HDX EID tags are now mandatory on all cattle registered in the Republic of Ireland. Since we are now mandated to have EID tags, I think we as farmers may as well make use of them to enhance our own record keeping and herd management. I’ve managed to get my hands on some HDX EID […]
As part of my connected farm project I’ve created some Node-Red flows to authenticate and interact with Google Calendar so that I can automate planning and recording tasks such as field observations like breeding service dates, calving due dates or medical withdrawal periods. I am developing flows to pass data between Google Calendar and the […]
A quick how to on setting up Google API Credentials, which will be needed in some upcoming projects. Go to https://cloud.google.com/ and sign in, ignore any offers for free trials as the premium services are not required. Click on Console on the top right. Click select a project from the top bar and then new […]
Recently I started using farmOS as my farm management software, a major new version has just been released which requires a fresh install and migration. The following is the process I used to setup farmOS V2 on a Raspberry Pi using Docker. I’d recommend a Raspberry Pi capable of running 64bit Pi OS, I’m using […]
farmOS provides an API to import sensor data and since I’m already building a farm wide sensor network this looks like a feature I’d like to implement. The farmOS guide https://farmos.org/guide/assets/sensors/ says: “The Farm Sensor Listener module is a general-purpose sensor sub-module that provides a simple “Listener” sensor type. Each sensor asset that is denoted as a […]
*********Information on this page may be out of date, as farmOS has moved to version 2.0********** See: https://farmer-eds-shed.com/farmos-version-2-raspberry-pi-install/ for current version “FarmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping. It is developed by a community of farmers, developers, researchers, and organizations with the aim of providing a standard platform for agricultural […]
Having recently changed electricity plan to one of the new smart meter plans with variable electricity unit price rates, I moved my immersion timer to night time to take advantage of the cheapest rate. This created a slight issue because I also have solar panels for hot water and I’m now heating water at night […]
The latest most stable version of my Remote 3G/4G MySensors Gateway. This version is much more stable thanks to the SIM7600G-H 4G HAT (B) for Raspberry Pi, this 4G hat is designed for 24/7 use unlike the HiLink USB dongle used in the previous version. Component list: Raspberry pi Zero WH. SIM7600G-H 4G HAT (B) […]
After weeks of testing the MySensors Remote Gateway Raspberry Pi Zero with Huawei 3G dongle I was having frequent connectivity issues, after 2 to 3 days the connection would just drop and not reconnect without a hard reset. The issue would seem to be that the dongle is just not designed to run 24/7 and […]
In order to monitor sensors a long way from the main farm I’ve built a remote sensor gateway using a Raspberry Pi Zero, an old 3G dongle and an NRF24 radio. I’m only using the NRF24 radio as I had some spare here along with some old sensors from previous projects. These can easily be […]
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