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    Posts made by mark_venn

    • RE: openHAB binding

      @hek @bkl
      Just want to say a REAL BIG THANKS for this binding and for the whole mysensors system.

      I have been trying to use openhab 1.8 for my PhD project and I initially setup insteon and had so many headaches I gave up in disgust. I was pointed in the direction of mysensors as a possibility and I thought I had nothing to lose.
      Not only is the binding a success, I have two motion sensors running, one on a pro mini with 2xAA batteries running it as a test and one on a uno, I have persistence running and successfully logging the status of my devices on each and every update! I am using mongodb for the persistence methods as I love nosql, even though I have to teach relational databases at the moment, (trying to turn the Uni onto the light side).

      Anyway, for those interested, here is a log from the db:
      {
      "_id" : ObjectId("574acbe1e4b0cd9ed18ada26"),
      "item" : "DiningRoom",
      "realName" : "DiningRoom",
      "timestamp" : ISODate("2016-05-29T11:00:49.761Z"),
      "value" : "ON"
      }
      {
      "_id" : ObjectId("574acbe3e4b0cd9ed18ada27"),
      "item" : "DiningRoom",
      "realName" : "DiningRoom",
      "timestamp" : ISODate("2016-05-29T11:00:51.136Z"),
      "value" : "OFF"
      }
      {
      "_id" : ObjectId("574acc25e4b0cd9ed18ada2a"),
      "item" : "DiningRoom",
      "realName" : "DiningRoom",
      "timestamp" : ISODate("2016-05-29T11:01:57.823Z"),
      "value" : "ON"
      }

      the .items file looks like this, (so you can see the naming strategy)

      Switch DiningRoom "DiningSensor [%s]" <motion> (GF_Dining) {mysensors="1;1;V_TRIPPED"}
      Switch LivingRoom "LivingSensor [%s]" <motion> (GF_Living) {mysensors="2;1;V_TRIPPED"}

      .All in a brilliant success. Now to play with the rules and add lots of new sensors.
      THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

      posted in OpenHAB
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    • RE: openHAB binding

      Found it! I had the .items entries wrong and if I had read things properly I would have worked it out before 😥

      2016-05-28 18:22:35.565 [INFO ] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Refreshing model 'test.items'
      2016-05-28 18:22:35.649 [DEBUG] [ySensorsGenericBindingProvider] - New Item "Motion (Type=SwitchItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "1;1;V_TRIPPED"
      2016-05-28 18:22:46.463 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      2016-05-28 18:22:46.488 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Motion = OFF
      2016-05-28 18:22:46.504 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - internalReceiveUpdate(Motion,OFF) is called!
      2016-05-28 18:22:52.541 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
      2016-05-28 18:22:52.552 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - internalReceiveUpdate(Motion,ON) is called!
      2016-05-28 18:22:52.562 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Motion = ON
      2016-05-28 18:23:11.590 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Gateway Version: 1.5.4
      2016-05-28 18:23:58.676 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      2016-05-28 18:23:58.688 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - internalReceiveUpdate(Motion,OFF) is called!
      2016-05-28 18:23:58.698 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Motion = OFF
      2016-05-28 18:24:05.045 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
      2016-05-28 18:24:05.058 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - internalReceiveUpdate(Motion,ON) is called!
      2016-05-28 18:24:05.067 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Motion = ON
      2016-05-28 18:24:08.746 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read and forward: 4-4-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      2016-05-28 18:24:09.134 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: send: 0-0-4-4 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=fail:0
      2016-05-28 18:24:11.594 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Gateway Version: 1.5.4
      2016-05-28 18:25:11.141 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      2016-05-28 18:25:11.155 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - internalReceiveUpdate(Motion,OFF) is called!
      2016-05-28 18:25:11.165 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Motion = OFF

      posted in OpenHAB
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    • RE: Bathwater temperature sensor

      Nice. I am likely to need something like this for my project. Nice idea.

      posted in My Project
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    • RE: openHAB binding

      Hi
      I have setup openhab on my pi 2 and I can see the gateway and a motion sensor with the following output in the openhab log:

