Getting Started
Getting Started
After you run the application for the first time you will need to configure
plugins to reflect your computer settings. See the help section for each plugin for detail instructions on how to configure it.
This is a quick overview of what you need to do.
- Firecracker Plugin: Needs to know which com port the Firecracker(cm17a)
computer interface module is plugged into, and the HouseCode set on the transceiver module.
- DrDaq Plugin: Needs to know which the printer port (LPT1 by default) it is connected to.
- SunMoon Plugin:Needs to know your geographic location, to properly calculate sun and moon events. You can either look up latitude and longitude of your city on the internet, or if you live in US, can can just select the closest city from the drop down list
- Webserver Plugin: By default the webserver is turned on, with no password authentication. You may want to change this, so that a password is required to view you aquarium website. Or you may decide to turn off the webserver, if you do not want to have web access to your aquarium
Creating Tasks:
Creating a new task allows you to teach Doctor aquarium, when and how to
carry out a to carry out a set of actions.
A task is set of actions, which need to be performed when an event occurs (a trigger). For instance, a task might be to turn on the lights on the aquarium, at 8 am. In this scenario a task, consists of a triggering event (8 am), a single action to Turn on Light.
To create a new task, select the 'new task' option from the
main menu. The task wizard will appear that will guide you though the four
steps needed to create a task.
For example, to create a task to turn on the lights at 8 am, do the following.
- To invoke the task wizard, select from the Main Menu, Task | New Task.
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On the schedule
tab you need to specify the task properties like a
task name ('Lights on'), and schedule (leave defaults)
- On the Trigger tab, you need to specify the events that will trigger the task.
In this case the Trigger will be a todo plugin based event (hour = 8).
Select the todo Plugin, on the left, and the Hour Tab on the right, select 8
and press the add button.
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On the Actions tab,specify what action will be performed.In this case we need to turn on the lights. Assuming that the lights are controlled by an X-10 module with address A8. Select the Firecracker Plugin, on the left, and the address A8 on the right, and press the add button.
- On the Script Tab, you can review the task auto generated script. But do not edit it.
