Re: Door contacts with a weeder digital

> From: James Ledbetter <ledhost@...>
> Subject: Re: [mh] Door contacts with a weeder digital
> To: "The main list for the MisterHouse home automation program" <misterhouse-users@...>
> Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 5:34 AM
> No other electronics, just the contacts. Am I doing it
> wrong?
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Jeff
> <jeff@...> wrote:
>
> > James,
> >  Do you have any pullups or other electronics in the
> circuit?  Or do you
> > have
> > the only the contacts hooked up to the weeders?
> >
> > James Ledbetter wrote:
> > > I have a weeder digital IO board and have
> connected up 5 door contacts.
> > > I have searched and followed every example I can
> find, but most of them
> > > relate to using the weeder to control relays.
> The Wiki goes into detail
> > > about using the weeder for outputs, but
> unfortunately just briefly
> > > mentions inputs.  I have the following in my
> mh.private.ini
> > >
> > > weeder_port=/dev/ttyUSB7
> > > weeder_baudrate=9600
> > >
> > > I have tried a couple of different serial ports.
> I have a w800,
> > > Insteon_PLM and a 1-wire interface working fine
> on my 8 port USB->Serial
> > > unit.
> > >
> > > this is a snippet from my mh.log
> > >
> > > Found managed X10_W800.pm module
> > > MH will now require X10_W800.pm and call
> &X10_W800::startup
> > >  - creating W800 port on /dev/ttyUSB1
> > > Found managed serial port=Insteon_PLM
> > > MH will now require Insteon_PLM.pm and call
> > > Insteon_PLM::serial_startup(Insteon_PLM)
> > > 07/10/08 01:47:51 AM [Insteon_PLM]
> serial:/dev/ttyUSB0:19200
> > >  - creating Insteon PLM port on /dev/ttyUSB0
> > >  - creating weeder port on /dev/ttyUSB7
> > >  - process id 8243 written to
> /opt/misterhouse/data/mh.pid
> > >  - external command file (xcmd_file):
> ./../house_cmd.txt
> > >  - HTML file     : ./../web/ia5/index.shtml
> > > Done with setup
> > >
> > > It looks to create the weeder port just fine.
> > >
> > > I am not sure what else to do from here?  The
> only time I saw any
> > > response in my log file was an A!, which
> indicates board reset or
> > powerup.
> > > I have the 5 inputs on A-E, with a common to GND.
>  I am using a 9vDC
> > > power adapter to power the weeder with the jumper
> on EXT.
> > >
> > > The documentation seems to support that the
> default for the port is
> > > input, which should work for my magnetic door
> contacts.  I did try the
> > > following bit of perl, which was adapted from the
> weeder_io.pl file I
> > > found in MH, but I am not sure this is correct.
> I also dont know if I
> > > need anything in my items.mht file.
> > >
> > >
> > > # digital items
> > > $front_door_a       = new
> Serial_Item('AAH', OPENED, 'weeder');
> >  #A
> > > $front_door_a      -> add            
> ('AAL', CLOSED, 'weeder');
> > > $front_door_a      -> add            
> ('ASA', 'init', 'weeder');
> > > $front_door_a      -> add            
> ('ARA', 'read', 'weeder');
> > >
> > > $door_b             = new
> Serial_Item('ABH', OPENED, 'weeder');
> >  #B
> > > $door_b            -> add            
> ('ABL', CLOSED, 'weeder');
> > > $door_b            -> add            
> ('ASB', 'init', 'weeder');
> > > $door_b            -> add            
> ('ARB', 'read', 'weeder');
> > >
> > > $door_c             = new
> Serial_Item('ACH', OPENED, 'weeder');
> >  #C
> > > $door_c            -> add            
> ('ACL', CLOSED, 'weeder');
> > > $door_c            -> add            
> ('ASC', 'init', 'weeder');
> > > $door_c            -> add            
> ('ARC', 'read', 'weeder');
> > >
> > > $door_d             = new
> Serial_Item('ADH', OPENED, 'weeder');
> >  #D
> > > $door_d            -> add            
> ('ADL', CLOSED, 'weeder');
> > > $door_d            -> add            
> ('ASD', 'init', 'weeder');
> > > $door_d            -> add            
> ('ARD', 'read', 'weeder');
> > >
> > > $door_e             = new
> Serial_Item('AEH', OPENED, 'weeder');
> >  #E
> > > $door_e            -> add            
> ('AEL', CLOSED, 'weeder');
> > > $door_e            -> add            
> ('ASE', 'init', 'weeder');
> > > $door_e            -> add            
> ('ARE', 'read', 'weeder');
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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