Hi Gang,
I'm stuck at just the basics.. I'm not too stupid but I just can't get off the ground with moteino and rPi.
- I'm running rPi3 Model B with Moteino connected via GPIO.
- V 8.10.0 on the gateway
- can connect to the gateway webui just fine
- Zero Nodes.
- I'm pretty good on Linux, rPi and Arduino
Q1 - what code(sketch) do I run on the Moteino for when it is connected to the rPi ..?
Q2 - is there an actual wiring diagram for the Moteino to rPi over GPIO bit.? (if I new USB was easier I would have ordered that but alas I did not - am in Australia so weeks shipping - keen to make the GPIO connection work.
Q3 - WHEN I have the correct code on the moteino and the rPi WITH the serial port and speed set correctly... how do I tell (log file etc) that the gateway is talking to the attached moteino just fine? (log file?)
Q4 - how do you 'add nodes' ie define a new node that is attached (a remote Moteino - say siwtchmote etc)
.. just basic questions. perhaps these things are somewhere already.
.. Moteino USB not an option (will take weeks to get here) - really want to get my GPIO one working(which it should be able to)
.. have followed John's DIY playground stuff but it assumes USBMoteino and gets straight into the higher level stuff - I am stuck at low level :-(
hopeing someone can help me jump these basic hurdles.. I have had this kit for 2-3 years now.. always been stuck at this point
thanks,
Ian
Q1 PiGateway
Q2 There is, don't have time now to find out where. In nothing else, I can post later how I have
Q3 If metric you get to PI is defined, then the node will just show up as in videos. If not, you will see a line in log/terminal, that will show what PI has received
Q4 Every node has NodeID, what it sends needs to be defined in metrics.js and in browser you can select from template, what that node is: weather, switch, bell,...
Moteino is 3.3 device, as is PI, so you don't need level converters. Great. if you have usb to serial (how you program arduinos), you can have your moteino also over usb, won't be as pretty, but this is almost the same what is on usbMoteino. Other way is moteino directly connected to Pi as intended. What changes between this two cases is also in PI, what it listens to, serial or serial on usb
wow, you have it for some time. what do you do with it now? Surely we can help you in some way