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

2011-10-19 Thread Rob Conway
With the amount of wireless devices it would be great to have a universal radio transmitter/receiver whereby you could create a library of drivers to which you could use owfs to interact with the device. Examples Some power meters have a remote screen, weather stations and you can get AC power

Re: [Owfs-developers] Wireless Support

2011-10-19 Thread Rob Conway
Sent from my iPhone On 20/10/2011, at 3:44 AM, Mick Sulley wrote: > Sorry I don't know. My guess is that it will but better to check. There is > a good group at heyu_us...@yahoogroups.com I suggest you ask there. > > Cheers > Mick > > On 19/10/11 17:04, Silvano Gai wrote: >> >> I have s

Re: [Owfs-developers] New release 2.8p4

2010-12-02 Thread Rob Conway
Just gave 2.8p4 a try in readiness for a bae911... owhttpd crashes when I navigate to the BAE910. i.e. clicking on the device simply causes firefox to state the connection is broken. I have the device hanging off a hobbyboards 6 channel hub and use a USB 9490R. I also use the alias file Back t

Re: [Owfs-developers] segfault in owhttp 2.8p2 accessing BAE /910

2010-11-30 Thread Rob Conway
For what its worth I run 2.7p38 and its OK with BAE910. Only problem I have noticed is that the "date" field in the 910 httpd page shows as invalid. rob -Original Message- From: Michael Markstaller [mailto:m...@elabnet.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:04 AM To: OWFS (One-wire

Re: [Owfs-developers] OWFS roadmap

2010-10-30 Thread Rob Conway
n Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Rob Conway > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just wondering if there was an update on the roadmap for OWFS.  It >> does everything I want it to do however was just wondering if there >> was any significant changes i

[Owfs-developers] OWFS roadmap

2010-10-28 Thread Rob Conway
Hi, Just wondering if there was an update on the roadmap for OWFS. It does everything I want it to do however was just wondering if there was any significant changes in the pipeline over the next 6 - 12 months. I would also like to know if the Alias function is OK. I can remember some time ag

Re: [Owfs-developers] interfacing into 1wire

2010-07-28 Thread Rob Conway
I will provide more info about this bae0911 soon. Pascal 2010/7/27 Paul Alfille I think Pascal Baerten was pondering plans for his devices that might be relevant. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Rob Conway wrote: I have been putting off buying 1wire barometers and humidity sensors due to p

[Owfs-developers] interfacing into 1wire

2010-07-27 Thread Rob Conway
I have been putting off buying 1wire barometers and humidity sensors due to price. I have since discovered that I can buy I2C barometers and pressure sensors for $10 - $15.00. I was thinking of using a simple PIC (PICAXE) to interface to the sensors and then use a 1wire counter coupled with mayb

Re: [Owfs-developers] Wanting to get a mac and consolidatehome machines

2010-05-29 Thread Rob Conway
2, etc.). I'm using owfs on an OSX 10.5 box, with a few tweaks it works fine. You can mount owfs with MacFuse though I don't currently, I just pull data in occasionally with a python script. P. > Paul > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 28, 2010, at 5:32 AM, "Rob Con

[Owfs-developers] Wanting to get a mac and consolidate home machines

2010-05-28 Thread Rob Conway
Just wanting some advise: I currently run a ubuntu server 24x7 and a desktop XP machine. With the end of year financial year sales I was thinking of consolidating both machines into a nice new 27" MAC desktop. I would like confirmation that I can use owfs on the latest mac O.S. and that I can

Re: [Owfs-developers] OWFS 2.7P37 fails after about 15 sec.

2010-05-17 Thread Rob Conway
I have had the same trouble although slightly different. My server starts owserver and httpd automatically (BTW both use an alias file) from init_d. Now this runs great and rock solid. Then if I manually start owfs, its a 50 -50 chance owserver will fail shortly after. When I can get owfs st

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2413 writing to PIO: owfs 0=OFF Maxim 0=ONWhy?

