Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-10 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Paul, Thanks for the info I hit an error running temperature.py what I see is - m...@mick-desktop:~/Documents/Controls/owfs_examples $ ./temperature.py /dev/ttyD1 Exception RuntimeError: 'maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object' in type 'exceptions.AttributeError'

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-11 Thread Mick Sulley
, den 10.03.2010, 21:06 + schrieb Mick Sulley: Thanks for the link Marcus. Sorry to sound dim but how do I install it? I have put it into a new directory, un-tar'ed it and tried to run setup.py but I get an error - m...@mick-desktop:~/tmp/pyowfs-0.1$ ./setup.py from: can't read /var

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-14 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, OK it seems to install now, now to the next problem! Following the example code from your web page from pyowfs import Connection root = Connection (/dev/ttyD1) Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module File

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-14 Thread Mick Sulley
done something wrong here? Regards Mick On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 21:25 +0100, Marcus Priesch wrote: Hi Mick, great success by now ! Am Sonntag, den 14.03.2010, 19:42 + schrieb Mick Sulley: Hi Marcus, OK it seems to install now, now to the next problem! Following the example code

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-19 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, Sorry but it still does not work. I deleted the /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyowfs folder and installed the new code which created a /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyowfs-0.1 folder I ran export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/owfs/lib Then this is what I get in Python -

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-20 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, I still get the same problem. I have just removed owfs and pyowfs completely and downloaded owfs-2.7p32.tar.gw and pyowfs0.1.2.tar.gz to /usr/local/src and installed them both from there. I have two libowcapi.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2010-03-20 16:34 /opt/owfs/lib/libowcapi.so

Re: [Owfs-developers] Python to read 1-wire temperatures

2010-03-21 Thread Mick Sulley
Marcus - Finally it works! I uninstalled and re-installed several times, then I ran sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libowcapi.so /usr/lib/libowcapi.so and then it works! Unfortunately I am working away from home all week so I will play with it some more next weekend. Many, many thanks for all your

[Owfs-developers] pyowfs - next question

2010-03-28 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I now have pyowfs working, thanks to the help from Marcus, but I now realise that I really have no idea how to use it. I have created a script based on the examples on http://priesch.co.at/pyowfs my script is - #! /usr/bin/env python # my sensor is DS18S20, id = 100D54A9010800DC from

[Owfs-developers] pyowfs - progress!!

2010-04-06 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, Thanks to the help from Marcus and Pascal I am now able to read sensors on my network. Now the next question - I can run root = Connection (/dev/ttyD1) s = root.find (type=DS18S20)[0] print s Sensor /10.0D54A9010800/ - DS18S20 s.get(temperature) ' 19.125' and I read the

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - progress!!

2010-04-06 Thread Mick Sulley
to do about that, my Python skills do not extend that far. Regards Mick On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:12 +0200, Marcus Priesch wrote: Hi mick, congratulations at the first place !!! Am Dienstag, den 06.04.2010, 21:15 +0100 schrieb Mick Sulley: Hi, Thanks to the help from Marcus

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - progress!!

2010-04-06 Thread Mick Sulley
at 23:49 +0200, Marcus Priesch wrote: Hi Mick, Am Dienstag, den 06.04.2010, 22:36 +0100 schrieb Mick Sulley: Hi Marcus, Tried your code, needed a colon at the end of def __init__ (connection) but now I get Traceback (most recent call last): File ./pyowfs_test3.py, line

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - progress!!

2010-04-11 Thread Mick Sulley
Pascal, Marcus, Yes it works now, it was a typo. I now need to read up on Python to find out how to use classes. Thanks to you both for your help. Mick On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 20:46 +0200, Pascal Baerten wrote: Mick, If your previous mail was a copy-paste from your console, it's

[Owfs-developers] DS18S20 Questions

2010-05-02 Thread Mick Sulley
this? Thanks Mick Sulley -- ___ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS18S20 Questions

2010-05-03 Thread Mick Sulley
My results so far show that the DS18S20 definitely does NOT know for sure if there is an external +5v supply. I had a network of 3 sensors on the desk, if I leave the +5v connection disconnected on all of them one reported that it was powered, the other 2 that they were not. They do all report

[Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-05-16 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I am trying to develop a system using pyowfs. I need the system to cope with sensors being disconnected without crashing. I have put try: except statements in my code, but when I disconnect a sensor I now get an error from the owfs.py code, it says - The debugged program raised the

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-05-19 Thread Mick Sulley
Thanks Marcus, I am away from home at the moment but will try to test it at the weekend Mick On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 15:37 +0200, Marcus Priesch wrote: Hi mick, dear all, new version 0.1.3 just uploaded to pypi ;) as i only tested it briefly i hope it works also for you ;) if not,

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-05-19 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, Thanks for your fast response. I just tested version 0.1.3, I now get Start of loop 21530 S1 reading temp = 26.5 id = 522FA9010800 present = 1 power = 0 S2 reading temp = something wrong with temp None id = 2054A9010800 present = Traceback (most recent call last): File

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-05-31 Thread Mick Sulley
Mick On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 23:27 +0100, Mick Sulley wrote: Hi Marcus, Thanks for your fast response. I just tested version 0.1.3, I now get Start of loop 21530 S1 reading temp = 26.5 id = 522FA9010800 present = 1 power = 0 S2 reading temp = something wrong with temp None id

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-06-18 Thread Mick Sulley
= ', s.power except KeyError : print something wrong with sensor %r % s hope this helps you out ;) regards, marcus. Am Mittwoch, den 19.05.2010, 23:27 +0100 schrieb Mick Sulley: Hi Marcus, Thanks for your fast response. I just tested version 0.1.3, I now get

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs exceptions

2010-06-19 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, With each eMail I gain a bit more understanding! And yes, I am enjoying learning Python:) I have played with it directly in a terminal and yes I understand now what is happening and it works fine. However my test script seems to be running too fast, so I suspect that it is still

[Owfs-developers] Pressure Sensor

2010-07-02 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, Does anyone know of a 1-wire pressure sensor to measure water pressure, something like 0 to 3 bar would be ideal. Thanks Mick -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - is is possible to close Connection? my previous post was sent incomplete by accident, sorry.

2010-08-20 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Marcus, Sorry I am late joining this thread, I am just catching up. I would also like to see this functionality. I monitor a pressure switch and the easy and cheap way to do it seemed to be to use a DS1820 temperature sensor wired through the pressure switch. If I see the temperature sensor

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - is is possible to close Connection? my previous post was sent incomplete by accident, sorry.

2010-08-24 Thread Mick Sulley
I am confused! From tests I did a while back I was sure that if I removed a sensor and then replaced it, it would pick up again, but I I added a new sensor after the code had started it would not pick it up. I have just retested this and it does pick up a new sensor. The thing that puzzles me

[Owfs-developers] Can't Get OWFS to work

2010-09-02 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have a feeling I have missed something really basic here, but anyway... I'm on Ubuntu server 10.04. I am trying to get just basic owfs working, I have downloaded the tar, and unpacked it to /usr/local/src/owfs-2.8p2 I run sudo ./config and it all looks OK but when it finishes it says

Re: [Owfs-developers] Can't Get OWFS to work

2010-09-02 Thread Mick Sulley
03:42 PM, Mick Sulley wrote: Hi, I have a feeling I have missed something really basic here, but anyway... I'm on Ubuntu server 10.04. I am trying to get just basic owfs working, I have downloaded the tar, and unpacked it to /usr/local/src/owfs-2.8p2 I run sudo ./config

Re: [Owfs-developers] Can't Get OWFS to work

2010-09-03 Thread Mick Sulley
is right.It's sudo make install On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Gregg Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info wrote: Many thanks for that, I now have a message that owfs is enabled, but I

[Owfs-developers] How to write to DS2406

2010-09-21 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have just bought a couple of DS2406 (as D2PC from Embedded Data Systems). I can read data from them using pyowfs, but how do I drive the outputs? It is a 2 channel device and can be used for input or output. I can use it for input, that works fine by reading the sensed property, but for

