Problem with dimmable LED actuator with encoder

[vladimir]

@hard-shovel at compilation produces an error of the following content:

/Users/vladimirpetrov/Documents/Arduino/Dimmer/Dimmer.ino: In function 'void setup()':
Dimmer:106: error: 'newLevel' was not declared in this scope
   send(statusMsg.set(newLevel > 0 ? "1" : "0"),true); // Addition for Status update to OpenHAB Controller
                      ^
exit status 1
'newLevel' was not declared in this scope

[hard-shovel]

@vladimir
Sorry about that it should be the following in the setup function

  send(statusMsg.set(oldLevel>0 ? "1" : "0"),true); // Addition for Status update to OpenHAB Controller

This sends the status of the lamp ON or OFF on startup biased on the dimmer value stored in the eeprom, if you do not want this then just delete this line, or fix the value 1 or 0.

[vladimir]

@hard-shovel switch is working, thanks! Only while he behaves a little unpredictably: video 1, video 2

[hard-shovel]

@vladimir
I am unsure what you problems is from the video clips.
However i do see that you have several NAKS due to radio problems.

try this code snippet

//-------------------------------------------------------
void checkButtonClick() {
  debouncer.update();
  byte buttonVal = debouncer.read();
  byte newLevel = 0;
  if (buttonVal != oldButtonVal && buttonVal == LOW) {
    if (dimValue==0) {
      // Turn on light. Set the level to last saved dim value
      int saved = loadLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_SAVE);
      newLevel = saved > 1 ? saved : 100;           // newLevel = saved > 0 ? saved : 100;     
    } 
    send(dimmerMsg.set(newLevel),true);
    send(statusMsg.set(newLevel>0 ? "1" : "0")); // Addition for Status update to OpenHAB Controller,   No Echo
  }
  oldButtonVal = buttonVal;
}

[vladimir]

@hard-shovel thank you very much!:raised_hands: Now everything works!
I will give here a full sketch. I'm sure it will be useful to many.

/**
 * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
 * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
 * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
 * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
 * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
 *
 * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
 * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
 *
 * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
 * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *******************************
 * DESCRIPTION
 * This sketch provides an example how to implement a dimmable led light node with a rotary 
 * encoder connected for adjusting light level. 
 * The encoder has a click button which turns on/off the light (and remembers last dim-level) 
 * The sketch fades the light (non-blocking) to the desired level. 
 *
 * Default MOSFET pin is 3
 * 
 *  Arduino      Encoder module
 *  ---------------------------
 *  5V           5V (+)  
 *  GND          GND (-)
 *  4            CLK (or putput 1)
 *  5            DT  (or output 1) 
 *  6            SW (Switch/Click)  
 */

 
// Enable debug prints
#define MY_DEBUG

// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
//#define MY_RADIO_RFM69

#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>  
#include <Bounce2.h>
#include <Encoder.h>

#define LED_PIN 3           // Arduino pin attached to MOSFET Gate pin
#define KNOB_ENC_PIN_1 4    // Rotary encoder input pin 1
#define KNOB_ENC_PIN_2 5    // Rotary encoder input pin 2
#define KNOB_BUTTON_PIN 6   // Rotary encoder button pin 
#define FADE_DELAY 10       // Delay in ms for each percentage fade up/down (10ms = 1s full-range dim)
#define SEND_THROTTLE_DELAY 400 // Number of milliseconds before sending after user stops turning knob
#define SN "DimmableLED /w button"
#define SV "1.3"

#define CHILD_ID_LIGHT 1

#define EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_LAST 1
#define EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_SAVE 2

#define LIGHT_OFF 0
#define LIGHT_ON 1

int dimValue;
int fadeTo;
int fadeDelta;
byte oldButtonVal;
bool changedByKnob=false;
bool sendDimValue=false;
unsigned long lastFadeStep;
unsigned long sendDimTimeout;
char convBuffer[10];

