Sunday, September 9, 2018

7 Sept 2018 - irrigation controller replacement

On 2 Sept 2018 I ordered a replacement irrigation controller.  The old controller stopped working and would not reset.  It eventually did later that night but I had already ordered the new irrigation controller.

I received the unit today and will hopefully be able to install this evening.

3 Sept 2018 - irrigation controller

After reading the tech data for the ver 1.0 opensprinkler irrigation controller, I was able to do a hardware reset of the device.  That resets NVM so that the device will use DHCP among other options.  After that it was a piece of cake to setup and get it back to being useful.  I still need to replace the faulty LCD.

2 Sept 2018 - replacement irrigation controller

I purchased a version 1.0 OpenSprinkler kit in 2011.  It has been working just fine during all of that time.  But today for whatever reason, it no longer is accessible via the web interface and the LCD is non functional, making local access a non starter.  So I checked the OpenSprinkler website and decided to purchase the Opensprinkler 2.3.



Monday, January 29, 2018

29 January 2018 - RC Lawn Mower

This project has been on the back burner for some time.  I have been slowly acquiring parts for this project.  I recently picked up a TDX SP wheel chair.  It has 4 pole DC motors with wheels.