Re: [Owfs-developers] How to write to DS2406

2010-09-22 Thread Mick Sulley
if its 5V the output is open o | --- well hope that holds ... as its little bit late already ;) ps: fine that you're using pyowfs ;))) all the best, m. Am Dienstag, den 21.09.2010, 23:40 +0100 schrieb Mick Sulley

[Owfs-developers] DS18S20 reads 85

2010-10-06 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have a little test system on my desk, it has a DS9097U adapter, 2 DS18S20 sensors, 2 DS18B20 sensors and 2 DS2406 2 channel i/o units. I am using one channel of one of the DS2406 to switch a relay and I have an external 5v supply for this. I have a python program using pyowfs that just

[Owfs-developers] Error Message Question

2010-10-21 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I am running Python code using pyowfs. I am playing around adding relay outputs to the system and the way I have it connected at the moment it drags the 5v down to around 3v. I know that this is a hardware electronics problem and I will fix it, but when I run my code with the supply voltage

[Owfs-developers] pyowfs serial port question

2010-12-23 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have a python program using pyowfs to read a 1-wire network. The system overall works very well, but I have been trying to make it more robust, giving error messages for as many problems as I can, but what I have not been able to to get is 1-wire not plugged into the serial port, or

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs serial port question

2010-12-23 Thread Mick Sulley
I have looked at it, but I can't see how to implement it for pyowfs. Can you give me any pointers? On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 12:50 -0900, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: On Thursday 23 December 2010, Mick Sulley elucidated thus: Hi, I have a python program using pyowfs to read a 1-wire network

[Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-01-20 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have python code reading my 1-wire network using pyowfs and a DS9097 connected via a serial port. Sometimes when I start up it cannot see anything and I get the error ow_reconnect.c:TestConnection(52) Failed to reconnect DS9097 bus master! This is then a consistent problem, re-running

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-01-22 Thread Mick Sulley
... regards, m. Am Freitag, den 21.01.2011, 00:04 + schrieb Mick Sulley: Hi, I have python code reading my 1-wire network using pyowfs and a DS9097 connected via a serial port. Sometimes when I start up it cannot see anything and I get the error

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-01-23 Thread Mick Sulley
! Is there anything more I can do to try to get to the bottom of this? Cheers Mick On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 17:31 -0500, Gregg Levine wrote: On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info wrote: Hi Marcus, + I can't see anything in dmesg that suggests a problem

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-01-31 Thread Mick Sulley
or another serial program and send hello and it will give me hello? it's just for easy test (without owfs) 2011/1/31 Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info: OK it just happened again. Started my python program and it failed with DEFAULT: ow_reconnect.c:TestConnection(52) Failed to reconnect DS9097 bus

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-01-31 Thread Mick Sulley
to communicate with the serial adapters remotely using telnet and the rfc2217 in-band binary mode. Paul On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Roberto Spadim robe...@spadim.com.br wrote: i was asking ? not affirming. there´s a echo command for serial-onewire converter? 2011/1/31 Mick Sulley

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-02-01 Thread Mick Sulley
loaded. Paul On 1/31/2011 7:55 AM, Mick Sulley wrote: OK it just happened again. Started my python program and it failed with DEFAULT: ow_reconnect.c:TestConnection(52) Failed to reconnect DS9097 bus master! In a terminal I ran owhttpd -p 3001 -d /dev/ttyS2 --debug

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error reading 1-wire

2011-02-03 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Paul, Thanks for the suggestions, I will investigate further next time it happens. Always useful to get ideas from experienced linuxers, I am still learning. Cheers Mick On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 21:49 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: Hi Mick- I'm sorry. At first glance the device ID of 03:07.0

[Owfs-developers] Data Read Clarification

2011-02-04 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I am using pyowfs to read 20 DS1820 temperature sensors and 6 DS2406 I/O modules. I want to read fresh data each time so I have set cache off, but I want to read several bits of information, for DS1820 id, temperature, powered, for DS2406 id, sensed

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data Read Clarification

2011-02-04 Thread Mick Sulley
My sensors are powered, the temperature sensors are a mix of DS18B20 and DS18S20, I just used DS1820 as a generic term. Is there a way to use simultaneous conversion with pyowfs? Thanks Mick On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 02:00 +0100, patyrk wrote: Dnia 2011-02-04, pią o godzinie 22:44 +, Mick

