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RFM69 problems

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  • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
    Cliff KarlssonC Offline
    Cliff Karlsson
    wrote on last edited by
    #18

    Ok, I turned on the verbose output and this is what I got:

    Arduino: 1.6.6 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino Nano, ATmega328"
    
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware" -tools "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder" -tools "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr" -built-in-libraries "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries" -libraries "C:\Users\Cliff\Documents\Arduino\libraries" -fqbn=arduino:avr:nano:cpu=atmega328 -ide-version=10606 -build-path "C:\Users\Cliff\AppData\Local\Temp\build8a702dc9de8b52c506f71d8c8aabed09.tmp" -warnings=none -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -verbose "C:\Users\Cliff\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_8a702dc9de8b52c506f71d8c8aabed09\GatewaySerial.ino"
    
    Warning: platform.txt from core 'MySensors AVR based boards' contains deprecated recipe.ar.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.ar.cmd}" {compiler.ar.flags} {compiler.ar.extra_flags} "{build.path}/{archive_file}" "{object_file}", automatically converted to recipe.ar.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.ar.cmd}" {compiler.ar.flags} {compiler.ar.extra_flags} "{archive_file_path}" "{object_file}". Consider upgrading this core.
    Warning: platform.txt from core 'Mysensors SAMD (32-bits ARM Cortex-M0+) Boards' contains deprecated recipe.ar.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.ar.cmd}" {compiler.ar.flags} {compiler.ar.extra_flags} "{build.path}/{archive_file}" "{object_file}", automatically converted to recipe.ar.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.ar.cmd}" {compiler.ar.flags} {compiler.ar.extra_flags} "{archive_file_path}" "{object_file}". Consider upgrading this core.
    Library can't use both 'src' and 'utility' folders.
    
    Error compiling.
    

    I have removed arduino IDE and all mysensor libraries, I reinstalled the arduino IDE added/replaced the librarys with the Arduino-master, then replaced again with Arduino-development.

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    • hekH Offline
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      hek
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      wrote on last edited by
      #19

      You must have done something wrong setting it up (I'm also running 1.6.6).

      You should get the following error using the sketch you posted above:

      Users/hek/Documents/ArduinoGithub/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:195:3: error: #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.
        #error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.
         ^
      
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      • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
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        Cliff Karlsson
        wrote on last edited by
        #20

        Ok, after trying again I extracted Arduino-development to a separate folder in my sketchbook location witout replacing anything. I then got an error saying it could not find Mysensors.h so I copied it to the Gatewayserial folder and now it complies but gives me the error you specified hek. So how do I solve this? is not the gatewayserial sketch ready to complie as is?

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        • hekH Offline
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          hek
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          wrote on last edited by
          #21

          Oh, sorry I just copied part of the sketch above when I got the compile error.

          When compiling the whole file it works fine here.

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          • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
            Cliff KarlssonC Offline
            Cliff Karlsson
            wrote on last edited by
            #22

            Ok so I should use the serialgateway sketch from the arduino master? I did not find any other serialgateway sketch in arduino development than the one I posten.

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            • Cliff KarlssonC Cliff Karlsson

              Ok so I should use the serialgateway sketch from the arduino master? I did not find any other serialgateway sketch in arduino development than the one I posten.

              hekH Offline
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              hek
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              wrote on last edited by
              #23

              @Cliff-Karlsson said:

              Ok so I should use the serialgateway sketch from the arduino master?

              No, you're using the right one.

              I extracted Arduino-development to a separate folder in my sketchbook location witout replacing anything. I then got an error saying it could not find Mysensors.h so I copied it to the Gatewayserial folder

              You must replace the WHOLE MySensors library folder. Not just copying the MySensors.h.

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              • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                Cliff Karlsson
                wrote on last edited by
                #24

                Ok, tried again and I think I got it right this time as I got three tabs in the arduino IDE when opening the serialgateway-sketch, before I only got one tab.

                But now I have the same error as you shown hek, what does this mean:

                #if !defined(MY_GATEWAY_FEATURE) && !defined(MY_RADIO_FEATURE)
                	#error No forward link or gateway feature activated. This means nowhere to send messages! Pretty pointless.
                #endif
                

                I already have this in the gateway sketch:

                #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                
                #define MY_GATEWAY_SERIAL
                
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                • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                  Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                  Cliff Karlsson
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #25

                  Ahh, finally. I used the sketchbook location for everything like it says in the info for 1.5. When I copied all the development libraries into the Arduino libraries folder it worked.

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                  • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                    Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                    Cliff Karlsson
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #26

                    I tried changing computers and it seems to work better now, But I just realized something where or how do I set the frequency of the rfm radio?

