piBeacon: presence monitoring plugin discussions

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coming up:

YOU supply any background image for your home. The plugin adds the position of the iBeacons (selected ones only)

primitive version with just an outline of the house :with the position of the beacon " b-Tile1" and " b-Tile3"
you can set
- the refresh rate,
- which beacons to track,.
- currently it uses the device name for label marker ,
- background file name
- size x,y, x,y scale
- marker type and color
- label color
- left todo: we could add a nickname., and somethings to make it look nice.
-also only x,y plane right now, not 1/2 floor



anyone interested?
and what kind of options should there be

a beta version will take 2 more days or so. .. also the position calculation will need to be improved..

Karl

Hi Karl
Thanks for piBeacon - have had it running on a few Rpi3 without problem. Found the sensor support fantastic and has been best most stable solution for a outdoor gate open/closed. This Gate was at extreme of Z-wave range, and needed cheap waterproof sensor option.

Have a question for you though:
Interested in connecting a IR (for remote control) sensor to one of the Rpi’s
(its a long story but child - really it’s not me!- has recently got a “Harry Potter IR wand’ which sends IR signals depending on the wand motion. Would be cool to integrate into indigo and turn on/off etc)
To manage this need IR receiver always active - and it seems Rpi could do this without much hassle; with GPIO IR sensor 3.3V.
Uncertain as to what PiBeacon might report though?

Thanks

this should do it:
http://alexba.in/blog/2013/01/06/settin ... spberrypi/

we could put this onto one of the RPI sensor-only RP. Doing this in parallel to the "ibeacon scanner" might slow things down , one or the other might miss some signals

BUT I don't have anything to test with ..

May be after I am done with the RPI- beacon position plot .. this is close be released. works nicely

Karl

this should do it:
http://alexba.in/blog/2013/01/06/settin ... spberrypi/

we could put this onto one of the RPI sensor-only RP. Doing this in parallel to the "ibeacon scanner" might slow things down , one or the other might miss some signals

BUT I don't have anything to test with ..

May be after I am done with the RPI- beacon position plot .. this is close be released. works nicely

Karl

Thanks for the quick reply - that’s similar to what I found as well. And pretty simple GPIO connection to 3.3V, GND and data for IR receiver.

As for testing only have one ‘wand’ which is pretty attached - but sure any remote control would serve same purpose! May have a use for this as well - adding remote control IR easily to piBeacon and Indigo.

Looking forward to positioning and thanks for adding to list.

Glenn

Karl,

I have installed DS3231 in all my RPIs. However, I still get the messages below constantly.

piBeacon rPi 0 do a time sync MAC --> RPI, time off by: 10.0[secs]
piBeacon set time of RPI# 0 finished, new delta time = 1.5[secs]

What am I doing wrong with the configuration?

JP

this is how to disable the logging of delta T warning in device edit of the RPI

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choose do not sync

BUT if you get these messages, it means that
- either there is some delay between RPI sending the package and the plugin digesting it (the it checks the delta T)
- the clocks are really off.


I get them ~ once a day (with 15 active RPI) , That is likely due to a delay in transaction


Could you try the socket communication option instead of the HTTP . select in config . check if it still shows


normally the real time hardware clocks are at most 1 sec off (that is their resolution)

Karl

Hi,

I have had this error for a while;

27 okt 2017 23:58:45
piBeacon in Line '9300' has error=''float' object has no attribute 'strip''

Approx. 3-4times every minute.

I think it has something to do with one of my sensors, probably a RGB or Lux sensor. It doesn't seam to affect the system but it would be nice to keep the log clean.

Anders

have posted a fix , see download section

Thank you Karl

Hi Karl,

Any chance of adding support for
MS5803-30BA pressure sensor
Eg.
https://github.com/ControlEverythingCom ... S5803-30BA

?

Planning on submersing in water tank (once mostly covered in epoxy) and using to measure water level and changes

Thanks
Glenn

Why don’t you use the bme280. T H & P.
$3 on eBay
Most accurate sensor.


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Oops did not see the water.
Under water pressure should not work.
If you just want to do temp the one wire dallas xxx. Works well$1.
Several meters of cable and water tight.


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Stand corrected. It work under water. But expensive $50.

Where did you get yours?



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Any chance of adding support for
MS5803-30BA pressure sensor
Eg.
https://github.com/ControlEverythingCom ... S5803-30BA
Planning on submersing in water tank (once mostly covered in epoxy) and using to measure water level and changes
Thanks
Glenn

the code looks very simple. can add it in the next days, but I can't test it.. If you have one would you be willing to test?

Karl

Glenn!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d807o2qin1wmkj0/piBeacon-v-7.71.162.zip?dl=1
add the sensor. ""SHOULD"" work

Karl