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data Read Clarification

2011-02-05 Thread Mick Sulley
the bus 1 second will give enough time for conversion to take place. Now I don't see any performance increase when invoking simultaneous before temp. read. -- P4trykx 2011/2/4 patyrk p4tr...@o2.pl: Dnia 2011-02-05, sob o godzinie 01:10 +, Mick Sulley pisze: My sensors

[Owfs-developers] Question on owhttp

2011-02-14 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, If I run owhttp I can see the devices on my network. If I then plug some more devices into the network and refresh the screen it seems to screw up, sometimes I can just see the original sensors, sometimes I see nothing at all. What is the official expectation here? Should I be able to 'hot

Re: [Owfs-developers] Question on owhttp

2011-02-15 Thread Mick Sulley
, my network breaks down completely. How large is your network, which topology (bus, star, ...), which adaptor do you use, etc.? br, Markus On Feb 14, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info wrote: Hi, If I run owhttp I can see the devices on my network. If I then plug some more devices

Re: [Owfs-developers] 2.8p6 Error

2011-02-27 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Colin, I have 2.8p6 running on my laptop and it seems to work OK. Is there any info I can provide to help? Cheers Mick On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 11:56 +, Colin Tinker wrote: Hi This is the 3 rd time asking what causes this error? No valid 1-wire buses found any idea what causes it?

[Owfs-developers] Un-Mounting 1-wire

2011-02-28 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I use the line /opt/owfs/bin/owfs --allow_other -C -d /dev/ttyUSB0 -m /var/1-wire/mnt to mount my 1-wire network so that I can read it with owfs. If I detect a problem with it I would like to un-mount it and start again. Is that possible without rebooting? I can't find anything in the

Re: [Owfs-developers] Dreaded 85 degrees C read from DS18B20 located outside

2011-03-02 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Eloy, I am using a mix of DS18B20 and DS18S20, my experience has been that they will work reliably when powered and also in parasitic mode if you link Gnd and Vdd, but if you don't they are a bit hit and miss on a sensor by sensor basis, one may work fine but another reads 85. Also when

Re: [Owfs-developers] Dreaded 85 degrees C read from DS18B20 located outside

2011-03-02 Thread Mick Sulley
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 09:18 -0600, Guil Barros wrote: Hhmmm. Interesting. Tips like these is exactly what I am after, so thanks a bunch for that. I like the idea of covering the sensor (or parts of the sensor and the PCB) with silicone. Do you remember what specific product you used (was

Re: [Owfs-developers] Dreaded 85 degrees C read from DS18B20 located outside

2011-03-02 Thread Mick Sulley
Sorry Paul, just to clarify your first point, could I detect an error by - if temp = 85 change to degree F and read again if temp = 85 report error else change to degree C and return 85 or will both error 85 and genuine 85 return 185 when set to degree F

[Owfs-developers] Another question on 85 degree errors

2011-03-07 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I was wondering if there is an equivalent to the 85 degree error value for non-temperature devices, e.g. DS2406 i/o device? if so how does it show up? Cheers Mick -- What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN

[Owfs-developers] Alias not working in 2.8p7

2011-03-08 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have been testing alias on my desktop and it works fine. I have now transferred it to my server and it doesn't! Running Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit and owfs 2.8p7 on the server and Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and owfs 2.8p4 on my desktop. Just changed the server to owfs 2.8p4 and it works fine, so it

[Owfs-developers] Multiple adapters on a network

2011-03-09 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, Is it allowable (and advisable) to have two or more adapters on the same 1-wire network? My network has several DS1820's and a few DS2406. I have a DS9097U connecting to the serial port of a PC and I would like to also connect it via another DS9097U to the serial port of another PC, so that

Re: [Owfs-developers] Multiple adapters on a network

2011-03-09 Thread Mick Sulley
thanks p4trykx, I'll stop trying to make it work then. Mick On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 17:49 +0100, p4trykx wrote: Dnia 09-03-2011 o 17:38:36 Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info napisał(a): Hi, Is it allowable (and advisable) to have two or more adapters on the same 1-wire network? According

