Thank you. This same configuration file format has worked out well in my other projects and I find it nice for my own use as well.

Snowing like crazy and/or cold as heck so not this time around :)

Sorry you were right, it was windy when i updated and did not see a gateway ip error. It is a great update in config.h and easy to get into, i'm using your "Weather.ino.myObsSetup.txt" Was the

Doubt it, NPT works here. The gateway address, etc. needs to be correct and of course NTP sometimes doesn't answer.

Just checked the updated sketch, it is a lot easier to read and decipher, lots of work on your part, Also thanks for the example code on sensors. Thanks again for the changes Nino

Hi Howard, For feedback I'm testing this version and can't update time. Downgrading to 1.4f and same ip timeserver and time is now ok Koal01

Relay 4 isn't specific to anything. The HEAT_RELAY in this case just happens to be #4, it could be any supported relay. Observatory or box shouldn't really matter the feature is for thermostatic

Howard, I intend to use relay 4 to monitor heating in the box when it's freezing. This relay was designed for heating an observatory but i'm not going to use it in the near future. The relay to be

Fingercrossed ! Hope the weather will change so that you can install it Sqm sensor is absolutely magic ! Good luck

Thanks Howard, that was the other thing I was looking at, switching to a higher amp relays Nino

BTW, this is done and waiting for installation... I'll be up there (at the observatory) this weekend but I doubt I will have the opportunity to install due to poor weather conditions. :)

I don't have a schematic to see what exactly you have wired to what but generally speaking yes a common ground can be run on one wire.

Thank you for your answers. The option of using a relay is interesting even manually and easy to implement In my research how to save one wire (to connect the relay). i have a basic question for you,

I really don't experience these issues with my cloud detector, guess climate has a role or perhaps the sensor in an small insulating plastic housing helps. Did you try to set the heater to a low level

Obviously one could add a little MCU to control a relay/heater.

Hi Howard, Do you thinnk using relay could be used with a kind of temperature ( and humidity ?) threshold in order to open the current only when it's needed ? Last night heating seemed to having

Over the course of working on version 2 of the OCS I've added new features for Garage door opener type observatory roof setups. The premise of operation is as follows: The opener is installed along

i tested 2 hours with the heater stuck on the IR sensor just separated by a plastic piece, readings were not good. I've just moved the heater sticking it just side by side the component, it gives now

You don't need a switch to turn the heater on/off... could just use an OCS relay. If you do that one could even get fancy and, for example, heat for one minute every hour and block taking readings

Some Relay's are even marked w/ motor HP