Messages posted by: mhradom

There are many good examples in this forum. Look under the"stories"or "how to" sections. Your questions is very generic and would be best answered by spending some time reading. Pretty much everything you need to know is here.

I stumbled on the CAI WebControl I/O board on another forum. it is an exceptional value at $34.00. 8 TTL out, 8 digital in, 3 analog in, 1-wire temperature (non-parasite power and very voltage sensitive), and humidity sensor input, microprocessor with PLC or Boolean 4000 line of code possible. Order on Amazon.com

Hooks up to your LAN via standard TCP/IP. I can access it internally on any computer on the LAN or remotely off site with appropriate router settings.

I have it interfaced with Mango retrieving data with HTTP Retreiver data source. Took me awhile of googling to find the xml. It is not documented for some reason in the manual.

http://www.redhillnetworks.com/products/webcontrol/index.html

Latest firmware also reportedly handles X-10 output by using two of the DO and an RF transmitter (310 mhz in US). I am very excited about this since Mango never did implement X-10. I have not tried this yet.

Here is a screen shot of data source retreiving temperature sensor 1 data:

I am running 1.12.4 on XP Pro as a service that comes up when I boot (not sure what I upgraded from) and seem to have no issues at all. Very stable.

I have not been on the forum for a while - been busy with other things and my Mango installation is doing what it needs to do. I saw the "note to visitors" on the main page http://mango.serotoninsoftware.com/ and wonder what that really means to the current installed base? I realize I am a nonpaying customer and Matthew needs to put bread in his kids mouth (assuming he has kids) so I fully understand if this is a financial decision.

Is my currently running installation going to go "poof" when I upgrade some part of my OS or JDK?

In addition, you can prevent this from happening in the first place by using "discard extreme values" checkbox for the data point. I was having the same problem with my 1-wire temperature sensors and this fixed it entirely.

I've got leads soldered to the board now.

On the input side: DQ, Com, +5VDC
On the output side I/O A, com, I/O B

The DS 2406 is mounted on the board with some pullup resistors.

I can do RJ-45 on the input side if you needed it.

OK, I will finally get off my butt and send you one of these like I promised.

It works with One Wire Viewer just fine by connecting a switch across it's inputs. I can see the state change in One Wire Viewer.

I could really use this functionality from Mango as well.

http://www.embeddeddatasystems.com/D2--Low-Cost-2-Channel-Digital-IO-1-Wire-Card_p_12.html

Is there any import restrictions to Canada? Special markings?

Mike

There was some discussion some time ago about using Labjack with Mango (someone wanted to monitor and control a remote cabin). At that time it was not possible due propriatary protocol. Labjack is now Modbus capable and has been tested ( if briefly) with Mango.

See here: http://labjack.com/support/ljsocket about halfway down the page.

This may open up a lot more possibilites for some folks.

Mike

I am successfully pushing data out to Pachube from Mango. Thanks for the tutorial above it was a BIG help. Pachube documentation is lacking or hard to find. Go to www.pachube.com and type in "Mikes House" in the search field and you will see me on the map. Double click the push pin and you will find my first few feeds. More to come. I gave Mango a little plug there as well.

I thought I had seen when I first started with Mango there was some discussion of implementing X-10 for Home (or other) Automation. Has this died or is there still a possibility? X-10 Power Line Carrier is a great way to avoid geeting involved with mains voltage when desiring to control various AC devices. It's pretty much plug and play and widely available from many suppliers.

Your XML is similar to mine with the exeption that I DO NOT have any duplicate lines. What I mean is the you have multiple things called <value>. Mine are all unique. Maybe someone else cold help you out with the code for that. I am not a code writer!

You MUST make sure your URL is correct or the HTTP receiver will not even be able to find your XML. It took me a while to figure mine out. I had to go digging deep in the TED documentation.

This definitely should put you on the right track though.

I am parsing XML from my TED (The Energy Detective) home energy monitor. A screen shot from my data source is attached. Basically, you need to know the structure of your XML and then have Mango go look for data using HTTP retriever and a little code that finds the data. Not complicated really.

Actually I had promised to send Matthew a DS2406 and I never got to it since I had found a work around using the DS2450. But for sensing a contact closure, there is nothing simpler than the DS2406/08. I really need to get this off to him........

Solved.

Instead of using port 25 for smtp at Cox, I used port 587 which is supposedly for mobile devices. Also, and probably the biggest issue was, I originally did not have a "from " address in the Mango system setup. So cox thought I was an annonymous spammer.

My cell phone (dumb phone) only receives the subject line since Cox is receiving the email in HTML instead of plain text. Al least I know something is going on with MAngo and can go check online.

As in another poster recently asked, it would be nice to have a selection for plain text e-mail or HTML in the system setup.

So, Mango is working great for me and I keep trying to do new things. I currently have the system e-mail me when certain parameters go out of wack. So far so good.

Obviously I am not always on e-mail and would prefer a SMS text message. I tried to have the Mango email "myphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com" through my email account at XXXXXX@cox.net. I receive an error back (I assume from Cox) that no relaying is allowed.

When I am personally logged in to Cox I can send the email to myphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com with no problem.

Has anyone figured out how to have Mango send you a SMS text message? Do all email providers prevent relaying?

Thanks,

Mike