[Owfs-developers] Network Problem

2011-03-20 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I have expanded my network to about 20 DS18?20's and all was fine. I am now trying to add some I/O using Embedded Data Systems D2P modules which use DS2406. I need to switch mains voltage so built circuits to switch relays with the D2P units. The network is basically Cat 5 cable with some

Re: [Owfs-developers] Network Problem - Update

2011-03-22 Thread Mick Sulley
since those ET classes in college, so I could well be talking nonsense. But hopefully this is of some help. On Mar 20, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Mick Sulley wrote: Hi, I have expanded my network to about 20 DS18?20's and all was fine. I am now trying to add some I/O using Embedded Data

Re: [Owfs-developers] TESTER Mode - can I change the temperature?

2011-03-24 Thread Mick Sulley
Sorry Paul I can't find any reference to 'mock' in the web pages or the man pages. It does seem to say that setting --temperature_low and --temperature_high will restrict the range that is returned by temperature, but that did not work with TESTER. I have just repeated my tests with 'mock' and

[Owfs-developers] Access to 1-wire via owhttpd

2011-04-06 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, My 1-wire network is up and running on an Ubuntu server using owserver and owfs and I access it via python for controlling stuff. I now want to also access the network using owhttpd but can't get it to work. I start the services with /opt/owfs/bin/owserver -p 3001 -d /dev/ttyS1

Re: [Owfs-developers] Access to 1-wire via owhttpd

2011-04-06 Thread Mick Sulley
game. Paul Alfille On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info wrote: Hi, My 1-wire network is up and running on an Ubuntu server using owserver and owfs and I access it via python for controlling stuff. I now want to also access the network using owhttpd but can't

Re: [Owfs-developers] Access to 1-wire via owhttpd

2011-04-08 Thread Mick Sulley
.0/bus.0/interface/settings/address should show the serial master Finally, do you know what version of OWFS you are using? Paul Alfille On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info wrote: Hi Paul, I can look at the mounted directory and it is all there with all

Re: [Owfs-developers] Reading platinum resistance themometers

2011-05-29 Thread Mick Sulley
I use DS18S20's to control a solar heating setup, sensors in the panels and on the pipework, all read by owfs into a python program. The program uses X10 to drive the outputs to pumps and valve, but I am currently changing over to use 1-wire outputs as well as I have had some trouble with

[Owfs-developers] How to enable USB?

2011-07-15 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, How do I enable USB? I have run ./configure --include-USB It all seems fairly happy but when it completes it says USB is DISABLED I found an earlier mail which suggested running apt-get install libusb I tried that and got Unable to locate package libusb I do have libusb-0.1-4 and

Re: [Owfs-developers] How to enable USB?

2011-07-15 Thread Mick Sulley
That's it, it now says USB is enabled. I still cannot see my 1-wire network, but I guess that is a different problem, I will investigate further. Thanks for your help. Mick On 15/07/11 18:46, Paul Alfille wrote: Not libusb-1.0, we use libusb-0.14 Looking at the Ubuntu packages, it's

Re: [Owfs-developers] owpython

2011-10-17 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Silvano Can't help you with a link, sorry. A while back I installed a 1-wire system to monitor temperatures and control a solar heating system, all written in Python, still going strong. I believe that if you install owfs you get owpython (and all the other stuff) as part of it, you

Re: [Owfs-developers] Wireless Support

2011-10-19 Thread Mick Sulley
X-10 uses mains wiring, not strictly wireless but uses existing mains wiring so you don't have to run new wires. I currently use that to drive some of my output devices, although I am planning to change them all to 1-wire as I have found that to be more reliable. Mick On 19/10/11 14:48,

Re: [Owfs-developers] Wireless Support

2011-10-19 Thread Mick Sulley
-bin/viewparts.cgi?CM15A-SD-KMP-PS110 Thanks -- Silvano On 10/19/11 8:30 AM, Mick Sulley wrote: No. I use heyu (see http://www.heyu.org/) to drive X10. heyu is a whole project for home automation, but I just use it very simply to write out to units to turn on/off pumps and valves. It is all

