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ThomasB

I bought everything from Adafruit last November. At that time global shortages were beginning to appear, so I feel fortunate to have won the RPi lottery. Given the rising prices of Unobtainium, maybe my new RPi parts will become a ticket to financial independence. But first Elon needs to know what I...

ThomasB

Does your current system still work, but for example cannot change settings or add new stuff? Most of my Insteon devices are controlled by OpenHab and those are still working. I had one cloud controlled switch that ignored me on Friday, which was my first clue that trouble was brewing at Insteon. L...

ThomasB

Just a short update to this discussion. As mentioned, I've been using Insteon. Great WAF and very reliable control. But last Friday (Apr-15-2022) they closed for good. No announcements, just turned off the lights and disappeared. Company executives have even scrubbed their Insteon work history from ...

ThomasB

I just flashed an older Sonoff unit I had laying around (V1 I think) with ESPEasy. If you are experiencing the issue on a Sonoff Basic R1 (V1 hardware) then this sounds like you're another victim of an old problem. The symptoms range from slow page loads to no page loading at all. Which fits your d...

ThomasB

A month later: I didn't solve the random Websocket disconnect issue. Although it is a nuisance (at least in my mind), it does not affect operation of the radio transmitter. So I decided to ignore the bug for now and instead concentrate on finishing the project. In case any of you are pixel display h...

ThomasB

Oh man, you guys got me good. There's a sucker born every day, so count me in that group.

I created my own ESPEasy experimental plugin a couple years ago. So I can dish it out too.
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- Thomas

ThomasB

can i see the download link for the new release? As of today, the latest available binary is mega-20220328: https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/releases/tag/mega-20220328 That release is 8 days old. More recent code changes will have to wait for the next **official** release before its binary ...

ThomasB

According to Devialet the spec is as follows: +5V to +12V for positive signals -5V to -12V for negative signals That confirms your device has a traditional RS-232 interface and is not an Arduino type "Logic Level" RS-232. So you are correct, you'll need the MAX232 chip. ... you think it w...

ThomasB

Nice. Will this new stuff support secure email notifications?

- Thomas

ThomasB

It could also be the combination of Atom and Platform IO, can you install VSCode and install the suggested plugins to retry the build? (both TD-er and myself use VSCode/Platform IO for development). +1. I also use VSCode/PlatformIO (on Win10). Currently on Core 5.2.5, which at the moment is the lat...

ThomasB

It appears to be related to unicode. Probably broke after Platformio did an update without your knowledge. If you Google the error message you will find that there are several past complaints about the unicode problem. And you should find some proposed solutions. Some involve editing source files to...

ThomasB

Your log shows that SER2NET found the Nextion. That's amazing. The Nextion Plugin should be disabled while you use SER2NET. Otherwise the Nextion plugin will intercept the serial data and affect SER2NET communication. Beyond that, you are in uncharted territory. So I suspect you will have to debug t...

ThomasB

ESPEasy does not support Nextion OTA updates. I don't recall anyone sharing a SER2NET workaround. So perhaps you can try it out and share the experience with us. On my Nextion builds I have a slot for inserting the SD card. But if you must do OTA then consider using a WiFi enabled SD Card. Such as t...

ThomasB

Nothing unusual at smtp2go; just create your free account.

- Thomas

ThomasB

Would you mind sharing how you achieved that?

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- Thomas

ThomasB

After my ISP host turned off non-secure email last year I found myself in the same situation. I considered using one of my RPI's as a mail server, but for simplicity I ended up using a free account on smtp2go.com. It forwards notifications to my preferred email address. Works well, now all my ESPEas...

ThomasB

Not booting from Vin is an issue that affected some ESP8266 variants. So not surprised to hear that the ESP32 is fussy too. Although your ESP32's Vin boot failure may be different, here's a discussion from last year on ESP8266 boot failure: https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=53664 T...

ThomasB

Would it be trivial to update the code for the MCP23017 plugin to run at say 50 Hz? If you can compile the code then you could try that out. But a dev like TD-er or ATH may offer some precautions/comments about using 50Hz updates. Maybe they will stop by and provide advice. On the input pins I use ...

