If I haven’t mentioned it already, https://twitter.com/piplanter_bot IS the new twitter account for PiPlanter. Like last time, I’m using the tweepy library for python to handle all things twitter for the project. What I’m NOT using this time is Flickr. From a design point of view, it wasn’t worth it. It was too complicated and had too many things that could go wrong for me to continue using it. Twitter is more than capable of hosting images, and tweepy has a very simple method of passing these images to twitter. Recently I moved the whole setup indoors and mounted it all onto a shelf seen here and it came with a set of strange problems.

Long story short, what I think happened was that since I moved them to a different location, the complexity of the images increased, causing an increase in the size of the images themselves. A broken pipe error implies that the entirety of the package sent to twitter wasn’t sent, causing the tweet not to go through. I first started to suspect this problem after seeing this:

 

The graphs were going through just fine, but images were seeming to have a hard time. You can’t tell from this photo, but those tweets are hours apart as opposed to the 20 minutes they are supposed to be. Once I started having this problem, I bit the bullet and integrated logging into my project which produced this log:

[08-12-2014_11-21-20-PM] Debug: MySQL Tables Updated Simple
[08-12-2014_11-21-20-PM] Debug: Debug Update: P_MST0: 87.10938, P_MST1: 89.64844, A_TMP0: 69.03711, A_LDR0: 70.99609
[08-12-2014_11-21-26-PM] Debug: Image Captured, High Quality = False, Image: /home/pi/PiPlanter2/images/dailys/CurrentImageDirectory_08_11_2014__06_58_32PM/0098.jpg
[08-12-2014_11-21-26-PM] Debug: Attempt [0] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-21-57-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-21-57-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-22-12-PM] Debug: Attempt [1] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-22-43-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-22-43-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-22-58-PM] Debug: Attempt [2] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-23-30-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-23-30-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-23-45-PM] Debug: Attempt [3] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-24-16-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-24-16-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-24-31-PM] Debug: Attempt [4] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-25-03-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-25-03-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-25-18-PM] Debug: Attempt [5] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-25-49-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-25-49-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-26-04-PM] Debug: Attempt [6] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-26-36-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-26-36-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-26-51-PM] Debug: Attempt [7] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-27-22-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-27-22-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-27-37-PM] Debug: Attempt [8] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-29-07-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-29-07-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: The write operation timed out
[08-12-2014_11-29-22-PM] Debug: Attempt [9] To Tweet: Ambient Light: 70.6%, Ambient Temp: 69.0DF, Average Plant Mst: 88.5% https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042 , image = True
[08-12-2014_11-29-54-PM] Debug: Tweet Failed, Retrying
[08-12-2014_11-29-54-PM] Debug: Twitter Error: Failed to send request: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
[08-12-2014_11-30-09-PM] Debug: Tweet Was a Failure

Hours and hours of failed tweets due to “[Errno 32] Broken pipe”. I tried a lot of things, I figured out that it was the size of the images after seeing this:

Photos that were simple in nature had no problem being sent. After scaling the image size down, I’ve had absolutely no problem sending tweets.

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If you are tweeting images with tweepy in python and getting intermediate Broken pipe errors, decrease the size of your image.
Thanks for reading.

I’m almost done with a very stable version of the Python code running the PiPlanter. There are many specific differences between this version of the python code and the version I wrote and implemented last summer, but the main one is that I tried to write functions for pretty much every task I wanted to do, and made each routine much more modular instead of one long line after line block to do each day. This took significantly longer to do (thus the lack of updates, sorry) but is much more expandable going forward. Below is the new version of the code, but by no means am I an expert programmer. The following code seems to work very well for what I want it to do.

import MySQLdb
from datetime import datetime
import time
from time import sleep
import os
import sys
import spidev
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import tweepy
import logging
logging.basicConfig()
from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
import subprocess

def ConsoleDebug(input):
	debug = '[' + datetime.now().strftime("%m-%d-%Y_%I-%M-%S-%p") + '] Debug: ' + input
	print debug
	file = open(str(os.getcwd()) + "/log.txt", "a")
	file.write(debug + "\n")
	file.close()

def FirstTimeSetup():	
	global cycle
	
	ConsoleDebug('---------------- NEW INSTANCE OF PIPLANTER ----------------')
	
	MySQL_Commands = {1 : 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS PiPlanter_DB', 2: "GRANT ALL ON `PiPlanter_DB`.* TO 'piplanter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'", 3: 'USE PiPlanter_DB' }
	for i in MySQL_Commands.itervalues():
		ConsoleDebug('MYSQL COMMAND: ' + i)
		cursor.execute(i)

