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    • RE: Started with MySensors and about to give up (some feedback)

      What an interesting thread this became. Over some time/years ago I tried to start with MySensors. Unfortunately I failed miserably because I tried it to combine with starting with Openhab, and connect mysensors by mqtt.

      The Openhab route combined with Mysensors is still the route I want to go: combine the open architecture of Openhab to connect different vendor approaches added with the flexible way of MySensors.

      To be complete: My background is a bachelor in Physics. So the basic programming and electronics may not be the real problem, although I am certainly not claiming to know everything.

      To end up this post: in the next couple of weeks/months I have spare time to invest in the project. When I combine this with the things the topic starter ave addressed I have the following to offer to the Mysensors community:

      “I am offering to write and give feedback of the guides and information found in the forum, to document at what point I am stuck with the given information. I hope the community can and will do something with this feedback. So long as I am not going to be completely stuck, I can and will be writing the feedback.”

      Off coarse I need to know if the community is waiting for such an approach before I start to write.

      My thoughts of devices to use in the network:

      • mqtt gateway: wired based on cloned arduine with hat ethernet
      • mqtt gateway based on wifi based esp8266 nodemcu board
      • radio network: base the nrf24 version
      • radio network: based on rfm69 for secure transmission (opening doors with nrf24 does not feel safe)
      • repeaters as needed or extra gateways (3 story concrete house)
      • sensors and actuators: starting with wallpowered, later adding battery powered

      So, how does this approach sound to you all?

      posted in General Discussion
      Psilin
      Psilin
    • RE: Newbee issue: howto set relay node with using MQTT?

      Last night I downloaded a mqtt client on my phone. And guess what: first attempt was working directly.
      So after I knew at least the node is working, and the topic that I figured out was correct, I returned to mqtt.fx this morning.

      That was a really facepalm moment. Quite embarrising I must confess......
      In mqtt.fx in the publish tab, there is a really great white box right beneath the topic field. And exactly in that great white field I can enter the boolean payload I need.

      So my help question is answered in the mean time. For now I can continue to explore the mysensors possibilities, and try to let it work together with Openhab. After that, I will look to mycontroller.org to get it glued together by the mqtt layer. Although I’ve read somewere that a pure translation/retransmission between mycontroller to a mqtt broker not seems possible.

      posted in Troubleshooting
      Psilin
      Psilin