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    Posts made by ar91

    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      I built a Temp/Hum sensor using Slim Node few years back on Mys 1.5x and it was working for so long without any issues. Now I am trying to upgrade it to Mys 2.2x. I successfully loaded the bootloader on a new ATMEGA 328P-PU. Bootloader I used is minicore as recommended by @m26872 in his original post. I used the "Arduino as ISP" method to load the bootloader as explained in this tutorial How to burn 1Mhz & 8Mhz bootloader using Arduino IDE 1.6.5-r5.

      image4.png

      Here are the settings I used in my Arduino IDE when loading the bootloader,

      • internal clock 8 Mhz ( again based on the recommendation from the original post)
      • BOD disabled
      • Compiler LTO disabled
      • Variant "328P/328PA"

      Bootloader Settings

      Now I am trying to upload the temperature/Hum Sketch using FTDI cable with the jumper set at 3.3v, I am getting the "stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding" error. Here is how I am connecting from FTDI to Slimnode and the same configuration has worked originally when I built the node but now it is failing.

      Image1.jpg

      Could some experts in this forum please help me to bring my node back to work?

      Sorry about the long post. Appreciate your help.

      posted in My Project
      ar91
      ar91
    • RE: This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

      @electrik, Yes it not showing automatically but when go through the configure UI button I was able to add my switches. Thank you everyone for all your help. Mysensors has a great community.

      posted in Home Assistant
      ar91
      ar91
    • RE: This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

      First thank you @BearWithBeard for your detailed reply. Really appreciate your help.

      Let's start with the elephant in the room. The message "This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI" appears when you click the cogwheel on the detail pane of the entity, doesn't it?

      Yes that is correct.

      looking at the second screenshot of your first post, it looks like it is showing up in the UI. If you click on the slider / settings icon in the upper right corner, you should see a modal window with a toggle switch, a bar with the state history and some meta data as shown in my screenshot below. Is this the case?

      Yes you are correct, if I click on the settings icon in the upper right corner I am getting a modal window with a toggle switch along with the meta-data.

      Screen Shot 2020-06-25 at 8.19.22 PM.png

      Can you elaborate what you mean with this?

      But my question was, do you know why is it not appearing on the lovelace dashboard like any other binary switch with a on/off slider. Yes I agree I can write automation code to turn the binary switch on/off but what if I want to quickly turn on/off from the dashboard like we do with any other switches?

      posted in Home Assistant
      ar91
      ar91
    • RE: This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

      @BearWithBeard Thank you. I think thats what I am doing in my code. Anyway I have attached the full sketch below.

      /*
      MySprinkler for MySensors
      
      Arduino Multi-Zone Sprinkler Control
      
      May 31, 2015
      
      *** Version 2.0
      
      *** Upgraded to http://MySensors.org version 1.4.1
      *** Expanded for up to 16 Valves
      *** Setup for active low relay board or comment out #define ACTIVE_LOW to switch to active high
      *** Switch to bitshift method vs byte arrays
      *** Changed RUN_ALL_ZONES Vera device to 0 (was highest valve)
      *** Added optional LCD display featuring remaining time, date last ran & current time
      *** Features 'raindrop' and 'clock' icons which indicate sensor is updating valve data and clock respectively
      *** Added single pushbutton menu to manually select which program to run (All Zones or a Single Zone)
      *** Added option of naming your Zones programmatically or with Vera (V_VAR3 used to store names)
      
      Utilizing your Vera home automation controller and the MySensors.org gateway you can
      control up to a sixteen zone irrigation system with only three digital pins.  This sketch
      will create NUMBER_OF_VALVES + 1 devices on your Vera controller
      
      This sketch features the following:
      
      * Allows you to cycle through All zones (RUN_ALL_ZONES) or individual zone (RUN_SINGLE_ZONE) control.
      * Use the 0th controller to activate RUN_ALL_ZONES (each zone in numeric sequence 1 to n)
        using Variable1 as the "ON" time in minutes in each of the vera devices created.
      * Use the individual zone controller to activate a single zone.  This feature uses
        Variable2 as the "ON" time for each individual device/zone.
      * Connect according to pinout below and uses Shift Registers as to allow the MySensors
        standard radio configuration and still leave available digital pins
      * Turning on any zone will stop the current process and begin that particular process.
      * Turning off any zone will stop the current process and turn off all zones.
      * To push your new time intervals for your zones, simply change the variable on your Vera and
        your arduino will call to Vera once a minute and update accordingly.  Variables will also be
        requested when the device is first powered on.
      * Pushbutton activation to RUN_ALL_ZONES, RUN_SINGLE_ZONE or halt the current program
      * LED status indicator
      