ThomasB

I've always been rather allergic to "that can't be done" and "you should not do that as that's not how it was designed to work". Sentences like those always cause some itch or red dots on my skin... or both. My mantra too. When I was a young Mfg Engr I received many bonuses and ...

ThomasB

I hope your new replacement house is a fair exchange for all the trouble you've been through. It's interesting to hear that other western countries are making the same mistakes that are being made in the USA. Americans are demanding cheaper fuel and those is drought areas also demand more water. Ind...

ThomasB

One of the brands involved is Ikea. Those are not that expensive. I agree, Ikea is a brand name that can promise budget friendly prices. The big unknown is if they will offer all the home automation devices I want to install. My main concern is scene switches. And I'm hoping that they expand their ...

ThomasB

Looking at the brand names involved, I'm a bit worried that the early Matter compatible products will be priced on the high end of the market. Fingers crossed that a wide range of "affordable" stuff is offered soon.

- Thomas

ThomasB

Have you tried using the [int#n] syntax? I believe it is signed, but avoids float. You can use a rule to handle negative values.

- Thomas

ThomasB

Thank you both for the advice. I appreciate it. I like the wide support of Zigbee, but I can't find any wall switch scene controllers that thrill me. It seems that Insteon has spoiled me in that regard. As wonderful as Insteon is, it has a proprietary protocol. And is a small company. These things w...

ThomasB

I'm a long time ESPEasy user. I am also an aging techie that is near retirement. Recently my wife talked me into moving to a new home (now under construction). It's in one of those USA "55 and over" lifestyle communities. So I'm rethinking my home automation requirements for the new place....

ThomasB

I'm not using the MCP23017 so I don't have first hand experience. But I looked at the plugin and it operates at 10Hz. So 18 input pins would indeed stretch out push button detection. Also keep in mind that the rules themselves can slow things down. Some things to try: Strip out comments. Simplify ru...

ThomasB

I agree with your view, (and your opinion is very much appreciated), I have only tried to explain how it seems to work and why there was no log shown I never intended to shoot the messenger. But re-reading what I wrote sounds like you ended up taking a bullet. Consider it friendly fire. :) There mu...

ThomasB

The status None in the Info page reflects that. Sorry for my intrusion, but I think that having the Status field show "none" instead of the Web Log Level's actual setting seems like a invitation to confusion; I've been a long time user of ESPEasy and I would have been confused by this too...

ThomasB

Do you have WiFi auto reconnect enabled? Or better, have you explicitly disabled this as it is enabled by default? I'm not positive what you mean. Are referring to the client's (PC with browser) auto reconnect for AP Hot Spots? Or something else? Maybe you mean WiFi.setAutoReconnect()? I don't use ...

ThomasB

Thanks again for the advice. I suppose the most practical solution is to have the browser automatically refresh when a disconnect occurs. More observations that may be relevant: My device supports MQTT too. When the WebSocket disconnects, MQTT is unaffected. That is to say, my serial logs show that ...

ThomasB

Is it possible to not power on the Wi-Fi module at boot ...

There's some information on how to disable wifi posted here:
https://letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtop ... 257#p57203

- Thomas

ThomasB

Ran with the CH 11 / 54mbps settings. At 13 hrs, 56 minutes a WebSocket disconnect occurred. Beat my previous record that was about 11 hrs, but still no joy. BTW, I operate the device in STA mode. But also confirmed the issue occurs in AP mode. Another observation is that if I have multiple browsers...

ThomasB

Thanks for the tips. I'll try them now. For the test I've set my router to CH 11 / 54mbps, so no code changes will be needed.

I considered the turkeys were involved, but I haven't seen them for several weeks. But they are clever and may have hidden the de-auth node in the shrubs.

- Thomas

ThomasB

@TD-er, VERY glad see you jump in. Yes, I am using login on the web connection. I can also connect without login; I will try this out tonight. It is weird that the disconnects occur randomly. Seems like a session timeout would be the same each time. But I'm game to try nearly anything. BTW, suggesti...

