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[Tutorial] Raspberry Pi NRF24l01 direct connection

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  • Fernando ArconadaF Offline
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    Fernando Arconada
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    #30

    hi everybody
    @hek are you going to support Rpi + rf24 direct connection? I were playing with https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry a bit and works (I opened a pair of tickets) but needs to be updated.
    I also think that PiGateway should support MQTT I have created PiGatewayMQTT (It's just a prototype).
    What will be the future of https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry repo? abandoned in favor of any kind of gateway-refactoring-branch ?

    thanks

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      jelluz
      wrote on last edited by jelluz
      #31

      (solved)
      Hi. Thanks a lot for this implentation and the helpful posts here!

      I've got the gateway working with a tmp75 temperature sensor on an arduino. The nrf24 is sitting on the raspberry directly (CE pin 22), as a controller i'm using PiMatic. It works very nicely!

      There is one small problem however. The PiGatewaySerial will only work if i have called PiGateway before (and closed it again). With working I mean picking up radio transmissions from my sensor node. Everything else seems normal (/dev/ttyPiGatewaySerial and radio details printout).

      The details of both configurations might give a clue:

      pi@raspberrypi ~/mysensors_rpi $ sudo ./PiGateway
      Starting Gateway...
      ================ SPI Configuration ================
      CSN Pin          = CE0 (PI Hardware Driven)
      CE Pin           = Custom GPIO25
      Clock Speed      = 8 Mhz
      ================ NRF Configuration ================
      STATUS           = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
      RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0xa8a8e1fc00 0xa8a8e1fc00
      RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
      TX_ADDR          = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
      RX_PW_P0-6       = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
      EN_AA            = 0x3b
      EN_RXADDR        = 0x06
      RF_CH            = 0x4c
      RF_SETUP         = 0x23
      CONFIG           = 0x0e
      DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0x3f 0x06
      Data Rate        = 250KBPS
      Model            = nRF24L01+
      CRC Length       = 16 bits
      PA Power         = PA_LOW
      [CALLBACK]0;0;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      [CALLBACK]4;0;1;0;0;22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      

      after closing PiGateway and opening PiGatewaySerial i get this:

      pi@raspberrypi ~/mysensors_rpi $ sudo ./PiGatewaySerial
      Starting PiGatewaySerial...
      Protocol version - 1.4
      Created PTY '/dev/pts/3'
      Gateway tty: /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway
      ================ SPI Configuration ================
      CSN Pin          = CE0 (PI Hardware Driven)
      CE Pin           = Custom GPIO22
      Clock Speed      = 8 Mhz
      ================ NRF Configuration ================
      STATUS           = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
      RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0xa8a8e1fc00 0xa8a8e1fc00
      RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
      TX_ADDR          = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
      RX_PW_P0-6       = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
      EN_AA            = 0x3b
      EN_RXADDR        = 0x06
      RF_CH            = 0x4c
      RF_SETUP         = 0x23
      CONFIG           = 0x0e
      DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0x3f 0x06
      Data Rate        = 250KBPS
      Model            = nRF24L01+
      CRC Length       = 16 bits
      PA Power         = PA_LOW
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
      read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.8
      

      Notice how the CE pins of both SPI configurations are different!

      I'm at the point that i want to daemonize the gateway. Which in fact i did, but the same problem persists. Before i hack the startup script to first run and close PiGateway before PiGatewaySerial, i was hoping that someone has an idea what i'm doing wrong.

      Thanks in advance!

      solved!
      I have two RPIs (a Pi 2 B and a Pi B+), which both worked with the pyRF24 lib of TMRh20, so when i had a look in the source of the radio initialization of PiGatewaySerial and found this:

      #ifdef __PI_BPLUS
      	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_15, RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_24, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
      #else
      	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
      #endif	
      

      When i changed it to:

      #ifdef __PI_BPLUS
      	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
      #else
      	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
      #endif	
      

      and recompiled the gateways,it all started to work. After powerup everything runs :).

      The Rpi that is connected now is the Pi 2 B. So i guess either i have my nrf25 wired differently then defined in this lib, or the precompiler was thinking i have a B+ connected. Or both.
      I will find out when i get this also working on my B+.

