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ESP8266 gateway and sensor node not talking - noobie

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    Fabien
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    Work with 51ms timeout with my config. I set 60ms to be "secure"

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      Ok, great. We need to increase timeout then.

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      Yveaux
      Mod
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      #23

      @hek said:

      Ok, great. We need to increase timeout then.

      Better add a yield() call in those blocking wait loops.
      When quiclkly looking over the code of the RF69 driver, the RFM69::initialize call could in theory block for 1.5 sec...
      That's a watchdog reset waiting to happen!

      http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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        Yep,

        https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/287

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        • H hek

          Yep,

          https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/287

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          Yveaux
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          @hek :+1:

          http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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            Mersing
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            This is working great !

            Tx for this !

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              chrille
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              I am seeing something similar with RFM69 (specifically RFM69CW) and ESP8266. I have build an ESP8266 gateway based on the GatewayESP8266 sketch and this is what I changed

              #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
              #define MY_GATEWAY_ESP8266
              #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
              #define MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN 4
              #define MY_RF69_SPI_CS 15
              #define MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM 4
              

              I build a sensor node with the DallasTemperatureSensor sketch on an Arduino Mini Pro and defined

              #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
              #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
              

              When I start up the gateway I see

              0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RRNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
              0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
              ....scandone
              state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
              state: 2 -> 3 (0)
              state: 3 -> 5 (10)
              add 0
              aid 8
              cnt
              
              connected with AP, channel 1
              ip:62.x.x.x,mask:255.255.255.128,gw:62.x.x.x
              .IP: 62.x.x.x
              0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
              

              So far so good - I assume all the radio wiring is OK, since the radio init is successful

              On the sensor node I see

              Starting sensor (RRNNA-, 2.0.0-beta)
              Radio init successful.
              find parent 
              send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
              find parent
              send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
              find parent
              send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
              Init complete, id=255, parent=255, distance=255
              

              As soon as the sensor node is started the ESP8266 crashes with a WDT reset

              Soft WDT reset
              
              ctx: cont
              sp: 3ffef370 end: 3ffef630 offset: 01b0
              
              >>>stack>>>
              3ffef520:  00000001 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 00000000
              3ffef530:  00000024 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 40202436
              3ffef540:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402024bc
              3ffef550:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402026a7
              3ffef560:  3ffef6f2 00000001 3ffef6d4 40202b87
              3ffef570:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffef6ac
              3ffef580:  3fffdae0 3ffef6f1 3ffef6d4 40202cf4
              3ffef590:  3fff1210 00000000 3ffee600 402042b4
              3ffef5a0:  00000000 00000002 3ffef82c 40203d20
              3ffef5b0:  00000000 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 4020247c
              3ffef5c0:  401057ff 00000400 00000103 3ffef5f0
              3ffef5d0:  3ffef5e0 00000004 3ffef6cd 4020249c
              3ffef5e0:  3ffe8920 00000000 00000000 3ffee608
              3ffef5f0:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffee608
              3ffef600:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 40203e6c
              3ffef610:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee600 402045b4
              3ffef620:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee610 40100114
              <<<stack<<<
              

              The libraries are 2.0 beta as from a few days ago. I consider the power to the ESP8266 to be OK, since I use the same for en NRF24 based gateway and also for several other ESP modules.

              From the thread I understand that known issues should be fixed in the current beta. Any ideas on how to move on?

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              • chrilleC chrille

                I am seeing something similar with RFM69 (specifically RFM69CW) and ESP8266. I have build an ESP8266 gateway based on the GatewayESP8266 sketch and this is what I changed

                #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                #define MY_GATEWAY_ESP8266
                #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                #define MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN 4
                #define MY_RF69_SPI_CS 15
                #define MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM 4
                

                I build a sensor node with the DallasTemperatureSensor sketch on an Arduino Mini Pro and defined

                #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                

                When I start up the gateway I see

                0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RRNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
                0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
                ....scandone
                state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
                state: 2 -> 3 (0)
                state: 3 -> 5 (10)
                add 0
                aid 8
                cnt
                
                connected with AP, channel 1
                ip:62.x.x.x,mask:255.255.255.128,gw:62.x.x.x
                .IP: 62.x.x.x
                0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                

