Ruby & Rosie another morning

Another morning Ruby & Rosie being released and it's going to be a very hot day!

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 3

Video clips from the Part 2 session.

These days I have problems just holding and seeing my phone so the clips are pretty shabby.

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 2

We finished Part 1 with making a cover frame and mounting the servo motor.

This is where we left off.

Ruby & Rosie off to bed

 

All three of us had a busy day gardening.

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 1

Suitable for use in the chook run where there is 240V power for the 12V power supply or powered from 12V SLA battery (also solar panel) for controlled feed sessions the yard or further out within wi-fi range.

The feeder is controlled with the Smart Life app in conjunction with Amazon Alexa. For example to remotely open the feeder 'Alexa... Open Chicken Feeder'. You can also press the button on the feeder itself to manually open and close.

Timber is very expensive so for the prototype I am using timber from the previous coop roost.

Camera Photos backup-

Just finished a backup of the Camera Photos folder.

When I say backup it's actually a file copy using the xcopy command which.

xcopy "c:\camera photos\*.*" /v /d /i /s /r /y

The above ("c:\camera photos\*.*") is the source and the destination is the current location which on this occasion is D:\Camera Photos, a 500GB USB drive. I have four of them and rotate so there is always four complete backups!

Amazon Alexa for Windows

This is Amazon Alexa running on a Windows 10 Pro desktop and linked to the Smart Home app

I asked 'Alexa...Show me the Chicken Shed  Camera' which then appeared in another window.

That's Ruby &  Rosie.