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@Paul, you are probably right, but at present the one sensing task-one Twine model would become prohibitively expensive very quickly. And I realize we are dealing with a very early development piece of hardware, but unless we can get the cost down t…
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I'd second that; having the user given the ability to set their tech ability level, and thus their ability to dig deeper into the interface. If Twine takes off, this would allow for a cottage industry of "Twine Tuners" helping people to tailor their…
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Laura, typically you'll get 10 to 12 days after the 1st low battery warning, the trigger voltage is set far too high. And you'll get better life out of the 2nd set; the original set-up is very power hungry.
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FWIW, if you are going to wire in a parallel battery case, get a 2xAA case (or even a 4xAA case wired to give 3 V nominal), to get better life.
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Just a note, that if you are comparing the Twine temperature to some other sensor's temperature, you have an instrument pair where each one has it's own error. Unless one of the pairs is a lab calibrated thermometer, you can't be sure what amount of…
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My Twine stopped reporting at 2.45 V.
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Certainly the original descriptions (of more than a year ago) of what the Twine would do fairly clearly stated that analog measurements would be possible via the external plug. It is not clear if in the final implementation the external plug's prese…
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This is what I answered to a similar question elsewhere. There seems to be no way that I can find of deleting a Twine account. On the other hand, the Twine can only "remember" one WiFi connection, so connecting it to another network will wipe out th…
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Mark, BTW, my Twine firmware is Nov. 15, which is definitely the version you should have, as that fixed a number of other (smaller) issues.
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Mark, that's not how it's "supposed" to work, but perhaps the version of firmware you received is before the automatic update was implemented. In my particular case, it was the communications firmware that needed updating (there are 2 firmware sets;…
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The Twine went dead just about 12 days after 1st reporting "low batteries", with the last reported voltage being 2.45 V. The good news is it came right back up and reported within a few seconds after new batteries were installed. Also noted, with th…
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This is exactly the creative kind of thinking that Twine users need to have; not, why won't it do this exact thing.
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Hey Mate! (I have very fond memories of your country and it's people.) You may want to search around on your carrier's website for the equivalent of the following at http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=GCT&_nfls=tr…
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This kind of thing is all very well for those of us who are techies, and think techie. But, given the Twine objective, I don't think grandma would handle this.
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As I'm reporting in an ongoing experiment elsewhere, I am on day 12 after the 1st low battery waning, running at 2.48 V. That makes it about day 18 on a fresh set of batteries. Looking at specs of circuitry likely to be used inside the Twine, I expe…
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Maybe the implied rules of buying into a Kickstarter offering are not made clear enough, but anyone who is familiar with that crowd-funding model realizes that what you are buying into is a dream. The descriptions may well bear some resemblance to …
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Twine checks for firmware updates every time you upload a new rule (so to get the latest version, just save your rules, you don't even have to change them, just save them). That works only for the "how the wheels go around" stuff; it seems that low …
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Jeff has what works right now, but a little more flexibility in the rules programming would help. After all, this is supposed to be usable by grandma!
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With Twine as it is, all sensors only report on/off, no analogue values are possible. As for putting the Twine itself into the barbie, this is definitely not recommended, and would quickly take the Twine outside its operating specs; plus, the smoke …
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When all else fails, suspect the cable! Someone has posted a suggestion on availability of cheap dollar store cables that seem to work, but I can't find the link at the moment. But if none of the sensors work, that's what I would replace.
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That's a good question! There seems to be no way that I can find of deleting a Twine account. On the other hand, the Twine can only "remember" one WiFi connection, so connecting it to another network will wipe out the settings for the 1st one. But, …
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I am at day 12 after the 1st low battery message, reporting 2.49 V. It is not clear if those of your reporting poor battery life are actually experiencing you Twin dying, of are simply believing the low battery message. If the former, it would be g…
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See http://community.supermechanical.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/847#Comment_847
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With luck, I thought I might be a beta tester, but my expectation was alpha testing, both on hardware and software. Given the Kickstarter model, that is what you buy into, no matter what the hopes and dreams that are advertised promise. I never thou…
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Agreed, Bill. I guess my comment was a partial lament of the design decision to go with limited availability cables in the 1st place. Even re-purposed USB cables would have been a better solution. And I'm trying to get that our there often enough th…
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5 feet is still pretty limiting for some very obvious applications. For example, I want to have a high level alarm for my house sump and a low temperature alarm from a point somewhere near the thermostat, for when I leave my house for more than a fe…
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At present, the Twine input connected to the jack is restricted to an "on" signal, being somewhere above 2.5 V or so, and less than 3.3 V (there is no sensing of the actual voltage, just an "on" signal), and an "off" signal, which 0 V up to some not…
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Hi Brian and others: From an email exchange with John Kestner I learned the following: there are two kinds of firmware for the Twine; 1) that which runs the Twine itself; sensor checking, rules execution, regular communications with Twine "Central" …
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Still going, at 2.57 V, roughly 8.6 days after low battery email. For the record, this Twine is running with moisture sensor plugged in, but dry.
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The documentation (such as it is) is not entirely clear, but from discussions with John Kestner on the moisture sensor, it seems that rules are implemented something like this; * they are transition-based, not state-based; * if you set a rule that i…
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