Porting MySensors to work with the RadioHead library

[kolaf]

@TOSA I just popped back into the forum to report on my experiences with instabilities using the current version of the RFM69 code only to find that you have already had the same experience. This makes me quite happy since it means that at least someone else have had a chance to think a bit about it. On a side note, I really wish this forum had some functionality to subscribe to topics, it is not a forum I visit regularly enough to catch everything that's happening.

I do not have any good information regarding why the microcontrollers stop responding, but I see it quite regularly in both the Gateway and in the sensors. For instance, I have a power measuring sensor that counts the blinks on my power meter and toggles a LED each time the power meter blinks. I have to reset this about every two days (sometimes more often) when I see that the LED no longer blinks. All my current sensors are running the first version of the code based on your rewritten radio obstructions.

Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help out with debugging this. The instability is starting to get quite frustrating, and I was actually considering to go back to my earlier prototype implementation based on the radiohead library. I did not experience any such instabilities using this library, so at least we know it is not a hardware problem. As such it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out. Maybe it is possible to discuss this with the lowpowerlabs guy who developed the library?

Unfortunately my experience with debugging microcontrollers is limited, but I will help out where I can.

[Francois]

@ToSa I am running this version and I don't have any problems with it so far. I only have one node up and running with a humility sensor. I order 5 more Anarduino units and hope to get them in Jan so will do more testing then. The humility node is up and running now for more than 3 weeks with out any resets.

[kolaf]

@ToSa How did you make the RF69 stable?

[nagelc]

@CARSTEN I got the same compile errors. It turns out Arduino IDE 1.5.7 and above have a new compiler which requires PROGMEM data to be const.
See this discussion: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=277173.0

I was able to resolve the compile errors by adding const where flagged by the compiler:
In MyMQTT.h:
. . . .
const char V_0[] PROGMEM = "TEMP"; //V_TEMP
etc . ..

Then:
const char * const vType[] PROGMEM = {
V_0, V_1, . . . .

You also need to change the getType function in MQTTGateway.ino to account for the change in type of vType[]
char *getType(char *b, const char * const *index) { . . . .

Compiled with no errors for RFM69 on Arduino 1.5.8 after these changes.
I have not had a chance to upload and test on my Motineo's.

[guillaume brucker]

Hi all,

Happy new year
I've just have the same idea, I'm new to arduino since chrismas :)
and I want to test mysensor with nrf905, It seem to be compatible with RH librairies.

Could you just say me what i have to do ?
I'll have to include the kolaf librairies ?

Just, If you have a link to the repository in order to work on it with you

Thanks for all

[guillaume brucker]

So, I'm working on it with the developpement branch of mysensor.

I've find some nrf905 librairies arround the web, but the RadioHead seem to be more powerfull and complete.
I'll give you news soon,

First of all, i probably need help to diagnose because i've had only one raspberry, one arduino and two atmega328p chipset more

[andrewm844]

Did anyone ever solve the this compile error?

In file included from /home/andrew/sketchbook/libraries/MySensors/MyConfig.h:27,
from /home/andrew/sketchbook/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:17,
from SerialGateway.ino:27:
/home/andrew/sketchbook/libraries/MySensors/MyDriverRF69.h:40: error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member ‘radio’
/home/andrew/sketchbook/libraries/MySensors/MyDriverRF69.h:40: error: making ‘radio’ static
/home/andrew/sketchbook/libraries/MySensors/MyDriverRF69.h:40: error: invalid in-class initialization of static data member of non-integral type ‘RFM69*’

I have tried with IDEs 1.04, 1.05 and 1.06

[guillaume brucker]

@andrewm844
Hi,
I'm working on 905, so I don't have to check the 69, but I've the same compile error
I just replace
// RFM69 *radio = NULL;
RFM69 *radio;
in the MyDriverRF69.h file

[BenjaminK87]

Hi everyone,
i am new to MySensors. I already made sime Arduino pro mini running with a NRF24L01.
But i also bought some Anarduino with the RF69 installed. Can anybody tell me how i can tell the library to use the RF69 instead of the NRF24L01?
I used the Developement version of the MySensor library. I tried to find the point in MyConfig.h but i could only find the NRF24L01 Driver Defaults part.

Maybe someone could help me.

Thanks in advance.
Benjamin

[lafleur]

I'm interested in the progress of getting RadioHead working with MySensor....

what the current status??

where is the current code for this effort?

