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  • tombstoneT Offline
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    #332

    I feel so stupid thought the first video that Pete made serial gateway was just the wiring your your radio up for the irrigation. 😥

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    • tbowmoT tbowmo

      @tombstone

      It seems that you have not read up on how mysensors works.. The purpose of mysensors is to create wireless sensors. To do this, we normally have a gateway connected to a computer running some kind of controller software.

      Then we have sensor nodes that transmit (wireless) sensor data to the gateway which sends this to the controller software.

      Again, please read up on how mysensors are designed, find more here https://www.mysensors.org/about

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      wrote on last edited by
      #333

      @tbowmo said in Irrigation Controller (up to 16 valves with Shift Registers):

      It seems that you have not read up on how mysensors works.. The purpose of mysensors is to create wireless sensors. To do this, we normally have a gateway connected to a computer running some kind of controller software.

      Then we have sensor nodes that transmit (wireless) sensor data to the gateway which sends this to the controller software.

      Again, please read up on how mysensors are designed, find more here https://www.mysensors.org/about

      Hi Thomas,

      You have hit on a point that I see over and over here, and that I shared with @tombstone for a long time before I was able to get a successful MySensors node working. (And I've worked with electronics and tech much of my life.)

      Understanding the key components and how they fit together is essential for newcomers to MySensors, and is not very complex, but the information is widely scattered and completely missing from the the top level of the website. This discourages newcomers and creates endless questions on the forums as it is quite difficult to get anything working without many hours of reading and experimenting.

      There is no obvious place on the website that explains the big picture as well as your last message! Newcomers to MySensors do not benefit from a clear simple picture of sensor nodes, gateways, and controllers and how they fit together.

      • The Getting Started page does not mention controllers at all. And it's NOT as easy as 1, 2, 3!
      • The Controller page does not describe the basic purpose of a controller, or how it connects to gateways and nodes. It's a useful advanced comparison of controller details, not beginner content.
      • The Build page mentions some of the key components but again not how they fit together. (Nor is it about 'building'.)
      • The Hardware doesn't really talk about the hardware.

      (I'm sure there is much of this elsewhere on the website, but its not easy to find from the obvious links.)

      It would be hugely helpful if Getting Started was an actual detailed overview of MySensors diagramming examples of complete end-to-end systems.

      • sensor->arduino+radio node---->arduino+radio gateway->controller (Domoticz etc).
      • sensor->gateware/node software->ESP8266 wifi->controller (no 'radio')
      • etc.

      Gateways are difficult to understand at the beginning as there are so many different ones and the Gateway names don't help...some are named by a single transport protocol (i.e. MQTT) some for an interface (Serial) some for a hardware platform (ESP8266), etc. I'm sure this seems obvious to lifelong engineers/developers but not so much for regular hobby geeks like many hobbyists.

      I'm impressed with the work that has gone into MySensors and am grateful for all the hard work by the many developers and users who have contributed to it. I don't mean my comments to be a complaint. Presenting technical systems to often less technical newcomer/users is a challenging area. Improving the first impression of the big picture to newcomers would be a huge move forward.

      Tim

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      • G Grubstake

        @tbowmo said in Irrigation Controller (up to 16 valves with Shift Registers):

        It seems that you have not read up on how mysensors works.. The purpose of mysensors is to create wireless sensors. To do this, we normally have a gateway connected to a computer running some kind of controller software.

        Then we have sensor nodes that transmit (wireless) sensor data to the gateway which sends this to the controller software.

        Again, please read up on how mysensors are designed, find more here https://www.mysensors.org/about

        Hi Thomas,

        You have hit on a point that I see over and over here, and that I shared with @tombstone for a long time before I was able to get a successful MySensors node working. (And I've worked with electronics and tech much of my life.)

        Understanding the key components and how they fit together is essential for newcomers to MySensors, and is not very complex, but the information is widely scattered and completely missing from the the top level of the website. This discourages newcomers and creates endless questions on the forums as it is quite difficult to get anything working without many hours of reading and experimenting.

        There is no obvious place on the website that explains the big picture as well as your last message! Newcomers to MySensors do not benefit from a clear simple picture of sensor nodes, gateways, and controllers and how they fit together.

