LabView for Room Automation?

[HypnoToad]

This would work. Has anyone around here done it?

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[Smokey503ski]

I looked into that. It seems like you would need sensors and stuff. But then again so does my Centinal Chhc4. Supposedly yo can controll it from a PC but I have not hooked it up.
I fully like and want a automated grow room. I really like to be lazy. Back in the early 90's my science teacher from hi school was a grower. He was great friends with my brother. When I went to his room it was like something out of a lab. He didnt have to do a damn thing except raise lights if needed. Built his own fertigation system from hospital devices.

 

[HypnoToad]

The hardware is no problem, but if custom drivers had to be written, that would suck. Also, am I locked into NI cards? I've used LV a lot, but maybe this is overkill. Then again, if setup properly, I would have a fully automated setup customized specifically for me.

However, if your gonna have to program for LV, maybe it would be best to make a generic module with adjustable parameters instead. In other words, more research for now...sigh...