From 329bb4df98d4ad84f2913914e5dd31f79c9f0ba6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CloudCannon Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 18:42:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added 1 file via CloudCannon. Co-authored-by: Brandon Harvey --- docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md diff --git a/docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md b/docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..20669b39c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Calibrating Soil Moisture + +This guide will take you through calibrating your PLT-1's moisture sensor. The sensors come with the default calibration so this method is only needed if you want to make your own adjustments. + +  + +1. Take your PLT-1 out of the soil and clean off the probe. It is important to get the dirt off to have the best calibration. +2. Make sure the PLT-1 probe is sitting in the air or on a dry non conductive surface and plugged in. +3. Visit the device's entity drill down page in Home Assistant and scroll down to the diagnostics section. Enable the entity "Soil ADC" +4. Give the sensor a minute for this new entity to populate +5. Once the value is populated take the value and put it into the "Dry Voltage" entity +6. Now place the prob portion of the PLT-1 into a cup of water. Be careful to not dunk the entire sensor, only the exposed PCB below "Apollo" and the horizontal line can be exposed to water +7. Grab the "Soil ADC" value now and put the value into the "100% Water Voltage" entity +8. You can put your PLT-1 back into your plant and you now have a calibrated \ No newline at end of file From e6261e2801ba7c6fd0d517f3c5be8999539f27a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Schirmer Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 18:44:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated 3 files via CloudCannon. --- .../plt1/{calibrating-plt1-md.md => calibrating-plt1.md} | 0 mkdocs.yml | 1 + 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+) rename docs/products/plt1/{calibrating-plt1-md.md => calibrating-plt1.md} (100%) diff --git a/docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md b/docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1.md similarity index 100% rename from docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1-md.md rename to docs/products/plt1/calibrating-plt1.md diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index 1d8468b10..1ced9332f 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ nav: - Updating: products/plt1/updating.md - Bluetooth Proxy: products/general/setup/bluetooth-proxy-plt1.md - Sensor Definitons: products/plt1/sensor-definitions.md + - Calibrating Soil Moisture: products/plt1/calibrating-plt1.md - Reviews: products/plt1/reviews.md - Examples: - Flower Card: products/plt1/examples/flower-card.md