Heroku

[bnevers]

Can this code be applied using Heroku to enable access beyond the local network?

[marcoschwartz]

That won't work, as it really works within a local WiFi network. To deploy the same project on Heroku you need to look at other ways of communication like MQTT or WebSockets :)

[bnevers]

Thanks! I just came across a few of your other articles. Do you recommend dweet and freeboard to try and connect temp monitoring to cloud with uno and cc3000? Or something else? Your articles and code have been great!

Brandon

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On Mar 8, 2015, at 4:45 AM, marcoschwartz [email protected] wrote:

That won't work, as it really works within a local WiFi network. To deploy the same project on Heroku you need to look at other ways of communication like MQTT or WebSockets :)

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[marcoschwartz]

If you just need to monitor data, yes I would recommend the Dweet + Freeboard solution. It's just if you need to act on your home remotely (for example switch a lamp on) that you need to look at MQTT or WebSockets :)

[bnevers]

I'm just circling back from your response a week ago. First - thank you for
the advice! I'm building a remote bbq monitor and would like to hook up a
fan or servo to control temp so do want the 'push' functionality. I spent
some time and came up with a solution (I think) involving ThingFabric/MQTT
as a 3rd party app to Heroku so I can broadcast the data to an app, graph
it, log it, etc. I have an early version up in working so the technology
seems to be functioning. But, if you have other ideas/suggestions I'm open.
This is all new to me and it seems like new solutions and applications are
developed every day (for better or worse!).

Brandon

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 11:47 AM, marcoschwartz [email protected]
wrote:

If you just need to monitor data, yes I would recommend the Dweet +
Freeboard solution. It's just if you need to act on your home remotely (for
example switch a lamp on) that you need to look at MQTT or WebSockets :)

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[marcoschwartz]

You're welcome! For a hosted MQTT-like platform also have a look at PubNub. And totally agree with the huge numbers of solutions out there!