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      <title>Tips and Troubleshooting - Twine community</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Power Twine</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/509/power-twine</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 03:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Max Hartvigsen</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[If I wanted to connect my twine to a power source and not use batteries what voltage range would it accept?]]>
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        <title>replacing batteries is not easy</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/481/replacing-batteries-is-not-easy</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>doug weiss</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I know designing a cover for twine is tricky, but the current cover is almost impossible to get off to replace the batteries. &nbsp;I had to find something to brace the twine on while I carefully held the flexible cover and slowly pulled it down. &nbsp;While this might be acceptable for a device with a one year or more battery life, my batteries lasted two months (yes, I have it on fast). &nbsp;Some redesign is needed (and then please send us bleeding edge folks the redesigned covers)]]>
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        <title>Twine name</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/507/twine-name</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Michael Oard</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[How do you change/rename a twine?]]>
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        <title>Update temperature via external every minute</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/501/update-temperature-via-external-every-minute</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Tom Frank Christensen</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Building an PHP file to receive Twine external temperatures every minute.<div><br /></div><div>But how do I set up that rule to call an HTTP request EVERY minute?</div>]]>
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        <title>Moisture Sensor Stops Being Recognized</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/488/moisture-sensor-stops-being-recognized</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Paul Packbier</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Out-of-town a week ago, the Twine started alerting me at 5:00 in the morning that the washing machine was overflowing. &nbsp;Anxious calls to me wife confirmed this and I enthusiastically proclaimed "my investment paid off!' &nbsp;Alas, one week later, a leak again, but no alarm ... &nbsp;What happened? &nbsp;Batteries are good, Twine's on wifi and reporting temp, motion, but no moisture ... &nbsp;Unplugging the moisture sensor and plugging it back in, drying it off did not work, but taking the batteries out and restarting it did. &nbsp;This morning (no leak), but a quick online check showed the moisture sensor missing again. &nbsp;Again I needed to restart the unit. &nbsp;Any ideas?!]]>
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        <title>Mail not sent.  Any logging info?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/500/mail-not-sent-any-logging-info</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Craig Stacey</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I rely on my twine to alert me when the moisture sensor is triggered. &nbsp;This is a use that supermechanical touted in its updates, even.<div><br /></div><div>Of course, it's kind of useless to me if it doesn't actually send the mail. &nbsp;Which is what's happening right now, as I can verify through the web interface my twine's moisture sensor is wet, but no such e-mail was sent. &nbsp;It's not in my spam folder, so I've no idea where it fell down. &nbsp;Is there any logging info available for debugging this sort of thing?</div>]]>
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        <title>Deleted Rules but still sending notifications and external temperature sensor</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/496/deleted-rules-but-still-sending-notifications-and-external-temperature-sensor</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Michael Goossen</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm new to this, just got it today. I have entered a few different rules just to test it and see how it works. &nbsp;I have been trying to figure out how to get it to recognize the external temp sensor. &nbsp;In the process of trying to figure the external temp out, I deleted the rules, BUT I keep getting notifications from the rules I deleted. &nbsp;So I thought I'd try setting up all over again and removed the batteries for over 10 seconds, but still nothing changes.<div>Help?</div>]]>
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        <title>External Temp sensor + internal sensor</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/492/external-temp-sensor-internal-sensor</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>H.Dennis Wallach</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I purchased an external sensor - assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that I would get two temperature readouts - one internal and one external on my dashboard.<div><br /></div><div>I am only seeing one - Can I get both temperature readouts from my twine ? I need to track internal and external temps, hopefully from one device.</div><div><br /></div><div>-H.Dennis</div><div><br /></div><div>update: Maybe the external sensor isn't working ? External is out the window (52 degrees) inside is 70. <div> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://imgur.com/nWVx0kn"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/nWVx0kn.png" title="Hosted by imgur.com" alt="image" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
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        <title>Temperature reports are in Celsius but the rules are defined in Fahrenheit</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/494/temperature-reports-are-in-celsius-but-the-rules-are-defined-in-fahrenheit</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Dan Kowert</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a handful of rules set up which either email or do an HTTP POST, all defined in degrees Fahrenheit. The emails that I receive and the POSTs that are made are on the Celsius scale. This is easy for me to correct for when using the POST data but I want the email in Fahrenheit. I think removing the POST rules fixes this but thats not a very good option. Any clue about what's going on here?]]>
