💬 Building a Orange Pi Gateway

mfalkvidd

@BAsavaraj004 thanks. Earlier posts indicate that the "Could not open" error could be caused by a problem with the pin mapping. I don't have an OrangePi myself so I don't know the details but maybe these posts can help:
https://forum.mysensors.org/post/69656
https://forum.mysensors.org/post/60943
https://forum.mysensors.org/post/56374

ElDuderino

@SdeWeb said in 💬 Building a Orange Pi Gateway:

Hi,
Well done finally i used the dedicated .fex file for Orange Pi Plus 2E here :
https://linux-sunxi.org/Xunlong_Orange_Pi_Plus_2E#Expansion_Port

at this point :
https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib/blob/master/config/fex/orangepiplus2e.fex

Read the .fex file in a text editor, u'll see important things about "gpio_config" for H3 cpu :

; NOTE: This section is necessary only for "gpio_sunxi" driver
; which is obsolete for H3 boards
[gpio_para]
gpio_used = 0
gpio_num = 0

I connected my NRF24L01 on OPI P2E like this :

NRF24L01 Port Name / (Pin N°) ----- OPI Port (Pin N°) / Name
                      GND (1)  <-----------> (20) / GND
                      VCC (2)  <-----------> (17) / 3.3V PWR
                      CE (3)   <-----------> (22) / (PA2 / GPIO2)
                      CSN (4)  <-----------> (24) / (PC3 / GPIO67)
                      SCK (5)  <-----------> (23)
                      MOSI (6) <-----------> (19) MOSI
                      MISO (7) <-----------> (21) MISO
                      IRQ (8)  <-----------> NC

So "MySensors" setup is :

./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev0.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=67

Then

./bin/mysgw -d

Return :

root@orangepiplus2e:~/MySensors# ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG---,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
mysgw: Listening for connections on 0.0.0.0:5003
mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1

Best.
Seb.

This worked great on my Orange Pi Lite.
I was trying to follow the tutorial at Building a Orange Pi Gateway and I tried all sorts of things that didn't work.
IMO the main tutorial should have this as instruction to building a gateway with Orange Pi Lite/Plus.
Thanks!!
( Sorry for quoting the entire original post, but this will help anyone searching for help with their Orange Pi Lite)

8667

I got the OrangeZero and was building the configuration command... can someone provide me more detailed instructions about using higher security?

Is it possible to use SSL for the connecting to the broker?
How whitelisting works with Pi? I moved away of Arduino as I do not want to recompile it everytime I need to include new node. So far I have

-my-signing-request-signatures --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=SOMETHING --my-rf24-encryption-enabled

but this will not allow me to exclude stolen nodes right?

Anticimex

@8667 no, it won't. As it is for the moment, whitelisting works no different compared to Arduino based devices. You will have to recompile your GW if you add new nodes as you will need to add their serials to the whitelist in the GW.

8667

@Anticimex said in 💬 Building a Orange Pi Gateway:

@8667 no, it won't. As it is for the moment, whitelisting works no different compared to Arduino based devices. You will have to recompile your GW if you add new nodes as you will need to add their serials to the whitelist in the GW.

So how personalization works on the orange and how to pass the list of serials?

Anticimex

@8667 not sure. I have not been involved in the rPi port. I suggest you pass --help to the configure command. It should give a list of options.

8667

This should be in the wiki

root@pi0:~/MySensors# ./configure --help
configure script for MySensors gateway.
Options:

Help:
    -h, --help                  print this message

SPI driver options:
    --spi-driver=[BCM|SPIDEV]
    --spi-spidev-device=<DEVICE>
                                Device path. [/dev/spidev0.0]

Building options:
    --soc=[BCM2835|BCM2836|BCM2837|AM33XX|A10|A13|A20|H3]
                                SoC type to be used. [configure autodetected]
    --cpu-flags=<CPUFLAGS>      CPU defining/optimizing flags to be used. [configure autodetected]
    --extra-cflags=<CFLAGS>     Extra C flags passed to C compilation. []
    --extra-cxxflags=<CXXFLAGS> Extra C++ flags passed to C++ compilation. []
    --extra-ldflags=<LDFLAGS>   Extra C flags passed to linking. []
    --c_compiler=<CC>           C compiler. [arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc][gcc]
    --cxx_compiler=<CXX>        C++ compiler. [arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++][g++]
    --build-dir=<DIR>           Compiler directory to store object files. [build]
    --bin-dir=<DIR>             Compiler directory to store binary files. [bin]
    --arduino-lib-dir=<DIR>     Arduino library directory.
    --no-clean                  Don't clean previous build artifacts.

