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ESP8266 gateway and sensor node not talking - noobie

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  • chrilleC Offline
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    chrille
    wrote on last edited by
    #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?

      YveauxY Offline
      YveauxY Offline
      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.

        chrilleC Offline
        chrilleC Offline
        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

          chrilleC Offline
          chrilleC Offline
          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

            YveauxY Offline
            YveauxY Offline
            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...

              chrilleC Offline
              chrilleC Offline
              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...

                chrilleC Offline
                chrilleC Offline
                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!

                  YveauxY Offline
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                  Yveaux
                  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
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #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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                      Mod
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #36

                      @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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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #37

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

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