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Does mysensors needs wireless? Can I use ethernet?

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  • grzmrcG Offline
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    Hi all,
    I have some standalone arduinos with some attached sensors.
    I installed domoticz on a windows server and now I'd like to send data from my arduinos to the domoticz.

    1)One of those arduino is near the server, and I think that this will be elegible to become the gateway. Have I to connect this one with the usb cable or a ethernet shield ?

    1. For the other arduino+sensors, is it possible to use the ethernet sheld to make a "mysensor"? Is the wireless mandatory for the mysensors library?
      Thanks
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    • grzmrcG grzmrc

      Hi all,
      I have some standalone arduinos with some attached sensors.
      I installed domoticz on a windows server and now I'd like to send data from my arduinos to the domoticz.

      1)One of those arduino is near the server, and I think that this will be elegible to become the gateway. Have I to connect this one with the usb cable or a ethernet shield ?

      1. For the other arduino+sensors, is it possible to use the ethernet sheld to make a "mysensor"? Is the wireless mandatory for the mysensors library?
        Thanks
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      wrote on last edited by mfalkvidd
      #2

      Hi @grzmrc
      Welcome to MySensors!

      Wireless is not required. Some users use RS485 for example.

      MySensors has something called a Gateway. The traditional use of a Gateway is to bridge the low-power world (with rfm/nrf radios and rs485 connections) to the more "computer-friendly" world of TCP/IP or USB/serial port.

      The 1.5.x stable version of MySensors does not support connecting local sensors to a Gateway. But in the development version, a Gateway can have local sensors. So a possible solution is to equip all your Arduinos with ethernet shields and make them Gateways. Domoticz support multiple gateways.

      Some threads to get you started:
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2574/how-to-use-the-development-branch-for-sensor-and-gateway
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2794/connect-sensors-directly-to-the-gateway-again/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3451/serial-gateway-with-several-sensors-connected-to-it
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1338/gateway-and-sensor-node-on-same-arduino-is-it-possible/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/624/combine-gateway-and-sensor/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2122/sensors-without-a-gateway/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1387/sensors-on-gateway/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3375/repeater-node-via-ethernet/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2893/solved-gateway-as-a-sensor-node-in-v1-6/
      http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3332/replacing-radio-with-esp8266-on-nodes-and-gateway/

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        And yes, we should probably have a pinned thread or something on this topic, since a lot of people are asking :)

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          @mfalkvidd

          Yes, a pinned topic would be nice.

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