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    It probably has to do with fewer people buying them once summer ends, so companies might lower prices to clear out stock before winter.
  • Can not compile MySensors on esp8266

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    @TheoL there are two pull requests adding support for newer versions. One is guaranteed to break again. One should not break in the future, but will instead break all existing sketches. I’m sure a third option would be welcome if you write the code and submit.
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    I have mixed Nanos, Pro Minis, ESP8266 and Unos and no problem. I do however have mixed NRF24L01 and NRF24L01+ due to a bad AliExpress saler that stated he sold NRF24L01+ which in fact were not the + version. So I have set my baudrate on all nodes to 1mb. In order to be helpful we need the log on the Uno.
  • Need advice on solar powering with LiFePo4 battery

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    LiFePO4 batteries are a great choice because they have a long life cycle and are much safer than other lithium-based batteries. However, you need a solar charge controller that’s compatible with LiFePO4 to prevent overcharging and maintain efficiency. A good MPPT controller can significantly boost energy harvest from your panels. Also, ensure your solar panel output matches your power needs. If you're in solar ireland, you might find some local companies that offer tailored solutions for maximizing solar efficiency in lower light conditions.
  • HVAC type sensor in homeassistant

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    Figured it out. I had to send HVAC_FLOW_STATE to HA, in order for it to figure out that it was a "thermostat". Only problem is that it shows up with states "Auto" "Cool" "Heat" and "Off" in the dashboard, even though I only have the possibility to heat, or turn it off.
  • A low cost energy meter

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    @OldSurferDude yes, you are correct. this sensor is capable of 50A continuous, which safely I would make it working at 40A max., but for such an important load as in your case I would go for a beefier one, like the ACS75x, 77x, but at this point I would also change the node's form factor for space and insulation reasons. On my application on the RV I have a max. curr. of 13A running on a AWG14-16 cable (European rules for RVs), so I did not ask myself too many questions beside, of course, safety. About the signal, it will be a sinusoidal signal swinging around Vcc/2. Vcc can be easily measured internally on the ATmega328. On all my DC sensors I measure Vcc at every loop, just before measuring the ADCs. Honestly, when the space is not an issue like in my RV, I would rather use a ring core current transformer, and I would get rid of noise, response time, power dissipation, but over all no need to cut any cable. Long story short, it has been a nice experiment and I used it for 6 months, and then I switched back to my RF-NANO based RS485-Modbus - Mysensors bridge connected to an off-the shelf power analyzer. Just for fun I attach a pic of my 12Vdc sensors installed on my RV. Forgive me for the spaghetti wiring on the right side, but this is an area that needs improvement. [image: 1723442333591-img_20231008_120026-resized.jpg]
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    @OldSurferDude thank you !
  • MYSController with MQTT Gateway (via Node Red)

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  • 2x BME 280 on 2x arduino nano hangs in HomeAssistant

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    @HJ_SK said in 2x BME 280 on 2x arduino nano hangs in HomeAssistant: BME280 I had a similar situation. First you have to delete all the MySensors devices in HA. This is aggravated by HA wanting the devices to be on line before you delete them. You may have to delete the MySensors data in the HA config directory. You may even have to uninstall MySensors from HA. Then shutdown HA. Next, turn off your gateway. Are you using MQTT for messaging? You'll have delete the MySensors data from there, too. (MQTT Explorer is good for doing this) Then start HA. Did your MySensors devices come back as zombies? That's the problem. Try deleting them again. Are they data still in MQTT? OK, now start again. I had documented how to do all this deleting in HA Forum, HA/Discord and here, but I can't find that documentation now. grrrr OSD
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  • Where to change settings?