MyMessage dimmerMsg(CHILD_ID_LIGHT, V_DIMMER);
MyMessage statusMsg(CHILD_ID_LIGHT, V_STATUS);    // Addition for Status update to OpenHAB Controller
Encoder knob(KNOB_ENC_PIN_1, KNOB_ENC_PIN_2);  
Bounce debouncer = Bounce(); 

void setup()  
{ 
  // Set knob button pin as input (with debounce)
  pinMode(KNOB_BUTTON_PIN, INPUT);
  digitalWrite(KNOB_BUTTON_PIN, HIGH);
  debouncer.attach(KNOB_BUTTON_PIN);
  debouncer.interval(5);
  oldButtonVal = debouncer.read();

  // Set analog led pin to off
  analogWrite( LED_PIN, 0);

  // Retreive our last dim levels from the eprom
  fadeTo = dimValue = 0;
  byte oldLevel = loadLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_LAST);
  Serial.print("Sending in last known light level to controller: ");
  Serial.println(oldLevel);  
  send(dimmerMsg.set(oldLevel), true);
  Serial.println("Ready to receive messages...");  
}

void presentation() {
  // Send the Sketch Version Information to the Gateway
  present(CHILD_ID_LIGHT, S_DIMMER);
  sendSketchInfo(SN, SV);
}

void loop()      
{
  // Check if someone turned the rotary encode
  checkRotaryEncoder();
  
  // Check if someone has pressed the knob button
  checkButtonClick();
  
  // Fade light to new dim value
  fadeStep();
}

void receive(const MyMessage &message)
{
  if (message.type == V_STATUS) {
    // Incoming on/off command sent from controller ("1" or "0")
    int lightState = message.getString()[0] == '1';
    int newLevel = 0;
    if (lightState==LIGHT_ON) {
      // Pick up last saved dimmer level from the eeprom
      newLevel = loadLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_SAVE);
    } 
    // Send dimmer level back to controller with ack enabled
    send(dimmerMsg.set(newLevel), true);
    // We do not change any levels here until ack comes back from gateway 
    return;
  } else if (message.type == V_PERCENTAGE) {
    // Incoming dim-level command sent from controller (or ack message)
    fadeTo = atoi(message.getString(convBuffer));
    // Save received dim value to eeprom (unless turned off). Will be
    // retreived when a on command comes in
    if (fadeTo != 0)
      saveLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_SAVE, fadeTo);
  }
  saveLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_LAST, fadeTo);
  
  Serial.print("New light level received: ");
  Serial.println(fadeTo);

  if (!changedByKnob) 
    knob.write(fadeTo<<1);             //### need to multiply by two (using Shift left)
    
  // Cancel send if user turns knob while message comes in
  changedByKnob = false;
  sendDimValue = false;

  // Stard fading to new light level
  startFade();
}



void checkRotaryEncoder() {
  long encoderValue = knob.read()>>1 ;      //### Divide by 2 (using shift right) 

  if (encoderValue > 100) {   
    encoderValue = 100;       
    knob.write(200);                        //### max value now 200 due to divide by 2
  } else if (encoderValue < 0) {
    encoderValue = 0;
    knob.write(0);
  }

  if (encoderValue != fadeTo) {    
    fadeTo = encoderValue;                   
    changedByKnob = true;
    startFade();
  }
}

void checkButtonClick() {
  debouncer.update();
  byte buttonVal = debouncer.read();
  byte newLevel = 0;
  if (buttonVal != oldButtonVal && buttonVal == LOW) {
    if (dimValue==0) {
      // Turn on light. Set the level to last saved dim value
      int saved = loadLevelState(EEPROM_DIM_LEVEL_SAVE);
      newLevel = saved > 1 ? saved : 100;           // newLevel = saved > 0 ? saved : 100;     
    } 
    send(dimmerMsg.set(newLevel),true);
    send(statusMsg.set(newLevel>0 ? "1" : "0")); // Addition for Status update to OpenHAB Controller,   No Echo
  }
  oldButtonVal = buttonVal;
}

void startFade() {
  fadeDelta = ( fadeTo - dimValue ) < 0 ? -1 : 1;
  lastFadeStep = millis();
}

