Automatic Feeder wifi-less

[Carsten]

Hi,

Has anyone implemented a hydros feeder that does not rely on Wifi but a wired connection? The wifi connection is not reliable and I need a reliable feeder for my business travel.
If yes, can you share which one and how you drive it? (Drive port, 0-10v output, etc)?

 

[Danny]

I have the wifi feeder and have not had any issues with it on my network. I think a few people have integrated the Avast Marine Works feeder. You might want to try a search here for that. I think it is also called a plank feeder.

 

[thom_smith]

Second the Avast Plank suggestion. It works like a champ.

 

[KWolfe81]

Hi,

Has anyone implemented a hydros feeder that does not rely on Wifi but a wired connection? The wifi connection is not reliable and I need a reliable feeder for my business travel.
If yes, can you share which one and how you drive it? (Drive port, 0-10v output, etc)?

I have although probably way more work than what you're looking for.

Before I even bought my first Hydros unit or knew about the Hydros feeder, I bought the same non-wifi Eheim feeder. If you take it apart, there's a good chunk of room in the body to add some small circuit boards. I added a 12v -> 3.3v buck converter board and an ESP32S2 and motor driver (example, not what I used). There's two wires coming from the feeder portion itself, motor power and position sense pin (you get a pulse every time the motor rotates past a specific point).

You obviously have to do a good bit of microcontroller programming, but then you can have it wired, wireless, or timer based - chef's choice.

 

[summitwynds]

Second the Avast Plank suggestion. It works like a champ.

Best way to integrate the Avast Plank with Hydros??

 

[JeffB418]

Best way to integrate the Avast Plank with Hydros??

They discuss it in the manual here Plank Autofeeder Support Page