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mrwee

I don't mind the complexity, as they have better support for tweaking things, but of course there's also a steeper learning curve

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mrwee

Indeed. Sometimes it does take longer, depending on the changes. Quite annoying for a Prosumer/light enterprise product.

mrwee

I would still second the option to disable AP mode. When reconfiguring eg. UniFi AP’s, there is a short stop in Wi-Fi communications, causing all ESPEasy modules to go into AP mode. Would be much better to retry association every <x> second.

mrwee

Hello MrWee, thank you fot this hint. Which sensors did you use? The capacitive one or the standard one with the 2 Metal plate contacts? For me it doesn't need to be accurate, it is meant to remind to water the plants before they are dying. Some of them are after 4 days dry like dust, while others ...

mrwee

Hi, Can't help you with how you get things connected, but I can just say that I didn't manage to get good results with the moisture sensor. It didn't seem to match the actual moisture very well, and despite calibration it didn't really seem to work that well. Maybe it was just my setup, I don't know...

mrwee

46dB. Nothing has changed, besides upgrading

I'll dig a bit deeper, perhaps try with an older version. One thing is for sure, only the alternative Wi-Fi version works for me.

mrwee

Just reflashed (First empty .bin, then "ESP_Easy_mega_20201227_custom_alt_wifi_ESP8266_1M.bin")

mrwee

Just reflashed (First empty .bin, then "ESP_Easy_mega_20201227_custom_alt_wifi_ESP8266_1M.bin") an old Sonoff Basic, which had clocked 412 days uptime :D . But with the new version I had to use the alternative Wi-Fi variant (Regular version did not work with a UniFi setup or an Cisco Contr...

mrwee

Hi,

You could consider Thingspeak. It's free for few sensors, and you do not have to expose anything to the internet. You just upload the data, and view it on their platform. You can even set alarms for missing data / thresholds.

mrwee

Please also read that R120 is waay to old. You should retest with a more recent version. Much good have happened since R120

mrwee

Well from your log, it seems like SMTP connection does work. Have you tried e.g. pinging the host for a long time to check stability? Have you tried testing with regular e-mail program or e.g. https://sourceforge.net/projects/blat/? It's becoming increasingly difficult to find e-mail hosts which doe...

mrwee

Remember that ESPEasy does not support encrypted SMTP. The hostname "poczta.os.pl587" indicates that either you've misconfigured it, or ESPEasy doesn't show the port correctly. Should it be: "poczta.os.pl:587"? You can use https://mxtoolbox.com to test the mailserver, and e.g. al...

mrwee

The company I work for, just moved to a new location and many feel that the Air Quality isn't that great. I'd like to measure it in multiple areas and log the results on e.g. Thingspeak. But which (ready / almost ready) sensor should I choose? I assume it should measure: - Temperature - Humidity - C...

mrwee

Seems like the problem could have several root causes. I know for a fact that when I, years ago, swapped DS18S20 clones for geninue sensors, many of my sensor reading problem vanished. But if there's issues in the plugin, that's perhaps easier to fix, if someone knows how.

mrwee

Which kind of cable are you using, and how long?
Are you using parasite power / 3.3V /5V?
Which size is the resistor?
Are the sensors genuine?

mrwee

By far the most secure way, is to use the "Level Control" device. It will handle all the control for you. Then you can use MQTT to monitor the temperature & that the sensor / Espeasy is actually alive.

mrwee

It looks like an older openHAB, I had many issues before upgrading to latest. Much more complex MQTT than before, but it works better.

Can't see the reason why your setup doesn't work. logs + MQTT.fx or MQTT Explorer is the best way forward

mrwee

Please share your openhab config (item, thing, sitemap) concerning the device

mrwee

TD-er wrote: ↑27 Sep 2020, 22:14 Just keep in mind the GND of the analyzer is connected to the GND of your PC.
So make sure you don't try to connect it to something with a completely different potential.

Yes, that's a classic mistake. Looking forward to testing when the box arrives. Thanks for your input, so far

mrwee

Don't mind a PC, I'll try the one @TD-er is linking to. For that price, I can afford possible mistakes

mrwee

Hi, I'm looking for some hardware where I can connect a probe to "any" serial connection where I can view the data being sent, on my PC. Right now I'm looking inside a tower fan, which has two PCB's with a connector between. The connector has e.g. RX/TX, so I was thinking if I somehow coul...

mrwee

Well, in the meantime I've found the plugin, P123, and it is referenced in the first message of this thread (that I hadn't read before... ;) ), it is from an external github repo. I'll see if I can fix up that one to current 'state of affairs', as it does have the 'lights' commands and hexadecimal ...

mrwee

TD-er wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 23:43 Ah, you're experimenting with a very nice antenna mounted as GPIO random generator input

LOL

mrwee

And you should really use a pull-up resistor (10k or 4k7 would be fine) on the button input gpio, the internal pull-up of the ESP is too weak to keep it firmly high if the button isn't pressed, so any induction across the wires may fake-push the button. Thanks for that hint. I'm also experiencing a...

mrwee

It can be used with alternative firmware. Requires a bit of soldering: https://tasmota.github.io/docs/devices/ ... rt-Socket/
I'm using the Sonoff S20 with ESPEasy, and I can't see why S26 shouldn't as well.

mrwee

No, no syslog server. I've seen the device reboot on some occasions, but it's not often. And of course, this will trigger new password prompt. But it's very clear that this is caused by fiddling with rule pages. It never happened on this device before I started adding more rules. Same with other dev...

mrwee

Hi, I have a couple of devices with rules using multiple rules pages, and sometimes experience ESPEasy continuously prompting me for password when accessing the rules. None of the pages exceed the 2048 character limit. It happens most of the time with Rules pages 2, 3 & 4, and seldomly with page...

mrwee

joebif1 wrote: ↑30 Jul 2020, 14:00 Okay Flashesp8266 runs. How do I use the esptool.exe in command line mode?

