General Discussion

JavaScript evaluation question.

rayven — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:49:17 GMT

@jkandasa I appreciate it.

Trouble migrating from executable to docker image.

jkandasa — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:46:28 GMT

Are the mycontroller.yaml setting the same for the binary and the docker container? Yes, same file/schema used on binary as well as for container. @rayven you have to point to your influx db location, docker container always runs on it's own network space, if you specified http://localhost:8086, it tries inside container. Put your host ip address on it. also enable the metric database. installation with docker container: https://mycontroller.org/docs/installation/quick-installation/docker-container/ install influx database: https://mycontroller.org/docs/getting-started/install-influxdb/ backend configurations: https://mycontroller.org/docs/installation/advanced-installation/backend-configuration/

Request failed with status code 401

jkandasa — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:22:32 GMT

Hi @wint0178, when you logged in to the server, if you see this error, it was happened before login. If it comes only one time and all other functions are working as expected, please ignore this error.

Trouble with MC v2 install on RPi 4

jkandasa — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:38:51 GMT

Thanks @wint0178 !! I will go through the installation documentation and sync with your update.

Raspberry Pi 5 announced

skywatch — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:30:48 GMT

Raspberry pi 5 has been unveiled and is now available to pre-order.

arduino IDE 2.2.1 available

skywatch — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:30:09 GMT

I just noticed that a new arduino IDE was available and thought you guys and gals might like to know too...

Adding MySensor V2.3.2 sensors to MC v2

wint0178 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:52:36 GMT

OK, I'm not exactly sure what I did, but my student was able to edit the example sketch from MySensors V2 "GatewayESP8266MQTTClient" and add in code to send data from the Adafruit BME680 over MQTT. Once I added that code to my NodeMCU and added the # to the subscribe list in my gateway, it all just seemed to automatically add. I should acknowledge that I had a misunderstanding about what physical components were nodes, sources, and fields. For some reason I thought that my NodeMCU was a gateway (this is true), it was also a node (this was not true), and that the BME680 was the source with several fields on it (TEMP, PRESS, HUMM). I believe I see now that the Node is actually the BME680 board and it has several separate sources, the physical sensors for each of the conditions it monitors and those numeric values, once acquired, become fields that the MC server can publish. I am going to play some more with this since I would like to add all sorts of other nodes with a wide range of sources.

Setting up MQTT

jkandasa — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:01:42 GMT

@wint0178 on the other post, I see you were able to see the nodes. Still do you see this issue?

SSD filled overnight

jkandasa — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 15:16:30 GMT

@wint0178 You can use letsencrypt certification setup with https_acme to your DDNS setup, https://v2.mycontroller.org/docs/installation/advanced-installation/backend-configuration/

Remote access to MCv2 Dashboard

wint0178 — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:12:11 GMT

@skywatch I was able to setup several MQTT Gateways using NodeMCU boards with attached I2C sensors. The Gateways are all Wifi gateways, but I have been able to use my DDNS in place of the IP address to send data from several locations including one that is international. I think this is working well at this point. Thank you for your reply!

Gateway setup for MCv2 using MySensors

jkandasa — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:31:36 GMT

@wint0178 No, keep default labels. as @JeeLet mentioned can you check any other service is consuming the serial port? Do you see any error on the gateway?

Moving Server to another location

jkandasa — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:21:36 GMT

@jkandasa I have fixed this. available in the docker container(2.1.0-devel). yet to update in executable.

