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Opensprinkler valves4/27/2023 Hence the question.ģ) If the lines indeed are broken, it’s going to cost me about $2500 to re-do the entire wiring setup so I’m thinking if wirelessly activated valves exist in the market today that I could integrate into this setup.ġ) I don’t think so - your contractor may be referring to driving the solenoids with 24V DC, but OpenSprinkler DC is specifically designed to drive the solenoid with an impulse voltage to engage it and then use a low voltage (7.5V) to provide holding current. Is this true? I did read the article on how this works and it makes sense but I figured I’d ask the community for empirical input.Ģ) Given the large lot size we’re on (2 Acres) with the controller sitting at the far corner and the valves themselves located by the sprinkler zones, would there be any loss of Voltage/Signal given the large length of wire between the controller and valve? AC travels better over long distances vs DC. Did some troubleshooting, 3 had burnt out solenoids (Hunter SRV/PGV 1″) and 6 have the line itself broken (sigh).ġ) The contractor mentioned that by driving these valves via DC may shorten the lifespan and lead to more burnt out solenoids over time. Once installed, about 9 out of the 20 zones did not work. Not wanting to re-invest in that and to appeal to the tinkerer in me I decided to go with OS3.0 system (DC). Our existing Hunter Hydrawise system caught on fire but we caught it in time. I suspect it actually hit nearby but came in through the sprinkler wiring. Long story short, we live in the Dallas area and got hit with lightning. new to the forum so appreciate any and all input However, with a pump it will continue to run if you're using the MV connection to run the pump motor and all that pressure has no where to go.Hello All. With an open solenoid, the controller cannot sense this and it will continue to run that zone though nothing happens. The controller was $110 at Lowe's, the solenoid was $11.īTW, the shorted solenoid read 2-3 ohms and a good one was around 42 ohms. I know this since I was showing them how to troubleshoot. Since they didn't know anything about irrigation controllers they replaced the controller with a different Rainbird model, but this one would shut the entire controller down until the zone was removed from the program or the wire was disconnected. ![]() The Rainbird ESP controller displayed an alarm for zone three and all the other zones continued to work. Just this week I fixed my neighbors irrigation by replacing a shorted solenoid. Most newer controllers will indicate a short and not damage the controller. Is the controller hand built or an ancient factory made one? Can you post a picture?Ī shorted solenoid will rarely, if ever, cause an in line fuse to blow. I think they eliminated the resistors on later versions. I think a 1A should be sufficient.Ī 2.2 ohm resistor is in series with each output but it doesn't limit the current to a reasonable value and burns up for shorts making a mess of the circuit board. A typical zone is about 0.22A so the fuse seems like overkill. ![]() I separated the pi power so the fuse just feeds the zone outputs. This powers the raspberry pi circuit board and the zone outputs. The system has a 2A fuse in the 24VAC input. ![]() How does this protection work? It seems some use more sophisticated means that just a fuse that opens. From what I have read it is not uncommon for a valve to fail with a short or low resistance and some controllers will report it.Īre most commercial controllers have some sort of short circuit protection so the controller isn't damaged by shorted valves? This controller is weak in this area and I have several zone outputs that are bad. My question is about protection from shorted valves. One of the reasons for it is I have a lot of zones and this is easily expandable. I have a diy sprinkler controller (opensprinkler) that is networked and has some nice features.