        • The Getting Started page does not mention controllers at all. And it's NOT as easy as 1, 2, 3!
        • The Controller page does not describe the basic purpose of a controller, or how it connects to gateways and nodes. It's a useful advanced comparison of controller details, not beginner content.
        • The Build page mentions some of the key components but again not how they fit together. (Nor is it about 'building'.)
        • The Hardware doesn't really talk about the hardware.

        (I'm sure there is much of this elsewhere on the website, but its not easy to find from the obvious links.)

        It would be hugely helpful if Getting Started was an actual detailed overview of MySensors diagramming examples of complete end-to-end systems.

        • sensor->arduino+radio node---->arduino+radio gateway->controller (Domoticz etc).
        • sensor->gateware/node software->ESP8266 wifi->controller (no 'radio')
        • etc.

        Gateways are difficult to understand at the beginning as there are so many different ones and the Gateway names don't help...some are named by a single transport protocol (i.e. MQTT) some for an interface (Serial) some for a hardware platform (ESP8266), etc. I'm sure this seems obvious to lifelong engineers/developers but not so much for regular hobby geeks like many hobbyists.

        I'm impressed with the work that has gone into MySensors and am grateful for all the hard work by the many developers and users who have contributed to it. I don't mean my comments to be a complaint. Presenting technical systems to often less technical newcomer/users is a challenging area. Improving the first impression of the big picture to newcomers would be a huge move forward.

        Tim

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        wrote on last edited by
        #334

        @Grubstake
        I was think of writing a post or making a video (like Pete) for the beginner's. Just an add-on of his work. Not saying his video are not good just saying I like to make more.... Aftrr I know how everything works. Not off on a good start but I get there.

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        • G Grubstake

          @tbowmo said in Irrigation Controller (up to 16 valves with Shift Registers):

          It seems that you have not read up on how mysensors works.. The purpose of mysensors is to create wireless sensors. To do this, we normally have a gateway connected to a computer running some kind of controller software.

          Then we have sensor nodes that transmit (wireless) sensor data to the gateway which sends this to the controller software.

          Again, please read up on how mysensors are designed, find more here https://www.mysensors.org/about

          Hi Thomas,

          You have hit on a point that I see over and over here, and that I shared with @tombstone for a long time before I was able to get a successful MySensors node working. (And I've worked with electronics and tech much of my life.)

          Understanding the key components and how they fit together is essential for newcomers to MySensors, and is not very complex, but the information is widely scattered and completely missing from the the top level of the website. This discourages newcomers and creates endless questions on the forums as it is quite difficult to get anything working without many hours of reading and experimenting.

          There is no obvious place on the website that explains the big picture as well as your last message! Newcomers to MySensors do not benefit from a clear simple picture of sensor nodes, gateways, and controllers and how they fit together.

          • The Getting Started page does not mention controllers at all. And it's NOT as easy as 1, 2, 3!
          • The Controller page does not describe the basic purpose of a controller, or how it connects to gateways and nodes. It's a useful advanced comparison of controller details, not beginner content.
          • The Build page mentions some of the key components but again not how they fit together. (Nor is it about 'building'.)
          • The Hardware doesn't really talk about the hardware.

          (I'm sure there is much of this elsewhere on the website, but its not easy to find from the obvious links.)

          It would be hugely helpful if Getting Started was an actual detailed overview of MySensors diagramming examples of complete end-to-end systems.

          • sensor->arduino+radio node---->arduino+radio gateway->controller (Domoticz etc).
          • sensor->gateware/node software->ESP8266 wifi->controller (no 'radio')
          • etc.

          Gateways are difficult to understand at the beginning as there are so many different ones and the Gateway names don't help...some are named by a single transport protocol (i.e. MQTT) some for an interface (Serial) some for a hardware platform (ESP8266), etc. I'm sure this seems obvious to lifelong engineers/developers but not so much for regular hobby geeks like many hobbyists.

          I'm impressed with the work that has gone into MySensors and am grateful for all the hard work by the many developers and users who have contributed to it. I don't mean my comments to be a complaint. Presenting technical systems to often less technical newcomer/users is a challenging area. Improving the first impression of the big picture to newcomers would be a huge move forward.

          Tim

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          Mod
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          @Grubstake I think you missed the page https://www.mysensors.org/about/network
          IMHO mysensors made it "easy" to create a sensors network but it can't teach you the basics of arduino programming, I have already told many newbies that first they need to learn with the tutorials and simple exercises otherwise they would have no idea where to look for problems that they will face. Learning how to debug it's as hard as learning to program and in a complex environment like a sensors network it is very easy to get lost.