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        Hi all,

        I just followed the guide in the 1ste post, but i'm not able to compile this correctly.
        Here's the output:

        g++ -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -march=arm                                                                  v6zk -D BCM2835_PERI_BASE=0x -c RF24.cpp
        gcc -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -march=arm                                                                  v6zk -D BCM2835_PERI_BASE=0x -c bcm2835.c
        bcm2835.c: In function ‘bcm2835_init’:
        bcm2835.c:1207:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1208:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1209:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1210:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1211:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1212:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1213:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1214:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1228:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1232:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1236:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1239:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1242:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1246:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1249:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        bcm2835.c:1253:79: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
        Makefile:52: recept voor doel 'bcm2835.o' is mislukt
        make: *** [bcm2835.o] Fout 1
        g++ -c -o MyGateway.o MyGateway.cpp -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=armv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/
        g++ -c -o MySensor.o MySensor.cpp -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=armv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/
        g++ -c -o MyMessage.o MyMessage.cpp -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=armv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/
        g++ -c -o PiEEPROM.o PiEEPROM.cpp -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=armv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/
        g++ -c -o PiGateway.o PiGateway.cpp -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=armv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/
        g++ -o PiGateway MyGateway.o MySensor.o MyMessage.o PiEEPROM.o PiGateway.o -Wall -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -lpthread -g -D__Raspberry_Pi -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -D_TTY_NAME=\"/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway\" -D_TTY_GROUPNAME=\"tty\" -march=ar                                                                  mv6zk -I. -Ilibrf24-bcm/ -lrf24-bcm
        /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrf24-bcm
        collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
        Makefile:60: recept voor doel 'PiGateway' is mislukt
        make: *** [PiGateway] Fout 1
        
        Done!
        

        I'm using the 2015-05-05-raspbian-wheezy version complete with:

        rpi-update
        apt-get update
        apt-get upgrade
        

        Can anyone tell me what is going wrong.

        Thx in advance.

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          ericvdb
          wrote on last edited by
          #33

          I got it working, and by adding ser2net in the mix, you have a MySensors raspberry pi ethernet gateway.
          The trick is not to update the RPi, just use the latest image.

          Does anyone know if it is possible to connect the status LEDs to the RPi?

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            Anduril
            wrote on last edited by
            #34

            Hi @ericvdb ,
            could you please post your config for ser2net? I also tried to use my NRF24L01 connected to my RPi as ethernet gateway for MYSController, but all I got was an 'unable to bind port'.

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              ericvdb
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              in /etc/ser2net.conf i used:

              9003:raw:600:/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway
              

              where 9003 is the tcp port your controller needs to connect to.

              Remember, this allows only 1 connection, so if you want to play with multiple controllers, you can, however 1 at a time.

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                Anduril
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                #36

                Don't see any difference to my old entry... but pasted yours and now it works. Thank you very much @ericvdb

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                  ericvdb
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                  you're welcome ;)

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                  • Vladut GrecuV Vladut Grecu

                    [EDIT] - I uploaded a script in the next post that does everything I explained below

                    I have installed MINImal raspBIAN which is a raspBIAN without a gui. So this should work for you guys.

                    First of all you have to
                    1. Undo your Overclock. If you have any. (SPI does not like Overclocked pi's)

                    2. Enable SPI

                    Details:

                    On a normal raspbian image this can be done either on a fresh install (when you config your pi) or you can type in terminal sudo raspi-config
                    From there you go into ADVANCED OPTIONS -> SPI

                    On a minimal image you don't have the luxury of raspi-config. You have to manually activate it.
                    (I already had it enabled but you can check)
                    (If you don't have sudo installed on your image just run apt-get install sudo)

                    sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf

                    Make sure there IS a # before blacklist spi-bcm2708, so it looks like this…
                    #blacklist spi-bcm2708

                    If there is no line like that, you can add it. It won't do any harm.
                    CTRL+O - Save
                    ENTER - Confirm
                    CTRL+X - Exit

                    or

                    CTRL+X - Exit
                    y - I want to save the file
                    ENTER - Confirm

                    We have to edit now the config.txt.
                    sudo nano /boot/config.txt

                    add this to the end of the line
                    dtparam=spi=on

                    Save and exit.

