Controller Developer

@RagoTube examples are there in,

• https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/tree/development/examples
• https://github.com/mysensors/MySensorsArduinoExamples

The following sketch can help you to get your setup,
https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/blob/development/examples/Node2Node/Node2Node.ino

@qobouky to get V_STATUS, you can do it two ways

1. (added automatically in MyController) Send the current status of the relays on your presentation block in your MySensors sketch
2. (add manually in MyController) - you can see S_BINARY sensors in MyController on this node. You can add a V_STATUS variable on each S_BINARY sensor in MyController

You will get a control option for your relays.

@qobouky seems you have problem with MyController and serial port communication. I do not see the node 0 too (gateway node).
can you check the MyController log file, is there any error? Also check the baud rate and port number of your serial device.

@qobouky your attachments are not available. can you please add it again?
do not you get your node by running discover on MyController?

@Yveaux said in serial, Ethernet to MQTT:

Of course, but MySensors MQTT gateway runs just as fine when connected over cabled ethernet, as when connected over wifi

I do not know that
Now on this tool, I do not see much benefit from ethernet to MQTT
Still, it is good from serial to MQTT.

@Yveaux Some people keep wants to use serial or ethernet for security reason. They do not want to use WiFi.
But still, they can enjoy the benefits of MQTT

• experiment different controllers via MQTT
• can have the serial gateways on the different places and connected to a controller (everything connected via MQTT)

Hi,

I have developed a new MQTT bridge to convert from serial, ethernet to mqtt.
Supports for MySensors.
You can have more than one serial ports and/or ethernet connections.
If you are interested in, https://github.com/mycontroller-org/2mqtt
Thanks!

I used MySensors to create a privacy friendly smart home demonstrator called Candle. Quite a few people are building it, but they may not even realise they are using MySensors.

In this project my own attention certainly has shifted a bit. Cheap Zigbee dongles and devices aid my goal of moving Candle in a more consumer friendly direction, so that people could just buy most of the parts ready-to-go, and still keep everything local. Some devices will still be MySensors devices, simply because there aren't any privacy friendly alternatives that I know of. But a temperature and humidity sensor, those use Zigbee for me now. And I'm moving the privacy features from the arduino code into the central controller instead.

Speculation about other factors:

• Practical Arduino hardware education isn't happening right now because of covid. And even there, there are so many hardware options now. Microbits, ESP32, etc.
• I've also noticed people asking about standardisation, and caring about interoperability.
• There are many more products available now. Edge cases are being catered to, e.g. gardening.

Things that might help for me:

• I really wish there was a cheap, widely available Arduino akin to the RF-Nano, but with RFM69 433Mhz. MySensors has always had range issues for me on 2.4ghz.
• The MySensors implementation doesn't make it easy for devices to describe the UI they would like. E.g. if a device is read-only or toggle-able is currently dependent on the type, instead of being a factor that can be set for each sensor type independently.

A new website with a strong focus on new users, USP's (cheap privacy & friendly, or just fun, educational and artisanal) and up-to-date examples might help.

This all may sound critical, but that's not the intention. I really dig MySensors. It's definitely in my toolbelt.

@fixjunk this configuration will be supplied to your gateway from a controller.

Source: https://www.mysensors.org/download/serial_api_20
When your MySesnors node boots up, sends a I_CONFIG request to your controller, your controller has to respond to this request [response can be either (M)etric or (I)mperal ]

AFAIK, This metric change will not affect your sensor measurement units. You have to convert yourself in your sketch.
@mfalkvidd can confirm this.

The container image will be super easy to distribute.
It contains all its dependencies in it. "no more not working in my environment philosophy".
it is super lightweight compared to VM.

I would like to point that MyController.org has a docker image.
Version 1.x is managed by a community member: (available for x86_64 Linux arch): https://hub.docker.com/r/cdrocker/mycontroller

Version 2.0 is in the development phase and natively supports the container.
Supports for Linux x86_64, arm6, arm7, and arm64

# version 2.0
# run with default configuration
docker run  -d --name mycontroller \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    quay.io/mycontroller-org/all-in-one:master

Note: V2.0 is in the development stage, which means not ready for production. If you need metrics support install external influxdb(2.x).