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          • G Grubstake

            @tbowmo said in Irrigation Controller (up to 16 valves with Shift Registers):

            It seems that you have not read up on how mysensors works.. The purpose of mysensors is to create wireless sensors. To do this, we normally have a gateway connected to a computer running some kind of controller software.

            Then we have sensor nodes that transmit (wireless) sensor data to the gateway which sends this to the controller software.

            Again, please read up on how mysensors are designed, find more here https://www.mysensors.org/about

            Hi Thomas,

            You have hit on a point that I see over and over here, and that I shared with @tombstone for a long time before I was able to get a successful MySensors node working. (And I've worked with electronics and tech much of my life.)

            Understanding the key components and how they fit together is essential for newcomers to MySensors, and is not very complex, but the information is widely scattered and completely missing from the the top level of the website. This discourages newcomers and creates endless questions on the forums as it is quite difficult to get anything working without many hours of reading and experimenting.

            There is no obvious place on the website that explains the big picture as well as your last message! Newcomers to MySensors do not benefit from a clear simple picture of sensor nodes, gateways, and controllers and how they fit together.

            • The Getting Started page does not mention controllers at all. And it's NOT as easy as 1, 2, 3!
            • The Controller page does not describe the basic purpose of a controller, or how it connects to gateways and nodes. It's a useful advanced comparison of controller details, not beginner content.
            • The Build page mentions some of the key components but again not how they fit together. (Nor is it about 'building'.)
            • The Hardware doesn't really talk about the hardware.

            (I'm sure there is much of this elsewhere on the website, but its not easy to find from the obvious links.)

            It would be hugely helpful if Getting Started was an actual detailed overview of MySensors diagramming examples of complete end-to-end systems.

            • sensor->arduino+radio node---->arduino+radio gateway->controller (Domoticz etc).
            • sensor->gateware/node software->ESP8266 wifi->controller (no 'radio')
            • etc.

            Gateways are difficult to understand at the beginning as there are so many different ones and the Gateway names don't help...some are named by a single transport protocol (i.e. MQTT) some for an interface (Serial) some for a hardware platform (ESP8266), etc. I'm sure this seems obvious to lifelong engineers/developers but not so much for regular hobby geeks like many hobbyists.

            I'm impressed with the work that has gone into MySensors and am grateful for all the hard work by the many developers and users who have contributed to it. I don't mean my comments to be a complaint. Presenting technical systems to often less technical newcomer/users is a challenging area. Improving the first impression of the big picture to newcomers would be a huge move forward.

            Tim

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            wrote on last edited by
            #336

            @Grubstake still may have a pont if there's been overs. Not saying we right or your right. But learning is a difficult thing. So is teaching. That's good that we have lots of open source site and when we get stuck members step ins and give a hand.

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            • tombstoneT Offline
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              #337

              Thanks guys now I understand, felling stupid but it was like a mind blank as was thinking it worked another way.

              Can some one point me to the a link (error sending switch command check device/hardware) this comes up when turning on lights on the irrigation controller.

              I find this but it didn't makes sense. https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2553/error-sending-switch-command-check-device-hardware

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                @tbowmo If I can give an opinion, if we want to reach the newcomers, we must start to think on a integrated solution for burning mcus without programming knowledge. I'm also a software architect and my father caught me on electronics, but this is a public project and will also reach people without knowledge.
                NodeManager is a great jump on that direction and now we miss a small utility for computers.
                And signing+encryption is a problem here.

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                • Sergio RiusS Sergio Rius

                  @tbowmo If I can give an opinion, if we want to reach the newcomers, we must start to think on a integrated solution for burning mcus without programming knowledge. I'm also a software architect and my father caught me on electronics, but this is a public project and will also reach people without knowledge.
                  NodeManager is a great jump on that direction and now we miss a small utility for computers.
                  And signing+encryption is a problem here.

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                  Anticimex
                  Contest Winner
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                  #339

                  @Sergio-Rius why is signing and encryption a problem? We have a simplified option that enables both using a single define. It can't be made simpler than that without making it enabled by default and then with a common PSK which is pointless. Although still only available in beta it will soon be released.
                  If you find that too complex, I am all ears for improvement suggestions.