                So far so good - I assume all the radio wiring is OK, since the radio init is successful

                On the sensor node I see

                Starting sensor (RRNNA-, 2.0.0-beta)
                Radio init successful.
                find parent 
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                find parent
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                find parent
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                Init complete, id=255, parent=255, distance=255
                

                As soon as the sensor node is started the ESP8266 crashes with a WDT reset

                Soft WDT reset
                
                ctx: cont
                sp: 3ffef370 end: 3ffef630 offset: 01b0
                
                >>>stack>>>
                3ffef520:  00000001 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 00000000
                3ffef530:  00000024 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 40202436
                3ffef540:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402024bc
                3ffef550:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402026a7
                3ffef560:  3ffef6f2 00000001 3ffef6d4 40202b87
                3ffef570:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffef6ac
                3ffef580:  3fffdae0 3ffef6f1 3ffef6d4 40202cf4
                3ffef590:  3fff1210 00000000 3ffee600 402042b4
                3ffef5a0:  00000000 00000002 3ffef82c 40203d20
                3ffef5b0:  00000000 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 4020247c
                3ffef5c0:  401057ff 00000400 00000103 3ffef5f0
                3ffef5d0:  3ffef5e0 00000004 3ffef6cd 4020249c
                3ffef5e0:  3ffe8920 00000000 00000000 3ffee608
                3ffef5f0:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffee608
                3ffef600:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 40203e6c
                3ffef610:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee600 402045b4
                3ffef620:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee610 40100114
                <<<stack<<<
                

                The libraries are 2.0 beta as from a few days ago. I consider the power to the ESP8266 to be OK, since I use the same for en NRF24 based gateway and also for several other ESP modules.

                From the thread I understand that known issues should be fixed in the current beta. Any ideas on how to move on?

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                Yveaux
                Mod
                wrote on last edited by
                #28

                @chrille Try adding the following line to your setup() function:

                ESP.wdtDisable();
                

                It should disable the (software) watchdog on ESP. See if it continues, or if it will now just hang.

                http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                  @chrille Try adding the following line to your setup() function:

                  ESP.wdtDisable();
                  

                  It should disable the (software) watchdog on ESP. See if it continues, or if it will now just hang.

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                  chrille
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                  #29

                  @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                  • chrilleC chrille

                    @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                    chrille
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #30

                    ...I also tried to change TIME_OUT in rfm69.cpp to 500 as suggested by Fabien. Doesn't make any difference

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                    • chrilleC chrille

                      @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                      @chrille said:

                      the module still reboots

                      Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

                      http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                        @chrille said:

                        the module still reboots

                        Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

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                        chrille
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                        #32

                        @Yveaux I did some further tests and it may be related to the inclusion mode feature. At least disabling this makes things more stable - but I still haven't got the radio side working reliable. When this is working I will go back to the gateway and see if I can find out what triggers the crash

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                          @chrille said:

                          the module still reboots

                          Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

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                          chrille
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #33

                          @Yveaux I think I have narrowed down the issue now to this code in RFM69.cpp

                          void RFM69::sendACK(const void* buffer, byte bufferSize) {
                          debug(PSTR("RFM69: void sendACK\n"));
                            byte sender = SENDERID;
                            debug(PSTR("RFM69: sendACK - entering while()\n"));
                            while (!canSend()) receiveDone();
                            sendFrame(sender, buffer, bufferSize, false, true);
                          }
                          

                          (The debug lines are added by me)

                          Most of the time the WDT kicks in, after logging "entering while()" - occasionally it will reach sendFrame() and log a "read: " line but then the WDT kicks in when it gets to the while() loop again.
                          sendAck is called from sendFrame, that disables interrupts, by calling select()

                          With a bunch of additional debug turned on, this is what I get on the console

                          0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                          chg_B:-60
                          chg_B:-120
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                          chg_B:-60
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendFrame()
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                          0;255;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                          0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                          
                          Soft WDT reset
                          