2010-05-17 Thread Rob Conway
I had simply thought that the outputs when turned on are actually switched down to -VE (gnd) 1 = output floating (High) 0 = output is actually switched to -VE (GND). Thus 0 = ON A lot of PIC devices when there outputs are switched on take its output pin to GND. This arrangement works well esp

Re: [Owfs-developers] Battery Backup of 1wire network.

2010-05-12 Thread Rob Conway
ion; with the sheeva plug, a small UPS (350VA, ~$50) will run the network and computer for at least an hour or two. Replacing the 7AH battery with an external deep cycle battery would offer significantly longer runtimes without much hassle. --Jim On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Rob Conway wrote: >

[Owfs-developers] Battery Backup of 1wire network.

2010-05-05 Thread Rob Conway
Hi List, I was wondering if anyone has provided a battery backup for the 1wire power. As I expand and use more of the BAE910 intelligent slaves it becomes a good option to keep these devices powered during power outages. I have two USB adapters one has a hub installed and the other has senso

[Owfs-developers] Good success with BAE0910 Slave

2010-04-06 Thread Rob Conway
Just wanted to share some success I have had with two BAE0910 devices running my new Aquarium. The slave now has the ability to provide four outputs with V7 firmware. The Host can set the RTC (send seconds since midnight) to the slave and then simply use the Automation Engine in the BAE to turn

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 AE Timed output code

2010-03-27 Thread Rob Conway
time when RTC=ON time. I know this complicates matters however as my light is on for 10-12 hours during the day if I reload the firmware or restart the slave and miss the exact on time the output will not turn on for another day. -Original Message- From: Rob Conway [mailto:rjcon

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 AE Timed output code

2010-03-27 Thread Rob Conway
e: I found this approach easier to have better control from the master. Don't hesitate for any questions. // AutomationEngine assembly source. // Used for Temperature and Light Control of Reef Tank // March 2010 by Rob Conway // // BAE0910 Direct Connected to Futurlec 4 channel opto Realy Boa

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 AE Timed output code

2010-03-27 Thread Rob Conway
later today. Pascal 2010/3/27 Rob Conway Hi, I was hoping to get some feedback on the AE engine and creating some simple output timers based upon energizing outputs based on time of day. I can already set the RTC from the HOST and it resets at midnight, so the RTC represents seconds since

[Owfs-developers] BAE0910 AE Timed output code

2010-03-26 Thread Rob Conway
Hi, I was hoping to get some feedback on the AE engine and creating some simple output timers based upon energizing outputs based on time of day. I can already set the RTC from the HOST and it resets at midnight, so the RTC represents seconds since midnight. This is what I am trying to achieve

Re: [Owfs-developers] Hello and AVR based slave device

2010-03-26 Thread Rob Conway
Hi Alex, I used an NSLU2 for at least 1 year with good result for that hardware platform. I got about 4~8 weeks at a time before reboot. I was using OWFS and RRDTools for logging and trending. I can remember that I could achieve a higher uptime with the NSLU2 without using fuse. My scripts sim

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 setup -Some questions

2010-03-10 Thread Rob Conway
Hi Pascal, It's good to know the upload does not function for page.x, I can stop trying that way I used the workaround and cat'd the bin file to page.0 restarted BAE0910 and I proved the very small AE file I wrote does indeed work which is great, thanks again I can now write something meaning

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 setup -Some questions

2010-03-09 Thread Rob Conway
questions Hi, from owhttpd, select eeprom/page.0, upload the generated file and save change. You may need to erase the page if it already content some data. You may also copy your generated file rob.bin to eeprom/page.0 (via fuse file system) from the shell or within the makefile. Pascal

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 setup -Some questions

2010-03-09 Thread Rob Conway
-developers] BAE0910 setup -Some questions Hi Rob, my reply in text. 2010/3/8 Rob Conway Hi Pascal I am not sure if I should use this forum for BAE0910 assistance however it might be good for others setting up the device. I think It is not a problem, but if It's not related to OWFS