                    Reboot your pi.
                    sudo reboot

                    Enjoy using SPI. (Source)

                    3.Downloading the files

                    Details:

                    You have 2 options. wget and git-clone. I'll start with:

                    a. git-clone

                    If you don't have git-clone you need to install the git tools. (Yes, git is related to github)
                    sudo apt-get install git

                    After you installed git you simply navigate to the folder that you wish to install the program and type:
                    sudo git-clone https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry.git

                    This will download a zip, unarchive it and.. It does all the jobs for you.

                    b. wget

                    Some ppl are old-school and go the hard way or they just enjoy it done this way.

                    Navigate to the folder that you wish to install the program and type:
                    wget https://github.com/mysensors/Raspberry/archive/master.zip (this will download you the zip)

                    Unzip the file

                    If you don't have unzip installed just type
                    sudo apt-get install unzip

                    unzip master.zip -d /home/pi/Raspberry (you can specify any directory that you want instead of the /home/pi/Raspberry)

                    4.Edit and compile what you downloaded

                    In the Raspberry folder you have some files and some folders.
                    The majority of ppl (including me) forget to complile the libs for the NRF24l01.
                    This is the library provided by [TMRH20]{http://tmrh20.github.io} (He has some interesting stuff there including an audio library for NRF24l01.)
                    Back to our stuff.
                    Go to the Raspberry folder then into librf24-bcm.
                    cd Raspberry/librf24-bcm/

                    Type
                    make

                    Go back to the Raspberry folder
                    cd ..

                    Type
                    make
                    5.Connecting the NRF

                    Mister TMRH20 tells us that we need to connect the NRF24l01 this way

                    PIN		NRF24L01	RPI				RPi -P1 Connector
                    1		GND			rpi-gnd			(25)
                    2		VCC			rpi-3v3			(17)
                    3		CE			rpi-gpio22		(15)
                    4		CSN			rpi-gpio8		(24)
                    5		SCK			rpi-sckl		(23)
                    6		MOSI		rpi-mosi		(19)
                    7		MISO		rpi-miso		(21)
                    8		IRQ			Not Connected
                    

                    Connect everything like that except for the CE pin

                    Run the PiGatewaySerial
                    ./PiGatewaySerial

                    It shoud prin something like this:

                    Starting PiGatewaySerial...
                    Protocol version - 1.4
                    Created PTY '/dev/pts/1'
                    Gateway tty: /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway
                    ================ SPI Configuration ================
                    CSN Pin          = CE0 (PI Hardware Driven)
                    CE Pin           = Custom GPIO25
                    Clock Speed      = 8 Mhz
                    ================ NRF Configuration ================
                    STATUS           = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
                    RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0xe7e7e7e7e7 0xc2c2c2c2c2
                    RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
                    TX_ADDR          = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
                    RX_PW_P0-6       = 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
                    EN_AA            = 0x3b
                    EN_RXADDR        = 0x07
                    RF_CH            = 0x10
                    RF_SETUP         = 0x23
                    CONFIG           = 0x0e
                    DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0x3f 0x06
                    Data Rate        = 250KBPS
                    Model            = nRF24L01+
                    CRC Length       = 16 bits
                    PA Power         = PA_LOW
                    

                    Look at line 7 CE Pin = Custom GPIO25
                    Connect the CE pin where it says you should.

                    Here are some pictures with the GPIO connector on the rPi.
                    https://www.google.ro/search?q=raspberry+pi+gpio&tbm=isch

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                    GrantsPi
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                    @Vladut-Grecu - Thanks very much for the tutorial!! After a bit of trial and error I was able to get the Pi reading my two nodes with very good reliability.

                    I'm now trying to merge this RPi Direct Connection with the openHab With Serial Gateway that TimO was kind enough to post (http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1194/tutorial-openhab-with-serial-gateway). I had openHab working well on the RPi using an Arduino nano serial gateway using that tutorial.

