Great work as always JK - I have just updated with no issues at all!

Great news that version 2.0 is soon in progress!!

I would like to see a more user focused product with many more guages 'out of the box' and colour options to fully customise the web interface, individual graph colour options, and more drag and click to setup the windows in the dashboard.
I strongly suggest you go to the my sensors site and visit all the 'other' controller sites to seek inspiration to take your next version to the top!

I think the automation rules/actions is far to annoying in its current state and a better way of getting something to happen based on conditions would be a bonus.
I'd prefer to keep the operations in one place on one page, that would help to start with!

It would be nice if we could also have the ability to add a video window to the dashboard pages. I use motioneye as cctv controller and would love to easily be able to add cameras from this to the mycontroller pages. All cameras are pi+camera and motion pi runs on a pi3 next to the mycontroller pi. An option to have a 'pop-up' video window on motion detect would also be nice to have.

Ability for dark mode display on timer or light sensor. Good for night time usage and also powersaving.

Ability to add floorplans for bulidings and surrounding area (gardens, outbuildings) etc with sensor locations and sensor status shown on there. Would then see at a glance which security sensor has triggered the alarm on the plan.

Ability to add photos similar to the above. Then taping or clicking on (for example) the lamp in the photo of the room would control that item.

Built in voice control - but probably a step too far for a controller, but maybe the ability to interface with another pi running voice recognition. This is very low on the list though.

Full support for 'ack' messages and better debugging of the system. Maybe some form of test page where each sensor can be interrogated and report back the result?

An automated installer! - I think that setting this all up puts a lot of people off even trying it,which is a shame. Add to that an updater script. These two things alone would improve usability to those who are put off by the current process!

Battery level graph on the dashboard. A must really.

Ability to zoom and pan the graphs within the dashboard environment. Would be probably more use on tablets, but with mouse would also work.

Easy implementation of min/max values and reporting.

Easy support for 'multi use' sensors. E.g. A motion sensor in my kitchen has various modes. Armed = send alarm on detection. Perimeter= Turn on kitchen lights on motion detection and leave on until no motion detceted for x minutes, but only if it is dark enough (that info is from another sensor). Off = Do nothing on sensor detection. Currently it is a pain to get this type of thing working.... which gives me the idae to be able to create a rule and then use that rule as a template for the next sensor/actuator by copying and changing the node/sensor/automation to suit, that would speed up setting things up!

I hope this will give you some thoughts to making an even better mycontroller in 2018!.......

Thank you for making and sharing mycontroller and making this all possible in the first place - Your support and talent is amazing!

Thank you!

@jkandasa Thank you so much for this!

It had slipped my mind with other more important issues taking the focus away. Today I found some 'ghost' variables and remembered that I had the problem before, but not the solution. Now I know why!

Anyway it worked perfectly and I will keep a lookout for any future ghost variables. This would be a good thing to have built into ver 2.0

I will do that - It only needs to display the data users enter into settings instead of the lat/lon info currently displayed. e.g. 'home' or 'London' or whatever....

Amazing progress = well done!!!!

So, version 2 beta, when will we see that then ?

Hoorah !!!! - It is working now !!!!

Thank you so much for your kind support and time today. Whilst I have only been running this for a week or so I have learnt a lot in the process. But don't worry, I will soon be back with more questions!

typo in 4th command - missing 'o'

@jkandasa Of course I will share it ...

I set MyC to back up to a server /mnt/server.
Then made crontab job to copy from the server back to the myc sd card.

No need to worry about sorting by date or anything as MyC backup has been set to only keep so many backups and therefore that is all there will be when I copy the server backup directory back to the SD card....

Problem solved!

Great news!

One question though..... Won't we also have to uninstall previous oracle java and install openjdk as well?

If so can you add the steps to acomplish this in the 'how to update' section.

Still a nice early Christmas present to us all..... Thank you!

You asked for suggestions so here's a couple for now....