Installation options:
    --prefix=<PREFIX>           Installation prefix path. [/usr/local]
    --gateway-dir=<DIR>         Gateway files installation directory. [PREFIX/bin]

MySensors options:
    --my-debug=[enable|disable] Enables or disables MySensors core debugging. [enable]
    --my-config-file=<FILE>     Config file path. [/etc/mysensors.dat]
    --my-gateway=[none|ethernet|serial|mqtt]
                                Set the protocol used to communicate with the controller.
                                [ethernet]
    --my-node-id=<ID>           Disable gateway feature and run as a node with the specified id.
    --my-controller-url-address=<URL>
                                Controller or MQTT broker url.
    --my-controller-ip-address=<IP>
                                Controller or MQTT broker ip.
    --my-port=<PORT>            The port to keep open on gateway mode.
                                If gateway is set to mqtt, it sets the broker port.
    --my-serial-port=<PORT>     Serial port. [/dev/ttyACM0]
    --my-serial-baudrate=<BAUD> Serial baud rate. [115200]
    --my-serial-is-pty          Set the serial port to be a pseudo terminal. Use this if you want
                                to connect to a controller running on the same device.
    --my-serial-pty=<NAME>      Symlink name for the PTY device. [/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway]
    --my-serial-groupname=<GROUP>
                                Grant access to the specified system group for the serial device.
    --my-mqtt-client-id=<ID>    MQTT client id.
    --my-mqtt-user=<UID>        MQTT user id.
    --my-mqtt-password=<PASS>   MQTT password.
    --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=<PREFIX>
                                MQTT publish topic prefix.
    --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=<PREFIX>
                                MQTT subscribe topic prefix.
    --my-transport=[none|nrf24|rs485|rfm95|rfm69]
                                Set the transport to be used to communicate with other nodes.
                                [nrf24]
    --my-rf24-channel=<0-125>   RF channel for the sensor net. [76]
    --my-rf24-pa-level=[RF24_PA_MAX|RF24_PA_LOW]
                                RF24 PA level. [RF24_PA_MAX]
    --my-rf24-ce-pin=<PIN>      Pin number to use for rf24 Chip-Enable.
    --my-rf24-cs-pin=<PIN>      Pin number to use for rf24 Chip-Select.
    --my-rf24-irq-pin=<PIN>     Pin number connected to nRF24L01 IRQ pin.
    --my-rf24-encryption-enabled
                                Enables RF24 encryption.
                                All nodes and gateway must have this enabled, and all must be
                                personalized with the same AES key
    --my-rx-message-buffer-size=<SIZE>
                                Buffer size for incoming messages when using rf24 interrupts. [20]
    --my-rfm69-frequency=[315|433|868|915]
                                RFM69 Module Frequency. [868]
    --my-is-rfm69hw             Enable high-powered rfm69hw.
    --my-rfm69-irq-pin=<PIN>    Pin number connected to RFM69 IRQ pin.
    --my-rfm69-cs-pin=<PIN>     Pin number to use for RFM69 Chip-Select.
    --my-rs485-serial-port=<PORT>
                                RS485 serial port. You must provide a port.
    --my-rs485-baudrate=<BAUD>  RS485 baudrate. [9600]
    --my-rs485-de-pin=<PIN>     Pin number connected to RS485 driver enable pin.
    --my-rs485-max-msg-length=<LENGTH>
                                The maximum message length used for RS485. [40]
    --my-leds-err-pin=<PIN>     Error LED pin.
    --my-leds-rx-pin=<PIN>      Receive LED pin.
    --my-leds-tx-pin=<PIN>      Transmit LED pin.
    --my-leds-blinking-inverse  Inverse the blinking feature.
    --my-signing=[none|software|password]
                                Message signing. [none]
    --my-signing-debug          Enable signing related debug.
    --my-signing-request-signatures
                                Enable signature request from nodes that in turn requested
                                gateway signature.
    --my-signing-weak_security  Enable this to permit downgrade of security preferences and
                                relaxed gateway signing requirements.
    --my-signing-password=<PASSWORD>
                                If you are using password as the signature type, set your password here.

root@pi0:~/MySensors# sudo ./bin/mysgw -h
mysgw: Config file /etc/mysensors.dat does not exist, creating new config file.
Usage: mysgw [options]

Options:
  -h, --help                 Display a short summary of all program options.
  -d, --debug                Enable debug.
  -b, --background           Run as a background process.
  --gen-soft-hmac-key        Generate and print a soft hmac key.
  --gen-soft-serial-key      Generate and print a soft serial key.
  --gen-aes-key              Generate and print an aes encryption key.
  --print-soft-hmac-key      Print the soft hmac key from the config file.
  --print-soft-serial-key    Print the soft serial key from the config file.
  --print-aes-key            Print the aes encryption key from the config file.
  --set-soft-hmac-key        Write a soft hmac key to the config file.
  --set-soft-serial-key      Write a soft serial key to the config file.
  --set-aes-key              Write an aes encryption key to the config file.

