Salt Sentry back in stock (TOF Salt Sensor for Water Softener)

For anyone interested, the Salt Sentry, which is made by Erik Lemke in very small numbers, is back in stock on Tindie.

This is a time of flight sensor that is very accurate and works well.

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Ordered. Only 3 left after my order. Thanks @aaiyar!

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My solution. Jar on a string, microswitch to trigger a Third Reality sensor.
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Thank you for sharing this. I just ordered the last one. I was not aware of this site.

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I just received mine today. Works well once it’s calibrated. And the calibration must be the distance in centimeters. Dummy me was adding the distance in inches …. Took the better part of 2 hours to realize my mistake.

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Just checking but you have this connected to HA correct? I didn’t see reference to a Hubitat driver.

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I have it connected to Node-RED using MQTT. And then I bring it into HE as a virtual device. Here's the flow:

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Ah yes, I forgot that you were a node-red guy. So many things to play with and only so much time in a day. This morning I finally got my Obi200 VoIP box working both ways through the UCG-max with that damn Starlink dish, so I have one thing off my list.

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