ThomasB

I've been working on a ESP32 based FM transmitter project for several weeks. It uses Arduino Libraries and is built using the Platformio IDE. . pcb_RevA1_800.jpg . I'm experiencing a Wifi issue involving random WebSocket disconnects. That is to say, browsers (FF, Edge, Chrome) lose connectivity afte...

ThomasB

That statement by Ceo Ann was back in 2016 and specific to the 8266. Was the Esp32 even released then. Swee-Ann Teo has officially stated the ESP32 digital GPIO pins are 5V Tolerant. Discussed here. https://www.ridiculously-simple.com/2021/05/19/are-the-esp32-and-esp8266-5v-tolerant-yes-they-offici...

ThomasB

You could setup each 74HC4051 mux input with a resistor divider. Like this (8 places): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Impedance_voltage_divider.svg Assuming your ESP8266 device has a built-in voltage divider on the Analog input (a common feature of Dev boards and NodeMCU), apply...

ThomasB

Does anyone know this behaviour? If the device is Sonoff Basic R2 V1.0 hardware, then yes it is known behavior when using ESPEasy. There has been valiant attempts (via both hardware and software) to solve it, but the problem still persists. My best advice is to replace the device with something els...

ThomasB

@TomMa, Thanks again for the tips on using emailrelay.

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ThomasB

When "elseif" was replaced with "else" it all came good

My apologies, that was a typo. Should have been "else" instead of elseif. I'll edit the example code to show the correct syntax.

Glad to hear you solved the problem.

- Thomas

ThomasB

One of your "if" statements is missing the matching endif. Try this rule set: on pb1#State do if %eventvalue% =10 //longpress let,2,1 //Set power flag (ON) timerset,2,15 //pi shutdown timer pulse,12,1,500 //pi shutdown signal to GPIO12 else //Short press if %v2% = 0 //Power flag is OFF let...

ThomasB

now i can see the value changing from from 0 to 1 Great, ESPEasy is now correctly receiving the data from Nextion. but the switch does not go on ...... it sends only the signal for Off The value is changing to "1" so that is what can be sent to the controller. To send this data to a contr...

ThomasB

I don't see the "0a" termination character in your Nextion code. And value 1 should be formatted as sOn. For example, to send idx = 77 and value = 1 the Nextion code would be written using two statements as follows: print "|s,i77,sOn" // Send idx 77 and boolean value 1 to ESPEasy...

ThomasB

@TomMa, Thanks for the emailrelay info. How is ESPEasy's Notify page setup to use emailrelay? Can you post a screenshot?

- Thomas

ThomasB

They work for a while, but occasionally they get stuck. I'm switching less than 300W @ 230V, not much. The shield probably has a SRD-5V-SL-C relay or similar China flavored part. The important question: Inductive or resistive load? Some warnings: The ratings printed on them are for resistive loads,...

ThomasB

You can do it with ESPEasy. Just send these text commands via USB serial port: WifiSSID #namehere#<CR> WifiKey #keyhere#<CR> save<CR> reboot<CR> You can do it in your custom Arduino code too. But you have to create functions that read the serial port and act on what you send it. To send the info eit...

ThomasB

I'm a bit confused. The questions seem to concern the output pulse, but the discussion is centered on the input trigger. Although both are involved in your application, those are two different actions. I seems that you want to send a 500mS pulse on an output pin when some other input pin changes sta...

ThomasB

And for those sitting in the peanut gallery, this use case can use a simpler event rule: on veeg#state do // Contact has opened or closed. // Do stuff here. Will be the same for open or close. endon But when the rule must act differently (open rule actions different from close rule actions) then fol...

ThomasB

My 2-cents regarding the wire twisting: If you are extending the switch's GPIO input wires over a long length, then twist. Plus use low value pull-ups (1K - 2.2K) installed close to the ESP32. However, if all this stuff is going in the same enclosure, and the input wire lengths are just a few cm lon...

ThomasB

The status LEDs which came with the push buttons are 12V, but also run on 5V. Question is: Can I drive them directly from the GPIO pins? Maybe. Connect each of them to 3V and see what happens. If they light up, and you like the brightness, then it is your lucky day. If so, resistors required? If th...

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