Posts made by Kezza

This looks awesome, it's exactly what I'm after to control A/C which I'm having big issues working out I think largely due to having to run on Mega due to very long IR codes.

@tbowmo said:

You could create your own dedicated controler, using c# (Or whatever language you prefer).

Use the serial gateway, to communicate with the network, from the computer.

Only detail is powering the devices.. You might need to have external power to the display units (battery would be drained too quick, if using standard 16x2 character LCD's off ebay)

(Actually it sounds like an interesting and fun project..)

Do you have or know of any c# examples?

Thanks for all the messages, I'd like to avoid having to buy something like vera if possible. I think trying to build something might be the best option although my skills aren't too great so might take a bit.

For power, the cages are 2 high with a strip of wood between them, my aim is to put LCD's on that strip and run a power wire along the length.

I think it will be around 3 text boxes to fill in which will update the LCD, all will have same format. Thanks for the link tbowmo, I think that could be just what I need to get started

I'm after some advice as to where to start (or hoping something already exists). I have a potential project for a family member that requires tags on cages. A geeky solution had been mentioned to setup some sort of LCD system to display cage information so I thought of MySensors.

Basically there would be up to 30 LCD's in the building that would require information displayed for each cage to be updated by a central machine (ideally Windows based but could be separate system or web based).

I already have a LCD setup at home which one arduino updates the remote LCD (based on the LCD example on the forums) but this seems to be a bit more involved to setup. Would one of the gateways support this sort of setup?

Thanks in advance and I'll keep this updated as I make progress.

I'm planning on setting up a similar setup to top up a header tank for toilet water from a large tank. I have a couple of floats and a distance sensor.

My initial idea was to use the distance sensor to trigger pump but I now think I'm going to use 1 float to trigger the pump when the header thank is low and the 2nd float will be at the bottom the large tank to stop the pump running if there is no water left. I will use the distance sensor to update a display inside the house to show how much water is in the storage tank.