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Add a solar cell and appropriate charging / protection circuit and it should run indefinitely.
I have a similar setup which just keeps on running.

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something like this might work
https://www.adafruit.com/product/464

If there is a chance of an overflow (pump on too long) I suggest a tried and true analog automatic shut off float switch.

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Yes, and I have it running with syslog set to debug, but it is not what I see on "Screen". Is it possible the I (3063) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE I (3073) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address f...

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I am still getting
I (3063) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE
I (3073) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUS

How can I get the log without being connected to the computer?

Thanks

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Here is the log after updating to the latest version The LoPy works much better with an antenna attached ;) rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT) configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00 mode:DIO, clock div:2 load:0x3fff00...

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Well it is a ESP32 based LoPy. Power is coming from the computer, but that could be part of the problem. I will see if I can figure out how fix that and get a copy of the log file.

I just got a couple of ESP32 Nano boards I will try it on too..

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That is interesting, I have several setup to do this with no issue, various boards and chips(8266 and 8285). When you say the Latest version, which version is that? What is the power supply circuit? The first suggestion is to use a known power supply, 5v 1A with a 3.3V voltage regulator. You can get...

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I (2715) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE
I (2725) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from BLK0 of EFUSE

This is all I get consistently today.

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No Idea. I only have 1 and I have not been able to get it to work yet. It may work in mine, I just have not spent a lot of time on it.

You have to remember uPyEasy is still in beta and is not perfect on anything yet. Los of potential but it's not there yet.

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I gave the LoPy a try, the 2048 version loads and runs. I need to play with it more, but it appears to have issue keeping the AP information but that could be me not doing something correctly.. There were some other errors, something about MAC address not set, but that could be the LoPy comm module....

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Difficult to see in this forum topic which board specs will and won’t work. Ie. memory required for code, etc. Will this board work? STM32 ARM Mini System - 72Mhz https://www.robotics.org.za/6970622930693 And the pycom lopy? https://www.robotics.org.za/AF3339 I totally forgot the Lopy was ESP32. Si...

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Have to look at iOBroker, looks interesting. Have you tried using rules? It is an interesting issue as software generally uses boolean value of 1/0 for true/false. I assume iOBroker is sending / receiving MQTT messages? You can probably change the plugin to use whatever iOBroker needs, but for sendi...

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And i didnt want to behead the chickens :) Having raised chickens, I don't think the plastic door is heavy enough for that, but I would not put it past a chicken to put their head in the door as it closes. ;) They are not the brightest of animals. Years ago we had a TV with automatic doors which op...

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I took the easy way out, ESP to Node-red to Sqlite on a RaspberryPi using MQTT.

Working on adding SQL Server (MariaDB) on a Qnap Nas. It is pretty easy to send things multiple places with Node-red.

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If I understand correctly, you have a 15 meter wire from a GPIO on the wemos going to the rain bucket and another from the other terminal on the rain bucket to wemos ground? Which rain bucket are you using? 1. GPIO 0 is used for programming so probably not a good idea to use for this application. Tr...

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Can you post a schematic? I suspect a short or maybe wind tripping it, but without knowing more it is impossible to know. The Optocupler should eliminate any noise issue I would think. It takes more than a little noise to trigger it, it takes 5V. Someone with more electrical engineering experience c...

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This one appears to work fine.
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01MTW ... UTF8&psc=1

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Hard to say exactly what the coating is I can check the bottle but it is supposed to be a conformational coating.

I need to lok at the board again but it is a bmp280 which is not rated for 100% humidity which I think I am getting when dropping air temps cause condensation.

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What sort of enclosure are housing the sensors in? What sort of climate are your sensors in? (I assume quite humid) They are outside, inside a small plastic bottle with 2 small holes for some air flow, which is inside a plastic solar shield which is about 2 meters above the ground in my garden. In ...

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I am using adafruit feather boards for things which need to run all the time. They are small and have a good lipo system integrated. They also have a good variety of add-on boards I can order from mouser for less than amazon. They are a little more expensive but I have never had problems with adafru...

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From my understanding you need to send the following EVERY 5 MINUTES 1. Rainfall over the last 60 minutes. 2. Accumulated rainfall since 00:00 Not sure this is possible in ESPEasy. The second should not be too much of a problem, I think, but I have never tried. The first is a problem because without...

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From my understanding, the soil moisture sensor you have shown does not last very long in use. There are a couple of capacitive soil moisture sensors which should work longer if you can keep them sealed from moisture. Their accuracy is very dependent on a stable voltage https://www.dfrobot.com/produ...

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I do not know if this is possible in the rules, but I was able to do this in node red fairly easily. I was not trying to upload to WU, just to a local sqlite database.

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Having the extra storage still opens a lot of very cool possibilities, especially for displaying information in stored templates, almost endless functional menus on touch displays.... Maybe it is possible to put some larger parts of the firmware, like more complex plugins on the SD Card or boot from...

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Well if you are using a INA3221 which plugin are you using? To my knowledge there is no plugin which will work for an IN3221. All the supported devices should be listed here: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php/Devices There are also some experimental plugins in github, but I I don't see on...

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I have used them at over 100 meters with an external AP for a while then a AP in a window after the outdoor unit died.

