OTA FW on Repeater Nodes???

[Oitzu]

After reading the code i maybe have an theorie about your issue.
The reboot is done with a watchdog timer. The watchdog timer will not unset itself, but is unset after the reboot.
Using OTA and Relay will probably that much startup time that the watchdog timer will trigger again before it is unset.

[Oitzu]

If you still have access to the node you could try to add wdt_reset(); in the beginning of the setup function.

[rvendrame]

@Oitzu , sure I will try it, but only in two weeks. Thanks for the hint!

[tekka]

@rvendrame said:

Hello everyone,

I recently enabled repeater function in one of my nodes, and now when I try to update its firmware OTA with MYSController, instead the regular FW update messages, I get thousands of this:

Which board / bootloader? Sensebender or regular Arduino with MYSBootloader?

[rvendrame]

@tekka , regular Arduino (pro-mini clone) with MYSBootloader.

[tekka]

@rvendrame can you upload the MYSController log?

[rvendrame]

@tekka , the begin of log is like that:

10/27/2015 14:31:18 INFO FW "myMultiSensor" assigned to node 9
10/27/2015 14:31:21 TX 9;0;3;0;13;0
10/27/2015 14:31:21 RX 0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-9-9 s=0,c=3,t=13,pt=0,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
10/27/2015 14:31:21 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:21 CHILD New child discovered, node id=9, child id=internal
10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 9;255;0;0;18;1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5

... and from here on, thousands of repetitions of same messages. It only stops by turning off the power of the node.

10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 9;255;0;0;18;1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
10/27/2015 14:31:18 INFO FW "myMultiSensor" assigned to node 9
10/27/2015 14:31:21 TX 9;0;3;0;13;0
10/27/2015 14:31:21 RX 0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-9-9 s=0,c=3,t=13,pt=0,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
10/27/2015 14:31:21 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:21 CHILD New child discovered, node id=9, child id=internal
10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 9;255;0;0;18;1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 9;255;0;0;18;1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 RX 0;0;3;0;9;read: 9-9-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
10/27/2015 14:31:22 DEBUG Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY

[tekka]

@rvendrame the node does not seem to reboot upon initiation of the OTA update (bootloader signal is missing). Can you post the rx log when you power-cycle the node?

[rvendrame]

@tekka , I'm currently traveling so only in two weeks from now. I posted the 'Info' from the node at first post, maybe it helps some how? Bootloader is 'N/A' there, could be something in there?

[tekka]

@rvendrame ok, let's wait until your return.

[rvendrame]

@tekka , @Oitzu , I finally managed to have some time for this.

This is the serial monitor output from the node, as soon as I request the FW update via MYSController (it is a endless loop):

read: 0-0-9 s=0,c=3,t=13,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
Device Init...
��Sensor start...
send: 9-9-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
Device Init...
��Sensor start...
send: 9-9-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=18,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
Device Init...

And I tried to upload the new FW via FTDI adapter (in order to test with the repeater function off), however I got an error from avrdude (maybe my pro mini is broken somehow?)

avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Apr 14 2015 at 16:30:25
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/i007897/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbserial-A50285BI
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xbe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xbe
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xf2
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe6
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x52
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x9f
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xe5
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xd2
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x43
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0xd7

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Thanks!

[Oitzu]

@rvendrame the mysbootloader doesn't support serial upload.
Use an ISP to upload a new sketch.

[tekka]

@rvendrame This issue does not seem to be related to MYSBootloader since the log does not show bootloader messages. However, your node seems re-initializing (but not rebooting) over and over. Try changing the hardware (MCU & nRF) and update to the latest (non-dev branch) framework for further testing.