      2016-05-28 16:13:05.519 [INFO ] [.o.core.internal.CoreActivator] - openHAB runtime has been started (v1.8.3).
      2016-05-28 16:13:23.624 [INFO ] [o.o.i.s.i.DiscoveryServiceImpl] - mDNS service has been started
      2016-05-28 16:13:24.471 [INFO ] [o.o.i.s.i.DiscoveryServiceImpl] - Service Discovery initialization completed.
      2016-05-28 16:13:29.131 [INFO ] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Loading model 'test.items'
      2016-05-28 16:13:56.064 [INFO ] [penhab.io.rest.RESTApplication] - Started REST API at /rest
      2016-05-28 16:14:02.165 [INFO ] [.o.u.w.i.servlet.WebAppServlet] - Started Classic UI at /classicui/openhab.app
      2016-05-28 16:14:09.952 [DEBUG] [ySensorsGenericBindingProvider] - New Item "Motion (Type=SwitchItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "3; 2;V_TRIPPED"
      2016-05-28 16:14:10.139 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - activate
      2016-05-28 16:14:10.456 [DEBUG] [.o.b.m.internal.gateway.Serial] - Serial port '/dev/ttyUSB0' has been found.
      2016-05-28 16:14:10.530 [INFO ] [.service.AbstractActiveService] - MySensors Refresh Service has been started
      2016-05-28 16:14:12.181 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: gateway started, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
      2016-05-28 16:14:12.194 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Gateway Ready
      2016-05-28 16:14:35.120 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
      2016-05-28 16:14:35.136 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;1;V_TRIPPED"
      2016-05-28 16:14:49.747 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:0
      2016-05-28 16:14:49.760 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;255;I_REQUEST_SIGNING"
      2016-05-28 16:14:49.771 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=5,sg=0:1.5.4
      2016-05-28 16:14:49.836 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor node found: node-id=1 ( REPEATER )

      • Example item: 1;255;I_BATTERY_LEVEL - Use this to report the battery level 0-100 (%)
      • Example item: 1;255;I_SKETCH_NAME - Sketch name that can be used to identify sensor
      • Example item: 1;255;I_SKETCH_VERSION - Sketch version that can be reported to keep track of the version of sensor
        2016-05-28 16:14:49.851 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
        2016-05-28 16:14:50.016 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: send: 0-0-1-1 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:M
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.780 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=13,sg=0:Motion Sensor
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.792 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;255;I_SKETCH_NAME"
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.806 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.0
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.821 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;255;I_SKETCH_VERSION"
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.832 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=0,t=1,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.847 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor sensor found (Motion sensor): node-id=1, sensor-id=1 with type S_MOTION
      • Example item: 1;1;V_TRIPPED - Tripped status of a security sensor. (Tripped/Untripped)
      • Example item: 1;1;V_ARMED - Armed status of a security sensor. (Armed/Bypassed)
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.861 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
        2016-05-28 16:14:51.868 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;1;V_TRIPPED"
        2016-05-28 16:15:10.721 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Gateway Version: 1.5.4
        2016-05-28 16:15:43.284 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - I_LOG_MESSAGE: read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
        2016-05-28 16:15:43.298 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - No item configured for "1;1;V_TRIPPED"

      "no item configured fo "1;1;V_TRIPPED" seems to be confusing me. I have entered the motion sensor into the items file as in the example so can you point me in the direction to correct this please?
      I am very impressed so far, easier to get to this stage than it was using insteon!

      posted in OpenHAB
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    • RE: MyController - 0.0.3-Alpha2 pre-release - volunteers required to test

      @jkandasa
      I have had a look at the demo site; what kind of rules can you set up with your project? I am looking for a suitable controller for my project and at the moment I am looking at openhab as the rules system is quite wide ranging.

      posted in MyController.org
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    • RE: please help me to find a controller for arduino serial gateway (usb)

      You might find Vera is a good choice for you:
      https://www.mysensors.org/controller/vera

      posted in Controllers
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    • RE: question about serial data

      Thanks! Should have searched a bit more. Sorry

      posted in General Discussion
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    • question about serial data

      Just a quick question; can someone tell me what the serial outputs mean in this?

      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1

      s=1 I is sensor number and s:g=0:1 is when my motion sensor has been tripped. But what about the others? I am trying to work out what openHAB needs to read in to tell that something has happened.