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Just checked the espressif site to see if they have anything new and saw this http://espressif.com/en/media_overview/news/esp32-design-contest-2018 Looks like a new dev board and esp32 chip I have not seen yet. Of course the oppertunity to get a dev board free is a nice option. I have not read the ...

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Just checked the espressif site to see if they have anything new and saw this http://espressif.com/en/media_overview/news/esp32-design-contest-2018 Looks like a new dev board and esp32 chip I have not seen yet. Of course the oppertunity to get a dev board free is a nice option. I have not read the f...

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Hello, this problem never occured here.. But: I have my own NTP server running on my home controller box. As linux usually has its own NTP daemon running anyways (or it can be installed easily if not) I use it to get internet time plus my own radio clock receiver together and distribute this to all...

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Your best bet is to try yourself. I don't know how well spi works at this point, I think there is at least one supported spi device but you would have to do some reading. Most people tend to work on what devices they have. If it was I2C someone might be able to put something together without having ...

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I don't think so, check the wiki.
If you tell the list what you want to do, someone may have another idea of how to accomplish it.

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It looks really interesting. I have never seen it. Most of the solar circuits I have seen are as low cost (and low piwer) as possible. It would require a plugin for the battery level feature. For me it is not great because I would have to use a breakout. The chip package looks like it would need an ...

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Feature request - sensor values on main page I have 12 espeasy devices in and around the house and I would like to have the readings on main page because I would like to be able to just click on the listed unit's name and see the values on that device without navigating to devices page. If this is ...

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Condensation might be an Issue. Per spec sheet: Step one: Keep the AM2302 sensor at condition of Temperature 50~60Celsius, humidity <10%RH for 2 hours; Step two: After step one, keep the AM2302 sensor at condition of Temperature 20~30Celsius, humidity >70%RH for 5 hours. I need to look at some of th...

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Sometimes the best solution is to use a separate unit.

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I would love to try the ESP32 image.

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I checked by putting usb power on board and in fact it gives me nearly always around 4V which is above ESP specs but I intended to plug that power to the USB port of ESP so it should be ok no ? Module I use is exactly the one you indicate !! Thanks The USB port of ESP8266? This would be a ESP8266 D...

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I do know the ESP8266 will support SPI displays. I have a adafruit 2.4 inch TFT featherwing and it works with the examples provided. Getting it to wok on ESPEasy is another thing all together. I have been working on it, but I am not sure if this is possible for me. Time will tell....

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I don't know where in the Wiki this is, or if it is still in the current version, but connecting Tx and Rx togather and connecting power causes a reset. The same process could probably be used on different pins for your purpose, you may just need to make some adjustments, or it may not be possible a...

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I have a few of these: https://www.tindie.com/products/aprbrother/esp-soil-moisture-sensor-rev-21/ They do work, but it is not a perfect solution. Putting a PCB in wet soil will eventually cause it to fail without really god sealant, and to be accurate you need good voltage control. (in air at 3.3V ...

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It could be the modem if it limits the number of connections, as most ISP provided modems do. Assigning a static IP address in the modem should fix it if this is the issue. Assigning a IP address in ESPEasy only can be problematic as you can end up with 2 devices with the same IP address, which coul...

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Just an update,
Unit 1 over 173,000 restarts
Unit 2 Over 219,000 restarts

Unit 2 is still plugging away, but Unit 1 is giving me errors, but I think something may be corrupted and I need to figure out how I fixed this the last time it happened.....

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No, just Lipo and Nimh. If it is sleeping for an hour, Solar is no problem.

Try TP5000 never used it, but see here: https://www.electronicspoint.com/thread ... ries.28563

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I have a little experience using both ESP8266 and 8285 on solar power. As long you are able to use deep sleep it can work fine. I have an outdoor Temp/Humidity/pressure monitor which wakes up every 10 minutes, connects and sends data via mqtt to a Raspberry Pi. ESP12E works fine, NodeMCU not so much...

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It would be interesting to see what kind of volume something like this would handle, and if it could handle additional tasks as well and what effect that would have on that volume. I don't yet have use for something like this, but who knows what the future brings. I still need the ability to store t...

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Might this explain it??? From the Wiki: "Remember that you can only store floating point numbers as output from your device. Also note that the floating point precision is limited. For most application this will not lead to issues but storing a large 32 bit number like RFID tags will get rounde...

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Which DS18b20 are you using? Bare chip or long black cable with stainless steel end? The long cables with stainless steel end generally have a pull-up resister inside. Spec says the ESP8266 can supply 12mA to the GPIO pins, and max draw on the DS18B20 is 5mA, so pull-up is needed with 2 or more, but...

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I agree on the power issue, especially because you are running it off a computer USB port, I have had a lot of problems with those. Get a wall-wart, cell phone chargers tend to work well for me. I use some good size caps, 1000uF on my nodemcu and .22F 5.5v on others (actually really small). 1.5F run...

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On the ESP-8166 ADC pin, you can exceed 1V, and the reading will be 1024. Exceeding it by too much may cause damage, but what that point is I do not know, best not to find out. Before trying to replace resisters, you really need to check the schematic to see what these resisters actually do. If you ...

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"MQTT: Connected to broker" comes up in the log, but I do not know if this is an event which may be used in a rule.

Try it and see if it works!

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