1. Monitor and report network lan traffic bandwidth used (maybe with options to see different types of traffic eg tcp/http/udp etc....).

2. Get data for the number of packets sent/received by the nrf24l01+ attached to the pi.

Still, it's working well now and very useful to see this info!

As expected the raspberry pi foundation have announced that they are ceasing production of 1Gb raspberry pi models. The falling price of ram on the open market and demand from users for more ram both contriubted to this action.

Now the entry level pi comes with 2Gb ram and has also seen a £10.00 price reduction to under £35.00 in the UK.

I have been trying to find a solution to an issue and thought that groups might help.

The problem is that door/window sensors need to be in one of 2 modes. Either disarmed when they send status change to controller but no alarm sounds. or armed when status change is sent to controller and alarm sounds.

I have been using V_ARMED for this, but this is something I would rather implement in the controller and not via open messages sent over the air.

So I was looking for a way to add many sensors to one button that would allow any of the sensors to sound an alarm only if an armed flag was set in the controller. Otherwise just log sensor state changes as normal.

Trouble is, I can't figure out the best way to do this (or even any way come to think of it)...... Any one already achieved this or something similar that I can use as a template ?

@skywatch It is working well and as expected!

How do I set the timer to 90 mins before sunset?

The text says 'HH : mm : ss' but there are only 2 boxes to fill in, not three as expected and I am unsure as to if these boxes are to add or subtract time from sunset at my location anyway?

UPDATE - I figured it out. IF you select before sunset then the boxes are hours and minutes before the sunset time. I will be testing this out today so if it is any different I will let you know!

I recently added a second gateway to separate general sensors from security sensors. Now they are different RF channels.
The problem is that upon a reboot of my pi neither of them seems to pass any daya to the controller. I have to pull the power on the pi and restart it with just ONE rf gateway connected. Then, after 30 seconds I reconnect the second gateway and all is working fine.
Both RF gateways are on serial to usb boards and it puzzles me as to why this is a problem. Is it due to both wanting memory or cpu at the same time? Voltage sag when both start at once? Or something else entirely? I'll sleep on it and see......

For now, here is the server log with a boot with both RF GW and another with one RF GW, then the second added after a short while.....

