Does mysensors needs wireless? Can I use ethernet?

[grzmrc]

Hi all,
I have some standalone arduinos with some attached sensors.
I installed domoticz on a windows server and now I'd like to send data from my arduinos to the domoticz.

1)One of those arduino is near the server, and I think that this will be elegible to become the gateway. Have I to connect this one with the usb cable or a ethernet shield ?

2. For the other arduino+sensors, is it possible to use the ethernet sheld to make a "mysensor"? Is the wireless mandatory for the mysensors library?
   Thanks

[mfalkvidd]

Hi @grzmrc
Welcome to MySensors!

Wireless is not required. Some users use RS485 for example.

MySensors has something called a Gateway. The traditional use of a Gateway is to bridge the low-power world (with rfm/nrf radios and rs485 connections) to the more "computer-friendly" world of TCP/IP or USB/serial port.

The 1.5.x stable version of MySensors does not support connecting local sensors to a Gateway. But in the development version, a Gateway can have local sensors. So a possible solution is to equip all your Arduinos with ethernet shields and make them Gateways. Domoticz support multiple gateways.

Some threads to get you started:
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2574/how-to-use-the-development-branch-for-sensor-and-gateway
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2794/connect-sensors-directly-to-the-gateway-again/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3451/serial-gateway-with-several-sensors-connected-to-it
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1338/gateway-and-sensor-node-on-same-arduino-is-it-possible/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/624/combine-gateway-and-sensor/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2122/sensors-without-a-gateway/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1387/sensors-on-gateway/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3375/repeater-node-via-ethernet/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2893/solved-gateway-as-a-sensor-node-in-v1-6/
http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3332/replacing-radio-with-esp8266-on-nodes-and-gateway/

[mfalkvidd]

And yes, we should probably have a pinned thread or something on this topic, since a lot of people are asking :)

[hek]

@mfalkvidd

Yes, a pinned topic would be nice.