Smart Swimming-Pool

Pool automation for smarter control of the swimming pool :)

Update: August 2019 - There is an improved version 2.0 of the pool contoller: Smart Swimming Pool. This project is no longer maintained.

Status: Project is sucessfully live since May 2018.

Hardware

This is my private project to control and monitor my pool using following:

• ESP32 to control pumps of water and solar heating
• ESP8266 fo show current temeratures on LCD monitor
• Raspberry Pi hosting MQTT and OpenHAB for Smart Home automation

Components

Th project is splitted in components:

• Pool-Controller
• Pool-Monitor
• OpenHAB Configuration

Development

• Blog post on Medium: Project Smart Swimming Pool

There is also a German blog series for this project on AZ-Delivery Blog:

• Einleitung
• Smarte Steuerung für den Swimmingpool (1/4)
• Der Pool-Controller (2/4)
• Swimmingpool und OpenHAB (3/4)
• Der smarte Pool (4/4)

Platform.io IDE

TBD

Drivers

Install the NodeMCU drivers for your respective operating system if they are not autodetected: https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

Open Issues

• [x] Remote control of pumps
• [x] rules (openHAB) to control status of pumps
• [x] Remote control to switch between modes: Automatic, Manual, Off
• [ ] Move control system (rules) from openHAB to controller (ESP)
• [ ] replace 433MHz switches by relais
• [ ] Secure MQTT Communication
• [ ] Update openHAB configuration for openHAB2.4+ to support internal MQTT and Homie-Message format
• [ ] Use weather forcast within rules
• [ ] Measurement of water quality (pH and Cl)

License

LICENSE

My Smart Home Blog: https://medium.com/diy-my-smart-home

Other Smart Swimmingpool Projects

See in Wiki.