Weird protocol version mismatch



  • Hello there, complete newby here to MySensors. I have been spending quite some time troubleshooting a particular issue that looks like a message protocol version mismatch but I have no idea why.

    Setup:

    #define MY_DEBUG
    #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
    #define MY_RFM69_NEW_DRIVER
    //#define MY_RFM69_ENABLE_ENCRYPTION
    #define MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM69
    #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
    #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY RFM69_915MHZ
    #define MY_RFM69_CS_PIN 10
    #define MY_RFM69_IRQ_PIN 2
    #define MY_BAUD_RATE 19200
    #include <MySensors.h>
    
    ./configure \
            --spi-driver=SPIDEV \
            --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev0.0 \
            --my-transport=rfm69 \
            --my-rfm69-frequency=915 \
            --my-rfm69-irq-pin=15 \
            --my-rfm69-cs-pin=26 \
            --my-is-rfm69hw \
            --my-gateway=ethernet \
            --my-port=5003 \
            --my-debug=enable \
            --extra-cxxflags="-DMY_RFM69_RST_PIN=22 -DMY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_TRANSPORT_HAL"
    

    Because of the nature of my problem I added a simple printf statement in the RFM69_receive function in RFM69_new.cpp:

    LOCAL uint8_t RFM69_receive(uint8_t *buf, const uint8_t maxBufSize)
    {
            const uint8_t payloadLen = min(RFM69.currentPacket.payloadLen, maxBufSize);
            const uint8_t sender = RFM69.currentPacket.header.sender;
            const rfm69_sequenceNumber_t sequenceNumber = RFM69.currentPacket.header.sequenceNumber;
            const uint8_t controlFlags = RFM69.currentPacket.header.controlFlags;
            const rfm69_RSSI_t RSSI = RFM69.currentPacket.RSSI;
    
    printf("len=%d snd=%d seq=%d flg=%d rss=%d\n", payloadLen, sender, sequenceNumber, controlFlags, RSSI);
            if (buf != NULL) {
                    (void)memcpy((void *)buf, (void *)&RFM69.currentPacket.payload, payloadLen);
            }
            // clear data flag
            RFM69.dataReceived = false;
            if (RFM69_getACKRequested(controlFlags) && !RFM69_getACKReceived(controlFlags)) {
    #if defined(MY_GATEWAY_FEATURE) && (F_CPU>16*1000000ul)
                    // delay for fast GW and slow nodes
                    delay(50);
    #endif
                    RFM69_sendACK(sender, sequenceNumber, RSSI);
            }
            return payloadLen;
    }
    

    The debug output of the mysgw process is as follows immediately after starting and then a bit later when the miniwireless module starts up:

    pi@rfm69-1:~/MySensors $ sudo ./bin/mysgw
    May 24 01:27:58 INFO  Starting gateway...
    May 24 01:27:58 INFO  Protocol version - 2.3.2
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RPNGL---,FQ=NA,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSF:LRT:OK
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSM:INIT
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSF:WUR:MS=0
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG THA:INIT
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSM:INIT:GW MODE
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG THA:SAD:ADDR=0
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG Listening for connections on :5003
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG MCO:BGN:STP
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG THA:SAN:RES=1
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG TSM:READY:NWD REQ
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG THA:SND:MSG=0000FF020314FF
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG THA:SND:MSG LEN=7,RES=1
    May 24 01:27:58 DEBUG ?TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    May 24 01:28:21 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    len=7 snd=32 seq=100 flg=1 rss=62
    May 24 01:28:21 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=64FF020307FF00
    May 24 01:28:21 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 01:28:22 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    len=7 snd=32 seq=100 flg=2 rss=71
    May 24 01:28:22 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=64FF020307FF00
    May 24 01:28:22 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 01:28:23 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    len=7 snd=32 seq=100 flg=3 rss=66
    May 24 01:28:23 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=64FF020307FF00
    May 24 01:28:23 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 01:28:25 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    len=7 snd=32 seq=100 flg=4 rss=66
    May 24 01:28:25 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=64FF020307FF00
    May 24 01:28:25 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    

    while the miniwireless output on the Arduino serial monitor is:

     
     __  __       ____
    |  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
    | |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
    | |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \  _  | |  \__ \
    |_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
            |___/                      2.3.2
    