Re: [Owfs-developers] Owfs interface to consumer wireless rf devices

2011-10-20 Thread Mick Sulley
My system is evolving in the opposite direction. After a lot of research in the beginning I decided to use Digitemp to measure all of the temperatures and X10 to drive all of the mains voltage outputs, with a Python script running it all. As it evolved I moved from Digitemp to owfs as that

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2408 - Latches

2011-10-28 Thread Mick Sulley
Could it be some difference with the external circuit rather than the chip? Can you swap them over to see if the problem goes with the chip or stays with the circuit? On 28/10/11 22:22, Markus Gaugusch wrote: On Aug 8, Markus Gauguschmar...@gaugusch.at wrote: I'm using latest owfs 2.8p13

Re: [Owfs-developers] would like opinions on how best to design something

2011-12-13 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Jerry, Your system sounds interesting. I also have a control system based upon 1-wire and Python which controls a solar (hot water) heating system heating the domestic hot water and a swimming pool. My plan is to extend it to control the whole of the central heating system as well.

Re: [Owfs-developers] would like opinions on how best to design something

2011-12-13 Thread Mick Sulley
+1100 Nathan Hurstn...@njhurst.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 06:53:29PM +, Mick Sulley wrote: Yes that is pretty much the circuit I have used. The thing that feels wrong to me is that the relay is energised until you turn the DS2406 output on. Yes, use a pnp transistor instead, emitter

[Owfs-developers] Updates from Ubuntu Repository

2012-01-24 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, Everything seems to be working fine with owfs installed from Ubuntu repository, but I have just had the normal batch of updates to install and one was lib-2.8-13 and I get an error saying that it is an untrusted source. If I just close the box it does not install, but there does not seem

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2483 and owfs

2012-01-25 Thread Mick Sulley
I will definitely buy a RaspberryPi as soon as they are available, and will want to interface to 1-wire. I had assumed that USB would be the way to go. Would these boards provide a faster/cheaper/more reliable way to communicate? On 25/01/12 11:42, Stuart Poulton wrote: Hi, Well spotted,

[Owfs-developers] Hubs

2012-01-25 Thread Mick Sulley
I have noticed in other threads that many people use hubs in their network. What is the advantage of splitting a network with hubs? I currently have a single network with 25 DS1820's and a couple of DS2406. I plan to extend this in the near future, so if there are advantages to splitting it

Re: [Owfs-developers] Hubs

2012-01-25 Thread Mick Sulley
16:47, Marc MERLIN wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 04:31:25PM +, Mick Sulley wrote: I have noticed in other threads that many people use hubs in their network. What is the advantage of splitting a network with hubs? I currently have a single network with 25 DS1820's and a couple of DS2406

[Owfs-developers] How to see errors?

2012-01-31 Thread Mick Sulley
I had a strange problem with my system last night, I removed a node which had 3 DS1820's and 2 DS2406 and when I replaced it I could not see the rest of the network, take the node off again and the rest of the network was fine. I fiddled around with it and it is all running fine again now,

[Owfs-developers] DHT11 Sensor

2012-02-03 Thread Mick Sulley
Does anyone have any experience of the DHT11 temp/humidity sensor? I just found it while looking for something else, it sounds very cheap for a combined temp and humidity sensor, £2.75 on eBay, but I am not convinced that it is compatible with 1-wire and owfs as I don't see any address in the

Re: [Owfs-developers] DHT11 Sensor

2012-02-03 Thread Mick Sulley
it won't be for a while yet. Cheers Mick On 03/02/12 21:34, Eloy Paris wrote: Hi Mick, On 02/03/2012 04:23 PM, Mick Sulley wrote: Does anyone have any experience of the DHT11 temp/humidity sensor? I just found it while looking for something else, it sounds very cheap for a combined temp

[Owfs-developers] Hubs

2012-02-08 Thread Mick Sulley
Having decided that I need to add a hub to my system I am having great trouble finding one. I saw the AAG unit on the owfs site, but it is not listed on their website and they don't seem to answer emails. I saw the Linksys router hack but it seems that only works up to version 4 (found out

Re: [Owfs-developers] 0-Wire communication (wireless eg via IQRF)

2012-02-13 Thread Mick Sulley
Yes I recently bought one on eBay and then discovered that the hack only works up to version 4, mine was a 7 so beware. On 13/02/12 10:18, Colin Law wrote: On 13 February 2012 09:56, ekgnkb3dachi...@gmx.de wrote: Hi all, did anybody already tried to extend a 1-Wire connection wireless?

