EC and PH and ? combined sensors on one chart

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#1

When viewing EC/temp & PH, I think any grower with any amount of experience has gotten used to seeing these metrics on the same graph; maybe even alongside soil moisture values for people with access to some of the more fancy stuff.

I have found it very cumbersome to have EC and PH in a single zone on different graphs, since I typically try to line up events that occur simultaneously for both.

It would be nice if we could combine sensors, and I’ve tried the zone feature which does not solve the issue since it only appears to combine sensors of the same type. If I could have it my way, I would like to be able to combine any number of sensors of any type onto the same graph if I wanted to view the data together.

Thanks for the consideration!

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#2

I love this idea. Honestly the ability to build a “custom graph” where you are able to add X number of sensors/devices to said graph would fill this use case and many more. Personally I’d love to have my Pulse Pro data (upper canopy) and my THV sensor data (which is mid canopy) graphed together. That way I can see how both react together.

Really good suggestion @Noah

#3

That’s a good example. I would have thought that pros, zeros, and ones would be automatically combined when used in zones but I currently don’t have any pros/zeros so I haven’t tested it.

Off topic, but I’ve also noticed that the “display averages” doesn’t seem to do anything in the zones where sensors have been automatically combined. Unless it doesn’t do what I think it does.

You could take the idea of combined sensors a step further and be able to combine averaged combinations, like sub zones. I can imagine having a two level room where I have two or more sensors on top, two or more sensors on bottom. I’d want to have averages of the top and bottom (i.e. top subzone, bottom subzone), but then display the average of each subzone on the same graph for comparison. This is probably getting to be overkill but if the feature was supported in a flexible way then this might be possible despite being an uncommon use case.

I can also imagine a case where I’d want to see irrigation ph/EC/temp + runoff pH/EC on the same graph.

#4

Hi there.

Just my personal opinion - this is all very reasonable.
We are not actively working on this atm, but we will revisit this thread when the time comes for more chart related features.

This discussion is appreciated.

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#5

I strongly consider increasing the priority for this. The ability to combine sensors data into a single graph is becoming more and more important considering: PH, EC, ORP, and DO are all measurements of a reservoir or runoff it makes sense for one to have the ability add them all to the same graph. At the same time I would love to be able to to customize a graph with my various Hub sensors.

#6

I’ll bring it up with the team once more.

We have some abstract ideas on experimenting with the flow of the app in regards to the dashboard view and zones and charts, so we are avoiding chart related development until that concept matures.

But just for the sake of discussion there’s an idea floating around of switching the flow from
“Setup a device - view all of them on the dashboards - go to device details for history and settings” to
“Create your grow - select the sensors you have - use zones as the main view and tool”

So the semantics of the app would shift to monitoring areas with devices, rather than looking at device data.
After that’s done, it would make more sense to be able to select what data you want to see in an area of your grow. This would also imply some changes to the threshold mechanics.

But these are just some thoughts out loud.

#7

Combining graphs not only aligns with the “create your grow” as a feature, but transforms the a users ability to customize how they see data. Part of the dashboards appeal is its really easy to digest at a glance, something Zones doesn’t accomplish well at all and its really important to realize that users digest data differently.

#8

Gotcha, I’ll make a note to bump his in priority a bit.
Can’t provide any estimates atm though.

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#9

Thanks for considering. Highcharts is a super awesome library. So many cool things could be done I think. For example you could add opensprinkler irrigation events as flags on VWC sensor graphs.