Arduino Plugin V1.0.0.36.

[will40]

Hi Will,
Sorry but I do not have a WiFi shield as when I looked at them I found them to be very expensive for what they did. I have it on my list of thing to do to get some kind of wireless device working with this.
I know there are users using the Ethernet shield and a WiFi games adaptor that works but I seem to remember them saying that the connection drops out every now and then.

Greig.

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Hello Greig

Have you given any more thought to the wireless shield? I would be willing to mail you a wifi shield to help with your development.

Will

[enigmatheatre]

Hi Greig

I want to setup a second board. I have a mega 2560 with a wifi shield. Do you have a sketch written for a wifi shield to replace the Ethernet sketch you could share with me?

Thanks

Will

Hi Will,
Sorry but I do not have a WiFi shield as when I looked at them I found them to be very expensive for what they did. I have it on my list of thing to do to get some kind of wireless device working with this.
I know there are users using the Ethernet shield and a WiFi games adaptor that works but I seem to remember them saying that the connection drops out every now and then.

Greig.

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[will40]

Hi Greig

I am new to Arduino and got it working with an Ethernet Shield. Nice plug in thank you.

I want to setup a second board. I have a mega 2560 with a wifi shield. Do you have a sketch written for a wifi shield to replace the Ethernet sketch you could share with me?

Thanks

Will

[randy]

Hej Greg,
What verision of Arduino Sketch program is supported and recormened for MEGA Arduino boards? 1.0.6 ?

Per Greig: "Ethernet will not work with the 1.0.6 version of the Arduino ide. Can you download V 1.5.6-R2 and update the library's with the ones on the config page". That version works fine with my Mega 2560r3 boards. It also works fine with the UNO boards. I have also had much more reliable connectivity with genuine Arduino Ethernet shields than the Wiznet clones.

[Jakob.Sand]

Arduino 1.0.6

Hej Greg,
What verision of Arduino Sketch program is supported and recormened for MEGA Arduino boards? 1.0.6 ?

[usLEDsupply]

I think you could map A0 to 14 and so on but i think you would need a way to select the board you are using in the setup (mega or uno) so you don't loose use of those pins if it is a mega

[enigmatheatre]

With the UNO R3 i had to use the following pins to use the analog pins as digital inputs
A0 = 14 (not usable as isn't in the pin list)
A1 = 15 (as long as you have a newer Ethernet Shield)
A2 = 16
A3 = 17
A4 = 18
A5 = 19

Glad it is working for you and yes it will depend on the board. Sorry if I gave you the wrong pins.
I am looking at a way to make it work by selecting the A0-A15.

Greig.

[usLEDsupply]

With the UNO R3 i had to use the following pins to use the analog pins as digital inputs
A0 = 14 (not usable as isn't in the pin list)
A1 = 15 (as long as you have a newer Ethernet Shield)
A2 = 16
A3 = 17
A4 = 18
A5 = 19

[usLEDsupply]

is it the same if you want to use an analog pin for a servo or onewire or is it just for the inputs?

[usLEDsupply]

Thanks:-) i wondered if it might be something like that but i figured you would have had it setup to do that automatically if an analog pin was set to an digital input as i didn't see anything in the manual about having to use the higher pin numbers for the analog inputs

[enigmatheatre]

has anyone used analog inputs A2, A3, A4, A5 as digital inputs? i have an uno connected via Ethernet but when i assign them as standard inputs i can't get them to change but if i assign them as analog inputs they work fine? I then map the value with "Value*2/1023" so it will show 0 or 1.xxx but i am just wondering if i should try something else or if you can't use the analog inputs as standard inputs without using the API mode

Do not set them as Analog pins in the plugin. Set them as inputs and use pins 25 - 28 if you are using an Uno.
25 = A2
26 = A3
27 = A4
28 = A5

I hope this helps you.

Greig.

[usLEDsupply]

has anyone used analog inputs A2, A3, A4, A5 as digital inputs? i have an uno connected via Ethernet but when i assign them as standard inputs i can't get them to change but if i assign them as analog inputs they work fine? I then map the value with "Value*2/1023" so it will show 0 or 1.xxx but i am just wondering if i should try something else or if you can't use the analog inputs as standard inputs without using the API mode

[enigmatheatre]

PS did you see my note about the log entry in my original post? Is it caused by the plugin?

Yes this is a leftover that was removed in the betas. I am hoping to get the beta in to the updater soon as I have a couple of people testing it for me.

Greig.

[sparkman]

I am not sure this would work as you would need the board to report the IP to HS which it is not doing at the moment. Can I ask why you would change the address once it is set?

Can you not Reserve the IP in the DHCP table for the Arduinos?

Greig.

Hi Greig, yes, the reservation is already set as I was playing with the Ethernet/ip functions prior to adding it to your plugin. Possible reason for changing it later is that I'm running out of ip addresses in the blocks I had set aside for certain types of devices and will need to redo my scheme at some point. I will also likely create a separate subnet for my HA network at some point. Having it reserved in DHCP but hard coded on the device will likely mess me up a few years from now when I attempt to change it . I used to be responsible for a 5000+ device network and our biggest issue was caused by hard-coded ip addresses conflicting with other devices so now I am anal about only using DHCP to assign ip addresses (reservations/static and dynamic). The board would not need to report it to the plugin.

Cheers
Al

PS did you see my note about the log entry in my original post? Is it caused by the plugin?

[enigmatheatre]

The advantages to me would be the ability to change them remotely (on the DHCP server and then the plugin page) and to keep track of all of my ip addresses in one spot (the DHCP server).

Cheers
Al

I am not sure this would work as you would need the board to report the IP to HS which it is not doing at the moment. Can I ask why you would change the address once it is set?

Can you not Reserve the IP in the DHCP table for the Arduinos?

Greig.