http://www.minervakestner.com/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:58:02 +0000 Miscellaneous - Twine community en http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/226/spam-filtering-of-twine-email Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:46:27 +0000 Miscellaneous Gerry Mueller 226@/discussions After a fair bit of experimenting, I believe if you are sending email to an iPhone @me.com or @icloud.com, Apple does not like the portion of the "From:" field, which will look like this, with each * a hexadecimal digit, the total Twine ID. There appears to be no way to add @supermechanical.net to a "friendly" domain list, so essentially it will have to be up to Supermechanical to persuade Apple to not filter out their Twine messages. I have been in touch with John Kestner about this.
With my other email provider, @symatico.ca (also @bell.net), in Canada, I was able to add @supermechanical.net to a "friendlies" list, but you have to do that using the Sympatico/Bell web interface to Hotmail, which is the actual platform beneath Sympatio/Bell. Once you do that, your Twine email will be downloaded to your phone, tablet, or computer.
One other wrinkle; if you use Outlook on your desktop, it may decide that Twine email is spam, and sort it to your Junk E-mail folder, so you need to keep an eye on that. Further, if you run McAfee Anti-Spam on your desktop, it occasional also sees Twine email as spam, and sorts it to the McAfee Anti-Spam folder. Unfortunately, neither Outlook nor McAfee seem to have a "friendlies" list.

Sigh! This was supposed to make life easier.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/79/sensors-vibration-rule Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:47:44 +0000 Miscellaneous john talley 79@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/56/can-i-have-twine-work-with-multiple-wifi-networks Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:02:15 +0000 Miscellaneous Charlie Sneath 56@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/227/faqs Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:02:37 +0000 Miscellaneous Paul Freeman 227@/discussions
Can you please put up a FAQ's page?

It seems that many of the questions posted in the discussions could be summarised quite easily into a FAQ's section. I'd expect that would save a lot of workload for you answering the same questions. And it should be a pretty simple thing to incorporate to your web page. It would also simplify peoples searches if they can find official answers quickly, rather than sifting through opinions. ]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/36/who-made-the-twine-box Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:11:23 +0000 Miscellaneous Savraj Singh 36@/discussions
Twine is cool, can't wait for more software updates. Great job with the setup process too, very slick interface.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/195/i-know-its-not-officially-supported-but-has-anyone-tried-to-use-a-splitter-to-try-two-sensors Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:54:52 +0000 Miscellaneous Miguel Buenrostro 195@/discussions
Each sensor has a uniqueId, if I understand correctly, so I wonder if a splitter would allow two sensors to work. I could see a problem with the same sensorType (two magnetic, for example since maybe the interface supports only one), but maybe, just maybe, two different sensor types might work?

I'm just wondering and trying to get the most out of this nifty thing.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/225/simple-led-colour-change Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:27:48 +0000 Miscellaneous Paul Freeman 225@/discussions
Use a small piece of coloured electrical tape to cover the LED. Just cut a strip about 7mm or so long, and wrap it over the LED and under the PCB. Simple, cheap, quick, very effective and totally reversible!

Other less convenient options could be to use a permanent marker to colour it in, glass paint, perhaps even nail polish. However be careful because some of these can be conductive and effect the circuit. They're also much harder to reverse. ]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/220/cant-connect-to-wifi-wep-key-to-long Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:01:27 +0000 Miscellaneous Scott Mundell 220@/discussions
However my wep key is 13 characters and uses letters past F.

I can connect when I have the wep key disabled.

Any way I can fix this?]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/115/may-have-fixed-my-sleep-issue-with-a-router-firmware-update Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:29:37 +0000 Miscellaneous William Winter 115@/discussions I use a Cisco/Linksys E4200 WiFi router. It was running the out-of-the-box firmware from about 1 year (or more) ago, version 1.0.01. I upgraded the firmware to the latest and now the Twine seems to sleep and wake properly.
I hope this info helps someone!
Best, William]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/178/change-password Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:16:50 +0000 Miscellaneous John Black 178@/discussions http://community.supermechanical.com). In addition, when I sign out I'm automatically and instantly signed back in. Am I missing something?]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/171/web-browser-access-to-twine Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:35:25 +0000 Miscellaneous Gerry Mueller 171@/discussions Chrome and Safari work just fine; I have not tested other browsers.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/86/will-it-bother-the-workings-of-twine-to-be-plugged-into-regular-power-long-term Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:16:10 +0000 Miscellaneous Stella Violano 86@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/54/is-a-waterproof-case-for-use-outdoors-being-developed Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:43:01 +0000 Miscellaneous Jason Kody 54@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/164/twine-support-still-responding Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:33:34 +0000 Miscellaneous David Albert 164@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/117/trouble-with-loss-of-network-connection Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:58:04 +0000 Miscellaneous James Kelly 117@/discussions
1. Batteries are fresh
2. LED lights up during network connection phase
3. Success on all wizard screens.