      PARTS LIST:
      Available from the MySensors store - http://www.mysensors.org/store/
      * Relays (8 channel)
      * Female Pin Header Connector Strip
      * Prototype Universal Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
      * NRF24L01 Radio
      * Arduino (I used a Pro Mini)
      * FTDI USB to TTL Serial Adapter
      * Capacitors (10uf and .1uf)
      * 3.3v voltage regulator
      * Resistors (270, 1K & 10K)
      * Female Dupont Cables
      * 1602 LCD (with I2C Interface)
      * LED
      * Push button
      * Shift Register (SN74HC595)
      * 2 Pole 5mm Pitch PCB Mount Screw Terminal Block
      * 3 Pole 5mm Pitch PCB Mount Screw Terminal Block
      * 22-24 gauge wire or similar (I used Cat5/Cat6 cable)
      * 18 gauge wire (for relay)
      * Irrigation Power Supply (24-Volt/750 mA Transformer)
      
      
      INSTRUCTIONS:
      
      * A step-by-step setup video is available here: http://youtu.be/l4GPRTsuHkI
      * After assembling your arduino, radio, decoupling capacitors, shift register(s), status LED, pushbutton LCD (I2C connected to
        A4 and A5) and relays, and load the sketch.
      * Following the instructions at https://MySensors.org include the device to your MySensors Gateway.
      * Verify that each new device has a Variable1, Variable2 and Variable3. Populate data accordingly with whole minutes for
        the RUN_ALL_ZONES routine (Variable1) and the RUN_SINGLE_ZONE routines (Variable 2).  The values entered for times may be zero and
        you may use the defaulet zone names by leaving Variable3 blank.
      * Once you have entered values for each zone and each variable, save the settings by pressing the red save button on your Vera.
      * Restart your arduino; verify the settings are loaded into your arduino with the serial monitor; the array will be printed
        on the serial monitor.
      * Your arduino should slow-flash, indicating that it is in ready mode.
      * There are multiple debug serial prints that can be monitored to assure that it is operating properly.
      * ***THIS SHOULD NO LONGER BE NEEDED*** The standard MySensors library now works. https://bitbucket.org/fmalpartida/new-liquidcrystal/downloads for the I2C library, or use yours
      
      Contributed by Jim (BulldogLowell@gmail.com) with much contribution from Pete (pete.will@mysensors.org) and is released to the public domain
      */
      //
      
      // Enable debug prints
      //#define MY_DEBUG
      
      // Enable and select radio type attached
      #define MY_RADIO_RF24
      //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
      
      //#define MY_NODE_ID 1  // Set this to fix your Radio ID or use Auto
      
      #include <Wire.h>
      #include <TimeLib.h>
      #include <SPI.h>
      #include <MySensors.h>
      #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
      #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
      
      
      #define NUMBER_OF_VALVES 8  // Change this to set your valve count up to 16.
      #define VALVE_RESET_TIME 7500UL   // Change this (in milliseconds) for the time you need your valves to hydraulically reset and change state
      #define VALVE_TIMES_RELOAD 300000UL  // Change this (in milliseconds) for how often to update all valves data from the controller (Loops at value/number valves)
                                           // ie: 300000 for 8 valves produces requests 37.5seconds with all valves updated every 5mins 
      