	MySQLTableSetup(False,'Daily',True)
	VisualLocationSetup(True,'dontcare')
	ConsoleDebug('Setup Complete')
	cycle = 0

def MySQLTableSetup(full,kind,first):

	global MySQL_Tables
		
	now = datetime.now().strftime("%m_%d_%Y__%I_%M_%S%p")
	
	if first == True:
		MySQL_Tables = { 'MySQLTable_Daily' : 'DailyTable' + now, 'MySQLTable_Weekly' : 'WeeklyTable' + now, 'MySQLTable_Monthly' : 'MonthlyTable' + now}		
		if full == False:
			CreateTables = {0: "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))", 1 : "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))" , 2 : "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))"}
			for i in CreateTables.itervalues():
				ConsoleDebug('MYSQL COMMAND: ' + i)
				cursor.execute(i)
		if full == True:
			CreateTables = {0: "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))", 1:"CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))" , 2:"CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))" }
			for i in CreateTables.itervalues():
				ConsoleDebug('MYSQL COMMAND: ' + i)
				cursor.execute(i)
				
	elif first == False:
		if kind == 'Daily':
			ConsoleDebug('Daily Database Name Has Been Updated')
			MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] = 'DailyTable_' + now
			ConsoleDebug(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'])
			if full == False:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))"
			elif full  == True:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))"
		elif kind == 'Weekly':
			ConsoleDebug('Daily Database Name Has Been Updated')
			MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] = 'WeeklyTable_' + now
			ConsoleDebug(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'])
			if full == False:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))"
			elif full  == True:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))"
		elif kind == 'Monthly':
			ConsoleDebug('Daily Database Name Has Been Updated')
			MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] = 'MonthlyTable_' + now
			ConsoleDebug(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'])
			if full == False:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))"
			elif full  == True:
				CreateTable = "CREATE TABLE " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))"		
		
		ConsoleDebug('MYSQL: ' + CreateTable)
		cursor.execute(CreateTable)
	
	ConsoleDebug('Current Daily: ' + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'])
	ConsoleDebug('Current Weekly: ' + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'])
	ConsoleDebug('Current Monthly: ' + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'])

def VisualLocationSetup(first,kind):
	global VisualLocation
	
	now = datetime.now().strftime("%m_%d_%Y__%I_%M_%S%p")
	
	runninglocation = str(os.getcwd())
	if first == True:
		
		ConsoleDebug('Creating Video Directory')
		if not os.path.exists(runninglocation + '/videos/'):
			os.makedirs(runninglocation + '/videos/')
			ConsoleDebug('Video Directory Created')
		else:
			ConsoleDebug('Video Directory Already Exists')

		ConsoleDebug('Creating Daily Video Directory')
		if not os.path.exists(runninglocation + '/videos/dailys/'):
			os.makedirs(runninglocation + '/videos/dailys/')
		else:
			ConsoleDebug('Daily Video Directory Already Exists')
			
		ConsoleDebug('Creating Image Directory')
		if not os.path.exists(runninglocation + '/images/'):
			os.makedirs(runninglocation + '/images/')
		else:
			ConsoleDebug('Image Directory Already Exists')
		
		ConsoleDebug('Creating Daily Image Directory')
		if not os.path.exists(runninglocation + '/images/dailys/'):
			os.makedirs(runninglocation + '/images/dailys/')
		else:
			ConsoleDebug('Daily Image Directory Already Exists')
			
		ConsoleDebug('Creating Graph Directory')
		if not os.path.exists(runninglocation + '/graphs/'):
			os.makedirs(runninglocation + '/graphs/')
		else:
			ConsoleDebug('Graph Directory Already Exists')
		
		ConsoleDebug('Updating All Current Visual Directories')
		VisualLocation = {'CurrentImageDirectory' : runninglocation + '/images/dailys/' + 'CurrentImageDirectory_' + now + '/' , 'CurrentVideoDirectory' : runninglocation + '/videos/dailys/' + 'CurrentVideoDirectory_' + now + '/' , 'CurrentGraphDirectory' : runninglocation + '/graphs/' + 'CurrentGraphDirectory_' + now + '/' }
				
		for i in VisualLocation.itervalues():
			ConsoleDebug('Making Directory: ' + i)
			os.makedirs(i)
	
	if first == False:
		ConsoleDebug('Updating Location Of ' + kind + ' Directory')
		if kind == 'Image':
			VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'] = runninglocation + '/images/dailys/' + 'CurrentImageDirectory_' + now + '/'
			ConsoleDebug('Making Directory: ' + VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'])
			os.makedirs(VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'])
			
		elif kind == 'Video':
			VisualLocation['CurrentVideoDirectory'] = runninglocation + '/videos/dailys/' + 'CurrentVideoDirectory_' + now + '/'
			ConsoleDebug('Making Directory: ' + VisualLocation['CurrentVideoDirectory'])
			os.makedirs(VisualLocation['CurrentVideoDirectory'])
			
		elif kind == 'Graph':
			VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'] = runninglocation + '/graphs/' + 'CurrentGraphDirectory_' + now + '/'
			ConsoleDebug('Making Directory: ' + VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
			os.makedirs(VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
			
