Dimmer doesn't appear in devices

[ThomasDecock]

@blacey said:

@ThomasDecock said:

yes, i did.

when i hook up a temp sensor and load the temp sketch it appears in my device list
and it also appears when using the GizMoCuz (DimmableLight) sketch

Try moving the gw.sendSketchInfo() before the gw.present() in setup(). Not sure why they are in that order but perhaps the Domoticoz plugin has some order dependence before it assumes a device is valid. If that doesn't work, I will take a look at the Domoticoz plugin to see if I can figure out what is going on...

Are you using a serial or ethernet gateway?

I did what you suggested and moved the gw.sendSketchInfo() before the gw.present()
but nothing changed.

I am using domoticz version 2.2563 on RPI B+ and a serial gateway. I did take a look in that topic on the domoticz forum and left a reply.

its really strange that when i use the 'Dimable Light' sketch the dimmer does appear in domoticz but not with the DimmableLED sketch.

EDIT:
extra info
if i first use the ''Dimable Light" sketch so that the dimmer appears in the device list from domoticz and then upload the "DimmableLED" to the node, am i able to control the leds (on pin 3) with the dimmer that was created with the 'dimable light' sketch .

Kind regards!
Thomas

[Moshe Livne]

Isn't 1 reserved for the gateway?

[blacey]

@ThomasDecock Glad to hear you got it working! By the way, Domoticoz is up to V2.2657 so you may want to look into updating your version. Let me know if you need help with anything else.

Cheers,
Bruce

[ThomasDecock]

@blacey said:

@ThomasDecock Glad to hear you got it working! By the way, Domoticoz is up to V2.2657 so you may want to look into updating your version. Let me know if you need help with anything else.

Cheers,
Bruce

Thanks! I thought i was using the beta, but after checking i saw that the 'use beta' option wasn't selected anymore...
so I just updated and tried once again with the 'DimmableLED' sketch (after deleting the dimmer in my domoticz) and now it does appear in my domoticz device list!!

now i will attempt to make it from 1 dimmer to 3 dimmers..

Thanks for the help!

[andrezibaia]

Hi!

I am kind of new here, but I have been trying to build a simple white led dimmer to control with Domoticz.

So far, I have accomplished to get the radio working, then I built the hardware and finally I tested the dimmer with a simple arduino skecth:

 void setup()
 {
   pinMode( 9, OUTPUT);
   pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
 }
 
 byte b = 0;

 void loop()
 {
   analogWrite(9, b);
   analogWrite(10, b);
   delay(100);
   ++b;
 }

And it worked!

Also, I managed to get the node recognized in Domoticz (after some struggle), but I cannot seem to get Domoticz to actually dim the LED!

FYI: I used this sketch:

/**
 * 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.
 *
 *******************************
 *
 * REVISION HISTORY
 * Version 1.0 - February 15, 2014 - Bruce Lacey
 * Version 1.1 - August 13, 2014 - Converted to 1.4 (hek) 
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 * This sketch provides a Dimmable LED Light using PWM and based Henrik Ekblad 
 * <henrik.ekblad@gmail.com> Vera Arduino Sensor project.  
 * Developed by Bruce Lacey, inspired by Hek's MySensor's example sketches.
 * 
 * The circuit uses a MOSFET for Pulse-Wave-Modulation to dim the attached LED or LED strip.  
 * The MOSFET Gate pin is connected to Arduino pin 3 (LED_PIN), the MOSFET Drain pin is connected
 * to the LED negative terminal and the MOSFET Source pin is connected to ground.  
 *
 * This sketch is extensible to support more than one MOSFET/PWM dimmer per circuit.
 * http://www.mysensors.org/build/dimmer
 */

#define SN "DimmableLED"
#define SV "1.1"

#include <MySensor.h> 
#include <SPI.h>

#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)

MySensor gw;

static int currentLevel = 0;  // Current dim level...
MyMessage dimmerMsg(0, V_DIMMER);
MyMessage lightMsg(0, V_LIGHT);


/***
 * Dimmable LED initialization method
 */
void setup()  
{ 
  Serial.println( SN ); 
  gw.begin( incomingMessage );
  
  // Register the LED Dimmable Light with the gateway
  gw.present( 0, S_DIMMER );
  
  gw.sendSketchInfo(SN, SV);
  // Pull the gateway's current dim level - restore light level upon sendor node power-up
  gw.request( 0, V_DIMMER );
}

/***
 *  Dimmable LED main processing loop 
 */
void loop() 
{
  gw.process();
}



void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message) {
  if (message.type == V_LIGHT || message.type == V_DIMMER) {
    
    //  Retrieve the power or dim level from the incoming request message
    int requestedLevel = atoi( message.data );
    
    // Adjust incoming level if this is a V_LIGHT variable update [0 == off, 1 == on]
    requestedLevel *= ( message.type == V_LIGHT ? 100 : 1 );
    
    // Clip incoming level to valid range of 0 to 100
    requestedLevel = requestedLevel > 100 ? 100 : requestedLevel;
    requestedLevel = requestedLevel < 0   ? 0   : requestedLevel;
    
    Serial.print( "Changing level to " );
    Serial.print( requestedLevel );
    Serial.print( ", from " ); 
    Serial.println( currentLevel );

    fadeToLevel( requestedLevel );
    
    // Inform the gateway of the current DimmableLED's SwitchPower1 and LoadLevelStatus value...
    gw.send(lightMsg.set(currentLevel > 0 ? 1 : 0));

    // hek comment: Is this really nessesary?
    gw.send( dimmerMsg.set(currentLevel) );

    
    }
}

/***
 *  This method provides a graceful fade up/down effect
 */
void fadeToLevel( int toLevel ) {

  int delta = ( toLevel - currentLevel ) < 0 ? -1 : 1;
  
  while ( currentLevel != toLevel ) {
    currentLevel += delta;
    analogWrite( LED_PIN, (int)(currentLevel / 100. * 255) );
    delay( FADE_DELAY );
  }
}

Can somebody help me please?

