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@yveaux : you're right! PIR are not so fast.

I found a YouTube video that explained how to test them, but my multimeter must not be up to the job. So I created a single led dimmer sensor and hooked it up to the three MOSFETS one at a time to test, and they seem to work as they should. So my issue must be with the sketch. Mods, you can delete this thread if you like.

@pihome awesome, thanks heaps! I'll check it that video later today

@dbemowsk said in New to Domoticz, joining it with Vera and Mysensors question: @homer My first question would be, what devices are not working on your Vera controller? The problem I have is that I want to use some of the cheap rf433 sensors. I have been trying to get the Candle Hub working but haven't been successful, so I'm thinking about using RF Link, which I know works with Domoticz. I'm hoping to be able to use the rf433 devices using the RF Link and having that talk to Domoticz, and then my Vera controller getting that info from Domoticz.

Thank you so much for your help, that fixed it!!! My wife thanks you too!

Thanks, I will have a look at your suggestions! I've had some stuff happen at home so I am a little under the pump, so I am currently putting together a list of things to look into when I have some more time in a week or so, and your suggestions have been included on that list! I appreciate your help!

@skywatch said in Adding sensor to controller when it's part of gateway: @Homer I am no expert in this but I have thought of something that you could try. If I understand correctly you have added one RF433 transmitter to the GW node? This then sends data (On/Off) to the 6 RF433 sockets. If so then the gateway only has one child, the RF433 transmitter, the sockets are not 'attached' to the GW. So instead of presenting all 6 sockets, just present the one RF433 transmitter and see if that helps? All the code for the actions is in the receive section anyway. This is how I did it with IR blaster and it works fine, changing IR for RF should not make a difference in the structure. Hold on - I think I got it.....!!!! You are using S_LIGHT in presentation - that is no longer supported. Change S_LIGHT to S_BINARY. Another thing is that although you are presenting your child(s), you do not define the type. I would expect a MyMessage in there somewhere at the start. So add MyMessage msgyourmessage (child_id, V_STATUS); And finally change V_LIGHT to V_STATUS in the receive function. Thanks! Yes, you got it lol!! The thing that is weird is that all I did was add the rf433 controlled devices from a working sketch to the gateway sketch, so why does it work when it's separate but not when it's part of the gateway sketch? If S_LIGHT is no longer supported, why does it work on a standalone sensor?

@homer Glad that it helped! But make sure that RFLink supports your Watts Clever smart plug. If you already have an Arduino Mega and an RXB6 receiver at home is quite easy and fast to verify that. Another interesting option is that you can couple the Arduino Mega with an ESP8266 and then expose the serial output over Wifi with ser2net (see here) in the ESPEasy firmware. This other project goes further and use an ESP8266 to write the serial output of the RFLink to an MQTT server. Both solutions add flexibility to the positioning of the RFLink module in your home.

@creaky said in Recommendations for soldering temperature: Here is a super interesting article about the science of soldering and how soldering affects electronic components. Fun fact; ICs aren't watertight! Off cause IC are not watertight. In real production, IC are either stored in Nitrogen boxes, and/or baked according they MSL level, otherwise when those are running through the reflow-oven they will due to moist, as the moist are becoming damp, yes pop like pop-corn that pops, hence pop-corn effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisture_sensitivity_level And the reel (that have the components) are ALWAYS vacuum sealed (with an ESD bag), and MSL level is written on the outside, like lot/batch number and partnumber

Hello, Some ware in MySensors website have info how to combine 2 sketches, i think one Arduino can handle all your need.

@hermann-kaiser Thank you

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Awesome!

I'm still keen to know if there is a way to call up any logs to check why things don't work, but at this stage I've been able to get the node to work again as it should. All I needed to do was give it more power.

The links didn't work, sorry. They are https://ibb.co/1XX71jJ and https://ibb.co/GcCz060

Thank you for everyone's replies!

Cool, thanks for your help!

@homer Not sure why you would want your Echo devices to handle the scenes, why not have your Vera take care of that? You could use the native scenes section of Vera or even better, use the PLEG and PLTS plugins. I am not sure about the Vera 3 capabilities as I run a Vera Plus, but I would think if nothing else PLEG should work.

No prob! It's funny because I didn't realise that the original poster was me lol I ended up getting the Vera 3 working again.

Thank you for your responses! Exactly what I was after!

@Homer I've made a 2 double LED dimmer as well works very good and can easily be extended with more dimable leds. See my project here

Yeah that does seem to be the case. But I have read that some were having success so I gave it a go anyways... I can't see me having much time for a while to give this another go, so i'll probably wait until i can roll back to UI5.

OK, I don't think this was an issue with the site... I think it has something to do with permissions. For example, I had no problems cloning and editing the Ethernet Gateway, but when I try to do the same for the Relay Actuator, it says that it uses a personal library. I can't clone the sketch and libraries, but I can clone just the sketch.

Been doing a bit more research on this. The place I bought the plugs from actually have some projects that they have shared. One of them can be found here : https://www.jaycar.com.au/wi-fi-power-switch I'm hoping to find the time tomorrow to look at their sketch to see what I can come up with myself for the Mysensors environment.

take care to have the good number of pin, some sketch use digital others analogic... I've ordered light sensors and sound sensors without analogic, I couldn't use them for my target use...