	
	ConsoleDebug('Current Image Directory' + VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'])
	ConsoleDebug('Current Video Directory' + VisualLocation['CurrentVideoDirectory'])
	ConsoleDebug('Current Graph Directory' + VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
	
	return 0

#this function can be used to find out the ADC value on ADC 0
def ReadADC0(adcnum_0): 
    if adcnum_0 > 7 or adcnum_0 < 0:
        return -1
    r_0 = spi_0.xfer2([1, 8 + adcnum_0 << 4, 0])
    adcout_0 = ((r_0[1] & 3) << 8) + r_0[2]
    return adcout_0

#this function can be used to find out the ADC value on ADC 1
def ReadADC1(adcnum_1): 
    if adcnum_1 > 7 or adcnum_1 < 0:
        return -1
    r_1 = spi_1.xfer2([1, 8 + adcnum_1 << 4, 0])
    adcout_1 = ((r_1[1] & 3) << 8) + r_1[2]
    return adcout_1
  
#this function converts a given value from the ADC and turns it into usable data
def ConvertADC(adcinput,unit):
	millivolts = adcinput*(3300.0/1024.0) #converts the ADC value to milivolts
	temp_c = ((millivolts - 100.0)/10)-40.0
	percent = (adcinput/1024.0)*100
	if unit == 'c' : #used for a temperature sensor to return Celsius 
		return temp_c
	elif unit == 'f' :  #used for a temperature sensor to return Fahrenheit  
		temp_f = (temp_c * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32
		return temp_f
	elif unit == 'mV':
		return millivolts
	elif unit == '%':
		return percent
	else:
		print "ConvertADC input error"
		return 0
	return 0
	
#returns a usable numerical value from the ADC
def PollSensor(sensor,unit,precision,samples):
	GPIO.output(pins['MST_Enable'], True)
	if PiPlanterFull == True:
		#Full PiPlanter
		sensors = {\
		'P_TMP0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(0),unit),\
		'P_MST0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(1),unit),\
		'P_TMP1' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(2),unit),\
		'P_MST1' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(3),unit),\
		'P_TMP2' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(4),unit),\
		'P_MST2' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(5),unit),\
		'P_TMP3' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(6),unit),\
		'P_MST3' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(7),unit),\
	
		'A_TMP0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC1(0),unit),\
		'A_LDR0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC1(1),unit),\
		'A_LDR1' : ConvertADC(ReadADC1(2),unit),\
		'A_MST0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC1(3),unit)}
	else:
		#Simple PiPlanter
		sensors = {\
		'P_MST0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(0),unit),\
		'P_MST1' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(1),unit),\
		'A_TMP0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(2),unit),\
		'A_LDR0' : ConvertADC(ReadADC0(3),unit)}
	
	outputsum = 0
	for x in range(0,samples): #An averaging algorithm that creates a more precise reading
		outputsum = outputsum + sensors[sensor]
	output = round(outputsum/samples, precision)
	GPIO.output(pins['MST_Enable'], False)
	return output

#samples all sensors, outputs different formats of the data to be used in other places in the program
def SampleAllSensors(sensor_precision,sensor_samples,form,Full):	
	global MySQL_Tables
	if Full == True:
		#Full PiPlanter
		current_sensors = {\
		'P_TMP0' : PollSensor('P_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST0' : PollSensor('P_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP1' : PollSensor('P_TMP1' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST1' : PollSensor('P_MST1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP2' : PollSensor('P_TMP2' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST2' : PollSensor('P_MST2' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP3' : PollSensor('P_TMP3' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST3' : PollSensor('P_MST3' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_TMP0' : PollSensor('A_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR0' : PollSensor('A_LDR0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR1' : PollSensor('A_LDR1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_MST0' : PollSensor('A_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples)}
	else:
		#Simple PiPlanter
		current_sensors = {\
		'P_MST0' : PollSensor('P_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST1' : PollSensor('P_MST1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_TMP0' : PollSensor('A_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR0' : PollSensor('A_LDR0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples)}
	
	if form == 'MySQL':
		if Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Time, P_TMP0, P_MST0, P_TMP1, P_MST1, P_TMP2, P_MST2, P_TMP3, P_MST3, A_TMP0, A_LDR0, A_LDR1, A_MST0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_MST0']) + ")" )
			user.commit()
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Time, P_TMP0, P_MST0, P_TMP1, P_MST1, P_TMP2, P_MST2, P_TMP3, P_MST3, A_TMP0, A_LDR0, A_LDR1, A_MST0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_MST0']) + ")" )
			user.commit()
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Time, P_TMP0, P_MST0, P_TMP1, P_MST1, P_TMP2, P_MST2, P_TMP3, P_MST3, A_TMP0, A_LDR0, A_LDR1, A_MST0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_MST0']) + ")" )
			user.commit()
			ConsoleDebug('MySQL Tables Updated Full')
			output = "INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Time, P_TMP0, P_MST0, P_TMP1, P_MST1, P_TMP2, P_MST2, P_TMP3, P_MST3, A_TMP0, A_LDR0, A_LDR1, A_MST0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_MST0']) + ")" 
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Time, P_MST0, P_MST1, A_TMP0, A_LDR0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + ")"  )
			user.commit()
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'] + "(Time, P_MST0, P_MST1, A_TMP0, A_LDR0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + ")"  )
			user.commit()
			cursor.execute("INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Monthly'] + "(Time, P_MST0, P_MST1, A_TMP0, A_LDR0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + ")"  )
			user.commit()
			ConsoleDebug('MySQL Tables Updated Simple')
			output = "INSERT INTO " + MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'] + "(Time, P_MST0, P_MST1, A_TMP0, A_LDR0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + ")"
			