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Oriental beat4/27/2023 ![]() See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Due to this tragic turn of events Oriental Beat has to unfortunately stand as an album by a band full of potential that sadly was never given a chance to fulfill it. In 1984, the band's drummer, Razzle, died in a car accident as a passenger in a car driven by Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil the band broke up a year later. Alongside delectable food, theres also an exhibition curated by Emirati artist Yasmin Al Mulla that will be on display throughout the Holy Month. By listening to this album you can see the influence Hanoi Rocks had on the artists that followed them. This Ramadan, Mandarin Oriental Jumeirah is hosting its first-ever iftar tent that pays homage to the UAE’s rich culture. ![]() Oriental Beat shows where punk would have gone in the '80s if new wave and synthesizers never came along. A FIVE-MAN panel of prosecutors of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to indict former Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag and several others for two counts of murder. ![]() A slick '80s hit-making producer like Mutt Lange (Def Leppard) or Bob Rock (Mötley Crüe, the Cult) could have made this band huge in the States. The drums sound like they were recorded in another building separate from the rest of the band. Despite a respectable amount of potential on most of the album, poor production limits the effectiveness of many tracks. "Motorvatin'" and "Devil Woman" would easily have found a home on MTV circa 1987, and feminine-looking, lipstick-wearing, glammed-out lead singer Michael Monroe's image would have been plastered all over music television right next to Bret Michaels, Vince Neil, and Jon Bon Jovi. Guitarist and chief songwriter Andy McCoy does his best Johnny Thunders on "Teenangels Outsiders." Other tracks on the album show the band displaying a sound that would be emulated by many future pop-metal bands. Baby" and "Oriental Beat" find the band closely resembling English punk rockers the Damned. The band shows its punk and glam influences not only with its look on the cover of the album but also with the music performed on the album as well. Oriental Beat is full of big singalong choruses and catchy riffs that would have made the band heavy players either five years earlier or later. Oriental Beat is an album that finds itself slightly out of step with the music scene of the period - it was too late for the prime punk period of the late '70s and it was too early for the pop-metal explosion of the mid-to-late '80s. Oriental Beat finds Hanoi Rocks bringing the glam sound and look of the New York Dolls into the '80s. ![]() Hanoi Rocks may have been the best hard rock band Finland had to offer the world in 1982, but their sound and look was heavily influenced by the punk scenes of the late '70s in downtown New York and England. Dubbed the re (al)mix, this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. With the tapes mysteriously showing up in the Universal vault recently, the band was finally able to mix and re-sequence the album the way they wanted it to sound.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Oriental Beat by Hanoi Rocks gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions, and released on March 17th on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital formats. Released before the band could remix or rerecord it, as the label had run out of money, and the master tapes had gone missing, the band has always considered the original mix of “Oriental Beat” to be a “disaster”. “Oriental Beat”‘s original engineer Peter Wooliscroft was not a rock producer, and according to HANOI ROCKS‘s manager Richard Bishop, he “tried to mix the album to sound like SPANDAU BALLET“. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it “the worst-sounding album of our career” and Monroe said that “the producer of the album didn’t have a clue what the band was about, and his mix of the album was horribly wrong”. HANOI ROCKS drummer Gyp Casino says of “Oriental Beat”: “Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else” but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, “Oriental Beat” was made during the height of the British punk and new wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to THE DAMNED.
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Coolterm windows 64 bits4/27/2023 the included "Libs" and "Resources" folders must reside in the same location as the CoolTerm application.Īll CoolTerm reviews, submitted ratings and written comments become the sole property of Windows 7 download. Capability of saving and retrieving connection options.ĬoolTerm comes without an installer and can be placed anywhere on the hard-drive as long as the correct folder structure is maintained. Configurable character, line, and packet delays. ![]() Capability of manually toggling line states of certain handshaking signals when hardware flow control is disabled. Hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON). Local echo of received data (loop back to sender). Capability of capturing received data to text/binary files. Sending of text files via dialog or drag-and-drop. Sending data via copy-paste of text into the terminal window. ![]() Sending data via keypresses as well as a "Send String" dialog that supports data entry in plain text or hexadecimal format. Display of received data in plain text or hexadecimal format. Capability of multiple concurrent connections if multiple serial ports are available. We will collect all comments in an effort to determine whether the CoolTerm software is reliable, perform as expected and deliver the promised features and functionalities.CoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as servo controllers, robotic kits, GPS receivers, microcontrollers, etc. Please review CoolTerm application and submit your comments below. We will recheck CoolTerm when updated to assure that it remains clean. CoolTerm download file is only 15.2 MB in size.ĬoolTerm was filed under the System category and was reviewed in and receive 5/5 Score.ĬoolTerm has been tested by our team against viruses, spyware, adware, trojan, backdoors and was found to be 100% clean. To conclude CoolTerm works on Windows operating system(s) and can be easily downloaded using the below download link according to Freeware license. Since it does not require an installation and can save the settings to any location, you can also use it from an USB stick. Additionally, placing the cursor over a parameter displays a tooltip with a detailed description.Ī handy app designed to facilitate communication via COM portsIf you need to communicate with other devices by using a COM port, the CoolTerm app can come in handy. If you need to run multiple tests, the app allows you to record the responses to a text document in order to review them later.While the program is clearly designed for users who know how to send messages through the COM ports, it includes a documentation that aims to familiarize the casual users. You can change it to hexadecimal view if you feel more comfortable with this reading mode.You can send a string or a text file to the connected hardware in order to view the response. The messages are neatly displayed in the clean GUIThe interface is easy to use and displays the messages received from the device as ASCII characters. The terminal supports both raw and line mode which enables you to adjust it to various device types. If your device uses a serial port, CoolTerm should be able to send and receive data messages.As you probably hinted, before you can use the app you need to configure the connection by specifying the port number, baud rate, parity and other flow control parameters. ![]() Quick installation, but requires some configurationThis application is designed to help both specialists and enthusiasts who use their computer to control various devices such as GPS receivers and servo controllers. The program can use the computer serial ports in order to send and receive data. ![]() CoolTerm : An easy-to-use terminal software that allows you to send messages to any hardware connected to the serial ports of your computerĬoolTerm is a compact application that allows you to communicate with various devices by sending messages from a terminal.
