Sprinkler

Project

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id	com.bitplan.sprinkler
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owner	BITPlan
title	software for sprinkler control / water irrigation system based on weather and other parameters
url	https://github.com/BITPlan/com.bitplan.sprinkler
version	0.0.1
description
date	2018-08-20
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Manual / Help

Please go to the Manual / Help page for more details.

Requirements

See also

• https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/41255/calculating-amount-of-water-needed-per-day-based-on-weather-and-other-parameters
• open issues on github
• implemented issues on github

1. The System shall sprinkle if the lawn needs water
2. The System shall sprinkle in the morning no earlier than configured
3. The System shall sprinkle in the evening no later than configured
4. The System shall sprinkle as often per day as configured
5. The System shall collect rain data from a weather service
   1. The System shall be able to read weather data from the openweathermap api
6. The System shall operate by simply switching on and off a garden pump at appropriate times
7. The System shall determine the amount of irrigation needed based on the weather and the configuration data
8. An Administrator shall be able to configure the system by setting
   1. coordinates of the location where the system is operated lon/lat
   2. l/minute the sprinkler deploys when switched on
   3. earliest time in the morning the system may sprinkle
   4. latest time in the evening the system may sprinkle
   5. number of times per day the system shall sprinkle if needed
   6. size of area to being sprinkled
   7. average l/day beeing evaporated per day by non lawn plants (e.g. trees)
9. A user shall be able to arm/disarm the system
10. A user shell be able to see the system operation log
11. The system operation log shall show the amount of water that has been irrigated as an equivalent mm rain / day and the total liters for the area
12. The system shall read a list of weather locations from the openweather api
13. The system shall (initially) have a simple command line interface

Use cases

configure system

As an administrator I'd like to configure the system.

arm / disarm system

As a user I'd like to arm/disarm the system. When the system is armed it will automatically sprinkle. If the system is disarmed only manual operation of the sprinkler is possible.

System context

Packages and Classes

How much and how often?

• Watering Home Lawns and Landscapes - CIS 1098 - University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Watering Home Lawns: How Much and How Often - CIS 1157 - University of Idaho Extension
• https://bestplants.com/lawn-watering/
• http://www.greengrassok.com/greengrass-services/how-to-water-your-lawn

German

• https://rollrasen.eu/service/rasenpflege/
• http://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/wer-weiss-denn-sowas/videos/wer-weiss-denn-sowas-folge-207-rasen-waessern-video-100.html
• https://www.sat1.de/ratgeber/wohnen-garten/gartengestaltung/rasen-bewaessern-wie-oft-und-viel-ihr-gruen-vertraegt
• https://www.mein-schoener-garten.de/gartenpraxis/ziergaerten/rasen-richtig-bewaessern-6651
• https://www.gartenjournal.net/rasen-sprengen
• https://www.viking.at/schoenthaler-richtiges-bewaessern-Rasen-hochsommerliche-temperaturen.aspx
• https://www.rasen-experte.de/rasen-bewassern-wie-viel-wasser-rasen/

Hardware example

The system assumes that your sprinkler is controllable via a simple power on/power off mechanism. This is true for quite a few situations where your sprinkler is operated via a garden pump.

Software controllable power switch

AVM Fritz DECT 210

• https://www.amazon.de/AVM-Intelligente-Steckdose-Spritzwasserschutz-Außenbereich/dp/B01MRZ60F0

Installation

Download jar (OS independent) or exe (Windows) file from https://github.com/BITPlan/com.bitplan.sprinkler/tree/master/release

Try it out

java -jar sprinkler.jar -h

should show the available command line parameters

Rainforecast

java -jar sprinkler.jar -rf
2018-08-06 15:00:00 1.62 mm
2018-08-06 18:00:00 3.66 mm
2018-08-06 21:00:00 2.63 mm
2018-08-07 00:00:00 0.32 mm
2018-08-07 03:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-07 06:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-07 09:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-07 12:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-07 15:00:00 1.14 mm
2018-08-07 18:00:00 0.31 mm
2018-08-07 21:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-08 00:00:00 0.0 mm
2018-08-08 03:00:00 0.38 mm
2018-08-08 06:00:00 1.52 mm

Configuration

A minimal configuration file "default.json" looks like this:

{
  "appid": "<insert your openweathermap api key here>",
  "location": { "id": 2887186 }
}

First you might want to get an appid from openweathermap. You can find the id of your nearest location with some of the geo calls of the API: https://openweathermap.org/current#geo

Libraries used

• Com.bitplan.javafx

Icons Attribution

• Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
• Icon made by Gregor Cresnar from www.flaticon.com
• Icon made by Smashicons from www.flaticon.com