                  Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                  • AnticimexA Anticimex

                    @Sergio-Rius why is signing and encryption a problem? We have a simplified option that enables both using a single define. It can't be made simpler than that without making it enabled by default and then with a common PSK which is pointless. Although still only available in beta it will soon be released.
                    If you find that too complex, I am all ears for improvement suggestions.

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                    #340

                    @Anticimex Sorry, but I don't follow the development code on a day basis, I was not aware of this feature.
                    Anyways, a common psk will be like grease. Any psk would be better than no-one. :)

                    Let me explain: I was thinking on a small Pc program that you can select options (NodeManager) and then burn the chip by a click of a button. But also crossed my mind the possibility that a user, with a running secure network, wanted to get a sensebender gateway already programmed. It would be no use.

                    I was thinking on a way of "programming the crypto chip" separately from the cpu program. I don't know if it clearer now or I made it worse.

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                    • Sergio RiusS Sergio Rius

                      @Anticimex Sorry, but I don't follow the development code on a day basis, I was not aware of this feature.
                      Anyways, a common psk will be like grease. Any psk would be better than no-one. :)

                      Let me explain: I was thinking on a small Pc program that you can select options (NodeManager) and then burn the chip by a click of a button. But also crossed my mind the possibility that a user, with a running secure network, wanted to get a sensebender gateway already programmed. It would be no use.

                      I was thinking on a way of "programming the crypto chip" separately from the cpu program. I don't know if it clearer now or I made it worse.

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                      Mod
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                      #341

                      @Sergio-Rius there is also a project to integrate NodeManager with a web page to really mask all the code behind to the user.

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                      • Sergio RiusS Sergio Rius

                        @Anticimex Sorry, but I don't follow the development code on a day basis, I was not aware of this feature.
                        Anyways, a common psk will be like grease. Any psk would be better than no-one. :)

                        Let me explain: I was thinking on a small Pc program that you can select options (NodeManager) and then burn the chip by a click of a button. But also crossed my mind the possibility that a user, with a running secure network, wanted to get a sensebender gateway already programmed. It would be no use.

                        I was thinking on a way of "programming the crypto chip" separately from the cpu program. I don't know if it clearer now or I made it worse.

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                        Anticimex
                        Contest Winner
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                        #342

                        @Sergio-Rius I am still a bit confused.
                        A default PSK would be the same for everyone so how is that better than no one?
                        Also, nrf24 radios have problem with full size payloads so enabling signing by default would give some users radio problems by default as well. It is not a problem with signing, it is a problem with the radio.

                        Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                        • Sergio RiusS Sergio Rius

                          @Anticimex Sorry, but I don't follow the development code on a day basis, I was not aware of this feature.
                          Anyways, a common psk will be like grease. Any psk would be better than no-one. :)

                          Let me explain: I was thinking on a small Pc program that you can select options (NodeManager) and then burn the chip by a click of a button. But also crossed my mind the possibility that a user, with a running secure network, wanted to get a sensebender gateway already programmed. It would be no use.

                          I was thinking on a way of "programming the crypto chip" separately from the cpu program. I don't know if it clearer now or I made it worse.

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                          Anticimex
                          Contest Winner
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                          #343

                          @Sergio-Rius the crypto chip (I prefer the term authentication chip as it does not do cryptography) is connected to the MCU so you need a program on the MCU to program the chip in one way or another. Lest you program the chip before soldering it to the board. And I think the personalization procedure (improved in beta) is documented and simplified enough so that having a separate pc program and do off board programming of the chip would be a far more complicated procedure for "non programmers".

                          Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                            @Sergio-Rius the crypto chip (I prefer the term authentication chip as it does not do cryptography) is connected to the MCU so you need a program on the MCU to program the chip in one way or another. Lest you program the chip before soldering it to the board. And I think the personalization procedure (improved in beta) is documented and simplified enough so that having a separate pc program and do off board programming of the chip would be a far more complicated procedure for "non programmers".

