Message Payload type

[r-nox]

I'm sending a message from node to node but when the message gets there it's the wrong type.
I need to send as P_STRING but it's showing as P_INT16

This is my send

void sendToReceiver(boolean reed_tripped)
{
 char percent;
 
 Serial.print(" Light Status ");
 Serial.println(reed_tripped);

switch (reed_tripped) {
 
 case 0:
 percent = "0";

 send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent).setType(V_PERCENTAGE));
 //send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent));
 //send(msgDimmer_to_5.set(percent, 0));
 
 break;
 
 case 1:
 percent = "30";

 send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent).setType(V_PERCENTAGE));
 //send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent));
 //send(msgDimmer_to_5.set(percent, 0));
 break;

}
 

}

and the message

2836 !TSF:MSG:SEND,8-8-5-5,s=0,c=1,t=3,pt=2,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:4
2842 !TSF:RTE:N2N FAIL
2846 TSF:MSG:SEND,8-8-0-5,s=0,c=1,t=3,pt=2,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:4
2854 MCO:SLP:MS=360000,SMS=0,I1=0,M1=1,I2=255,M2=255
2861 TSF:TDI:TSL

What the heck am I doing wrong?

[mfalkvidd]

@r-nox you are setting the message type to V_PERCENTAGE. You probably want to use V_TEXT.

[frits]

@r-nox said in Message Payload type:

char percent;

Your data is of type char. Make it char *. Something like

char buf[MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE+1];
strcpy ( buf, "30" );
send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(buf).setType(V_TEXT));

[r-nox]

@frits

I tried this. Here's the results. They are close but payload looks corrupted.

char buf[MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE+1];
strcpy ( buf, percent );

void sendToReceiver(boolean reed_tripped)
{
  char percent;
  
  Serial.print(" Light Status ");
  Serial.println(reed_tripped);
 
 switch (reed_tripped) {
  
  case 0:
  percent = "0";
  Serial.print(" Select case is ");
  Serial.println("0");
  
char buf[MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE+1];
strcpy ( buf, percent );

send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(buf).setType(V_TEXT));
  
  break;
  
  case 1:
  percent = "30";
  Serial.print(" Select case is ");
  Serial.println("30");
  
char buf2[MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE+1];
strcpy ( buf, percent );
send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(buf2).setType(V_TEXT));
  
 
  break;

 
}

My results have had their molecules mixed during transport. I expected "30" but received :⸮

4870 TSF:MSG:SEND,8-8-0-5,s=0,c=1,t=47,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:⸮

Any further advice?

[r-nox]

@mfalkvidd

Sending as V_TEXT did not have the effect needed.

void sendToReceiver(boolean reed_tripped)
{
  char percent;
  
  Serial.print(" Light Status ");
  Serial.println(reed_tripped);
 
 switch (reed_tripped) {
  
  case 0:
  percent = "0";
  Serial.print(" Select case is ");
  Serial.println("0");

  send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent).setType(V_TEXT));
  //send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent));
  //send(msgDimmer_to_5.set(percent, 0));
  
  break;
  
  case 1:
  percent = "30";
  Serial.print(" Select case is ");
  Serial.println("30");
    
  send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent).setType(V_TEXT));
  //send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(percent));
  //send(msgDimmer_to_5.set(percent, 0));
  break;
  
 
}
  
 
}

and the results

3201 TSF:MSG:SEND,8-8-0-5,s=0,c=1,t=47,pt=2,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:4

Payload still shows as P_INT16 and payload is 4 but in fact should be 30

This should be simple. I don't understand what's going wrong.

[frits]

@r-nox said in Message Payload type:

char buf2[MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE+1];
strcpy ( buf, percent );
send(msgDimmer_to_5.setDestination(5).setSensor(0).set(buf2).setType(V_TEXT));

You copied to buf, but sent buf2

[r-nox]

@frits Thank you for catching that. I was just reworking and now it's sending proper values.