Controller developers news for 2.0.x


  • Admin

    This post describes changes for controller (and plugin) developers for supporting 2.0.x.

    The serial protocol is identical to 1.5.x. But a few more sensor and variable types has been added.

    New Sensor Types

    • S_INFO (36) - LCD text device / Simple information device on controller, uses V_TEXT
    • S_GAS (37) - Gas meter, uses V_FLOW, V_VOLUME
    • S_GPS (38) - GPS Sensor, uses V_POSITION
    • S_WATER_QUALITY (39) - Water quality sensor, uses V_TEMP, V_PH, V_ORP, V_EC, V_STATUS

    New Variable Types

    • V_TEXT (47) - For S_INFO. Text message to display on LCD or controller device
    • V_CUSTOM (48) - Custom messages used for controller/inter node specific commands, preferably using S_CUSTOM device type.
    • V_POSITION (49) - GPS position and altitude. Payload: latitude;longitude;altitude(m). E.g. "55.722526;13.017972;18"
    • V_IR_RECORD (50) - Record IR codes S_IR for playback
    • V_PH (51), - For S_WATER_QUALITY, water PH
    • V_ORP (52) - For S_WATER_QUALITY, water ORP : redox potential in mV
    • V_EC (53) - For S_WATER_QUALITY, water electric conductivity μS/cm (microSiemens/cm)
    • V_VAR (54) - For S_POWER, Reactive power: volt-ampere reactive (var)
    • V_VA (55) - For S_POWER, Apparent power: volt-ampere (VA)
    • V_POWER_FACTOR (56) - For S_POWER, Ratio of real power to apparent power: floating point value in the range [-1,..,1]

    MQTT

    We had to drop the MQTT-gateway-server example as it was utterly un-maintained. Instead we introduce a new MQTT client gateway. It mimics the serial protocol, so it should be much easier to support once you handle the serial/ethernet gateway.

    MY_MQTT_PUBLISH_TOPIC_PREFIX/NODE-ID/SENSOR-ID/CMD-TYPE/ACK-FLAG/SUB-TYPE

    Example outgoing topic (with default prefix) :
    mygateway1-out/1/2/2/0/1

    Example topic for sending data to your sensor network (with default prefix) :
    mygateway1-in/1/2/2/0/1

    This also means a controller can (and should) answer the id-requests and time requests via the MQTT broker just like it is handled for the serial protocol today. Ack messages from sensors is also supported.



  • Will this be able to support OTA updates?


  • Hardware Contributor

    @Jason-Brunk OTA for nodes should work. It's already working since 1.5. Or do you ask for ota by mqtt? or ota in mqtt client gw? I had one esp8266 mqtt gw with arduinoOta working on it.



  • I guess I will have to try to dig up some documentation on the OTA. I am wanting to use mqtt client gateway, but the idea of being able to update my nodes OTA is very appealing.



  • Where can I report a bug?

    			(void)WiFi.begin(MY_ESP8266_SSID, MY_ESP8266_PASSWORD);
    			#ifdef MY_IP_ADDRESS
    				WiFi.config(_ethernetGatewayIP, _gatewayIp, _subnetIp);
    			#endif
    

    The order should be different, otherwise the gateway will always be initated with DHCP and not with static IP
    The correct code would be

    			#ifdef MY_IP_ADDRESS
    				WiFi.config(_ethernetGatewayIP, _gatewayIp, _subnetIp);
    			#endif
    			(void)WiFi.begin(MY_ESP8266_SSID, MY_ESP8266_PASSWORD);
    

    refer to:
    Wifi lib config


  • Admin

    @yoram Please report it here. Thanks


  • Admin

    @yoram Addressed in PR#517.



  • I've found some typos on the serial api page.

    S_DIMMER	4	Dimmable device of some kind	V_STATUS (on/off), V_DIMMER (dimmer level 0-100), V_WATT
    

    V_DIMMER needs to be V_PERCENTAGE

    S_HVAC	29	Thermostat/HVAC device	V_HVAC_SETPOINT_HEAT, V_HVAC_SETPOINT_COLD, V_HVAC_FLOW_STATE, V_HVAC_FLOW_MODE, V_HVAC_SPEED
    

    V_HVAC_SETPOINT_COLD needs to be V_HVAC_SETPOINT_COOL


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