Collecting pH, TDS, Resevoir Temp, Room Temp, etc with computer

PsychOut

PsychOut

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Tried searching this first before posting, but no luck. Although I currently grow in soil, I am considering converting my grow to hydro. I've had hydro grows in the past so I'm informed, but I do have a question. Right now I use IP Cams to view my remote grows. I would like to explore the possibility of collecting info on my solution and the room's environmental parameters via computer and relay that info to my location. Any advice?
 
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purkles

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You can get a "Temperature Alert: Wifi Edition" and use multiple probes to track temperature and humidity--but not PH. They aren't cheap--$300 for the device and then like 30-40 per probe. I use one that I originally had in a server room prior to upgrading our enviro systems. It's quite nice. It'll e-mail you when conditions are outside of your boundries and has a nice chart when you connect to the interface.
 
PsychOut

PsychOut

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purkles said:
You can get a "Temperature Alert: Wifi Edition" and use multiple probes to track temperature and humidity--but not PH. They aren't cheap--$300 for the device and then like 30-40 per probe. I use one that I originally had in a server room prior to upgrading our enviro systems. It's quite nice. It'll e-mail you when conditions are outside of your boundries and has a nice chart when you connect to the interface.
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Sounds great! It would be for a 8x 1000 watt set-up so the cost sounds in line. Thanks!
 
yelmkram

yelmkram

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Its seems to be finnicky and unreliable, it all sounds good and dandy when reading about it, of course, they are trying to sell the things. There are other machines on the market just as capable for less and more reliable. DoseTronic by BlueLab is one.
 
overachiever

overachiever

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I have most everything......temp,rh,co2,water ppm,water temp,ph and video of each room 24/7 monitored by my iPad from anywhere in the world.
 
yelmkram

yelmkram

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overachiever said:
I have most everything......temp,rh,co2,water ppm,water temp,ph and video of each room 24/7 monitored by my iPad from anywhere in the world.
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maybe you could offer some input...? the bot was steady for a couple days, then it dosed all ph up and down in seven hours, emptying the containers and throwing things out of wack. Did you need software rewritten or did it just plug and play? The wireless controller doesnt seem to be getting signal? Tested it changed channels, nothing?
Anyway, any feedback would be interesting. I pressed stop and am using backup moniters indiviually until this thing is figured out.
Thanks
 
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