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  • hekH Offline
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    hek
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    wrote on last edited by
    #3

    @TroyF
    Strange. Try clearing eeprom an re-include sensor.

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    • T TroyF

      Hello everyone,

      I'm just starting out with MySensors, but think it's just amazing. Thanks to Hek and everyone else who has contributed for putting this together. I recently tried to setup a v1.4 serial gateway and a simple temperature sensor but for some reason I'm having trouble with the temperature reporting back to imperial, despite Metric being selected in the gateway device within Vera. I've tried toggling the switch back and forth, restarting Vera etc., but the temperature keeps being reported in Fahrenheit. Does anyone have any suggestions?

      Thanks,
      Troy.

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      wrote on last edited by RJ_Make
      #4

      @TroyF

      I have the same problem (but reverse), and the only fix is to hard code the conversion..

      Replace this (for the Temperature sketch) from @hek

       float temperature = static_cast<float(static_cast<int((gw.getConfig().isMetric?sensors.getTempCByIndex(i):sensors.getTempFByIndex(i)) * 10.)) / 10.;
      

      With this

       float temperature = static_cast<float>(static_cast<int>((sensors.getTempFByIndex(i)) * 10.)) / 10.;
      

      and this is what I used for the Humidity & Temp. Sketch

      	//float temperature = dht.getTemperature();
      	float temperature = dht.getTemperature()*9/5 + 32;
      
      	if (isnan(temperature)) {
      		Serial.println("Failed reading temperature from DHT");
      	} else if (temperature != lastTemp) {
      	lastTemp = temperature;
      	if (!metric) {
      		temperature = dht.getTemperature()*9/5 + 32;   //dht.toFahrenheit(temperature);
      	}
      	gw.send(msgTemp.set(temperature, 1));
      	Serial.print("T: ");
      	Serial.println(temperature);
      	}
      

      EDIT: Keep in mind you will need to make the changes necessary to convert to Celsius

      RJ_Make

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        TroyF
        wrote on last edited by
        #5

        Strange. I actually just left it alone and a few hours later it was reading in Celsius like it should have been. Not sure why it took a while to start reading that way, but it's fine now. Thanks to everyone for their responses.

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          legeantvert
          wrote on last edited by
          #6

          I have seen the same issue with 1.4 when using DHT or Dallas ...
          I have try to clean EEPROM, change on Vera from metric to Imperial and back to metric without any succes...
          So hardcode temperature in C was the solution for me...

          Legeantvert

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          • jocke4uJ Offline
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            #7

            I have the same problem with DallasSensor

            Startup says:

            sensor started, id 2
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,st=ok:1.4
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,st=ok:0
            read: 0-0-2 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=2:M                          <<<==== Metric <<<
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=17,st=ok:Light+Temp Sensor
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,st=ok:1.0
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=0,c=0,t=16,pt=0,l=3,st=ok:1.4
            

            And I trace:

            Serial.println(gw.getConfig().isMetric);
            

            which output 0, not 1

            Switching to Imperial I get:

            sensor started, id 2
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,st=ok:1.4
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,st=ok:0
            read: 0-0-2 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=2:I                          <<<==== Imperial <<<
            send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=17,st=ok:Light+Temp Sensor
            

            and the trace says 0 as expected.

            Then I tried to trace in MySensors.cpp and added (not workin though ;) ):

            } else if (type == I_CONFIG) {
                // Pick up configuration from controller (currently only metric/imperial)
                // and store it in eeprom if changed
                isMetric = msg.getByte() == 'M' ;
                debug(PSTR("isMetric=%s\n"), isMetric);
                debug(PSTR("cc.isMetric=%s\n"), cc.isMetric);
                if (cc.isMetric != isMetric) {
            

            But then it started to work :D

            Removed the lines above and the problem is back....so something there...
            Don't have time right now to test....

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            • hekH Offline
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              hek
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              wrote on last edited by
              #8

              @jocke4u

              Are you saying adding debug prints makes it work?

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              • hekH hek

                @jocke4u

                Are you saying adding debug prints makes it work?

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                jocke4u
                wrote on last edited by
                #9

                @hek

                Yes for some strange reason :)
                However I used %s and not %d in the debug but have now used %d as below

                } else if (type == I_CONFIG) {
                    // Pick up configuration from controller (currently only metric/imperial)
                    // and store it in eeprom if changed
                    isMetric = msg.getByte() == 'M' ;
                    debug(PSTR("isMetric=%d\n"), isMetric);
                    debug(PSTR("cc.isMetric=%d\n"), cc.isMetric);
                    if (cc.isMetric != isMetric) {
                        cc.isMetric = isMetric;
                        debug(PSTR("Updating EEPROM\n"));	
                        debug(PSTR("isMetric=%d\n"), isMetric);	
                        debug(PSTR("cc.isMetric=%d\n"), cc.isMetric);						
                        eeprom_write_byte((uint8_t*)EEPROM_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_ADDRESS, isMetric);
                        //eeprom_write_block((const void*)&cc, (uint8_t*)EEPROM_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_ADDRESS, sizeof(ControllerConfig));
                    }
                

                Gives the output

                sensor started, id 2
                send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=3,st=ok:1.4
                send: 2-2-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,st=ok:0
                read: 0-0-2 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=2:M
                isMetric=0
                cc.isMetric=1
                Updating EEPROM
                isMetric=0
                cc.isMetric=0
                

                So it seems that "metric" flag is not unpacked correctly, or?

