Hi Everyone,
Project Goal: Feed my fish! Tidy up and get rid of conduit and wires running eveywhere!
Current Setup: I have 12 Fish Feeders powered by a DC motor, and I run all the wires run along the walls in conduit back to the controller. Each color represents one fish tank. ("1-4" feeder feed tank 1, "5-6" feeder feed tank 2, ect..) Only 1 feeder feeds at time (so I don't overload the controller), with each feed lasting 1-3 seconds, multiple times per day.
Current Equipment:
-Fish Feeders: 3-12VDC Motor (normally powered by 12VDC 500mA power brick)
-Timer/Controller: 7-12VDC Controller "OpenSprinkler DC + zone expander-24 total zones" (power up to 2amps per zone)
Plan:
-Purchase four 4channel 433mhz wireless transmitters / relay recievers.
-One 4channel relay reciever per fish tank. Relay reciever will be powered by a DC power brick and hook up to a coresponding feeder.
-Connect four 4channel wireless transmitters to the controller(opensprinkler) by soldering wires directly to the transmitter remote to control signals
Questions:
1) If I purchase four 4channel units (identical), is it possible to get 16 unique RF signals to power each relay individually?
2) Any product recommendations for this project? Or what should I look for? (I'm new to wireless RF relays)
Thanks for any advice!
Project Goal: Feed my fish! Tidy up and get rid of conduit and wires running eveywhere!
Current Setup: I have 12 Fish Feeders powered by a DC motor, and I run all the wires run along the walls in conduit back to the controller. Each color represents one fish tank. ("1-4" feeder feed tank 1, "5-6" feeder feed tank 2, ect..) Only 1 feeder feeds at time (so I don't overload the controller), with each feed lasting 1-3 seconds, multiple times per day.
Current Equipment:
-Fish Feeders: 3-12VDC Motor (normally powered by 12VDC 500mA power brick)
-Timer/Controller: 7-12VDC Controller "OpenSprinkler DC + zone expander-24 total zones" (power up to 2amps per zone)
Plan:
-Purchase four 4channel 433mhz wireless transmitters / relay recievers.
-One 4channel relay reciever per fish tank. Relay reciever will be powered by a DC power brick and hook up to a coresponding feeder.
-Connect four 4channel wireless transmitters to the controller(opensprinkler) by soldering wires directly to the transmitter remote to control signals
Questions:
1) If I purchase four 4channel units (identical), is it possible to get 16 unique RF signals to power each relay individually?
2) Any product recommendations for this project? Or what should I look for? (I'm new to wireless RF relays)
Thanks for any advice!