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  • raptorjrR raptorjr

    Would it be possible to enable both the Serial and Ethernet communication at the same time in the gateway? I'm about to try PiDome as a controller. And it seems that it only have support for Serial gateway. But the Ethernet gateway is so practical to use when I need to debug and use MYScontroller to connect and see what is happening. Or if I would like to try OTA updates of my nodes.

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    @raptorjr some people have used nodered to "split" the communication to more than one controller. NodeRed has the ability to prevent certain types of messages. If two controllers are connected to the same gateway without filtering, both controllers will respond which might be very confusing for the node.

    https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/4112/is-it-possible-to-connect-an-ethernet-gateway-to-node-red-and-share-it/ is a pretty good place to start

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    • mfalkviddM mfalkvidd

      @raptorjr some people have used nodered to "split" the communication to more than one controller. NodeRed has the ability to prevent certain types of messages. If two controllers are connected to the same gateway without filtering, both controllers will respond which might be very confusing for the node.

      https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/4112/is-it-possible-to-connect-an-ethernet-gateway-to-node-red-and-share-it/ is a pretty good place to start

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      @mfalkvidd

      Thank you. Maybe I should just try out PiDome first with serial gateway =)

      But anyway, I thought that mysGateway would create something like /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway that I could then use, or ln to something like ttyUSB20, and add it in PiDome.

      But after compiling and installing mysGateway with serial support I only get a a error "Unable to open the serial port /dev/ttyUSB0". Am I thinking the wrong way? Isn't mysGateway supposed to work like the old Raspberry MySensors gateway?

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      • raptorjrR raptorjr

        @mfalkvidd

        Thank you. Maybe I should just try out PiDome first with serial gateway =)

        But anyway, I thought that mysGateway would create something like /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway that I could then use, or ln to something like ttyUSB20, and add it in PiDome.

        But after compiling and installing mysGateway with serial support I only get a a error "Unable to open the serial port /dev/ttyUSB0". Am I thinking the wrong way? Isn't mysGateway supposed to work like the old Raspberry MySensors gateway?

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        marceloaqno
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        #40

        @raptorjr Sorry, pseudo tty isn't supported. I will try to add it till the end of the day.

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        • M marceloaqno

          @raptorjr Sorry, pseudo tty isn't supported. I will try to add it till the end of the day.

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          @marceloaqno

          What does the serial gateway do then? Can I use it as it is today with PiDomo and a RasberryPi? Or do I need to make a dedicated stand-alone serial gateway with a Arduino and a NRF?

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            marceloaqno
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            #42

            @raptorjr
            In the current state, serial gateway on RPi can only use a "real" serial port like /dev/ttyAMA0 (gpio pins) or (if an arduino is connected or a USB->Serial adapter) /dev/ttyACM0. To use PiDomo you will need to put an Arduino to the mix.

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            • M marceloaqno

              @raptorjr
              In the current state, serial gateway on RPi can only use a "real" serial port like /dev/ttyAMA0 (gpio pins) or (if an arduino is connected or a USB->Serial adapter) /dev/ttyACM0. To use PiDomo you will need to put an Arduino to the mix.

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              @marceloaqno

              Thank you. I'll have to wait for pseudo tty or for PiDome to get support for Ethernet gateway.

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              • raptorjrR raptorjr

                @marceloaqno

                Thank you. I'll have to wait for pseudo tty or for PiDome to get support for Ethernet gateway.

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                marceloaqno
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                @raptorjr
                I think PiDome also supports MQTT Gateway. Did you try that?

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                • M marceloaqno

                  @raptorjr
                  I think PiDome also supports MQTT Gateway. Did you try that?

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                  @marceloaqno

                  I don't really understands what MQTT is and how to use it. But maybe I'll try that. Would like to see how PiDome works and if I like it better than Domoticz.

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                  • raptorjrR raptorjr

                    @marceloaqno

                    I don't really understands what MQTT is and how to use it. But maybe I'll try that. Would like to see how PiDome works and if I like it better than Domoticz.

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                    marceloaqno
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                    @raptorjr PiDome should work now (https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2389/added-support-for-local-mysensors-rpi-direct-radio-connection).

                    You need to add --my-serial-is-pty when running ./configure or uncomment the line #define MY_IS_SERIAL_PTY in mysGateway.cpp.

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                    • M marceloaqno

                      @raptorjr PiDome should work now (https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2389/added-support-for-local-mysensors-rpi-direct-radio-connection).