      #define SKETCH_NAME "MySprinkler"
      #define SKETCH_VERSION "2.2"
      //
      #define CHILD_ID_SPRINKLER 0
      //
      #define ACTIVE_LOW // comment out this line if your relays are active high
      //
      #define DEBUG_ON   // comment out to supress serial monitor output
      //
      #ifdef ACTIVE_LOW
      #define BITSHIFT_VALVE_NUMBER ~(1U << (valveNumber-1))
      #define ALL_VALVES_OFF 0xFFFF
      #else
      #define BITSHIFT_VALVE_NUMBER (1U << (valveNumber-1))
      #define ALL_VALVES_OFF 0U
      #endif
      //
      #ifdef DEBUG_ON
      #define DEBUG_PRINT(x)   Serial.print(x)
      #define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x) Serial.println(x)
      #else
      #define DEBUG_PRINT(x)
      #define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x)
      #define SERIAL_START(x)
      #endif
      //
      typedef enum {
        STAND_BY_ALL_OFF, RUN_SINGLE_ZONE, RUN_ALL_ZONES, CYCLE_COMPLETE, ZONE_SELECT_MENU
      }
      SprinklerStates;
      //
      SprinklerStates state = STAND_BY_ALL_OFF;
      SprinklerStates lastState;
      byte menuState = 0;
      unsigned long menuTimer;
      byte countDownTime = 10;
      //
      int allZoneTime [NUMBER_OF_VALVES + 1];
      int valveSoloTime [NUMBER_OF_VALVES + 1];
      int valveNumber;
      int lastValve;
      unsigned long startMillis;
      const int ledPin = 5;
      const int waterButtonPin = 3;
      bool buttonPushed = false;
      bool showTime = true;
      bool clockUpdating = false;
      bool recentUpdate = true;
      int allVars[] = {V_VAR1, V_VAR2, V_VAR3};
      const char *dayOfWeek[] = {
        "Null", "Sunday ", "Monday ", "Tuesday ", "Wednesday ", "Thursday ", "Friday ", "Saturday "
      };
      // Name your Zones here or use Vera to edit them by adding a name in Variable3...
      String valveNickName[17] = {
        "All Zones", "Zone 1", "Zone 2", "Zone 3", "Zone 4", "Zone 5", "Zone 6", "Zone 7", "Zone 8", "Zone 9", "Zone 10", "Zone 11", "Zone 12", "Zone 13", "Zone 14", "Zone 15", "Zone 16"
      };
      //
      time_t lastTimeRun = 0;
      //Setup Shift Register...
      const int latchPin = 8;
      const int clockPin = 4;
      const int dataPin  = 7;
      const int outputEnablePin = 6;
      //
      byte clock[8] = {0x0, 0xe, 0x15, 0x17, 0x11, 0xe, 0x0}; // fetching time indicator
      byte raindrop[8] = {0x4, 0x4, 0xA, 0xA, 0x11, 0xE, 0x0,}; // fetching Valve Data indicator
      // Set the pins on the I2C chip used for LCD connections:
      //                    addr, en,rw,rs,d4,d5,d6,d7,bl,blpol
      LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 2, 1, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, POSITIVE);  // Set the LCD I2C address to 0x27
      //
      MyMessage msg1valve(CHILD_ID_SPRINKLER, V_LIGHT);
      MyMessage var1valve(CHILD_ID_SPRINKLER, V_VAR1);
      MyMessage var2valve(CHILD_ID_SPRINKLER, V_VAR2);
      
      bool receivedInitialValue = false;
      bool inSetup = true;
      //
      void setup()
      {
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Initialising..."));
        pinMode(latchPin, OUTPUT);
        pinMode(clockPin, OUTPUT);
        pinMode(dataPin, OUTPUT);
        pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
        pinMode(outputEnablePin, OUTPUT);
        digitalWrite (outputEnablePin, LOW);
        pinMode(waterButtonPin, INPUT_PULLUP);
        //pinMode(waterButtonPin, INPUT);
        attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(waterButtonPin), PushButton, RISING); //May need to change for your Arduino model
        digitalWrite (ledPin, HIGH);
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Turning All Valves Off..."));
        updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
        //delay(5000);
        lcd.begin(16, 2); //(16 characters and 2 line display)
        lcd.clear();
        lcd.backlight();
        lcd.createChar(0, clock);
        lcd.createChar(1, raindrop);
        //
        //check for saved date in EEPROM
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Checking EEPROM for stored date:"));
        delay(500);
        if (loadState(0) == 0xFF) // EEPROM flag
        {
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Retreiving last run time from EEPROM..."));
          for (int i = 0; i < 4 ; i++)
          {
            lastTimeRun = lastTimeRun << 8;
            lastTimeRun = lastTimeRun | loadState(i + 1); // assemble 4 bytes into an ussigned long epoch timestamp
          }
        }
      
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Sensor Presentation Complete"));
        //
        digitalWrite (ledPin, LOW);
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Ready..."));
        //
        lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
        lcd.print(F(" Syncing Time  "));
        lcd.setCursor(15, 0);
        lcd.write(byte(0));
        lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
        int clockCounter = 0;
        while (timeStatus() == timeNotSet && clockCounter < 21)
        {
          requestTime();
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Requesting time from Gateway:"));
          wait(1000);
          lcd.print(".");
          clockCounter++;
          if (clockCounter > 16)
          {
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Failed initial clock synchronization!"));
            lcd.clear();
            lcd.print(F("  Failed Clock  "));
            lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
            lcd.print(F(" Syncronization "));
            wait(2000);
            break;
          }
        }
        //
        //Update valve data when first powered on 
        for (byte i = 1; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
        {
          lcd.clear();
          //goGetValveTimes();
          goInitiateValveTime();
        }
        lcd.clear();
        inSetup = false;
      }
      
      
      void presentation()  
      { 
        sendSketchInfo(SKETCH_NAME, SKETCH_VERSION);
        for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
        {
          present(i, S_BINARY);
          wait(500);
        }
      }
      
