Let's Control It

waspie

grovkillen wrote: ↑
05 Aug 2019, 19:26
Sorry, you cannot use that in formula, only in rules.

could he use it in a rule and write the value to a dummy item and run the formula on the dummy?

waspie

I run a similar setup for my garage. My 2 door openers have reed switches at each end of the rail. I'm only really concerned with the ones at the "closed" end of the rail. I use an MCP23017 expander for additional inputs. I have a voltage divider that takes the 9v to about 3v and run those into the ...

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did you define a controller?

waspie

For another data point: I have two units that I custom compile with about 7 plugins and all controllers. I use MQTT import and several dummy tasks and some with all 4 rulesets almost completely full with several timers. One has 4 dallas temp sensors and another has two ultrasonic sensors, a tsl2561,...

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Not all gpio ports seem to work right.
Are you making sure you use a voltage divider?

waspie

hello, I tried to compil it with ATOM but I still have the same issue, only one is working .. I don't know if it's correct Capture.PNG or if you have already a compiled version ? thank you http://h8rs.com:5000/sharing/9pbu3JjWL This is built on 2.6 SDK3 for a 4m version with ONLY switch, dallas, mc...

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TD-er wrote: ↑
19 Jun 2019, 23:20
Very likely core 2.3.0

I still regret we made the change to core 2.4.x with so many changes that there's no way back.

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anecdotal evidence to the contrary: :lol: WOW! What have you done to achieve that? I can't get any of my units to stay up for more than a few hours, yet the same hardware with an alternative firmware that I won't mention here will stay up with no issues. probably sheer luck! i have other nodes of t...

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This was supposedly fixed a long time ago but it never really was. I've attached a copy of the sketch from last year that i slightly modified to work with whatever big architecture change they made around april of 2018 i think ( i don't remember). Anyway, replace the sketch with the same name with t...

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anecdotal evidence to the contrary:

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On reboot/reconnect I send the dummy values that represent the switch/item states to openhab and openhab compares them to what they should be. for any item not in sync openhab then sends the command to change whatever item/switch back to ESPEasy. works pretty well. Say I have a switch that I control...

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I'm thinking that I may have some idea what might be behind all these random Watchdog reboots. Some days ago I configured the 'System Info' plugin to report the uptime of all of my units to Domoticz (http) to let me see how often my units were rebooting. Since I did that the random reboots have def...

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is this a software/hardware serial issue - as in, if using software serial the ESP misses the transmission from the Nextion? Top It's a known issue with soft serial. The problem should not occur if you are using hardware serial with the Nextion Plugin. - Thomas great :\ now i need to order new boar...

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hey - do any of you guys using a nextion notice that sometimes you press the screen and it reacts but the ESP doesn't seem to register the press?

is this a software/hardware serial issue - as in, if using software serial the ESP misses the transmission from the Nextion?

waspie

I used the arduino IDE for the last couple years for ESPEasy but finally moved to POI a few months ago. It is considerably easier once its set up so rip the band-aid off and get it done Band-aid ripped! Ouch, still stinging lol! I wonder, is there a way to configure the vscode with platformio to ha...

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grovkillen wrote: ↑
14 May 2019, 19:35
The command would then be

Event,pb01#onoff

mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.6 -t "/Lamp-0101/cmd" -m "Event,pb01#onoff"

i don't have to do this by mqtt import plugin?

waspie

I used the arduino IDE for the last couple years for ESPEasy but finally moved to POI a few months ago.

It is considerably easier once its set up so rip the band-aid off and get it done

waspie

looks good!
also, the sponsor links are a very good idea for you knowing that you're looking for money to continue the project.
I'm not normally one for ads but maybe make those stick out even more to draw attention to them

waspie

Could you bake in servo support for the ESP32 please? I've been using this library https://github.com/madhephaestus/ESP32Servo for a while without any issue All i do is #include it in the global (or custom, whatever) and comment out the undefining of the servo in the plugins helper. or is it in the ...

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that's massive. looks like you'll be prepared for anything!

waspie

looks like its in flash mode?

waspie

Can't find any information about this ???

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I haven't updated my ESPs running my nextions for a long time since they were working ok. I used a recent release and now a ton of stuff isn't working right how do I sent commands to the nextion now? it used to be just as simple as nextion,dim=5 but that no longer is the case, how do i do this now? ...

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here's the error i'm seeing:

WebServer_Rules:256:25: error: 'Goto_Rules_Root' was not declared in this scope

Goto_Rules_Root();

waspie

I self compile fairly regularly and I use 1.8.7 and I haven't had any troubles. I think I did one a couple days ago without issue... can you please try with last release? i try one month ago or a bit later without any problems...but with last release i find this error :( i copy paste the library in...

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I self compile fairly regularly and I use 1.8.7 and I haven't had any troubles. I think I did one a couple days ago without issue...

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mrwee wrote: ↑
19 Nov 2018, 15:35
Hi,

Sorry for not being detailed enough, I only need inputs.

you could use an ESP32. 32 task are allowed there.

waspie

scratch that, had to go back one more day to find it: jamestutton Added Special Case to allow Servo to be disabled … Servo Motors by default forcefully hold the desired position. This consumes power. In some cases for example to turn a value or open a latch once the position is set there may be no n...

