New to RA, Question on Modifying Menus

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:27 am

I am new to RA and have already been impressed by the support on this forum. I have recommended these units to my friends even before I hooked it up just based on the responses.

But now to my questions...

I have two ports, the skimmer and fuge light, that I'd like to be able to manually turn on/off from the controller. Is there a quick way to add that type of control?

Second,

If you hard code the on/off times for the lights using the Wizard (on Mac) the menu items for lights does not show the values in the code, but in the memory. I know it functions after hooking it up but is this normal?

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:35 am

We can do the on/off for your skimmer and lights by using custom menus.
http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=311
If you have the wifi attachment, you can use any of the apps to accomplish this task and you won't need to do anything to your code. We have smart phone apps, Java Status app, Portal, web commands and on Windows we have the Client.
Yes, if you hard code the settings, they can only be changed by uploading your code again.
If you go with the internal memory settings, you can also change the settings using the android app, Java Status app, Portal, web commands and on Windows you can do it on the Client too, but you will also need the wifi attachment.
If you do not have the wifi attachment and still want to use internal memory, you can add this to the setup() section of your code:

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ReefAngel.AddStandardMenu();

This will put the complete version of the menu, but it uses up more memory too.

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:44 am

Roberto,

Thanks for the reply. I currently don't have the WiFi attachment (should have bought it!) and I have a Mac (no client software - WE NEED THIS!!!!!). Do you just use the simple menu with the remote apps?

I think I'll buy the WiFi when I return from vacation.

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:52 am

Most people just use the hard coded settings, just because it is the simplest way to go.
More advanced users go for internal memory and use the simple menu and change settings with wifi.
Yeah

we are in need of some iOS and Mac love...

binder · Post by **binder** » Thu May 16, 2013 10:24 am

rimai wrote:Most people just use the hard coded settings, just because it is the simplest way to go.
More advanced users go for internal memory and use the simple menu and change settings with wifi.
Yeah we are in need of some iOS and Mac love...

yes we most certainly are. its slowly starting to pick up though.....slowly

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Thu May 16, 2013 11:01 am

binder wrote:
rimai wrote:Most people just use the hard coded settings, just because it is the simplest way to go.
More advanced users go for internal memory and use the simple menu and change settings with wifi.
Yeah we are in need of some iOS and Mac love...
yes we most certainly are. its slowly starting to pick up though.....slowly

What is the current client for windows written in (C/C++/Java)? Also, can the controller communicate via USB/Serial or is the only remote access via WiFi? I only ask because I might be able to create a quick controller in Java (with my software engineer wife's help!) but I currently only have the serial interface, no WiFi yet.

binder · Post by **binder** » Thu May 16, 2013 11:12 am

ufgators2k wrote:
binder wrote:
rimai wrote:Most people just use the hard coded settings, just because it is the simplest way to go.
More advanced users go for internal memory and use the simple menu and change settings with wifi.
Yeah we are in need of some iOS and Mac love...
yes we most certainly are. its slowly starting to pick up though.....slowly
What is the current client for windows written in (C/C++/Java)? Also, can the controller communicate via USB/Serial or is the only remote access via WiFi? I only ask because I might be able to create a quick controller in Java (with my software engineer wife's help!) but I currently only have the serial interface, no WiFi yet.

its written in .net.

you can use serial port to communicate. thats how wifi works. ive started working on serial communication with my java status app but not completed because of the differences in all three platforms. feel free to look at my app for ways to communicate.

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Fri May 17, 2013 12:54 pm

Where is the latest code source?

binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:33 pm

ufgators2k wrote:Where is the latest code source?

for the client suite, it does not exist in a public repository. dave has it stored on his computer and has not uploaded any to github.

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:16 am

Does the Java status app have the commands in it?

binder · Post by **binder** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:08 am

ufgators2k wrote:Does the Java status app have the commands in it?

Yes, it does have the basic commands in it. It does not have the Lights On/Off commands that were recently added though.
Take a look...

: Java-Commands.png (25.88 KiB) Viewed 3476 times

ufgators2k · Post by **ufgators2k** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:30 am

Curt - Is the source for the status app on your site?

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:45 am

Considering the link to the download is the github page

https://github.com/curtbinder/Status/

binder · Post by **binder** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:08 pm

ufgators2k wrote:Curt - Is the source for the status app on your site?

yep, sure is. the project is an eclipse project.

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