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ESP8266 gateway and sensor node not talking - noobie

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    Fabien
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    sorry MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN ...

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      Fabien
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      Work with 51ms timeout with my config. I set 60ms to be "secure"

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      • hekH hek

        Ok, great. We need to increase timeout then.

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        Yveaux
        Mod
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        #23

        @hek said:

        Ok, great. We need to increase timeout then.

        Better add a yield() call in those blocking wait loops.
        When quiclkly looking over the code of the RF69 driver, the RFM69::initialize call could in theory block for 1.5 sec...
        That's a watchdog reset waiting to happen!

        http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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          hek
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          #24

          Yep,

          https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/287

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          • hekH hek

            Yep,

            https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/287

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            #25

            @hek :+1:

            http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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              Mersing
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              This is working great !

              Tx for this !

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                chrille
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                #27

                I am seeing something similar with RFM69 (specifically RFM69CW) and ESP8266. I have build an ESP8266 gateway based on the GatewayESP8266 sketch and this is what I changed

                #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                #define MY_GATEWAY_ESP8266
                #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                #define MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN 4
                #define MY_RF69_SPI_CS 15
                #define MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM 4
                

                I build a sensor node with the DallasTemperatureSensor sketch on an Arduino Mini Pro and defined

                #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                

                When I start up the gateway I see

                0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RRNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
                0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
                ....scandone
                state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
                state: 2 -> 3 (0)
                state: 3 -> 5 (10)
                add 0
                aid 8
                cnt
                
                connected with AP, channel 1
                ip:62.x.x.x,mask:255.255.255.128,gw:62.x.x.x
                .IP: 62.x.x.x
                0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                

                So far so good - I assume all the radio wiring is OK, since the radio init is successful

                On the sensor node I see

                Starting sensor (RRNNA-, 2.0.0-beta)
                Radio init successful.
                find parent 
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                find parent
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                find parent
                send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                Init complete, id=255, parent=255, distance=255
                

                As soon as the sensor node is started the ESP8266 crashes with a WDT reset

                Soft WDT reset
                
                ctx: cont
                sp: 3ffef370 end: 3ffef630 offset: 01b0
                
                >>>stack>>>
                3ffef520:  00000001 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 00000000
                3ffef530:  00000024 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 40202436
                3ffef540:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402024bc
                3ffef550:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402026a7
                3ffef560:  3ffef6f2 00000001 3ffef6d4 40202b87
                3ffef570:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffef6ac
                3ffef580:  3fffdae0 3ffef6f1 3ffef6d4 40202cf4
                3ffef590:  3fff1210 00000000 3ffee600 402042b4
                3ffef5a0:  00000000 00000002 3ffef82c 40203d20
                3ffef5b0:  00000000 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 4020247c
                3ffef5c0:  401057ff 00000400 00000103 3ffef5f0
                3ffef5d0:  3ffef5e0 00000004 3ffef6cd 4020249c
                3ffef5e0:  3ffe8920 00000000 00000000 3ffee608
                3ffef5f0:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffee608
                3ffef600:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 40203e6c
                3ffef610:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee600 402045b4
                3ffef620:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee610 40100114
                <<<stack<<<
                

                The libraries are 2.0 beta as from a few days ago. I consider the power to the ESP8266 to be OK, since I use the same for en NRF24 based gateway and also for several other ESP modules.

                From the thread I understand that known issues should be fixed in the current beta. Any ideas on how to move on?

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                • chrilleC chrille

                  I am seeing something similar with RFM69 (specifically RFM69CW) and ESP8266. I have build an ESP8266 gateway based on the GatewayESP8266 sketch and this is what I changed

                  #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                  #define MY_GATEWAY_ESP8266
                  #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                  #define MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN 4
                  #define MY_RF69_SPI_CS 15
                  #define MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM 4
                  

                  I build a sensor node with the DallasTemperatureSensor sketch on an Arduino Mini Pro and defined

                  #define MY_RADIO_RFM69
                  #define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY   RF69_868MHZ
                  

                  When I start up the gateway I see

                  0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RRNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
                  0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
                  ....scandone
                  state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
                  state: 2 -> 3 (0)
                  state: 3 -> 5 (10)
                  add 0
                  aid 8
                  cnt
                  
                  connected with AP, channel 1
                  ip:62.x.x.x,mask:255.255.255.128,gw:62.x.x.x
                  .IP: 62.x.x.x
                  0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                  

                  So far so good - I assume all the radio wiring is OK, since the radio init is successful

