Standalone URF Tx Unit
15 December, 2013 - 23:07
I've been working on a standalone piece of hardware that allows you to put a URF Tx unit directly onto your network without being tethered to your livebox. Part of my push to isolate all this hardware as standalone things which allows us to move the backend software separately to new platforms. I have URF and Relays separated now.
I ran aground in my testing as I don't have a spare RF Tx unit and I think the one on my HAH unit is broken. For hardware you can use an Arduino or the base board and the ethernet component of the ethrelay uni (might have to adjust the PIN in the src). Just plonk on a RF Tx and you are good to go.
The reason for doing this is so because sometimes you don't get the range you need and its just easier to take the Transmitter closer to where you need it !
The source is in the repository and I have patched up all the libraries in there so they compile correctly for the latest IDE, something I had been meaning to do for a while. http://livebox-hah.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/userapps/arduino/EthURF/
Anyway if somebody verifies this before I get my new RF Tx from HK that would be cool.
Brett
26 December, 2013 - 18:15
#3
Maybe
This:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1219838.htm
would be a reasonably cheap way to enable an arduino ethernet shield for using with this.
9 January, 2014 - 09:59
#5
wifi
These 702 units can be bought relatively cheaply on Ebay.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-and-Easy-Arduino-Wi-Fi-Hack/
John
9 January, 2014 - 14:29
#6
The argos one at £11.99
seems as cheap as any on ebay and I've also ordered one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321207767813?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=...
in order to give it a try.
10 January, 2014 - 10:51
#7
Argos router
Do you know which model Argos are selling 702, 703 ?
John
10 January, 2014 - 11:21
#8
It's the TL-WR702N, so I
It's the TL-WR702N, so I think it cannot be used with just the USB connector; it has to be plugged into the device with a patch cable. I haven't got the ethernet shield yet so I can't say for sure that this works but the nano router works well in client mode for connecting computers to my wireless network so I've no reason to think that it won't work with the arduino shield.
14 March, 2014 - 16:14
#9
Thought I'd have a go at this
Thought I'd have a go at this but it seems unable to get an IP address via DHCP.
My shield does work and I use:
#include <Ethernet.h> (rather than EtherCard.h)
while (Ethernet.begin(mac) != 1)
{
Serial.println("Error getting IP address via DHCP, trying again...");
delay(15000);
}
in other sketches to get my board connected to my network.
What am I missing?
21 March, 2014 - 19:13
#10
Wouldnt mind giving this a go
Wouldnt mind giving this a go with the ENC28J60 unit if the RFM can be connected...
it appears to have an SPI interface which is whats required
25 March, 2014 - 12:00
#12
I think I'm using wiznet
Brett
The shield I bought was said to be:
"Network Ethernet Lan Shield Module Board W5100"
and I thought that the W at the beginning meant that it was the wiznet chip set.
As I said above, the board works fine when I connect to my network using the Ethernet.h and SPI.h include files.
I'll play around a bit more and see what I can find out.
Thanks for looking.
5 November, 2014 - 20:38
#13
At the risk of showing my
At the risk of showing my ignorance, I've been trying to use and arduino on and off for several months to put some data on my HAH xAP network.
All the examples for interfacing with the xAP network use the Ethercard libraries which don't seem to work for my sheild.
The shield is capable of connecting using the SPI & Ethernet library combination but not the Ethercard one.
Has anyone successfully used a Wiznet based shield to work with the SPI, Ethernet and xAP libraries?
6 November, 2014 - 09:58
#15
Cleared up.
Brett
Thanks for clarifying that. I'll have a think about how best to tackle it.
7 November, 2014 - 09:38
#16
Workaround
This may be of no interest to anyone else but in the end I used a workaround.
I use the ethernet libraries with the wiznet shield and generate a udp datagram. I then use the example lua script on the HAH to translate the udp message to an xAP which gives me the required data on my xAP network.
Sorted!
13 November, 2014 - 13:12
#17
Spark.IO Photon
Brett mentioned Spark.io a while back and I got one from CPC in the UK to have a play with (not successfully yet) but I've just had an email from them, they have launched a new version the Photon for $19! Smaller and better than the original core!
Hi Brett,
Sounds interesting.... i like your thinking, would be great if we could we could enable for wifi use for those of us who dont have CAT5 running around the house :)
Cheers
Andrew