My Twine is not being "found" and I get a message stating "We're checking to see if your Twine is connected..." and a countdown begins from about 70seconds or so. No success when done.

Does the Twine have some sort of timeout where it disconnects from the network if it doesn't have a rule configured? I deleted the current rule a few days ago and today, when I tried to make a new rule, I simply cannot get the Twine to be recognized for a new rule.

Flipping the Twine over on its back doesn't seem to wake it up. With no reset button, just not sure where to go from here. Any help is appreciated.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/159/twine-status-app-for-android Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:24:25 +0000 Miscellaneous Bill Spencer 159@/discussions
Why use it? Decide for yourself. Once you enter your email address and password Twine Status is a quick and easy way to get to the dashboard. It's especially easier on a smartphone. You could do the same thing by opening a browser but that means entering the URL or finding a bookmark. Tapping the app on your screen is quicker. I have not put this app on Google Play because it's just not very sophisticated and has limited appeal, and I'm sure someone with programming talent will come up with something better.

To get the app, first go to security settings on your device and make sure to allow installs from unknown sources. Then use a browser on your device and go to www.appsgeyser.com/319291 to download the .apk file. Once it is downloaded you may be prompted to install the app, or you may have to select the apk file from your download folder to initiate the install.

Once installed, give it a try and leave some feedback here if you think it is worth the price. Also, be sure to turn off accepting apps from unknown sources so you don't get a lot of unwanted junk.
]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/160/switch-from-fahrenheit-to-celsius-edit-nvm-i-got-it Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:17:21 +0000 Miscellaneous bang ly 160@/discussions
**edit, I figured it out. The Dashboard displays the change once you've added a temperature rule and changed to Celsius there... sorry for the trouble. ]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/157/the-open-rule-matches-two-sensors Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:05:07 +0000 Miscellaneous Ken Robinson 157@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/108/usb-power-versus-batteries Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:40:35 +0000 Miscellaneous Bill Spencer 108@/discussions twine's internal regulation of the 5v from the charger. Anyway, it's one way to tell if Twine is plugged in.]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/139/rules-display-is-weird-today Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:01:12 +0000 Miscellaneous Ken Robinson 139@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/133/get-spammed-every-time-i-update-the-programming Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:43:04 +0000 Miscellaneous John Adler 133@/discussions Its helpful because it acknowledges that the Twine received the updated program, but its also a nuisance because of how many messages there are.
I assume that this is a known "feature" and is being worked for the next version?]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/136/principles-of-operation Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:34:02 +0000 Miscellaneous Steve Crowley 136@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/94/magnet-variable-in-http-request-action-not-working Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:19:42 +0000 Miscellaneous Pablos Holman 94@/discussions
http://example.com/?magnet=[open/closed]&temp=[temperature]&orient=[orientation]

Then I get this in my web server log:

192.168.1.1 - - [20/Nov/2012:20:19:00 -0800] "GET /?magnet=[open/closed]&temp=76&orient=top HTTP/1.1" 200 652 "-" "-"

Looks like the variable substitution isn't working for the magnet sensor?]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/112/community-web-page-suggestion Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:11:23 +0000 Miscellaneous Bill Spencer 112@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/97/unable-to-insert-mini-usb-connector Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:43:43 +0000 Miscellaneous Jonathan Collins 97@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/88/allowing-search-by-new-posts Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:50:40 +0000 Miscellaneous Stella Violano 88@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/80/why-didnt-i-get-switches Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:00:13 +0000 Miscellaneous john talley 80@/discussions http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/74/checking-if-someone-is-moving-my-twine Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:39:36 +0000 Miscellaneous David Albert 74@/discussions ]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/55/what-is-the-orientation-for-best-wifi-reception Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:38:52 +0000 Miscellaneous M W 55@/discussions I'm trying to attach my twine to a mailbox door but when I cover it with tape I think it reduces the wifi signal strength too much so it can't send its text message.

Is there a certain orientation that works best, or is there a part of twine that shouldn't be covered to ensure the best signal strength?

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks!

MW]]> http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/9/sensor-a-la-cart-availability Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:50:49 +0000 Miscellaneous Dan Peters 9@/discussions en