[Owfs-developers] Simultaneous with Hub

2012-02-15 Thread Mick Sulley
Just got delivery of my HobbyBoards 6 channel hub. When I look at a channel there is a simultaneous property along with all the sensors. I assume that I will have to set the simultaneous bit on each channel to use it and the top level simultaneous bit will only work for any sensors on the top

[Owfs-developers] owfs install from Ubuntu repository

2012-02-19 Thread Mick Sulley
I am trying to install owfs on my laptop. I added deb http://owfs.davromaniak.eu/ ubuntu natty to my repositories but when I refresh I get an error, Failed to fetch http://owfs.davromaniak.eu/dists/ubuntu/natty/source/Sources 404 Not Found Some index files failed to download. They have been

Re: [Owfs-developers] owfs install from Ubuntu repository

2012-02-20 Thread Mick Sulley
Thanks Cyril, that's fixed it! On 20/02/12 07:32, Cyril LAVIER wrote: Le 20.02.2012 00:22, Mick Sulley a écrit : I am trying to install owfs on my laptop. I added deb http://owfs.davromaniak.eu/ ubuntu natty to my repositories but when I refresh I get an error, Failed to fetch http

[Owfs-developers] Has Error Handling Changed?

2012-02-22 Thread Mick Sulley
I am pretty sure that in the past when I started owserver (or any other ow service) in a terminal it would hold the terminal, and if I ran it with --error_level=9 I would get loads of output at the terminal. Now when I run it the terminal returns to the prompt, and therefore I get no

Re: [Owfs-developers] Has Error Handling Changed?

2012-02-23 Thread Mick Sulley
Thanks Paul. That allows me to investigate another problem, I will post a separate mail about that. On 22/02/12 22:44, Paul Alfille wrote: either add the --foreground option or --debug which is a simple synonym for --error_level=9 --foreground On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Mick Sulley m

Re: [Owfs-developers] Best Linux Distro for OWFS

2012-02-24 Thread Mick Sulley
It's dead easy now, just add the repository 'deb http://owfs.davromaniak.eu/ ubuntu natty' and then install via Synaptic. Mick On 24/02/12 20:27, Eric Vickery wrote: Is there some documentation somewhere on how to go about getting OWFS installed on Ubuntu? I have some limited Linux experience

Re: [Owfs-developers] Hobby Boards Humidity Sensor Question

2012-02-27 Thread Mick Sulley
/02/12 23:16, p4trykx wrote: Dnia 27.02.2012 o 23:58 Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info napisał(a): The 4 DS18S20's read 18.3125, 18.625, 18.675 and 18.125, so all within half a degree. I was wondering if this error is persistent? If I put all my sensors in one place

Re: [Owfs-developers] owfs and raspberry pi

2012-02-29 Thread Mick Sulley
From the info on the RaspberryPi site they are only available from RS Components http://rswww.com/ or Farnell http://farnell.com/ both have branches across the world, although from what p4trykx said earlier some may not know too much about it. I have seen a couple on eBay but I am sure they

[Owfs-developers] Hobby Boards Humidity Sensor - Another Question

2012-02-29 Thread Mick Sulley
Why is there no 'power' value for this device? Is there any way to detect if it is powered or not? Thanks Mick -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization -

Re: [Owfs-developers] owfs and raspberry pi

2012-03-01 Thread Mick Sulley
Just had an acknowledgement of my order, estimated delivery w/c 23rd April, so not time to get excited just yet. :( Mick On 29/02/12 18:54, Mick Sulley wrote: From the info on the RaspberryPi site they are only available from RS Components http://rswww.com/ or Farnell http://farnell.com

