MYSBootloader 1.3 pre-release & MYSController 1.0.0beta

[ahmedadelhosni]

@Nicolas-Charrier
Hello @tekka , I have the same problem.

I am trying to set up my Serial Gateway. I flashed the OTA bootloader but how can I upload the Gateway sketch through Serial ?

I tried to use the MySysController but the node is not presented so that I can flash new firware with the Gateway sketch. It only worked when I flashed normal Optiboot bootloader and then flashed the Serial Gateway sketch through Serial, then I connected the Gateway to the Controller and the presentation worked well. Thus I now have a Gateway which I can flash other nodes with through OTA.

Is there another way to flash a gateway sketch other than this ?

Thanks.

[tekka]

@ahmedadelhosni Why would you want to flash MYSBootloader on your GW? OTA FW update capabilities only make sense on sensor nodes...

[ahmedadelhosni]

@tekka I just thought that if I flashed a bootloader on a new hardware IC then I can decide whether to flash GW or sensor node when connected to the serial computer.

[ksya]

I see that after compiling I get to choose between sketch.ino.hex and sketch.ino.with_bootloader.hex
Is it possible to update the bootloader OTA by using this hex file instead? Which is the best bootloader available now, because my nodes are now on 1.3pre (from topic start).

[itbeyond]

How does GW mode actually work - I have been trying to relay a connection to Vera but not matter what combination I am trying I cannot understand how the GW mode operates?

[petewill]

@itbeyond Have you opened up your firewall so the Vera can communicate with the computer running MYSController?
Here is how I have MYSContoller configured...
First, connect MYSController to your existing gateway (if you are using Ethernet
you only want one device to connect so don't have your Vera connected at the same time)

Once you do that you need to choose a port in the settings:

Then you press Connect (to connect to the actual Ethernet or Serial gateway).
Once connected turn on GW Mode (mine is grayed out because I'm not at home connected to my gateway):

In your Vera you would obviously want to connect to the IP address of the computer running MYSController

[karlheinz2000]

I have problems connecting a serial NRF24 gateway to MYSController b3314. After some minutes working properly, no more messages seem to get received by MYSController. If I disconnect and connect again (button, not USB), it works for about the same time until it stops again.
I put a second USB2serial in parallel and connected a terminal program (hterm). The terminal programm continuously receives messages, even when MYSController stops receiving. So it's no gateway issue.
I tried several different USB2serial adapter with MYSController - no difference.
Any idea how to get MYSController to work continuously ?

[itbeyond]

@petewill - Thanks of course Windows Firewall - how many times does one have to forget about that little gem. One other quick question I created a new post in controllers for a MYSBootloader issue - should I add it to this post or leave it where I posted it? I cannot get one node to accept firmware (wonder if signing is a problem however it should not be).

[petewill]

@itbeyond I responded in the other thread.

[tekka]

@karlheinz2000 Sounds like an issue with your GW - what happens if you connect to your GW via the Arduino serial terminal - does it behave the same?

[karlheinz2000]

@tekka I did this already. GW connected to MYSController and to terminal program in parallel via 2 USB2serial adapters. MYSController stops logging, but terminal keeps logging MSGs. So I expect no GW issue. I tried 3 different USB serial adapters with no difference.

[tekka]

@karlheinz2000 Try with the latest build (MYSController 1.0.0beta build 3316) - MYSController will inform you about an available update.

[manutremo]

@tekka Where can that be downloaded? All the links I find lead to a 404...

[tekka]

@manutremo see above, you will get notified when running MYSController

[manutremo]

Done, nice job, I see the new message types have been added, probably other enhancements under the hood? thanks!

[Mark Swift]

@tekka it's been some time since I flashed the bootloader, I notice I currently have a lot of different hex files (which I believe I compiled myself), do I no longer need different files for different speeds, i.e 16 / 8 /1Mhz?

[Mark Swift]

I'd also love to use the signal report features, I thought it was enabled by default in MS, seems not to work here when I request an item from MYS?

[karlheinz2000]

The new build runs since several hours with no problems :+1:
The old one stoped within 10min.

[manutremo]

I'm sorry to say that in my case FOTA updates seem to be worse than with the previous version, they stop before the 5th line of sent code... but it may be my fault, I'll continue investigating.

[manutremo]

@manutremo As expected, it was my fault. FOTA updates work correctly with this version.