      Thanks

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: [SOLVED] No communication between node and gateway - NRF24

      Are you using a controller? I had the problem with find parent a few days ago. If you are testing with only the gateway you need to manually give the nodes unique node id. In the sensor sketch, look for gw.begin in the setup function. You need to put the ID in as a parameter. I have

      gw.begin(NULL,1,true);

      to set the sensor value to 1. @mfalkvidd helped me out with this problem today. have a look at

      https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3885/where-do-i-set-the-sensor-id/5

      for the thread that I asked about node id in.
      Mark

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • RE: nano serial gateway behaviour

      Well, it is working with a new nrf with a 10 uf cap soldered on. Can't understand why swapping for a known good one didn't work but puting in a new one did. The annoyances of building your own stuff I suppose. I will use the original one in something else and see if I can persuade it to work.

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • RE: Where do I set the sensor ID?

      @mfalkvidd
      Thanks! I have now set a value of 1 and lo and behold sensor 1 is now talking to the gateway. I vaguely remeber testing eeprom storing values by using a button that advanced a value by one and then stored it. It must have been this Uno I did it on and I must have hit the button 105 times 🙂

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: Where do I set the sensor ID?

      @sundberg84
      Thanks. I don't know where the motion sensor is picking up 105 then as the gw.begin() is just that with no parameters at all. 😒

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Where do I set the sensor ID?

      I am going to use openHAB as my controller and as for as I can tell I need to manually set sensor IDs for each bit of kit in my network. I am using a serial gateway, well, was but am currently faultfinding it, and I have a motion sensor that seems to have picked up id 105, I am assuming from the sketch. I can't find 105 anywhere in the sketch for the moion sensor so where is this likely to have come from and how do I set the id for other sensors?
      Cheers

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: nano serial gateway behaviour

      @mfalkvidd
      I have swapped it amd still no good. The one that I swapped with has been working in the past as part of a motion sensor. Bit annoying, going to set another one up with a new capacitor. I don't have any more 4.7, will try a 10, not because I think that is an issue, just because I have to try something and that is the closest to 4.7 i have at the moment. I have a new bag on the way from HK. Will let you know what happens!

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • nano serial gateway behaviour

      Hi
      I had a previously working serial gateway that no longer works, fails radio init fail. all the connections are the same, a capacitor is soldered onto the radio across gnd and 3v3 but the odd thing is that the led is flashing until i connect either putty or serial moniot in which case it goes off. Power led stays on ok and I get the annoying

      0;0;3;0;9;radio init fail

      on which ever I am connecting with. As soon as I disconnect the serial connection the led flashes again. I am waiting for a couple of new nanos so I can't swap over to another one. Any ideas? Is this something that always happens but I haven't noticed it?

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • RE: Microwave Radar Module as PIR replacement.

      There are units that are fitted into light fittings that are being used as fall detectors; a PIR knows someone is in the room but something measuring the height of the person moving around that suddenly notices an increase in the distance can trigger an alarm. An increase in distance can mean that the person is now on the floor and no longer vertical. Something like this could be used maybe?

      posted in Hardware
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    • RE: openHAB binding

      I am going to give this a try with the serial gateway. I am not sure whether to use mqtt or serial; this might help me make up my mind!
      😄

      posted in OpenHAB
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      @hek
      Does this include not needing the softspi fix?

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      @sundberg84
      I am going to hok the whole system up to openHAB or possibly Domoticz once I have more sensors working. I am most likely to use MQTT as the final gateway but wanted to get something working, the ethernet gateway would not work properly. I think MQTT will give me more data space to pass messages around. I am going to tyr the ethernet gw again tonight once I get back from uni

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      @sundberg84
      I am not attached to a controller at the moment; the traces on the gateway with a motion sensor have worked differently then. I assume the code for the motion sensor has a hard coded value in then?

      0;0;3;0;9;gateway started, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
      0;0;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:0
      105;255;3;0;15;0
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0:1.5.4
      105;255;0;0;17;1.5.4
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
      105;255;3;0;6;0
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=13,sg=0:Motion Sensor
      105;255;3;0;11;Motion Sensor

      ...
      ...
      ...
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
      105;1;1;0;16;1
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      105;1;1;0;16;0
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
      105;1;1;0;16;1
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 105-105-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      105;1;1;0;16;0

      The gateway I am using is the serial gateway running on a nano

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      @sundberg84
      Hi
      Yes, I am using a gateway that will hand out an address ok to another sensor so that seems ok. The gateway does seems to see something coming in when I restart the dht sensor so I am assuing it is something wrong in the software. I have swapped the radio over with the gateway and this seems ok with the motion sensor that has been handed id 105. I am not with the hardware at the moment, I will have a look at the software and see if I can see anytbing I have messed up but can't test till later. I might try a different sensor instead so I am using different software. I have a few different bits to play with.