      //
      void loop()
      {
        updateClock();
        updateDisplay();
        goGetValveTimes();
        //
        if (buttonPushed)
        {
          menuTimer = millis();
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Button Pressed"));
          if (state == STAND_BY_ALL_OFF)
          {
            state = ZONE_SELECT_MENU;
            menuState = 0;
          }
          else if (state == ZONE_SELECT_MENU)
          {
            menuState++;
            if (menuState > NUMBER_OF_VALVES)
            {
              menuState = 0;
            }
          }
          else
          {
            state = STAND_BY_ALL_OFF;
          }
          buttonPushed = false;
        }
        if (state == STAND_BY_ALL_OFF)
        {
          slowToggleLED ();
          if (state != lastState)
          {
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("State Changed... all Zones off"));
            for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
            {
              wait(50);
              send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(false), false);
            }
            lcd.clear();
            lcd.setCursor(0,0);
            lcd.print(F("** Irrigation **"));
            lcd.setCursor(0,1);
            lcd.print(F("**   Halted   **"));
            wait(2000);
            lastValve = -1;
          }
        }
        //
        else if (state == RUN_ALL_ZONES)
        {
          if (lastValve != valveNumber)
          {
            for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
            {
              if (i == 0 || i == valveNumber)
              {
                send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(true), false);
              }
              else
              {
                send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(false), false);
              }
              wait(50);
            }
          }
          lastValve = valveNumber;
          fastToggleLed();
          if (state != lastState)
          {
            valveNumber = 1;
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("State Changed, Running All Zones..."));
          }
          unsigned long nowMillis = millis();
          if (nowMillis - startMillis < VALVE_RESET_TIME)
          {
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
          }
          else if (nowMillis - startMillis < (allZoneTime[valveNumber] * 60000UL))
          {
            updateRelays(BITSHIFT_VALVE_NUMBER);
          }
          else
          {
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Changing Valves..."));
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
            startMillis = millis();
            valveNumber++;
            if (valveNumber > NUMBER_OF_VALVES)
            {
              state = CYCLE_COMPLETE;
              startMillis = millis();
              lastValve = -1;
              lastTimeRun = now();
              saveDateToEEPROM(lastTimeRun);
              for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
              {
                send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(false), false);
                wait(50);
              }
              DEBUG_PRINT(F("State = "));
              DEBUG_PRINTLN(state);
            }
          }
        }
        //
        else if (state == RUN_SINGLE_ZONE)
        {
          fastToggleLed();
          if (state != lastState)
          {
            for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
            {
              if (i == 0 || i == valveNumber)
              {
                send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(true), false);
              }
              else
              {
                send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(false), false);
              }
              wait(50);
            }
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("State Changed, Single Zone Running..."));
            DEBUG_PRINT(F("Zone: "));
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(valveNumber);
          }
          unsigned long nowMillis = millis();
          if (nowMillis - startMillis < VALVE_RESET_TIME)
          {
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
          }
          else if (nowMillis - startMillis < (valveSoloTime [valveNumber] * 60000UL))
          {
            updateRelays(BITSHIFT_VALVE_NUMBER);
          }
          else
          {
            updateRelays(ALL_VALVES_OFF);
            for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
            {
              send(msg1valve.setSensor(i).set(false), false);
            }
            state = CYCLE_COMPLETE;
            startMillis = millis();
            DEBUG_PRINT(F("State = "));
            DEBUG_PRINTLN(state);
          }
          lastTimeRun = now();
        }
        else if (state == CYCLE_COMPLETE)
        {
          if (millis() - startMillis < 30000UL)
          {
            fastToggleLed();
          }
          else
          {
            state = STAND_BY_ALL_OFF;
          }
        }
        if (state == ZONE_SELECT_MENU)
        {
          displayMenu();
        } 
        else 
        {
          lastState = state;
        }
      }
      //
      void displayMenu(void)
      {
        static byte lastMenuState = -1;
        static int lastSecond;
        if (menuState != lastMenuState)
        {
          lcd.clear();
          lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
          lcd.print(valveNickName[menuState]);
          lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
          lcd.print(F("Starting"));
          DEBUG_PRINT(valveNickName[menuState]);
          Serial.print(F(" Starting Shortly"));
        }
        int thisSecond = (millis() - menuTimer) / 1000UL;
        if (thisSecond != lastSecond && thisSecond < 8)
        {
          lcd.print(F("."));
          Serial.print(".");
        }
        lastSecond = thisSecond;
        if (millis() - menuTimer > 10000UL)
        {
          startMillis = millis();
          if (menuState == 0)
          {
            valveNumber = 1;
            state = RUN_ALL_ZONES;
          }
          else
          {
            valveNumber = menuState;
            state = RUN_SINGLE_ZONE;
          }
        }
        else
        {
      