// This method provides a graceful none-blocking fade up/down effect
void fadeStep() {
  unsigned long currentTime  = millis();
  if ( dimValue != fadeTo && currentTime > lastFadeStep + FADE_DELAY) {
    dimValue += fadeDelta;
    analogWrite( LED_PIN, (int)(dimValue / 100. * 255) );
    lastFadeStep = currentTime;
    
    Serial.print("Fading level: ");
    Serial.println(dimValue);

    if (fadeTo == dimValue && changedByKnob) {
      sendDimValue = true;
      sendDimTimeout = currentTime;
    }
  } 
  // Wait a few millisecs before sending in new value (if user still turns the knob)
  if (sendDimValue && currentTime > sendDimTimeout + SEND_THROTTLE_DELAY)  {
     // We're done fading.. send in new dim-value to controller.
     // Send in new dim value with ack (will be picked up in incomingMessage) 
    send(dimmerMsg.set(dimValue), true); // Send new dimmer value and request ack back
    sendDimValue = false;
  }
}

// Make sure only to store/fetch values in the range 0-100 from eeprom
int loadLevelState(byte pos) {
  return min(max(loadState(pos),0),100);
}
void saveLevelState(byte pos, byte data) {
  saveState(pos,min(max(data,0),100));
}

[yoshida]

Thanks Guys, finally a sketch which compiled for me :) I will try it in Domoticz later on.

[mateos78]

Does anybody use the corrected "Example with Rotary Encoder" sketch with DOMOTICZ? I'm trying to force the sketch to work, but for time being without any result:(

[tsjoender]

@mateos78
What are the symptoms you're experiencing? When changing the dim value using the encoder. Does Domoticz pick up that change? When changing the dim value on the Domoticz end. Does the node change as well?

I have two of these dimmer nodes with rotary encoders based on the examples and working with Domoticz. What I did find out when building them is that the radio communication needs to be working well otherwise the dimmer seems (sometimes) unresponsive to the rotary encoder. After fixing radio communication (proper module and capacitors for powering it) these sketches worked like a charm. When using message signing the importance of good communication with the gateway becomes even more important as the messages become larger.

[mateos78]

hi tsjoender,

I've got connection between raspberry and arduino via USB.
Unfortunatelly phisical button dosn't work (no switch on / off) and there is no feedbeck from domoticz to Arduino to set level of dim.

I also find that when i change the led dimmer from the encoder the led changes quickly, but it take about ten seconds before the dormoticz web page updates to show each new slider position.

here https://www.mysensors.org/build/dimmer I've also described the problem.

[tsjoender]

@mateos78 The Domoticz ui gets refreshed every 10 seconds or so. I too see that updates to sensors or switches can be a bit lagging. The logs update pretty much realtime, so you can use that to confirm that Domoticz picks up the differences instantly.

[iguaan]

Hi,
i have similar problem with domoticz and mysensors.
Firstly, i can't get current dim level from domoticz on startup.
Secondly if i start arduino and controll it over domoticz only, dimming and on/off works. If i turn the rotary knob, domoticz commands won't work.
In serial monitor i see that new dim value has been received:

    Serial.print("Fading level: ");
    Serial.println(dimValue);

but output doesn't change. If i turn knob on rotary, value in domoticz changes.
I removed eeprom writes and rotary button. Only dims to off/on or domoticz commands off/on.
Domoticz 4.10171, Mysensors 2.3.1, ide 1.8.10

// Enable debug prints to serial monitor
#define MY_DEBUG
#define MY_RADIO_RF24
#define MY_NODE_ID 10
#define MY_REPEATER_FEATURE
#define MY_TRANSPORT_WAIT_READY_MS 10      //ajaviide ms, kuni läheb tööle ilma serverita


#include <MySensors.h>

#include <Encoder.h>
#define KNOB_ENC_PIN_1 5    // Rotary encoder input pin 1
#define KNOB_ENC_PIN_2 4    // Rotary encoder input pin 2
#define SEND_THROTTLE_DELAY 500 // Number of milliseconds before sending after user stops turning knob

