Chris, You breaking new ground here I think. Great job. The ethernet will defiantly reduce the wiring and the troublesome RS485 boards. You are explaining what you are doing very well. Keep it up. Mike
this is brilliant so looking forward to ditching rs485s but would like to keep cmri and go wifi so can't wait for the next video. Thanks for all you are sharing, its making a huge difference.
Thanks for making this. Very interesting. The extra cabling for a mutliboard layout is an issue for me. A two wire bus for RS485 is very easy. Wifi, will get round that problem. I look forward to the next instalment.
Thanks Chris, I think that's a good point for most layouts. I've gone with Cat5e cabling as in the loft it's very easy to hide the cabling away, out of the little central path that runs up and down. But as you saym Wifi rules it out altogether. Next instalment on the way! Regards, Chris
looking at the video, are your RS485 wires (purple & white by the look of it) running as wires or are they running as a twisted pair of wires? from experience here running over any length as just wires causes problems, find over short lengths its fine but under my layout is was a pain, moving to twisted pair wires (basically just single core cable twisted round itself) cured all the reliability issues. the ethernet stuff is interesting though
Hey Dale! Thanks - yeah, pink and purple RS485 cables. The video doesn't show it, but there is a twisted pair bus running above that Arduino, and the cables going into the MAX485 come from a junction in that bus wire. Next step is Wifi! It's a shame really as I think I probably will move on from CMRI - but I'm glad that there are very viable ethernet / wifi options for it now. Regards, Chris
Chris, You breaking new ground here I think. Great job. The ethernet will defiantly reduce the wiring and the troublesome RS485 boards. You are explaining what you are doing very well. Keep it up. Mike
Ha, thanks Mike, i think I've been breaking lots of things! Regards, Chris
Thanks for taking the time to share these videos. They are a great help. 👍
Thank you, that's very kind! Apologies - I missed this comment as I haven't really looked at UA-cam for a month or two. Regards, Chris
this is brilliant so looking forward to ditching rs485s but would like to keep cmri and go wifi so can't wait for the next video. Thanks for all you are sharing, its making a huge difference.
Thanks Ian it's on the way! I'm with you on RS485. Mine is pulled out now and it feels good! Regards, Chris
Thanks for making this. Very interesting. The extra cabling for a mutliboard layout is an issue for me. A two wire bus for RS485 is very easy. Wifi, will get round that problem. I look forward to the next instalment.
Thanks Chris, I think that's a good point for most layouts. I've gone with Cat5e cabling as in the loft it's very easy to hide the cabling away, out of the little central path that runs up and down. But as you saym Wifi rules it out altogether. Next instalment on the way! Regards, Chris
good vid tans lee
Thanks Lee.
looking at the video, are your RS485 wires (purple & white by the look of it) running as wires or are they running as a twisted pair of wires? from experience here running over any length as just wires causes problems, find over short lengths its fine but under my layout is was a pain, moving to twisted pair wires (basically just single core cable twisted round itself) cured all the reliability issues.
the ethernet stuff is interesting though
of course ethernet runs a heck of a lot faster than the typical RS485, and may allow stuff like the ESP8266 & ESP32 over wifi directly
Hey Dale! Thanks - yeah, pink and purple RS485 cables. The video doesn't show it, but there is a twisted pair bus running above that Arduino, and the cables going into the MAX485 come from a junction in that bus wire. Next step is Wifi! It's a shame really as I think I probably will move on from CMRI - but I'm glad that there are very viable ethernet / wifi options for it now. Regards, Chris