gw.send( ) and transmission errors (revisited)
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Re: gw.send( ) and transmission errors,
@rickmontana83 suggests "...you might consider adding a "resync" timer that sends the current state regardless of changes every so often. So even if something is dropped you have a bounded amount of time where things are in the wrong state".
I like this idea but it got me thinking - instead of periodically resending current state of a sensor val, why not periodically do request(<childid>, <valuetype>) for that value instead and then in arduino receive() method check the returned value for difference from current local value. if diff, resend with send(). The particular sketch I'd do this for never turns off the radio so I should get most GW messages.
I realize you'd be more than doubling the number of messages between node and GW. Instead of a single send() you're doing request() followed by callback to receive() followed by send() if the values are different. The reason this is attractive to me is - I would only do a send() for a value change, either the original change or detection that send() of the original change was lost. This means I should always have the correct, or nearly correct, date stamp associated with the value in Vera so I get better status as to when a sensor value actually changed.
Any thoughts?
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No response - I feel like Jeb Bush when he said "clap please"
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Seems a bit complicated, and as you say, will increase radio traffic.
But do whatever works for you. The project is called MySensors for a reason
