MyController.org

[jkandasa]

MyController.org Released 0.0.2-alpha3 :thumbsup:
For user documents visit MyController.org

[diggs]

Just wondering if it is possible to run two controllers side by side both looking at the same serial port?

i.e. can I run Domoticz and MyController at the same time in serial mode with the one gateway or would it cause issues?

[jkandasa]

@diggs for my knowledge we could not share same port directly for two applications. We may need to use some adapters for this operation. I do not know how much it is possible.

[etrombly]

@diggs I was looking into doing the same thing. There are ways to duplicate a serial port using utilities like socat that should work. I was having issues with one side of the redirect disconnecting when there was no data to read. I was thinking of just writing up a quick python utility that would have the features I wanted. ser2net would work well, but it only redirects the port to the network, it doesn't do local redirection.

[ericvdb]

@jkandasa Would it be possible to add a graph for the battery percentage?

[jkandasa]

@ericvdb Thank you for your interest with MyController.org. I have created a request for battery percentage. Kindly update your thoughts on this https://github.com/mycontroller-org/mycontroller/issues/14

How often node sends battery percentage?

[fleinze]

@jkandasa said:

How often node sends battery percentage?

That depends on your sketch. I update battery every hour, but only if there are changes.

[shattered]

Thank you - This is what I have been looking for. I was getting ready to write my own which I did not have time for. It is simple displays the data that is needed and easy to debug. The other controllers I tried I spent more time debugging because of the bloat. I can not focus on my sensor development.

[davidbd]

Nice ! Very clean GUI !

I installed this controller on RPI with serial gateway and it works like a charm with two TEMP sensors.

It will be good if you can use the RPI GPIO to connect directly to NRF24 RF module instead on adding the serial gateway ( see http://iot-playground.com ..)

I wish you good luck with this project.

[GertSanders]

Actually, you can add the NRF24 directly to the Raspberry and use it as a gateway at the same time:

http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1151/tutorial-raspberry-pi-nrf24l01-direct-connection

[jkandasa]

@davidbd said:

It will be good if you can use the RPI GPIO to connect directly to NRF24 RF module instead on adding the serial gateway ( see http://iot-playground.com ..)

Yes, I have plan to implement NRF24l01 directly. I have to learn more about how mysensors gateway is working. Also planing to implement RPI GPIO port access from MyController.org directly

I wish you good luck with this project.

Thank you! @davidbd

[jkandasa]

@GertSanders said:

Actually, you can add the NRF24 directly to the Raspberry and use it as a gateway at the same time:

http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1151/tutorial-raspberry-pi-nrf24l01-direct-connection

Thank you @GertSanders let me have a look. As MyController.org is designed with pure Java language I have to implement with some wrapper or with the help of pi4j module

[GertSanders]

@jkandasa
I used the Raspberry version of Mysensors gateway for software to set up a serial gateway. Then Inadded a symlink link with shorter name so domoticz could see it. If your software can detect the normal ttyMySensorGateway then no need for a symlink.
Hardware toconnect radio and raspberry is simple interconnect with GPIO. Same connections as with wire. I made a little board for it. Link to that is also somewhere on the forum.

[jkandasa]

@GertSanders said:

@jkandasa
I used the Raspberry version of Mysensors gateway for software to set up a serial gateway. Then Inadded a symlink link with shorter name so domoticz could see it. If your software can detect the normal ttyMySensorGateway then no need for a symlink.
Hardware toconnect radio and raspberry is simple interconnect with GPIO. Same connections as with wire. I made a little board for it. Link to that is also somewhere on the forum.

@GertSanders This is nice, I guess no need to change anything in MyController software. Let me check this and update you. Thank you.

[jkandasa]

@GertSanders @davidbd Just now I tested https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry with MyController.org server it is working perfectly. Thank you very much! you guys saved hardware cost and added direct NRF24 support to MyController.org :smiley:

I did all the steps as root user (running MyController.org server also as a root user). Kindly let me know if you face any issues.

Install https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry and connect NRF24L01+ as mentioned on the page.

Now we have to point-out ttyMySensorsGateway port to MyController.org server via it is configuration file

Stop your MyController server change a line,
File Name: mycontroller/conf/mycontroller.properties

mcc.serialport.name=/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway

Start your MyController server. That is it :)

[GertSanders]

link to my board:

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/aXLXBO3f

[GertSanders]

http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1974/domoticz-as-controller-and-a-gateway-for-mysensor-nodes-running-on-a-raspberry-pi-2

My setup described here

[jkandasa]

@GertSanders said:

http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1974/domoticz-as-controller-and-a-gateway-for-mysensor-nodes-running-on-a-raspberry-pi-2

My setup described here

Thank you @GertSanders

[davidbd]

@jkandasa Well Done ! Thanks ! you are doing great Job here.

[davidbd]

@jkandasa

Hi,

I just install the PiGatewaySerial in RPI and run as a daemon but found CPU is almost 100% !

2173 root 20 0 3740 1624 1416 R 98.8 0.4 2:17.91 PiGatewaySerial