    104 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RPNNA---,FQ=8,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
    167 TSM:INIT
    174 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    184 RFM69:INIT
    192 RFM69:INIT:PIN,CS=10,IQP=2,IQN=0
    212 RFM69:PTX:LEVEL=5 dBm
    225 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    235 TSF:SID:OK,ID=100
    247 TSM:FPAR
    256 RFM69:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
    276 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-84
    ...
    776 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-83
    794 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,100-100-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2834 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    2846 TSM:FPAR
    2854 RFM69:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=1,RETRY=0
    2877 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-84
    ...
    3371 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-84
    3391 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,100-100-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    5431 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    5443 TSM:FPAR
    5451 RFM69:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=2,RETRY=0
    5474 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-83
    ...
    5967 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-82
    5988 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,100-100-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    8028 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    8040 TSM:FPAR
    8048 RFM69:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=3,RETRY=0
    8071 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-83
    ...
    8564 RFM69:CSMA:RSSI=-83
    8585 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,100-100-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    10625 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
    10635 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
    10647 TSM:FAIL:DIS
    10657 TSF:TDI:TSL
    10665 RFM69:RSL
    

    As you can see the fields in my printf statement don't seem to be correct. The sequence number seems to be decoded as the flags field, and the sender as the sequence number. I'm running from the master branch on github and the current Arduino MySensors library.
    For the life of me I cannot think of what else was changed. I believe the install is as clean as it can be starting from a clean Raspbian and latest pull from github. The only other change I made was in RFM69_new.cpp to enable the RFM69_CS_PIN as per instruction in a previous thread. Thank you for that, the support and documentation on this site is really very good.
    It's probably something silly I did, so my apologies in advance.



  • I don't know about pi gateways, but the Arduino gateways need to use the new rfm69 driver when you use the new driver on the nodes, else it won't work.


  • Mod

    Good point. But the Raspberry Pi gateway only supports the new driver, so the versions should match.



  • Thanks for the replies. In the Arduino sketch I specified the new driver. On the Raspberry Pi there doesn't seem to be a configuration to specify the new driver but I know it's using RFM69_new.cpp so does that not indicate it is using the new driver?



  • OK, did some more troubleshooting.

    1. Confirmed that using a Moteino has exactly the same result with the previous code
    2. I added the basic send/receive debugging in the RFM69_new.cpp on both the Arduino side and the Raspberry Pi side:
    LOCAL uint8_t RFM69_receive(uint8_t *buf, const uint8_t maxBufSize)
    {
    	const uint8_t payloadLen = min(RFM69.currentPacket.payloadLen, maxBufSize);
    	const uint8_t sender = RFM69.currentPacket.header.sender;
    	const rfm69_sequenceNumber_t sequenceNumber = RFM69.currentPacket.header.sequenceNumber;
    	const uint8_t controlFlags = RFM69.currentPacket.header.controlFlags;
    	const rfm69_RSSI_t RSSI = RFM69.currentPacket.RSSI;
    
    	DEBUG_OUTPUT(PSTR("LEN=%" PRIu8 ",DST=%" PRIu8 ",VER=%" PRIu8 ",SND=%" PRIu8 ",FLG=%" PRIu8 ",SEQ=%" PRIu8 "\n"),
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen,
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.recipient,
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.version,
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.sender,
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.controlFlags,
    		(int)RFM69.currentPacket.header.sequenceNumber);
    
    	if (buf != NULL) {
    		(void)memcpy((void *)buf, (void *)&RFM69.currentPacket.payload, payloadLen);
    	}
    	// clear data flag
    	RFM69.dataReceived = false;
    	if (RFM69_getACKRequested(controlFlags) && !RFM69_getACKReceived(controlFlags)) {
    #if defined(MY_GATEWAY_FEATURE) && (F_CPU>16*1000000ul)
    		// delay for fast GW and slow nodes
    		delay(50);
    #endif
    		RFM69_sendACK(sender, sequenceNumber, RSSI);
    	}
    	return payloadLen;
    }
    