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                    • hekH Offline
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                      hek
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #27

                      Put one of these in your sketch

                      #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_433MHZ
                      #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                      #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_915MHZ
                      

                      I should probably try to find some time starting to document the 1.6 features. But most of them is already easy to find by reading MyConfig.h.

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                      • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                        Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                        Cliff Karlsson
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #28

                        @hek said:

                        #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY RF69_868MHZ

                        ok, if I dont specify this in my sketch will it default to either frequency?

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                        • hekH Offline
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                          hek
                          Admin
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #29

                          It'll default to RF69_868MHZ

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                          • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                            Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                            Cliff Karlsson
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #30

                            Ok, all my radios is 868Mhz so the problem is something else. I always get similar errors from the serial monitor after complying sensor-sketches.

                            Starting sensor (1.6.0-beta)
                            Radio init successful.
                            send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=10,sg=0,st=fail:1.6.0-beta
                            send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=fail:0
                            send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,st=fail:Relay
                            send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=fail:1.0
                            send: 7-7-0-0 s=1,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
                            Init complete, id=7, parent=0, distance=1
                            

                            What does this mean? It says radio init successful, but can it still be radio problems?

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                            • hekH Offline
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                              hek
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #31

                              Well, do you receive any messages on the gateway side?

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                              • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                                Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                                Cliff Karlsson
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #32

                                Well I changed the CHILD_ID_LIGHT to 7 in the lightlux sensor sketch, I don't know if that was right. But nothing shows up in domoticz.

                                I get this from serial monitor:

                                Starting sensor (1.6.0-beta)
                                Radio init successful.
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=10,sg=0,st=fail:1.6.0-beta
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=fail:0
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=16,sg=0,st=fail:Light Lux Sensor
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=fail:1.0
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=7,c=0,t=16,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
                                Init complete, id=7, parent=0, distance=1
                                54612
                                send: 7-7-0-0 s=7,c=1,t=23,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,st=fail:54612
                                find parent
                                send: 7-7-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                                
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                                • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                                  Cliff KarlssonC Offline
                                  Cliff Karlsson
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #33

                                  I dont't know how many times I have tried to fix my rfm69 issues but no success.

                                  I have got a new raspberry pi 2 controller, formatted/reinstalled my pc, bought a powered usb hub, changed my serialgateway and resoldering sensor-nodes and gateways several times.

                                  The gateway seems too start up fine, but when I power any sensor I get this in domoticz log:

                                  015-11-16 21:07:18.763 Domoticz V2.3603 (c)2012-2015 GizMoCuz
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:18.763 Build Hash: 95def9c, Date: 2015-11-16 18:45:30
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:18.764 System: Raspberry Pi
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:18.765 Startup Path: /home/pi/domoticz/
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.058 Sunrise: 07:55:00 SunSet:15:15:00
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.058 EventSystem: reset all events...
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.104 Active notification subsystems: (0/10)
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.244 Webserver started on port: 8181
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.303 Webserver started on port: 443
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:19.321 Started shared server on: 0.0.0.0
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:21.323 Hardware Monitor: Started
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:21.325 EventSystem: reset all events...
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:21.326 EventSystem: reset all device statuses...
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:21.328 EventSystem: Started
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:22.325 MySensors: Using serial port: /dev/ttyUSB0
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:23.797 MySensors: Gateway Ready...
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:23.872 MySensors: Gateway Version: 1.6.0-beta
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:24.323 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:41.272 Incoming connection from: 192.168.0.24
                                  2015-11-16 21:07:45.202 1-Wire support available (By Kernel)...
                                  2015-11-16 21:08:04.752 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:08:34.800 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:09:04.837 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:09:34.886 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:10:04.923 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:10:34.971 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:11:05.008 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:11:35.056 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:12:05.095 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:12:35.146 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:13:05.198 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:13:35.249 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:14:05.301 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:14:35.352 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:15:05.404 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:15:35.455 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:16:05.507 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:16:35.545 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:17:05.598 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:17:35.644 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:18:05.694 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:18:35.732 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:19:05.784 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:19:35.822 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:20:05.871 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:20:35.909 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:21:05.958 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:21:35.996 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:22:06.047 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:22:36.086 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:23:06.138 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:23:36.177 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:06.229 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:23.700 Error: Serial Port closed!... Error: End of file
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:23.818 MySensors: retrying in 30 seconds...
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:36.269 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:52.821 MySensors: Using serial port: /dev/ttyUSB0
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:52.822 Error: MySensors: Error opening serial port!
                                  2015-11-16 21:24:53.822 MySensors: retrying in 30 seconds...
                                  2015-11-16 21:25:06.318 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
                                  

                                  And when I look at the serial gateway options the usb port (/dev/ttyUSB0) is blank. I have to remove the usb cable and insert it again or reboot to get the usb port back.

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                                    why not connect the NRF24 directly to your Raspi2 and run PiSerialGateway on Raspi itself ?

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