Anticimex

@8667 if there is no option for the whitelist, you should still be able to set it using the same #define as mentioned in the signing documentation. The implementation is shared.
It makes sense to keep it like that since the list could be quite long.

mfalkvidd

@8667 a first try of making the help text available online is now available at https://ci.mysensors.org/job/MySensors/job/MySensors/job/PR-952/12/Doxygen_HTML/group__RaspberryPiGateway.html
If/when the pull request is accepted, a link can be added on the build page.

Ricardo Ribeiro

Hello! I followed instructions by SdeWeb on my Orange Pi Lite with Armbian, and gateway is working fine, I can see debug messages from other node. But when I try to add a serial port in node-red I can't find the gateway one. Can you help me?

Ricardo Ribeiro

FYI i configure like this:
./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev0.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=67 --my-gateway=serial --my-serial-is-pty --my-serial-pty=/dev/ttyUSB10 --my-serial-baudrate=115200

8667

NOTE for Armbian and Orange Pi Zero.

Set static IP address or the device will lose connection on next DHCP request. I use only the LAN and was having problems for few days.

mfalkvidd

@8667 I didn't know it was possibe to set ip address for the Pi gateway. How did you do that?

SdeWeb

Hi,
You should set your gateway as a ethernet / network gateway. By default, it run on port 5003 (ex : [gwipadresse]:5003.
If you controler is hosted on the same machine that the gateway, then you can call the ip adresse : 127.0.0.1:5003. (the localhost adress) whatever the real IP adresse of your PI.
if you got a good router on u'r network, that it running DHCP server and give IP adresses of your devices on the network, then you can define static IP adresse for the MAC adresse of your PI.

Regards.

Ricardo Ribeiro

I had to use spidev0.0 and not spidev1.0:
+++
opilite@orangepilite:~/MySensors$ sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGL---,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
+++
opilite@orangepilite:~/MySensors$ ./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev0.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=67 --my-gateway=serial --my-serial-is-pty --my-serial-pty=/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway

Ricardo Ribeiro

With mqtt gateway I got further ahead:
+++
opilite@orangepilite:~/MySensors$ ./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev0.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=67 --my-gateway=mqtt --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=mysensors-out --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=mysensors-in --my-mqtt-client-id=my_mqtt_gateway
+++
opilite@orangepilite:~/MySensors$ sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGL---,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
mysgw: Attempting MQTT connection...
mysgw: connected to 127.0.0.1
mysgw: MQTT connected
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/0/255/0/0/18
+++
mysensors-out/0/255/0/0/18 : msg.payload : string[10]
"2.2.0-beta"

Ricardo Ribeiro

Ok, now I load a sketch into an arduino nanowith nrf24l01+ and this is all I got:
+++
opilite@orangepilite:~/MySensors$ sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGL---,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
mysgw: Attempting MQTT connection...
mysgw: connected to 127.0.0.1
mysgw: MQTT connected
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/0/255/0/0/18
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=255
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/255/255/3/0/3
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/255/255/3/0/3
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/255/255/3/0/3
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: Sending message on topic: mysensors-out/255/255/3/0/3
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=255
mysgw: TSF:PNG:SEND,TO=0
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
(...)
+++

Stuck again.

mfalkvidd

@Ricardo-Ribeiro that looks normal. Is this different from what you expected? If so, how does it differ?

8667

Had anyone succeeded using signing+encryption on OrangePi MQTT gateway? I managed to make Arduino gateway and it worked but I can not replicate the same thing with Pi. What file should be edited to enter the keys? and the whitelist?

pii

Am getting this error:
ERROR Could not open /sys/class/gpio/gpio24/direction
My config is:

./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev1.0 --my-node-id=1 --my-transport=rfm95 --my-rfm95-cs-pin=13 --my-rfm95-irq-pin=10 --my-rfm69-frequency=915E6

Whole output is:

root@ttn-gateway:~/MySensors# sudo ./bin/mysgw
May 23 09:37:31 INFO  Starting gateway...
May 23 09:37:31 INFO  Protocol version - 2.3.0-alpha

 __  __       ____
|  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
| |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
| |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \  _  | |  \__ \
|_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
        |___/                      2.3.0-alpha

May 23 09:37:31 DEBUG MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RLNNL---,VER=2.3.0-alpha
May 23 09:37:31 DEBUG TSM:INIT
May 23 09:37:31 DEBUG TSF:WUR:MS=0
May 23 09:37:42 ERROR Could not open /sys/class/gpio/gpio24/direction

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