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i don't see anything in the commits... but im not that good at deciphering what's going on in github. hopefully it releases the servo after some allotted amount of time after a movement.

waspie

what is it you're trying to do? if you want to see what ESP is sending to MQTT so you know how to define your items in openhab then you can sub to mqtt like: mosquitto_sub -h IPofYOURbroker -t '#' and then get the ESP to send something. then you'll see exactly what's happening and you can transfer t...

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I temporarily retired my 2 ESP32 "mega" boards (i call them mega because im doing quite a lot with them) back in april or may due to serious stability problems. This required me to design a new esp8266 board and I was using those up until now. I recently compiled the current release (sep 23 2018?) a...

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also, it sounds like you're trying to send commands *to* the esp via MQTT. you'll need the MQTT-Import plugin for that.
First you need to fix your other MQTT issues (see post above)

waspie

My units have been dropping MQTT about once a day for many days now but I've never checked for the 0.0.0.0
at least with the mqtt#connected i can alert openhab to resend commands.

you're not alone

waspie

I'm an OH user as well (i've seen you post there thomas) and on my more critical ESP units I employ a watch dog. To be sure MQTT is working I "ping" the units every 5 minutes with an MQTT message and the ESP answers back via MQTT to be sure its receiving and sending. If there's no answer after two t...

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Yes you do a rule for that and trigger another task using TaskRun. Or you can just publish the current value when the switch is triggered. But you need to use rules either way. Yeah republish won't fit. If a switch changes it likely means the reading will change. taskrun...thanks, that'll probably ...

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Is there a way to trigger a sensor reading besides just the time parameter in the device settings?

Say I'd like a switch that changes position to force an ultrasonic sensor to take a reading outside its regular 60 second timing.
Is that possible?

waspie

all good, the board i designed has pads so i can bridge them or put in resistors. thanks!

waspie

to take advantage of H/W serial using the pin swap option it needs to be wired like this, correct?

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Nice projects guys. Here are my 2 3.5" models. I have a few 2.4s in bedrooms for light/temp/vent control. In out main living room there are 4 (yeah, 4) small ceiling fan/lights. Previously, a single 3-way (2-way?) switch turned them on and off and you had to use pull chains at each fan to make adjus...

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I designed this communication to put more of the thinking in the Nextion, but it also more or less causes more often changes in the Nextion. This is not very user friendly while there is no easy way to update Nextion. Therefore I mostly use the id's and let Rules and Domoticz do the thinking. The d...

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I have a question about the Nextion display, maybe not the right place to ask but what version of the Nextion is most common for this plugin. I use the basic model. If I understand correctly I could have if/else/whatever statements on the nextion and the state of internal variables would determine ...

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As an alternative idea: I'm using a pulse counter in one application but I didn't want so much data flowing so often to openhab over mqtt. I used a trinket to do the detection (or you could use it to do the math) and then turn a digital pin on/off when it met a given threshold. I then picked up this...

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Hello, I have a question about the Nextion display, maybe not the right place to ask but what version of the Nextion is most common for this plugin. On the Itead site i see two versions, the Basic Model and the Enhanced Model. Enhanced has more memory and faster CPU. Most likely not necessary for w...

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@BertB: Thanks for checking it. Let me know if any other issues come up. @Everyone: Would be great if there were others that could try it out. More feedback would be helpful. I found a CustomTaskSettings byte storage mistake in the Nextion Plugin. But fixing it did not solve the crash/brick when th...

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I don't know if that will work... It seems that this is just commands in the rule section. When I wrote button I mean a visual button in the browser. Sorry for the confusion. i don't think the espeasy is really meant to be used as a control panel (of sorts). it's more for setting up the device to c...

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joyNstay wrote: ↑
11 Jul 2018, 15:11
Did this works if you want to set the rules for the lights too? I mean If you want to set a rule that opens the light and close it after 8 hours? or it is possible only for some seconds?
Thanks

the sky is the limit.

whatever is sending the mqtt should be able to send whenever you want it to...

waspie

it's quite rare that it happens for me but i did post to join in the laughter when i do a firmware upgrade on my APs and all of a sudden i have 15 extra wifi networks showing up

waspie

Okay, I have something to try for you. Great! I've used all my ESP8266 boards but have more coming. So it might take a week or two before I can give feedback. I guess we should have a new mode to set all these settings at once to be able to use hardware serial for some plugins. I agree. If porting ...

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[...] i wired straight to battery, they never produce enough current to ctally put out 5v when charging But then you also miss a lot of charging moments on cloudy days. I would say adding some kind of step-up is a good idea, but maybe you should also look for an ESP board with LiPo connector and in...

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Hi all, thinking of putting this to the next level. I have some solar panels that, when fully in sunlight, produce 5V. I do have a charger board like the one described above for the battery but as the sunlight drops, the battery is no longer charged. So I was wondering if I could do the following: ...

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