make sure your computer have installed CH340 USB-RS232 driver.
   
   

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Hello,
I request a free sample for an IoT project.
I've been passionate about IoT for many years and I've done several projects, initially to learn and later by creating an IoT system for the whole house. Watching the KinCony videos, I was surprised by the multitude of possibilities that your devices offer. I am requesting a kit in order to perform a major upgrade of my IoT system at home.
Thank you

Hello,

I noticed there is a question already surrounding analog inputs but this doesn't relate specifically to the E16p Board, is Analog inputs (A01-A04) the same as CH1-CH4?

I have a couple of sensors i am using for water level measuring within a water tank, these run off 12v but the sensor returns values of between 0V-5V depending how full the tank is, the more full the tank the higher the voltage being sent down the signal wire. Is this an acceptable voltage range to be put into the CH1-CH4 (what i believe to be analog inputs) and how would i configure this in home assistant to show the water level based on the voltage just on a simple gauge or graph (5v from the sensor indicates 100% water level and 0v = 0% water 2.5v = 50% etc)

I am currently just using the home assistant config code 

with slight adjustments made to get temp and humidity information from an SHT31 sensor using SCL and SDA.

Any help would be appreciated.

kind regards,

Callum

Hi,

I have my KC868-AIO connected to KC868-E16-V2.
It is connected via Ethernet to Home Assistant server.

It was working smoothly, was working fine after many power off situations at home.
Today I had to reset all electricity power at home off and after couple of seconds on and I lost my KC868-AIO - its ethernet does not work (based on the lights on the ethernet plug). It does not have any IP, scanned all the IPs in the local network, probably the ESP32 board died?

I do not know how to debug my KC868-AIO to see any error messages and to see if the ethernet board on KC868-AIO is broken?
Or do you have any experience what might be the issue? Could it just resetted to factory settings? In the factory settings it would not have ethernet output working?

Do you know how to debug it via USB? What tool to use to see the logs? What tool to see the errors? And check if ESP32 is alive?

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Hello,  I am new to the forum and new to DIY. Hopefully I can get some guidance from the seasoned DIYers and Kincony admins.

I am building 2 houses that are coming up soon for electrical wiring. I am considering Kincony products instead of the wiifi router for home automation, but I have some questions that I hope something in this forum can help with.
 
The houses are fully 100% off-grid solar, and battery power as they are being built not very close to any grid power.
 
I am considering Kincony products and some Zigbee devices for home automation.
 
First, how does Kincony work with dumb light switches? Ex. Can Kincony turn off a light using automation and the light be turned back on via switch?
Second, what happens after a power loss? Does the system come back with everything working?
Third, if used in conjunction with ZigBee devices, does the devices need to be reprogram when using Kincony to control the down stream device? Ex. Kincony controls a device circuit like a light switch, in between the Kincony hub and the device is a ZigBee device, does this device loses power and require program?
Fourth, will wireless connected devices lose programming if controlled with Kincony?
Fifth, how does Kincony interact with other smart devices or technology such as wireless, Bluetooth, Zwave, ZigBee, etc.?

House:
·         65+ lights control by dumb light switches
·         4 mini split ac conditioning – automated to work only during solar power
·         A series of motion/pir sensors
·         Motorized blinds
·         Dimmable lights
·         Multiway light switch
·         Water level monitor
·          
I want voice control (Alexa, Google, and local), app control, browser control using tablets, using Home Assistant.


I am considering these products
KC868-Server, KC868-E8, MCB breaker, and other components.
 
Am I missing anything? Can Kincony do all this without any issues?
 

Hello, I have a KC868-E16S board and installed the firmware KCS V2.1.9 on it. I connected a water level sensor that operates in the range of 0 to 5 volts and 0 to 0.7 meters.

I tested the sensor by placing it in a water tank with an actual height of 41 cm. 

I noticed that the sensor reads up to 35 cm and the reading seems to remain constant even when the water level increases or decreases. For example, when I lowered the water level to 15 cm, the sensor did not register the change and the reading remained at 35 cm.

Similarly, when I increased the water level to 42 cm, the sensor reading did not change.

Can you help me solve this problem?

Hi,  please can you link to a guide that describes how to flash KC868-A16 using idf.py or similar Linux CLI tool ?

I think reading the forum that the source for "firmware 2.1.9" is not available - please advise if I got this wrong.

thanks!

(10-29-2023, 04:36 AM)kramd Wrote: Hi,  please can you link to a guide that describes how to flash KC868-A16 using idf.py or similar Linux CLI tool ?

I think reading the forum that the source for "firmware 2.1.9" is not available - please advise if I got this wrong.

thanks!