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Thanks for the info. I'll try to install that tonight.

My fix was listed above. restarting the routers and defining the static IP

This has been solved! Hi @stoffej! Can you please try to assist me on a very similar topic? I've built the EnergyMeterPulseSensor.ino pulse count sensor from the 2.0 library but I'm unable to initialize the items and I'm quite certain that this is why I'm not getting any values into Openhab. The Arduino is waiting for a request to be acknowledged which I guess is not happening. I have enabled persistence for the pulse counter items and I've also tried to initialize the items by manually sending a value through the openhab console (telnet localhost 5555). After updating the values manually I can see the new value in the sitemap-GUI but the actual counting does not start. After restarting Openhab the following is shown in the log: ... - New Item "myPCVar (Type=NumberItem, state=Uninitialized) based on configuration "50;1;V_VAR1" A funny thing is that I actually got it working while working on the pulse counter on an experimental setup without actually trying to initialize the items. I don't know what I did at that time or if it started working just by chance. Do you have any ideas of what steps to try? Thanks! Ah forget what I wrote. Its working now. I guess it was a poor radio module which seems to be the reason in a lot of cases.

@TimO Great! Thank you!

@Eric-Buhring great to hear that you managed to get it working. I have used solution like this (arduino+eth. shield+rf24) for some time. Now I have switched to esp8266+rf24(version with antenna) as a gateway, it is a cool (and smaller) solution

replied to your thread over here: https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-not-assigning-mysensors-node-id/12642

Hey @edsteve ! This thread mainly covers the serial connection via the serial binding and by using rules. You are using the binding for OH1, so I suggest to start a new thread or trigger @bkl. :-)

Hi @gregl EDIT: Found the problem! Missing end quotes on both my "mqtt" items. I'm not so sure it has to do with the sitemap, for it is very simple: sitemap home label="Office" { Frame label="TEST" { Switch item=OfficePin16 Switch item=OfficeRelay Text item=OneWireTempSensor1 } } Without changing my sitemap I get the following results: In my items file i have two Groups declared: Group Office Group Sensors Result 1: Number OneWireTempSensor1 "Temp 1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (Office, Sensors) {onewire="deviceId=28.FF14AE060000;propertyName=temperature;refreshinterval=10"} Switch OfficeRelay "Relay" <socket> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/relay:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/relay:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} Switch OfficePin16 "PIN16" <hue> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/pin16:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/pin16:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} [image: result1_160617.PNG] Items OfficeRelay and OneWireTempSensor1 is being displayed and functioning properly. OfficePin16 is not. Result 2 Switch OfficeRelay "Relay" <socket> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/relay:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/relay:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} Switch OfficePin16 "PIN16" <hue> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/pin16:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/pin16:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} Number OneWireTempSensor1 "Temp 1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (Office, Sensors) {onewire="deviceId=28.FF14AE060000;propertyName=temperature;refreshinterval=10"} [image: result2_160617.PNG] Item OfficeRelay is being displayed and functioning properly. OfficePin16 and OneWireTempSensor1 are not. Result 3 Switch OfficePin16 "PIN16" <hue> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/pin16:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/pin16:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} Number OneWireTempSensor1 "Temp 1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (Office, Sensors) {onewire="deviceId=28.FF14AE060000;propertyName=temperature;refreshinterval=10"} Switch OfficeRelay "Relay" <socket> (Office) {mqtt=">[office:odum.se/switch/in/f9fda134fe18/relay:command:*:MAP(onoff.map)],<[office:odum.se/switch/out/f9fda134fe18/relay:state:MAP(onoff.map)]} [image: result2_160617.PNG] Item OfficePin16 is being displayed and functioning properly. OfficeRelay and OneWireTempSensor1 are not. This is a piece of the log for the result 3: 2016-06-17 07:45:59.332 [DEBUG] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item null for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Frame 2016-06-17 07:45:59.371 [WARN ] [.o.u.w.i.render.SwitchRenderer] - Cannot determine item type of 'OfficeRelay' org.openhab.core.items.ItemNotFoundException: Item 'OfficeRelay' could not be found in the item registry at org.openhab.core.internal.items.ItemRegistryImpl.getItem(ItemRegistryImpl.java:80) ~[na:na] at org.openhab.ui.internal.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl.getItem(ItemUIRegistryImpl.java:554) ~[na:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.render.SwitchRenderer.renderWidget(SwitchRenderer.java:57) ~[org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.render.PageRenderer.renderWidget(PageRenderer.java:158) [org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.render.PageRenderer.processChildren(PageRenderer.java:121) [org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.render.PageRenderer.processChildren(PageRenderer.java:138) [org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.render.PageRenderer.processPage(PageRenderer.java:86) [org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.openhab.ui.webapp.internal.servlet.WebAppServlet.service(WebAppServlet.java:127) [org.openhab.ui.webapp_1.8.3.jar:na] at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.service(ServletRegistration.java:61) [org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet_1.1.300.v20120522-1841.jar:na] at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:128) [org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet_1.1.300.v20120522-1841.jar:na] at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:60) [org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet_1.1.300.v20120522-1841.jar:na] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848) [javax.servlet_3.0.0.v201112011016.jar:na] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:598) [org.eclipse.jetty.servlet_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:486) [org.eclipse.jetty.servlet_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1065) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:413) [org.eclipse.jetty.servlet_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:192) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:999) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:250) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:149) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:111) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:350) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:454) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:890) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:944) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:630) [org.eclipse.jetty.http_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:230) [org.eclipse.jetty.http_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:77) [org.eclipse.jetty.server_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:606) [org.eclipse.jetty.io_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:46) [org.eclipse.jetty.io_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:603) [org.eclipse.jetty.util_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:538) [org.eclipse.jetty.util_8.1.3.v20120522.jar:8.1.3.v20120522] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_65] 2016-06-17 07:45:59.389 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OfficeRelay for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Switch 2016-06-17 07:45:59.395 [DEBUG] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OfficeRelay for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Switch 2016-06-17 07:45:59.404 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OfficeRelay for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Switch 2016-06-17 07:45:59.411 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OfficeRelay for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Switch 2016-06-17 07:45:59.419 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OfficeRelay for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Switch 2016-06-17 07:45:59.428 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OneWireTempSensor1 for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Text 2016-06-17 07:45:59.437 [DEBUG] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OneWireTempSensor1 for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Text 2016-06-17 07:45:59.444 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OneWireTempSensor1 for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Text 2016-06-17 07:45:59.452 [ERROR] [o.u.i.items.ItemUIRegistryImpl] - Cannot retrieve item OneWireTempSensor1 for widget org.openhab.model.sitemap.Text I am wondering if the items OfficePin16 and OfficeRelay are not correctly declared? Being new to this I fail to see what is wrong. If they are correct, then what can be done to make them work properly? Could it be some problem with encoding or line endings? Any help I could get would be most appreciated.