                  On the sensor node I see

                  Starting sensor (RRNNA-, 2.0.0-beta)
                  Radio init successful.
                  find parent 
                  send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                  find parent
                  send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                  find parent
                  send: 255-255-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
                  Init complete, id=255, parent=255, distance=255
                  

                  As soon as the sensor node is started the ESP8266 crashes with a WDT reset

                  Soft WDT reset
                  
                  ctx: cont
                  sp: 3ffef370 end: 3ffef630 offset: 01b0
                  
                  >>>stack>>>
                  3ffef520:  00000001 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 00000000
                  3ffef530:  00000024 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 40202436
                  3ffef540:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402024bc
                  3ffef550:  3ffe8432 00000000 3ffef6d4 402026a7
                  3ffef560:  3ffef6f2 00000001 3ffef6d4 40202b87
                  3ffef570:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffef6ac
                  3ffef580:  3fffdae0 3ffef6f1 3ffef6d4 40202cf4
                  3ffef590:  3fff1210 00000000 3ffee600 402042b4
                  3ffef5a0:  00000000 00000002 3ffef82c 40203d20
                  3ffef5b0:  00000000 3ffef6d4 3ffef964 4020247c
                  3ffef5c0:  401057ff 00000400 00000103 3ffef5f0
                  3ffef5d0:  3ffef5e0 00000004 3ffef6cd 4020249c
                  3ffef5e0:  3ffe8920 00000000 00000000 3ffee608
                  3ffef5f0:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 3ffee608
                  3ffef600:  3fffdae0 00000000 3ffee600 40203e6c
                  3ffef610:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee600 402045b4
                  3ffef620:  feefeffe feefeffe 3ffee610 40100114
                  <<<stack<<<
                  

                  The libraries are 2.0 beta as from a few days ago. I consider the power to the ESP8266 to be OK, since I use the same for en NRF24 based gateway and also for several other ESP modules.

                  From the thread I understand that known issues should be fixed in the current beta. Any ideas on how to move on?

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                  Yveaux
                  Mod
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #28

                  @chrille Try adding the following line to your setup() function:

                  ESP.wdtDisable();
                  

                  It should disable the (software) watchdog on ESP. See if it continues, or if it will now just hang.

                  http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                  • YveauxY Yveaux

                    @chrille Try adding the following line to your setup() function:

                    ESP.wdtDisable();
                    

                    It should disable the (software) watchdog on ESP. See if it continues, or if it will now just hang.

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                    chrille
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #29

                    @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                    • chrilleC chrille

                      @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                      chrille
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #30

                      ...I also tried to change TIME_OUT in rfm69.cpp to 500 as suggested by Fabien. Doesn't make any difference

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                      • chrilleC chrille

                        @Yveaux Just tried that. The change removed the watchdog message and the stack trace, but the module still reboots

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                        Yveaux
                        Mod
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #31

                        @chrille said:

                        the module still reboots

                        Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

                        http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                        • YveauxY Yveaux

                          @chrille said:

                          the module still reboots

                          Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

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                          chrille
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #32

                          @Yveaux I did some further tests and it may be related to the inclusion mode feature. At least disabling this makes things more stable - but I still haven't got the radio side working reliable. When this is working I will go back to the gateway and see if I can find out what triggers the crash

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                          • YveauxY Yveaux

                            @chrille said:

                            the module still reboots

                            Probably the hardware watchdog kicks in then...

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                            chrille
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #33

                            @Yveaux I think I have narrowed down the issue now to this code in RFM69.cpp

                            void RFM69::sendACK(const void* buffer, byte bufferSize) {
                            debug(PSTR("RFM69: void sendACK\n"));
                              byte sender = SENDERID;
                              debug(PSTR("RFM69: sendACK - entering while()\n"));
                              while (!canSend()) receiveDone();
                              sendFrame(sender, buffer, bufferSize, false, true);
                            }
                            

                            (The debug lines are added by me)

                            Most of the time the WDT kicks in, after logging "entering while()" - occasionally it will reach sendFrame() and log a "read: " line but then the WDT kicks in when it gets to the while() loop again.
                            sendAck is called from sendFrame, that disables interrupts, by calling select()

                            With a bunch of additional debug turned on, this is what I get on the console

                            0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                            chg_B:-60
                            chg_B:-120
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                            chg_B:-60
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendFrame()
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                            0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                            
                            Soft WDT reset
                            
