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Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

@yveaux I think this was the issue. I just found that #define MY_MAC_ADDRESS 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xAD will specify the MAC. After adding it, no more issues. Changed back to same topics on both gateways, seems this is no problem. Even the gateways received different IPs via DHCP, they had the same MAC. Haven't seen an issue in any logs. I am not sure about long term, but short it works now. Let me see if it is a permanent fix. Still pretty strange that I receive different IPs from my router for the same MAC. Sometimes these are the easy fixes... Thanks for your help!

Why sleep? Switch it completely off. Use button with two pairs of contacts. One pair on each button connect battery + pole with processor power pin. Second pairs to different inputs pins. You push button, processor will start execute program, immediately read inputs status, then send command and when you release button, it will be switched off. If you need longer processing time and do not want hold button all this time, then processor can hold power itself by logical output with connected transistor. When work will be done, then switch itself off. Your car remote key works the same way.

Your takeaway is that there’s a low probability that you will need to buy a replacement for your solar panel before the warranty ends. You can compute the degradation rate if you want the exact figure. If you’re not happy with it, you can always add upgrades to your panels. You just have to make sure that the new parts match with your solar panels.

@johnrob said in Why I quit using MySensors for actuators: Hi, I know I'm a little late to this thread. I'm just starting with MySensors and am learning by reading the posts. Currently I am waiting for hardware for my 1st gateway so I am not encumbered by details. I notice in all the reported cases the "problem" node is AC powered, while many of the "good" sensor nodes are battery powered. Could this be significant? It would be interesting if someone with a "problem" actuator node could put a battery operated sensor node in the same area. Hello, the problem is an actuator node has to listen to the radio constantly and can't sleep, so it can't last long on batteries...

You can send heartbeats: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2267/ping-function/3

there is plenty of space for a nano or pro mini. wemos mini or nodemcu should also fit (spam links removed by moderator)

If you need a signal both if the window was closed and opened you can buy this sensor: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-Wireless-window-and-door-magnetic-sensor-open-detector-1527-chips/32334214010.html It is based on a 1527 Chip. Open the rear cover and connect these pins with a solder point:

@parachutesj this is the way SSRs work. I do not think you can test them without a load

@parachutesj I'm running a 2.0 gateway a couple of weeks now. It's stable and all 1.5 nodes still work flawless. Of course no guaranty that the all 1.5 nodes will keep working for others as well, once they've updated the gateway to 2.0. So I bumped one of my 1.5 nodes to 2.0 tonight. Will continue to do so with the others. First the easy ones (like temp and humidity sensors) then the others. Also great possibility to refactor the older ones to my current insights Already started some interesting projects with the new 2.0 features. Did I already mentioned that I love 2.0?

Have you seen the thread on here about fake HLK modules? It could be that you had a batch of the dodgy ones.

@hek Ah yes, that's right. The radio needs to be on. I forgot about that. We need an over the air interrupt...

@parachutesj #define MY_REPEATERFEATURE is for 2.0.0 branch, as all the c++ and classes stuff has been stripped out, to reduce overall size of the core library That means, for 1.5 you need to use gw.begin(..) to enable repeater mode, and for 2.0 you add the #define..

i had this issue the other day too when i restarted my gateway and controller (Ethernet Gateway powered by RPi Domoticz Controller). I had to go and find and restart each of my nodes. it was rather annoying. Is there a way to broadcast somekind of remote restart command? even if the Nodes dont broadcast to the gateway, maybe the Nodes can listen for a restart command?

@parachutesj One addition I found in thread https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1664 (Which NRF24 is the best) a code to do some testing. However the performance I am getting with my radios seems to be ok

@Matt Thanks for that. Will follow your advise. Actually I tested the radio with a few other Arduinos and all work except the one which I used in original post. So I guess this is faulty and already trashed. Cheers, SJ