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Wget unable to establish ssl connection4/25/2023 ![]() You may override this warning message and proceed. Access Server comes with a self-signed, untrusted SSL certificate so that the web service will function. But the first time you access it, you will receive a warning that the security or privacy of the website can't be determined. The Access Server Admin Web Interface provides an intuitive tool to manage settings for OpenVPN Access Server. (replace address with the IP or DNS hostname of your server) Using the information from the previous step, connect to the Admin Web UI and sign in with the openvpn user and password. Finish configuration and setup users in the web interface Login as "openvpn" with "RandomPassword" to continue These display on screen similar to this example: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Īccess Server 2.11.3 has been successfully installed in /usr/local/openvpn_asĬonfiguration log file has been written to /usr/local/openvpn_as/init.logĪccess Server Web UIs are available here: Take note of the web interface access and login credentialsĪfter installing the openvpn-as package, take note of the Admin UI and Client UI addresses as well as the randomly generated password for your administrative user openvpn. If your operating system version isn't listed as one we support, don't proceed, as the commands will likely fail. Note: We only support Ubuntu LTS versions. ![]() Then copy and paste the instructions to your server to install the openvpn-as package and complete the installation. Ensure you choose the correct operating system and version.Click the link below and follow the instructions for your operating system.With the console or SSH session still open, add the OpenVPN Access Server software repository to your operating system and install the necessary software: Install OpenVPN Access Server from the software repository Access Server relies on accurate time for time-based one-time passwords for multi-factor authentication and certificate management. If it doesn't, you must ensure they're correct and consider installing a Network Time Protocol (NTP) client program to keep accurate time on your server. Note: We assume your OS comes with a time synchronization tool to ensure the correct date and time. Run the commands below to install updates and trigger a prompt to reconfigure the timezone settings.Sign in to your Linux system on the console or via SSH and obtain root privileges.We recommend you start by updating your operating system to the latest version and ensure it's set to the correct time: Client software for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux.ġ. ![]() A user-friendly and intuitive web interface.The popular OpenVPN open-source VPN server software.The OpenVPN Access Server software repository provides you with the following three components: OpenVPN Access Server fits seamlessly with Ubuntu. Setting Up OpenVPN Access Server On Ubuntu Finish configuration and set up users in the web interface.
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Intro designer for imovie free download4/25/2023 ![]() It combines video editing, color correction, motion graphics, and audio post-production into a single interface. DaVinci Resolve is a powerful video-editing program that goes well beyond the functionality offered by iMovie, which makes it popular with more experienced and demanding users. Can you get an iMovie free download for Windows? Is the program easy to install on your desktop? Is the program easy to use? To help you make your choice, we've identified the best iMovie alternatives for Windows and provided details of each app.īecause you can't download iMovie for Windows, you can choose even more powerful options. When choosing an iMovie alternative for Dell, Lenovo, and similar PCs, consider your own personal needs. What are your choices, then, if you want an easy-to-use video-editing program like iMovie but you have a computer that's running Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows 11? There are several programs similar to iMovie for PC users. The question is, how to get iMovie on Windows? Unfortunately, there is no iMovie for Windows computers. The iMovie video editor is included with all iPads and iPhones and the iMovie download is free for all Mac computers. It enables users to create great-looking movies from videos shot on Apple devices, complete with fancy transitions and special effects. Ability to trim the audio file once imported.IMovie is a free video-editing program for Apple users. Stumbled on the fact that you could rename your saved Projects.ġ. Had to touch the different "tools”to see what they did. Two things to get to 5 Stars, keep building a library of Intros and secondly, think about improving the user's HMI experience. Solid 4 stars ! Have been looking at many Intro Apps and took chance on this one after reading all the reviews. Not a huge fan for Glitches, so hopefully in the upgrades they add more than just glitch type intros. I have been using this app to make both Intros and closers to my personal travel videos for friends and family.