Software

Explaining the GUI

Control

• Humidity Meter - shows the humidity at real time.

• Last irrigation - last time the plant was watered.

• Irrigation config - The configuration when to water the plant e.g day or night.

• Required humidity - The required Humidity at the moment.

• Required humidity box - used to set the required humidity.

• Irrigation time - Irrigation config for when to water the plants.

• Common templates - Common set templates for certain plants.

• Current Status - Shows the current status of the system. It shows if the system is watering or idle(wait).

History

• History - shows the history of humidity values

Setting the devices

Find the IP of the Raspberry Pi.
If you don't know the IP of your Raspberry Pi.
Use network scanner to determine the IP or refer to the other Guide
Find the RPI and enter the default passwords.
user:pi password:raspberry
Select the device for System which is the RPI that controls the system.
Make sure to select toolkit as raspbian Jessie.
If you don't have the kit refer here

Software Configuration

Before Running it make sure you have set the correct i2c-device adapter.
You can see how do check the i2c devices on your Raspberry Pi here

If its not i2c-1 then go under System and reader and check properties for adapter field and change the value to /dev/i2c-your_device.

Running

To initiate the software. Right click GardenSystem and run. If everything is correctly done. Should start building and deploying the software to the Raspberry Pi.

Additional Notes

You can make the GUI run on an additional Raspberry PI.