinutesLeft"])
dur         	= str(dev.states["activeZoneMinutesDuration"])
timeLeftALL    	= str(dev.states["allZonesMinutesLeft"])
durALL         	= str(dev.states["allZonesMinutesDuration"])
aText       	= "Zones off"
onTime         	= "1"
try:    
	activeZone 	= int(dev.states["activeZone"])
except: 
	activeZone 	= 0


if activeZone > 0 and len(zoneStarted) > 10:
	if  len(durations) >1:
		aText   = "Zone # "+str(activeZone)+"; start:"+ zoneStarted[10:-3]+"; dur:"+dur+"; left:"+ timeLeft+"; ALL-dur:"+durALL+"; left:"+ timeLeftALL +" [min]"
	else:
		aText   = "Zone # "+str(activeZone)+"; manual start:"+ zoneStarted[10:-3]+"; dur:"+dur+"; left:"+ timeLeft+" [min]"
else:
	onTime = "3"
	aText  = "sprinklers OFF"

tDay   = dev.states["minutesRunToday"].split(",")
yDay   = dev.states["minutesRunYesterday"].split(",")
tWeek  = dev.states["minutesRunThisWeek"].split(",")
lWeek  = dev.states["minutesRunLastWeek"].split(",")
tMonth = dev.states["minutesRunThisMonth"].split(",")
lMonth = dev.states["minutesRunLastMonth"].split(",")


line = ["" for ii in range(10)]
for ii in range(len(zNames)):
	line[ii]  = "%2d "%(ii+1)
	line[ii] += (zNames[ii][0:11]).ljust(11)
	line[ii] += tDay[ii].rjust(3)
	line[ii] += yDay[ii].rjust(5)
	line[ii] += tWeek[ii].rjust(5)
	line[ii] += lWeek[ii].rjust(5)
	line[ii] += tMonth[ii].rjust(6)
	line[ii] += lMonth[ii].rjust(6)



plug = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.karlwachs.piBeacon")
plug.executeAction("Display" ,	props ={
   "outputDev":"601124473"
  ,"device":"OUTPUT-Display"
  ,"restoreAfterBoot":"False"
  ,"intensity":""
  ,"repeat":"9999999"
  ,"resetInitial":"(0,0,0)"
  ,"scrollxy":""
  ,"showDateTime":"0"
  ,"startAtDateTime":"0"
  ,"scrollPages":""
  ,"scrollDelay":""
  ,"scrollDelayBetweenPages":""
  ,"command":'['+
      '{"type":"rectangle",   "position":[0,0,800,600],        "fill":[50, 50,50],       "display":"wait"}'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[0,0],    "width":20, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf",       "text":" Zone    Min.:  Day YestD Week LWeek Month LMonth" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,25],   "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[0]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,50],   "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[1]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,75],   "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[2]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,100],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[3]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,125],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[4]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,150],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[5]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,175],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[6]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,200],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[7]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,225],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[8]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,250],  "width":22, "fill":[0, 255, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"'+ line[9]+'" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,275],  "width":28, "fill":[255, 0, 0],     "display":"wait",     "font":"Arial.ttf",       "text":"'+aText+'",  "offONTime":[0, '+onTime+', 1]  }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,315],  "width":30, "fill":[255,255, 255],  "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"Outside Temp" }'+
     ',{"type":"textWformat", "position":[203,315],"width":30, "fill":[255,255, 255],  "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"%%d:340764825:Temperature%%FORMAT%5d [F]" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,350],  "width":30, "fill":[255,255, 255],  "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"        Hum.  %%d:340764825:Humidity%% %" }'+
     ',{"type":"text",        "position":[5,390],  "width":30, "fill":[255,255, 255],  "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":" Rain Today" }'+
     ',{"type":"textWformat", "position":[203,390],"width":30, "fill":[255,255, 255],  "display":"wait",     "font":"Andale Mono.ttf", "text":"%%d:57636140:currentDayTotal%%FORMAT%5.1f [in]" }'+
     ',{"type":"dateString",  "position":[10,425], "width":50, "fill":[255, 255, 255], "display":"wait",     "font":"Arial.ttf",       "text":"%a, %b  %d, %Y"  }'+
     ',{"type":"digitalClock","position":[550,425],"width":50, "fill":[250, 255, 50],  "display":"immediate","font":"Arial.ttf",       "box":{"on": "box", "width": "250", "height": "60", "fill": [0, 0, 0]} }]'
  })