General Discussion

@Redguy from http://m.electronicdesign.com/what-s-difference-between/what-s-difference-between-rs-232-and-rs-485-serial-interfaces: "A logic 1 is a level greater than –200 mV, and a logic 0 is a level greater than +200 mV. Typical line voltage levels from the line drivers are a minimum of ±1.5 V to a maximum of about ±6 V. " So you should be able to mix them as much as you like.

I use Chipquick noclean SnPb Type 3 and 4.

@Koresh No worries - all help is appreciated - fast or slow :)

@hek said: It takes a few failed transmission before it tries to "find new parent". Not sure what happended here without seeing the node log. @mfalkvidd said: @รอเรือ which version are you using? 2.0 has a problem with nodes that go back to sleep too soon after a failed send. This is fixed in the development version. See https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/pull/558 for details. Thanks guys! Well, I'm on 2.0.0. I'm not the "adventurous type" so I'm not on the development version if You get my point (ha ha). It's good to know that there exists some healing mechanisms in the communication. I might wait for the next stable release or I might build me a dedicated "MySensor : RepeaterNode" with an external antenna to facilitate the communication with my upcoming battery powered nodes in my garden and for the lawn mower that really must be automated soon. Hej tjolahopp! (Cheers!)

Wow ! speed of light ;-) Thanks. All clear.

@Cliff-Karlsson Assuming your PSU is only driving your buck converter, then, if the device data can be believed (a big IF by the way), then yes, I would expect it could deliver 12a at 5v. That said, you're buying a cat in a bag, and from a no-name Chinese manufacturer no less. So, for instance, who knows whether the parts are actually rated for what they proclaim themselves to be. Those are electrolytic caps. Usually, they don't do well when exposed to heat, and in that design they look to be quite close to the heat sinks. Are the caps really rated for whatever heat you might encounter? That's a big unknown with these types of cheap boards. On the other hand, it's only $4, so maybe that's a trade-off you're willing to live with.

@andrew Hello Andrew, as Anticimex already answered also other IDE's are possible (Atmel Studio with a arduino plugin seems to work) Atom, and others I use the Eclipse + plugin solution and are happy with it. It is really a powerfull solution with many configuration options. I had a few discussions with the maintainer of sloeber (Jantje) and in general i made a few observations that summerize yours: lsee discussions on github The problem for cpp is that you have to declare the prototypes because you lose the confort from the ino suffix. Regards , Stefan

@AWI has a nice piece of code that is exactly what you are looking for, try searching for mood light here on the forum.

@mfalkvidd @tonyf All 2.1.0-related changes since 2.0.0 can be found here: https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/milestone/5

Hi, i have read many of the posts regarding the use of ethernet gateways i continue with wiznet5100 :), and i continue to discover the mysensor world regards fred just a little point : how to close this post ?

I purchased an Edge. Now that it's been a few months I would rather have purchased the Plus. I'm still happy to own an Edge.

@mfalkvidd said: @stingone what does the serial debug output say? TSM:UPL TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0) !TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:1 TSP:CHKUPL:FAIL (hops=255) !TSM:UPL:FAIL TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: !TSP:SEND:TNR TSP:MSG:READ 5-5-6 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1 TSP:MSG:FPAR RES (ID=5, dist=1) TSP:MSG:PAR OK (ID=5, dist=2) !TSP:SEND:TNR TSM:FPAR:OK TSM:ID TSM:CHKID:OK (ID=6) TSM:UPL TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0) !TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-5-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:1 TSP:CHKUPL:FAIL (hops=255) !TSM:UPL:FAIL TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: Init complete, id=6, parent=255, distance=255, registration=1 !TSP:SEND:TNR``` Starting sensor (RNNNA-, 2.0.0) TSM:INIT TSM:RADIO:OK TSP:ASSIGNID:OK (ID=6) TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: !TSM:FPAR:FAIL !TSM:FAILURE TSM:PDT TSM:INIT TSM:RADIO:OK TSP:ASSIGNID:OK (ID=6) TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: !TSM:FPAR:FAIL !TSM:FAILURE TSM:PDT TSM:INIT TSM:RADIO:OK TSP:ASSIGNID:OK (ID=6) TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: TSM:FPAR TSP:MSG:SEND 6-6-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc: !TSM:FPAR:FAIL !TSM:FAILURE TSM:PDT

@pellusfromtellus - well yes and no. I live in Sweden, we had aprox 1600 stove fires (dry cocking and electrical failures) last year and 15 fires from usb chargers... (no ref, heard on tv). So you need to be carefull but also know that its not impossible and you will not start a fire if you have a basic knowledge. Its finding a good balance...

ok, so how do i configure the build to use RF24 with SPIDEV driver ?

@Michael_K , If we go from the front to the back this is what is needed: 1 Node: For example a door bell. This node sends information to a gateway. 2 The gateway takes the message from the node and sends this to a controller. For instance Openhab or Domotics. This can be done in several ways. MqTT being one. 3 Controller: takes the information and displays it to you. So in my case, I hardcode Node ID and CHILD ID (the complete door bell is a NODE whereas CHILD IDs may be the button pressed and maybe temperature reading at the same time). This sends to Gate way that takes the information and creates a MqTT message. What this message is, please read the instructions on this site.

Build one yourself: http://hackaday.com/2015/02/06/a-diy-pick-and-place-you-can-build-right-now/ I guess you would have to pay something like $10000- 15000 for a semi-professional machine form chine. I.e. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Head-Automatic-Pick-and-Place-Machine-SMT-QM1500-/252639482960