#define CHILD_ID_Light 1
#define SN "DimmableLED"
#define SV "1.1"
#define LED_PIN 3      // Arduino pin attached to MOSFET Gate pin
#define FADE_DELAY 10  // Delay in ms for each percentage fade up/down (10ms = 1s full-range dim)

int dimValue;
int fadeTo;
int fadeDelta;
bool changedByKnob = false;
bool sendDimValue = false;
unsigned long lastFadeStep;
unsigned long sendDimTimeout;

//char convBuffer[10];


static int16_t currentLevel ;  // Current dim level...
MyMessage dimmerMsg(CHILD_ID_Light, V_DIMMER);
MyMessage lightMsg(CHILD_ID_Light, V_LIGHT);

Encoder knob(KNOB_ENC_PIN_1, KNOB_ENC_PIN_2);

/***
   Dimmable LED initialization method
*/
void setup()
{
  // Pull the gateway's current dim level - restore light level upon node power-up
  request( CHILD_ID_Light, V_DIMMER);
  // wait(3000);

}

void presentation()
{
  // Register the LED Dimmable Light with the gateway
  present(CHILD_ID_Light, S_DIMMER );

  sendSketchInfo(SN, SV);
}

/***
    Dimmable LED main processing loop
*/
void loop()
{
  // Check if someone turned the rotary encode
  checkRotaryEncoder();


  // Fade light to new dim value
  fadeStep();
}

void receive(const MyMessage &message)
{
  if (message.type == V_STATUS || message.type == V_PERCENTAGE) {

    //  Retrieve the power or dim level from the incoming request message
    fadeTo = atoi( message.data );

    // Adjust incoming level if this is a V_LIGHT variable update [0 == off, 1 == on]
    fadeTo *= ( message.type == V_LIGHT ? 100 : 1 );

    // Clip incoming level to valid range of 0 to 100
    fadeTo = fadeTo > 100 ? 100 : fadeTo;
    fadeTo = fadeTo < 0   ? 0   : fadeTo;
    //startFade();
    Serial.print("New light level received: ");
    Serial.println(fadeTo);

    if (!changedByKnob)
      knob.write(fadeTo << 1);           //### need to multiply by two (using Shift left)

    // Cancel send if user turns knob while message comes in
    changedByKnob = false;
    sendDimValue = false;

    // Stard fading to new light level
    startFade();

    //		// Inform the gateway of the current DimmableLED's SwitchPower1 and LoadLevelStatus value...
    //		send(lightMsg.set(dimValue > 0));
    //
    //		// hek comment: Is this really nessesary?
    //		send( dimmerMsg.set(dimValue) );


  }
}

void checkRotaryEncoder() {
  long encoderValue = knob.read() >> 1 ;    //### Divide by 2 (using shift right)

  if (encoderValue > 100) {
    encoderValue = 100;
    knob.write(200);                        //### max value now 200 due to divide by 2
  } else if (encoderValue < 0) {
    encoderValue = 0;
    knob.write(0);
  }

  if (encoderValue != fadeTo) {
    fadeTo = encoderValue;
    changedByKnob = true;
    startFade();
  }
}

void startFade() {
  fadeDelta = ( fadeTo - dimValue ) < 0 ? -1 : 1;
  lastFadeStep = millis();
}

// This method provides a graceful none-blocking fade up/down effect
void fadeStep() {
  unsigned long currentTime  = millis();
  if ( dimValue != fadeTo && currentTime > lastFadeStep + FADE_DELAY) {
    dimValue += fadeDelta;
    analogWrite( LED_PIN, (int)(dimValue / 100. * 255 ) );
    lastFadeStep = currentTime;

    Serial.print("Fading level: ");
    Serial.println(dimValue);

    if (fadeTo == dimValue && changedByKnob) {
      sendDimValue = true;
      sendDimTimeout = currentTime;
    }
  }
  // Wait a few millisecs before sending in new value (if user still turns the knob)
  if (sendDimValue && currentTime > sendDimTimeout + SEND_THROTTLE_DELAY)  {
    // We're done fading.. send in new dim-value to controller.
    // Send in new dim value with ack (will be picked up in incomingMessage)
    send(dimmerMsg.set(dimValue)); // Send new dimmer value and request ack back
    sendDimValue = false;
  }
}```