2020-02-23 19:33:17,827 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.db.DataBaseUtils:116] Checking migration...
2020-02-23 19:33:26,630 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.db.DataBaseUtils:167] Application information: [Version:1.5.0, Database(type:H2 database embedded, version:1.4.194 (2017-03-10), schema version:1.04.06 - 2018 Dec 04), Built on:2019-12-11T11:29:51+0530, Git commit:b4e9a0cc5e911acb0053e27579eb6c7b9850b76c:master]
2020-02-23 19:33:27,322 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.offheap.OffHeapFactory:95] Cleared McPersistent location[../conf/persistent_stores/mc/]
2020-02-23 19:33:27,323 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.AppProperties:530] Created directory location: [/home/mycontroller/conf/persistent_stores/mc]
2020-02-23 19:33:28,283 WARN [main] [io.moquette.persistence.mapdb.MapDBPersistentStore:78] Using fresh MapDB store file. Path=../conf/persistent_stores/moquette/moquette_store.mapdb
2020-02-23 19:33:28,662 WARN [main] [io.moquette.server.Server:186] Using default SSL context creator
2020-02-23 19:33:29,387 WARN [main] [io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap:146] Unknown channel option 'TCP_NODELAY' for channel '[id: 0x8057e12c]'
2020-02-23 19:33:29,480 WARN [main] [io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap:146] Unknown channel option 'TCP_NODELAY' for channel '[id: 0x903a66e7]'
2020-02-23 19:33:29,491 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.mqttbroker.MoquetteMqttBroker:54] MQTT Broker started successfully. MqttBrokerSettings(enabled=true, sslEnabled=false, bindAddress=0.0.0.0, mqttPort=1883, mqttsPort=8883, websocketPort=7080, allowAnonymous=true, enabledOnBackend=true, sslKeystoreFile=null)
2020-02-23 19:33:30,544 INFO [mc-th-pool-1] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.mqtt.MQTTDriver:94] MQTT Gateway[name:Raspberry Pi, URI:tcp://localhost:1883, NetworkType:MyController] connected successfully..
2020-02-23 19:33:30,587 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.scheduler.SchedulerUtils:90] System jobs reloaded.
2020-02-23 19:33:33,164 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.StartApp:242] TJWS server started successfully, HTTPS Enabled?:true, HTTP(S) Port: [8443]
2020-02-23 19:33:33,231 ERROR [Thread-9] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm:201] Exception, RawMessage:[aF-Q~Wï¿¿ï¿°ï¿£k￪Wï¿°ﾲￚzﾀﾸcb￪�ﾃ￡ï¿ ï¿©ï¾˜ï¿£ï¿¡ï¿ ï¿©ï¿¸	a￣ﾀï¿£]
org.mycontroller.standalone.exceptions.MessageParserException: Unknown message format:[aF-Q~Wï¿¿ï¿°ï¿£k￪Wï¿°ﾲￚzﾀﾸcb￪�ﾃ￡ï¿ ï¿©ï¾˜ï¿£ï¿¡ï¿ ï¿©ï¿¸	a￣ﾀï¿£], gatewayId:5
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserAbstract.update(MessageParserAbstract.java:120)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserSerial.getMessage(MessageParserSerial.java:32)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserSerial.getMessage(MessageParserSerial.java:28)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm.serialEvent(SerialDriverJSerialComm.java:170)
	at com.fazecast.jSerialComm.SerialPort$SerialPortEventListener.waitForSerialEvent(SerialPort.java:937)
	at com.fazecast.jSerialComm.SerialPort$SerialPortEventListener$1.run(SerialPort.java:885)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
2020-02-23 19:33:33,843 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.api.GoogleAnalyticsApi:94] Google analytics details[enabled:false, ga_anonymous_id:0904c9fb-6a3c-4c67-9ca8-908c0c2cb2f0]
2020-02-23 19:33:33,844 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.StartApp:139] MyController.org server started in [16494] ms
2020-02-23 19:39:48,320 ERROR [Thread-9] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm:201] Exception, RawMessage:[|\ï¿¿{ï¿¢X

2020-02-23 19:33:16,596 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.StartApp:104] 

