Hi
i want to import the flow in link below but the import not show as active in node red dashboard
please advise
Hi - it looks the flow has been 'formatted' by the website - making it invalid json.
After swapping some 'smart quotes' for normal quotes, and inserting some \n instead of newlines, this is the importable version of the flow:
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If you are interested i have a similar solution - but use a Waterproof Ultrasonic sensor (same HC-SR04) but it only has a single emitter/receiver so it has a minimum measuring distance of 20cm
I have this hooked to a NodeMCU unit running ESPEasy firmware and reporting back through MQTT to Node-Red
The Node-MCU is powered through a 240V to USB (phone charger) - it presents 5V on one of its output pins - this is wired to the Trigger of the Sensor and the return comes in on a standard 3.3V tolerant pin with no issues.
Has been running for a couple of months fine now
Flow below
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The basic premise is that we have a 4000 litre water tank that is our primary tank for water for showers and flushing toilets, this tank is supplemented by 20,000 litres of additional water further down our property.
I am happy to keep the primary (4000) litre tank at between 25-35% capacity - with the hope that rain events will top it up (when full it overflows down to the back tanks to replenish them.
I have a schedex node that runs for 15m per day from 2AM to perform this top up operation - howevr if the tank level is above 35% this schedule is suspended, once the tank level hits 25% the schedule is re-enabled and does a small amount of pumping each day to maintain that level (between 25 and 35%)
This on off time is record to a text file and also reported to the status window on the dashboard along with the actual level of the tank.
I am sent and email each day with the current water level and the status of the schedule (runinng suspended etc)
I also have manual over rides so i can turn the transfer pump on to move water up from the back tanks - this transfer pump is run on a sonoff basic in a waterproof housing runnng espeasy frimware also
Next up is to monitor the level of the tanks down the back so i have an overall view of the water situtation.
Craig
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What does it say after "instead saw an"? It is cut off by the debug window.
Also hit End on that line and make sure there is nothing further along the line
Please see screenshot
It seems you ended up with an invalid character. Try to edit the second line deleting the "minus" character and typing it again.
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Thank you for your support
it is work fine as (var EmptyDist = 200 -distance;)
would you please tell me if I can do a condition in case the gauge less than 10 percent an output of GPIO get active .I'm thinking to use a AND gate but I'm just very new in node red
