Domoticz

@AWI Thanx for your quick reply. I already had a gut feeling that Domoticz doesn''t handle it. nd you're right the String in Arduino C++ isn't the best option. But since Domoticz ignores it I can leave it out anyway.

So I found that GPIO pins 6, 8 and 10 were /dev/ttyS3. I used the link from @mfalkvidd and did the symbolic link and changed the /etc/rc.local file and I now have everything working in Domoticz on /dev/ttyUSB30. I cannot seem to see the device in CuteCom, but if I need to debug in there I can do it on /dev/ttyS3. Thanks for the help guys. you are great.

Yes - you are right. I have now done a whole series of tests, where I created nodes in different configurations, and read the debug information. It is not the present() is I was thinking, that creates the node in the controller. At the Domoticz forum, gizmocuz said that it does not matter what comes first - present() or sendSketchInfo(). So the issue about creating nodes in a consistent way are not related to this. So far so good... Last evening I tried the stable version 1.5.4. I created ten 100% identical nodes i an row, without any errors. It could be that there are still some issues with the v2 development version, or that the new version are handled differently, and that is not implemented in Domoticz yet. It seems that I have to go with 1.5.4 for now, and wait until v.2 are released and these issues are sorted out between MySensors and Domoticz. Thanks for the feedback! Br Lemme

I read about blocky for domoticz. It looks easy but my first steps are not so easy. I opened in "more options" the option "events", in events I select a "Control" (if/Do), also a "Logic" (>-), a "device " (temperature). In this beginning fase I am not able to connect temp device to the Logic. Anybody recognize this?

@Nca78 I have not seen your sketch, but assuming you have a standard scene controller sketch, there will be new switches coming up in Domoticz under "Devices" as soon as the connection is made. Say, you have four switches and you can switch them on/off. How do you switch a light in the living room then? One of the ways to do that is to have a Blockly script stating if Switch 1(scene controller) is on, switch on the living room light, if Switch 1 (scene controller) is off, switch off the living room light.

@NotTooTechy from your text I read that the the equipment needs some special precautions related to timing. From my perspective you should not use the controller to handle that, but do it local in firmware (MyS node). Domoticz is perfectly capable of handling very specific algorithms in lua. Certainly more straightforward than programming it in Pascal. Though it can be more fun to build you own controller if you are into it:smile: Domoticz "calls home" to check for updates. No secrets to what it is doing, the whole source is on git.

Thanks, my mistake, did not have the things configured correctly. I now have three devices visible. Two are shown correctly, the first as Light (relays) and the other Temp/Humidity (DHT) but the Gateway is showing as "Temp" but I guess I can ignore that. I will start a new thread on what I am trying to do now that the three Arduinos are all visible in Domoticz.

@Mark-Swift Well i got myself a Worx Landroid 794E from ebay, just looking for a base station and boundary wire now and i'll be up and running. Did you ever sort your issue to stop it going out in the rain?

@timropp :blush:

Good to know, indeed my setup is working now with stable libraries thanks to this helpful community. I'll go back later to development libraries to see if I'm able to work with it as well.

Here is a simular thread https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3891/2-controllers-and-1-gateway-expected-behavior/2

@TheoL I tested everything again tonight and did some troubleshooting using the default motion sketch which worked. What i ascertained is that my sketch was setting the motion sensor active but then never sending a signal to say that the sensor was no longer active. I'll be honest that i couldn't see the default sketch doing this either(unless it does this via an interrupt when it goes from active to inactive) but i modified my program so that it now sends a notification that the sensor is no longer tripped which solved that issue. I also put a 10 second delay in as the lowest setting i could set on the sensor was 5 seconds or so which meant my sketch spammed domoticz that it was tripped. With the delay it sends a message to domoticz once now, waits 10 seconds and then sends that it's no longer tripped. With this I've been able to enable the domoticz control so that it will turn the relevant light on for 1 min at %75 if motion is detected. The only issue i've ran into is if i've already got the light set to say %20 which i like to do after sunset then when the light gets enabled for 1 min domoticz doesn't seen to turn it off.

@timropp my philosophy is that Home Automation should be just home automation. All other add-on's need their own solution. A raspberry Pi (I use a 2) with a Razberry and Domoticz will do. Move over the other logic to the WHS and use MQtt to connect them. But that's the way I see things.

Eat! Sketch name is only sent when the node presents itself, so you might need to reset all nodes if you want that field populated right away. Might be the same for child name.

Check this out: https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/blob/master/hardware/MySensorsBase.cpp#L24