💬 Sensebender Gateway

[alexsh1]

@scalz Did you manage to do the 3D case for the PA LNA transceiver for the sensebender gateway please?

[ted]

@Anticimex said in 💬 Sensebender Gateway:

MY_CORE_ONLY

Just curious, what does "MY_CORE_ONLY" do? The library mentioned that it should be enabled " if you want to use core functions without loading the framework" . What are the core functions and what is the framework?

[Anticimex]

@ted core functions are things like the HAL and debug logging functionality. Framework means all the presentation message transmissions and handshaking. Basically, MY_CORE_ONLY allow you to leverage the functionality provided by the library without having the library execute things out of your control.

[scalz]

@alexsh1
woops, yes i made it but forgot the upload. it's now uploaded here https://www.mysensors.org/hardware/sensebender-gateway#design-files

Enjoy :)

[alexsh1]

@scalz Thank you.

Does anyone have the PA transceiver version with Sensebender Gateway?
Any feedback please?

[tbowmo]

@alexsh1

If you mean using a nrf24 with lna/pa, with the gateway. Then yes.. I have had it running for some months now.

Anything in particular that you want to know?

[alexsh1]

@tbowmo yes, that's what I meant
I am thinking about installing either a normal nrf24l01+ or lna/pa version. I have had some issues with power in the past with the lna/pa transceiver.
What's your experience? What kind of power supply do you use? How better is the coverage?

[tbowmo]

I haven't checked if the coverage is any better with the lna/pa version, compared to standard modules.

Currently the gateway is connected to a RPI2, which in turn is powered by a 2A powersupply from RS Components

I haven't had any issues with it yet, but then again.. I mainly receive data from sensor nodes, and not that much sending data to distant nodes from the gateway

[alexsh1]

@tbowmo It is probably not Sensebender topic, but more lna+pa range one.
I am not sure about my RPi3 as though it is powered by the 3A PSU, I have a USB z-wave stick, three transceivers, one UPS Plco (as HAT) and a 20x4 screen. I lot of power is consumed so not sure adding yet another one. (lna+pa is power hungry during peaks).

I'll get the nrf24l01+ lna+pa ordered and test the range. In my view rfm69 range is probably better, but I have the rfm69 gateway on moteino with a trace antenna (very small footprint and it is based on ATMega1284P so 128KB sketch flash memory - more than I need).

@hek - is it the intention to combine rfm69 and nrf24l01+ gateways in one in the future?
I understand Sensebender GW is ready for it, but it is more a software limitation???
I am really looking forward to combined GW.
I also have a separate one for rfm95 so that I can use some remote sensors.

[hek]

No, I haven't heard of any near plans in the core team about doing multi radio/sub-network support in 2.0.

This requires some extra thoughts and would probably only fit on SAMD/ESP nodes.

[alexsh1]

@hek Which is good as the Sensebender GW is based on SAMD! So it is ready to be the first 2-in-1 GW.
Anyway, keep on doing a great work! I'll patiently wait until the combined GW is there.

[NiklasO]

Ordered from ITEAD. Nice to get rid of this stuff:

Just nudging anything result in problems. ;-)
Time to fire up the 3D-printer.

[NiklasO]

Aaaand, it's up! Very good fit (the box).

The box on top is just me trying out different colors of the case. ;)
The one on top has better look. Different brands of PLA.

[nick van alst]

@NiklasO that looks very good!

Are you willing to share your design files with us?
i just ordered my gateway to get rid of cables and lose components :D a case would really make it complete!

[scalz]

@NiklasO
great :+1:
@nick-van-alst
you can get enclosure design files here https://www.mysensors.org/hardware/sensebender-gateway (on page bottom)
I designed different variants so pick which one you need.

[alexsh1]

@meddie said in 💬 Sensebender Gateway:

Ok i just connected the W5100 and NRF24 Module and uploaded the GatewayW5100 Sketch and when the upload is done after reset i dont get any output on serial monitor.
The orange, green and red led are lighting.

When i upload the SensebenderGatewaySerial then i get output on serial monitor. It think the problem must be the w5100. But what going wrong?

@meddie Did you figure out what the problem is? I have exactly the same issue

[meddie]

@alexsh1
hi, yes it was very simple :-D the gateway has worked fine in this time, i thought that when nothing shown in serial monitor that the gateway dont work, but it did it, after i connected the gateway to FHEM (my controller) i saw that FHEM connects t mys Gateway.
So it worked all the time

Greets Eddie

[tbowmo]

@alexsh1

Have you tried to enable the debug output in the GatewayW5100 example? I think it is disabled by default, due to the limited memory on the small atmega 328p

[alexsh1]

@tbowmo

Yes, I did

// Enable debug prints to serial monitor
#define MY_DEBUG
#define MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_SIGNING

[alexsh1]

I am running Arduino IDE 1.8.1 on Windows 10
Arduino AVR 1.6.18
Arduino SAMD 1.6.12
MySensors SAMD 1.0.5

EDIT: I have tried to upload the default sketch on macbook with Arduino IDE 1.6.2
It is still the same - no debug info in the terminal