        }
        lastMenuState = menuState;
      }
      //
      void updateRelays(int value)
      {
        digitalWrite(latchPin, LOW);
        shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, highByte(value));
        shiftOut(dataPin, clockPin, MSBFIRST, lowByte(value));
        digitalWrite(latchPin, HIGH);
      }
      //
      void PushButton() //interrupt with debounce
      {
        static unsigned long last_interrupt_time = 0;
        unsigned long interrupt_time = millis();
        if (interrupt_time - last_interrupt_time > 200)
        {
          buttonPushed = true;
        }
        last_interrupt_time = interrupt_time;
      }
      //
      void fastToggleLed()
      {
        static unsigned long fastLedTimer;
        if (millis() - fastLedTimer >= 100UL)
        {
          digitalWrite(ledPin, !digitalRead(ledPin));
          fastLedTimer = millis ();
        }
      }
      //
      void slowToggleLED ()
      {
        static unsigned long slowLedTimer;
        if (millis() - slowLedTimer >= 1250UL)
        {
          digitalWrite(ledPin, !digitalRead(ledPin));
          slowLedTimer = millis ();
        }
      }
      //
      void receive(const MyMessage &message)
      {
        bool zoneTimeUpdate = false;
        if (message.isAck())
        {
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("This is an ack from gateway"));
        }
        for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
        {
          if (message.sensor == i)
          {
            if (message.type == V_LIGHT)
            {
              int switchState = atoi(message.data);
              if (switchState == 0)
              {
                state = STAND_BY_ALL_OFF;
                DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Recieved Instruction to Cancel..."));
              }
              else
              {
                if (i == 0)
                {
                  state = RUN_ALL_ZONES;
                  valveNumber = 1;
                  DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Recieved Instruction to Run All Zones..."));
                }
                else
                {
                  state = RUN_SINGLE_ZONE;
                  valveNumber = i;
                  DEBUG_PRINT(F("Recieved Instruction to Activate Zone: "));
                  DEBUG_PRINTLN(i);
                }
              }
              startMillis = millis();
            }
            else if (message.type == V_VAR1)
            {
              int variable1 = atoi(message.data);// RUN_ALL_ZONES time
              DEBUG_PRINT(F("Recieved variable1 valve:"));
              DEBUG_PRINT(i);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" = "));
              DEBUG_PRINTLN(variable1);
              if (variable1 != allZoneTime[i])
              {
                allZoneTime[i] = variable1;
      
