Thanks Chasba,

Like you I was finding bits and pieces all over the place and none quite worked. I went through the process you laid out and I am now able to read and write to my ReadyNAS Duo. Thank you very much.

Andrew

For my python script I added a line to /etc/profile

sudo python /home/pi/glc.py &

The & is very important as the pi will stop on that script without it.

Andrew

It's been a while but I got around to having a look at this issue again this weekend. First of all I took the pi and relays to the garage, connected a load of CFL lamps to the various relays to try and recreate the problem I was having. Alas I could not recreate the problem. On the plus side that me...

Thanks aTao,

I will try the spare relays and I am happy to prod away at live terminals with my multimeter.

Andrew

The water feature motor is indeed an inductive load but is not causing an issue. It switches on and off in any sequence I try with the other lamps and always works. Therefore I can only deduce that the start up circuitry, pf correction and mains filtering on the water feature motor are very good. Th...

Thanks Everyone, I think the relays are 5v but my understanding (clearly not as good as it should be), is that the 5V from the Pi to the relay board deals with the coil and the 3.3V from the Pi GPIO is just essentially sending a signal to the circuit. Maybe I am wrong and in fact the 5V is simply po...

Hi All, Over Christmas I made my first Pi project and thank you for the advice then. I made a switch and relay circuit so I could control my garden water feature and lighting. This weekend I have moved from the workbench to garden and suddenly my circuit which was working perfectly is no longer work...

Thank You.

I have tried the circuit with 20m of Cat5 which is what I have installed from the garden to the house switch position. I haven't tried running a drill next to the Cat5 but I will give it a go. Great advice.

Regards

Andrew

Thank You.

Hello, Apologies if this has been answered or if it is obvious. I am only a few days in with RPi and Python. I have used various bits of code from the web (thank you to those people) and using the code I have pulled together a program where I have 4 momentary lighting scene selects and a off button ...

Hello, I got a Pi3 a few days ago and I have just found these forums. I am no expert albeit I learnt some basics (ho ho ho) many years ago on a BBC and C64 before being forced to Pascal at Uni. I bought the RPi to set up a programmable lighting control system for my garden lighting and water feature...