[SOLVED (but can somebody explain why)]Not getting any incoming messages...

[Steve Caster]

Hi all

I am trying to make a controller for my blinds using a 2 channel relay. I am using MySensors 1.5 and arduino 1.6.5b as dev env.

I am using the following sketch

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

#define UP_PIN  3 
#define DOWN_PIN  4
#define CHILD_ID 250 

MySensor gw;
void setup()  
{   
  gw.begin(incomingMessage, AUTO, false);
  gw.sendSketchInfo("Blinds", "1.0");
  gw.present(CHILD_ID, S_COVER,"Blinds",true);
  pinMode(UP_PIN, OUTPUT);   
  pinMode(DOWN_PIN, OUTPUT);   
  digitalWrite(UP_PIN, 0);
  digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN, 0);
  Serial.println( "Node ready to receive messages..." );
}

void loop() 
{
  gw.process();
}

void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message) {
  Serial.println(message.data);
  if (message.type==V_UP) {
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,1);
     gw.sleep(15000);
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,0);
     Serial.println("opening up covers");
   } 
   else if (message.type==V_DOWN) {
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,1);
     gw.sleep(15000);
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,0);
     Serial.println("closing up covers");
   } 
   else if (message.type==V_STOP) {
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,0);
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,0);
     Serial.println("stopping covers");
   }
}

In the gateway I get

0;0;3;0;9;read: 250-250-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.5
250;255;0;0;17;1.5
0;0;3;0;9;read: 250-250-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
250;255;3;0;6;0
0;0;3;0;9;read: 250-250-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=6,sg=0:Blinds
250;255;3;0;11;Blinds
0;0;3;0;9;read: 250-250-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.0
250;255;3;0;12;1.0
0;0;3;0;9;read: 250-250-0 s=250,c=0,t=5,pt=0,l=6,sg=0:Blinds
0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-250-250 s=250,c=0,t=5,pt=0,l=6,sg=0,st=ok:Blinds

250;250;0;0;5;Blinds

I can see the blinds coming up in Domoticz and I can even send data to it (vtype 30,29 and 31) yet nothing is receiving the incoming message (The controller is still connected to my laptop so I can monitor them)

Any clues why this goes wrong?

Kind regards

Steve

[hek]

How does the node log look like?

[Steve Caster]

Hek I just updated the first post a bit (had some issues there I noticed)

this is the node log

send: 250-250-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.5
send: 250-250-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=ok:0
sensor started, id=250, parent=0, distance=1
send: 250-250-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=6,sg=0,st=ok:Blinds
send: 250-250-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=ok:1.0
send: 250-250-0-0 s=250,c=0,t=5,pt=0,l=6,sg=0,st=ok:Blinds
Node ready to receive messages...
read: 0-0-250 s=250,c=0,t=5,pt=0,l=6,sg=0:Blinds
Blinds

UPDATE: I am a bit further. I can now send one command to the sensor, yet after that it fails. The relay will be enable, but another command fails.

0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-250-250 s=10,c=1,t=30,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=ok:
0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-3-0 s=0,c=1,t=0.0
0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-250-250 s=10,c=1,t=29,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:

As you can see the V_CLOSE works, but the next command fails when I use gw.sleep. When I reset the sensor or use gw.wait they work again.

I copied the latest sketch below

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

#define UP_PIN  3 
#define DOWN_PIN  4
#define CHILD_ID 250 

MySensor gw;
void setup()  
{   
  gw.begin(incomingMessage, AUTO, false);
  gw.sendSketchInfo("Blinds", "1.0");
  gw.present(CHILD_ID, S_COVER,"Blinds",true);
  pinMode(UP_PIN, OUTPUT);   
  pinMode(DOWN_PIN, OUTPUT);   
  digitalWrite(UP_PIN, 0);
  digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN, 0);
  Serial.println( "Node ready to receive messages..." );
}

void loop() 
{
  gw.process();
}

void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message) {
  Serial.println(message.data);
  if (message.type==V_UP) {
    Serial.println("opening up covers");
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,1);
     gw.wait(15000);
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,0);
   } 
   else if (message.type==V_DOWN) {
     Serial.println("closing up covers");
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,1);
     gw.wait(15000);
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,0);
   } 
   else if (message.type==V_STOP) {
     Serial.println("stopping covers");
     digitalWrite(UP_PIN,0);
     digitalWrite(DOWN_PIN,0);
   }
}

[hek]

You are taking out too much power from the Arduino. Power relays separately.

[Steve Caster]

Hey Hek,

there is currently nothing connected to them. How come the wait works but the sleep doesn't? Does it mean it does no longer wake up?

Kind regards

[fets]

@Steve-Caster how many time do you have between the V_DOWN and V_UP. Is it lower than 15s ?

[Steve Caster]

Hi, I am waiting for the relay to stop and next try to use V_UP or V_DOWN. When I use gw.wait, it works fine and I can interrupt the motion by using V_STOP.

[fets]

@Steve-Caster so is everything good or do you have another question/issue ?

[Steve Caster]

@fets I am good :) Thank for the support :)