Vera edge and Serial Gateway

[dylan.balloo]

Hello team,
I have an issue to connect my serial gateway to my vera edge. I have manage to construct the serial gateway but when I tried to connect it to my vera via USB, VERA cannot recognise it. I manage to install all the libraries also. See snap shot below.
Can you please help

[korttoma]

Hi @dylan-balloo please share details about your hardware also. The USB serial chip in the Serial Gateway needs to be an FTDI chip. Otherwise the drivers for the USB serial chip is not available on the Vera device and it will not find it.

If you do have a FTDI chip maybe you just need a better quality USB cable.

[dylan.balloo]

@korttoma said:
Hell Tomas,
Thanks for your prompt response.. What I have done I have just created the gateway uploaded the coded. The same USB cable that I connect to the PC for which I used to upload the code, I have remove it from the PC and plug it directly to the VERA ege. Is is correct?

[dylan.balloo]

@korttoma said:

USB serial chip in the

Can you please tell me the steps how to create a serial gateway and how to upload the plug in VERA edge and how to connect the Serial gateway to VERA.

[korttoma]

I'm sure you have correctly built the Serial Gateway but depending on with arduino you have used the USB serial chip might be different. You need to check that it is a FTDI chip or take some pictures where we can see what is printed on the chips.
Most likely you have some kind of Arduino Nano clone with a CH340 chip or similar and the Vera device does not have the drivers needed for this chip, please check and let us know more about your hardware.

[dylan.balloo]

Hello,
The chip is atmel atmega328P and atmel mega 1602

[dylan.balloo]

Can you please advise which Arduino nano shall I buy, please share a link from ebay

[Nitro Burn]

@dylan.balloo You just need a USB to SERIAL cable/breakout board/adapter that has an FTDI chip on it. You then connect the FTDI based usb to serial device to the arduino serial pins and plug the USB into the Vera. Vera will only communicate via Serial if the chip it is speaking to is a FTDI chip. No atmega, no cp2012, no CH340, etc... Only FTDI

USB to Serial:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ftdi+usb+to+serial
or if you want a nano:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ftdi+arduino+nano

[dylan.balloo]

Thanks for the advise. Can you please tell me how to connect the
USB to Serial:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ftdi+usb+to+serial
to my arduino nano. On which pin shall I connect it?

[dylan.balloo]

Shall I disconnect the serial gateway afterwards?

[korttoma]

There should already be a USB serial chip on your Nano. Check the other side of it. If it says FTDI on the chip there is still a chance to get it to work with what you already have.

Sometimes the Vera just has difficulty finding it. You just need to keep trying reboot restart loop.
If it is not a FTDI chip there is no use trying.

[dylan.balloo]

Hello,
I have check on my nano, nowhere seems to write FTDI.

Can I buy this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nano-V3-0-with-ATMEGA328P-FT232RL-FTDI-Micro-controller-Module-for-Arduino-/281145520990?hash=item417594335e:g:qzAAAOxy9ERSR-Wc

How are the connection done, shall the usb cable I used to connect to my PC be connect to the VERA via USB port?

If I want to connect
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FT232RL-3-3V-5-5V-FTDI-USB-to-TTL-Serial-Adapter-Module-for-Arduino-Mini-Port-/381374421597?hash=item58cbafda5d:g:jk8AAOSwrklVMjIp
with my actual Nano, how shall I connect it?

[dylan.balloo]

Hello all,
Please help me out on above.
Thank you

[hek]

It is hard to know if ebay/aliexpress chips is genuine. You better ask for a guarantee from the seller before making the purchase.

[dylan.balloo]

Hello NITRO BURN,
Can you please advise if you tested this one :
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ftdi+arduino+nano
and if it is working?

[dylan.balloo]

hello hek,
Thanks for the advise.

[dylan.balloo]

Hello there,
I have bought the new FTDI Nano. But still not working.
I have the following error on my vera:
MySensors plugin : Cannot send command - communications error
Thanks to advise.

[dbemowsk]

If you look at the FTDI chip, it should say PL2303 on it. Those are the only ones that I have gotten to work with my Vera. I do kind of wish that Vera would add support for the CH340s as those are another common USB to serial chip.