WaveEngine Open Connected Integration/API

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I realize I'm probably one of 4 people in the world that might use this interface, but I would love, love, love if I could communicate with the WaveEngine digitally. I use Home Assistant to automate everything in my home and having a RESTful, telnet, or MQTT interface would really put the WaveEngine WAY ahead of the competition. As of right now, I'm going to be limited to using the limited 10v I/O for discrete states and communications. Barf.
 
Bumping....several months later.

Just ordered my aquarium and Hydros 4 Pro. Would be nice to integrate to Home Assistant, and from there, get to HomeKit for some things.
 
Another bump. Here's what I put together with Kasa TP-Link strips and a few other things. Power readings....useful? Maybe, just cool to track. Would be nice to get more info from Hydros to populate my dashboard in Home Assistant.
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BR260354 said:
Another bump. Here's what I put together with Kasa TP-Link strips and a few other things. Power readings....useful? Maybe, just cool to track. Would be nice to get more info from Hydros to populate my dashboard in Home Assistant.
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Very nice! I'm also rocking the Kasa HS300 strips. And chart porn time!? Yessir!

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BR260354 said:
Another bump. Here's what I put together with Kasa TP-Link strips and a few other things. Power readings....useful? Maybe, just cool to track. Would be nice to get more info from Hydros to populate my dashboard in Home Assistant.
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I also think we might be shooting ourselves in the foot here though. Everything we just listed above is also a 'competitor' to Hydros (Kasa vs. power strips, Home Assistant vs. Hydros App, etc). We're effectively showing we don't need to FULLY buy into their ecosystem, and therefore a threat to future sales. Ironically, the only reason I chose Hydros at all is modularity and not having to go full hog ala Apex.
 
That may be true, but looking to fill the need. I can go on on my home automation journey and Home Assistant / HomeKit (like all HA fans), however, it makes sense to have that one dashboard.

Great idea on the gauges. Guess I got a little carried away with the apex charts. Could add the gauges and trend with the charts.

So, how are you getting that other info?? ATO, Flow Meters info. ReefPi??

Currently I have the Control X2 and I have an A3 Apex Jr. Yes, I shouldn't mention the Apex word, but there is a integration via HACS. I did ask the person that developed the Apex integration for a Hydros one. Said he looked into it, but would have to acquire one to break it down and figure out.

Have a good one!
 
@BR260354 @ggdowski Sorry guys for the VERY delayed response.

Basically, everything is cobbled together from individual DIY projects all pushing data to home assistant through MQTT:
  • ATO: I have a Raspberry Pi with a relay hat that receives level information from optical sensors, float switches and Milone eTape. Those sensors inform a simple C application when to open and close ATO solenoids.
  • Flow Meters: ahh, a good one. I posted this awhile back and didn't get much traction. I have a TUF-2000B ultrasonic flow meter in line with my UV sterilizer. I have, at the moment, only one installed.
    • There's a bunch available on aliexpress with different sensor probes depending on pipe diameter.
    • It's working out very well and being non-contact, I NEVER need to worry about reliability.
    • The module has a digital out for when the flow is within a specific range. I hooked this up to a 120v relay to automatically turn the UV sterilizer off if the range ever falls to low (e.g. don't burn out the bulb if there's no flow).
    • The module also has a MODBUS output. I have a small ESP32 board that reads out the flow rating and pushes the values out to MQTT.
  • ReefPi.... there is indeed a formal project called reefpi. I am not using that. It's just what I call my ATO Raspberry Pi.
  • All the power stats are provided by Kasa's HS300 power strip monitoring and a local (no cloud!) python script pulling/pushing data.
  • Temperature data is pulled from InkBird temp controllers. Downstream heaters also have their own thermostats for redundancy, of course.
  • The latest project is to build a frozen fish food feeder with a small cooler, pump, and scale. Link to it on Reef2Reef
  • Happy to go into details on anything you might be curious about.
 
Probably not going to venture into ReefPi....at least not at the moment. Not really leveraging any MQTT currently though I have in the past.

Using the ATO via Hydros with a Hydros dosing pump. It works. However, intrigued with your setup. If I do that, the only thing I use the Hydros for is the autofeeder.

For UV, I setup automations in Homekit - if UV goes on, turn on UV pump. If UV pump is off, turn off the UV. Some basic items. All this is set with HS300 - I have 3 of those.

BTW, added input_numbers with the Helper in HA to track the testing - Alk, Mag, Ca, pH, etc. That way I have a history and yet another gauge/graph for the dashboard. :-)

Thanks for sharing!
 
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