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IT control/ monitoring of Catfire, Hamont 100Kw biomass boiler.
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<blockquote data-quote="rollestonpark" data-source="post: 7787933" data-attributes="member: 76444"><p>Do you have your broadband/internet connection (maybe an ethernet connection back to your router etc) to where your boiler is?</p><p>If so then you could do loads of different stuff to monitor the boiler completely separate from the control system.</p><p>For example:</p><p>use a raspberry pi (or similar computer), put a temperature sensor on the flow pipe from the boiler.</p><p>When it gets below a certain temperature (of your choice) send yourself and email.</p><p>Or you can wire a relay to a motor breaker (maybe the feed auger motor), when it trips off, pi sends an email.</p><p>You can go as far as you want with these things for very little money. Just need to be a little computer savy, follow guides online and do maybe a bit of coding.</p><p></p><p>There are other options, ethernet relays with digital inputs and outputs, that can be used for similar methods. Which might be simpler.</p><p>I really enjoy doing this kind of stuff, would always be willing to help anyone out if they wanted.</p><p>All the software is free and hardware very cheap these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rollestonpark, post: 7787933, member: 76444"] Do you have your broadband/internet connection (maybe an ethernet connection back to your router etc) to where your boiler is? If so then you could do loads of different stuff to monitor the boiler completely separate from the control system. For example: use a raspberry pi (or similar computer), put a temperature sensor on the flow pipe from the boiler. When it gets below a certain temperature (of your choice) send yourself and email. Or you can wire a relay to a motor breaker (maybe the feed auger motor), when it trips off, pi sends an email. You can go as far as you want with these things for very little money. Just need to be a little computer savy, follow guides online and do maybe a bit of coding. There are other options, ethernet relays with digital inputs and outputs, that can be used for similar methods. Which might be simpler. I really enjoy doing this kind of stuff, would always be willing to help anyone out if they wanted. All the software is free and hardware very cheap these days. [/QUOTE]
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