                zoneTimeUpdate = true;
              }
              receivedInitialValue = true;
            }
            else if (message.type == V_VAR2)
            {
              int variable2 = atoi(message.data);// RUN_SINGLE_ZONE time
              DEBUG_PRINT(F("Recieved variable2 valve:"));
              DEBUG_PRINT(i);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" = "));
              DEBUG_PRINTLN(variable2);
              if (variable2 != valveSoloTime[i])
              {
                valveSoloTime[i] = variable2;
                zoneTimeUpdate = true;
              }
              receivedInitialValue = true;
            }
            else if (message.type == V_VAR3)
            {
              String newMessage = String(message.data);
              if (newMessage.length() == 0) 
              {
                DEBUG_PRINT(F("No Name Recieved for zone "));
                DEBUG_PRINTLN(i);
                break;
              }
              if (newMessage.length() > 16)
              {
                newMessage.substring(0, 16);
              }
              valveNickName[i] = "";
              valveNickName[i] += newMessage;
              DEBUG_PRINT(F("Recieved variable3 valve: "));
              DEBUG_PRINT(i);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" = "));
              DEBUG_PRINTLN(valveNickName[i]);
            }
            receivedInitialValue = true;
          }
        }
        if (zoneTimeUpdate)
        {
          //
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("New Zone Times Recieved..."));
          for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
          {
            if (i != 0)
            {
              DEBUG_PRINT(F("Zone "));
              DEBUG_PRINT(i);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" individual time: "));
              DEBUG_PRINT(valveSoloTime[i]);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" group time: "));
              DEBUG_PRINT(allZoneTime[i]);
              DEBUG_PRINT(F(" name: "));
              DEBUG_PRINTLN(valveNickName[i]);
              recentUpdate = true;
            }
          }
        }
        else
        {
          recentUpdate = false;
        }
      }
      //
      void updateDisplay()
      {
        static unsigned long lastUpdateTime;
        static bool displayToggle = false;
        //static byte toggleCounter = 0;
        static SprinklerStates lastDisplayState;
        if (state != lastDisplayState || millis() - lastUpdateTime >= 3000UL)
        {
          displayToggle = !displayToggle;
          switch (state) {
            case STAND_BY_ALL_OFF:
              //
              fastClear();
              lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
              if (displayToggle)
              {
                lcd.print(F("  System Ready "));
                if (clockUpdating)
                {
                  lcd.setCursor(15, 0);
                  lcd.write(byte(0));
                }
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(hourFormat12() < 10 ? F(" ") : F(""));
                lcd.print(hourFormat12());
                lcd.print(minute() < 10 ? F(":0") : F(":"));
                lcd.print(minute());
                lcd.print(isAM() ? F("am") : F("pm"));
                lcd.print(month() < 10 ? F(" 0") : F(" "));
                lcd.print(month());
                lcd.print(day() < 10 ? F("/0") : F("/"));
                lcd.print(day());
                lcd.print(F("/"));
                lcd.print(year() % 100);
              }
              else
              {
                lcd.print(F("  Last Watered "));
                if (clockUpdating)
                {
                  lcd.setCursor(15, 0);
                  lcd.write(byte(0));
                }
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(dayOfWeek[weekday(lastTimeRun)]);
                lcd.setCursor(11, 1);
                lcd.print(month(lastTimeRun) < 10 ? F(" ") : F(""));
                lcd.print(month(lastTimeRun));
                lcd.print(day(lastTimeRun) < 10 ? F("/0") : F("/"));
                lcd.print(day(lastTimeRun));
              }
              break;
            case RUN_SINGLE_ZONE:
              //
              fastClear();
              lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
              if (displayToggle)
              {
                lcd.print(F("Single Zone Mode"));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(F(" Zone:"));
                if (valveNumber < 10) lcd.print(F("0"));
                lcd.print(valveNumber);
                lcd.print(F(" Active"));
              }
              else
              {
                lcd.print(F(" Time Remaining "));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                if (valveSoloTime[valveNumber] == 0)
                {
                  lcd.print(F(" No Valve Time "));
                }
                else
                {
                  unsigned long timeRemaining = (valveSoloTime[valveNumber] * 60) - ((millis() - startMillis) / 1000);
                  lcd.print(timeRemaining / 60 < 10 ? "   0" : "   ");
                  lcd.print(timeRemaining / 60);
                  lcd.print("min");
                  lcd.print(timeRemaining % 60 < 10 ? " 0" : " ");
                  lcd.print(timeRemaining % 60);
                  lcd.print("sec  ");
                }
              }
              break;
            case RUN_ALL_ZONES:
              //
              fastClear();
              lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
              if (displayToggle)
              {
                lcd.print(F(" All-Zone  Mode "));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(F(" Zone:"));
                if (valveNumber < 10) lcd.print(F("0"));
                lcd.print(valveNumber);
                lcd.print(F(" Active "));
              }
              else
              {
                lcd.print(F(" Time Remaining "));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                int timeRemaining = (allZoneTime[valveNumber] * 60) - ((millis() - startMillis) / 1000);
