Dummy device and Thingspeak

[rayE]

Hi All,
A question about the functionality of a dummy device used with the Thingspeak protocol, the dummy device has place for 4 values, each individual value can be assigned using the following code that i send in through the serial port.

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  TaskValueSet 1,1,100
  TaskValueSet 1,2,200
  TaskValueSet 1,3,300
  TaskValueSet 1,4,300
  

My question is does the IDX number assigned to the device increment for each variable element in the dummy device?

This is a quote from Esy Protocols - thingspeak on WiKi, this is relavent to a real device on an I/O port..........................

If you have two readings for a given sensor, Temp will go the chart that matches the DHT IDX/Variable and Humidity will go to the IDX+1 chart. For instance, if you have DHT11 set as IDX 5. In ThingSpeak, Temperature is displayed on chart 5 and Humidity on chart 6.

Regards
Ray

[rayE]

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OK figured it out with some tests. I did the following.

1. Flashed V2.0.0 firmware.
2. Set the controller to be Thingspeak.
3. Set a dummy device with a simulated quad_type_sensor, as in the attached screen grab.

This now allows me to send parameters through the serial input on the ESP using my own custom sensor (PIC based). I can send 4 parameters to the dummy device and update all 4 parameters in thingspeak in one go. This is MUCH more efficient than updating 1 field at a time as i was previously doing. To add another 4 fields then create a second quad dummy device (thing speak has an 8 field per channel limit).

This is what i send from the pic end to update 4 thingspeak fields.

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    HRSOut "TaskValueSet 1,1,", Dec TxTotalFlow,13,10                 ;Thingspeak field 1
    HRSOut "TaskValueSet 1,2,", Dec TxFlowRate,13,10                  ;Thingspeak field 2
    HRSOut "TaskValueSet 1,3,", Dec fltTxBattLevel,13,10              ;Thingspeak field 3
    HRSOut "TaskValueSet 1,4,", Dec TxNoFlow,13,10                    ;Thingspeak field 4 

I hope this is of use to someone out there...........ESP Easy ROCKS, keep up the good work guy's

Ray

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[rayE]

Device settings for my thing speak 8 fields, 4 fields per dummy device.

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