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I finished up the software on the PC side of my father in law's pump monitor (the in laws draw water from a creek) which can remotely track the status of the pump in the pumphouse out in the woods. As they get older stuff like this gets more important. It uses UDP to report the status of the pump - filling or idle (might be another status i have to add i can't remember)
Anyway, unless I'm missing something, the above should be fine and if I am missing something my FIL will let me know!
For this I prefer UDP to TCP for this because having to deal with connections complicates things on both ends. Worst case, if the arduino explodes or something, the PC software will just sit in the "connecting" status forever.
I am waiting on a wifi adapter for my arduino board so I can wire up that end of it and write the microcontroller code. I've got it about half fleshed out but without the wifi widget i can't do the rest.
This has helped with my anhedonia too, so win.
I'm glad my first project will actually be useful to someone. 
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modified 26-Oct-20 6:36am.
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Have you built a heartbit or something to track the connectivity? UDP is a fire and forget protocol (no handshake) so it might be hours "sending" data to the void without notizing.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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For the purpose of this project, a connectionless datagram protocol is absolutely perfect.
The arduino reports twice a second. The computer on the other end reads once a second. If the computer doesn't get a packet in that second it reverts to the "Connecting" state (any time it's not receiving packets it's "connecting"). As soon as a packet is received the state is set to whatever the packet's value is (one byte, 2 states - 0=Idle and 1=Filling)
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I see the makings of an article here
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Perhaps, although it's a project very few people would actually use. I'm considering it.
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It's something I've pondered on a few times but I don't have a need / use for - it sounds cool though 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Seeing an article like that might be what convinces some people to start doing something with an Arduino. You have my vote.
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Homegrown SCADA? (My wife used to check the status of lift stations when she worked wastewater management)
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Heh, kinda, but on a very small scale.
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honey the codewitch wrote: filling or idle (might be another status i have to add i can't remember)
Full? Overflowing? Tsunami eminent? Maybe an earthquake sensor?
honey the codewitch wrote: I am waiting on a wifi adapter for my arduino board
Good luck - every time I tried adding a WiFi adapter to an rPi (as the older models didn't come with WiFi, I think the newer ones do) it was a complete failure. I tried several brands, I perused numerous blogs and videos, never was successful. I never buy an SBC now without built in WiFi support.
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I hope my luck is better than yours. I'm already hip deep in this project!
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The ESP8266 is a cheap and efficient board for doing this type of thing.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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I'm already using an Arduino Mega 2650 clone
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A lot of WIFI dongles for arduino are ESP8266s in serial<->wifi mode.
But yes, an ESP8266 would probably do this fine, and a lot cheaper.
And probably with the same code.
Take a look at NodeMCU devices.
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The ESP8266 is a NodeMCU device, It also runs MicroPython.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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Too late for now, but you can use Jeedom[^] for the PC side.
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Using something like X11 or another home automation rig would just be more complicated than what I am doing. And expensive.
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Not sure what you meant, but Jeedom is free and runs on pc. And can talk to your arduino using a plug-in that is already available.
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When I looked it up it looked like home automation stuff.
Anyway, I don't need it. It's more complicated than what I am doing.
Free is not free when it requires more effort than what I've done.
EDIT: They sell hardware too, like I thought they would. The hardware is not free, of course. And there's no way I'm spending time implementing a 3rd party protocol just to work with their software which would then have to be installed just to monitor one item.
a single icon on a task tray in an unobtrusive app that needs no install is simpler to use than this.
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I just put down $400 to rent a limo and the company then informed me that the fee doesn’t include the services of a driver!!!!
I can’t believe I spent so much money and I have nothing to chauffeur it!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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So ... book a track day and drive it yourself ...
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Just trying to go fast isn't going to be impressive, if you really want to have fun you need to do more shenanigans with it by Demolition Drag Racing it because raw speed isn't as important there as mass and volume.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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"Today I'll be driving the world's fastest car, a rental." -- Jeremy Clarkson
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Why should we car?
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It sounds as if you were taken for a ride.
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