[Owfs-developers] Using a Hub - question

2012-03-13 Thread Mick Sulley
I am trying to get my hub working (Hobby Boards DS2409 based) and I don't think I understand how it works! Got it connected and I can see it on a web page using owhttps and I can also see all the directories and read values in a file browser. All fine so far! The problem is that my Python

[Owfs-developers] Simultaneous with Hub

2012-03-17 Thread Mick Sulley
My original setup was a single network, the cycle time improved noticeably when I started to set the simultaneous/temperature bit at the end of each set of reads so that it would be ready for the next set of reads. I have just installed a hub and split the network across the channels. I read

[Owfs-developers] Setting Timeout/Volatile

2012-03-24 Thread Mick Sulley
How do I change timeout/volatile? I am pretty sure that I have done it before just by editing the file, but now I can't. If I try to use an editor it opens up but when I save it says that there is no such device If I try to echo a value into it again no such device If I use owhttpd I can see

[Owfs-developers] Bug in 2.8p13?

2012-03-28 Thread Mick Sulley
Is there a bug in 2.8p13? I have a DS9490R USB adapter and cannot change any of the settings. I have tried all of the timeout settings and the unit settings, changing via the webpage. Anything I change immediately goes back to the default value. I did wonder if my adapter was faulty so I

Re: [Owfs-developers] Bug in 2.8p13?

2012-03-28 Thread Mick Sulley
It is not just with owhttpd, if I try echo '10'volatile I get bash: echo: write error: No such device or owwrite 10 volatile no error but cat volatile returns 15 There does not seem to be any way to change the setting. Are there any other ways to do this? Mick On 28/03/12 17:09, Roberto

Re: [Owfs-developers] Bug in 2.8p13?

2012-03-31 Thread Mick Sulley
Can anyone confirm if this is a bug, or is it just not possible to change settings on a DS9490R? Thanks Mick On 28/03/12 19:35, Mick Sulley wrote: It is not just with owhttpd, if I try echo '10'volatile I get bash: echo: write error: No such device or owwrite 10 volatile no error

Re: [Owfs-developers] Bug in 2.8p13?

2012-04-01 Thread Mick Sulley
currently in owfs making it unusable :() Michael Am 31.03.2012 11:27, schrieb Mick Sulley: Can anyone confirm if this is a bug, or is it just not possible to change settings on a DS9490R? Thanks Mick -- This SF email

Re: [Owfs-developers] Bug in 2.8p13?

2012-04-01 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Patryk, Yes I would be very interested to see your design, I don't think that my electronic are the same standard as yours, but I may give it a try. Thanks Mick On 01/04/12 18:54, Patryk wrote: Dnia 01.04.2012 o 16:45 Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info napisał

[Owfs-developers] HA7E Adapter

2012-04-03 Thread Mick Sulley
I have an HA7E adapter that I would like to test, but owfs does not seem to recognise it. I am running owfs 2.8p13 installed from the deb repository. I seem to remember from somewhere that you had to select HA7E at compile time, is it included in the deb package? Is there something else I

Re: [Owfs-developers] HA7E Adapter

2012-04-04 Thread Mick Sulley
Thanks Paul, I hadn't figured out the syntax correctly. Mick On 03/04/12 21:41, Paul Alfille wrote: Did you try --ha7e=/dev/ttyS0 or whatever your serial port is? Paul Alfille On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Mick Sulley m...@sulley.info mailto:m...@sulley.info wrote: I have an HA7E

[Owfs-developers] Sensors go Missing!

2012-05-15 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi, I occasionally get a sensor, or sometimes 2 or 3, that 'go missing'! I scan all of them 2 - 3 times per minute and at the moment there is one that has not been read for 12 hours. It is a DS18S20. If I look at directories I can see its directory, and read all of the files, address,

Re: [Owfs-developers] Sensors go Missing!

2012-05-15 Thread Mick Sulley
: Mick Sulley [m...@sulley.info] Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2012 16:02 Bis: Owfs Betreff: [Owfs-developers] Sensors go Missing! Hi, I occasionally get a sensor, or sometimes 2 or 3, that 'go missing'! I scan all of them 2 - 3 times per minute and at the moment there is one that has not been

  1   2   3   4   >