    and

    LOCAL bool RFM69_sendFrame(rfm69_packet_t *packet, const bool increaseSequenceCounter)
    {
    	// ensure we are in RX for correct RSSI sampling, dirty hack to enforce rx restart :)
    	RFM69.radioMode = RFM69_RADIO_MODE_STDBY;
    	(void)RFM69_setRadioMode(RFM69_RADIO_MODE_RX);
    	delay(1); // timing for correct RSSI sampling
    	const uint32_t CSMA_START_MS = hwMillis();
    	while (!RFM69_channelFree() &&
    	        ((hwMillis() - CSMA_START_MS) < MY_RFM69_CSMA_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
    		doYield();
    	}
    	// set radio to standby to load fifo
    	(void)RFM69_setRadioMode(RFM69_RADIO_MODE_STDBY);
    	if (increaseSequenceCounter) {
    		// increase sequence counter, overflow is ok
    		RFM69.txSequenceNumber++;
    	}
    	// clear FIFO and flags
    	RFM69_clearFIFO();
    	// assign sequence number
    	packet->header.sequenceNumber = RFM69.txSequenceNumber;
    
    	DEBUG_OUTPUT(PSTR("LEN=%" PRIu8 ",DST=%" PRIu8 ",VER=%" PRIu8 ",SND=%" PRIu8 ",FLG=%" PRIu8 ",SEQ=%" PRIu8 "\n"),
    		(int)packet->header.packetLen,
    		(int)packet->header.recipient,
    		(int)packet->header.version,
    		(int)packet->header.sender,
    		(int)packet->header.controlFlags,
    		(int)packet->header.sequenceNumber);
    
    	// write packet
    	const uint8_t finalLen = packet->payloadLen + RFM69_HEADER_LEN; // including length byte
    	(void)RFM69_burstWriteReg(RFM69_REG_FIFO, packet->data, finalLen);
    
    	// send message
    	(void)RFM69_setRadioMode(RFM69_RADIO_MODE_TX); // irq upon txsent
    	const uint32_t txStartMS = hwMillis();
    	while (!RFM69_irq && (hwMillis() - txStartMS < MY_RFM69_TX_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
    		doYield();
    	};
    	return RFM69_irq;
    }
    

    On the Arduino (Moteino) side I removed the MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM69 define to reduce the debug output and changed node ID to 99:

     __  __       ____
    |  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
    | |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
    | |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \  _  | |  \__ \
    |_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
            |___/                      2.3.2
    
    16 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RPNNA---,FQ=16,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
    26 TSM:INIT
    28 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    29 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    31 TSM:INIT:STATID=99
    33 TSF:SID:OK,ID=99
    35 TSM:FPAR
    537 LEN=12,DST=255,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=32,SEQ=1
    544 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2551 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    2553 TSM:FPAR
    3055 LEN=12,DST=255,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=32,SEQ=2
    3062 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    5069 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    5071 TSM:FPAR
    5112 LEN=12,DST=255,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=32,SEQ=3
    5120 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    7128 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
    7130 TSM:FPAR
    7171 LEN=12,DST=255,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=32,SEQ=4
    7178 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    9186 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
    9187 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
    9189 TSM:FAIL:DIS
    9191 TSF:TDI:TSL
    

    The mysgw output for those exact messages:

    May 24 19:52:54 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    May 24 19:52:54 DEBUG LEN=12,DST=255,VER=99,SND=32,FLG=1,SEQ=99
    May 24 19:52:54 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=63FF020307FF00
    May 24 19:52:54 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 19:52:57 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    May 24 19:52:57 DEBUG LEN=12,DST=255,VER=99,SND=32,FLG=2,SEQ=99
    May 24 19:52:57 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=63FF020307FF00
    May 24 19:52:57 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 19:52:59 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    May 24 19:52:59 DEBUG LEN=12,DST=255,VER=99,SND=32,FLG=3,SEQ=99
    May 24 19:52:59 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=63FF020307FF00
    May 24 19:52:59 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    May 24 19:53:01 DEBUG THA:DATA:AVAIL
    May 24 19:53:01 DEBUG LEN=12,DST=255,VER=99,SND=32,FLG=4,SEQ=99
    May 24 19:53:01 DEBUG THA:RCV:MSG=63FF020307FF00
    May 24 19:53:01 DEBUG !THA:RCV:PVER=3
    

    So there is some kind of misalignment in the message header. Is there some setting that modifies the header, like maybe a meshing flag or mode? I quickly lost my way digging in the lower level transport abstractions. I'm also convinced that there is some setting that I'm not using correctly. More than happy to try whatever anyone can come up.
    BTW I did a completely clean install of the MySensors github files on the Pi and modified only the RFM69_new.cpp file after that.



