stevehoyt Posted March 26, 2023 Posted March 26, 2023 I thought I would publish a practical use for the Rainmachine @glarsen and Flume @Jimbo.Automates PG3 node servers . I started this project about a year ago and thanks to the help of the 2 above developers, making some changes for it, it has been running fine for many months. It takes the expected usage for each irrigation circuit ( from Rainmachine info ) and compares it to the actual usage ( from Flume ). If an excess water situation is detected, i.e. a malfunction in a circuit, an alert message is sent to me so I can fix the problem. All this is done via the ISY running on a polisy and the 2 PG3 node servers. This has been invaluable during our drought conditions. I recently added Home Assistant to my house. I use it for display purposes only. All control, warnings etc is still in the ISY / node servers. I did however create a visual interface so HA lets me know what is going on. I have attached 2 pictures below of it. The first shows usage vs expected for the last 4 days. The second shows it for the last run of the circuit. The purpose of this post is to let both developers know their work is of value and let other PG3 users see a practical application. I will post in both Rainmachine and Flume PG3 areas Steve 3
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