[Owfs-developers] BAE0910 setup -Some questions

2010-03-08 Thread Rob Conway
Hi Pascal I am not sure if I should use this forum for BAE0910 assistance however it might be good for others setting up the device. I have two of the slaves connected to the futurlec 4 channel relay boards. I did a quick mod on a couple of channels and simply replaced the relay with a FET. Si

[Owfs-developers] Something strange happened today to my DS2406's Outputs

2010-03-05 Thread Rob Conway
I have a number of DS2406's that are sequenced by a bash script. The script waits for a pushbutton input sensed from a DS2405 and then simply sequences the DS2406's. Turns one on for maybe 30 minutes then turns another on for another 30 minutes. Easy stuff and has been running for years. Today

Re: [Owfs-developers] My wish list for implementing Intelligent Slave Devices

2010-02-26 Thread Rob Conway
For the Clock controlled output Slave. I understand its hard to get an onboard RTC however I would like to see something like the BAE0910 have an I2C interface for fixed type functions RTC: http://www.futurlec.com/Mini_DS1307.shtml And I2C I/O bus expander chip Connected via direct ribbon to

[Owfs-developers] My wish list for implementing Intelligent Slave Devices

2010-02-25 Thread Rob Conway
>From a users perspective I want more flexible slave devices which are capable of making decisions themselves. With the host (OWFS) providing a means of configuration and supervision only. At this stage I do not care about what hardware platform the slaves takes on however I am more interested

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 tinyboards -Preparing to get it upandrunning

2010-02-24 Thread Rob Conway
recommended to protect your FET with a free wheel diode. Pascal 2010/2/22 Rob Conway Got my board today must say it looks like the picture however a lot smaller than I thought. Should be very easy to install into a small case. Question: For the "PWM" and "OUT" driving

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave deviceBAE0910

2010-02-22 Thread Rob Conway
I can't believe the counter DS2423 is obsolete. How are the 1wire weather guys going to count rain drops ? Now that's two devices (with the variable potentiometer device for light/ballast dimming) that is obsolete without maxim replacement. Although saying that it is opportune that the BAE0910 s

Re: [Owfs-developers] BAE0910 tinyboards -Preparing to get it up andrunning

2010-02-22 Thread Rob Conway
www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1784 I am only driving a 12V 7W small blower. rob -Original Message----- From: Rob Conway [mailto:rjcon...@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:14 AM To: 'OWFS (One-wire file system) discussion and help' Subject: [Owfs-developers]

[Owfs-developers] BAE0910 tinyboards -Preparing to get it up and running

2010-02-19 Thread Rob Conway
In preparation to getting this device I understand I have a couple of tasks, 1) Update to the latest owfs so that one is OK. I also assume once I connect it via owfs the parameters will be shown via owhttp so that bit should be OK. Is there any issue using a 1wire hub ? I have the hobbyboards

[Owfs-developers] Completed 1wire relay interface.

2010-02-09 Thread Rob Conway
OWFS seems a little slow lately so I thought I would share my 1wire relay interface. Its just some relay boards mounted on a perspex plate however it also provides 12VDC wiring and ready to connect field devices via terminals. The design allows for easy fault finding in the future if anything were

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-02-04 Thread Rob Conway
Hi Paul, is version 2.7p29 available ? -Original Message- From: Pascal Baerten [mailto:pascal.baer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:17 AM To: OWFS (One-wire file system) discussion and help Subject: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910 H

Re: [Owfs-developers] aquarium feasibility

2010-02-04 Thread Rob Conway
opers] aquarium feasibility Hi Rob, see my reply in the text. 2010/2/3 Rob Conway Hi Pascal, This opens up more possibilities for us looking at getting a more reliable control over 1wire. Distribution of control via the AE in the BAE0910 will be great. The weak link I have in my syst

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-02-03 Thread Rob Conway
read the value back in engineering units. 3) Can I have 2 x DO and 1 x PWM output and 1 x ADC (or future DS18B20 using a PIO pin :)) I have more applications however the above two would get me started. Rob Conway -Original Message- From: Pascal Baerten [mailto:pascal.baer...