Thanks

[hek]

@lafleur

In the development branch on github we have support for RF69. We have not incorporated the full RadioHead library.

[lafleur]

Is there support for the MoteinoMega? with the rfm69? can you point me to a code base to start with??

I have used the MoteinoMega in other project, so I know a bit on how they work

Thanks

[lafleur]

@ToSa do you have a sample project (serial Gateway or ?) that I could start from that uses the RF69W radio?? Want to develop with Moteino-Mega

thanks

[hek]

You only need to initiate the MySensor class with the rfm69 class like this in the gateway (and sensors):

https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/blob/development/libraries/MySensors/examples/SerialGateway/SerialGateway.ino#L44

MyTransportRF69 radio;  

[lafleur]

I had done that, getting error...

Some questions:

I notice that the MyTransportNRF24 had definition for the pins in the function, RM69, has none...
I take it, its defaulted to the Moteino standards pinout?

The file MyHwATMega328.cpp is for the 328, i assume that I would need to make one for the ATmega1284P chip? if there are any changes needed.

Thanks I will work on these error, if you have any insight on cause, please let me know...

(sure wish the IDE was better.....)

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Arduino: 1.6.1 (Mac OS X), Board: "MoteinoMEGA"

SerialGateway.ino:56:26: error: no matching function for call to 'MySensor::MySensor(MyTransportRF69 (&)(), MySigningNone&)'
SerialGateway.ino:56:26: note: candidates are:
In file included from SerialGateway.ino:34:0:
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:78:2: note: MySensor::MySensor(MyTransport&, MyHw&, MySigning&)
MySensor(MyTransport &radio =*new MyTransportNRF24(), MyHw &hw=*new MyHwDriver()
^
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:78:2: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'MyTransportRF69()' to 'MyTransport&'
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:69:7: note: MySensor::MySensor(const MySensor&)
class MySensor
^
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:69:7: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
Error compiling.

[hek]

@lafleur

Yeah, the work on the TransportRF69 need some polishing. It defaults to monteino pins right now. If you have the time add configuration to the driver, please help out.

I don't have any MonteinoMega so I really don't know how it differs regarding hw. Hopefully not too much.

[lafleur]

I get the same error's if I select the standard Moteino and the RF24 radio???

so, I must have a version skew or IDE issue...

I'm using the source code form the development branch....

Arduino: 1.6.1 (Mac OS X), Board: "Moteino"

SerialGateway.ino:57:26: error: no matching function for call to 'MySensor::MySensor(MyTransportNRF24&, MySigningNone&)'
SerialGateway.ino:57:26: note: candidates are:
In file included from SerialGateway.ino:34:0:
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:78:2: note: MySensor::MySensor(MyTransport&, MyHw&, MySigning&)
MySensor(MyTransport &radio =*new MyTransportNRF24(), MyHw &hw=*new MyHwDriver()
^
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:78:2: note: no known conversion for argument 2 from 'MySigningNone' to 'MyHw&'
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:69:7: note: MySensor::MySensor(const MySensor&)
class MySensor
^
/Users/lafleur/Desktop/MySensor-Arduino-development/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h:69:7: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided
Error compiling.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
enabled in File > Preferences.

[A Former User]

@lafleur:
I got the same error, also 1.6.1 (Mac OSX) board Uno, and Nano. My solution was to remove the signing object in the initialization:

// Construct MySensors library
MySensor gw(radio);

Then it compiles without issues. I have other issues though, but they might be related to the radios.

[lafleur]

removing the Construct object, will cause other error, as the gw is not defined at this point...

SerialGateway.ino: In function 'void setup()':
SerialGateway.ino:67:3: error: 'gw' was not declared in this scope
SerialGateway.ino: In function 'void loop()':
SerialGateway.ino:85:3: error: 'gw' was not declared in this scope

I'm new to Arduino and this IDE, so it painful trying to work my way into this code...

[kolaf]

Hi guys,

I lost some of my inspiration when I couldn't get the RF69 implementation to be stable for more than a few days and TOSA said he could before he disappeared without telling me how :-(. However, Easter is upon us and I thought I would give it another try.

I updated to the latest version of the development branch, and things seem to have changed a bit since I was here last time. Is there anything that needs to be updated on the RF69 side? At the very least it seems to be missing a definition for IS_RF69HW, as well as probably some useful defaults.