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RFM69 problems

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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
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      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
          Admin
          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
                  Admin
                  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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                      • GertSandersG Offline
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #34

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

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