	elif form == 'Console':
		if Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			output = 'Debug Update:' + ' P_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' P_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST0'])) + ',' + ' P_TMP1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP1'])) + ',' + ' P_MST1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST1'])) + ','+ ' P_TMP2: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP2'])) + ','+ ' P_MST2: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST2'])) + ','+ ' P_TMP3: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP3'])) + ','+ ' P_MST3: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST3'])) + ',' + ' A_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' A_LDR0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR0'])) + ','+ ' A_LDR1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR1'])) + ','+ ' A_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_MST0'])) 	
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			output = 'Debug Update:' + ' P_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST0'])) + ',' + ' P_MST1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST1'])) + ',' + ' A_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' A_LDR0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR0'])) 	
	elif form == 'Twitter':
		if Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			output = 'Ambient LDR: ' + str(round(((current_sensors['A_LDR0'] + current_sensors['A_LDR1'])/2),1) ) + '%, ' + 'Ambient Tmp: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_TMP0'],1)) + 'DF, ' + 'Average Plant Tmp: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_TMP0'] + current_sensors['P_TMP1'] + current_sensors['P_TMP2'] + current_sensors['P_TMP3'] )/4, sensor_precision-2)) + 'DF, ' + 'Ambient Mst: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_MST0'],2)) + '%, ' + 'Average Plant Mst: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_MST0']+current_sensors['P_MST1']+ current_sensors['P_MST2']+ current_sensors['P_MST3'] )/4 ,1)) + '%'
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			output = 'Ambient Light: ' + str(round((current_sensors['A_LDR0']),1)) + '%, ' + 'Ambient Temp: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_TMP0'],1)) + 'DF, ' + 'Average Plant Mst: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_MST0']+current_sensors['P_MST1'])/2 ,1)) + '%'
	else:
		print "ConvertADC input SampleAllSensors"
		return 0
	return output

#pumps a given amount of water from a given pump
def PumpWater(pump,volume):
	LPM = 4.00 #L per minute
	ontime = volume*(60/LPM)
	ConsoleDebug('PUMP ON')
	GPIO.output(pumps[pump],True)
	time.sleep(ontime)
	GPIO.output(pumps[pump],False)
	ConsoleDebug('PUMP OFF')
	output = 'Pumped ' + str(volume) + ' L Of Water Into Plants In ' + str(ontime) + ' Seconds'
	ConsoleDebug(output)
	return output

def Image(dir,cycle,high_quality):
	image = dir + str(cycle).zfill(4) + '.jpg'
	if high_quality == False:
		picture_command = 'raspistill -q 41 -o ' + image
	if high_quality == True:
		picture_command = 'raspistill -q 100 -o ' + image
	os.system(picture_command)
	ConsoleDebug('Image Captured, High Quality = ' + str(high_quality) + ', Image: ' + str(image))
	return image	

def RenderGraph(table,location):
	ConsoleDebug('Rendering Graph')
	rendercommand = 'php ' + str(os.getcwd()) + '/pChartRender_1_0_5.php ' + table + ' ' + location
	ConsoleDebug('Running Command: ' + rendercommand)
	proc = subprocess.Popen(rendercommand, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
	script_response = proc.stdout.read()
	ConsoleDebug('Output File: ' + script_response)
	ConsoleDebug('Rendering Complete')
	return script_response

def TryTweet(image, imagelocation, text):
	i = 0
	while i < 500:
		try:
			ConsoleDebug('Attempt [' + str(i) + '] To Tweet: ' + text + ' , image = ' + str(image)) 
			if image == True:
				output = api.update_with_media(imagelocation, text)
			if image == False:
				output = api.update_status(text)
			break
		except tweepy.error.TweepError as e:
			ConsoleDebug('Tweet Failed, Retrying')
			ConsoleDebug('Twitter Error: ' + str(e))
			i = i + 1
			time.sleep(15)
	