                      You need to add --my-serial-is-pty when running ./configure or uncomment the line #define MY_IS_SERIAL_PTY in mysGateway.cpp.

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                      @marceloaqno

                      Wow. That was fast work =)

                      Trying it now and the /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway is created. Followed the guide in the link you provided. Everything goes great until the last step. I don't see the message "Gateway startup complete". So I don't know if I have any communication between PiDome and the gateway?

                      I'll start reading forums and see if I can find a solution. Or if I missed something.

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                        @marceloaqno I've got the MysGateway configured and built to be an MQTT Gateway. I have a node (MySensors v2.01) sending temperature, humidity and voltage data to the Gateway. Looking at the stdout on the Raspberry Pi I can see that the information is being correctly received but there seems to be a problem with the published messages. I'm getting "send: Broken pipe" messages. I've copied and pasted some of the MysGateway stdout terminal output below. Do you have any insights on what might be going wrong?

                        Thanks very much

                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/0/255/0/0/18
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                        TSF:MSG:BC
                        TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=20
                        TSF:CHKUPL:OK
                        TSF:MSG:GWL OK
                        TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-20-20,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
                        TSF:MSG:PINGED,ID=20,HP=1
                        TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-20-20,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:0.5
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/20/255/3/0/12
                        send: Broken pipe
                        Attempting MQTT connection...
                        MQTT connected
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/0/255/0/0/18
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=2,c=0,t=23,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/20/2/0/0/23
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:2
                        TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-20-20,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:19.9
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/20/1/1/0/0
                        send: Broken pipe
                        Attempting MQTT connection...
                        MQTT connected
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/0/255/0/0/18
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=2,c=1,t=38,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:3319.0
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/20/2/1/0/38
                        send: Broken pipe
                        Attempting MQTT connection...
                        MQTT connected
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/0/255/0/0/18
                        TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=0,c=1,t=1,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:58.6
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/20/0/1/0/1
                        send: Broken pipe
                        Attempting MQTT connection...
                        MQTT connected
                        Sending message on topic: MyGW2out/0/255/0/0/18

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                          feature request: logging via syslog (journald). or unbuffered debug output to stdio

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                            @raptorjr PiDome should work now (https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2389/added-support-for-local-mysensors-rpi-direct-radio-connection).

                            You need to add --my-serial-is-pty when running ./configure or uncomment the line #define MY_IS_SERIAL_PTY in mysGateway.cpp.

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                            @marceloaqno

                            I think there may be a memory leak in the gateway. While using it as a ethernet gateway I loose about 100Mb every day, if my only node is turned on. After a few days I can't even login with SSH and need to remove the power to my Pi3 to reboot it.

                            If I turn off my node, memory usage is normal. So it seems to have something to to when messages is received/transmitted. Is there anything I can do to get more details where the problem could be?

                            I'm using the image from Domoticz where everything is installed, and have only added mysGateway.

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                              marceloaqno
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                              @raptorjr @hawk_2050 I'll check.
                              @b0rmann I'll do something about it.

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                              • raptorjrR raptorjr

                                @marceloaqno

                                I think there may be a memory leak in the gateway. While using it as a ethernet gateway I loose about 100Mb every day, if my only node is turned on. After a few days I can't even login with SSH and need to remove the power to my Pi3 to reboot it.

                                If I turn off my node, memory usage is normal. So it seems to have something to to when messages is received/transmitted. Is there anything I can do to get more details where the problem could be?

                                I'm using the image from Domoticz where everything is installed, and have only added mysGateway.

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                                @raptorjr

                                gateway running 8 days:

                                pi@pi:~$ ls -ld /proc/`pidof mysGateway`
                                dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Aug 30 22:40 /proc/3935
                                

                                memory consumption (peak) - 22M

                                pi@pi:~$ cat /proc/`pidof mysGateway`/status
                                Name:   mysGateway
                                State:  S (sleeping)
                                Tgid:   3935
                                Ngid:   0
                                Pid:    3935
                                PPid:   1
                                TracerPid:      0
                                Uid:    0       0       0       0
                                Gid:    0       0       0       0
                                FDSize: 256
                                Groups:
                                NStgid: 3935
                                NSpid:  3935
                                NSpgid: 3935
                                NSsid:  3935
                                VmPeak:    22108 kB
                                VmSize:    22108 kB
                                VmLck:         0 kB
                                VmPin:         0 kB
                                VmHWM:      3088 kB
                                VmRSS:      3088 kB
                                VmData:      236 kB
                                VmStk:       136 kB
                                VmExe:        80 kB
                                VmLib:      4392 kB
                                VmPTE:        30 kB
                                VmPMD:         0 kB
                                VmSwap:        0 kB
                                Threads:        1
                                SigQ:   0/7339
                                SigPnd: 0000000000000000
                                ShdPnd: 0000000000000000
                                SigBlk: 0000000000000000
                                SigIgn: 0000000000001000
                                SigCgt: 0000000180004002
                                CapInh: 0000000000000000
                                CapPrm: 0000003fffffffff
                                CapEff: 0000003fffffffff
                                CapBnd: 0000003fffffffff
                                Seccomp:        0
                                Cpus_allowed:   f
                                Cpus_allowed_list:      0-3
                                Mems_allowed:   1
                                Mems_allowed_list:      0
                                voluntary_ctxt_switches:        71974874
                                nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches:     167964
                                
