Some questions on how gateway works

[Homer]

Still no topics. I only have the one sensor and I haven't actually attached any sensors to the arduino as I figured the sketch itself would send enough info to create the devices, but I am starting to wonder if the reason they aren;t there is coz of this....

[fsgraz]

Maybe is a silly point, but the node presents itself to the gateway, and afterwards you should see your node in your controller. The node ( in myController V1 that is my choice) I see the node's registration status as New. I need to edit the node properties and change the node status to Registered. After that the sensors show up.

there's also an inclusion mode in the gateway if this is not possible with Vera:

// Enable inclusion mode
//#define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_FEATURE

// Enable Inclusion mode button on gateway
//#define MY_INCLUSION_BUTTON_FEATURE
// Set inclusion mode duration (in seconds)
//#define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_DURATION 60
// Digital pin used for inclusion mode button
//#define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_BUTTON_PIN D1

https://www.mysensors.org/build/advanced_gateway

[fsgraz]

let me also add that if the serial protocol is possible with an ethernet gateway, I would prefer that, w/o messing with MQTT.

[mfalkvidd]

@fsgraz you might want to use the tcp option for the ethernet gateway then. See https://www.mysensors.org/about/overview and https://www.mysensors.org/build/select_gateway

[Homer]

Thanks for the replies!!

I have some progress, but I still don't see any sensors in Home Assistant.

As you can see. topics are being reported, but nothing related to them show up in the HA MQTT integration or the Mysensors integration.I have no idea where to go from here.

[Homer]

I gave up on this and instead went the TCP Gateway, and now I have sensors in HA!

[OldSurferDude]

@Homer That's really good to hear!

[Homer]

Thanks mate, I am very pleased! :-D

[fsgraz]

@mfalkvidd thanks.

I am happily running 6 esp32 WiFi gateways with nRF24L01+, but with the mysensors serial protocol, not mqtt. I don't see any value on MQTT for a local system based entirely on mysensors like mine, but I might be wrong and don't see the potential.

I have a couple of them working as bridges, like between BLE sensors and mysensors, or Alexa an mysensors, meteo RSS Feed etc.

[fsgraz]

@mfalkvidd I got what you mean.
Yes, I am using the tcp connection using the mySensors serial API, not the USB<>UART serial interface ;-)

I am running a gateway with the nRF24 at 1Mpbs for the fast & furious sensors (mainly energy meters); another at 250kbps for the battery supplied nodes (temp/hum and door sensors); another one at 1Mbps dedicated to the actuators / mission critical.
60 nodes running

Another on is a BLE<>Mysensors bridge between the Mopeka Tank Pro (2) and the TPMS (4)
Another one is a fauxmo<>Mysensors bridge.

A few esp32 based displays (round oled, 3.5", 7")

:-)