	ConsoleDebug('Tweet Sent After ' + str(i) + ' Attempts, Details: Actual Text [ ' + str(output.text) + '] URL: https://twitter.com/piplanter_bot/status/' + str(output.id) )

def RenderVideo(infolder,outfolder):
	outputfile = outfolder + str(datetime.now().strftime("%m_%d_%Y__%I_%M_%S%p")) + '_VIDEO.avi'
	ConsoleDebug('Attempting To Render: ' + outputfile)
	render_command = 'sudo mencoder mf://' + str(infolder) + '*.jpg -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:aspect=16/9:vbitrate=8000000 -vf scale=1920:1080 -mf type=jpeg:fps=15 -o ' + outputfile
	os.system(render_command)
	ConsoleDebug('Render Complete, File: ' + outputfile)
	return outputfile


def FifteenMinutes():
	global cycle
	SampleAllSensors(1,1000,'MySQL',False)
	ConsoleDebug(SampleAllSensors(5,1000,'Console',False))
	image = Image(VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'],cycle,False)
	tweet = SampleAllSensors(3,20,'Twitter',False) + " https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042"
	TryTweet(True,image,tweet)
	cycle = cycle + 1
	
def ThreeHours():
	graphlocation = RenderGraph(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'],VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
	tweet = 'Graph of day so far: Moisture % - Blue, Ambient Light % - Yellow, Temp DF - Red  https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042'
	TryTweet(True,graphlocation,tweet)
			
def Daily():
	graphlocation = RenderGraph(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Daily'],VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
	MySQLTableSetup(False,'Daily',False)
	tweet = 'Graph of Previous 24 Hours: Moisture % - Blue, Ambient Light % - Yellow, Temp DF - Red  https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042'
	TryTweet(True,graphlocation,tweet)
	tweet2 = PumpWater('PUMP0',1.5)
	TryTweet(False,'',tweet2)
	RenderVideo(VisualLocation['CurrentImageDirectory'],VisualLocation['CurrentVideoDirectory'])

def Weekly():
	graphlocation = RenderGraph(MySQL_Tables['MySQLTable_Weekly'],VisualLocation['CurrentGraphDirectory'])
	tweet = 'Graph of Previous 3 Days: Moisture % - Blue, Ambient Light % - Yellow, Temp DF - Red  https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042'	
	TryTweet(True,graphlocation,tweet)
	MySQLTableSetup(False,'Daily',False)
	
if __name__ == '__main__':	
	global MySQL_Tables
	global VisualLocation
	
	consumer_key=""
	consumer_secret=""
	access_token=""
	access_token_secret=""
	auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
	auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
	api = tweepy.API(auth)
	
	GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
	
	pins = {'MST_Enable' : 8} #assign names to GPIO pins
	for d in pins.itervalues():
		GPIO.setup(d,GPIO.OUT)
	
	pumps = {'PUMP0' : 7, 'PUMP1' : 11, 'PUMP2' : 13, 'PUMP3' : 16} #assign names to GPIO pins
	for k in pumps.itervalues():
		GPIO.setup(k,GPIO.OUT)
		
	#first ADC setup on SPI port 1
	spi_1 = spidev.SpiDev()
	spi_1.open(0, 1)

	#first ADC setup on SPI port 0
	spi_0 = spidev.SpiDev()
	spi_0.open(0, 0)
	
	PiPlanterFull = False
	
	user = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost",user="root",passwd="")
	cursor = user.cursor()
		
	scheduler = Scheduler(standalone=True)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(FifteenMinutes, minutes = 15)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(ThreeHours, hours = 3)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(Daily, days=1)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(Weekly, days=3)
	
	try:
		FirstTimeSetup()
		PumpWater('PUMP0',3)
		scheduler.start()
		

	except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
		pass

Note the distinct lack of comments. I will put out a much more polished version of the code when it’s done. Before I move onto things like a web UI etc, I would like to do a few more things with this standalone version. The above version renders videos into time lapses, I would like to be able to upload those videos somewhere, hopefully youtube. I would also like to be able to email the log file to the user daily, which should be easier than uploading videos to youtube.

The script that renders the MySQL data into a graph is the following, it on the other hand has not changed much at all since last year and is still the best method to render graphs like I want to:

<?php
 
/* Include all the classes */
include("/srv/www/lib/pChart/class/pData.class.php");
include("/srv/www/lib/pChart/class/pDraw.class.php");
include("/srv/www/lib/pChart/class/pImage.class.php");
 
$myData = new pData(); /* Create your dataset object */
 
$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "", ""); //location of server, db username, db pass
mysql_select_db("PiPlanter_Database", $db);
 
$Requete = "SELECT * FROM DailyTable07_11_2014__04_05_09PM";

$Result = mysql_query($Requete, $db);
 
/*This fetches the data from the mysql database, and adds it to pchart as points*/
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($Result))
{   
    $Time = $row["Time"];
    $myData->addPoints($Time,"Time");
     
    $P_MST0 = $row["P_MST0"];
    $myData->addPoints($P_MST0,"P_MST0");
    $P_MST1 = $row["P_MST1"];
    $myData->addPoints($P_MST1,"P_MST1");
     
	$A_TMP0 = $row["A_TMP0"];
    $myData->addPoints($A_TMP0,"A_TMP0"); 
	 
    $A_LDR0 = $row["A_LDR0"];
    $myData->addPoints($A_LDR0,"A_LDR0");
}

$myData-> setSerieOnAxis("P_MST0", 2);
$myData-> setSerieOnAxis("P_MST1", 2);
$myData-> setAxisName(2, "Relative Moisture [%]");
 