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                • YveauxY Offline
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                  Yveaux
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #10

                  @jocke4u said:

                  l=2:M

                  I find it strange that length is reported as 2 while only a single character seems to be sent. The protocol version 1.4 is correctly reported as length 3.

                  http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                  • YveauxY Yveaux

                    @jocke4u said:

                    l=2:M

                    I find it strange that length is reported as 2 while only a single character seems to be sent. The protocol version 1.4 is correctly reported as length 3.

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                    wrote on last edited by
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                    @Yveaux

                    uint8_t MyMessage::getByte() const {
                    	if (miGetPayloadType() == P_BYTE) {
                    		return data[0];
                    	} else if (miGetPayloadType() == P_STRING) {
                    		return atoi(data);
                    	} else {
                    		return 0;
                    	}
                    }
                    

                    Payload type will be P_STRING when controller sends the data. Yes, why does it get size 2?!

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                    • hekH hek

                      @Yveaux

                      uint8_t MyMessage::getByte() const {
                      	if (miGetPayloadType() == P_BYTE) {
                      		return data[0];
                      	} else if (miGetPayloadType() == P_STRING) {
                      		return atoi(data);
                      	} else {
                      		return 0;
                      	}
                      }
                      

                      Payload type will be P_STRING when controller sends the data. Yes, why does it get size 2?!

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                      hek
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                      wrote on last edited by hek
                      #12

                      Hmm.. we should probably not use atoi in case of String. Payload type should not matter in the getByte.

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                      • hekH hek

                        Hmm.. we should probably not use atoi in case of String. Payload type should not matter in the getByte.

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                        hek
                        Admin
                        wrote on last edited by hek
                        #13

                        Yep, this is a bug.

                        I've also found that the newline character is included and transmitted on all outgoing messages from gateway! So payload length 2 was correct, and wrong ;)

                        How is it possible no one has seen this before (me included)?

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                        • jocke4uJ Offline
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                          jocke4u
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #14

                          Sounds good anyway....one bug less :)
                          I just setup a sensor with DHT22/AM2302 and get the same results here.

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                            hek
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #15

                            Fix checked in. I'm creating a more comprehensive release note in the 1.4 thread.

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                            • hekH hek

                              Yep, this is a bug.

                              I've also found that the newline character is included and transmitted on all outgoing messages from gateway! So payload length 2 was correct, and wrong ;)

                              How is it possible no one has seen this before (me included)?

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                              Yveaux
                              Mod
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #16

                              @hek said:

                              How is it possible no one has seen this before (me included)?

                              At least I saw it ;-)
                              I personally tend to read over all the details in the serial api... This time I noticed.

                              Be glad you nailed it!

                              http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                                jocke4u
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #17

                                Thanks @hek and @Yveaux I can confirm it's working on both Dallas sensor and DHT22.
                                Great support!!

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                                  Nuubi
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #18

                                  Hmmm... how can one override this statement to be METRIC?
                                  float temperature = static_cast<float>(static_cast<int>((gw.getConfig().isMetric?TemperatureSensors.getTempCByIndex(CHILD_ID_TEMPERATURE_FIRST+i):TemperatureSensors.getTempFByIndex(CHILD_ID_TEMPERATURE_FIRST+i)) * 10.)) / 10.;

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                                    hexenmeister
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                                    #19

                                    hello,

                                    I must confess I have not read this thread completely. Too much for my bad english)

                                    We try MySensors support for FHEM (www.fhem.de) to impementieren. I noticed that when the I_CONFIG message is answered correctly with 'M' for metric, then the sensor sends in Imperial. Is not surprising, everything is interpreted as a string from Gateway, but also byte checked. My solution proposal: In MySensors.cpp:
                                    (isMetric = msg.getString()[0] == 'M' ; instead of isMetric = msg.getByte() == 'M' ;)

                                    			} else if (type == I_CONFIG) {
                                    				// Pick up configuration from controller (currently only metric/imperial)
                                    				// and store it in eeprom if changed
                                    				//isMetric = msg.getByte() == 'M' ;
                                    				isMetric = msg.getString()[0] == 'M' ;
                                    				if (cc.isMetric != isMetric) {
                                    					cc.isMetric = isMetric;
                                    					eeprom_write_byte((uint8_t*)EEPROM_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_ADDRESS, isMetric);
                                    					//eeprom_write_block((const void*)&cc, (uint8_t*)EEPROM_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_ADDRESS, sizeof(ControllerConfig));
                                    				}
                                    			} else if (type == I_CHILDREN) {
                                    

                                    Best regards,

                                    Alexander

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                                      hek
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                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #20

                                      Welcome @hexenmeister!

                                      What version of MySensors library did you download? The current version in gihub/master already has getString()[0].

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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #21

                                        Thanks for the quick reply.
                                        I've downloaded the source here: https://github.com/mysensors/CodeBender/blob/master/MySensor.cpp
                                        Since it is still old.

                                        Now I see that https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/blob/master/libraries/MySensors/MySensor.cpp would be better.

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                                          Oh.. you downloaded from codebender. That explains it.

                                          Unfortunately it's still a bit too messy to update the public libraries over there (have to contact the codebender-people every time). Nowadays we keep a copy among in the MySensors-account which gets copied if you clone one of the examples.

                                          Github always contains the latest.

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