I’m trying to get the tags for the soil moisture working on a webpage for this soil temp/moisture station, and I’m just wondering if I’m using the correct tags.
I’m using the Alt dashboard (6.94) testtags.txt file from from Burnsville Weather and I’m getting the soil temps, but not moisture. I’m using $VPsoilmoisture, $VPsoilmoisture2, etc. but no data.
testtags.php is here: http://daculaweather.com/Partee/testtags.php?sce=view
On the console it does show moisture, so I’m wondering about the tags.
Could you post the testtags.txt from the Wdisplay\webfiles folder?
It seems that your testtags.php has values for moist as if the sensors are not installed. // SENSOR #1
$VPsoilmoisture = ‘255.0’; //Davis Soil Moisture #1
$hiVPsoilmoisture = ‘-100.0’;
$loVPsoilmoisture = ‘1000.0’;
I am using these WD tags, which deliver normal values |soilMoistAct_1|moist|%VPsoilmoisture%|!
|soilMoistMaxToday_1|moist|%hiVPsoilmoisture%|!
|soilMoistMinToday_1|moist|%loVPsoilmoisture%|!
When I looked at the console and scrolled through all 4 pairs of sensors, it looked like it was showing moisture, there was a % value to the right of the temperature. Unfortunately, the console is at different school from me and I can’t see it from here. But I’m very positive it was showing values.
Maybe you did not soak the soil moisture sensors overnight in water?
They should go into the ground very saturated wet, as losing the superfluous water is easier for the sensor then absorbing the needed humidity from the ground. Soil-Moist sensors react not as quickly (understatement) as an air-humidity sensor.
If they become to dry the sensor reports values above 240cb, so WD is giving correct values
If the ground will get wet the reported value by WD will be 1.
You never plant a dry soil moisture sensor. If you can’t dig them up, then do as Wim suggests saturate the ground around each sensor, over water it. What will happen it might, just might work. I would replant them. The sensors are Irronmeter Watermark,
Oh… one thing, in Winter, if the ground freezes, the sensor may also freeze and the values hit 200. No probllem , but something to know. Around here, I have 3 foot sensors, so I can tell how deep things are frozen.