@Jan Spies But wait, just noticed that Home Assistant can take MySensors data direct from either a serial port of IP connection. Must be a new option. My implementation is from some 5 years or more ago and think then only MQTT was the way into the Controller. Guess it could have been because I started out with OpenHAB and perhaps that controller only had a MQTT option then. When i moved over to HA it just worked so did not look at anything else. Now want more sensors has have a solar power system I'd like to monitor closely and i can't easily interface to the solar power units. So more sensors and some sort of MYSController.

Anyone using PlatformIO and the sensebender board and know what boad to select? I have tried all the various Arduino Zero boards and the SAMD based boards. Most compile without errors but so far upload will not work. Mostly just hangs or if it complete the upload the board does not work again without re-flashing via the Arduino IDE and Sensebender borad selected. Thanks for any help.

@mfalkvidd Thanks for that, I'd not found it in my searches. Will try and report back.

Hi dzairo,

Just wondering if you still monitor this thread. If so would love to know how to install the ComPort component so I can modify and use your terminal code. For some reason I don't have any luck with adding it to the IDE.

thanks, Andy.

Not wanting to dilute this forum much with HA but notice that HA is a bit picky as to how it connects to the Gateway when in this direct IP mode. If it can't connect to the gateway within a certain timeframe then it gives up or looses connection and can't re-connect again within a short timeframe. Also seems to need a full re-boot to re-connect once 'given up'. And also seems to need the HA connection to the gateway first else does not connect. So leave the MYSController disconnected until HA has done its thing. Not extensive experiments; your experience may differ!

Now going to try the direct serial via USB as my HA controller is a NUC so has several USB connections, as does the Dev HA R-Pi which I'll play with first. Of course the serial connect will be only for one controller, so would be good if the Gateway software had the option of both IP and serial connections, but lets play...

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@mfalkvidd Thanks so much for that. Both MYSController and the direct connection to HA connected via IP and working. I think I must have missed that option, is it listed somewhere? Thanks again.

@Jan Spies, @Joerideman. Well HA has on its MySensors integration page, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mysensors/, an extended example script lower down the page which shows several different methods of attaching the MySensors Gateway. Serial via USB, serial direct, IP and MQTT. Up until this week I've always used the MQTT option as my gateway was set to use MQTT and been working well for 5 or more of years. Following the conversation below I generated another development instance of HA and as I had a spare Sensebender Gateways board set up another gateway. This time using the IP direct connection, example 3, and it works, sort of.

Let me explain. I'm trying to get the MYSController to work and as best I can tell if you use the IP connection for the controller then HA can't access or read from the controller. So if the MYSController connects first then HA does not work, the other way around then the controller software does not work. I have not made the serial connection to the gateway board work with the controller software if the gateway is set for an IP connection. That is including that option in the software build. Looking at the serial link (via usb connection) on terminal software YAT there is nothing sent out. I have not tried to build the gateway software for serial connection only as I don't intend to use this mode, but may do just for connection to the MYSController software.

As best I can tell at this time the Sensebender gateway can only connect to one 'controller' at a time. Does not allow two IP connections to the same port, which of course makes sense. Same I does not send the same information out of the USB (Serial) and IP at the same time.

However still investigation (playing) as I have a mix of sensor versions on my network and that can't help.... Some are so old I can't find the initial source code to re-compile to the latest version so will try to reverse engineer what I did. Mostly one-wire temp sensors and a solar battery bank voltage/current monitor so not too complicated.

@Jan Spies But wait, just noticed that Home Assistant can take MySensors data direct from either a serial port of IP connection. Must be a new option. My implementation is from some 5 years or more ago and think then only MQTT was the way into the Controller. Guess it could have been because I started out with OpenHAB and perhaps that controller only had a MQTT option then. When i moved over to HA it just worked so did not look at anything else. Now want more sensors has have a solar power system I'd like to monitor closely and i can't easily interface to the solar power units. So more sensors and some sort of MYSController.

@Jan Spies, Thanks for your help. Was about to try different sketches over the weekend but guess I'll try some other approach now. Would really like to get MYSController or something similar to work. I can see data on the serial port (as shown below) but nothing on the ethernet port that looks useful other than what is sent and is returned from MQTT (I'm using Home Assistant). I have Lazerus so may have a play with the data on the serial port. Perhaps could feed the serial data into another Arduino and make it available on another IP address for different MySensor controller software. as not easy to get to my gateway hardware with a serail connection. Or seeing that the data is in MQTT perhaps feeding it into another app to display similar to MYSController. Wonder if the source of MYSController in in Guthub. Will have a look; no point in re-inventing the wheel... Wish I could work out what the ERROR ErrorFlag=255, etc means in my serial port output in the post below.

@tekka, thanks for the pointer. I'm using the GatewayW5100MQTTClient sketch, is this not the correct one? Works well though! Or, I do have MY_DEBUG at the beginning enabled, is then incorrect? However I can't connect MYSController via the IP port either. So if it is MY_DEBUG enabled as the problem then it impacts on both connections?

Have Mysensors in use with Home Assistant for several years, no issues. Using a Sensebender Ethernet MQTT gateway to feed HA. Just found this software. Can only get this software to connect via serial connection, not IP, and only shows data in the MYSController Debug tab. No nodes are discovered just 0 and 255. Is there something I need to do with the Gateway to allow connection for this software? Example of debug tab messages:

22/04/2020 18:34:56 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2433158 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/1/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:34:56 RX 2433224 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=2,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.1
22/04/2020 18:34:56 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2433224 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=2,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.1
22/04/2020 18:34:56 RX 2433224 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/2/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:34:56 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2433224 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/2/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:00 RX 2437119 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.5
22/04/2020 18:35:00 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2437119 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.5
22/04/2020 18:35:00 RX 2437120 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/1/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:00 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2437120 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/1/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:00 RX 2437186 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=2,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.5
22/04/2020 18:35:00 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2437186 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=2,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.5
22/04/2020 18:35:00 RX 2437186 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/2/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:00 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2437186 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/2/1/0/0,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:03 RX 2439780 GWT:TPC:IP=192.168.1.96
22/04/2020 18:35:03 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2439780 GWT:TPC:IP=192.168.1.96
22/04/2020 18:35:04 RX 2440780 GWT:RMQ:CONNECTING...
22/04/2020 18:35:04 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2440780 GWT:RMQ:CONNECTING...
22/04/2020 18:35:04 RX 2440783 GWT:RMQ:OK
22/04/2020 18:35:04 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2440783 GWT:RMQ:OK
22/04/2020 18:35:04 RX 2440784 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/0/255/0/0/18,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:04 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2440784 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/0/255/0/0/18,MSG SENT
22/04/2020 18:35:04 RX 2441081 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.4
22/04/2020 18:35:04 ERROR ErrorFlag=255, Msg=2441081 TSF:MSG:READ,23-23-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:28.4
22/04/2020 18:35:04 RX 2441081 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway2-out/23/1/1/0/0,MSG SENT

Any suggestions anyone? Thanks.

Hello,

I have a similar issue with Sensebender Ethernet MQTT Gateway and MYSController. Can only connect to the gateway by serial from MYSController. The set-up is working correctly as best I can tell, and has several different MySensors in use. Has been working for a number of years. Only just discovered the MYSController software.

So the Controller only shows data in the MYSController Debug tab. Nothing in any of the others. NOTE in the screen grab below the Controller at 192.168.1.96 is not connected, there is no difference when it is other than the Gateway error (!GWT:RMQ:FAIL) is not shown. Anyone with any ides for me to pursue? Thanks.

@mfalkvidd Thanks for that, I'd not found it in my searches. Will try and report back.