# \#sensors

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## [Socket Listener cannot assign address](https://community.influxdata.com/t/socket-listener-cannot-assign-address/34619)

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**Author:** [@oliver.winter](https://community.influxdata.com/u/oliver.winter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/socket-listener-cannot-assign-address/34619 "2024-06-17T15:06:41Z")

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Hello, In reality I want to log data from a industrial camera, that publishes data over a tcp-socket, into influxdb. For testing I build a docker container (“dmc”) that simulates the cam… Now I have docker-compose with…

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## [Lose of Data Uploading lots of data to a database InfluxDB from Redpitaya with Python and seeing with Grafana](https://community.influxdata.com/t/lose-of-data-uploading-lots-of-data-to-a-database-influxdb-from-redpitaya-with-python-and-seeing-with-grafana/33317)

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**Author:** [@jomenci28](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jomenci28)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/lose-of-data-uploading-lots-of-data-to-a-database-influxdb-from-redpitaya-with-python-and-seeing-with-grafana/33317 "2024-02-23T08:57:14Z")

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Hi! I’m developing a Degree Investigation Final Project and doing it on Bioengineering (I’m Electronical Engineer). I’m developing a solution in which lots of data have to be transferred from a Redpitaya sensor through …

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## [Project: ESP32 -\> MQTT -\> Node-Red -\> InfluxDB -\> Grafana](https://community.influxdata.com/t/project-esp32-mqtt-node-red-influxdb-grafana/33082)

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**Author:** [@ricm](https://community.influxdata.com/u/ricm)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/project-esp32-mqtt-node-red-influxdb-grafana/33082 "2024-02-07T22:40:19Z")

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Apologies for the complexity of this topic, but I need specific help and, perhaps, guidance as to the overall strategy. The general trajectory of this project is to collect sensor data from: ESP32 linked to sensors Zig…

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## [Pushing Data To Influx DB From The Command Line Invalid Number Error](https://community.influxdata.com/t/pushing-data-to-influx-db-from-the-command-line-invalid-number-error/31078)

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**Author:** [@CHEESE](https://community.influxdata.com/u/CHEESE)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/pushing-data-to-influx-db-from-the-command-line-invalid-number-error/31078 "2023-08-25T09:38:02Z")

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I have some iot data in csv format that I would like to push into InfluxDb. I am using influx write from the command line, but I am getting a parsing error back. The command I’m running is influx write -b iotData \\ …

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## [How to run InfluxDB in localhost ? (Golang)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-run-influxdb-in-localhost-golang/29847)

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**Author:** [@Team](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Team)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-run-influxdb-in-localhost-golang/29847 "2023-05-10T00:22:32Z")

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Hello everyone, How can I run an InfluxDB program in Go on localhost with port 8086 and without using the InfluxDB cloud URL? I have set up a JSON in which I have these values: { "API\_URL": "http://localhost", …

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## [Thingspeak as a Data Source](https://community.influxdata.com/t/thingspeak-as-a-data-source/20864)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Stross](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Paul_Stross)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/thingspeak-as-a-data-source/20864 "2022-12-09T15:51:18Z")

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Please excuse my naivety. I have very many (~10) sensors of my own design using ESP8266, which have been posting 8 fields of numerical data quite happily to thingspeak.com for several years. Whilst there is no specific p…

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## [Debian clean install but error when posting: unexpected error writing points to database: \[shard 1\] short buffer](https://community.influxdata.com/t/debian-clean-install-but-error-when-posting-unexpected-error-writing-points-to-database-shard-1-short-buffer/22642)

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**Author:** [@zliudr](https://community.influxdata.com/u/zliudr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/debian-clean-install-but-error-when-posting-unexpected-error-writing-points-to-database-shard-1-short-buffer/22642 "2021-11-25T12:29:59Z")

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Hi everyone! I’ve installed influxdb V2.1.1 on my win10 PC before and it works. I was able to either use the sample code right off the sample Python code in influxdb “control center”. I also wrote my own simplified modu…

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## [Inputs Socket Listener not returning value](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inputs-socket-listener-not-returning-value/22320)

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**Author:** [@Milithor](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Milithor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inputs-socket-listener-not-returning-value/22320 "2021-10-29T12:25:05Z")

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Hi! No idea where to put it, I’ve been browsing the internet for answers but cannot find any. I’m trying to pull out data from my DPI server, so on that server I have a socket and a Telegraf agent. The socket returns …

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## [Problem with dashboard](https://community.influxdata.com/t/problem-with-dashboard/19808)

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**Author:** [@Vladlen\_Bezymanny](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Vladlen_Bezymanny)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/problem-with-dashboard/19808 "2021-05-18T04:43:40Z")

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Good day. I have a problem. I have an esp32 that feeds values ​​to a server with InfluxDB 2. If I see the values ​​in “Data explore” everything works fine But as soon as I create the dashboard the values ​​after a wh…

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## [Help using socket\_listener telegraf input plugin](https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-using-socket-listener-telegraf-input-plugin/17290)

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**Author:** [@Quark](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Quark)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/help-using-socket-listener-telegraf-input-plugin/17290 "2020-12-23T08:00:33Z")

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Hi, I have a WiFi module sending sensor data (every 1 second) from an Arduino Via UDP to a my RPi where I’m running an instance of Telegraf. I’ve setup the socket\_listener input in the telegraf config. The Arduino see…

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## [Join big measurements together - Error Bad Gateway](https://community.influxdata.com/t/join-big-measurements-together-error-bad-gateway/15543)

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**Author:** [@knalla66](https://community.influxdata.com/u/knalla66)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/join-big-measurements-together-error-bad-gateway/15543 "2020-09-18T08:11:47Z")

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Hello Community, I have 2 big measurements, one with GPS data and the other with particulate matter (pm10 and pm25) values. I want to join the longitude and latitude fields to the measurement with the sensor data to sho…

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## [How to send MQTT inputs to different outputs by topic](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-send-mqtt-inputs-to-different-outputs-by-topic/14841)

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**Author:** [@mihnea17](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mihnea17)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-send-mqtt-inputs-to-different-outputs-by-topic/14841 "2020-06-17T00:31:57Z")

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Hello, I have a system that receives different sensor data on different topics. I use Telegraf to store it in InfluxDB, but I also want some of that data to be sent using HTTP (only data received from “esp32/spots”). Is…

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## [Is there a way for Telegraf to notify if it hasn't seen data from a source for some time?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-telegraf-to-notify-if-it-hasnt-seen-data-from-a-source-for-some-time/14512)

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**Author:** [@teeeeee](https://community.influxdata.com/u/teeeeee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-telegraf-to-notify-if-it-hasnt-seen-data-from-a-source-for-some-time/14512 "2020-05-27T18:16:00Z")

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Hello, I have only very recently been introduced to the Influx tools, so please bear with me! I have several sensors which wake from a deep sleep to occasionally publish messages over MQTT, and my goal is to get the mea…

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## [What do I do now? (Reading sensors)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/what-do-i-do-now-reading-sensors/8711)

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**Author:** [@hengis7](https://community.influxdata.com/u/hengis7)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/what-do-i-do-now-reading-sensors/8711 "2019-02-27T16:20:59Z")

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I am new to Influx and I want to use it to save data from a variety of sensors. I am using win10 and have got as far as C:\\Program Files\\influxdb\>influx.exe Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.7.4 InfluxDB s…
