Heltec Lora32 V2 Gateway

FarmerEd

Have you setup a node to talk to the Gateway yet?

And if so is it the other Heltec device? I have a recollection of ESP32 devices not working with sketches with "Sleep" in them but sleep can be replaced with "wait" not great for battery nodes but will do for testing.

toigo

@FarmerEd Sleep is not implemented for the ESPs - see (also for reasons): https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues/968

pdkwork

@FarmerEd Thanks for the information. Sorry I was traveling and just saw your posts. I did try a node but I think I was still in my setup confusion so it may not have been transmitting correctly. I will check and set one up. It is also a Heltec device but is not sleeping right now.
@toigo Thanks for the information on no sleep yet. I was going to use it with batteries so now I will need to rethink this.

pdkwork

I have now tried a sensor node based on the same Heltec chip and it is stuck in a Find Parent loop. I have the gateway setup matching @FarmerEd post.

The serial output is below

67 TSM:INIT
68 TSF:WUR:MS=0
69 RFM95:INIT
76 RFM95:INIT:PIN,CS=18,IQP=26,IQN=26,RST=14
92 RFM95:PTX:LEVEL=13
94 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
96 TSM:FPAR
97 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
149 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2157 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
2159 TSM:FPAR
2160 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=1,RETRY=0
2212 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4220 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
4222 TSM:FPAR
4223 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=2,RETRY=0
4275 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
6283 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
6285 TSM:FPAR
6286 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=3,RETRY=0
6338 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
8346 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
8347 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
8349 TSM:FAIL:DIS
8351 TSF:TDI:TSL
8352 RFM95:RSL
18354 TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
18356 TSM:INIT
18357 RFM95:INIT
18364 RFM95:INIT:PIN,CS=18,IQP=26,IQN=26,RST=14
18379 RFM95:PTX:LEVEL=13
18381 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
18383 TSM:FPAR
18384 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
18437 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
20444 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
20446 TSM:FPAR
20447 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=1,RETRY=0
20500 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
22507 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
22509 TSM:FPAR
22510 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=2,RETRY=0
22563 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
24570 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
24572 TSM:FPAR
24573 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=3,RETRY=0
24626 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
26633 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
26634 TSM:FAIL:CNT=2

It seems that the chip is not transmitting. I have been using Home Assistant for 3 years but just now I am trying MySensors. I have added the integration in HA and connected it the gateway.

I did try to set a Parent but it just continues in another endless loop. I don't know where to go from here.

electrik

I have had success with this same board. Which variant of board are you using? So I mean the frequency of the Lora module.

Also make sure you have configured and connected the IRQ pin on the node.

pdkwork

I am using the Heltec LoRa32 V2 of the board. IRQ number is set to 26 and IRQ pin is also 26. I don’t understand why the code is reporting no acknowledgement from the radio. I see ?TSF and ?TSM in the log. Is that normal for you?

electrik

@pdkwork What is the frequency of the LoRa module you use? 434, 868 MHz?

pdkwork

It the 868-915 version. I am in the US so I thought I should use 915. 915 works using the Heltec example sketches.

electrik

Can you post your node and gateway sketch?
I think you should start with an example sketch, e.g. you don't need the heltec defines I recall.

FarmerEd

@electrik said in Heltec Lora32 V2 Gateway:

Can you post your node and gateway sketch?
I think you should start with an example sketch, e.g. you don't need the heltec defines I recall.

Yes both sketches would help to see where any issue might lie.

The following is a sketch I have previously used with the Heltec device as a Node. It's for a distance sensor but it may give some guidance.

#define MY_DEBUG

// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_RFM95
#define MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM95
#define MY_RFM95_RST_PIN 14
#define MY_RFM95_CS_PIN 18
#define MY_RFM95_IRQ_PIN 26
#define MY_RFM95_IRQ_NUM MY_RFM95_IRQ_PIN
#define MY_SOFT_SPI_MOSI_PIN 27
#define MY_SOFT_SPI_SCK_PIN 5
#define MY_RFM95_FREQUENCY (RFM95_868MHZ)
#define MY_RFM95_MODEM_CONFIGRUATION RFM95_BW125CR45SF128


#define MY_NODE_ID 44


#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>  
#include <NewPing.h>

#define SENSOR_NAME "Distance Sensor"
#define SENSOR_VERSION "1.1"

#define CHILD_ID 1  // Each radio node can report data for up to 254 different child sensors. You are free to choose the child id yourself. 
                    // You should avoid using child-id 255 because it is used for things like sending in battery level and other (protocol internal) node specific information.
#define TRIGGER_PIN  3  // Arduino pin tied to trigger pin on the ultrasonic sensor.
#define ECHO_PIN     4  // Arduino pin tied to echo pin on the ultrasonic sensor.
#define MAX_DISTANCE 300 // Maximum distance we want to ping for (in centimeters). Maximum sensor distance is rated at 400-500cm.
unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 21600000; // Sleep time between reads (in milliseconds)   900000 = 15min, 21600000 = 6h


NewPing sonar(TRIGGER_PIN, ECHO_PIN, MAX_DISTANCE); // NewPing setup of pins and maximum distance.
MyMessage msg(CHILD_ID, V_DISTANCE);
int lastDist;
bool metric = true;

void setup()  
{ 
  metric = getControllerConfig().isMetric;
}

void presentation() {
  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  sendSketchInfo(SENSOR_NAME, SENSOR_VERSION);

  // Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices) by their ID and S_TYPE
  present(CHILD_ID, S_DISTANCE);
}

void loop()      
{ 
  // use the build-in digital filter to discard out of range pings
  int echoTime = sonar.ping_median(10);
  int dist = metric?sonar.convert_cm(echoTime):sonar.convert_in(echoTime);
  Serial.print("Ping: ");
  Serial.print(dist);
  Serial.println(metric?" cm":" in");

  if (dist != lastDist) {
      send(msg.set(dist));
      lastDist = dist;
  }

  wait(SLEEP_TIME);
}




void setup()  
{ 

}

void presentation() {
  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  sendSketchInfo(SENSOR_NAME, SENSOR_VERSION);

}

void loop()      
{ 

  }

pdkwork

Success! In all my testing and trying new settings, I missed that I had commented out on the gateway the frequency setting. It was noobie mistake and I want to thank all of you for your help. I ended up using @FarmerEd's sketches to get my gateway and sensor to work.

Thanks again.

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