You find the documentation here: https://github.com/igrr/esptool-ck or use esptool.exe -h
No need to install Python.

mrwee

Be sure to use "FlashESP8266.exe" and not "esptool.exe" as this is a command-line tool.

mrwee

momo3000 wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 22:50 PIN Connection:
1-GND to GND
2-vcc to 3V3
3-aout to GPIO13

Just a hint from my experience. I couldn't get stable readings out of this sensor when using 3.3V. I had to use 5V supply. I adjusted the voltage devider on my ESP8266 accordingly.

mrwee

What if you remove sendtohhtp? Does the rebooting stop?

mrwee

You need to: 1) go here: https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/releases 2) Select "Assets" on the most recent version (Right now it's "Release mega-20200426") 3) Download the .zip file 4) Extract the .zip file 5) I'd first flash a blank .bin file, to make sure everything is cl...

mrwee

That possible. But even when sending one value every 30 minutes to both controller, it fails so it does not seem to be related to the queue filling up. So I agree that it sounds like a bug. I'll log it on github.

mrwee

Can seem to get either TaskValueSet + taskRun or TaskValueSetAndRun to work with two controllers. My setup: ESP_Easy: ESP_Easy_mega-20200426_normal_ESP8266_4M1M.bin on an original D1 mini Pro 2.0 Controllers: 2020-05-12_20-53-03.png Tasks 2020-05-12_20-49-04.png Test rule On mqtt3#Value1 do TaskValu...

mrwee

mrwee wrote: ↑12 May 2020, 12:45 Ok. thanks. But I assume that since I cannot set the interval to 0 in the GUI, it will still publish by iself, or ?

Just answering myself: Not if I disable the Publish to controller

mrwee

Ok. thanks. But I assume that since I cannot set the interval to 0 in the GUI, it will still publish by iself, or ?

mrwee

Hmm. I'm setting the dummy variable in a rule, but I need to publish it's value only when changed to ThingSpeak on Controller 2. Already have MQTT on Controller 1. Can't seem to find an example of that

mrwee

I can see that the minimal interval is 1 sec. But how can I just publish the value when it's updated? I don't wan't it a fixed interval. Is this by design?

mrwee

20181204 is pretty old. Why not try the latest?
https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/releases

mrwee

I'm feeing my ESP's with 12V, then bringing it down to 5V or 3.3V using something like: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32862089104.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5e642083Sqgsz2&algo_pvid=fd44b1e5-97cc-4199-b5b8-996adbbd935e&algo_expid=fd44b1e5-97cc-4199-b5b8-996adbbd935e-36&btsid=0be374...

mrwee

Quite a project :D Have you considered products like Shelly switch/dimmer? You need to be careful mixing low voltage GPIO's with 110/230V. There are some strict rules when e.g. having mixed cables in the walls. Also it's true that ESP8266 doesn't consume much current, but if you have many on the sam...

mrwee

If you connected 5V to the programming pins, then it's dead

mrwee

Just on update on the original projekt: I've reverted to using solenoid vales in one central place, and only have soil sensors de-centrally.

mrwee

That's why I thought maybe using commercial available battery powered 433 MHz temperature sensors might be the answer. My experience with 433MHz is very poor coverage. E.g. with the receiver inside our house, I could not pick-up a Oregon 433MHz temperature sensor 10 meters away :o I'm only using Wi...

mrwee

You're very welcome to share your project here, but all the "internal" details are better kept safe within your own domain.

mrwee

Does anyone know of an easy solution to providing a 5V pulse from an ESP8266 either as + / - or - / + to a solenoid valve like this one? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32812194299.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.18c93fd8ip3mJm&algo_pvid=d19ca364-abc4-4733-b7b6-fa066501fd1d&algo_expid=d19ca36...

mrwee

Thanks Shardan for your extensive (and overwhelming) comments & observations. Very appreciated!

I'll implement your suggestions (plus add the Soil Moisture Sensors which I had forgot

), hope you have the time to review it again.

mrwee

Google can sometime be a pain in the ... I read that some make it work, some don't. So I'll keep to the 3.3V for DS18S20's. Attached is my design for the automatic watering. Suggestions / comments are very welcome :D I'm trying to prepare for expansion, hence the additional bus / connectors. Schemat...

mrwee

Which ESP board are you using?

The YX5300 needs it's own SD card. I had problems with certain models, so make sure that part works before you troubleshoot elsewhere.

mrwee

Got it! Thanks :) To be on the (future expansions) safe side, I'm considering powering the circuit with 12V (the solinoid valve runs on 12V), and having 5V and 3.3V step-downs, each capable of ~2A to supply e.g. D1 Mini pro, ADS1115, sensors/relays etc.. I've searched on Aliexpress for applicable re...

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