Troubleshooting

Last night I found that I could put my thumb on the sensor's antenna and the sensor would then work flawlessly. After switching radios on both the sensor and gateway without luck, I reduced the power on the sensor. This has seemed to fix the issue for now. By the way, I'm using a separate 3.3v supply, capacitor on the radios - the works.

@codergirl56 Reading your question, I think your starting point is to have a look at the pingpong example (see below for the direct link) which comes with the mysensors library and try to modify it such that it starts sending the RFID data. direct link to pingpong example First you'd need to install the mysensors library of course, see the download page. How to do that is in the "Getting Started" as mentioned by @AWI. Just start reading and you'll be guided to it. good luck Boozz

Thanks Theol, following your comment I went back and did some more tests. Opening the sensor for a couple of seconds and closing it again the web interface showed no change. However, when I checked the log it does show the 2 second event. So, when you check the log while on vacation it is going to show all the events no matter how quickly someone rushed in the door and closed it.

I'll give it a shot, thank you!

Hi @12gabriel3 Welcome to the MySensors forum! Have you seen the flowchart at http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/666/debug-faq-and-how-ask-for-help ? It contains much of the collected wisdom for troubleshooting.

@chatainsim Glad I could help.

Thanks Nuubi ! For pointing this link! :smiley: :+1: '''Cent fois sur le métier remettez votre ouvrage!''' :sweat: Because you pointed it to me, i had to go back in this thread, again... Trying to find what was different from the 100 sketchs i tried... EUREKA :exclamation: ''development branch of MySensors Arduino package'' ''https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/archive/development.zip'' I was not using the proper library... Now my Veraedge find everything ! :relaxed: Thanks again ! And also Thanks to Hek for ''Combining MySensors examples'' :clap: Mike

Hi, Thanks a lot for your suggestion @boozz I've tried to connect the DS18B20 in parasite-powered mode. Now it is not warming anymore but the sensor is not detected by any example sketch I have tried (oneWireSearch, Single). @DrJeff I've tried your suggestion but it is not helping. My sensor still get warm. I have 5 sensors and all of them are behaving the same. I have also tried with another arduino but it had the same behavior. Here is a picture of my sensor. I believe everything is ok. [image: 1460996573538-img_0200.jpg] I hope I didn't buy crap. Kind regards, Laurent

@noelgeorgi :( I've given up for now, I've ordered some new PA+LNB models with shielding!

Very interresting discussion! Thanks for the tips. I will look into it for my other nodes, especially the ones which will sit behind wall switches in my house.

Also check ce and csn pin configuration correspondence to your wiring.

That code looks ok to me. You should get a 5 second delay with that. Perhaps add Serial.println("start delay"); // Wait between sensor readings, seems to help reliability of second reading delay(5000); Serial.println("finish delay"); and see if you get your delay in the serial monitor``` Insert Code Here

Ok. I try to explain all steps done. On the serial Gateway: Arduino UNO, NRF24L01+, 3,3 V supplied by Arduino UNO board Need set DATA_RATE on 1MPS (without I have "radio init fail") in Myconfig.h 2)Uncomment #define SOFTSPI in Myconfig.h Result: 0;0;3;0;9;gateway started, id=0, parent=0, distance=0 0;0;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete. On the Distance Sensor : Configuration: Arduino Pro Mini Clone, NRF24L01+, 3,3 V supplied by Arduino UNO board Need set DATA_RATE on 1MPS (without I have "radio init fail") in Myconfig.h 2)Comment #define SOFTSPI in Myconfig.h Comment isPVariant() check in MyTransportNRF24() (without I have "radio init fail") Result on the node: find parent send: 201-201-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc: Ping: 3 cm I'm using the same transceiver for both boards. This is the transceiver : [image: 1460760632254-imag0589_1.jpg] image url)

@Cliff-Karlsson I'm sorry would love help you further. But it's getting late over here and my better half wants me to turn off the laptop.

@micah said: @sundberg84 said: Hard to say. St:fail generally means that you don't get ack from the receiver. This is normally range, power or hardware. There is not a general fix for this but you need to try and learn... i admit its strange I worked for some days. Maybe a radio fried ? Don't have the radios to close to eachother. Try a.couple of meters. Sorry I'm out of more solid ideas. Hey sundberg84, quick question for you. If you look at my debug logs above it looks like the gateway is infact receiving the message but the node thinks it fails. Con you confirm my interpretation of the following two lines? NODE DEBUG send: 42-42-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,st=fail:20.0 GATEWAY DEBUG 0;255;3;0;9;read: 42-42-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:20.0 If that's correct, could that change what the issue might be? Yes, I saw that - it seems to work one way but the ack (return) does not reach back. So its on the edge. But this should update the value in your controller.

@TheoL Hi i have been waiting for the NC sensor aswel it is arived and stil needs the time to finish it :) been a little busy @ work But i keep you uptodate Greetz Bob

@mfalkvidd My gateway is an NodeMCU with a NRF PA + LNA, it seems to be resolved if I use #define MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL RF24_PA_MIN on the gateway. Strange, as the NodeMCU has a AMS1117 which I believe can handle 800ma, presuming the ESP8266 uses 300ma max, that leaves 500ma, surely it should be enough? I've tried shielding the radio as suggested but it doesn't make a difference.

@hek with the climate temperature rising each year... yes :worried: :smile:

@barduino Upgrading to Arduino 1.6.8 did the trick. Thanks.

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