[Owfs-developers] 1wire control devices -Analog or PWM outputs

2010-01-07 Thread Rob Conway
HI. Now this is really off topic, however I am puzzled why dallas have discontinued the 1wire potentiometer DS2890. Our options for actually controlling anything seems limited, except for using a number of clunky digital outputs. I really want a PWM signal to control fan speed and it looks like

[Owfs-developers] multiple adapters

2010-01-06 Thread Rob Conway
Hi, Is there any doco that explains how to get multiple adapters running. I had assumed I just plugged it in, however looking at some doco on the old owfs site I need to start another owserver. I am alittle confused how to get it running as I understand you place a 1 or 2 on the owserver comma

Re: [Owfs-developers] Lightning Protection - From Maxim-ic.com

2009-12-23 Thread Rob Conway
I hope to resurrect my network soon and this information is useful. Being surface mount components it a shame there is no supplier willing to create small inline suppressors for 1wire based upon these DS9503 devices. rob. -Original Message- From: rosaic1...@yahoo.com [mailto:rosaic1..

Re: [Owfs-developers] Lightning has taken me down :(

2009-12-19 Thread Rob Conway
Thanks for the links to protection devices, I'll investigate over the coming weeks. OK got a chance to do some testing I did some testing this morning using an old USB adapter. The only devices working on the network are the four digital output chips DS2406. It was difficult to fault find as a

Re: [Owfs-developers] Lightning has taken me down :(

2009-12-17 Thread Rob Conway
; Looking > to try an HA7, claims is has ESD (electro static discharge) protection. > There are some inline RJ45 surge suppressors that might work, Has anyone > used these? > > Rob Conway wrote: >> A couple of weeks ago we had a bad storm. It looks like its taken >> o

[Owfs-developers] Lightning has taken me down :(

2009-12-11 Thread Rob Conway
A couple of weeks ago we had a bad storm. It looks like its taken out my entire wire network. I have a 30 metre cable from my server to the devices across the other side of the house. I had run the cable in the roof. It has put me to a point of do I want to re-establish my network, as I have pr

[Owfs-developers] USb adpater -fails every 2-3 weeks

2009-07-31 Thread Rob Conway
I was wondering on how stable people have found the (blue) 1wire USB adapters. I run mine 24/7, the first unit ran for 12 months and then started to fail every 2-4 weeks. A reboot of the server fixed it however would fail again in 2-3 weeks. Now my second unit is now about 30 months old is start

Re: [Owfs-developers] Ever wanted a SCADA interface for owfs

2009-05-17 Thread Rob Conway
I have attached some links below to how I created the web based gauges that are driven by owfs on my site. As you will see I just used powerpoint as the first pass at getting the gauge concept together, however it turned out well and have not bothered in using an actual "paint" application. T

[Owfs-developers] Ever wanted a SCADA interface for owfs

2009-05-01 Thread Rob Conway
As everyone on this list know's we have the answer to low cost data collection,OWFS However there is a missing link which I believe has not been explored, creating some standardized display of data that people can use on their web servers. The owfs http interface is fantastic from a maintenance p

Re: [Owfs-developers] OWFS on Ubuntu 8.04 adn 8.10

2009-02-16 Thread Rob Conway
William I run the following ubuntu server addition Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release:8.04 Codename: hardy And simply followed the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/1wireSoftware & http://tomasz.korwel.net/2006/07/02/owfs-instalation-on-u

Re: [Owfs-developers] What are your 1wire error rates ?

2009-01-21 Thread Rob Conway
7;m finding the serial DS9097U more reliable than the usb DS9490R, perhaps because of usb bus on Ubuntu 8.10. Do you supply enough 12VDC current? *CRC16_errors* 0 *CRC16_tries* 26612 *CRC8_errors* 4 *CRC8_tries* 3575 Rob Conway wrote: > > I was hoping I can collate some info

[Owfs-developers] What are your 1wire error rates ?