                          ctx: cont
                          sp: 3ffefa70 end: 3ffefd30 offset: 01b0
                          
                          >>>stack>>>
                          3ffefc20:  00000001 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 000000ff
                          3ffefc30:  00000024 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 402022da
                          3ffefc40:  3ffe8496 00000000 3ffefdd4 40202360
                          3ffefc50:  00000000 00000000 3ffefdd4 4020254b
                          3ffefc60:  3ffefdf2 00000000 3ffefdd4 402037f9
                          3ffefc70:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffefdd4 3ffefdac
                          3ffefc80:  3fffdc20 3ffefdf1 3ffefdd4 4020385c
                          3ffefc90:  00000003 00000000 3ffeecf8 40204035
                          3ffefca0:  00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000
                          3ffefcb0:  3ffefd58 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 3ffeed00
                          3ffefcc0:  3ffefe00 00000000 3ffefe98 40203aec
                          3ffefcd0:  00000003 00000000 000000ff 00000000
                          3ffefce0:  000000ff 00000002 00000000 00000000
                          3ffefcf0:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 3ffeed00
                          3ffefd00:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 40203c06
                          3ffefd10:  00000000 00000000 3ffeecf8 4020432c
                          3ffefd20:  00000000 00000000 3ffeed10 40100114
                          <<<stack<<<
                          

                          Any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated!

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                            @Yveaux I think I have narrowed down the issue now to this code in RFM69.cpp

                            void RFM69::sendACK(const void* buffer, byte bufferSize) {
                            debug(PSTR("RFM69: void sendACK\n"));
                              byte sender = SENDERID;
                              debug(PSTR("RFM69: sendACK - entering while()\n"));
                              while (!canSend()) receiveDone();
                              sendFrame(sender, buffer, bufferSize, false, true);
                            }
                            

                            (The debug lines are added by me)

                            Most of the time the WDT kicks in, after logging "entering while()" - occasionally it will reach sendFrame() and log a "read: " line but then the WDT kicks in when it gets to the while() loop again.
                            sendAck is called from sendFrame, that disables interrupts, by calling select()

                            With a bunch of additional debug turned on, this is what I get on the console

                            0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                            chg_B:-60
                            chg_B:-120
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                            chg_B:-60
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendFrame()
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                            
                            Soft WDT reset
                            
                            ctx: cont
                            sp: 3ffefa70 end: 3ffefd30 offset: 01b0
                            
                            >>>stack>>>
                            3ffefc20:  00000001 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 000000ff
                            3ffefc30:  00000024 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 402022da
                            3ffefc40:  3ffe8496 00000000 3ffefdd4 40202360
                            3ffefc50:  00000000 00000000 3ffefdd4 4020254b
                            3ffefc60:  3ffefdf2 00000000 3ffefdd4 402037f9
                            3ffefc70:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffefdd4 3ffefdac
                            3ffefc80:  3fffdc20 3ffefdf1 3ffefdd4 4020385c
                            3ffefc90:  00000003 00000000 3ffeecf8 40204035
                            3ffefca0:  00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000
                            3ffefcb0:  3ffefd58 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 3ffeed00
                            3ffefcc0:  3ffefe00 00000000 3ffefe98 40203aec
                            3ffefcd0:  00000003 00000000 000000ff 00000000
                            3ffefce0:  000000ff 00000002 00000000 00000000
                            3ffefcf0:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 3ffeed00
                            3ffefd00:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 40203c06
                            3ffefd10:  00000000 00000000 3ffeecf8 4020432c
                            3ffefd20:  00000000 00000000 3ffeed10 40100114
                            <<<stack<<<
                            

                            Any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated!

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                            Mod
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                            @chrille I'm not familiar with rfm implementation, but you could try adding a call to yield() inside the while loop.

                            http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                              @chrille I'm not familiar with rfm implementation, but you could try adding a call to yield() inside the while loop.

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                              @Yveaux Thank you very much. This seems to have fixed the issue now!

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                              • chrilleC chrille

                                @Yveaux Thank you very much. This seems to have fixed the issue now!

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                                @chrille Could you create a pull-request (or a bug report) for this fix in MySensors' github repo ?

                                http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                                  @chrille Could you create a pull-request (or a bug report) for this fix in MySensors' github repo ?

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                                  @Yveaux I already did! https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/396

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