Is NATS.io needed on RPi?

jkandasa — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:21:55 GMT

hi @wint0178, MQTT Broker - if you plan to connect your gateway via MQTT, you need an mqtt broker. If you already one. you can use that. You can have MQTT broker in any system, that should be accessible for MyController and your gateway device. If you do not have complex system, you can keep everything on the same system. MongoDB - for storage the default option is in-memory database. It keeps all the configurations(except metrics) in memory and dumps to dis in an interval. It will be faster. You can take a frequent backup with schedule. But someone wants to keep the storage in mongoDB, may be due to large setof configurations or to keep the data in remote location, or other reasons. It is up to you. fyi, I am using in-memory db and I do not see an issue till now(about 2 years) InfludDB - you need to have this database, if you want graphs and metrics details I hope I have addressed your queries

Docker Install Error

jkandasa — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:53:37 GMT

@wint0178 At the time of writing the document in RPI the default installation does not have docker 20.x or above. Hence I proposed this method. In your installation if you have latest version of docker, you can install with apt install... command. I think I took the steps from https://github.com/docker/docker-install

state of a contact open-closed

JeeLet — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 13:07:16 GMT

Hello @jkandasa an idea in pictures, it's easier https://nsmf01.casimages.com/f/2023/06/28//23062802265523870811442.pdf ..... it's an idea

Newbee Q - Which Server Setup Option is Best?

jkandasa — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:06:59 GMT

@wint0178 I am trying to respond your queries to my best. You may have better approach then my response too. I assume that, you are using MySensors hardware in your setup. As you have your gateways in different locations, you can connect all your gateways with MQTT connection (I would recommend secure MQTT). You have to run a MyController server for 24x7, so you can go with RPI, it will save lot of your electricity and space. Ultimately, I need to give data access to the communities themselves through the dashboard and SMS or email notifications. I would also like to have remote access to the data, but this is slightly less critical. With MyController you can configure Email and web-hook(you may use it for SMS), For now there is no role based access in MyController v2. In MyController all the metric data will be in influx database. So you may share the details with Grafana dashboard too. I think it has read only dashboard.

MQTT Gateway USB

jkandasa — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:05:35 GMT

@JeeLet some special cases you need 2mqtt. For example you want to share your USB GW for MyC and other software (via mqtt). If you are using your USB GW only with MyC. 2mqtt is not required. 2mqtt creates a mqtt communication to your USB GW

Ghost Value

JeeLet — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:02:06 GMT

.... happy holidays to you Jkandasa I'm rethinking my vision / use of the Mys protocol as I have chosen a Usb gateway and mostly a communication bus in rs485 (RF is for specific cases) MyC <---usb---> Gateway Mega2560/Gui-Oled <----RS485---> Nodes1 2 3 <---- RF ---> NodeX the controller in a closet the gateway on the desk (usb 3 meters) the nodes everywhere in the house (in the technical parts) and as the "real" Node to Node doesn't work (yes a gateway is mandatory for routing) I'll see how I'm going to do a state management. I'm testing a feedback on the OLED display of the gateway. an example of the sketch on the gateway of a remote node //------ node 36 Link distant ------ const byte LINKY_NODE_ID = 36 ; // node linky const byte CHILD_ID_PAPP = 1 ; // ID papp uint16_t valPAPP ; // variable valeur PAPP //-------- linky papp ------------------ if (message.sender == LINKY_NODE_ID && message.sensor==CHILD_ID_PAPP && message.type == V_VA ) { // val PAPP valPAPP = message.getInt(); Serial.print("val PAPP. : "); Serial.println(valPAPP); } //------------ OLED valeur PAPP -------------------------- void valPaPP() { oled.set2X(); oled.setCursor(37,2); oled.print(valPAPP); oled.print("va "); }

systemctl et MyController

JeeLet — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 11:19:14 GMT

it's maximum super good after cleaning the old one "sudo systemctl revert mycontroller.service" and a copy of the example you gave me (thanks) "sudo systemctl enable mycontroller.service" a reboot, functional server connection ... well I continue with MyController, other things to see. Thanks a lot, lots of sunshine for you

mycontroller.yaml config

Yourry — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:36:26 GMT

I expressed myself badly, I have the secret in my config file. I voluntarily deleted it by copying my file on this forum. Sorry

Webcam and MyController

JeeLet — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:30:08 GMT

back after tests with Hassio. Yes MyController in central core of my MySensors network, Motioneye for the Cam, Grafana (soon to be installed ) for value tracking. A solid choice ----> Video <----