Īm looking forward to this app's next update and additional intros to purchase. ![]() Will gladly pay for more if the developer would bring more to the app.įeature I would like to request, ability to to edit the length of the intro (text, photo, music) Have suggestions, questions, or need support? We would love to hear from you:īest app still for making intro/outro for video. * Sync with iPhoto and import to video-editing software on your computer (Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, and more) * Use as clips in iMovie and other video apps * Tint template colors to match your film style * Edit text, change font, size, shadows, thickness, and color * Import and arrange music from your iTunes Library and Document Picker * Grab videos and images from your Camera Roll and Document Picker * 240+ fonts available, including over 40 specially selected for movie titles * 49 stunning free templates to choose from * Save your intro to the Camera Roll in just a few taps!Ĭreate impressive intros, inserts, announcements and film credits for any movie project, right from your iPad and iPhone! IntroMate includes a stunning library of customizable templates to make you a movie director in minutes! * Preloaded with 49 gorgeous and highly customizable HD templates ![]() * The simplest way to add professional-quality intros to your movies IntroMate - Intro Maker for video content creators
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Visual basic console calculator4/25/2023 This is to convert the number to a percentage expressed as a decimal. You will notice we are dividing the tax rate input from the user by 100. ![]() Inside the constructor, we are parsing the two strings to convert them to type decimal and then assigning them to the private variables in the TaxCalculator class. This constructor takes in two parameters of type string because this is what we get from the user using Console.ReadLine() . Next, we have the TaxCalculator constructor which is a method that gets run when the TaxCalculator object is created. NET compiler and is is purely for easier reading. This is a common convention to indicate they are private variables for that class. Note how the names of these variables start with an underscore. These are created as private variables because we do not want these to be able to be set outside of the TaxCalculator class, they should only be set from inside the class. First off we create three variables of type decimal to hold the item price, tax rate, and total price. Now let’s go through the above code line by line. _totalPrice = _itemPrice + (_itemPrice * _percentTaxRate) Ĭonsole.WriteLine("The subtotal is ", _itemPrice, _totalPrice, _percentTaxRate) _percentTaxRate = Decimal.Parse(inputTaxRate) / 100 _itemPrice = Decimal.Parse(inputItemPrice) Public TaxCalculator(string inputItemPrice, string inputTaxRate) Take a look at the following code to see how we go about doing this. To make sure we are following good coding practice we are going to create a separate TaxCalculator class specifically for calculating and outputting the subtotal and grand total when given the input from the above code. Now that we are getting input from the user we are going to do the calculation so that we can give the subtotal and grand total back to the user. One thing you will notice is that Console.ReadLine() gives us a string with will have to be converted to a number later. In the code above we are using Console.Write() instead of Console.WriteLine() because we do not want to put the cursor on the next line when the user gives input. Console.Write("Enter Price of item: ") Ĭonsole.Write("Enter tax rate (in percentage): ") We will do that with the following code in the Main method of our application which is the starting point of all C# console applications. The first thing we need to do is get the price of the item and tax rate. Now that we have our new blank console application we are ready to get started. For more information on how to do this, check out my walkthrough for creating a new console application in Visual Studio. To get started, we need to create an empty C# console application in Visual Studio. For example, food items will be taxed at a different rate than general merchandise. We will add the ability to calculate different items at different tax rates. Then in the next tutorial, we are going to step it up a notch and build a full GUI (Graphical User Interface) for our app and calculate the tax based on more than one item. We will then output the subtotal and grand total based on the item amount and tax amount.įirst, we are going to start off with a simple console application that calculates the grand total of one item and its tax amount. We want to create an application that can calculate the sales tax for an item based on input from the user. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to run your tax calculator to calculate the grand total of an item given a specific tax rate. I will show you how to get input from a user and do some calculations on that input. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a simple tax calculator in C# using Visual Studio.