$myData-> setSerieOnAxis("A_TMP0", 0); //assigns the data to the first axis
$myData-> setAxisName(0, "Degrees [F]"); //adds the label to the first axis
 
$myData-> setSerieOnAxis("A_LDR0", 1);
$myData-> setAxisName(1, "Ambient Light Level [%]");
  
$myData->setAbscissa("Time"); //sets the time data set as the x axis label
 
$myData-> setSerieWeight("P_MST0",1); //draws the line thickness
$myData->setPalette("P_MST0",array("R"=>58,"G"=>95,"B"=>205,"Alpha"=>80)); //sets the line color
$myData-> setSerieWeight("P_MST1",1);
$myData->setPalette("P_MST1",array("R"=>39,"G"=>64,"B"=>139,"Alpha"=>80));

$myData-> setSerieWeight("A_LDR0",2);
$myData-> setSerieTicks("A_LDR0", 4);
 
$myData-> setSerieWeight("A_TMP0",2);
$myData-> setSerieTicks("A_TMP0", 4);
 
$myPicture = new pImage(4000,500,$myData); /* Create a pChart object and associate your dataset */
$myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"/srv/www/lib/pChart/fonts/pf_arma_five.ttf","FontSize"=>6)); /* Choose a nice font */
$myPicture->setGraphArea(130,40,3900,300); /* Define the boundaries of the graph area */
$myPicture->drawScale(array("LabelRotation"=>320)); /* Draw the scale, keep everything automatic */
 
$Settings = array("R"=>250, "G"=>250, "B"=>250, "Dash"=>1, "DashR"=>0, "DashG"=>0, "DashB"=>0);
 
/*The combination makes a cool looking graph*/
$myPicture->drawPlotChart(array("DisplayValues"=>TRUE));
$myPicture->drawLineChart();
$myPicture->drawLegend(30,320); //adds the legend
 
//$date-> date("d-M-Y:H:i:s");
 
//$myPicture->autoOutput(); /* Build the PNG file and send it to the web browser */ 
 
$myPicture->render("/home/pi/PiPlanter2/graphs/".date("d-M-Y_H:i:s").".png");
 
?>

Here are some photos of the current setup, it hasn’t changed much since last time:

Thank you very much for reading.

Hello! Here are some images of the new grow setup:

and here is the working version of the code:

import time
from time import sleep
from time import strftime

import tweepy
consumer_key=""
consumer_secret=""
access_token=""
access_token_secret=""
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)

PiPlanter_Full = False

import logging
logging.basicConfig()
from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler

import os
import sys

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)

# Start of mysql setup
import MySQLdb
user = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost",user="root",passwd="")
cursor = user.cursor()

MySQLdb_Name = 'PiPlanter' + strftime("_%m_%d_%Y_%I_%M_%S%p")
mysql_table_name = MySQLdb_Name + '_table'

mysql_create = 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS PiPlanter' 
mysql_grant = "GRANT ALL ON `" + MySQLdb_Name + "`.* TO 'piplanter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'"
mysql_use = 'USE PiPlanter' 

if PiPlanter_Full == True:
	#Full PiPlanter
	mysql_table = "CREATE TABLE " + mysql_table_name + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP1 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP2 VARCHAR(100),P_MST2 VARCHAR(100),P_TMP3 VARCHAR(100),P_MST3 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR1 VARCHAR(100),A_MST0 VARCHAR(100))"
else:
	#Simple PiPlanter
	mysql_table = "CREATE TABLE " + mysql_table_name + "(Sample_Number INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,Time VARCHAR(100),P_MST0 VARCHAR(100),P_MST1 VARCHAR(100),A_TMP0 VARCHAR(100),A_LDR0 VARCHAR(100))"

#A new database must be created each time the program runs
cursor.execute(mysql_create)
cursor.execute(mysql_grant)
cursor.execute(mysql_use)
cursor.execute(mysql_table)

pins = {'MST_Enable' : 8} #assign names to GPIO pins
for d in pins.itervalues():
	GPIO.setup(d,GPIO.OUT)

#first ADC setup on SPI port 1
import spidev
spi_1 = spidev.SpiDev()
spi_1.open(0, 1)

#first ADC setup on SPI port 0
import spidev
spi_0 = spidev.SpiDev()
spi_0.open(0, 0)

#this function can be used to find out the ADC value on ADC 0
def readadc_0(adcnum_0): 
    if adcnum_0 > 7 or adcnum_0 < 0:
        return -1
    r_0 = spi_0.xfer2([1, 8 + adcnum_0 << 4, 0])
    adcout_0 = ((r_0[1] & 3) << 8) + r_0[2]
    return adcout_0

#this function can be used to find out the ADC value on ADC 1
def readadc_1(adcnum_1): 
    if adcnum_1 > 7 or adcnum_1 < 0:
        return -1
    r_1 = spi_1.xfer2([1, 8 + adcnum_1 << 4, 0])
    adcout_1 = ((r_1[1] & 3) << 8) + r_1[2]
    return adcout_1
  
