Strange behaviour - Check Wires and Version Mismatch

[hek]

what happens if you hard-code parent to 0 in begin() while fetching id?

[marceltrapman]

@hek said:

what happens if you hard-code parent to 0 in begin() while fetching id?

Even stranger. This is what I do:

//board.begin(msgCallback, nodeId, repeaterMode, parentNodeId, paLevel, channel, dataRate);
board.begin(NULL, NULL, false, 0);

This is now the result:

NODE_ID          :0
PARENT_NODE_ID   :2
DISTANCE         :2

Do you want me to write the node id and parent id direct into the eeprom?

[hek]

setting the parent in constructor won't update the eeprom. It just uses the specified parent and never searches for a new one.

And you'll have to specify AUTO for id

[marceltrapman]

@hek So, how do I 'suddenly' have id = 0 then?

I will clear the eeprom again and see what happens...

[marceltrapman]

@marceltrapman Stupid fail with that AUTO setting :blush:

But the good news is that my sensor now has ID 4...

So the bad news, I guess, is that the repeater seems to fail...

[hek]

As I mentioned earlier fetching id THROUGH a repeater need some additional love.

[marceltrapman]

@hek said:

As I mentioned earlier fetching id THROUGH a repeater need some additional love.

Hmm, so I fail that love :(

How can we get this thing going?
The thing is don't want to walk down to my gateway each time I want to test something out.
And, I also prefer not to use a fixed id because that would make testing the controller plugin a b****.

[gregl]

Hey @marceltrapman - I just upgraded one of my sketches from 1.3 to 1.4 ( im finally moving to 1.4 in "production!!)

Anyway, i had the same issue with version mismatch error and spewing out

version mismatch
read: 255-255-255 s=255,c=7,t=255,pt=7,l=31:NAN
version mismatch
read: 255-255-255 s=255,c=7,t=255,pt=7,l=31:NAN
version mismatch
read: 255-255-255 s=255,c=7,t=255,pt=7,l=31:NAN
version mismatch
read: 255-255-255 s=255,c=7,t=255,pt=7,l=31:NAN

wondering wtf was going on, i disconnected the relays board connected to VCC... the messages stopped and everything worked correctly- other than the relays actuating...
figured it could be a power issue, i connected proper power source as the issue occured with just a USB 5v from my PC....and reconnecting relay all worked properly..including now the relay.

So, check your powersupply!

HTH..

[marceltrapman]

@gregl said:

So, check your powersupply!

I don't see the version mismatch thing anymore luckily but it would have surprised me if it was power. Not only did I check it but I also use a power converter in this case to supply constant 3.3v (I use pro mini 3.3v).

Anyway, thanks for the tip :)

[SparkAndHale]

Same here. I had to go up to 5V to power my Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V sufficiently.