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Implement simply rest api which returns status of boiler relay

Idea is that this could be read into HomeAssistant + InfluxDB/Grafana for graphing purposes

There are a number of "additional" LEDs which I dont think are actually needed. For example Heat On , Heat Off are two separate LEDs. Whilst nice not really needed and uses up precious GPIO ports..

Im thinking of reducing them down to

Heat Requested : Single LED, when lit boiler on, when not , not
Raspberry PI : Active, probably make it flash every 10 seconds so you know the PI is actually running the code...
Error : General Error LED.. (Vera Error, Pi Down)

Others?

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Refactor Code so that commands to turn heating on/off are in separate file. Rather than mixed in one single file (heatinggpio.pY)

So this can be run on an old Amazon Fire tablet for display purposes only..

probably only a url parameter is needed.. or an admin user

Not happy with the way init parameters and runtime data is mixed in the variables.txt file.

Suggesting

• Separate files for runtime and config parameters
• Single file but prefix variables with "config_" and "runtime_" to help distinguish

This has happened twice to me where the cute totally looses the plot and I need to reinstall/config the radiator valves.. Doing some R&D and I think its because we're polling it too much but Im not sure..

Changing poll time to 360seconds by default, lets see if this solves it..

Add rules for homeassistant so we can track the health of the boiler controller

needs debuggin

Move vera code which checks for current outside temperature to separate file, this way someone can also all a mysensors sensor, or something else..

Provide HomeAssistant Component which displays Boiler Status, Radiators are already covered by the Max! components

Code requires that he user configures the PI with the IP Address of the IP (for the website)

Unless this is running in a container then this isnt really needed, you can get the IP Address with code from
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/166506/finding-local-ip-addresses-using-pythons-stdlib

Parameter can still remain as an override though

I wonder if I can port this to ESP8266, perhaps even using microPython, or direct to arduino code

Advantages:

• Smaller package
• no uSD to worry about,
• cheaper,
• less PSU requirements
• perhaps more reliable
  Disadvantage : Ive got lots of Raspberry PIs kicking around

Done

Hi,

I'm not a coder and don't possess the required ability to code the following idea.

The max cube flashed with culfw don't loose any of it's configuration has happens with the original firmware when is polled with high frequency. Since homegear sofware runs on raspberry pi, is there any possibility of PIHeating call homegear to get valve position info and control the boiler relay in the same way as now?

The only functionality that would be lost is the ability of using the MAx! eq3 software (that in my humble opinion is very very bad...)

Thanks!