@micah said:

I didn't really write this post for help, although that's always welcome, it was more just as a place to vent. When I try and explain this kind of stuff to my friends their eyes just glaze over and they have no idea what I'm talking about.... I think I need to find some new friends who are technologically competent

We're here for you!
But yeah change that SD card. I had a similar thing with an ESXI install.. bad USB stick although it seemed to be working fine with anything else I did with it... 2 weekends spent on that...

I'd always thought Id wire my house with Ethernet to everything. An old boss did with his house when he moved in. Everything had an Ethernet connection. doorbell, sinks, bath.. everything..

You could then perhaps power sensors over PoE. I think standard Power Over Ethernet voltage is maybe like 44v but you could just inject it yourself for your own sensor network and adapt the sensors accordingly at the other end. Ideally all the ports would go back to a central location and be patchable so you could swap ports quickly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet

@TheoL said:

Why? Because it was fun and it can be done

Ha, I agree with this! Just curious about the fun after connecting it up.

There was a Node Red update the other week BTW, version 0.15

B.one looks like its in line to be the next ninjasphere.

This helped me out a lot, thanks!

I had this problem the other day.

I noticed when I put my thumb on the radio the communication reached the gateway.

I ended up extending the radio antenna with a piece of wire. It's documented I believe in the latest video. MySenors Troublshooting. I'd link but on mobile/a plane.

Not entirely sure why this wasn't working but this fixed it for me. I assumed as it was sending a signal the radio wires/power was okay, I suspect it wasn't recieveing okay.