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Nano 33 IoT now monitors my DFC2 Pump Controller

Put back yard water pump on the internet.

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Nano 33 IoT now monitors my DFC2 Pump Controller

Things used in this project

Hardware components

DFC2 Pump Controller
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Arduino Nano 33 IoT
Arduino Nano 33 IoT
×1
Opto-Isolator
Opto-Isolator
×1
Resistor 4000 ohm
×1
similar Arduino Uno enclosure
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Blynk
Blynk

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Schematics

Simple Connection

Power and relay coil voltage to Nano 33 IoT

Code

Edgent code for Sump Pump Monitor

Arduino
Note - Blynk Edgent on Arduino consists of 1 file of code along with 9 header files. What you see here is only the code file. The header files are unmodified except as needed to suit your specific board.
/*
 * based on Edgent_MKR1010 example
 * 
 * Required libraries:
 *  - WiFiNINA
 *  - ArduinoOTA
 *  - ArduinoHttpClient
 *  - Timer5
 *  
 * Please also update the WiFi module firmware, if needed
 */

// Fill-in information from your Blynk Template here
#define BLYNK_TEMPLATE_ID           "TMPLH6IlbWIu"
#define BLYNK_DEVICE_NAME           "Sump Pump Monitor"

#define BLYNK_FIRMWARE_VERSION        "0.1.1"

#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#define BLYNK_DEBUG

#define APP_DEBUG

#include "BlynkEdgent.h"

// my declarations
FlashStorage ( pumpRunHours, int );
// note - following uses a prototype version of the LSM6DS9
//  library available from here only
//  https://github.com/iLikePieTM/Arduino_LSM6DS3/archive/master.zip
//  (the standard Arduino_LMS6DS3 library does NOT include temperature)
#include <Arduino_LSM6DS3.h>

BlynkTimer timer;

#define pumpPin  8
// measured pumping rate for my pump is...
#define galPerSec 0.68
int upTimeHours = 0;
bool pumpRunning = false;
float pumpedGalsFloat = 0.0;
int pumpedGallons = 0;
int gallonsStart = 0;
int gallonsNow = 0;
bool pumpOnEventSent=false;
bool pumpOffEventSent=true;
float onBoardTemperature = 0.0;

// setup flash storage of gallons as a real number
FlashStorage ( pumpFlashStore, float);

// This function gets run at every 1 second timer event
void OneSecTimerFunction()
{
  // update what pump is doing every second
  /*
   * The DFC2 relay that powers the pump has a 12vdc coil.  I tap into
   * coil voltage and bring it to my add-on board where the 12 volts 
   * goes into LED side of an opto-isolator through an about 4K ohm resistor
   * to limit LED current.  Relay PULLIN voltage thus causes the opto-
   * isolator output to turn ON pulling down the voltage at Arduino input
   * pin D8.  Otherwise, D8 us pulled up using builtin pullup resistor.
   * Thus   pump ON   =  D8 pulled LOW   =  0
   *        pump OFF  =  D8 pulled HIGH  =  1
   */
  if (digitalRead(pumpPin) == HIGH) {
    pumpRunning = false;
  }
  else
  {
    pumpRunning = true;
  }
  if (pumpRunning == true) {
    // add one more second worth of pumping
    pumpedGalsFloat += galPerSec;
    // and round it off to an integer
    pumpedGallons = pumpedGalsFloat + 0.5;
  }  
  // now check if we need to cause any "Events"
  // if "pumpRunning" is true, then cause event
  if ((pumpRunning==true) && (pumpOnEventSent==false)) {
    gallonsStart = pumpedGallons;
    Blynk.logEvent ("pump_on");
    pumpOnEventSent=true;
    pumpOffEventSent=false;
    Serial.println ("pump Started");
  }
  if ((pumpRunning==false) && (pumpOffEventSent==false)) {
    // pump finished, lets compute gallons pumped this cycle
    gallonsNow = pumpedGallons - gallonsStart;
    Blynk.logEvent ("pump_off", String("Completed, pumped ")+gallonsNow+" gallons");
    pumpOffEventSent=true;
    pumpOnEventSent=false;
    // this is the only time gallons is updated so
    //  save it to flash storage
    pumpFlashStore.write(pumpedGalsFloat);
    Blynk.virtualWrite (V1, pumpedGallons);
    Serial.println ("pump Stopped");
  }
}

// This function gets run once per hour (no need for more frequently)
void HourlyTimerFunction()
{
  // display uptime in hours
  upTimeHours ++ ;
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V0, upTimeHours);
  Serial.print ("uptime=");
  Serial.print (upTimeHours);

  // display number of gallons
  Blynk.virtualWrite (V1, pumpedGallons);
  Serial.print ("   gallons=");
  Serial.print (pumpedGallons);

  // update on-board temperature
  if (IMU.temperatureAvailable()) {
    IMU.readTemperature(onBoardTemperature);
  } 
  else 
  {
    onBoardTemperature = 0.0;
  }
  // and pass it out to blynk data stream
  // as an integer rounded from a float
  Blynk.virtualWrite (V2, (onBoardTemperature + 0.5));
  Serial.print ("  temp=");
  Serial.println (onBoardTemperature);
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(2000);

  // Setup the digital input
  pinMode (pumpPin, INPUT_PULLUP);

  BlynkEdgent.begin();

  // Set timer to be occur every second, ie 1000ms
  //  use "L" suffix to insure it is a "long" integer
  //  function timerFunctionA will be run
  timer.setInterval(1000L, OneSecTimerFunction);
  // Also an hourly timer for datastreams V0 V1 V2
  timer.setInterval ((1000L*60*60), HourlyTimerFunction);

  // get LSM9DS3 library setup so we can access on-board 
  //  temperature condition courtesy of the LSM6DS9
  IMU.begin();

  // retrieve gallons pumped from flash so we have some
  //  continuity over restart
  pumpedGalsFloat = pumpFlashStore.read();
  pumpedGallons = pumpedGalsFloat + 0.5;
  
  // initialize virtual data items
  //  otherwise they will continue to hold their previous
  //  value until 1st hourly update
  Blynk.virtualWrite (V0,upTimeHours);
  Blynk.virtualWrite (V1,pumpedGallons);
  // we can get on-board temperature now
  if (IMU.temperatureAvailable()) {
    IMU.readTemperature(onBoardTemperature);
  } 
  else 
  {
    onBoardTemperature = 0.0;
  }
  // and pass it out to blynk data stream
  // as an integer rounded from a float
  Blynk.virtualWrite (V2, (onBoardTemperature + 0.5));

  Serial.print ("installed firmware version ");
  Serial.println (BLYNK_FIRMWARE_VERSION);
}

void loop() {
  BlynkEdgent.run();
  timer.run();
}

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