OneWireClient

[krambriw]

Latest version always here:
http://sto.hopto.org/Release/OneWireClient/

Maybe you have heard or read about OneWire?
http://owfs.org/

OneWire is a very useful alternative or complement to wireless solutions, especially for measurements and small control systems in a family house. I have used this myself for a while and it has worked out very well so I am now feeling confident that the plugin I have created and named 'OneWireClient' is working reliable.

For the OneWire network, there are so many different type of modules available to fulfill many needs.

What you need to make this happen:

HW:
- OneWire wired modules of your own need (like temperature and humidity sensors, I/O modules etc)
- An OneWire controller like the USB variant DS9490R
- A wired network (4 wire twisted pair)

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SW:
- owserver running and connected to the adapter above http://owfs.org/index.php?page=owserver_protocol
- the OneWireClient plugin configured and connected to the owserver
- some OneWireClient actions configured according to you needs

I personally run the owserver in a Raspberry Pi but you can run it in other environments as well like Windows, MacOSX, Linux, FreeBSD, check out the descriptions on the owfs.org site.

In the next I will describe how to configure the plugin and it's actions

[krambriw]

This is the configuration settings for the plugin. It is rather self instructive, you have to insert ip and port number to the owserver. In addition, you can select if the OneWireClient shall poll in the configured actions selected read attributes.

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This is the configuration of a read attribute action. If you are correctly connected to the OneWire network, the drop downs will be filled with details of your sensors and you can just pick and select.
- first you have to select the proper path to the sensor
- secondly you pick and select the attribute of interest
- check the box if you like to have this attribute included in the polling handled by the plugin
- give the action a descriptive name and save

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The configuration of a write attribute action. As for the above, if you are connected, the drop downs will be populated with details.
- select the proper path to the sensor
- pick and select the attribute of interest
- type in the value you would like to write to the attribute
- finally, give the action a descriptive name and save

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Continued...

[krambriw]

In addition there is one more action, the 'ClearSensorStatus' action. This is only to reset the current statuses of polled sensor attributes in the plugin.

If you are interested in reading and writing sensor attributes from a python script, this is very easy as the examples below shows you

Reading an attribute python sample:

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print eg.plugins.OneWireClient.ReadAttribute(u'Give me a name', u'/20.09F40C000000', u'PIO.A', False, 10.0, 0)

Writing an attribute python sample:

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print eg.plugins.OneWireClient.WriteAttribute(u'Give me a name', u'/20.09F40C000000', u'PIO.A', u'0')

I hope you enjoy and have use for this, I do my myself for sure

Best regards, Walter

[kkl]

Thanks so much for writing and sharing this. I've been wanting to try out 1-wire technology. Perhaps this will give me the incentive I need to get started.

[Pako]

It looks very nice.
It is a pity that I have no use for it.
I did some time ago (for home use) constructed a thermostat with OneWire sensor Dallas DS18B20.
Note: It has very few visits because I've never publish a link to it.

If all of this (especially Raspbbery Pi) existed back then, I'd probably conceived differently.
But now it is no longer worthwhile to redo it.

Pako

[krambriw]

Very nice what you have done!

You are right, most would go for wireless nowadays but wired has some advantages also (more type of available sensors, cheaper).

For wireless I think Z-Wave is best option but it is still too expensive, I hope prices will drop in future

Best regards and thank you, Walter