2009-01-19 Thread Rob Conway
I was hoping I can collate some info on the expected error rates of a 1wire bus. I want to start adding more devices onto the network (weather monitoring) and did not know if I can keep extending this bus or install a second USB 1wire adapter for the weather monitoring, Humidity, Pressure, Solar,

[Owfs-developers] graphing owfs data -date slider & RRDtools

2008-12-18 Thread Rob Conway
Not quite owfs related however the following can improve your visualization of owfs data. I have tried to get some of the 3rd party rrdtool programs to work however never succeeded as they generally wanted to provide a menu front end and 90% are related to trending router/cpu stats. So its bee

Re: [Owfs-developers] 4-20 ma loop

2008-11-14 Thread Rob Conway
noob when it comes to electronics...hopefully that will change after/during this projects. Where exactly does the 250 ohm resistor go?? - Original Message - From: "Rob Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:1

Re: [Owfs-developers] 4-20 ma loop

2008-11-12 Thread Rob Conway
4-20mA is simply 1-5VDC if you place a 250 ohm resistor in the current loop. Use the 1wire 4 channel a/d. Please not though that the resolution of the A?D is not as specified. Its more like only 8 bit, I think the data sheet states 10 or 12 bit, somebody else posted this comment as well, didn't b

[Owfs-developers] New example site

2008-09-18 Thread Rob Conway
Hi Paul, My site "Automated Aquarium Monitoring" and domain are stable and now have 95% functionality. If you wanted to add another example project I would be happy for you to use my site. Rob www.rjconway.homeip.net --

Re: [Owfs-developers] using external CSS to pass data into html web page

2008-09-08 Thread Rob Conway
Sorry should of searched the archives first. Found it, it uses java include files -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:33 PM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Owfs

[Owfs-developers] using external CSS to pass data into html web page

2008-09-08 Thread Rob Conway
Hi list, Some time ago someone from this list told me how to get data onto a web page by using an external CSS. I have tried the following code snippet without any luck CSS #test100 { value: hello;} HTML The thought is its a lot easier to create a CSS framework and d

[Owfs-developers] need help in sharing owfs 1wire data between multiple BASH scripts

2008-07-21 Thread Rob Conway
As the owfs threads have been quiet for a while I hope you don't mind this question about data gathering...I know this is really a scripting question however thoucght someone might want to share there thoughts in how best to scan lots of 1wire data to be shared between multiple scripts. I just us

Re: [Owfs-developers] Expanding rrdtool graphing options -helpneeded

2008-05-30 Thread Rob Conway
t even a clew how to configure it. Wire it sure. Configure it on the system end, no. -- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: Friday,

[Owfs-developers] Expanding rrdtool graphing options -help needed

2008-05-30 Thread Rob Conway
Hi, I have been looking at some front end tools available for the rrdtool database and graphing options. I suspect a lot of us use rrdtool graph to display our data and if like me just generate png files to view. Now some of the rrdtool front ends provide some really nice features like b

Re: [Owfs-developers] using css to place 1wire data in web pages

2008-05-24 Thread Rob Conway
ce1 contents: document.write(device1.parameter2); // End HTML file display.htm/ -Scott Rob Conway wrote: Before my email archives died :-(, somebody did send me details on how to pass owfs data to a web page. It went like this. 1. An owfs script writes some stru

[Owfs-developers] using css to place 1wire data in web pages

2008-05-24 Thread Rob Conway
Before my email archives died :-(, somebody did send me details on how to pass owfs data to a web page. It went like this. 1. An owfs script writes some structured data into an ascii file, the structure of the line declares a variable with the actual 1wire data next to it. A variable per dat

