Troubleshooting

Nrf24 use channels (frequencies), by default mysensors uses 76 if you don't specify anything, so channel is set and you should be covered. Btw, at least a couple of Uno or nano are a must to have them available if you want to do Arduino programming

If you compile an ethernet gateway, you can use myscontroller to debug

It depends if you want it connected via wifi or via nrf24, if the second just leave the nrf24 define

Hi @Yveaux, Thanks for the pointer. I installed the http://domoticz.com/ controller and see it all working now. I saw some mention elsewhere on this site about the gateway automatically taking care of assigning nodes etc and storing them in a local table, I assumed without any input from a controller, but I suppose it makes sense to have the controller software involved during that step also. Thanks.

@gohan I appreciate your interest, but as I said previously I am more comfortable with migrating the OS and storage to a traditional/?device which can withstand the abuse. I may just have been unlucky in this instance with the micro-SD, but having spent a day trying to get a working system, however frugal, up and running again, I would rather have reliability. I can backup data to the router drive, I can copy a spare micro-SD for the Pi3, that seems to me a safe system...

Hi frits and others, In your link i finally found out how to downgrade to 1.6.11 and behold! Now it works. Thanks to all of you for being patient with me. Regards Sigolhi

@skywatch the Arduino-based serial gateways are more proven. They have been around for a longer time so more people have tried them. But the Raspberry Pi gateway should work. May I suggest that you enable debug logging on the gateway using these instructions? You should then be able to get a clue in /var/log/syslog when/if the gateway stops working again.

I have submitted a bug report on this

You can connect nrf24 directly on the rpi, there is no need for the UNO

A small update. well, uploaded the mockmysensor sketch and gateway and nodes are talking flawlessly! I should take note: first, power the antennas directly from source. 2. upload mockmysensors Thanks @gohan !

Last night I downloaded a mqtt client on my phone. And guess what: first attempt was working directly. So after I knew at least the node is working, and the topic that I figured out was correct, I returned to mqtt.fx this morning. That was a really facepalm moment. Quite embarrising I must confess...... In mqtt.fx in the publish tab, there is a really great white box right beneath the topic field. And exactly in that great white field I can enter the boolean payload I need. So my help question is answered in the mean time. For now I can continue to explore the mysensors possibilities, and try to let it work together with Openhab. After that, I will look to mycontroller.org to get it glued together by the mqtt layer. Although I’ve read somewere that a pure translation/retransmission between mycontroller to a mqtt broker not seems possible.

Dht sensors are usually not very quick. I tried nodemanager for one of my nodes but I got sketch size issue so I haven't put too much time into it.

Just to contribute some experience, i had NRF24L01+PA+LNA on my wifi gateway, all my battery powered sensors (NRF24L01+) were communicating fine but my relay node wasn't communicating at all i tried different arduino (nano, mini) different combination of NRF24L01+ and NRF24L01+PA+LNA but no joy, i just change NRF24L01+PA+LNA radio of my gateway and now my battery powered temperature sensors and relay node can talk to gateway. my conclusion if one node isn't working it may not be that node is faulty. so node and gateway should get checked.

Hello, there is a possibility to check the connection. I will test with receive command from controller to the gateway and write a timeout to reset the ESP with ESP.reset or ESP.restart. regards ThomasD

@gohan Cool thanks! Then I will try when I have the gateway available.

Hi, the node log shows that it is unable to find a parent (the gw). This could be caused by several causes. It is difficult to troubleshoot at this point, assuming all the power and stability requirements from the radios are met, I would propose go back to the initial step, check everything and start from 0, even loading another nrf24l01 library and run a ping pong test or a similar simple sketch that allows you to discard sw problems and can confirm If all the hw is working correctly, including the wiring. Sorry to not be of more help.

Dear all, I encoutered te same issue with my USB Gateway. I'm now powering it with an external 7.2V supply (VIN/GND), but still the same log list as mentionned up. Any idea ? Thanks. //EDIT// I've build on a bredboard a new one with other component. When power on, the Gateway reboot (I can see that in Domoticz). could it be a Sensor problem ? 2017-10-03 20:35:36.864 MySensors: Gateway Ready... 2017-10-03 20:35:36.939 MySensors: Gateway Version: 2.1.0

Tested a arduino node with a arduino gateway (433 rfm69hw) that works fine, used the same node code as posted above. This narrows it down the RPI Zero W gateway.

I had same issues and I didn't take separate regulator too seriously, which was mistake. So I made it work using a. separate voltage regulator b. capacitor cca 2uF between + and - pins on NRF24 c. using RF24_PA_MAX d. another device was about 2 meters away Before that I had only capacitor, and when I put voltage regulator it worked for me. I took power from arduino nano (+5V pin). No need for separate power. Powering Arduino Nano over USB is fine.