💬 Advanced Gateway Options
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No I am using my Vera3 U15 and Library version is 1.4.1 . I am not going to keep this gw, just had to see if it was a problem with my Vera's or the library versions I am using so now I am uninstalling Arduino and all of the libraries and going to install Arduino IDE 1.6.4 and MYSensors Library 1.4.1 and go from their if that works I will install a later version of MYSensors.
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@mntlvr You are mistaking the plugin version with the library version. I am going to assume you are using UI7 and not UI5. Go to your devices list. On the MySensors plugin, click the right arrow icon:
Once there, click on Settings and you should see something like this:
Right under the plugin version you will see what library version you got from Github. Remember though that that is ONLY for your gateway and NOT NECESSARILY what library your nodes are running on.@dbemowsk said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
@mntlvr You are mistaking the plugin version with the library version. I am going to assume you are using UI7 and not UI5. Go to your devices list. On the MySensors plugin, click the right arrow icon:
Once there, click on Settings and you should see something like this:
Right under the plugin version you will see what library version you got from Github. Remember though that that is ONLY for your gateway and NOT NECESSARILY what library your nodes are running on.I am now using the library 2.2 with IDE 1.84 and now and the latest U17 files for Vera.
I can ot get my Vera Plus to create the device. So what can I do now? -
@dbemowsk said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
@mntlvr You are mistaking the plugin version with the library version. I am going to assume you are using UI7 and not UI5. Go to your devices list. On the MySensors plugin, click the right arrow icon:
Once there, click on Settings and you should see something like this:
Right under the plugin version you will see what library version you got from Github. Remember though that that is ONLY for your gateway and NOT NECESSARILY what library your nodes are running on.I am now using the library 2.2 with IDE 1.84 and now and the latest U17 files for Vera.
I can ot get my Vera Plus to create the device. So what can I do now? -
It creates the MySensor plugin but will not allow any inclusions, I have inclusions loaded into the gw but did not attach a button or leds to it but with inclusions loaded in gw Vera Plugin should allow me to "include" but the plugin button does nothing, so I do not have any nodes. Also I know the Vera is talking with the gateway because in advanced options the correct ip address is there and so is the proper port. I use a Port scanner to scan the ports available and report the ports that are open on each device on my network both of my controllers have port 80 and port 4380 open.
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It creates the MySensor plugin but will not allow any inclusions, I have inclusions loaded into the gw but did not attach a button or leds to it but with inclusions loaded in gw Vera Plugin should allow me to "include" but the plugin button does nothing, so I do not have any nodes. Also I know the Vera is talking with the gateway because in advanced options the correct ip address is there and so is the proper port. I use a Port scanner to scan the ports available and report the ports that are open on each device on my network both of my controllers have port 80 and port 4380 open.
@mntlvr Sorry if I missed this, but how do you have the gateway connected to your Vera? I recall you mentioning about a serial connection earlier. So is it that you have a serial connection to your Vera from your ESP8266 to where the ESP is just acting as a bridge between the wireless side to the serial side connected to the Vera?
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No I have a WIFI connection, not a serial gw. I had an Ethernet connection before but since they updated the libraries and the code I could never get my Ethernet gw working. So I built the WIFI gw and like I said the read outs on the serial monitor of the IDE shows the gw and the light sensor talking to one another but the plugin that is in Vera Plus does not allow "include" mode to operate at all, so I can not include any of my sensors into my Vera. Now I hope someone here who has built a gw with an ESP8266-E v3 LoLin can help , maybe it is not for Vera but perhaps they built it for another controller, but the principle is the same. I do know that a V2 of the same ESP8266 has a different pin out so I can't use that pin out from a V2 chip
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No I have a WIFI connection, not a serial gw. I had an Ethernet connection before but since they updated the libraries and the code I could never get my Ethernet gw working. So I built the WIFI gw and like I said the read outs on the serial monitor of the IDE shows the gw and the light sensor talking to one another but the plugin that is in Vera Plus does not allow "include" mode to operate at all, so I can not include any of my sensors into my Vera. Now I hope someone here who has built a gw with an ESP8266-E v3 LoLin can help , maybe it is not for Vera but perhaps they built it for another controller, but the principle is the same. I do know that a V2 of the same ESP8266 has a different pin out so I can't use that pin out from a V2 chip
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I think you are miss-understanding me the Mysensors Plugin for Vera does all of the connecting to Vera. I have nothing connected to my Vera directly except the Vera address and the Ethernet Address which is applied to the plugin that you use to create the Icon for Mysensors. Whether I use the WiFi version or the Ethernet version the use the same plugin.Wireless except for the Address each unit has on the network
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I think you are miss-understanding me the Mysensors Plugin for Vera does all of the connecting to Vera. I have nothing connected to my Vera directly except the Vera address and the Ethernet Address which is applied to the plugin that you use to create the Icon for Mysensors. Whether I use the WiFi version or the Ethernet version the use the same plugin.Wireless except for the Address each unit has on the network
@mntlvr Sorry, I don't have ethernet or WiFi gateways, so I wasn't sure if or how they connected to the Vera. When you go to the properties on the MySensors plugin, is it that you have the start and stop buttons for inclusion, or do you not have the buttons?