#this function converts a given value from the ADC and turns it into usable data
def convertadc(adcinput,unit):
	millivolts = adcinput*(3300.0/1024.0) #converts the ADC value to milivolts
	temp_c = ((millivolts - 100.0)/10)-40.0
	percent = (adcinput/1024.0)*100
	if unit == 'c' : #used for a temperature sensor to return Celsius 
		return temp_c
	elif unit == 'f' :  #used for a temperature sensor to return Fahrenheit  
		temp_f = (temp_c * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32
		return temp_f
	elif unit == 'mV':
		return millivolts
	elif unit == '%':
		return percent
	else:
		print "convertadc input error"
		return 0

#returns a usable numerical value from the ADC
def pollsensor(sensor,unit,precision,samples):
	GPIO.output(pins['MST_Enable'], True)
	if PiPlanter_Full == True:
		#Full PiPlanter
		sensors = {\
		'P_TMP0' : convertadc(readadc_0(0),unit),\
		'P_MST0' : convertadc(readadc_0(1),unit),\
		'P_TMP1' : convertadc(readadc_0(2),unit),\
		'P_MST1' : convertadc(readadc_0(3),unit),\
		'P_TMP2' : convertadc(readadc_0(4),unit),\
		'P_MST2' : convertadc(readadc_0(5),unit),\
		'P_TMP3' : convertadc(readadc_0(6),unit),\
		'P_MST3' : convertadc(readadc_0(7),unit),\
	
		'A_TMP0' : convertadc(readadc_1(0),unit),\
		'A_LDR0' : convertadc(readadc_1(1),unit),\
		'A_LDR1' : convertadc(readadc_1(2),unit),\
		'A_MST0' : convertadc(readadc_1(3),unit)}
	else:
		#Simple PiPlanter
		sensors = {\
		'P_MST0' : convertadc(readadc_0(0),unit),\
		'P_MST1' : convertadc(readadc_0(1),unit),\
		'A_TMP0' : convertadc(readadc_0(2),unit),\
		'A_LDR0' : convertadc(readadc_0(3),unit)}
	
	outputsum = 0
	for x in range(0,samples): #An averaging algorithm that creates a more precise reading
		outputsum = outputsum + sensors[sensor]
	output = round(outputsum/samples, precision)
	GPIO.output(pins['MST_Enable'], False)
	return output

#samples all sensors, outputs different formats of the data to be used in other places in the program
def sampleallsensors(sensor_precision,sensor_samples,form):	
	if PiPlanter_Full == True:
		#Full PiPlanter
		current_sensors = {\
		'P_TMP0' : pollsensor('P_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST0' : pollsensor('P_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP1' : pollsensor('P_TMP1' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST1' : pollsensor('P_MST1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP2' : pollsensor('P_TMP2' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST2' : pollsensor('P_MST2' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_TMP3' : pollsensor('P_TMP3' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST3' : pollsensor('P_MST3' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_TMP0' : pollsensor('A_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR0' : pollsensor('A_LDR0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR1' : pollsensor('A_LDR1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_MST0' : pollsensor('A_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples)}
	else:
		#Simple PiPlanter
		current_sensors = {\
		'P_MST0' : pollsensor('P_MST0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'P_MST1' : pollsensor('P_MST1' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_TMP0' : pollsensor('A_TMP0' , 'f', sensor_precision, sensor_samples),\
		'A_LDR0' : pollsensor('A_LDR0' , '%', sensor_precision, sensor_samples)}
	
	if form == 'MySQL':
		if PiPlanter_Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			output = "INSERT INTO " + mysql_table_name + "(Time, P_TMP0, P_MST0, P_TMP1, P_MST1, P_TMP2, P_MST2, P_TMP3, P_MST3, A_TMP0, A_LDR0, A_LDR1, A_MST0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST2']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_TMP3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST3']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_MST0']) + ")"  
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			output = "INSERT INTO " + mysql_table_name + "(Time, P_MST0, P_MST1, A_TMP0, A_LDR0)" + " VALUES(NOW()" + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['P_MST1']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_TMP0']) + "," + str(current_sensors['A_LDR0']) + ")"  
	elif form == 'Console':
		if PiPlanter_Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			output = 'Debug Update:' + ' P_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' P_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST0'])) + ',' + ' P_TMP1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP1'])) + ',' + ' P_MST1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST1'])) + ','+ ' P_TMP2: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP2'])) + ','+ ' P_MST2: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST2'])) + ','+ ' P_TMP3: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_TMP3'])) + ','+ ' P_MST3: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST3'])) + ',' + ' A_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' A_LDR0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR0'])) + ','+ ' A_LDR1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR1'])) + ','+ ' A_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_MST0'])) 	
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			output = 'Debug Update:' + ' P_MST0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST0'])) + ',' + ' P_MST1: ' + str(str(current_sensors['P_MST1'])) + ',' + ' A_TMP0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_TMP0'])) + ',' + ' A_LDR0: ' + str(str(current_sensors['A_LDR0'])) 	
	elif form == 'Twitter':
		if PiPlanter_Full == True:
			#Full PiPlanter
			output = 'Ambient LDR: ' + str(round(((current_sensors['A_LDR0'] + current_sensors['A_LDR1'])/2),1) ) + '%, ' + 'Ambient Tmp: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_TMP0'],1)) + 'DF, ' + 'Average Plant Tmp: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_TMP0'] + current_sensors['P_TMP1'] + current_sensors['P_TMP2'] + current_sensors['P_TMP3'] )/4, sensor_precision-2)) + 'DF, ' + 'Ambient Mst: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_MST0'],2)) + '%, ' + 'Average Plant Mst: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_MST0']+current_sensors['P_MST1']+ current_sensors['P_MST2']+ current_sensors['P_MST3'] )/4 ,1)) + '%'
		else:
			#Simple PiPlanter
			output = 'Ambient Light: ' + str(round((current_sensors['A_LDR0']),1)) + '%, ' + 'Ambient Temp: ' + str(round(current_sensors['A_TMP0'],1)) + 'DF, ' + 'Average Plant Mst: ' + str(round( (current_sensors['P_MST0']+current_sensors['P_MST1'])/2 ,1)) + '%'
	else:
		print "convertadc input sampleallsensors"
		return 0
	return output
	