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Faces of war arma 3 singapore4/25/2023 ![]() This mod is an official remake of the Metal Gear Solid game, hence the name MGS1. Aftermath also includes new maps, props, vehicles, and faces. There are a few firearms and energy weapons, and it also has throwable weapons. Next, it also adds to the collection of weapons and equipment. Firstly it adds new factions with each having different unit types such as engineers, medics, and more. AftermathĪftermath Arma 3 mod adds a post-apocalyptic theme to the game. It purely enhances your gaming experience by fixing some interactive system glitches in Arma 3. It also offers an improved medical system and consistent network synced weather. Some of the many features of ACE 3 includes 3D interaction system, carrying & dragging new weapons & vehicles, and magazine repacking. The mod provides various customization options, allowing players to tweak the game as they want. ACE 3ĪCE 3 short for Advanced Combat Environment 3 is an entirely open-source and free to play mod. Players can kill or help each other to survive, hence you will always have to be alert. You will also have to monitor the movements of other players in multiplayer modes. Look after your health while playing this mission as there are possibilities of dying because of freezing, starving, or getting infected by zombie attacks. DAYZ Arma 3 mod spawns zombies on the islands and you can take them on in single-player combat or multiplayer mode. If you love killing brainless zombies, this is the mod for you. It allows players to bring in their own customizations and extensions to the game. The respawn ability turn Altis into a never-ending battle royale ground for you. This is one of the Arma 3 mods that allow players to respawn as many times as they want it. One thing that is missing in this mod is the single-player missions, which were a part of Iron Front but not included in the free “Lite” mod version. It also has WWII themed equipment and tanks. The mod features five different sizeable maps to explore. It brings the flavor of the World War II arena and new weapons to the game. This Arma 3 mod is a version of the Iron Front game. What Are The Best Arma 3 Mods Available Iron Front in Arma 3 AIO Lite That’s all for the boring part, let’s begin with the fascinating list of best Arma 3 mods available and how to install them. So if the mods are not compatible and your game crashes, you can simply reinstall the game from your copied folder. Hence, a word of advice before heading to installing and playing mods versions is to copy & paste your original files to some other location, just in case. It is fairly easy to download and install the mods, but for these mods to function properly, they need to be compatible with the game itself. You can use them to improve graphics, add new items & weapons, and unlock some new features. You can continue to play the game through LAN, DirectIP and GameRanger.These mods will surely tweak the game environment for you and enhance your gaming experience. ![]() Improvised player tactics, advanced AI reactions and real time physics guarantee players that missions will never be fought the same way.įaces of War is affected by the GameSpy shutdown on the 31st of May.Realistic physics: anything can be destroyed or manipulated and used to player's advantage.Complex team AI for new tactical opportunities: AI controlled soldiers don't simply execute any order given by a player, they think how to do it in the most efficient and safe way.Get immersed in the heat of the world war II, command American, English, Soviet and German troops during world-renowned battles that include D-Day, new winter missions and the storming of Berlin.Won differently based on your tactical choices. Through the eyes of Allied, German and Russian squad leaders, experience the most immersive World War II time strategy game where each battle is played out and The second instalment in the series that would become known as Men of War!
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Outside magazine4/25/2023 ![]() The statement also appears on an Outside Union Twitter feed. (Outside magazine’s parent company) to recognize their unit voluntarily. Structurally, the group is working with the Denver Newspaper Guild and Communications Workers of America to ask Outside Inc. Since last year, editorial teams have shrunk, and overall turnover has been more than 35 percent.”Īccording to the statement, the group saw unionization as “the only” bulwark against ongoing budget cuts and pay stagnation. “Over the years, as Outside staff numbers have dwindled and job responsibilities have multiplied, salaries and benefits have failed to account for those changes. “Outside’s standing as an industry leader is owed significantly to the editorial staff,” it says. Outside Magazines downward spiral Today, Outside laid off another 12 of its workforce and paused Outside.io, its highly controversial bet on web3. It also mentions a recent uptick in employee turnover and suggests that editorial work guides the conglomerate’s influence in the industry. See all books authored by Outside Magazine, including The Best of Outside: The First 20 Years, and The Darkest Places: Unsolved Mysteries, True Crimes. Their complaint appears to revolve around a classic corporate squeeze: Get fewer people to do more work for little pay. The new union’s 15 members all work for Outside magazine in editorial capacities. The publication paved the way for many of its predecessors, and its readership now includes 38 million people a month across platforms. Since its launch in 1977, Outside magazine has exerted a massive influence on the outdoor industry. The mission of Outside magazine is to inspire active participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places. Outside does not: Contact candidates or circulate job offers via text or from free email services like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, etc. Pocket Outdoor Media not only acquired Outside Integrated Media - including a magazine, a TV program, an app, and more - it's also taking on the name. Topo Cyclone 2 ReviewMSRP: 150Weight: 6.9 ounces (M), 5.5 ounces (W)Stack Height: 28-millimeter heel / 23-millimeter forefoot (5mm drop)I realized how attached I had become to Topo. Pocket Outdoor Media Acquires Outside Magazine Outsides long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors. |