Doctor Aquarium is a groundbraking aquarium automated assistant that will monitor the health of your aquarium and will take actions so it will not get sick.
It works with standard X10 home automation modules, and can measure pH, Temperature, Light Levels, Sound Levels, Voltage, Resistance, and other parameters using a DAQ board.
The program features email alerts, and a web interface that lets you monitor you aquarium over the Internet. Unlike conventional hardware based aquarium controllers, Dr Aquarium built in scripting language let's you define any control logic.
The built in task wizard will help you teach the doctor how to perform tasks with out programming. Doctor Aquarium is designed from start to be open and modular, so that anyone can create and share Plugins and scripts.
Using X10 technology the program can turn on lights, pumps, heaters, power heads, and can be used to simulate lunar and solar cycles, and natural water motion. An example plugin is provided with full source allowing custom DIY plugin development to interface to new hardware devices or to add new features.
Doctor aquarium supports multiple aquariums, and can be used as a controller for marine salt water reef aquariums, fresh water aquariums, terrariums, vivaria, vivariums, nano, and other types of fish tanks, and pet enclosures, and can be used for water quality analysis for hydroponics and aquaculture.
Here are some key features of "Doctor Aquarium":
· Measure pH, Room Temperature, Hood Temperature, and Aquarium Temperature Light Levels, Sound Level, Voltage, and Resistance via DrDAQ sensors.
· Turn on a fans if tank temperature is too high
· Simulate solar cycle by turning on lights in succession at sunrise, and turning them off at sunset.
· Simulate a lunar cycle by turning on a light at moonrise and dimming in sync with the lunar phase
· Sound an alarm or send an Email if pH is too low, or temperature is too high
· Continiously log aquarium sensor data to a file
· Continiously graph live aquarium sensor data, to daily, weekly, and monthly graphs
· Simulate natural currents and wave action by cycling pumps or create storm and current surge effects
· Turn off pumps at feeding time automatically
· Launch another application or issue a shell command in response to tank conditions
· Mirror natural temperature cycle
· Will let you monitor and control your aquarium from the comfort of your computer chair
· Will let you monitor and control your aquarium over the internet with a web browser
· Will let you send email reports and alerts about aquarium conditions
· Keep a log file of your aquarium conditions
Requirements:
· 20+MB HDD space
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Updated phidget plugin Source Code to plugins is now installed as an option