[Owfs-developers] owfs errors reduced with upgraded server

2008-05-13 Thread Rob Conway
Just thought I would share some observations, when I have reinstalled my server. I had been running ubuntu server 7.0x with owfs 2.4p1 and I used to get a number of read errors being logged by my read script. The errors are generated by the read script and I use owread to gather data. Error re

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2423 counter questions

2008-05-12 Thread Rob Conway
I use one on a turbine flow meter used on water and I also have it counting the revolutions of my electricity meter. Its great. rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ND Holmes Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 3:08 PM To: owfs-developers@lists.sou

[Owfs-developers] How to find what version your running

2008-04-24 Thread Rob Conway
I am going to rebuild my server this weekend and have found I have owfs src files for many versions..and I forget which version I ended up finally running with. As I did have trouble with reading counter values some time back. SO How do I find out what version of owfs is running on my serv

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2405 Digital output on after power failure

2008-04-08 Thread Rob Conway
Greg..do you have a link for the info you mention ? rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregg C Levine Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:20 AM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2405 Digital output on

[Owfs-developers] DS2405 Digital output on after power failure

2008-04-07 Thread Rob Conway
After a number of power failures this weekend, one of my DS2405 decided to turn on its output when it the system powered backup. (it was NOT on before the system went down) My read/write script for DS2405 does not auto start thus I put it down to some type of external glitch. In my case these DS

Re: [Owfs-developers] My OWFS driven website update (Aquarium)

2008-04-04 Thread Rob Conway
As I start my scripts via nohup.all the script errors get captured in the nohup.out file. This is the file I display under the [System Errors] tab of my web site. The general errors I get are examples Data error on uncached/05.FC152D00/sensed Data error on 20.952A0500/volt.D On my

Re: [Owfs-developers] My OWFS driven website update (Aquarium)

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Conway
Just let me clarify what was happening on my NSLU2 when using FUSE. It was not that it didn't work or would crash..When using FUSE and the data was plotted via my trends, it showed a number of glitches which was related to bad reads..now this may of been 4-5 glitches per day when my trend data

Re: [Owfs-developers] My OWFS driven website update (Aquarium)

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Conway
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Alfille Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:10 AM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] My OWFS driven website update (Aquarium) Looks great. How are you storing the data and generating the graphs? Paul On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:38 AM, Rob

[Owfs-developers] My OWFS driven website update (Aquarium)

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Conway
I have not had to post recently however have had lot of help getting to where I am. Thus I thought I would share my revamped web monitor. It's taken quite a while to build up my html knowledge to a point of being able to visualize what I've wanted to do on the web site. If you care to take a

Re: [Owfs-developers] OW.pm (Problems with AAG TAI8558/DS2408 and DS9097U)

2008-02-19 Thread Rob Conway
I have 1wire on control however I have included a couple of external failsafe relaysand in my case it also takes two outputs to be energised for control action. I control water changes to an aquarium and if something goes wrong I could end up pumping 200 litres of water into the floor! For

Re: [Owfs-developers] Fwd: CMC industrial Electronics Ltd 1-wiremodule

2008-01-29 Thread Rob Conway
I have a number of 4-20ma devices interfaced through 1wire. I simply use a quad channel DS2450 with a precision 250 ohm resistor across the inputs. 4-20ma across 250 ohm = 1-5 VDC Its very simple with 4-20ma, I see no point in paying any more than a DS2450 and 4 resistors. well the 250 ohm

Re: [Owfs-developers] Any ideas on how to montior DISC khw meters

2008-01-19 Thread Rob Conway
I have now got it running, I ended up buying a sensor from erik (on this list). I did not notice any "holes" in my disc so I just monitor the disc edge. seems to work great and positioning was not a problem. thanks again to owfs list rob Australia - Original Message - From: "Nicola

[Owfs-developers] Any ideas on how to montior DISC khw meters

2008-01-07 Thread Rob Conway
My intial project being completed I am looking at extending my 1wire network..I would like to be able to monitor my electricity usage in real time. I am in Australia and have a "disc" type kwh meter. I understand you maybe able to see the black stripe on the disc however my meter is fairly new