                    Running PiGatewaySerial in a terminal window yields the proper readings from the Arduino nodes but when I try to have openHab recognize the serial port "/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway" instead of the "/dev/ttyUSB99@115200" used in the openHab tutorial I get messages from openHab saying it could not open serial port '/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway'...

                    Just wondering if anyone else has tried to marry the two projects or has any suggestions. (Perhaps I should also post this in TimO's openHab thread...)

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                      revoltec112
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                      upload-3f496795-4ae3-4ed2-b533-3f5e9fd6283e

                      Hi I am a beginner
                      If I have something that's ok , I plugged in humidity and temperature sensor , and for what I have in front of ./PiGatewaySerial enter sudo ? ,
                      how to make the data visible in Domoticz please help

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                        revoltec112
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                        whether in the / dev file must be named ttyMySensorsGeteway ? if so how it developed and what it should contain

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                          Daniel Oliveira
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                          Hi @hek

                          I know that a lot if going on regarding the MySensors 1.6 but I would like to know the plans for the repo mysensors/Raspberry?

                          Is there any plans to keep developing it of merging it with the main libraries?

                          I would like to be able to run the latest version on my Pi and I'm more than willing to help making it possible :)

                          Cheers

                          MySensors rules my home :)

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                            hek
                            Admin
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                            Hi @Daniel-Oliveira,

                            I've talked with @Anticimex and @thozza about it... We think it would be best to move the RPi build file and any eventual support libs into the main MySensors repo to keep it in sync with the rest .

                            Not sure if @thozza has begun working on some autoconf script or not (did you?). But I imagine he'd appreciate any help you can contribute with.

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                              Hi. Thanks a lot for this implentation and the helpful posts here!

                              I've got the gateway working with a tmp75 temperature sensor on an arduino. The nrf24 is sitting on the raspberry directly (CE pin 22), as a controller i'm using PiMatic. It works very nicely!

                              There is one small problem however. The PiGatewaySerial will only work if i have called PiGateway before (and closed it again). With working I mean picking up radio transmissions from my sensor node. Everything else seems normal (/dev/ttyPiGatewaySerial and radio details printout).

                              The details of both configurations might give a clue:

                              pi@raspberrypi ~/mysensors_rpi $ sudo ./PiGateway
                              Starting Gateway...
                              ================ SPI Configuration ================
                              CSN Pin          = CE0 (PI Hardware Driven)
                              CE Pin           = Custom GPIO25
                              Clock Speed      = 8 Mhz
                              ================ NRF Configuration ================
                              STATUS           = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
                              RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0xa8a8e1fc00 0xa8a8e1fc00
                              RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
                              TX_ADDR          = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
                              RX_PW_P0-6       = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
                              EN_AA            = 0x3b
                              EN_RXADDR        = 0x06
                              RF_CH            = 0x4c
                              RF_SETUP         = 0x23
                              CONFIG           = 0x0e
                              DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0x3f 0x06
                              Data Rate        = 250KBPS
                              Model            = nRF24L01+
                              CRC Length       = 16 bits
                              PA Power         = PA_LOW
                              [CALLBACK]0;0;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              [CALLBACK]4;0;1;0;0;22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              

                              after closing PiGateway and opening PiGatewaySerial i get this:

                              pi@raspberrypi ~/mysensors_rpi $ sudo ./PiGatewaySerial
                              Starting PiGatewaySerial...
                              Protocol version - 1.4
                              Created PTY '/dev/pts/3'
                              Gateway tty: /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway
                              ================ SPI Configuration ================
                              CSN Pin          = CE0 (PI Hardware Driven)
                              CE Pin           = Custom GPIO22
                              Clock Speed      = 8 Mhz
                              ================ NRF Configuration ================
                              STATUS           = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
                              RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0xa8a8e1fc00 0xa8a8e1fc00
                              RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
                              TX_ADDR          = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
                              RX_PW_P0-6       = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
                              EN_AA            = 0x3b
                              EN_RXADDR        = 0x06
                              RF_CH            = 0x4c
                              RF_SETUP         = 0x23
                              CONFIG           = 0x0e
                              DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0x3f 0x06
                              Data Rate        = 250KBPS
                              Model            = nRF24L01+
                              CRC Length       = 16 bits
                              PA Power         = PA_LOW
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.9
                              read: 4-4-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:22.8
                              

                              Notice how the CE pins of both SPI configurations are different!

