Wiser Beginnings

Hello,

I'm intrested in starting to intergrate a wiser unit into my own c-bus install.
Where is the best place to start and what equipment should I get??

TIA, Aaron

 

I would start by downloading PICED and playing around with creating a Wiser project. It has a simulator for Wiser, Logic/Scheduling simulator, Help manuals so you should be able to figure out a lot using it. I would also read the forum posts about port forwarding, tcp/ip configuration to pick up on the quirks that Wiser has.

 

Aaron,

If you don?t mind another beginner and you want to come over to Bristol you could come and see my install if you wish. I guess it depends whereabouts in Wales you are but feel free to pop over the bridge and come see it in action if you like.

PM me if you're interested.

Cheers



Jon

 

Help

Hi All,

In need of some help...
I've installed a wiser unit to c-bus and am able to access the program to control various items via wifi and my phone - very pleased

My next step is to link the wiser to the internet via a stand alone modem thingy?

I can get the modem to work when connected to a pc directly.

I've tried myself with a lot of help and patience from Jon (Thanks again)
but cant get internet access through the wiser unit.

My understanding of this is limited but willing to learn

Can anyone suggest typical 'settings' for both devices (modem and wiser).

Any help would be much appreciated.

The modem is, please see link to manual;

http://www.sitecom.com/adsl-2-modem/dc-229/p/778


TIA, Aaron

 

Off my personal cheat sheet..

WISER SETUP FOR EXTERNAL ACCESS

THREE STEPS

1 CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT WITH WWW.DYNDNS.ORG WHICH WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE WWW.JSMITHHOUSE.DYNDNS.ORG

2 LAN / ROUTER SETUP
ORGANISE CUSTOMERS LAN SO WISER IS A ?NODE/DEVICE? ON EXISTING NETWORK, EFFECTIVELY SETUP 'B' FROM WISER MANUAL
DISABLE DCHP AND GIVE WISER A STATIC IP WITHIN RANGE OF CUSTOMERS ROUTER
IN CUSTOMERS ROUTER SETUP PORT FORWARD AS BELOW TO WISERS IP ADDRESS
PORT FORWARD 8080 > WISER IP
80 > WISER IP
8888 > WISER IP
8889 > WISER IP
8336 > WISER IP
8337 > WISER IP
IN CUSTOMERS ROUTER UNDER ?DNS?, 'DDNS' OR ?DYNDNS? SETTING ENTER YOUR DETAILS FROM WWW.DYNDNS.ORG
SAVE

3 PICED SETUP
PROJECT DETAILS > WISER> PROPERTIES ? CHECK ALL IP DETAILS ARE CORRECT, ENSURE PASSWORDS ARE ENTERED
PROJECT DETAILS > WISER> ACCESS ? CHECK ALL ?ENABLE? BOXES, IN URL/IP ADDRESS ENTER YOUR WWW.DYNDNS.ORG DOMAIN NAME
PROJECT DETAILS > WISER> LAN ? CHECK ALLOW ACCESS, ENTER GATEWAY DETAIL OF CUSTOMERS NETWORK
TRANSFER TO WISER

THAT?S ALL

Cheers,
Nik

 

Hi Nik,

Thanks for the information.

I'm trying, I think, to set the wiser and my modem up as option c?
so that I can add additional network items to the wiser router in the future.

is this still possible with this set up?
or will i have to manually assign ip addresses for each new piece of kit.

and will the wireless connect/disconnect automatically?

Aaron

 

Hi Nick,

No, I entered all my ISP login details into the modem.
Any idea how I make the modem work in bridge mode?

Aaron

 

How did you get on, Aaron? All sorted now?

Cheers


Jon

 

Hi Jon,

Good to hear from you

Not complete yet . . . work in progress !?!
Got the wiser up and running and am able to control c-bus when I use the Wiser router.
just need to sort out remote (off site access) via router/modem.
I'll have to give you a call on that though!

I've been messing around with heating controls recently - just about there with that, thanks to a lot of help from forum.

Aaron

 

Attached is how the Port Forwarding looks in the NetGear Router admin. Note: in my case the internal IP of my Wiser is the 192.1678.1.111 address. Yours will not be the same.

I also had to change the Port for the Remote Management of the Router to keep 8080 free for Wiser use.

Call if you need help Aaron.

 

thanks Nik

this was just the right info with out to much clutter
thanks a mill