pumps = {'PUMP0' : 7, 'PUMP1' : 11, 'PUMP2' : 13, 'PUMP3' : 16} #assign names to GPIO pins
for k in pumps.itervalues():
	GPIO.setup(k,GPIO.OUT)

#pumps a given amount of water from a given pump
def pumpwater(pump,volume):
	LPM = 4.00 #L per minute
	ontime = volume*(60/LPM)
	GPIO.output(pumps[pump],True)
	time.sleep(ontime)
	GPIO.output(pumps[pump],False)
	output = 'Pumped ' + str(volume) + ' L  of water into plants in ' + str(ontime) + ' seconds.'
	return output

#Sets up proper directories for folders and images
def visualssetup(time):
	#checks if directories above exist
	if not os.path.exists(str(os.getcwd()) + '/videos/'):
		os.makedirs(str(os.getcwd()) + '/videos/')

	if not os.path.exists(str(os.getcwd()) + '/videos/dailys/'):
		os.makedirs(str(os.getcwd()) + '/videos/dailys/')
	
	if not os.path.exists(str(os.getcwd()) + '/images/'):
		os.makedirs(str(os.getcwd()) + '/images/')
	
	if not os.path.exists(str(os.getcwd()) + '/images/dailys/'):
		os.makedirs(str(os.getcwd()) + '/images/dailys/')

	global current_dailypicdir
	current_dailypicdir = str(os.getcwd()) + '/images/dailys/' + str(time) + '/'
	os.makedirs(current_dailypicdir)

	global current_dailyvideodir
	current_dailyvideodir = str(os.getcwd()) + '/videos/dailys/' + str(time) + '/'
	os.makedirs(current_dailyvideodir)

def picture(dir,cycle):
	image = dir  + str(cycle).zfill(4) + '.jpg'
	picture_command = 'raspistill -o ' + dir  + str(cycle).zfill(4) + '.jpg'
	os.system(picture_command)
	return image

def rendervideo():
	time  = strftime("%m-%d-%Y_%I-%M-%S%p")
	global current_videodir
	scheduler.shutdown(shutdown_threadpool=False)
	render_command = 'sudo mencoder -nosound mf://' + current_dailypicdir + '*.jpg -mf w=2592:h=1944:type=jpg:fps=15 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2160000:mbd=2:keyint=132:v4mv:vqmin=3:lumi_mask=0.07:dark_mask=0.2:mpeg_quant:scplx_mask=0.1:tcplx_mask=0.1:naq -o ' + current_dailyvideodir + 'output.avi'
	os.system(render_command)

def daily():
	visualssetup(strftime("%m-%d-%Y_%I-%M-%S%p"))
	api.update_status(pumpwater('PUMP0',3))
	global cycle
	cycle = 0 


def hourly():
	cursor.execute(sampleallsensors(3,20,'MySQL'))
	user.commit()

	print sampleallsensors(3,20,'Console')
	
	pumpwater('PUMP0', .5)
	
	global current_dailypicdir
	api.update_status(sampleallsensors(3,20,'Twitter') + " https://esologic.com/?page_id=1042")
	picture(current_dailypicdir,cycle)
	
	#pumpwater('PUMP0', 1)
	
	global cycle 
 	cycle = cycle + 1 
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
	
	daily()
	hourly()

	scheduler = Scheduler(standalone=True)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(hourly, hours=1)
	scheduler.add_interval_job(daily, days=1)
    
	try:
		scheduler.start()
	except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
		pass

I’ll do a much more thorough post when the project is further along. For those playing along at home, you can see that I’ve totally re-written the code for this new version. So far, it has much less functionality but much more stability and flexibility.

They’re getting bigger!