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If you are going to use regular nrf24 you could probably get away with internal regulator

@signal15 that depends on whether you by "turn on" mean require signed messages, if you run the official release or beta release and if you have the relaxed security flag enabled. The documentation describes all possible scenarios. Just make sure you read the version that correspond to the version you use (beta or release).

Just wanted to throw this out there as I was revisiting this post today. This could pretty easily be modified to have a digital display with buttons to adjust temperature, and a 5A solid state relay. This would allow you to completely replace the mechanical thermostat. My thermostat replacement was nearly $40 after shipping, and it's rated at 5A so those 5A relays should work just fine. This would be a cheaper replacement for the mechanical thermostat and would give you better temperature control. Maybe better temp control isn't needed if you're just using for a freezer, but if you're a home brewer and trying to keep fermenters at a constant temperature, this would be very useful. You could even add PID code to it.

Hello, I would do something much more simple At the beginning of the sketch : bool buzzerState = false; Then at the end of your sketch where you currently have the sleep() : if (AlarmModeIsActive) { buzzerState = not(buzzerState); // invert state of buzzer digitalWrite(BUZZERPIN, buzzerState); sleep(BUZZER_PIN, CHANGE, 2000); // Sleep but put interrupt on the button so we don't have to wait for a reaction when pushing the button } else { // here do normal sleep for your node sleep(30000); } Of course don't forget to reset buzzer state and set buzzer pin to low when button is pressed.

@signal15 Sorry for your significant meat loss. You might want to take a look at the TempLeakSensor device luup files on the Vera for ideas. They declare a security device that can be armed/disarmed and associated temp and water events used to detect a freeze or leak respectively. In your case, you would create a TempSensor device that could be armed and disarmed and define a custom variable for that device that defines the trip temperature. Whenever the luup temp variable for that device is modified using the vera UI, you would send the updated trigger temp to the sensor node. The advantage of this approach is that you can use your TempSensor to trigger scenes when armed (e.g. freezer door is closed) and the current temp exceeds the trigger temp akin to how motion sensors are used. In addition, it would act as a normal temp sensor reporting the current temperature to your vera that you could plot over time to check your freezer performance/efficiency.

Not sure what could be wrong, you might wanna ping @akbooer here.

@hek true line 88 of the D_DistanceSensor1.json file: { "ControlType": "label", "Label": { "lang_tag": "distance_unit", "text": "cm" <------ line 88 }, "Display": { "Top": 30, "Left": 200, "Width": 25, "Height": 20 } }

@signal15 It's a new major release, that means that we could break compatibility with 1.x. It might work, but it also might not..

I upgraded the gateway to the 2.0b with the ESP8266OTA sketch. Problem solved. It does seem to work fine with the gateway on 2.0b, but sensors and controller on 1.5 code.

At one point there was a water softener in my basement, but for an unknown reason it was taken out. I am on a well and septic; water is fairly hard, measured at 250 ppm (15(gpg). I would like to add a water softener again, but the choices and info at local stores such as Lowes, Menards, Sears, etc leaves something to be desired. The house has a kitchen and three bathrooms, but at present only me living in it. Gas water heater. No dishwashers or whirlpools, though I do shower daily, sometimes more in summer. Any comments from knowledgeable people about brands known for quality, features or other issues to look for are greatly appreciated! Thanks! Bella

Hi...i am a new user here. I built a RFM69 gateway and a node.I decided to place the RFM69 node in a basement storage room. The room has been flooded a few times historically, so being able to monitor humidity in the room seems like a good idea.The room has thick brick walls, which the RFM69-433MHz radio is much more capable to handle than the nrf24. Still, I wanted to keep an eye on the signal strength. Because of this, I added code to the gateway to report RSSI from the node. circuit card assembly

@signal15 probably talking about http://blog.blackoise.de/2016/02/fixing-your-cheap-nrf24l01-palna-module/? I've not written it, but the foil touches the ground on the antenna socket. So yes, it needs to be grounded. In most cases it even works ungrounded though. Even a ungrounded shield has an effect on the circuit.

Well, it's working now. I put a new power supply on it, and shielded the radio. Before I go dotting my house with sensors, is there anything I should do in MyConfig.h or anywhere else? It looks like debugging is turned on by default. Should I leave it? Also, even though I got it working, any insight to the above questions would certainly still be appreciated.

@AWI I agree that it would be nice if it was up to the controller to handle it, and then the units for different measurements sent to it were standardized on (like mm for distance). Also, it would be nice if the controller would allow selection of metric/imperial either by device, or sensor type. For example, I want my distance sensors in mm, but my temperatures in F.

Seems to be fixed. I cleared the EEPROM and reloaded the firmware.

@gregl Through the Vera UI. But, I just got it working. I got a new power supply for the ESP board, and then I used tin foil to shield my gateway.