Posts made by ksprayberry

Is the only thing missing in the included blocks a blynk.run() statement? I see that in other coding examples, but I do not see this in any of the created code from UIFlow.

Are the blynk blocks fully functional as is in the most recent version of UIFlow? I can receive from my device on my app, but I do not seem to be able to send to or receive any data on my device from my phone/app. I tried a simple text field and I tried a couple of sliders and they do not seem to transmit the data to the device. It could very easily be a user error. I was looking for more information on here and the only thing I saw was maybe in 1.52 or so, there was maybe an issue with where the init statement was getting placed.
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I don't know that the Goplus2 module would work. Could you maybe not use a relay module triggered from one of the GPIO on the M5 to operate the relay and then feed 12 volts to the solenoid valve that way? If you're using the goplus2 module in addition, you could just maybe split the 12 volt power off and route one leg through the relay so that when you make and break that relay you energize your solenoid valve.

@greenleaf I've played around with it more tonight and the receipt of the publish on the device seems really random. I turned it on and sent 3 messages back to back and then nothing. I wonder if it has something to do with the port 8883.

@greenleaf This is an excellent tutorial, I was able to follow through with it really well. I can subscribe to the "test" topic on AWS and it is coming through regularly, but I am not able to receive a published topic "receive" on the device. It could be the internet service. ATT has been sketchy here in Georgia the past couple days.

I was able to get the device to receive a couple times, but it seeks to be intermittent Again, thinking it's the sketch internet. Need to feed the squirrels in the router again or something.

Thanks for posting this. I can see how this can be useful.

@greenleaf Thank you! I'll give it a go and check it out.
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@greenleaf It is that indeed. I can't help but think there are a few bugs and holes in the tutorials that will shake themselves out in the weeks to come.

@greenleaf I spoke too soon. I'm stumped on the next example. Everything looks right, I can see the output from the M5 at the command line, I even think the messages are coming in to AWS, I can see the activity, but I don't seem to be able to change the state of the M5.Any tips?

@greenleaf I would love for this to all be baked into the UIflow environment somehow or the provisioning baked into the M5Burner even somehow. I really enjoy working in it.

@greenleaf Woohooo! That was it! I changed it to the North Virginia and it worked. Of course now after its working, I kind of fee like Ralphy on the Christmas Story after getting his Little Orphan Annie Secret decoder ring...."Be sure to drink your Ovaltine" a crumby commercial? SOB!" No, thank you, I was so close and it was something small.

ok thanks. i used the "us-west-2". Let me check again.

@greenleaf The esp-idf is indeed a bear to build. I managed to get it built and work my way through the tutorial. They actually changed the tutorial on me halfway through taking out the bit about the Jupyter notebook and replacing it with a certificate helper. I managed to work my way through it all, compiled the program and have run it, but I cannot get the lights to blink. It has the appearance of being connected, but no blinky blink. Any thoughts as to where I may have went wrong?

I’ve done the same thing and was wondering too. It is “listening” though. I moved on to the next part, the blindly hellos world and was able to write my credentials to it, and it went from making a ticking to a very quiet squall of sorts. This whole ESP-IDF 4.2 that it wants you to load has been a real pain. I’ve had other versions of Python on my computer and laptop and I think that confuses it somehow. The installation for the tools would never complete, so I don’t think things were compiled right. Long story short, if you are worried that your device is “bricked” I don’t think it is.

The "Set Neopixel all RGB color" does not act in the same manner as the set individual pixel color block. If you switch from say a M5StickC to a M5Stack Fire or between one device and another, the units do not stay connected, so you have to reinitialize the units that you are using. Maybe this is just me not knowing the proper way of doing things, but I sometimes use the program for one controller on another or as a start on another controller. When you reselect the "RGB LED" unit in your list of units, it usually initializes as another unit. so if your original code had neopixel1 as the unit, when you reinitialize, it comes in as maybe neopixel2 or neopixel 3. It's easy enough to go through your blocks and change all instances of neopixel1 to neopixel2, but the "Set Neopixel all RGB color" block will not allow you to change its name. You have to delete that block and pull in a new one to replace it. Not the end of the world, but potentially a bug.

Still happy!!

I tried the UIFlow example and I can't make it work. I can make the Arduino example work, but copying the UI flow code for the Core 2 and trying to replicate the UIflow blockly, It doesn't work. I got an error message saying the lvgl library was missing.

https://docs.m5stack.com/#/en/quick_start/timer_cam/quick_start_uiflow

How do you get the camera to turn off? I flashed it using the cameratools software and it doesn't seem to be responding to a long push of the button. What am i missing?
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Ok thanks! I'll give it a go.

I really like the remote function where I can control the M5 Fire or Stick from a webpage and can have sensor data sent to the page, but it does not appear to work with more than one variable or piece of sensor data being sent to the page. If I add more than one remote, it disconnects the device and will not reconnect until I delete the whole add remote "chunk" so to speak and it takes some coaxing to get it to reconnect. It works fine with a slider or a button and a add remote data function, but not more than one. For instance, the below will not work as soon as you try to upload it, it disconnects. I have tried with a M5 Fire and a StackC using UIFlow web version 1.6.5 and both devices have the most current version of the firmware

Not sure if this is a false positive or something, but my bitdefender is blocking some of your content.

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Kelly

@m5stack That did the trick! Thank you! I was able to get it connected without the battery. So can I attach the battery now?