Re: [Owfs-developers] Pressure sensing and One Wire sensors

2007-12-06 Thread Rob Conway
This is the cct I constructed..its output is 4-20mA however using a 250ohm resistor it provides 1 - 5 VDC which I feed into one channel of a DS2450 A/D. What you guy's are taking about sounds great ...direct connect from sensor to 1wire input http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/rjconway/4-20

Re: [Owfs-developers] owhttpd server question

2007-12-04 Thread Rob Conway
. Paul Alfille On Dec 3, 2007 12:18 PM, Rob Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IS there any way I can start-up the owfs web server as read onlyie not be able to write PIO etc etc cheers rob, Aus

[Owfs-developers] owhttpd server question

2007-12-03 Thread Rob Conway
IS there any way I can start-up the owfs web server as read onlyie not be able to write PIO etc etc cheers rob, Australia- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the des

Re: [Owfs-developers] Sharing OWFS site progress for Aquarium webcontrol

2007-11-30 Thread Rob Conway
To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Sharing OWFS site progress for Aquarium webcontrol Great site! Do you also measure CO2 and pH with 1-wire? Paul Alfille On Nov 30, 2007 6:37 AM, Rob Conway <[EM

[Owfs-developers] Sharing OWFS site progress for Aquarium web control

2007-11-30 Thread Rob Conway
This is the third instalment (i.e. rev) of my web monitoring layout I thought I would share the latest interface. I have a couple of things needing to be changed, like showing the latest system message at the top of the file instead of the bottom, however its all useful and hope it works for yo

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2450 A/D has offset..nothing really to dowith owfs !

2007-11-23 Thread Rob Conway
Jan, Isolated is probably the wrong word, as the neg of all inputs is tied to the neg of the 1wire supply. - Original Message - From: "Jan Kandziora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2450 A/D has offset..nothing really to

[Owfs-developers] DS2450 A/D has offset..nothing really to do with owfs !

2007-11-23 Thread Rob Conway
Just wondering if anybody else has used the DS2450 for a long time. I am using one of these A/D's and I have found that after a while ~6-8 months all channels have a ~0.3 volt offset from zero. ie all 4 channel readings go up by ~.3 volts. Its like the chips internal reference voltage somehow

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-07 Thread Rob Conway
ing DS2423 counters On 10/6/07, Rob Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul Just reloaded 2.5p10 and these are the counter values displayed via owhttpd Counter A = 8999689 That's 00 89 53 09 in hex. Counter B = 2718957568 That's A2 10 00 00 in hex.

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-06 Thread Rob Conway
- Original Message - From: Paul Alfille To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters On 10/6/07, Rob Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul,

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-06 Thread Rob Conway
-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters On 10/6/07, Rob Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul, I think I got the debug...first time I've really tried downlaoding via CVS and debug with owfs... This is the response when trying to read counters.B --- OneWir

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-06 Thread Rob Conway
=9 --foreground" and post the output? Paul Alfille On 10/6/07, Paul Alfille < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/6/07, Rob Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ANy idea's on why 2423 counter parameters do not work on the latest releases. If I have to keep runni

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-05 Thread Rob Conway
n why 2423 counter parameters do not work on the latest releases. If I have to keep running 2.5p10 was this a stable release ? cheers rob - Original Message - From: Rob Conway To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:08 PM Subject:

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-10-02 Thread Rob Conway
ANy news on reading counter values for 2423 ? cheers rob - Original Message - From: Rob Conway To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters Was there a resolution

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-09-26 Thread Rob Conway
counters.B - memory - mincount - pages/ { all entries } The other entries appear to be fine. cheers rob - Original Message - From: Rob Conway To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2

Re: [Owfs-developers] Debian+Ubuntu package availability

2007-09-18 Thread Rob Conway
Thanks for updating these packagesI'll give it a try over the two days rob - Original Message - From: "Matthias Urlichs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:56 AM Subject: [Owfs-developers] Debian+Ubuntu package availability > ---

Re: [Owfs-developers] Ubuntu...I've been spoilt with the NSLU2packaging...help !

