Is It Possible To Integrate Water Level Controller With Fibaro

[Rajesh 1]

Is It Possible To Integrate Water Level Controller With Fibaro.

 

I am trying hard but ididn't find any.

 

pls help me

[jakub.jezek 371]

Well i do not know any integration with this.

 

But you can do it yourself with Switch 2 (FGS-2x3) and Universal binary sensor (FGUBS-001) + water probe.

One probe for low level and one for high level. Then you will turn on (open) switch output to get there water.

[Rajesh 1]

Thank you but,

How to monitor the water level in fibaro.

[Flowy 36]

hi Rajesh,

what do you mean?

Jakub replied with a possible implementation by using a custom designed system.

There is no "water level" in Fibaro

[Rajesh 1]

Hi bro 

I already installed automatic water level controller.

But what I want is to monitor water levels in fibaro system.

[Flowy 36]

13 minutes ago, Rajesh said:

Hi bro 

I already installed automatic water level controller.

But what I want is to monitor water levels in fibaro system.

 

some information are missed:

- "automatic water level controller" what is it? Brand, model, ...

- is it Z-wave?

- is it Fibaro compatible?

[Rajesh 1]

No it is not z wave compatable.

some local brand.

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

@Rajesh is it a probe controller or float switch? Both of these give a contact set that a fibaro switch con be used to monitor 

as the others stay you need to tell us what type of sensor it is.

Edited April 12, 2017 by Jamie mccrostie

[TurboWannaBe 5]

Yes you can do this with a RGBW controller (

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) but you will need a level monitor that has a 0-10V Analog output signal.

If you can find a 4-20 mA level sensor you will need a 4-20mA to 0-10V converter

 

Or you can use the same device and use 4 level switches and connect each switch to one of the four inputs.

 

Here is one: 

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[akatar 208]

4 hours ago, Rajesh said:

No it is not z wave compatable.

some local brand.

 

hmm my crystal ball is a bit cloudy.. perhaps it's broke

 

please provide us with:

name

type

pershaps a drawing with connections

link to the original website

 

[Sankotronic 2,370]

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[kroeatschge 29]

actualy this would be a nice addition for my garden water tank.

 

maybe you are looking for something like this?

 

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add 3 of them in different hights and you should be able to know if you have low, medium or full water in the tank.

 

 

or maybe float switches that you put into a plastic pipe and attach them to a fibaro universal sensor:

 

This video gets you to the idea maybe. Just adjust the pipe size and amount of contacts to your requirements

 

 

Edited April 13, 2017 by kroeatschge

[T.Konopka 8]

Hello,

 

@Rajesh, you have to be way more specific. Describe the device you are trying to use - preferably share a link to the product.

Tell us, what you want to achieve exactly.

[Guest spazpeker]

you can use one of these ultrasonic Level sensors 

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upto 1.25m and 0-10v output into RGBW

 

not cheap though

[Rajesh 1]

Thank you for your reply.

Leave that Old one.

If I want to install a new one what you will sugest.

25 minutes ago, kroeatschge said:

actualy this would be a nice addition for my garden water tank.

 

maybe you are looking for something like this?

 

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add 3 of them in different hights and you should be able to know if you have low, medium or full water in the tank.

 

 

or maybe float switches that you put into a plastic pipe and attach them to a fibaro universal sensor:

 

This video gets you to the idea maybe. Just adjust the pipe size and amount of contacts to your requirements

 

 

 

Thank you 

Is it Compatible with fibaro.

 

[petergebruers 1,268]

1 hour ago, Rajesh said:

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Is it Compatible with fibaro.

 

 

The ST812 is compatible. I have one. There is maybe one issue with it... it's designed to detect NO WATER. If it detects water, it sends an alarm. I quote from the manual:

 

"The Flood Detector is designed to sense the presence of water in basements, yachts and many others residential and commercial applications, providing early warning of developing floods."

 

And:

 

"When water is detected, the Detector flashes red LED for one minute and beeps for 30 seconds as maximum during which an event report will be sent to the node ID. In normal mode, the detection interval is set for one minute. If the Detector is triggered, it will not be triggered again until one minute has elapsed, thus avoiding false trigger."

 

You will be able to write scenes based on "water detected" or "no water detected", but I don't think you can disable the sensor beeping. That might be annoying.

 

Also, there *might* be an issue, if you directly use the needle-like contacts, supplied with the device, in a water tank. Because they are designed to be NOT in contact with water (detecting water is the exceptional case), they might corrode rather quickly (in weeks, months?) if they are in permanent contact with water. That's because the sensor runs a tiny direct current through the electrodes and this causes corrosion. I'm not saying this is going to happen, but it's certainly happening with (very) cheap soil moisture sensors.

 

Like @kroeatschge said, I'd use float switches or specifically designed level sensors...

2 hours ago, spazpeker said:

you can use one of these ultrasonic Level sensors 

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upto 1.25m and 0-10v output into RGBW

 

not cheap though

Nice find. That's the kind of sensor I'd use... if I really had a water tank (and the money)  On paper, it looks like it should be compatible with the RGBW (it mentions "sink current" but it doesn't say if thats for both digital and analog output). Thanks for sharing.

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

9 hours ago, Rajesh said:

Thank you for your reply.

Leave that Old one.

 

Are you trying to start and stop a pump to fill a tank or do you want a water level indicator?

[Rajesh 1]

On 4/14/2017 at 1:29 AM, Jamie mccrostie said:

Are you trying to start and stop a pump to fill a tank or do you want a water level indicator?

 

I want to monitor the Water level in fibaro.

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

10 hours ago, Rajesh said:

 

I want to monitor the Water level in fibaro.

Ultrasonic unit looks exspensive.

If four indicator levels will do, then two cheaper float switches connected to RGB module will do the job.

Each float switch has one normaly open and one normaly closed contact. Set the floats at diffferent decending levels in tank

Connect float cables to 12 or 24v DC  RGB inputs and the right LUA script that will give your four water levels.

 

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And its low voltage so could be run off a battery and nice and safe around your tank.

Edited April 15, 2017 by Jamie mccrostie

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

Had some time today and built VD for above tank level control, its a bit ruff and ready and possible using twice as much code as is needed.

 Only  managed 3 report levels with the 2 float switches, but seems to work ok.

Couldnt get globals to update until I worked out  RGB mod being a dimmer the "on" value is "99" And not "1" but good exercise.