Popular - Twine community http://www.minervakestner.com/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:47:08 +0000 Popular - Twine community en IFTTT and Twine (logging with Google Spreadsheets) http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/73/ifttt-and-twine-logging-with-google-spreadsheets Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:49:46 +0000 At home John Lowell 73@/discussions Twine isn't updating dashboard & won't go into setup mode http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/483/twine-isnt-updating-dashboard-wont-go-into-setup-mode Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:15:57 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Byron Bowerman 483@/discussions
Clicking the network setup button in my account page just causes a 500 error in my javascript console.

What do I do now?
]]> How to obtain the firmware update http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/228/how-to-obtain-the-firmware-update Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:50 +0000 At home Robert Beckert 228@/discussions Frequency of report ... http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/348/frequency-of-report Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:21:54 +0000 At work Meteotest Informatik 348@/discussions ]]> Goodbye Twine! http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/363/goodbye-twine Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:59:34 +0000 At home Philipp Eierund 363@/discussions
10 days ago Chrstine from tech support promised me the the November modem firmware update which is supposed to take care of these connection problems. I wouldn't know since I'm still waiting. And just like the Twine itself customer service has stopped responding to my emails. And while Ive got a lot of patience and good will with new products from small companies I have absolutely zero tolerance for lack of transparency and updates to keep the customer in the loop.

Ayways, I'm very happy that I ordered from Amazon so that my best experience with the Twine will be the hassle free return. Should've listened to all the 1-star review on Amazon. I sure will be adding mine.

Ciao (for now) and good luck you guys!]]> How can I increase the mote's battery lifetime ? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/144/how-can-i-increase-the-motes-battery-lifetime Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:22:09 +0000 Software developers Bernard Tourancheau 144@/discussions It seems pretty short since I got an alert after less than a week of operation !!!

How can we have details about the MAC layer in use in the networking stack ?
It could be of interest to work on the protocol stack in order to improve the lifetime ...

How can I control the sampling schedule parameter in order to improve the batteries' duration ?
]]> Update: Twine Cloud Shield and Battery Life http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/399/update-twine-cloud-shield-and-battery-life Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:47:03 +0000 Supermechanical Updates Christina 399@/discussions Stack Cloud Shield on your Arduino, connect it to Twine, and get email, texting, calling, and more in a jiffy. With Cloud Shield, you can add the ability to trigger any Twine output from your Arduino sketch with three lines of code, so you can focus on your idea and not debugging networking code. Want to see how easy it is? Check out this video.
What could make this even better? If you get a Twine + Cloud Shield kit now, you’ll get $10 off! Already have a Twine, but want the Cloud Shield? Free shipping for you (domestic only)!
In the video, you get a special sneak preview of a soon-to-be released notification method, phone calls! Your Twine will call you with the text you type in the action. It will be available as a paid add-on.

Battery life update:

First of all, don't worry!  We're not done reducing power consumption and are continuing to invest development resources into improving Twine battery life.  The Twine 1.2 release not only added new features like vibration support, but also reduced the power used by the accelerometer and external port.  Here's the situation at the moment:
1. In fixed installations, you can use virtually any micro-USB power supply to run your Twine.  Here's one on Amazon with free shipping.  Twine will automatically fall back to batteries if external power is lost.
2. This pie chart below shows how much power each Twine component uses.image
As you can see, the WiFi radio accounts for about 76% of Twine's power consumption.  That's a big, but unfortunately very necessary chunk!  To further improve battery life, we have started a major rework of the way that the radio subsystem works.  This effort will take some time to complete, but should make very significant reductions in the amount of power that the radio uses.  We'll keep you updated as we get closer to release.
]]> Adding an external temperature sensor http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/392/adding-an-external-temperature-sensor Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:30:56 +0000 Hardware developers Jeremie KLEIN 392@/discussions
I know so far the external sensors can be only on/off (which is a shame) but i'm wondering is there a way to externalize the existing internal temperature sensor or ultimately add a new one by hacking directly the board.

the place i wan't to use my twine is not covered by WiFi so i need an extension!

thanks

Jeremie

]]> Does email in rules work at all? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/265/does-email-in-rules-work-at-all Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:34:36 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Richard Wifall 265@/discussions
One is set to send me an email when the temperature passed a threshold.
The other was set to email me when the twine changed to have it's top facing up.

Both of these events occurred (and I eventually saw the change in the web interface), but I never have received an email. I checked my spam folders and nothing there.

Do rules work at all? Does email in rules work?]]> Are 1-Wire devices supported in the Breakout Board? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/231/are-1-wire-devices-supported-in-the-breakout-board Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:31:05 +0000 Hardware developers Teodoro Alonso 231@/discussions I am trying to use one of these temperature sensors: http://www.adafruit.com/products/381 . Will it be just as easy to hook up power, ground and IN?
Thanks
tgalonso]]> Don't assume the supplied batteries are charged.... http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/111/dont-assume-the-supplied-batteries-are-charged Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:03:55 +0000 Miscellaneous don mcintyre 111@/discussions
All is well, just doodling with it at this point.]]> Just checking in, reporting my Twine plans http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/242/just-checking-in-reporting-my-twine-plans Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:09:39 +0000 At home Bryan Hance 242@/discussions
After a fire/smoke scare at my apartment last year (thanks, idiot neighbor) I got to wondering why there aren't any smoke detectors on the market capable of email/SMS/tweeting when they go off. Some googling on this basically turned up nothing. Some folks I spoke to swear these exist in China, but I've been unable to locate any so far.

