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Re: Control your Jandy equipment from your PC with a $15 ada
jkurl & johnyri - I don't want to spend much money, so the Raspberry Pi is a good choice, although they are sometimes hard to get. I could use an old PC running linux, but I don't want another box with fans running in my house. I'm trying to decide where to put the RPi - in the Aqualink box by the pool, in the Aqualink control panel box in the wall, or in a closet somewhere. Putting it outside would require running an ethernet cable to the box, and I don't feel like crawling under the house. Wireless would be a good solution, but I have already found that wifi dongles pull more power than the RPi provides on USB, so it either needs a powered hub or a hardware mod. There's a discussion somewhere on the Raspberry Pi forum that talks about that.
For me, half of the reason I'm doing this is to have a fun software project.
<edit> Duh - I just realized that wireless isn't an option in the metal box. The plastic controller box isn't big enough, so the closet is going to be the best option.
jkurl & johnyri - I don't want to spend much money, so the Raspberry Pi is a good choice, although they are sometimes hard to get. I could use an old PC running linux, but I don't want another box with fans running in my house. I'm trying to decide where to put the RPi - in the Aqualink box by the pool, in the Aqualink control panel box in the wall, or in a closet somewhere. Putting it outside would require running an ethernet cable to the box, and I don't feel like crawling under the house. Wireless would be a good solution, but I have already found that wifi dongles pull more power than the RPi provides on USB, so it either needs a powered hub or a hardware mod. There's a discussion somewhere on the Raspberry Pi forum that talks about that.
For me, half of the reason I'm doing this is to have a fun software project.
<edit> Duh - I just realized that wireless isn't an option in the metal box. The plastic controller box isn't big enough, so the closet is going to be the best option.