                              I'm at the point that i want to daemonize the gateway. Which in fact i did, but the same problem persists. Before i hack the startup script to first run and close PiGateway before PiGatewaySerial, i was hoping that someone has an idea what i'm doing wrong.

                              Thanks in advance!

                              solved!
                              I have two RPIs (a Pi 2 B and a Pi B+), which both worked with the pyRF24 lib of TMRh20, so when i had a look in the source of the radio initialization of PiGatewaySerial and found this:

                              #ifdef __PI_BPLUS
                              	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_15, RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_24, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
                              #else
                              	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
                              #endif	
                              

                              When i changed it to:

                              #ifdef __PI_BPLUS
                              	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
                              #else
                              	gw = new MyGateway(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ, 1);
                              #endif	
                              

                              and recompiled the gateways,it all started to work. After powerup everything runs :).

                              The Rpi that is connected now is the Pi 2 B. So i guess either i have my nrf25 wired differently then defined in this lib, or the precompiler was thinking i have a B+ connected. Or both.
                              I will find out when i get this also working on my B+.

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                              @jelluz
                              I have got he sme configuration between Arduiono et a PIGATEWAYSERIAL ?
                              How do you declare it into a controler like Pimatic (you says that it works fine)
                              Tkd for your advice

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                                I'am trying to get this working on my Raspberry Pi 2 B with Raspbian but when using the setup.sh command I get this error:

                                bcm2835.c: In function ‘bcm2835_init’:
                                bcm2835.c:1207:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1208:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1209:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1210:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1211:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1212:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1213:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1214:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1228:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1232:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1236:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1239:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1242:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1246:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1249:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                bcm2835.c:1253:79: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                Makefile:52: recipe for target 'bcm2835.o' failed
                                make: *** [bcm2835.o] Error 1

                                Any idea what is going wrong? Thanks in advance!

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                                  I'am trying to get this working on my Raspberry Pi 2 B with Raspbian but when using the setup.sh command I get this error:

                                  bcm2835.c: In function ‘bcm2835_init’:
                                  bcm2835.c:1207:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1208:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1209:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1210:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1211:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1212:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1213:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1214:28: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1228:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1232:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1236:81: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1239:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1242:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1246:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1249:83: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  bcm2835.c:1253:79: error: invalid suffix "x" on integer constant
                                  Makefile:52: recipe for target 'bcm2835.o' failed
                                  make: *** [bcm2835.o] Error 1

                                  Any idea what is going wrong? Thanks in advance!

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                                  @Mediacj I too had this error. The only way I was ever to solve this was to take a fresh image of Wheezy and start from scratch there. No sudo apt-get updated/upgrade until after I built the lib.

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                                    Thanks for your answer, I am going to try that this weekend.

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                                      Hello everyone! Great work here! I see this is still running the 1.4 protocol, is that right? I was able to get this working but only my temp sensors would respond. Anything where I had to send data wouldn't work.

                                      Any chance of moving to 1.5 in the near future?

                                      Thanks!

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                                        It might be a stupid question, but I've been staring at my screen for hours now, and can't find the solution.
                                        How do i install/ connect this gatewatay in domoticz?

                                        I have a Raberry Pi (2) with domoticz installed, followd this tutorial and connected the NRF24l01 directly to the gpio, and according to the printout everything works.

                                        So took a Arduino Uno, connected a magnetic doorsensor and a NRF24l01 and uploaded the right sketch, all ok and it even seems that the Raspberry is receiveing the data
                                        pigateway.png

                                        But what kind of gateway do I select in Domoticz?
                                        When I select Mysensors USB gateway I can't choose a serial port (seem legit since there is no usb connected), what hardware do I select??

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                                          @ArieKanarie Mysensors USB gateway is correct. I think you need to perform the steps mentioned in section "Enable the gateway for use with Domoticz" at http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2437/step-by-step-procedure-to-connect-the-nrf24l01-to-the-gpio-pins-and-use-the-raspberry-as-a-serial-gateway?page=1

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