So: the plan is to

a) Cannibalize an existing smoke detector
b) Measure the voltage inbound to its piezo alarm when it goes off
c) Hit radio shack for whatever I need to interface that with the Twine breakout
d) Add another 2 x AAA's in parallel

... and a rule that Tweets me: THE ROOF, THE ROOF, THE ROOF IS ON FIRE if the smoke alarm ever goes off.

standard disclaimer: yeah I know, not using this for safety/critical uses, etc. Just an easy first experiment for my twine. ]]> Using Google Analytics with Twine HTTP get/post http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/495/using-google-analytics-with-twine-http-get-post Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:31:02 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Stephen Cudd 495@/discussions
One of the things I am attempting is event recording. As an example, if I attach a Twine to a door I can use the vibration sensor to detect each time the door is opened. I want to record and subsequently visualise that data showing current and historical activity (ie: how many times was the door opened last week). I could create a web page and database that will handle all of this but it occurred to me that Google Analytics has all of this already covered. By simply issuing a GET request to a web page that I have control of I would then like to see that event appear in my Google Analytics. I tried it out but I am guessing that Google doesn't record or display the event as it regards the request from the Twine device to be a spider/bot.

Does anybody have any suggestions on whether it is possible to change this?  
]]> Motion Sensor http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/219/motion-sensor Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:56:52 +0000 At home Danny Weber 219@/discussions NOT SAVING RULES http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/321/not-saving-rules Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:55:39 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Felix Garcia 321@/discussions Twine in the fridge ? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/286/twine-in-the-fridge Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:38:30 +0000 At home paul Savage 286@/discussions
But it doesn't seem strong enough to get the signal out. Have other people had similar issues ? ]]> What is the syntax of Rules? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/191/what-is-the-syntax-of-rules Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:19:06 +0000 Software developers Bradley Wilson 191@/discussions How to add SMS without paying for upgrade http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/416/how-to-add-sms-without-paying-for-upgrade Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:19:43 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Rick Valenzuela 416@/discussions
Before, you would enter your cell number AND carrier and country. Those options are now gone. I thought you could still send text messages without the upgrade?

Thanks,

Rick
]]> Twine for Sale http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/451/twine-for-sale Fri, 24 May 2013 12:02:00 +0000 Miscellaneous Matt Gifford 451@/discussions This is my twine on eBay. It's already unlinked from my account here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130913619547?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649]]> Temperature alert for the RV... http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/425/temperature-alert-for-the-rv Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:14:49 +0000 At home Doug Cook 425@/discussions Lost connection. http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/391/lost-connection Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:43:58 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Felix Garcia 391@/discussions Community web page suggestion http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/112/community-web-page-suggestion Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:11:23 +0000 Miscellaneous Bill Spencer 112@/discussions What to do with my "bricked" Twine... http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/349/what-to-do-with-my-bricked-twine Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:54:27 +0000 Tips and Troubleshooting Michael Kennedy 349@/discussions
I went to set it up for a new network (to be able to use it at my job-site); which after some hair pulling seemed to succeed. I got a message about needing a new firmware (which I had updated 2-3 days ago); and then it went dead.

I've pulled the batteries (which were perfectly good) several times, brought the Twine back home and put new batteries in it... nothing. It's just a green doorstop right now.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
]]> twine cannot maintain connection http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/281/twine-cannot-maintain-connection Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:41:55 +0000 At home Ryan Lister 281@/discussions
the twine then seems to have entered an inactive phase where it won't try to connect to the network, won't reenter setup mode, etc. I just have to remove batteries and start again.....which is pointless, I have gone through this process many times now....very flaky device.....and not enough online support info. annoying.....]]> USB battery cable / bracket thingy http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/116/usb-battery-cable-bracket-thingy Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:54:45 +0000 Hardware developers don mcintyre 116@/discussions
If so, how about a cable or clip on device that would connect a standard 9volt battery direct to the mini USB slot?. Cable would work, but a holder that a 9volt battery is inserted into, with a mini male plug would work also.

Regards - Don]]> Has anyone looked at a TI SensorTag? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/427/has-anyone-looked-at-a-ti-sensortag Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:16:35 +0000 Miscellaneous Joel Finkle 427@/discussions Coin cell battery with 8uA current draw
$25

Designed for integration with phones - currently iOS
]]> remotely turn off twine http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/502/remotely-turn-off-twine Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:57:16 +0000 Feature requests davide osto 502@/discussions
Thank You
]]> How are you attaching Twine to things? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/48/how-are-you-attaching-twine-to-things Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:44:50 +0000 At home whataburger 48@/discussions http://www.amazon.com/3M-109-Wallsaver-Removable-Mounting/dp/B00004Z4BR/

I saw that other people were using things like duct tape. What else are you using?]]> How accurate is the temperature sensor? http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/15/how-accurate-is-the-temperature-sensor Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:24:25 +0000 At home Robb Kunz 15@/discussions Deutsches Forum http://www.minervakestner.com/discussion/341/deutsches-forum Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:18:26 +0000 Miscellaneous Georg Lünenschloß 341@/discussions gibt es hier auch deutschsprachige Nutzer von Twine?

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