[Venderwel]

Hey Matthias, thinks for the insights, I’ll order some new reedsensors and give them an other try in my new test setup. Could be I did something wrong there or had the wrong reedsensors.
As for the KY-003 hall sensors, I didn’t test one yet with the MLC software, before the posts above, but just now I did and they work without a changing the firmware! So that is cool.

Nice thing is, they just fit in between the studs of the traintrack.

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Oh and for all, the mqtt Explorer is a real handy tool for all that use mqtt!!!

I also use IoT mqtt panel on my phone. It allows you to send mqtt messages to that same broker, allowing you to (quick) test (different parts of) your setup.

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[Venderwel]

I read that part a few times, I must miss the part where the rocrail connection is show. I’ll give it a go tommorow and I’ll let you know!

Thanx anyway!

[Venderwel]

Oh and do you think it’s best to add a whole new type/class to all of the mlc software? Ofcourse based on the reed sensors part?

[Venderwel]

Well…a few years ago I already started with trying to automate, first BAP and then different versions of your work. Also tried reed sensors, but with different succes. Got a lot of missed reads on the sensors. Now I did a test with KY-003 hall sensors where I had 4 sensors set up and a train passed by all of them 200 times. Not a single one missed. So that is the way I want it to give it a go. Didn’t try a hall sensor yet with the mlc software and a esp8266, maybe I should do that first before thinking of expanding. Hahaha

Anyway, thanx for the goodwork in this great hobby!

[Venderwel]

Check….there I was looking how to get the ID…

Oh I use Mqtt Explorer on windows to see all mqtt messages to the mqtt broker, pretty nice!

Then I still seem to miss the section to connect/add the train in rocrail.

[Venderwel]

Do you think the DFR0626 could be used with an esp8266 for the hall sensors??

[Venderwel]

Oh and is the mega also to slow when there is a onboard esp8266 for the wifi?

[Venderwel]

Thank you for the fast response.

Ahhh, sorry to hear that. The mega has so many ports that can be used without soldering something.

I do have a PCA9685 that works like a charm. Looking for a board like that (with a x number of 3 pins in a row) for my hall sensors then.

[Venderwel]

I think I disabled a few lines in the code, because at first they gave errors red (underlines) when I opened the files. And I thought I didn’t need them. Now I see they don’t give errors anymore (no more red underlines) No Idea how, but reabled the lines and all works like a charm!

[Venderwel]

Okay, started over again with brand new download and workspace, now it works! Also got it running in RocView!

[Venderwel]

Grrrr….downloaded new, but no run into other errors. Any change you can have a look with me?

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Check, maybe I’ll do a new download too.

If I then encouter the same problems as you did, maybe I can help you.

[Venderwel]

Do you know what you did to solve the first problem, because I have the exact same problem, MTC4BT is not scanning for Bluetooth items.
Wifi and broker are working.

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Rrrrrrrrr……ofcourse. Always quadruple check the board and use the right one! Now it seems so connect!!! On to the next station in my project!

[Venderwel]

There’s no such option with the ESP32 boards.

[Venderwel]

Sadly not. I think I’m doing something wrong. Is there someone Who is willing to help me out and maybe take a look with Zoom or Teams?

[Venderwel]

Come to think of it, I’m not really sure it connects to wifi.

[Venderwel]

Solved! had to set 1883 port in firewall settings. Also had to go back to mosquitto version 1.6.9 to make MQTT work for Rocrail.

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