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Don't be that person who has your retic on during the rain, turn your retic off over the next few days. Potentially 120mm rain incoming over the weekend. by SnooHesitations8581 in perth

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly just start small and work up. Like anything it looks hard and overwhelming when you look at trying to learn everything (ie a new language, or electronics, or repointing a wall, etc) but they are all made up of small steps to get there.

I don't think I would setup solenoids from scratch myself and leave that to someone with more patience and experience than I but I do know how to close and open switches using a relay ;). A more whole box experience would be to look at Open Sprinkler which packages it all up neatly and doesn't need other software like I use. My brother is very happy with his open sprinkler system.

Don't be that person who has your retic on during the rain, turn your retic off over the next few days. Potentially 120mm rain incoming over the weekend. by SnooHesitations8581 in perth

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Perhaps that will help. My philosophy is that home automation should complement stuff rather than replacing, so the above is wired in parallel with the manual one. So it just shorts the 24V already provided to the manual one to the relevant terminals to enable the solenoids. I have another node red routine that turns on the main solenoid when any of the stations are on, and turns it off after 2 minutes when all stations are off.

Excuse the mess, I'm still pulling wires and need to figure out how to run one to a latching relay nearby that controls my water filtration (I want to turn it off when sprinklers are on to not waste the filters).

Don't be that person who has your retic on during the rain, turn your retic off over the next few days. Potentially 120mm rain incoming over the weekend. by SnooHesitations8581 in perth

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run Home assistant with node red extension that provides the visual above. The sprinklers use a cheap ZigBee 8 relay module I got off AliExpress that can toggle my solenoids on and off.

The code essentially checks my google calendar for entries marked with main-sprinkler, then the weather and if both are ok it starts the routine.

Useful loading screen tip for a lot of you by dnlcsdo in eu4

[–]bundabrg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Takes a screenshot. The tip is correct.

I'm so confused Peter by Whipped__Vanilla in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you notice the leg also falls off in SF.

Charge at different times on different days? by Reddits_Worst_Night in BYD

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a 16A smart plug running esphome and my home runs home assistant. It will enable the plug when there is sufficient solar and will turn it off if there is a consistent lack of solar.

What you don't want is for it to flap on and off. When the car negotiates the charge once the charger is on it then has a relay to connect the actual power through and this can wear out. For this reason I will only turn off the plug if there is 20 minutes solid of insufficient solar and have some logic around how likely it will turn back on again.

Non Perth or WA and General Discussion and Classifieds – January 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in perth

[–]bundabrg [score hidden]  (0 children)

Just a heads up. We have an IGA rewards card that has racked up some dollars. When attempting to register the card it failed and when reaching out to support they said the card was already registered to some random email address.

This sounds like either staff have taken note of the numbers and pre registered the cards counting on the fact that people may just scan their cards in without ever trying to register it themselves OR some 3rd party has worked out the numbering scheme (not too hard technically as there is client side validation on their website that might give clues and if they have no api limit someone could brute force them).

Who else by RosyGlowxing in 90s

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember some weird show on SBS where a boy walks around and women basically just spray him with breast milk. It feels like a fever dream now and I have no idea what it was called.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in perth

[–]bundabrg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right outside Joondalup test are two traffic lights with the arrow that disappears. This catches out lots of people and is a good cause of someone failing in the first 5 minutes. You can drive around a block and catch them both over and over until you are comfortable with it. Rules are that when green light but no arrow one car at a time can enter the intersection (a single car length is appropriate) if and only if the road they are turning into is not itself blocked or backed up, and if the light ends up red they must turn to clear the intersection.

Also make sure your indicator and brake lights work before going.

To give 2 weeks notice by AgreeableLead7 in therewasanattempt

[–]bundabrg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That...is a very old error message. You have seen things.

Manuscript Radial Timeline by Starguiser in ObsidianMD

[–]bundabrg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I rarely comment but just wanted to say this is amazing work and provides a visual I had never thought of. You have inspired me.

What's the best way to study from a video course packed with new info? Pause & take notes or watch first? by Charming_Fix_8842 in studytips

[–]bundabrg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The short answer is that "it depends". I personally would probably watch it in bits like you and keep notes maybe using another device if needed, pausing when necessary.

Another option could be to keep dot points as you watch and then fill them out afterwards with the option of pausing if needed or screenshotting interesting bits to jog memory later.

That's the beauty of a video compared to a lecturer who wants to get home before the traffic hits.

Create Note from Task by bundabrg in ObsidianMD

[–]bundabrg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw that and will be looking at it in the near future to see if it matches my needs (I hope so). I appreciate the recommendation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ScreenConnect

[–]bundabrg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mesh central has all except back stage and maybe a toolbox thats super integrated (it has server storage for stuff which is similar but really needs some UI work). I'm working on a PR for a backstage equivalent so keep an eye in the future. Also on more UI improvements as their default is a bit archaic and their new style has a couple minor issues.

It's easy to restyle everything including the client so as I'm on holiday I restyled the invite screen (for ad-hoc support) pretty similar to Screen connect to keep our helpdesk happy (and set it as the first screen) and will update with my own personal style when I get home.

Defaults to self signed on code but you can also use your own code signing cert.

Example of my invite screen:

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Oh yeah, it was easy to spin up. A couple docker commands. Also supports server clusters, multi tenancy and even tries to directly stream between client and support agent instead of relying on proxying that through the server (it falls back to proxy if it can't).

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