Vera Plus and ESP8266

djzang

@korttoma said in Vera Plus and ESP8266:

@djzang don't use delay() in your sketch please chang it to wait(). Your GW will not receive the presentation command when it is in "delay".

I switched delay() to wait() but I'm still seeing the same behavior. When i click on "start" the inclusion process it always returns 0 devices found. There must be something that I'm missing. It seems like the way I'm doing things is not what most are doing, but from what I've ready it should be possible. Since my GW IS the sensor I can't simply power cycle the sensor node to have the GW pick it up during inclusion. Is there something else I should be doing instead?

djzang

I must not be doing the inclusion correctly in my sketch or in general as I see this in the Vera logs:

08      03/19/17 10:20:56.071   JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 36 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 action: StartInclusion <0x74d9d520>
08      03/19/17 10:20:56.072   JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=36 <0x74d9d520>
08      03/19/17 10:20:56.072   JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 <0x74d9d520>
08      03/19/17 10:20:56.072   JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=StartInclusion <0x74d9d520>
50      03/19/17 10:20:56.073   luup_log:36: Arduino: Sending: 0;0;3;0;5;1 <0x77e42320>
04      03/19/17 10:20:56.078   <Job ID="14" Name="" Device="36" Created="2017-03-19 10:20:56" Started="2017-03-19 10:20:56" Completed="2017-03-19 10:20:56" Duration="0.5062000" Runtime="0.4342000" Status="Successful" LastNote=""/> <0x77e42320>
50      03/19/17 10:20:56.118   luup_log:36: Arduino: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1,InclusionMode, 1, 36 <0x73b3d520>
06      03/19/17 10:20:56.119   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 36 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionMode was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0xa920d0/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73b3d520>
50      03/19/17 10:20:56.119   luup_log:36: Arduino: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1,InclusionFoundCountHR, 0 devices found, 36 <0x73b3d520>
06      03/19/17 10:20:56.120   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 36 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionFoundCountHR was:  now: 0 devices found #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73b3d520>```

korttoma

Maybe you could try commenting out everything in the loop() function to rule out this being the problem.

And if you have not already tried then reboot and/or restart luup for your Vera.

r-nox

perhaps you need to set the duration?

#define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_DURATION 60

djzang

@r-nox said in Vera Plus and ESP8266:

#define MY_INCLUSION_MODE_DURATION 60

I uncommented out the above line and tested.... it keeps saying 0 devices found. I also tried removing everything under loop() as well and i get the same behavior.

06      03/20/17 20:24:35.616   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 39 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionMode was: 0 now: 1 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0xfc3e10/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73ce5520>
50      03/20/17 20:24:35.616   luup_log:39: Arduino: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1,InclusionFoundCountHR, 0 devices found, 39 <0x73ce5520>
06      03/20/17 20:24:35.616   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 39 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionFoundCountHR was:  now: 0 devices found #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73ce5520>
50      03/20/17 20:25:35.599   luup_log:39: Arduino: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1,InclusionMode, 0, 39 <0x73ce5520>
06      03/20/17 20:25:35.599   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 39 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionMode was: 1 now: 0 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0xfc3e10/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73ce5520>
50      03/20/17 20:25:35.610   luup_log:39: Arduino: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1,InclusionFoundCountHR, , 39 <0x73ce5520>
06      03/20/17 20:25:35.610   Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 39 service: urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1 variable: InclusionFoundCountHR was: 0 devices found now:  #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x73ce5520>
50      03/20/17 20:25:35.611   luup_log:39: Arduino: Inclusion mode ended. <0x73ce5520>

and this is what i see in the serial monitor of the gateway:

0;255;3;0;9;MCO:BGN:STP
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=NA pm open,type:2 0
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0 connected
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0: 0;0;3;0;2;Get Version
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0:
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0: 0;0;3;0;5;1
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0:
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0: 0;0;3;0;5;1
0;255;3;0;9;Client 0:

mntlvr

Hello djzang
I just built the serial gw using esp-8266 but can not find how to physically hook it to Vera Plus or Vera 3 , do you have step by step instruction as how to do that maybe with pictures and what setup you entered in to the serial port configuration?
Thanks

korttoma

@mntlvr I'm not sure what kind of serial chip is on the ESP8266 but Vera can not detect all types of serial chips because there are no drivers installed. FTDI chips should be detected by Vera automatically and then you just need to set the correct serial port settings:

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mntlvr

Thank you so much yes my 8266 has a ch340 serial chip.
Where did you find your 8266 with FTDI chip on board?
Bob

dbemowsk

Vera does not support the CH340. I had a CH340 based serial adapter that I was trying to use when I first got my Vera and I found out that it wasn't supported.

mntlvr

So do you have a working serial general on your Vera now and does it use an ESP 8266 or a Arduino Nano

dbemowsk

@mntlvr If you are asking me, I run a plain serial gateway.

mntlvr

So you are using a Arduino Nano with a FTDI chip?

dbemowsk

@mntlvr Well, a pro mini, but close enough. It is a pro mini running an nRF24 network set up as a serial interface. Mine is not actually an FTDI chip, it is a PL2303 which is made by Prolific.

mntlvr

How did you get Vera to install the non FTDI chip?

dbemowsk

@mntlvr The Vera controllers have a list of supported serial devices. If you look at this page under USB Serial Devices, looking at the chipset column you will see that the FTDI and PL2303 chipsets are the only ones that Vera natively supports. For the 2303 chipsets, some say that they don't work, and others say that manual configuration is needed. Mine luckily just worked with no extra configuration. That list was last modified in 2013 though, so what is supported/works and what doesn't most likely has changed since then.

mntlvr

Okay thanks
Well I built a Ethernet board using 1.4.1 library and a W5100 Ethernet board and it worked right off so now I am as curious as heck to make the ESP 8266 work but I still think it has something to do with the newest library. I think I will start out with the Arduino IDE 1.6.4 or something like that and see if that makes a difference. Not very many on this site can help with the issue because they do not have Vera Controllers, so I have to figure this out and just keep trying

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