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                            Mod
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                            @Anticimex I'd add that encryption and signing are more advanced features and should be dealt once newbies get used to the mysensors framework and after they get used to how to debug, otherwise it would also add too much complexity

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                            • gohanG gohan

                              @Anticimex I'd add that encryption and signing are more advanced features and should be dealt once newbies get used to the mysensors framework and after they get used to how to debug, otherwise it would also add too much complexity

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                              Contest Winner
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                              @gohan it is, but it is documented enough so that it should be available to everyone. Obviously that implies people actually read the documentation :)

                              Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                              • gohanG gohan

                                @Anticimex I'd add that encryption and signing are more advanced features and should be dealt once newbies get used to the mysensors framework and after they get used to how to debug, otherwise it would also add too much complexity

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                                Guys if you look I been on here for about a year so yes I been reading alot before I started to build. An been look at YouTube video about code and all this.
                                I have given up on this one for now and I got an pre build one from a another site he have an set by set with networks and so on. I be back later. After I get openhab and MQTT worked out. As I going to be using esp8266 and the MQTT.

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                                  #347

                                  Hi

                                  Having some issues with the sketch compiling, I am using the 1.84 arduino and the latest libraries 2.1.1 mysensors. I have not made any changes to the sketch at all. Debug is remarked out.

                                  Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated .

                                  Arduino: 1.8.4 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328P (5V, 16 MHz)"

                                  In file included from C:\Users\Audrey\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_110779\IrrigationController.ino:95:0:

                                  C:\Users\Audrey\Documents\Arduino\libraries\MySensors/MySensors.h:328:2: error: #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.

                                  #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.

                                  ^

                                  C:\Users\Audrey\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_110779\IrrigationController.ino:99:31: fatal error: LiquidCrystal_I2C.h: No such file or directory

                                  #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>

                                                             ^
                                  

                                  compilation terminated.

                                  exit status 1
                                  Error compiling for board Arduino Pro or Pro Mini.

                                  This report would have more information with
                                  "Show verbose output during compilation"
                                  option enabled in File -> Preferences.

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                                    Hi

                                    Having some issues with the sketch compiling, I am using the 1.84 arduino and the latest libraries 2.1.1 mysensors. I have not made any changes to the sketch at all. Debug is remarked out.

                                    Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated .

                                    Arduino: 1.8.4 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328P (5V, 16 MHz)"

                                    In file included from C:\Users\Audrey\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_110779\IrrigationController.ino:95:0:

                                    C:\Users\Audrey\Documents\Arduino\libraries\MySensors/MySensors.h:328:2: error: #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.

                                    #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.

                                    ^

                                    C:\Users\Audrey\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_110779\IrrigationController.ino:99:31: fatal error: LiquidCrystal_I2C.h: No such file or directory

                                    #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>

                                                               ^
                                    

                                    compilation terminated.

                                    exit status 1
                                    Error compiling for board Arduino Pro or Pro Mini.

                                    This report would have more information with
                                    "Show verbose output during compilation"
                                    option enabled in File -> Preferences.

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                                    dbemowsk
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                                    @Newzwaver
                                    First, the "error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless."
                                    this means that you most likely don't have a radio or other gateway connection type defined. Basically you need to tell it how it is going to communicate to your controller and/or other devices. You need to remove the // from one of the options.

                                    / Enable and select radio type attached
                                    //#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
                                    //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                                    //#define MY_RS485
                                    

                                    Next, do you have the LiquidCrystal library installed? If so, is it the correct one? My guess is that it isn't since it cannot find the LiquidCrystal_I2C.h file. You should get the one from GitHub. Start there and let us know what happens.

                                    Vera Plus running UI7 with MySensors, Sonoffs and 1-Wire devices
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                                      #349

                                      Hello,

                                      Has anybody succeeded in adapting Irrigation Controller to OpenHAB2?

                                      Although a long time experienced programmer, I am new to domotic and begining to explore the subject. OpenHAB seems to be a nicely architectured software, and well documented. The bindings for MySensors define a number of devices types. Which one would be the best choice in that case? How could the Irrigation Controller sketch be adaptated? Is it possible to add V_VAR1..3 to light thing type?

                                      Thank you for your help.

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                                      • E eric

                                        Hello,

                                        Has anybody succeeded in adapting Irrigation Controller to OpenHAB2?

                                        Although a long time experienced programmer, I am new to domotic and begining to explore the subject. OpenHAB seems to be a nicely architectured software, and well documented. The bindings for MySensors define a number of devices types. Which one would be the best choice in that case? How could the Irrigation Controller sketch be adaptated? Is it possible to add V_VAR1..3 to light thing type?