      Thanks for the reply

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      I am powering the Uno with 12 v not just the usb power.

      I have now set the uno up as a temp / humidity sensor and I am seeing:
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:
      sensor started, id=255, parent=0, distance=1
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      T: 23.00
      req id
      send: 255-255-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
      H: 49.00

      I can see some entries in the gateway serial when I restart the dht sensor:
      0;0;3;0;9;gateway started, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
      0;0;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
      255;255;3;0;3;

      so I assume the radio is working properly. Should I see the temp and humidity values in the gateway output in the way I do in the sensor output?

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      Thanks @hek I have set it up that way and I have made the softspi change to the code but I am now getting the 0;0;3;0;9;radio init fail error. I have the 4.7uF cap in and all the connectors are tight. Is there any other ways of getting more info out than 0;0;3;0;9;radio init fail ?
      I am using a wireless chip that seems to work ok in a serial gateway.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • I am a bit confused over wiring ethernet gateway

      Hi
      I am trying to use a Uno R3 with Arduino ethernet shield as a MQTT gateway but I want to get it set up as an ethernet gateway first. I am not sure how to wire it up as the table below has caused a lot of confusion!
      Arduino NRF24L01 Radio Ethernet module
      GND GND GND
      3.3V VCC VCC
      13 SCK
      12 MISO/SO
      11 MOSI/SI
      10 SS/CS
      A2 MISO
      A1 MOSI
      A0 SCK
      6 CSN
      5 CE

      Do I wire the radio to the analogue pins for MISO, MOSI, SCK or do I use the digital pins on the ethernet shield?

      Thanks

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: [Tutorial] openHAB with serial gateway

      Thanks for this great post. Just what I need to get a handle on using openHAB with MySensors!

      posted in OpenHAB
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    • RE: Uno as serial gateway? Can it also be a sensor node?

      Thanks @hek Downloading now!

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Uno as serial gateway? Can it also be a sensor node?

      Hi all
      I was wondering, as I wait for my nanos, pro minis and radio boards to arrive, is it possible to use a(n) Uno as a gateway and stick a sensor on it as well so I can make a start and feel that I am making progress?
      Cheers

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: My PhD Project

      @TheoL
      Hey Theo
      If you do get to come over some time, let me know and I will show you how my project is going in the test house. Assuming I get some where soon. I have been trying to get an Insteon hub working with openHAB and I have had so many problems, hence my looking for a different approach and looking at MySensors! Just waiting for my pro minis and radio boards to arrive then I can actually get somewhere. (I hope)

      Might have made a bad decision with my choice of 5v minis with step down regulators for the radio. Wasn't thinking of power for the boards themselves. What do you recommend I do to power 5v boards when there is no power locally?

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    • RE: My PhD Project

      @freedomotic
      Hi
      Thanks for the pointer. I will have a look at your system. I have had a quick scan of your web page and I can see that there could be some uses for my system. I need a good rules system that can react to sensor input that reacts to the users in the house. A quick look seems to say that you have a rules system that I could use. I will set it up on my spare RPi and have a play with some sensors. See you on the forum!

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    • RE: My PhD Project

      @TheoL
      Thanks!
      I have a son with autism and I am sort of thinking about the future when I am not here!

      I am working at the University of Portsmouth in the UK and I have access to a test house for testing my ideas. I will be in touch at some point.
      Mark

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    • My PhD Project

      Hi All
      I am new here; just wanted to say I am glad I have stumbled over this site as I am currently working on my PhD project that is aiming to see if a smart home can be used to help improve the independence of adults with autism. I am using openHAB with, at the moment, Insteon to communicate but I have had a number of issues. I am looking for a possible replacement and I thought I would have a go at creating my own sensors. I have a number of Ardunios, 4 Unos, 1 Yun, 1 mega and 2 RPi, 1 A and 1 B. I have just ordered a bunch of NRF24L01+ to see what I can achieve myself rather than using a different system. I need to work out what info I can get from my various bits of kit and see how I can use this info in openHAB but I am looking forward to playing!

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