Gina's Observatory Roll-Off-Roof Automation

[whizzbang]

Ahhh right, gotcha now, it really does sound amazing, looking forward to further updates. thanks for clarifying

[Gina]

Trying to recall which software I used for drawing circuit and block diagrams.  Thought it was LibreOffice Draw but can't seem to get it to do what I want.

Edited August 7, 2019 by Gina

[JamesF]

3 minutes ago, Gina said:

Trying to recall which software I used for drawing circuit and block diagrams.  Thought it was LibreOffice Draw but can't seem to get it to do what I want.

Not "dia", perhaps?

James

[Gina]

Don't think I know that one.

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Eagle ??  

[Gina]

Ditto...

[Dr_Ju_ju]

For Linux there's EasyEDA, Altium or DipTrace…..

[Gina]

It was LibreOffice Draw I used.  Here's an example.

Edited August 7, 2019 by Gina

[Gina]

Back to the rain detector.  Rain started with fine drizzle and nothing detected in 10 minutes,  got heavier and was then detected.

[Gina]

Installed dia with Symaptic - looks interesting and useful.  More suitable than LO Draw.

[JamesF]

I've found dia quite useful for some things and quite awkward for others, depending on the exact set of templates available.

James

[Gina]

Seem to have a problem.  Just adding 3 boxes for RPi, Arduino Nano and Motor Driver.  Found all sorts of symbols I can add so that's good but trying to add text labels I can't seem to enlarge the text.  "Properties" doesn't work.

[Gina]

dia does not seem to be suitable for what I want.  Maybe I'd be better drawing the diagram on paper and photographing it (or scanning it).  I really don't want to spend several days finding a suitable diagram drawing app!

Edited August 7, 2019 by Gina

[Gina]

Gonna watch Countdown...

[Gina]

Probably time to change my Avatar to show the white hair I have now...

[Dr_Ju_ju]

…. After all the recent frustrations ???

[Gina]

Yes indeed, but I've actually had white hair for some time now.

[Gina]

And the frustrations just seem to go on and on...

[Dr_Ju_ju]

snap....

[Gina]

If you show your true colours, so will I 😁

[Gina]

I've got dia working better now.

[Gina]

Roof control block diagram.

Edited August 7, 2019 by Gina

[Gina]

Gradually improving the diagram.

[Gina]

I think this is just about the finished block diagram.

Edited August 7, 2019 by Gina

[Gina]

Oh no it isn't!!  The optocoupler LEDs are upside down, a couple of wire junctions are wrongly placed and ...