Listening Reef

[jsclownfish]

More fun with Arduino

Awhile ago I posted my first DIY project that plays sounds and can be triggered from the RA unit http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=584. It is fun and cool to show off when guests/kids are over, but I got to thinking it would be really cool if it could listen as well. So I just tested the EasyVR voice recognition module with the RA and with some help from the folks here with the relay masks it actually works. I'm just figuring out how I want to use it, but it is certainly fun to tell the aquarium what you want to happen. For now it can just turn off/on relays, but I'd like to sync it up with the speech tool to communicate status . Here is a quick video I made tonight once it worked. You can't really hear it well, but you do get audio confirmation at each step like "How can I help you?" or whatever you want. I can post the codes if anyone is interested, but it is just a start.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6vhY4HfGo[/youtube]

[rimai]

That is so awesome!!!

[rossbryant1956]

please post code as you get it done. It is the crazy, neat stuff like this that sets RA so far ahead of it's competitors. I am constantly getting beat up on the forums by the close-minded Apex and other non-controller owners; but as that old song said, "and I just sit there smilin', sitting on that stack of code."

Thx RA community.

Ross
Maryland, USA

[dmolton]

Seriously Cool!

[Amos Poh]

Cool! i want one too

[rimai]

http://www.3reef.com/forums/general-ree ... 44007.html

[jsclownfish]

[lnevo]

Nice!

[Sacohen]

Very cool. I can see all sorts of possibilities if the voice recognition is good enough.

[Hibb304]

That's great.

[jsclownfish]

I've finally got back to this fun little DIY addon. I've added new functionality like "feed the fish" with the autofeeder and "water change" which is kind of fun. I want to have a simple "default status" and an "all off" to control all the ports at once. I'm using this basic code (thanks Roberto!) now....

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GetVR();

if (vrrelay >0)
{
if (vrtype==0)  // Turn port off
{
    bitClear(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOn,vrrelay-1);
    bitClear(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOff,vrrelay-1);
}
else if (vrtype==1)  // Turn port on
{
    bitSet(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOn,vrrelay-1);
    bitSet(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOff,vrrelay-1);
} 
else if (vrtype==2)  // Turn port Auto
{
    bitClear(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOn,vrrelay-1);
    bitSet(ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOff,vrrelay-1);
} 
}

Is there an easier way to turn everything off or set everything to auto status without running through each port and setting them using masks?

Thanks,
Jon

[rimai]

Try this:

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ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOn=0;
ReefAngel.Relay.RelayMaskOff=255;

[jsclownfish]

Does that code for resetting the status to all auto settings or all off? (or one each?) I think I remember there was a function in the relay class of ReefAngel.Relay.AllOff that would turn everything off?

Thanks,
Jon

[rimai]

The code is to set everything back to auto.
You can use the AllOff to turn everything off, or go directly to the relay variable:

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ReefAngel.Relay.RelayData=0;