Auto updating Apex status webpage I created.

[DiscusZ]

I have been doing some tinkering around with the XML as I want to have a quick way to get status of my Apex setup via mobile phone, tablet or evening my desktop

I came up with this.. it also auto-refreshes. and updates instantly
Apex-Status.jpg

I have this running on my own Linux server in my house, I have 2 php scripts running one does the actual parsing of the XML data from the apex. it then dumps this into a mysql database for quick retrieval with the php web page i created . the Green glow around ORP can also be Yellow for a warning, or Red for an alert

If anyone wants to see it live drop me a private message.


Jim

[thereal_seals]

Jim,

Nice work. I did this a year or two ago and it's super handy. Glad to see others have done the same. MySQL storage allows for a pretty much infinite history record, which I'll love to have down the road. Plus, it's nice to be able to share the URL with your reefer friends lol.

One thing that I also did was shift my email notifications to the PHP as well. I didn't like the disorganized apex emails, so I setup some new fields in MySQL to indicate the "desired" outlet value, indicate whether or not the outlet is a "warning" outlet, and the PHP can then track all of that and send an email including more useful categorization.

This email is to notify you of a change:

Warning: ON

Changed Outlets:
Warning: ON
ATOResLow: ON

Outlets in Alert:
SumpLow: ON
ATOResLow: ON

Probe Data:
Temp: 78.4
pH: 7.96
Amps: 1.6

Other Outlets:
Circ. Pump: ON
CarbonGFO: ON
Vor Techs: ON
Skimmer: ON
Auto Top Off: ON
Heaters: OFF
Auto Water Chng: OFF
SaltChangeWarn: OFF

Still a work in progress for me, but tons better than the out of the box stuff. I also wrote a script to SET outlets as opposed to reading them...furthering automation. It's a basic PHP API, if anyone wants some of that code. Let me know.

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[DiscusZ]

thanks for the kudos ya I hate using fusion unless I am at my computer but the updates seem slow. Wish they had an API. I have not done the alerts yet but something I am working on. (would love to see some of your code ) I also right now just overwrite my current info every 30seconds and read from that. Working on keeping historical data in another table so I can do graph trending over time.

if anyone wants to see it live http://forums.reefaddicts.ca:81 (forums.reefaddicts.ca is a forum I have setup, not much action but something I am tinkering with.)
jim

[fab]

NICE! Keep on going.