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        <title>Twine HTTP Get &amp; Post with port specified?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/490/twine-http-get-post-with-port-specified</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Eric Ellett</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi all,<div><br /></div><div>I was just curious if the get and post action in the TWINE rules can target a specific port.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For Example</b>:</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's say I want to post to port 8080 of my website (instead of 80), could I just enter this?</div><div><a href="http://www.mywebsite.com:8080/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.mywebsite.com:8080/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks in advance for the help! I really appreciate it.</div>]]>
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        <title>External Temp Sensor</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/487/external-temp-sensor</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Brian McCarte</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[This latest batch of external temperature sensors are not being read as external sensors...they read temperature. &nbsp;(Not a huge pain but its difficult deciding which temperature to read for creating rules.)&nbsp;]]>
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        <title>How do I set up twine to connect to a network not in range when setting up?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/471/how-do-i-set-up-twine-to-connect-to-a-network-not-in-range-when-setting-up</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Steve Davis</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have wifi out in a shed which is where I want to locate my twine for a specific project.<div><br /></div><div>In my office, where I set up Twine, I am out of range of shed network.</div><div><br /></div><div>How can I get twine to talk to that network when I am not in range when setting up?</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks in advance</div>]]>
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        <title>Upgrade program</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/485/upgrade-program</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>James Deagle</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is there any kind of program in place for moving from 1.0 to 2.0? I really want the micro usb power ability but not too amped about shelling out another $125.]]>
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        <title>Notifications stopped working</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/482/notifications-stopped-working</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Wayne MacLaurin</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi folks...<div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I've got a Twine doing duty as a remote sump pump monitoring tool. &nbsp; Its happy connected to the wireless network and the Twine dashboard tells me its checked in regularly. &nbsp; A couple weeks ago, we changed the batteries and ever since, it seem stop have stopped sending notifications of any sort. &nbsp; The dashboard looks right... temperature ad orientation look right and the moisture sensor is showing dry.</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I'm using an AllThingsSpeak api call to graph the cycles of the sump pump (simple shake test).. pressing the "test url" button does generate a blip on the graph so I know that part is working. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The sump has never NOT run at least once a day in 16 years so I would be astonished if it hasn't really cycled at least once in the last couple weeks. &nbsp; Notifications are setup to send both an email and graph the incident.</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I did notice that my rules page looks wonky.. I have no idea what "ZLxvleTK" is ... &nbsp; &nbsp;Any ideas ?</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.maclaurin.ca/twine.png" alt="image" /></div><div>&nbsp;</div>]]>
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        <title>Twine bricked after update?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/480/twine-bricked-after-update</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Anders Thomas Windsor</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I very recently bought two twines, I started the setup of the first today. It promted me to do a software-update, which i did, but afterwards it seems not to work (I am not quite sure if this happend during the update or a short time afterwards. Now I have no connection with the twine, it has no lights, and it seems to be completly dead, new batteries or plugging in USB makes no difference. Any tips? I didn't get any error messages during the update.]]>
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        <title>How to make External Temperature Sensor work?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/476/how-to-make-external-temperature-sensor-work</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Jim Bacus</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have the new external temperature sensor, have plugged it into my Twine with firmware 2.0.0, and it shows a meter that just displays 0 degrees. &nbsp;What am I doing wrong. &nbsp;I've tried power cycling the Twine already.]]>
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        <title>Can I get my mac address?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/307/can-i-get-my-mac-address</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Tom Whitcomb</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I need my twine's mac address.  Is there a way to get it?  It is possible to display the mac address on the dashboard?]]>
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        <title>How to connect to wifi network not broadcasting SSID</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/32/how-to-connect-to-wifi-network-not-broadcasting-ssid</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Christopher Wolf</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[My home Wifi network does not broadcast its SSID, to make it harder for the average user to find.  How do I enter the SSID manually so Twine can connect to it?  It only shows me the Wifi networks in the area that broadcast their SSID, and I see nowhere to manually enter a Wifi network name.]]>
