myDevicesIoT / cayenne-plugin-tsl

A TSL plugin for Cayenne

Cayenne TSL Plugin

A plugin allowing the Cayenne Pi Agent to read data from TSL light sensors (TSL2561, TSL2561T, TSL2561CS, TSL4531, TSL45311, TSL45313, TSL45317) and display it in the Cayenne Dashboard.

Requirements

Hardware

• Rasberry Pi.
• An TSL light sensor, e.g. TSL2561

Software

• Cayenne Pi Agent. This can be installed from the Cayenne Dashboard.
• Git.

Getting Started

1. Installation

From the command line run the following commands to install this plugin.

cd /etc/myDevices/plugins
sudo git clone https://github.com/myDevicesIoT/cayenne-plugin-tsl.git

2. Setting the device class

Specify the device you are using by setting the class value under the TSL Luminosity section in the cayenne_tsl.plugin file. By default this is set to TSL2561 but it can be set to use any of the classes in the cayenne_tsl module.

3. Restarting the agent

Restart the agent so it can load the plugin.

sudo service myDevices restart

Temporary widgets for the plugin should now show up in the Cayenne Dashboard. You can make them permanent by clicking the plus sign.

NOTE: If the temporary widgets do not show up try refreshing the Cayenne Dashboard or restarting the agent again using sudo service myDevices restart.