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Problems getting a RFM69HW gateway to work in domoticz

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  • hekH Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #4

    @Cliff-Karlsson said:

    I used serial monitor on both gateway and node and all seems to start up and send/recieve data.

    So, data from your sensors is received by gateway?

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      Yes If I use mysensors controller sketch on a mini pro with RFM69HW and a random sensor sketch on another mini pro + RFM69H I recieve data when the gateway is connected to the computer and I use the serial monitor in the arduino IDE.

      I have also tried the same thing with the lowpowerlab sketches and I also recieve data in that way.

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        #6

        Can it be something that domotics does not like that I connect 3.3v mini pro's using FTDI->USB adapters supplying 3.3v instead of 5v?
        I forgot to say that often when everything seams to detect correctly, as soon as I power up a sensor I often get some error in domotics complaining of "serial lost" or something like that.

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        • Cliff KarlssonC Cliff Karlsson

          Can it be something that domotics does not like that I connect 3.3v mini pro's using FTDI->USB adapters supplying 3.3v instead of 5v?
          I forgot to say that often when everything seams to detect correctly, as soon as I power up a sensor I often get some error in domotics complaining of "serial lost" or something like that.

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          @Cliff-Karlsson

          Can you adjust the baud rate in domoticz for the serial connection?

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            #8

            Yeah, lowering baudrate could help.

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            • Cliff KarlssonC Offline
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              #9

              In the beta it defaults to 115000 or something witch I believe is correct. It is also possible to change to 4800 baud /mini pro/sensbender or something like that. But I have never got anything to show up when changing that setting.

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              • Cliff KarlssonC Cliff Karlsson

                In the beta it defaults to 115000 or something witch I believe is correct. It is also possible to change to 4800 baud /mini pro/sensbender or something like that. But I have never got anything to show up when changing that setting.

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                @Cliff-Karlsson

                An arduino at 8 MHz will not be able to communicate reliably at 115200 bps with a computer over serial.

                38400 or perhaps 57600 at the highest should work.

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                  #11

                  i have used RFM69HW adapter on all the recent tries witch should be ok, right?
                  I have also used 868Mhz antennas that I have got from ebay. Could faulty antennas cause something like that?

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                    You'll also have to lower the baudrate in MyConfig.h before compiling/uploading the gateway. No need to touch the sensor node.

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                        Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!, thank you!!!!!! It finally works. 38400 was the other selectable baudrate specified in domoticz and it started working rightaway after selecting the right settings.

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                        • Cliff KarlssonC Cliff Karlsson

                          Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!, thank you!!!!!! It finally works. 38400 was the other selectable baudrate specified in domoticz and it started working rightaway after selecting the right settings.

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                          @Cliff-Karlsson

                          :thumbsup:

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                            #16

                            Hi Cliff, could you be so kind to share the full sketch with us? I'm also having trouble getting this RFM69HW to work.

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