                lcd.print((timeRemaining / 60) < 10 ? "   0" : "   ");
                lcd.print(timeRemaining / 60);
                lcd.print("min");
                lcd.print(timeRemaining % 60 < 10 ? " 0" : " ");
                lcd.print(timeRemaining % 60);
                lcd.print("sec  ");
              }
              break;
            case CYCLE_COMPLETE:
              //
              if (displayToggle)
              {
                lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
                lcd.print(F(" Watering Cycle "));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(F("    Complete    "));
              }
              else
              {
                int totalTimeRan = 0;
                for (int i = 1; i < NUMBER_OF_VALVES + 1; i++)
                {
                  totalTimeRan += allZoneTime[i];
                }
                lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
                lcd.print(F(" Total Time Run "));
                lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
                lcd.print(totalTimeRan < 10 ? "   0" : "   ");
                lcd.print(totalTimeRan);
                lcd.print(" Minutes   ");
              }
            default:
              // what of ZONE_SELECT_MENU?
              break;
          }
          lastUpdateTime = millis();
        }
        lastDisplayState = state;
      }
      void receiveTime(time_t newTime)
      {
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Time value received and updated..."));
        int lastSecond = second();
        int lastMinute = minute();
        int lastHour = hour();
        setTime(newTime);
        if (((second() != lastSecond) || (minute() != lastMinute) || (hour() != lastHour)) || showTime)
        {
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Clock updated...."));
          DEBUG_PRINT(F("Sensor's time currently set to:"));
          DEBUG_PRINT(hourFormat12() < 10 ? F(" 0") : F(" "));
          DEBUG_PRINT(hourFormat12());
          DEBUG_PRINT(minute() < 10 ? F(":0") : F(":"));
          DEBUG_PRINT(minute());
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(isAM() ? F("am") : F("pm"));
          DEBUG_PRINT(month());
          DEBUG_PRINT(F("/"));
          DEBUG_PRINT(day());
          DEBUG_PRINT(F("/"));
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(year());
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(dayOfWeek[weekday()]);
          showTime = false;
        }
        else
        {
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Sensor's time did NOT need adjustment greater than 1 second."));
        }
        clockUpdating = false;
      }
      void fastClear()
      {
        lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
        lcd.print(F("                "));
        lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
        lcd.print(F("                "));
      }
      //
      void updateClock()
      {
        static unsigned long lastVeraGetTime;
        if (millis() - lastVeraGetTime >= 3600000UL) // updates clock time and gets zone times from vera once every hour
        {
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Requesting time and valve data from Gateway..."));
          lcd.setCursor(15, 0);
          lcd.write(byte(0));
          clockUpdating = true;
          requestTime();
          lastVeraGetTime = millis();
        }
      }
      //
      void saveDateToEEPROM(unsigned long theDate)
      {
        DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Saving Last Run date"));
        if (loadState(0) != 0xFF)
        {
          saveState(0, 0xFF); // EEPROM flag for last date saved stored in EEPROM (location zero)
        }
        //
        for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++)
        {
          saveState(5 - i, byte(theDate >> 8 * (i - 1))); // store epoch datestamp in 4 bytes of EEPROM starting in location one
        }
      }
      //
      void goGetValveTimes()
      {
        static unsigned long valveUpdateTime;
        static byte valveIndex = 1;
        if (inSetup || millis() - valveUpdateTime >= VALVE_TIMES_RELOAD / NUMBER_OF_VALVES) // update each valve once every 5 mins (distributes the traffic)
        {
          if (inSetup) {
            lcd.print(F(" Updating  "));
            lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
            lcd.print(F(" Valve Data: "));
            lcd.print(valveIndex);
          }
          bool flashIcon = false;
          DEBUG_PRINT(F("Calling for Valve "));
          DEBUG_PRINT(valveIndex);
          DEBUG_PRINTLN(F(" Data..."));
          for (int a = 0; a < (sizeof(allVars)/sizeof(int)); a++) {
            receivedInitialValue = false;
            byte timeout = 10;
            while (!receivedInitialValue && timeout > 0)
            {
              lcd.setCursor(15, 0);
              flashIcon = !flashIcon;
              flashIcon ? lcd.write(byte(1)) : lcd.print(F(" "));
              request(valveIndex, allVars[a]);
              wait(50);
              timeout--;
            }
          }
          valveUpdateTime = millis();
          valveIndex++;
          if (valveIndex > NUMBER_OF_VALVES)
          {
            valveIndex = 1;
          }
        }
      }
      void goInitiateValveTime() {
        static unsigned long valveUpdateTime;
        static byte valveIndex = 1;
        if (inSetup) {
          lcd.print(F(" Updating  "));
          lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
          lcd.print(F(" Valve Data: "));
          lcd.print(valveIndex);
        }
        for (byte i = 0; i <= NUMBER_OF_VALVES; i++)
        {
          send(var1valve.setSensor(i).set(1));
          wait(50);
          send(var2valve.setSensor(i).set(5));
        }
        wait(50);
        lastValve = -1;
        valveUpdateTime = millis();
        valveIndex++;
        if (valveIndex > NUMBER_OF_VALVES)
        {
          valveIndex = 1;
        }
        