                                        Thank you for your help.

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                                        eric
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                                        #350

                                        I'm replying to myself. After reading OpenHAB doc, I managed to have all functionnalities working without changing the Irrigation Controller code.
                                        I cannot put the whole howto here, but basically I created .things and .items files listed here. In addition, I installed the MySensor gateway on the same Raspberry Pi as OpenHAB, connected as an Ethernet gateway. I also installed MapDB persistence, as explained in the documentation.

                                        /etc/openhab2/things/house.things

                                        Bridge mysensors:bridge-eth:gateway [ ipAddress="127.0.0.1", tcpPort=5003, sendDelay=200 ] {
                                                light           all_zones       "Toutes zones"  [ nodeId=1, childId=0 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone1           "Zone 1"        [ nodeId=1, childId=1 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone2           "Zone 2"        [ nodeId=1, childId=2 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone3           "Zone 3"        [ nodeId=1, childId=3 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone4           "Zone 4"        [ nodeId=1, childId=4 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone5           "Zone 5"        [ nodeId=1, childId=5 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone6           "Zone 6"        [ nodeId=1, childId=6 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone7           "Zone 7"        [ nodeId=1, childId=7 ]
                                                rgbLight        zone8           "Zone 8"        [ nodeId=1, childId=8 ]
                                          }
                                        

                                        /etc/openhab2/items/house.items

                                        Group House
                                        Group Irrigation        <water> (House)
                                        Group AllZones          <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone1             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone2             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone3             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone4             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone5             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone6             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone7             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Group Zone8             <water> (Irrigation)
                                        Switch  zone0_s "On/Off"                (AllZones)      { channel="mysensors:light:gateway:all_zones:status" }
                                        Switch  zone1_s "On/Off"                        (Zone1)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone1:status" }
                                        Number  zone1_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone1)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone1:var1" }
                                        Number  zone1_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone1)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone1:var2" }
                                        String  zone1_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone1)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone1:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone2_s "On/Off"                        (Zone2)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone2:status" }
                                        Number  zone2_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone2)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone2:var1" }
                                        Number  zone2_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone2)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone2:var2" }
                                        String  zone2_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone2)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone2:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone3_s "On/Off"                        (Zone3)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone3:status" }
                                        Number  zone3_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone3)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone3:var1" }
                                        Number  zone3_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone3)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone3:var2" }
                                        String  zone3_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone3)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone3:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone4_s "On/Off"                        (Zone4)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone4:status" }
                                        Number  zone4_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone4)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone4:var1" }
                                        Number  zone4_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone4)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone4:var2" }
                                        String  zone4_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone4)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone4:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone5_s "On/Off"                        (Zone5)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone5:status" }
                                        Number  zone5_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone5)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone5:var1" }
                                        Number  zone5_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone5)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone5:var2" }
                                        String  zone5_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone5)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone5:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone6_s "On/Off"                        (Zone6)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone6:status" }
                                        Number  zone6_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone6)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone6:var1" }
                                        Number  zone6_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone6)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone6:var2" }
                                        String  zone6_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone6)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone6:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone7_s "On/Off"                        (Zone7)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone7:status" }
                                        Number  zone7_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone7)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone7:var1" }
                                        Number  zone7_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone7)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone7:var2" }
                                        String  zone7_3 "Nom [%s]"                      (Zone7)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone7:var3" }
                                        Switch  zone8_s "On/Off"                        (Zone8)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone8:status" }
                                        Number  zone8_1 "Temps toutes zones [%d mn]"    (Zone8)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone8:var1" }
                                        Number  zone8_2 "Temps individuel [%d mn]"      (Zone8)         { channel="mysensors:rgbLight:gateway:zone8:var2" }
                                        String  zone8_3 "Nom [%s]"
                                        

                                        Note the "trick" is to use rgbLight item type instead of light item type, to have Var1..3 available. Look here: https://github.com/tobof/openhab2-addons/blob/MySensors_Binding/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.mysensors/ESH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml

                                        Now I have a fully fonctionnal Irrigation Controller, all integrated with OpenHAB :-)

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                                          Hi All,

                                          Does anyone have a schematic/wiring diagram for this (especially the shift register)?

                                          I may be too old, but the Fritzing image on the build page isn't clear to me.

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