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Yes the inclusion buttons are under properties no need of having button on gw.
How does you serial gw talk to your Vera ? Do you have a plugin that is used to create your Icon.See when the icon is created on my Vera Plus it shows the plugin version but not the library version so I know just by that issue the plugin is not configuring to any gw.
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@mntlvr said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
So what is the finial solution to using the Led's on a ESP 8266-E gateway are they of any use if using a Vera Controller?
I have had a lot of help with the leds. I have noticed that you get a lot of errors (in some positions it is impossible to communicate with the nodes at all) if not the radio is positioned to close to the ESP. It seems to me that the radio on the NodeMCU interferes with the NRF24L01+PA+LNA that i am using on my gateway. I found I thread on this forum about it but can't find it again.
So thanks to the leds I have been able to build a box where i have no transmission errors due to interference.
@strixx said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
@mntlvr said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
So what is the finial solution to using the Led's on a ESP 8266-E gateway are they of any use if using a Vera Controller?
I have had a lot of help with the leds. I have noticed that you get a lot of errors (in some positions it is impossible to communicate with the nodes at all) if not the radio is positioned to close to the ESP. It seems to me that the radio on the NodeMCU interferes with the NRF24L01+PA+LNA that i am using on my gateway. I found I thread on this forum about it but can't find it again.
So thanks to the leds I have been able to build a box where i have no transmission errors due to interference.
Strixx
You have a WiFi gw up and working , right? What version of the MYSensors are you using? Also what type of Vera are you using. I am using a Vera3 and a Vera Plus? Also which plugin are you using for your Vera. I have built both WiFi and Ethernet and the sensors talk wonderfully to the gw's no matter which I power up but neither of my Vera's will configure and use the plugin that are the latest available from git-hub. -
Yes the inclusion buttons are under properties no need of having button on gw.
How does you serial gw talk to your Vera ? Do you have a plugin that is used to create your Icon.See when the icon is created on my Vera Plus it shows the plugin version but not the library version so I know just by that issue the plugin is not configuring to any gw.
@mntlvr I believe the plugin is similar, if not the same for the serial gateway also. Did you enable the inclusion mode?
// Enable inclusion mode #define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_FEATUREIf you do a port scan of the IP address of the ESP8266, what ports does it show as open? Do you have this in you sketch?
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@mntlvr But do you have port 5003 defined in the gateway sketch that you have on the ESP8266? You should be seeing a port 5003 open. If not, you will need to check the sketch and find out why? What happens if you open your web browser to port 80 at that IP address? Does it bring you to a configuration page?
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@strixx said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
@mntlvr said in 💬 Advanced Gateway Options:
So what is the finial solution to using the Led's on a ESP 8266-E gateway are they of any use if using a Vera Controller?
I have had a lot of help with the leds. I have noticed that you get a lot of errors (in some positions it is impossible to communicate with the nodes at all) if not the radio is positioned to close to the ESP. It seems to me that the radio on the NodeMCU interferes with the NRF24L01+PA+LNA that i am using on my gateway. I found I thread on this forum about it but can't find it again.
So thanks to the leds I have been able to build a box where i have no transmission errors due to interference.
Strixx
You have a WiFi gw up and working , right? What version of the MYSensors are you using? Also what type of Vera are you using. I am using a Vera3 and a Vera Plus? Also which plugin are you using for your Vera. I have built both WiFi and Ethernet and the sensors talk wonderfully to the gw's no matter which I power up but neither of my Vera's will configure and use the plugin that are the latest available from git-hub.Strixx
You have a WiFi gw up and working , right? What version of the MYSensors are you using? Also what type of Vera are you using. I am using a Vera3 and a Vera Plus? Also which plugin are you using for your Vera. I have built both WiFi and Ethernet and the sensors talk wonderfully to the gw's no matter which I power up but neither of my Vera's will configure and use the plugin that are the latest available from git-hub.I don't use Vera. I use Domoticz.
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@dbemowsk
No the gw is the like the host and the Controller is like the client so If you look into the Ethernet or WiFi sketches it will explain that you must use the Controller's ip address so the gw knows where to send the information to and the Vera is the one that is listening so it has to have a port open not the gw. the sensors send the info to the gw and the gw acknowledges it received the message then passing that message on to the controller thru the plugin