  • Success!! At least progress. After stuffing around with more debug output on the gateway side it seems to me that the linux specific code in the RFM69_interruptHandling function is not quite correct. In fact disabling it and using the standard non-linux code works fine. At least in terms of the parent registration (small steps here). If I change that function as follows:

    LOCAL void RFM69_interruptHandling(void)
    {
            const uint8_t regIrqFlags2 = RFM69_readReg(RFM69_REG_IRQFLAGS2);
            if (RFM69.radioMode == RFM69_RADIO_MODE_RX && (regIrqFlags2 & RFM69_IRQFLAGS2_PAYLOADREADY)) {
                    (void)RFM69_setRadioMode(RFM69_RADIO_MODE_STDBY);
                    // use the fifo level irq as indicator if header bytes received
                    if (regIrqFlags2 & RFM69_IRQFLAGS2_FIFOLEVEL) {
                            RFM69_prepareSPITransaction();
                            RFM69_csn(LOW);
    //#if defined(__linux__)
    //                      char data[RFM69_MAX_PACKET_LEN + 1];   // max packet len + 1 byte for the command
    //                      data[0] = RFM69_REG_FIFO & RFM69_READ_REGISTER;
    //                      RFM69_SPI.transfern(data, RFM69_HEADER_LEN+1); //3);
    //                      RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen = data[1];
    //                      RFM69.currentPacket.header.recipient = data[2];
    //
    //                      if (RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen > RFM69_MAX_PACKET_LEN) {
    //                              RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen = RFM69_MAX_PACKET_LEN;
    //                      }
    //
    //                      data[0] = RFM69_REG_FIFO & RFM69_READ_REGISTER;
    //                      //SPI.transfern(data, RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen - 1); //TODO: Wrong packetLen?
    //                      RFM69_SPI.transfern(data, RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen);
    //
    //                      //(void)memcpy((void *)&RFM69.currentPacket.data[2], (void *)&data[1], RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen - 2);   //TODO: Wrong packetLen?
    //                      (void)memcpy((void *)&RFM69.currentPacket.data[2], (void *)&data[1],
    //                                   RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen - 1);
    //
    //                      if (RFM69.currentPacket.header.version >= RFM69_MIN_PACKET_HEADER_VERSION) {
    //                              RFM69.currentPacket.payloadLen = min(RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen - (RFM69_HEADER_LEN - 1),
    //                                                                   RFM69_MAX_PACKET_LEN);
    //                              RFM69.ackReceived = RFM69_getACKReceived(RFM69.currentPacket.header.controlFlags);
    //                              RFM69.dataReceived = !RFM69.ackReceived;
    //                      }
    //#else
                            (void)RFM69_SPI.transfer(RFM69_REG_FIFO & RFM69_READ_REGISTER);
                            // set reading pointer
                            uint8_t *current = (uint8_t *)&RFM69.currentPacket;
                            bool headerRead = false;
                            // first read header
                            uint8_t readingLength = RFM69_HEADER_LEN;
                            while (readingLength--) {
                                    *current++ = RFM69_SPI.transfer((uint8_t)RFM69_NOP);
                                    if (!readingLength && !headerRead) {
                                            // header read
                                            headerRead = true;
                                            if (RFM69.currentPacket.header.version >= RFM69_MIN_PACKET_HEADER_VERSION) {
                                                    // read payload
                                                    readingLength = min(RFM69.currentPacket.header.packetLen - (RFM69_HEADER_LEN - 1),
                                                                        RFM69_MAX_PACKET_LEN);
                                                    // save payload length
                                                    RFM69.currentPacket.payloadLen = readingLength;
                                                    RFM69.ackReceived = RFM69_getACKReceived(RFM69.currentPacket.header.controlFlags);
                                                    RFM69.dataReceived = !RFM69.ackReceived;
                                            }
                                    }
                            }
    //#endif
                            RFM69_csn(HIGH);
                            RFM69_concludeSPITransaction();
                    }
                    RFM69.currentPacket.RSSI = RFM69_readRSSI();
                    // radio remains in stdby until packet read
            } else {
                    // back to RX
                    (void)RFM69_setRadioMode(RFM69_RADIO_MODE_RX);
            }
    }
    

