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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

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

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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...

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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 ...

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

LOL

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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

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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.

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What if you remove sendtohhtp? Does the rebooting stop?

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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

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

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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

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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?

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

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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...

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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...

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

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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.

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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...

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

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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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@ThomasB: You seem to have a good insight into designing the electronics. If I power some DS18B20's with 5V, I assume that I also need a level converter for the GPIO?

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Thank you Thomas. I think I've got the circuit layed out as per your suggestions. Now I need to sleep on it, just in case new ideas come up

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Thanks for your reply ThomasB, 1) I did consult the pin mapping guide, but I lack a clear explanation of which "applications" are suitable for each GPIO. But your suggestion to use ADS1115 is the way to go, so I've added that. 2) For the voltage converter, I've chosen a BC547, again based ...

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Hi Guys, I've begun designing an automatic watering system for our garden, based on ESPEasy (of course :D :D ) The overall design will include: 1 x Wemos D1 Mini Pro 2.0 2 x https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HL-YFB10-Water-Flow-Sensor-Hall_60806958258.html Water Flow sensors for measuring consu...

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Update: re-flashed to mega-20200204 and moved to GPIO-14. Seems to work like a charm! Thanks for the hint

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Good input, thanks. Will try another GPIO. They should be the real thing, as they're bought from an official shop.

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I am also struggling with DS18x20 sensors. Setup: Official Wemos D1 Mini Pro 2.0 6 x DS18S20 on 1,2m twisted cable DS18S20 are connected to GPIO-16 Powering D1 Mini Pro via USB (Have also tried 5V) DS18S20 are 3,3V powered from the Mini Pro Resister for DS18S20 is 4,7K Mega 20191208, pre-built bin F...

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Seems like a clever tool. Will also test

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Does the cars already have a 230V heater installed?

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Ok, that really sounds like a brilliant solution and will clearly remove a lot of the burden from each device making room for lots of fun :D. It is also great that the future (easily) supports ESP82xxx and ESP32, that makes it much more versatile and ready when ESP32 "takes over". Really l...

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.....but I think by the end of next year we may have shifted focus to ESP32 as it does give a lot more resources. I understand that the possibilities in ESP32 is more fun, but considering the fact that most "Wi-Fi IoT" devices are based on ESP82xx, you vill be loosing out on a huge market...

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No, sorry. Misread your post. Will check with 20190928 not 20191028

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It won't be until sometime this weekend, as I'm traveling the next couple of days.

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Just to be sure it is not your bug, or maybe one of mine. You could test with the build (or sources) of 20190928. I changed a lot last month regarding the rules and there have been some reports of rules misbehaving. That's the version I'm currently running on, with the 24 task modification. Serial ...

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Just enabled debug log, it does fire the rule but nothing actually get's published. Will dig deeper

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Spoke too soon. Doesn't seem like rules are working. On MQTT#Connected do Publish %sysname%/IP,%ip% Publish IP/%sysname%,%ip% timerSet,1,300 endon On Rules#Timer=1 do Publish %sysname%/IP,%ip% Publish %sysname%/Uptime,%c_m2dhm%(%uptime%) Publish IP/%sysname%,%ip% Publish Uptime/%sysname%,%c_m2dhm%(%...

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Brilliant! Tried it, and I got 24 x tasks. Have been looking for this change in ESPEasy for a long time. I got one compile warning: "WARNING: library LiquidCrystal_I2C claims to run on avr architecture(s) and may be incompatible with your current board which runs on esp8266 architecture(s)"...

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Just a small comment. It's best practice NOT to have a leading '/' when using MQTT. It should be changed in the default settings of ESPEasy.

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Original Wemos?

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