2020-02-23 19:33:17,827 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.db.DataBaseUtils:116] Checking migration...
2020-02-23 19:33:26,630 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.db.DataBaseUtils:167] Application information: [Version:1.5.0, Database(type:H2 database embedded, version:1.4.194 (2017-03-10), schema version:1.04.06 - 2018 Dec 04), Built on:2019-12-11T11:29:51+0530, Git commit:b4e9a0cc5e911acb0053e27579eb6c7b9850b76c:master]
2020-02-23 19:33:27,322 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.offheap.OffHeapFactory:95] Cleared McPersistent location[../conf/persistent_stores/mc/]
2020-02-23 19:33:27,323 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.AppProperties:530] Created directory location: [/home/mycontroller/conf/persistent_stores/mc]
2020-02-23 19:33:28,283 WARN [main] [io.moquette.persistence.mapdb.MapDBPersistentStore:78] Using fresh MapDB store file. Path=../conf/persistent_stores/moquette/moquette_store.mapdb
2020-02-23 19:33:28,662 WARN [main] [io.moquette.server.Server:186] Using default SSL context creator
2020-02-23 19:33:29,387 WARN [main] [io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap:146] Unknown channel option 'TCP_NODELAY' for channel '[id: 0x8057e12c]'
2020-02-23 19:33:29,480 WARN [main] [io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap:146] Unknown channel option 'TCP_NODELAY' for channel '[id: 0x903a66e7]'
2020-02-23 19:33:29,491 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.mqttbroker.MoquetteMqttBroker:54] MQTT Broker started successfully. MqttBrokerSettings(enabled=true, sslEnabled=false, bindAddress=0.0.0.0, mqttPort=1883, mqttsPort=8883, websocketPort=7080, allowAnonymous=true, enabledOnBackend=true, sslKeystoreFile=null)
2020-02-23 19:33:30,544 INFO [mc-th-pool-1] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.mqtt.MQTTDriver:94] MQTT Gateway[name:Raspberry Pi, URI:tcp://localhost:1883, NetworkType:MyController] connected successfully..
2020-02-23 19:33:30,587 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.scheduler.SchedulerUtils:90] System jobs reloaded.
2020-02-23 19:33:33,164 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.StartApp:242] TJWS server started successfully, HTTPS Enabled?:true, HTTP(S) Port: [8443]
2020-02-23 19:33:33,231 ERROR [Thread-9] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm:201] Exception, RawMessage:[aF-Q~Wï¿¿ï¿°ï¿£k￪Wï¿°ﾲￚzﾀﾸcb￪�ﾃ￡ï¿ ï¿©ï¾˜ï¿£ï¿¡ï¿ ï¿©ï¿¸	a￣ﾀï¿£]
org.mycontroller.standalone.exceptions.MessageParserException: Unknown message format:[aF-Q~Wï¿¿ï¿°ï¿£k￪Wï¿°ﾲￚzﾀﾸcb￪�ﾃ￡ï¿ ï¿©ï¾˜ï¿£ï¿¡ï¿ ï¿©ï¿¸	a￣ﾀï¿£], gatewayId:5
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserAbstract.update(MessageParserAbstract.java:120)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserSerial.getMessage(MessageParserSerial.java:32)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.provider.mysensors.MessageParserSerial.getMessage(MessageParserSerial.java:28)
	at org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm.serialEvent(SerialDriverJSerialComm.java:170)
	at com.fazecast.jSerialComm.SerialPort$SerialPortEventListener.waitForSerialEvent(SerialPort.java:937)
	at com.fazecast.jSerialComm.SerialPort$SerialPortEventListener$1.run(SerialPort.java:885)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
2020-02-23 19:33:33,843 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.api.GoogleAnalyticsApi:94] Google analytics details[enabled:false, ga_anonymous_id:0904c9fb-6a3c-4c67-9ca8-908c0c2cb2f0]
2020-02-23 19:33:33,844 INFO [main] [org.mycontroller.standalone.StartApp:139] MyController.org server started in [16494] ms
2020-02-23 19:39:48,320 ERROR [Thread-9] [org.mycontroller.standalone.gateway.serial.SerialDataListenerjSerialComm:201] Exception, RawMessage:[|\ï¿¿{ï¿¢X

@skywatch Just a quick update - ......

Keep the receive section clean - I took all the 'if' and 'elseif' out of receive and into the main loop - This is good practice. So now it looks like this......

// process incoming message
void receive(const MyMessage &message) {
  if (message.sensor == CHILD_ID_GETFORECAST && message.type == V_FORECAST) {
    forecast = (message.getString());
    NewForecast = 1;
  }
}

The NewForecast is there to alert the main loop to a new incomming value to be tested and updated.

As per the title on the Arduino web site. No issues here updating under win10 x64.

@Radi-M See if this helps you......

https://forum.mycontroller.org/topic/360/remove-variable-type-without-deleting-sensor

Ah, I just realised that battery level is not a 'sensor' in the usual respect. I had a look but I can't figure it out either!

@jkandasa THanks - The pi mycontroller is running on has ssmtp installed and this works for sending cron messages etc.
I tried to ping my isp mail server with no response (but also got no response from a win10 machine either) yet mails are working as far as I can tell.
I have to get Mum from the hospital now so will try again later when I have time.

Did this get resolved? I am having the same issue now.