    At least the FPAR stage succeeds on the Moteino side:

     __  __       ____
    |  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
    | |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
    | |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \  _  | |  \__ \
    |_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
            |___/                      2.3.2
    
    16 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RPNNA---,FQ=16,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
    26 TSM:INIT
    28 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    29 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    31 TSM:INIT:STATID=99
    33 TSF:SID:OK,ID=99
    35 TSM:FPAR
    537 SND: LEN=12,DST=255,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=32,SEQ=1
    544 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    1434 RECV: LEN=13,DST=99,VER=1,SND=0,FLG=128,SEQ=18
    1939 SND: LEN=7,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=96,SEQ=2
    1945 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-99,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
    1950 TSF:MSG:FPAR OK,ID=0,D=1
    2552 TSM:FPAR:OK
    2553 TSM:ID
    2554 TSM:ID:OK
    2556 TSM:UPL
    3058 SND: LEN=13,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=160,SEQ=3
    3766 SND: LEN=13,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=160,SEQ=3
    4471 SND: LEN=13,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=160,SEQ=3
    5179 SND: LEN=13,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=160,SEQ=3
    5888 SND: LEN=13,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=160,SEQ=3
    6095 !TSF:MSG:SEND,99-99-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:1
    6882 RECV: LEN=13,DST=99,VER=1,SND=0,FLG=128,SEQ=20
    7388 SND: LEN=7,DST=0,VER=1,SND=99,FLG=96,SEQ=4
    7394 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-99,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    7399 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
    7402 TSM:UPL:OK
    

    Don't know whether this is all correct, but at least it says TSM:FPAR:OK which shows the original problem is now solved.
    Reading the code I imagine that the linux specific part of the RFM69_interruptHandling function was to make SPI communication more efficient with multi-byte transfers. I would like to help maybe fix this if there truly is an error in the code. Off to the application level debugging.
    Again, I truly appreciate the amount of work that has gone into developing this framework and documentation.



  • Well, it was too good to be true. While the node can find the parent the first time, there seems to be some confusion between it and the gateway. Rather than going down this path any further I'll wait for some words of wisdom.



  • I think the appropriate words of wisdom are that the Raspberry Pi as gateway, directly interfacing to the RFM69 radio via GPIO, is not well supported yet. In fact, now that I've looked at it in more detail, there really is no use case where this is a desirable configuration. Any Arduino embedded controller can function as the gateway for connection to a home automation controller. Much cheaper, lower power and less complicated. I got my Home Assistant setup working with a Moteino gateway over serial with minimal effort.


  • Plugin Developer

    Darn, I was actually looking into the RFM69-directly-on-PI use case. Seems desirable enough to me?



  • @alowhum Yes I thought the same initially. I really wanted to use the Adafruit bonnet because it also has a little display and some buttons and I thought that would be pretty cool. But my use case is to connect my own sensors to a Home Automation controller. It runs on a Pi but the software installation is very much standardized (you download the complete image including OS and dockerized HA) so you can't really add much custom code such as native radio drivers requiring GPIO and interrupt access without it becoming a very custom configuration that then becomes harder to maintain over time.
    Turns out the the standard HA release has a standard configuration for a serial sensor gateway that MySensors supports. so instead of trying to get the bonnet to work it's far, far easier to simply connect a Moteino or whatever running the serial gateway code on the MCU, taking care of the radio specific timing and stuff. Downside is that there's now a loose Moteino board sitting next to the Pi that needs some kind of case. Upside is that I can update the HA image without worrying about re-installing radio drivers, etc.
    Mind you, if someone is interested in making this work then I'd be happy to help with testing and troubleshooting.


  • Plugin Developer

    Ah, thanks for the clarification. In my use case this wouldn't be a problem. Phew!



  • @alowhum please let us know if you get the direct RFM69-to-GPIO configuration working well on the RPi.


  • Plugin Developer

    I will, but it won't be for a while.


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