I am using a 3.3v Arduino Mini Pro clone, a IRF540 MOSFET and a 12v power supply.

Thanks for your help!

PS: amazing project!

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia If you have the serial monitor hooked up to the sensor (dimmer), do you see the "Changing level to " output in the serial log?

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

Hi @Sparkman!

No, the sensor does not get any input.

This is all I get in the serial monitor:

send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
sensor started, id=55, parent=0, distance=0
send: 55-55-0-0 s=0,c=0,t=4,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0,st=ok:DimmableLED
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.1
send: 55-55-0-0 s=0,c=2,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:

Thanks for the ultra-fast reply!

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia NP. Maybe add a println in the incomingMessage function:

void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message) {
 Serial.println( message.type );
  if (message.type == V_LIGHT || message.type == V_DIMMER) {

and then send a command from Domoticz and see what the serial log shows when you do that.

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

@Sparkman, nothing happens...

No message at all in the serial monitor.

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia To rule out an issue with Domoticz, do you have the ability to hookup the gateway to MYSController? Might be worth a try to see what happens with it.

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

Yes, sure. Just did that.

Here's what I have:

What should I do now?

Cheers!

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia Should be able to send a message to the node using the "Send Message" portion on the bottom of the screen.

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

Sure. What should I write in the payload section?

I tried this, but nothing happened.

I'm sorry for all the "noobness", I am still trying to learn all this...

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia Looks correct. Anything in the serial monitor of the dimmer? Try the light subtype as well and send a 0 or a 1. What does the MYSController log show when you do this?

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

Nothing at all in the node serial monitor...

The log from MYSController shows this:

13/09/2015 19:53:01	TX	55;255;3;0;6;M
13/09/2015 19:53:01	RX	55;255;3;0;6;0
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=0,c=0,t=4,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
13/09/2015 19:53:04	DEBUG	Update child id=0, type=DIMMER
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	55;0;0;0;4;
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0:DimmableLED
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	55;255;3;0;11;DimmableLED
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.1
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	55;255;3;0;12;1.1
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=0,c=2,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
13/09/2015 19:53:04	RX	55;0;2;0;3;
13/09/2015 19:53:12	TX	55;0;1;0;3;50
13/09/2015 19:53:46	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
13/09/2015 19:53:46	DEBUG	Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_NODE
13/09/2015 19:53:46	RX	55;255;0;0;17;1.5
13/09/2015 19:53:46	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
13/09/2015 19:53:46	TX	55;255;3;0;6;M
13/09/2015 19:53:46	RX	55;255;3;0;6;0
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=0,c=0,t=4,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
13/09/2015 19:53:48	DEBUG	Update child id=0, type=DIMMER
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	55;0;0;0;4;
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0:DimmableLED
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	55;255;3;0;11;DimmableLED
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.1
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	55;255;3;0;12;1.1
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	0;0;3;0;9;read: 55-55-0 s=0,c=2,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
13/09/2015 19:53:48	RX	55;0;2;0;3;
13/09/2015 19:53:56	TX	55;0;1;0;3;50
13/09/2015 19:54:16	TX	55;0;1;0;2;50
13/09/2015 19:55:02	TX	55;0;1;0;2;50

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia said:

13/09/2015 19:53:56 TX 55;0;1;0;3;50
13/09/2015 19:54:16 TX 55;0;1;0;2;50
13/09/2015 19:55:02 TX 55;0;1;0;2;50

The last 3 lines show you sending 50 to the dimmer device first (3) and then twice to the light device (2). The light device should only respond to a 0 or a 1. Have you tried sending that?

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

Yes, I tried that as well. Nothing happened.

In the meantime, the serial monitor from the node shows only this and nothing else:

send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
sensor started, id=55, parent=0, distance=0
send: 55-55-0-0 s=0,c=0,t=4,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0,st=ok:DimmableLED
send: 55-55-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.1
send: 55-55-0-0 s=0,c=2,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:

Is it perhaps a problem with the radio? It only sends and does not receive?

I tried different NRF24L01+ chips, but the problem remains...

I even tried to feed the NRF chip through a 3.3v regulator, but nothing happens...

[Sparkman]

@andrezibaia said:

Is it perhaps a problem with the radio? It only sends and does not receive?

It's possible, but none of the logs indicate a communications issue. Maybe @blacey who wrote the sketch or @hek have some other ideas.

Cheers
Al

[andrezibaia]

@Sparkman Thanks a lot for all your time and effort!

Cheers!

[andrezibaia]

@Sparkman, after a lot of days of despair, I found the problem!

My gateway was built on a 3.3v Arduino Mini Pro. As soon as I set it up on a 5V one (I did not even need a power regulator for the radio, because I used one of those Sparkfun ones with an antenna.

Now it's all kicking ass! :dancer:

Thanks again, man!