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    Hey @OldSurferDude I think we have a missunderstanding here. I have my gateways running on ESP32. When I add the integration I can enter the IP in this dialog: [image: 1721934496526-2024-07-25-21_05_25-einstellungen-home-assistant-mozilla-firefox.png] If you want to change the IP number of the gateway (or the MQTT topic or the serial port), there is no way to do this: [image: 1721935167535-2024-07-25-21_18_03-einstellungen-home-assistant-mozilla-firefox.png]
  • Some sensors permanently fail after one/two years

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  • 💬 Building a wired RS485 sensor network

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    Thank you @JeeLet ! I've been struggling with missing msgs for years with my Arduino Mega I changed pin and no issues! :D In the pjon code I've reached to list of tested pins that communication works properly https://github.com/gioblu/PJON/blob/38e36bb1228c1690143cfbf693a0bcb809514d6c/src/strategies/OverSampling/README.md?plain=1#L12
  • How to great variables

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    Nice work so far @wint0178, great that you try expanding on the examples. Sorry for the late reply. If you look at https://github.com/mysensors/MySensorsArduinoExamples/blob/bba998bce09bc5139eb4ca7a05b0279f4083ff88/examples/PressureSensor/PressureSensor.ino#L90 you see where the existing child ids are defines. You just add another one for the gas sensor, with a unique number (incrementing by 1 is an easy way). Try that and report back on your result. If something is unclear, just post a followup.
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    No, it does not recover. The Problem is not easy to debug. I now want to build a serial gateway. With that, I am more flexible to test. Maybe to run MySensors on a second raspberry pi with a standard Home Assistant HASS-Os image. Or I check the MySensors network with MyController. At this moment i run the whole system on 64 Bit raspbian, with HA in docker, which is a little bit experimental and i had to fix some lines in the ethernet gateway to compile it for 64 bit. So this is experimental, too.
  • Extraneous info in Debug log

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  • MQTT GW on ESP8266 supporting SSL/TLS?

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    @bgunnarb I like @eiten 's solution for you. Personally, I am not a fan of using cloud/public brokers. Thus I am curious about your system and there is something about it from which I can learn. I would like to understand why you cannot deploy your own mosquitto broker. I see your set up as 3 sensor groups defined by the channel used #define MY_RF24_CHANNEL ChannelOfSensorGroup Each sensor group has some number of sensors and one MQTT GW on ESP8266. On the MQTT side, do you distinguish between gateways by using a different host name? Something like: #define MY_MQTT_PUBLISH_TOPIC_PREFIX "mygateway-nOf3-out" #define MY_MQTT_SUBSCRIBE_TOPIC_PREFIX "mygateway-nOf3-in" #define MY_MQTT_CLIENT_ID "mysensors-nOf3" #define MY_HOSTNAME "ESP8266_MQTT_GW_nOf3" //#define MY_CONTROLLER_IP_ADDRESS 192, 168, 178, 68 #define MY_CONTROLLER_URL_ADDRESS "test.mosquitto.org" #define MY_PORT 1883 I must assume your controller (aka Home Assistant) discriminates between through which gateway the data is to flow by way of the different topic names. If my "something like" is correct, then changing brokers is changing the IPaddress/URL in your gateways and in your controller (though if the controller is Home Assistant, it may be a bother because the device-id's may change which will make a mess of all the work you've done in HA. This is why I like @eiten 's solution.) I hope it's all working for you again. OSD
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    @eiten Ran into the same error but of course the community is always at hand, ready to help! Great! I'm using MySensors 2.3.2 release version. Downgrading the ESP8266 board library to 2.7.4 as suggested by @OldSurferDude did the trick. I'm still clinging to MySensors. So simple and inexpensive to use! All sensors and other stuff connects over three MQTT GW in three locations back to my Home Assistant. PS: Get well soon! Regards, Gunnar
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    Hi2All! Surprising is here. After about 24hours I refresh HA and suddenly my motion sensor was integrated. There is also second entity > battery : 0 , have to look deeper into that for understanding. Need to change little in the sketch, because don't want every short time 'no movement' so only when there is motion and maybe once a hour indication sensor is alive. Meantime I found 3 other good threats: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/11200/finally-progress-evidence-based-radio-testing-method-and-capacitors https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1664/which-are-the-best-nrf24l01-modules/27 https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/9550/build-a-reliable-power-supply-chain Very usefull for me also finally progress because of lacking time in the past. Great jobs are done here! Thanks for this all of you guys or girls!

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