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                                • M marceloaqno

                                  @b0rmann It should work now. Thank you for reporting this.

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                                  @marceloaqno Hi, could you please explain to me what the steps are to compile it for RPi3?
                                  I went here - https://github.com/marceloaqno/Raspberry
                                  Downloaded and tried to compile. The following error has come up:

                                  pi@m:~/Raspberry-GW $ make all
                                  make -C librf24-bcm
                                  make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/Raspberry-GW/librf24-bcm'
                                  cp utility/RPi/includes.h utility/includes.h
                                  g++ -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -c RF24.cpp
                                  g++ -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -c utility/RPi/spi.cpp
                                  gcc -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -c utility/RPi/bcm2835.c
                                  g++ -Wall -fPIC -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -c utility/RPi/interrupt.c
                                  g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,librf24-bcm.so.1 -pthread -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -march=armv7-a -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -o librf24-bcm.so.1.0 RF24.o spi.o bcm2835.o interrupt.o
                                  make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/Raspberry-GW/librf24-bcm'
                                  g++ -std=c++0x -g -Wall -Wextra -Ofast -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -Ilibmysensors -Ilibrf24-bcm -pthread -DRASPBERRYPI_ARCH  -march=armv7-a -MMD -c -o src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.o src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.cpp
                                  src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
                                  src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.cpp:63:15: error: ‘usleep’ was not declared in this scope
                                     usleep(10000); // 10ms
                                                 ^
                                  Makefile:103: recipe for target 'src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.o' failed
                                  make: *** [src/Basic/PiGatewaySample.o] Error 1
                                  

                                  Thanks

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                                    OK, I manage to install it finally.

                                    However, again I have a problem:

                                    ./configure --my-gateway=ethernet --my-rf24-channel=1 --my-rf24-pa-level=RF24_PA_MAX --my-controller-ip-address=127,0,0,1
                                    

                                    when I start it I have the following in the log:

                                    failed to bind
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    accept: Bad file descriptor
                                    
                                    
                                    
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                                      #55

                                      Add some options to the gateway execution:

                                      # ./examples_linux/mysGateway -h
                                      Usage: mysGateway [options]
                                      
                                      Options:
                                      -h            Display a short summary of all program options.
                                      -d            Enable debug.
                                      -b            Become a daemon.
                                      

                                      Debug is now disabled by default.
                                      You can't run it as a linux daemon if debug is enabled.
                                      When daemonized all messages will be print to syslog.

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                                      • M marceloaqno

                                        Add some options to the gateway execution:

                                        # ./examples_linux/mysGateway -h
                                        Usage: mysGateway [options]
                                        
                                        Options:
                                        -h            Display a short summary of all program options.
                                        -d            Enable debug.
                                        -b            Become a daemon.
                                        

                                        Debug is now disabled by default.
                                        You can't run it as a linux daemon if debug is enabled.
                                        When daemonized all messages will be print to syslog.

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                                        • M marceloaqno

                                          Add some options to the gateway execution:

                                          # ./examples_linux/mysGateway -h
                                          Usage: mysGateway [options]
                                          
                                          Options:
                                          -h            Display a short summary of all program options.
                                          -d            Enable debug.
                                          -b            Become a daemon.
                                          

                                          Debug is now disabled by default.
                                          You can't run it as a linux daemon if debug is enabled.
                                          When daemonized all messages will be print to syslog.

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                                          @marceloaqno Interesting. When I execute "mysGateway -h" I get the following:

                                          pi@m:~/MySensors/examples_linux $ mysGateway -h
                                          MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG---,VER=2.0.1-beta
                                          TSM:INIT
                                          Segmentation fault
                                          

                                          What does "Segmentation fault' mean please?

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