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How to add this to Hassio? #1

Closed PeX-tech closed 4 years ago

PeX-tech commented 4 years ago

Hi Klogg! I am a beginner with Hassio. So far I have implemented a 4 Zone garden irrigation system with two cycles, pretty 'unsmart'. I would love to try out your setup and I was able to fulfill all the prerequisites listed in your documentation.

Now I'm struggling with adding the whole thing to Hassio - could you give me some pointers? Do I just drop all the files into Hassio? If so, where? What changes - other than the ones listed under prerequesites- are necessary to my configuration?

Sorry for my noob question.

Peter

kloggy commented 4 years ago

Hi, You say that your irrigation system is 'unsmart'. How will you communicate with it?

Also, I think if you are new to HA then this system might be a little complicated for you to implement as it does rely on some understanding of how HA and Lovelace works.

However as you only have 4 zones then my Version 1 should be ok for you to start with and much easier to implement. (But you still have the question of how will you communicate with your valves?)

It is a virtually self contained package which means that you need to have HA configured to use packages (which really just means it knows where to look for the files). Packages are described here.

PeX-tech commented 4 years ago

Hi,

thanks for your answer. I'm using a four way valve which I am controlling through a relay board connected to an ESP32. At the moment I'm using telegram bot to control the valves, plus a simple automation that runs a morning and afternoon cycle - it is 'unsmart' in so far as that no rainfall/moisture or any other sensor place a condition on the watering.

I looked at your v1 as well - I had gone for v2 since you mention that you are using ESPHome, like I do in my setup.

I will go ahead and tinker with v1.

kloggy commented 4 years ago

Yes, version 1 is definitely simpler to set up but the weather stuff is a little less sophisticated. there are a couple of other people who have posted their systems too. Search the forums, you might find something else you like too.