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        <title>How to setup twine with Xively</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/474/how-to-setup-twine-with-xively</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>CapitainBleurk</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi i'd like to setup xively.com to log twine's&nbsp;magswitch&nbsp;data.<div><br /></div><div>Some one did that?&nbsp;Can you describe the steps?</div><div><br /></div><div>THnaks</div>]]>
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        <title>Wrong [temperature] in http-request</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/473/wrong-temperature-in-http-request</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Robert Plum</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I figured out, that my http-request always tell me its 25°C but the e-mails send out state the "real" temperature...<br />Has anyone else noticed such a problem?<br />]]>
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        <title>connecting aurdino to moisture sensor</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/468/connecting-aurdino-to-moisture-sensor</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>hash halim</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does anybody know how to connect aurdino to moisture sensor that trigger a response through ifft or text message same concept freeing twine to be used for another sensor.]]>
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        <title>Anyone have any idea how the LED action works</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/466/anyone-have-any-idea-how-the-led-action-works</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Dennis Boechler</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can't seem to make sense of the LED action for the rules; &nbsp;the LED seems to flash randomly anyway, even without rules set up. &nbsp;One would think it would stay on for a pre-determined length of time if the rule uses it as the action..]]>
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        <title>JSON values</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/453/json-values</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you go to:<br /><a href="https://twine.supermechanical.com/ZZZ/rt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twine.supermechanical.com/ZZZ/rt</a><br /><br />You get JSON that looks like:<br />{"gs_version": "Oct 31 2012-08:21:10", "age": 0.0002491474151611328, <br />"ts": 1369854336.0, "values": [["ZZZ00", "1.3.1"], <br />["ZZZ01", 7700], ["ZZZ03", "top"], <br />["ZZZ05", 55104], ["ZZZ06", 1], <br />["ZZZ07", 1], ["ZZZ04", 0], <br />["ZZZ02", 0]], "rssi": 196, "ruleset_id": "32537", <br />"last_poll": 1369854336.0}<br /><br />where ZZZ is my twine key ID.<br /><br />"ZZZ00" is firmware<br />"ZZZ01" is temperature * 100<br />"ZZZ03" is orientation<br />"ZZZ05" is probably voltage?<br />"rssi" is probably received signal strength indication (scale?)<br /><br />Does anybody have a full list that they could post?<br /><br />]]>
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        <title>Upgraded account -- how about a Pay As You Go?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/464/upgraded-account-how-about-a-pay-as-you-go</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Joel Finkle</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't expect my Twine to call or text me, but when it does, it'd be an emergency.<div>It's not worth $9/month, but it's worth that much PER CALL.</div><div>Any chance of a pay-as-you-go account for texting and phone calls?</div>]]>
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        <title>Can't reset or repeat setup</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/462/cant-reset-or-repeat-setup</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Bo Altes</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[After trying to apply last week's firmware update, I can't get my twine to connect to the network it was on previously. I've triple-triple checked the network info and it's correct. I've gone through setup several time and removed the batteries to reset, but nothing has worked. Any suggestions?<div><br /></div><div>EDIT: fixed, setup worked after deleting some rules.</div>]]>
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        <title>New rule - Power input</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/440/new-rule-power-input</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>keith McNaught</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you add a new rule set?.&nbsp;<br /><div>When power input change to power then ......</div><div><div>When power input change to battery then ......</div></div><div><br /></div>]]>
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        <title>USB Power</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/355/usb-power</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Mark Simons</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I attached an USB-Cable powered from my iPad-AC-Adapter but&nbsp; the voltage shown doesnt change. How can i see if my twine is working on external power?<br />]]>
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        <title>Compile error in rules</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/460/compile-error-in-rules</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Nick Stockdale</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi noob here. <br />I've got dashboard and readings, but get compile error each time a build a rule. I've tried all the permutations, but I need it to email to a known good email address, so havent tried premium message options. <br /><br />Nick]]>
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        <title>Now wait a minute...WHERE is wifi signal strength?</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/459/now-wait-a-minute-where-is-wifi-signal-strength</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Mark Fiske</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't see it anywhere.&nbsp; Not on the dashboard.&nbsp; Not under rules.<br />]]>
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        <title>HTTP Post rule works when tested but would not save!</title>
        <link>http://minervakestner.com/discussion/457/http-post-rule-works-when-tested-but-would-not-save</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Tips and Troubleshooting</category>
        <dc:creator>Reda Berrada</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://api.sen.se/events/?sense_key=Ri0IdDAVx4eHAkm0fLNB8w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://api.sen.se/events/?sense_key=Ri0IdDAVx4eHAkm0fLNB8w</a><div><br /></div><div>{"feed_id":34934, "value":1}</div><div><br /></div><div>This posts data but I get a compile error when I want to save the rule. Is JSON not supported by twine?</div>]]>
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