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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!

It wouldn't be too difficult to write a bash script to automate this (maybe even downloading before uncompressing included - with user selectable 'stable' or 'snapshot' branch selection and backup and restore too....) and then have an 'update' button on the main page?
Would be easier for less technical people to upgrade then.......Possible???

Just to let you all know that a new mysensors version is released now.

@jkandasa Direct using short (60mm) cables, tx/rx from pro mini to tx/rx on rpi.

GW is using a 3.3v 8MHz pro mini to eliminate the need for level shifter. 38400 baud rate (have tried 19200 and 9600 as well in the past).

As I said before please do not use your time on this. Lets see how it goes with the 'new' mycontroller when it is released and if it is still a problem at that point then maybe it's worth a look.

I guess not many people are running their set up like mine.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you on (or behind) this forum.

Here's to 2018 and a much better year for us all!

@francois No changes for installation as far as I am aware.

As for Java, it's always best to use the latest version for security and compatibility unless there is a compelling reason to use an older version.

For those who like to keep up to date with their software.....I have used it and its working well for me.

@jkandasa Thank you once again!

I totally removed arduino ide from the laptop and reinstalled only the latest version (1.8.7). Then I took the GW apart and recrimped some of the dupont connectors (some Chinese ones are poor quality). I reflashed the GW skecth (clearing eeprom first) and reconnected it all back up. Since doing this, no ghost nodes have appeared in the last 20 hours!....

Maybe they have all left for Halloween ?

"and before 25, December 2017, version 1.1.0 will be available for the public"

Ahem.........

I am sure it will be well worth waiting for

In a future release would it be possible to change the weather forecast symbols to better match the conditions. ATM I can't tell the difference between stable and sunny as they both use the sunny icon.

I suggest using the current 'cloudy' icon (sun & cloud) for 'stable' and use the 'double cloud' icon for cloudy weather.

@jkandasa

You will be happy to know that this issue is now SOLVED!

Since installing the latest SNAPSHOT 1.4.0, all the problems associated with this have gone away.

Thanks for all the contuning support and excellent work.