contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x

General
1

Hello,

I'm using several VL53L0X sensors.

They are switched individually via the XShut without any problems.

I start the node with an injection interval (pollstart), but I need to switch the node back to pollstop when changing the sensor.

Does anyone have any ideas? All attempts so far have failed.

2

The readme says to pass in msg.payload = start or stop. I presume it means strings.

3

I've already tried that, but without success.

If I deactivate the node and then reactivate it, it works.

I can't close or terminate it with just one command.

4

It would have been helpful to say that in your first message.

Unfortunately the github repository does not allow issues to be posted so you can't ask there, but if you go from their to the author's page there is an email address so you could try emailing him.

First, though, add a debug node showing what you are sending to the node to stop it. Set it to Output Complete Message, and show us what you see. Does the node pass on an error message when it fails?

5

Looking into the source of of the easybotics version of this node, there's no way to start / stop anything.
It yet is a fork of another node, originally created by a person named Mike Skutta. This node has a start / stop scheme ... according to its source.

6

I'll try contacting him.

Maybe he can help me.

7

I'd like to propose you install the node of Mike (from it's GitHub repo) and try if it works better than the first one.