                            ctx: cont
                            sp: 3ffefa70 end: 3ffefd30 offset: 01b0
                            
                            >>>stack>>>
                            3ffefc20:  00000001 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 000000ff
                            3ffefc30:  00000024 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 402022da
                            3ffefc40:  3ffe8496 00000000 3ffefdd4 40202360
                            3ffefc50:  00000000 00000000 3ffefdd4 4020254b
                            3ffefc60:  3ffefdf2 00000000 3ffefdd4 402037f9
                            3ffefc70:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffefdd4 3ffefdac
                            3ffefc80:  3fffdc20 3ffefdf1 3ffefdd4 4020385c
                            3ffefc90:  00000003 00000000 3ffeecf8 40204035
                            3ffefca0:  00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000
                            3ffefcb0:  3ffefd58 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 3ffeed00
                            3ffefcc0:  3ffefe00 00000000 3ffefe98 40203aec
                            3ffefcd0:  00000003 00000000 000000ff 00000000
                            3ffefce0:  000000ff 00000002 00000000 00000000
                            3ffefcf0:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 3ffeed00
                            3ffefd00:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 40203c06
                            3ffefd10:  00000000 00000000 3ffeecf8 4020432c
                            3ffefd20:  00000000 00000000 3ffeed10 40100114
                            <<<stack<<<
                            

                            Any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated!

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                            • chrilleC chrille

                              @Yveaux I think I have narrowed down the issue now to this code in RFM69.cpp

                              void RFM69::sendACK(const void* buffer, byte bufferSize) {
                              debug(PSTR("RFM69: void sendACK\n"));
                                byte sender = SENDERID;
                                debug(PSTR("RFM69: sendACK - entering while()\n"));
                                while (!canSend()) receiveDone();
                                sendFrame(sender, buffer, bufferSize, false, true);
                              }
                              

                              (The debug lines are added by me)

                              Most of the time the WDT kicks in, after logging "entering while()" - occasionally it will reach sendFrame() and log a "read: " line but then the WDT kicks in when it gets to the while() loop again.
                              sendAck is called from sendFrame, that disables interrupts, by calling select()

                              With a bunch of additional debug turned on, this is what I get on the console

                              0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0
                              chg_B:-60
                              chg_B:-120
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                              chg_B:-60
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendFrame()
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                              0;255;3;0;9;read: 255-255-0 s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: interruptHandler
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - select chip
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - release chip
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: IRQ handler - read RSSI
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: receiveDone() - payload
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: void sendACK
                              0;255;3;0;9;RFM69: sendACK - entering while()
                              
                              Soft WDT reset
                              
                              ctx: cont
                              sp: 3ffefa70 end: 3ffefd30 offset: 01b0
                              
                              >>>stack>>>
                              3ffefc20:  00000001 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 000000ff
                              3ffefc30:  00000024 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 402022da
                              3ffefc40:  3ffe8496 00000000 3ffefdd4 40202360
                              3ffefc50:  00000000 00000000 3ffefdd4 4020254b
                              3ffefc60:  3ffefdf2 00000000 3ffefdd4 402037f9
                              3ffefc70:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffefdd4 3ffefdac
                              3ffefc80:  3fffdc20 3ffefdf1 3ffefdd4 4020385c
                              3ffefc90:  00000003 00000000 3ffeecf8 40204035
                              3ffefca0:  00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000
                              3ffefcb0:  3ffefd58 3ffefdd4 3ffeffdc 3ffeed00
                              3ffefcc0:  3ffefe00 00000000 3ffefe98 40203aec
                              3ffefcd0:  00000003 00000000 000000ff 00000000
                              3ffefce0:  000000ff 00000002 00000000 00000000
                              3ffefcf0:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 3ffeed00
                              3ffefd00:  3fffdc20 00000000 3ffeecf8 40203c06
                              3ffefd10:  00000000 00000000 3ffeecf8 4020432c
                              3ffefd20:  00000000 00000000 3ffeed10 40100114
                              <<<stack<<<
                              

                              Any ideas on how to fix this, would be greatly appreciated!

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                              Mod
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #34

                              @chrille I'm not familiar with rfm implementation, but you could try adding a call to yield() inside the while loop.

                              http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                              • YveauxY Yveaux

                                @chrille I'm not familiar with rfm implementation, but you could try adding a call to yield() inside the while loop.

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                                chrille
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                                #35

                                @Yveaux Thank you very much. This seems to have fixed the issue now!

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                                • chrilleC chrille

                                  @Yveaux Thank you very much. This seems to have fixed the issue now!

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                                  @chrille Could you create a pull-request (or a bug report) for this fix in MySensors' github repo ?

                                  http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                                  • YveauxY Yveaux

                                    @chrille Could you create a pull-request (or a bug report) for this fix in MySensors' github repo ?

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                                    @Yveaux I already did! https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/pull/396

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