Help with setup

[CaptainZap]

Hi Hek,

Thank you for the suggestion... I was thinking of using IDE tomorrow. Can you tell me if the plugin should be displayed like this on Vera ?

This doesn't seem right to me... When I press Start it should be highlighted right ?
I appreciate the huge work you've done and will do my best to help the community as much as I can.

[hek]

@CaptainZap said:

Can you tell me if the plugin should be displayed like this on Vera ?

The library version should show up after the arduino gateway has started correctly.

This doesn't seem right to me... When I press Start it should be highlighted right ?

Yes.

[CaptainZap]

I've tried flashing the gateway with IDE and I get a compilation error on line:
MyGateway gw(DEFAULT_CE_PIN, DEFAULT_CS_PIN, INCLUSION_MODE_TIME, INCLUSION_MODE_PIN, 6, 5, 4);
saying that 'MyGateway' does not name a type. Any ideeas ?

Thanks.

LE: Figured it out... my bad, compiling now.
LLE: Still doesn't work :|
LLLE: Tried using these chinese nano ripoffs but they are not detected at all by Vera. These CH340G chips suck so bad... My only way of getting this to work is with my Uno. Will appreciate any help anyone can provide.

[rafael.brasilia]

@CaptainZap

I also had problems to get my Vera to recognize these Chinese clones. I ended up buying a genuine Gravitec Arduino Nano to use as a gateway and everything works fine now. The clones work just fine for the sensors though, just not for the Gateway.

[CaptainZap]

Will any FTDI based arduino nano work ?
I saw an iduino on aliexpress and I'm not sure if it will work...
I also got a reply from the seller that this also has FTDI chip onboard. Wondering if they'll be compatible or not.

[CaptainZap]

Hi Guys,

It's been a while since I posted here, but I just got my new chinese iduino based on an FTDI chip and was able to get it to work as a gateway, then used one of the other arduino nano hooked up to a motion sensor and was detected by the gateway and I have to say this is AWSOME !!! You guys have done a phenomenal job !!!!
Now I have some other questions... the motion sensor seem to remain tripped only for a few seconds, can you tell me where can I adjust this to say.... 20 seconds ? I've seen in the sketch this : unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 120000; // Sleep time between reports (in milliseconds)
But it doesn't seem that way, should I adjust it from the sensor itself as explained below ?

One more question, can anyone explain why would it set itself as arduino Node 80 (not that I care too much :) ), being the first and single device ?
Next thing I wanna build is a multisensor, motion + temperature (dallas temperature sensor) sensor. Anyone got a good sketch I might use ?
I would also want to use a temperature sensor + 1 relay for some automation I have in mind.

Thank you very much, for any opinions you might have.

LE: I wanted to do some range tests, and disconnected the motion sensor (powered by usb from computer or phone charger) but it seems that once I've disconnected it and moved it around I was never able to get to work again. Not even placing it back in the same location it used to work it still failed to report to Vera - nothing on the logs from the sensor - looks like it vanished. Did I do something wrong ?
LLE: I reset the gateway and it started to work. Anyone know why it would freeze and stop receiving incoming messages ?

I know I've asked a lot of questions but hopefully someone can help me :D

[hek]

@CaptainZap said:

the motion sensor seem to remain tripped only for a few seconds, can you tell me where can I adjust this to say.... 20 seconds

Did you adjust the "trigger time" trim pot?

[CaptainZap]

No I haven't that's why I asked :)

[Dean]

@CaptainZap said:

I've tried flashing the gateway with IDE and I get a compilation error on line:
MyGateway gw(DEFAULT_CE_PIN, DEFAULT_CS_PIN, INCLUSION_MODE_TIME, INCLUSION_MODE_PIN, 6, 5, 4);
saying that 'MyGateway' does not name a type. Any ideeas ?

Thanks.

LE: Figured it out... my bad, compiling now.
LLE: Still doesn't work :|
LLLE: Tried using these chinese nano ripoffs but they are not detected at all by Vera. These CH340G chips suck so bad... My only way of getting this to work is with my Uno. Will appreciate any help anyone can provide.

I have the same problem, can you share what you did to resolve the issue?

[CaptainZap]

@Dean said:

@CaptainZap said:

I've tried flashing the gateway with IDE and I get a compilation error on line:
MyGateway gw(DEFAULT_CE_PIN, DEFAULT_CS_PIN, INCLUSION_MODE_TIME, INCLUSION_MODE_PIN, 6, 5, 4);
saying that 'MyGateway' does not name a type. Any ideeas ?

Thanks.

LE: Figured it out... my bad, compiling now.
LLE: Still doesn't work :|
LLLE: Tried using these chinese nano ripoffs but they are not detected at all by Vera. These CH340G chips suck so bad... My only way of getting this to work is with my Uno. Will appreciate any help anyone can provide.

I have the same problem, can you share what you did to resolve the issue?

Bought an FTDI arduino nano...