motti January 30, 2014 Author Share January 30, 2014 Looking good, Motti! Are you doing all of the work yourself? Wife wouldn't let me a friend recommended a guy that works with him. So they have been coming to do the work on weekends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 30, 2014 Share January 30, 2014 It looks like they're doing a nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti January 31, 2014 Author Share January 31, 2014 I got the first designs for the controller web interface completed. still need to work on the rest of the screens. Dashboard: Water changing / mixing station screen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 January 31, 2014 Share January 31, 2014 Did you design your own controller interface? What brand controller are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti January 31, 2014 Author Share January 31, 2014 Did you design your own controller interface? What brand controller are you using? Yes, planning to use arduino mega to control outlets, PWM channels and collect data from sensors. The actual control commands will come from a web program that will be developed using nodeJS, the communication between the computer > arduino mega and back will be via serial connection (maybe bluetooth). I did some experimenting controlling the lights that way last month, wish I had taken pictures at that time but i forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime January 31, 2014 Share January 31, 2014 That's pretty impressive stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 February 1, 2014 Share February 1, 2014 Very impressive! This definitely gives apex a run for its money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 2, 2014 Author Share February 2, 2014 Some more construction progress. Finished painting external wall, started putting in floor. Finish priming fish room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fscbishop February 3, 2014 Share February 3, 2014 Whoa! Tagging along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 4, 2014 Author Share February 4, 2014 Some more work was done tonight, flooring is complete. First coat of painting is up. Built the stand for the frag tank and painted it white. Going to leave it not skinned for now and I might go back and add a shelf in there in the future if I decide to add any reactors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 5, 2014 Author Share February 5, 2014 Construction complete Ro/di station; Refugium: Just need to wait for display tank and sump, will add final trim and last touch ups once they arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 5, 2014 Author Share February 5, 2014 Found out that the frag tank was chipped from the inside. Reached out to the pet store where I originally ordered it from and they are going to 2nd day me a replacement tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtFully Acrylic (Adam B) February 5, 2014 Share February 5, 2014 Looking great Motti! Your new ArtFully Acrylic creation is going to look awesome in that spot!! I just emailed you some pics of the sump as it stands. Pics of the tank will follow as they are taken =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanksTank February 5, 2014 Share February 5, 2014 Looking great! Awesome job on the interface for the controller. I will definitely be watching this. Gives me something to strive for in the future haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 5, 2014 Author Share February 5, 2014 Thanks guys :-) Adam thanks again for the photos, looks really nice. I am waiting for few more parts for the controller, also looking for an older computer to instsll the controller server on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 Adam has been building some nice tanks lately. I'm already jealous of your fish room area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 Could you use a Raspberry Pi to run the node.js server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 6, 2014 Author Share February 6, 2014 Could you use a Raspberry Pi to run the node.js server? I haven't checked out Ras-pi, but i tried BeagleBone Black which supposed to have better performance, I spend several days trying to get all the dependancies I wanted installed, couldn't find pre-compiled versions of most of them. Also after all the hard work, I ran into some other blocking issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtFully Acrylic (Adam B) February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 Adam has been building some nice tanks lately. I'm already jealous of your fish room area. LOL, yeah we have had some interesting and cool builds as of late. Little scared actually....last year, February was our biggest month in 2013 for orders. We ended up running 10-12 and 12-14 week build times as a result for a bit afterwards. Luckily this year we are a full-time operation, but still...we are slammed. It is awesome to get unique/cool builds going on that are outside the norm. I LOVE what I do, but I also LOVE a challenge or something new from time to time. Could you use a Raspberry Pi to run the node.js server? Alan...you and Motti make my head spin with this stuff. I LOVE the interface Motti has created...and it even makes ME jealous! I personally can't wait to deliver the tank so I can see where my work of art is going. Something tells me that with the creativity put into that interface and all of the automation I will be in awe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtFully Acrylic (Adam B) February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 I haven't checked out Ras-pi, but i tried BeagleBone Black which supposed to have better performance, I spend several days trying to get all the dependancies I wanted installed, couldn't find pre-compiled versions of most of them. Also after all the hard work, I ran into some other blocking issues. What language are you two speaking?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I wish I knew all this stuff you two were talking about, but let's face it....my mind can only hold so much....so I will stick to the knowledge on Tank Fabrication Artistry and leave the programming and custom interfaces to you guys ...but seriously...VERY nice work. And Motti....we WILL be talking about this interface in more depth at delivery...=P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 6, 2014 Author Share February 6, 2014 Hahaha thank Adam, I still got loads of work on it. Now that I am done with that huge project at work I can work less hours and get some more work done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM February 6, 2014 Share February 6, 2014 Could you use a Raspberry Pi to run the node.js server? Not sure about BBB, but my officemate followed this recipe for the raspberry pi and it worked. http://joshondesign.com/2013/10/23/noderpi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 6, 2014 Author Share February 6, 2014 Installing node.js was ok, it actually comes with it's own special bonescript, lets you control GPIO directly from node. Adding other dependencies such as the serialconnection, sqllite or even mongodb was nearly impossible. I did a write up back then on how to install mongo on it, but performance were very poor http://www.horesh-studios.com/linux/beaglebone-black-and-mongodb/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motti February 12, 2014 Author Share February 12, 2014 Tank is almost ready, hoping for delivery today weather permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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