Recent content by bgriffith

Thanks Tom and CAI_Support.  I thought it was probably something like what Tom said, but wasn't sure since I can't find any mention of a delay between emails, aside from the queue that holds up to 4 emails.  CAI_Support, I do understand that sending more than 4 emails too quickly will cause the...

If I send two emails, one right after the other, I only get the second one.  Here's a simple example that I found illustrates this:   START SET VAR1 CTS LOOP: SUB CTS VAR1 VAR2 TSTEQ VAR2 30 CALLSUB MAILTIME GOTO LOOP END MAILTIME: DELAY 2000 EMAIL EM2 EMAIL...

You posted an I2C PWM module to another thread recently.  I think that would take the place of the PWM module from the drill trigger and work with the MOSFET from the drill, though a transistor would be needed to go from the 5V I2C module to the 12V MOSFET.  I'll probably stick with what I've...

Moving this conversation here to keep the chicken coop controller talk all together.   From rfeyer's "Minimum working temp" thread:   I recently converted from the same water/gravity powered door to the cordless drill.  I had been using two big juice bottles and a windshield washer pump. ...

  Hi Rainer,   I'm also using a WC board in a chicken coop: http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/27129-webcontrol-in-the-chicken-coop/   It opens/closes the door using a hacked cordless drill, turns on/off a light to keep the chickens' day long enough so they keep laying through the winter...

They're always in well before sunset, and I have the door closing 15 minutes after sunset.  That sensor would probably cover the whole pen, so installed outside it could detect a straggler or a predator.

I mentioned my chicken coop controller in the recent discussion about active-low relay modules.  Here's a picture of it:   (click on it to see it on PhotoBucket where you can zoom in.)   A little bit below and to the right of center you can see the ULN2803A Darlington transistor array that I...

I tried running just this small program:   START         SET VAR1 0       SET VAR2 0       SET VAR3 0       SET VAR4 0       SET VAR5 0       SET VAR6 0       SET VAR7 0       SET VAR8 0   RUNLOOP:     SET RAM8H 256       SET VAR2 RAM8H       DELAY 10000        CNZ RAM8H SUB1       GOTO...

When I set the bits I just do:   ORB RAM83 1 RAM83   So not being 32 bit accessible isn't a problem.  By copying RAM8H into VAR2 I confirmed that RAM8H was sitting there with a value of 256, even though this line:       CNZ RAM8H WEBNOTIFY   should call the WEBNOTIFY routine, which should do a...

This is what I was basing my usage on: BNZ  |  (a) b  |  If the optional a operand is specified it is tested for a nonzero value. If a is not specified then the zero bit is tested for non-zero. If true then program jumps to label...

  Thanks.  Next time I've got it open I'll try to remember to snap a picture.  It's out in the chicken coop, opening the door in the morning and closing it at night.  I'll soon add control of the light to keep their day long enough that they don't stop laying eggs in the winter, and heat for the...

I'm not using the latest firmware, so it's possible this is old news.  I'm running v03.02.17f.   I'm using the bits in RAM82 to signify if a notification email needs to be sent -- one bit for each email.  I'm doing the same with RAM83 for the WEBSETs.  I then have a subroutine that turns on my...

I ended up with some active-low triggered relay boards, in spite of assurances and even a schematic emailed from the ebay seller in China.  Their response when I complained wasn't much more than "oops". Anyway, I added a Darlington transistor array ULN2803A to my design to give me...

It sounds like he has just loose relays, not a relay board.  If that is the case, the diagram here might be helpful: http://playground.arduino.cc/uploads/Learning/relays.pdf   The diagram is for using a relay with an Arduino board, but it is the same.  You can also search for things like "relay...

Updated firmware works.  UROMs are copied into VARs as they should be with the above code.