2007-09-16 Thread Rob Conway
s Urlichs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Ubuntu...I've been spoilt with the NSLU2packaging...help ! > Hi, > > Rob Conway: >> Is it left to the user to create these startup scripts ?...I am talk

[Owfs-developers] Ubuntu...I've been spoilt with the NSLU2 packaging...help !

2007-09-15 Thread Rob Conway
I am moving away from the NSLU2 installation into a small linux PC (AMD based) server which I have loaded with Ubuntu server, apache etc. I followed some installations I found on ubuntu forum. I think everything went OK however I have been spoilt in having the install automatically create the

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-09-06 Thread Rob Conway
C4Vette Thanks for the tips..theres some great idea's in that codeHopefully can load some of my event messages into a css and display them in a drop down box... cheers rob Australia - Original Message - From: "C4Vette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-28 Thread Rob Conway
. Is it only two images you combined to that rob.png? One rrdtool image and one handmade image with text+background? /Christian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: den 28 augusti 2007 14:13 To: owfs-developers

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-28 Thread Rob Conway
ng to the busybox binary. Did the bzip2-package overwrite you busybox-binary before? /Christian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: den 27 augusti 2007 13:47 To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] E

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-27 Thread Rob Conway
/tmp/destfile.jpg /Christian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: den 27 augusti 2007 02:58 To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs Christia

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-26 Thread Rob Conway
Christian, Thanks for the NSLU2 packages I will give it a try in the next couple of days. Can't wait to try and place a new scale on my rrdtool graphsits what the rrdtool guy's have been asking for ages...different scales, multiple scales, scales on RHS etc etc.. Will your package insta

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-23 Thread Rob Conway
/Christian From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Conway Sent: den 23 augusti 2007 13:03 To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs Christian, What platform does this run o

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-23 Thread Rob Conway
Christian, What platform does this run on ? I like the graphicdo you happen know if imagemagic runs on an unslung NSLU2 ? Did you implement control of any outputs from a web interface ? thanks for sharing cheers rob - Original Message - From: Christian Magnusson To: owfs-de

Re: [Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-21 Thread Rob Conway
Paul, Errors...I thought ~3 "hard" errors in 4 days was pretty good as I poll for 14 data points every 90 seconds so the script error rate is very small. I have looked at the 1wire error counters however no really big surprises. There was only one error logged in that 4 days where the value w

[Owfs-developers] Error trap works great on NSLU2 with owfs

2007-08-21 Thread Rob Conway
OK thought I'd post my latest script which includes the error trap..I was occasionally getting a spike in my rrd trend however amended my script to try and trap the errors and pipe them to a txt file so I can read it. Setting the variable to U (undefined) helps rrdtool trending ignore the value

[Owfs-developers] Visualising the data

2007-08-12 Thread Rob Conway
I have been using rrdtool trending tool and owfs with great success all on a NSLU2. I was wondering if anybody knows or uses a program that can create a png / jpeg image of a gauge or dial I can use to show the real time data. I have seen some active X components however not very good for my l

Re: [Owfs-developers] floating point to integer

2007-07-14 Thread Rob Conway
I am a script dummy however this is what I use. Just uses cut command to get rid of everything after the decimal point temp_integer=`echo $temp_float |cut -f1 -d'.'` - Original Message - From: Paul Alfille To: C. Schumann Cc: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: S

[Owfs-developers] Thought I would share the outcome of my owfs / NSLU2 project with you all

2007-07-05 Thread Rob Conway
I'd like to say thanks to the list in helping me establishing my data logger. I've included a link to the main page. Each trend has its own history pull down and I am able to select 1 week 1 month & 2 month trends. Can't believe I can get such a great project outcome using the NSLU2 and owfs

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