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@mfalkvidd Serial input will come from a windows based PC. Probably the same as the one that acts as the datalogger. The actuator could be any actuator-node. To give you some more info: I have some lights in my shed (mancave actually.... ) that should turn on when pressing a button, somewhere nearby, i.e. near the door. This button is connected to a node that sends the command to the actuator node. setdestination will play a role in this node. There's also an automation scheme to turn on (and more important: off) the lights. As the shed is quite far away it is very handy to turn off the lights when I have returned to my home and forgotten to turn of the lights (for whatever reason). For this purpose I will use this specific node. Once I manage to controll the lights in the shed, I will be able to controll some more things around.

@boozz node-red can forward the serial data to any number of places. Domoticz, log file on the rpi, tcp and more. See https://forum.mysensors.org/post/79671 for some nodered references.

Check this solution too: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2184/enhanced-dallas-temperature-example-with-permanent-sensor-index

I've found that adding this to setup() can cure flickering: //Increase Timer frequency to prevent flicker in Pins 5,6 PWM TCCR0A = _BV(COM0A1) | _BV(COM0B1) | _BV(WGM00);

Thank you both for the contributions. @mfalkvidd: Thanks a lot for pointing me towards the technique to turn it on /off. This will become very handy in the future for sure. BR, Boozz

@boozz glad to see you got your head around it.

Ok, thanks. I'll try to use some extra repeaters then. Boozz

Thanks hek, Did it a bit different, but probably with the result i wanted. In the repeaternode sketch I used the following line: gw.begin(NULL,4,true); This created a repeater node with node-id 4 (just an arbitrary number) In the Dallastemperature example I used: gw.begin(NULL,5,false,4) This created the sensor node with id=5, talking via repeaternode 4 to the serial gateway. This works. See the info from the temperature sensor being relayed to the serial-gateway. I haven't tried the method you suggested yet, but this sounds interesting of course. Wiil do that after Christmas I think. Boozz

Thnx. Any specific hints how to do that with this hardware; I will try to get this working with a few pro-mini's as relay, I might have missed this on the educational pages here, but I'm wondering how to start the network / do the roll-out. "The first time a new sensor boots up" section tells me something about that it will find it's way home (which is great, must have cost some time to get this programmed I guess), but my challenge at the moment is to find out how to get this done effectively. Should I start with the gateway and see how far I can get with a single node and replace it at that position with a repaeter node, or can I simply place some repeaters and check with a serial monitor that they contact the gateway? Thanks, Boozz