Topics created by chuckconnors

replied to your thread over here: https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-not-assigning-mysensors-node-id/12642

I really like mysensors.org, but I've always had difficulties with the site organization. In my opinion, is not intuitive at all, although it has a great and appealing theme. Well, maybe it shouldn't, but this sets me back when trying to build anything... I know this excellent initiative for a couple of years now, and from time to time I try to do something but I end up de-motivated because it takes too long to find simple answers/solutions. At the moment, I have nothing built although I have all the equipment I need, including SenserBenders. Yes, frustrating like r-nox commented 2 years ago. Anyway, my point is: For the ones looking for a library that makes this DHT sketch work, mysensors have compiled a set of libraries that include this DHT.h and many others. Just go to https://www.mysensors.org/about/arduino#optional---install-external-mysensors-examples (yes, the name is not intuitive, maybe the keyword library would make it more obvious?), or jump directly to here and follow the standard library instructions. It took me two hours to find this, hope it saves time for future followers of mysensors like myself. Good luck!

@tbowmo Thanks for the reply. I'm still a newbie with all this. I think that I have 2.0 installed but most of the code examples I see or have used in the past are not 2.0 . Can you tell me how to install the older library and get rid of the newer one? Basically I'd just like to be able to upload the code I've used before to the new nodes.

@chuckconnors We moved a lot of examples to a separate repository on GH during our release, as we can't have all the 3rd party libraries distributed with the core.. This is located at https://github.com/mysensors/MySensorsArduinoExamples, where you can find lot's of examples (all of them is updated to 2.0.0)

@Sparkman said: That is true, but it does make for a clean install and is also UL approved. Yes to both of those. The UL Approved portion was in the back of mind in regards to this project already. I wish I had an unlimited amount of funds!

Found the problem. Bad connection to router. I am now able to interact with it. Ping did work as did netcat. Thanks again.

@hek Thanks for fixing this. I just used the arduino ide on my computer but plan to use codebender for future projects.

Wow, the comments are so old. Hope I didn't bother you guys. Now, I think it would be much better for us to get ourselves an automatic feeder. It would be much more convenient for us to feed our cats this way. Not to mention, you can control the diet and amount of food intake. If your cats have diabetes or similar conditions, getting an automatic feeder will help to improve their health a lot. You check all the important -Removed by moderator- before buying it too. Cheers.

@bertus45 I tried to compile for this module, but it does not have enough memory to contain the MySensors code (only 6K available if used with the bootloader). But apart from that it is a nice compact board for small projects (without access to MySensor networks). As @hek mentioned, the Sensebender micro is probably the smallest cheap board for the moment. There is a more costly alternative: https://www.microduino.cc/ but then you need to make your own interface for the NRF24 radio. The Micro is my favourite for the moment, especially for battery based sensors.

@chuckconnors said: is there an easy way to test all switches as a binary number yes, with direct port manipulation you can do this. Polling Port Registers (you should be able to use 0-7 (PORTD), with the standard MySensors radio attachment) play with that and let us know if you need help...

Much cleaner! I'll give it a go soon. Thanks for all the help!