I am just starting to get into Arduino so my understanding is basic at this point.
I am running HS3 on a Win10 server. Generally, my interest is in building a few specialized sensor nodes that communicate via wifi.
Here is my understanding which I would appreciate being corrected on if it is wrong.
I can take an Arduino Uno and add a 8266 wifi board and use this as the Arduino controller. Install the Arduino plugin for HS3. Serial connect the controller to the Win10 server via USB. For each sensor node, use an Arduino Nano with the 8266 wifi board. This should allow multiple sensor nodes all communicating back to the controller which is communicating with HS3 via the plugin.
I have read about the mysensors.org sketches for controller and nodes. It looks like the HS3 plugin probably does not use these sketches. Are there specific sketches I need to use with this plugin? I'm not referring to sketches with sensor specific logic. I'm thinking more along the lines of sketches and libraries that handle the wifi comms from multiple nodes.
Hope this makes sense. I'm trying to confirm my head is in the right place in terms of how multi-nodes will work together.
Thanks in advance!
I am running HS3 on a Win10 server. Generally, my interest is in building a few specialized sensor nodes that communicate via wifi.
Here is my understanding which I would appreciate being corrected on if it is wrong.
I can take an Arduino Uno and add a 8266 wifi board and use this as the Arduino controller. Install the Arduino plugin for HS3. Serial connect the controller to the Win10 server via USB. For each sensor node, use an Arduino Nano with the 8266 wifi board. This should allow multiple sensor nodes all communicating back to the controller which is communicating with HS3 via the plugin.
I have read about the mysensors.org sketches for controller and nodes. It looks like the HS3 plugin probably does not use these sketches. Are there specific sketches I need to use with this plugin? I'm not referring to sketches with sensor specific logic. I'm thinking more along the lines of sketches and libraries that handle the wifi comms from multiple nodes.
Hope this makes sense. I'm trying to confirm my head is in the right place in terms of how multi-nodes will work together.
Thanks in advance!
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