Vera - Can't create GW device with UI7 files
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Hi, just teaming up because I have the exact same problem.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,30528.msg247112.html#msg247112
It is absolutely a software problem because this same hardware run fine with UI5.
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Hi, i have almost a similar problem with my veraedge and serialgateway. So uploaded the xml file goes all fine, but i cant creat a device was created. Also cant find a serial port, because he cant find a device. Im using a nano copy so i dont know if thats the problem or not.
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Yeah, I never did get it working, nor find anyone who would tell me they had the same scenario working (vera edge, UI7, serial gateway). I had to work with Vera support to get my USB port enabled at all. Once it was enabled, I tried to get the serial GW working and never did. After over a month corresponding with Vera support (they would go days without responding), they punted and said as far as they were concerned, the serial port was working and I'd need to "talk to the mysensors folks" to get it all working. So I was stuck in a loop.
However, around that same time I found an old thread that gave me a tip to get my Ethernet gateway stabilized with an alternate implementation off UIPEthernet library. I can still crash the Ethernet gateway, at will, by telneting into port 5003 and manually sending commands to it for debugging, but since I know that crashes it, I don't do it anymore :-). But if I don't fool with it, it's been working for weeks with zero issues.
Also, after a combination of deleting and re-uploading files and most importantly CLEAR YOUR BROWSER CACHE AFTER YOU DO (my one and only tip for you), I've got the UI7 Vera files working too.
So, unfortunately I don't have the answer for you (other than make sure you clear your browser cache after uploading the UI7 files) because I got my Ethernet GW stable and abandoned the serial GW.
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I don't have a Vera edge, but a Vera lite and I found that I could not really trust a serial gw. I don't think the Vera can provide enough current on its USB port so my nano acted strange. I have decoupled everything with node-red now so all my controllers communicate using ethernet/tcp ports and I once more use a serial gw connected to a raspberrypi (but with the option in node-red to switch to an ethernet gw if I wanted to without changing anything in the controllers). It also makes debugging things a lot easier since all io between gw and controllers can be monitored.
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@Nbaars - I'm not sure how you tell? it was advertised as an Arduino Nano, not a copy or clone or "compatible", but I don't know if you can rely on that. Is there an easy way to tell?
@Anticimex - interesting idea. I might explore it, but I'm pretty satisfied with my straight Ethernet GW now (except for it being a pain to debug)
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Never got it working, but quit trying because of Ethernet GW has been fairly reliable lately. I've tried two different Nano's (bought from the links on mysensors site. But I assume they are clones. I'm not sure how to verify one is genuine, do you?
I'd love to get it working as an option.
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Hello not sure if you are still active or what but the below link may help i recently tried to make a gateway with a nano a failed like you guys have however after reading the below forum it turn out that you need to have a nano with a FTDI chipset for the gateway i went and bought one, they are a bit more expensive then the cheaper ones but I've plugged it in and tested it and it now it works fine i hope that it help
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Hey @kylehull .. thanks for the response. I've heard that before, about the need to have a genuine FTDI chipset. I had previously dug out the magnifying class and i'm pretty sure my Nano (that didn't work) says "FTDI" on the serial chipset. (not sure if there is another way to tell)... but based on the symptoms, I guess maybe it didn't..
either way, since the 2.0 libraries game out, I rebuilt my Ethernet GW and it has been rock solid. So I'm not going to rock the boat there :-).
thanks for following up on this old thread, though. I'm sure it'll help others.
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So, to get rid of my error messages "Can´t Detect Device" I have to build a Ethernet gateway instead of having the serial gateway?
@miro are you getting the "Can´t Detect Device" for MySensor devices? That is a new one. If your device is working normally try going in to the advanced variables tab for your device and see if there is a variable called "CommFailure" and change the value to 0. Restart the luup engine.