      }
      
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    • RE: This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

      Thank @electrik for your immediate response. Yes I think, that's how my initial values (valve runtimes) are set in HA. Please see the screenshot below.

      Screen Shot 2020-06-25 at 6.05.34 AM.png

      Anyone has written an Irrigation Controller sketch that was written for HA using 2.3.2 version of mysensors that I can compare against? appreciate all your help.

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    • This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.

      I have a HA running on a RPI3 and I have connected a mysensors serial gateway(MYS 2.3.2) to it. I have built an irrigation controller and it is working as except one issue. The irrigation controller is not appearing the dashboard and the only way I can access the device is through Developer Tools-->States tab.

      Here is my config

      Screen Shot 2020-06-24 at 10.45.48 PM.png

      Here is my issue in HA:
      Screen Shot 2020-06-24 at 10.48.52 PM.png

      Could someone please share their experience?

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      @carlierd Are you running your Atmega at 1Mhz, Because I tried to use your sketch and i am getting "Checksum Error".

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      @carlierd Thank you very much. I really like your comment on the top 👍

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      @carlierd If you could share your code that will be great.

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      @carlierd With Slim Node running at 1Mhz even with or without booster i am having hardtime making DHT22 work. I even tried different libraries but none of them works at 1Mhz. How did you get it work?

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      Thanks @m26872, I changed the baud rate on MyConfig.h and it started working.

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    • RE: Slim Node Si7021 sensor example

      @m26872 I have built the Slim Node described above and i am using your exact sketch given above but when i look at the serial monitor, it is printing junk characters i tried different baud rates on the serial monitor but nothing works.

      I am connected to the slim node using FTDI board.

      Any thoughts?

      Thanks for your help.

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    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      @meddie If you have a extra nRF try using that, i had a similar issue and i tried replacing the nRF and it came from mA to uA.

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    • RE: 💬 Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors

      @sundberg84 Sure will wait for your confirmation.

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    • RE: 💬 Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors

      @sundberg84 but i am able to see the board on the dirtypcb's page. Here is the link and it is allowing me to order it. But before i order it i wanted to make sure that there is nothing wrong with this board.

      Thanks for your hardwork.

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    • RE: 💬 Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors

      @sundberg84, Thanks for the simple design.

      Can this board be ordered from dirtypcbs.com? or should we wait until we hear from you?

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    • RE: NeoPixel( S_RGB_LIGHT) with Vera 3 (UI 5) - SOLVED

      @BartE, Thanks your solution worked like a charm. I modified the RGBController created as part of the MIOS RGBController plugin itself as a child of MySensor RGB tile and everything started working as expected.

      Once again thank you so much for your help.

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    • RE: NeoPixel( S_RGB_LIGHT) with Vera 3 (UI 5) - SOLVED

      @BartE thank you so much for your quick response. Will try your solution and will report back.

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    • NeoPixel( S_RGB_LIGHT) with Vera 3 (UI 5) - SOLVED

      Hello,

      I have Vera 3 running UI 5 and a serial mysensor GW with several sensors. But today when i tried to add a "mood light" sketch from the last post (http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2090/rgb-light-cancel-loop/10), Inclusion part worked and it added 2 devices but after the restarting the vera it is now showing an error as "My Sensor Gateway(28) : Failed to open IO port ".

      To make it clear, i am trying to add it as an RGBW devices so i can change the color of the Neo Pixel from the Vera UI. I have also added an RGBW controller app from here http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,32613.0.html

      Serial Monitor from the sensor side is working fine,

      send: 62-62-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
      send: 62-62-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
      sensor started, id=62, parent=0, distance=1
      send: 62-62-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=8,sg=0,st=ok:RGB Node
      send: 62-62-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.0
      send: 62-62-0-0 s=0,c=0,t=26,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:

      I tried looking at the Vera log and couldn't find anything useful. Spent several hours but couldn't make any progress, could some of the experts here help?

      vera_error.png

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    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      @arnoldg said:

      Is there some one who have lying around several boards, who can share them with me.
      i'm from the netherlands, and for now i only need 5 to 6 boards, not 30 🙂

      so i hope i could take over a couple from someone.

      Same here, anybody in US has 4 or 5 boards that i could buy?

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    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      @GertSanders Thank you so much. Is there a recommended list of low voltage sensors? The Mysensor store only has 5v sensors i believe. I will other search other forum post as well. If anyone know from top of their head please list it.

      Temperature sensor - ?
      Humidity sensor - ?
      Luminosity sensor - ?
      PIR - ?
      Infrared sensor -?
      Soil Moisture sesnor -?

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    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      I was about to order the 1.4v of your board before that i wanted to ask you a basic question, do i need to use any step up regulator to connect any 5v sensors? Have you connected any 5v sensors, if yes could you please post some pictures?

      Thanks again for the great work.

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    • RE: My Slim 2AA Battery Node

      Very nice design. Any video on installation of bootloader with various settings described in the original post?.

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