Check out the other topic http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3664/mqtt-dimmer-message/7

@Ericb2745 Well, in that case, it seems you are missing the receiving part of the code. This is directly from the example for the actuator and it works for me... It goes at the end of the code after the void loop. // process incoming message void receive(const MyMessage &message) { if (message.type == V_LIGHT) { if (message.sensor < noRelays) { // check if message is valid for relays..... previous line [[[ if (message.sensor <=noRelays){ ]]] Relays[message.sensor].relayState = message.getBool(); digitalWrite(Relays[message.sensor].relayPin, Relays[message.sensor].relayState ? RELAY_ON : RELAY_OFF); // and set relays accordingly saveState( message.sensor, Relays[message.sensor].relayState ); // save sensor state in EEPROM (location == sensor number) Serial.print("Incoming change for sensor:"); Serial.print(message.sensor); Serial.print(", New status: "); Serial.print(message.getBool()); if(message.getBool() == 0) Serial.println(" = OFF"); else(Serial.println(" = ON")); } } }

That's is good to hear. In case you would like to check your events.log at a later stage, you can find it (depending on your installation) here: /var/log/openhab/ OR /opt/openhab/logs/ See also: Openhab Log-files

Hello there @Masonkante - I recommend that you check out my current build for reference to battery powering a custom board. I have created a board that uses a ATmega328p-au powered through a coin cell battery to act as a switch module. By all means use my thread for information on how to create a low powered arduino alternative for your desired needs. Thanks, Sam.

@DirkB19 Think you will get another advantage by changing as well - must be a lot easier to monitor the MQTT messages when topic clearly shows the difference.

@mbj Thanks, I will give the MQTT Client sketch a go soon. Cheers,

If you only comment out the line with "sendCommand()" how often does is the rule triggered? My guess: only once. You need to distinguish if you're getting a request from the node or sending an answer.