MYSBootloader 1.3 pre-release & MYSController 1.0.0beta

[manutremo]

@manutremo As expected, it was my fault. FOTA updates work correctly with this version.

[Chris83]

Hi,

I 'm new to MySensors and MySController. I have everything working and I thanks all the good developers here :-)

I have 1 question to better understand how everything works: when I start MYSController I can see in the message tab those 2 messages (heartbeat) repeating every 10 seconds. Can someone tell me what they are? Where does the GW send the heartbeat to? Is it going through RF24?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

[raptorjr]

@chris83 Which version do you use? I only have the RX line?

I thought it was for the MYSController, since it is connected to the gateway. Guess the gateway sends it to all connected clients.

[Chris83]

@raptorjr Thanks for the quick reply... I'm running MYSController version: 1.0.0beta:
b3316.

[raptorjr]

@chris83 Thank you. I use the same version.

[Chris83]

@raptorjr So if I got it right, MYSController is sending a ping to my GW every 10 seconds?

[raptorjr]

@chris83 Yes, as I understand it. But I could be wrong. But it feels logical.

[itbeyond]

How is the upcoming bootloader release (1.3S) going?

I may be wrong but think I need this to push signed firmware to a node. I have a node with soft signing required. The node works but I cannot update it OTA is this 1.3S to support this?

[diogoc]

There are already support for rfm69?

[mbedarff]

tekka, first of all, thank you very much for your efforts and shared results on MYSController and MYSBootloader! :)

I am trying to upload new firmware to battery operated nodes via MYSController 1.0.0beta. But it seems that MYSController does not send an ST_FIRMWARE_CONFIG_RESPONSE message after the node has sent an I_PRE_SLEEP_NOTFICATION before its next smart sleeping. Thus no firmware packages are requested from the node using ST_FIRMWARE_REQUEST messages.

Uploading firmware to nodes that are not sleeping and powered by a power supply basically works. One limitation seems to be that the node has to be restarted while MYSController is connected to the gateway. My guess is that the ST_FIRMWARE_CONFIG_REQUEST message from the node must be received first by MYSController before the assign firmware selection inits a ST_FIRMWARE_CONFIG_RESPONSE message. If the nodes are not sleeping, this can easily be done using the request reboot function of MYSController. In the case of the battery-operated node, this reboot request is not transmitted on the next wake-up respectively pre sleep notification.

I also noticed another bug: After receiving the reboot messages from a node, it is always set as a Sensebender board.

My setup:
MySensors version: 2.3.2
Gateway: ESP8266 with RFM69HW
Nodes: Canique MK2 boards (Moteino clone) with Atmega328P, RFM69HW, 4mbit Winbond W25X40CLSNIG flash chip and DualOptiboot bootloader.

@tekka: I would like to have a look at the code of MYSController to understand the firmware OTA start problem and the wrong detection of the board and to fix it if necessary. Would you be interested in making your code available on GitHub, for example, so that MYSController is developed further together? Please don't bother with code cleaning in advance.

[luizrrocha]

I also have problems with my battery-powered sleeping-most-of-the-time nodes. I actually have to disassemble them and force reset several times until the OTA FW update function starts to work, which pretty much negates its usage.

@Tekka, I echo mbedarff´s words, your job is fantastic but can we all try to add on our efforts and try to make it even better than it already is ?

Cheers from Portugal.

Luiz

[tekka]

@luizrrocha Can you post your sketch and (if available) debug log here?

[vidin]

Hello bootloader support ATMEGA328PB now this uC is cheaper than 328p? Best regards

[A3V]

@vidin You can simply program the 328pb with the standard bootloader using AVRDUDESS.
The pb version is software compatible with the p version.

[Alan Sales]

Hi! Where can I download MYSBootloader 1.3 pre-release & MYSController 1.0.0beta? The given link is not working.

[feanor-anglin]

@Alan-Sales it seems the project is abandoned. But I have it, so please use this link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0qls8a251ol4tc/MYSController.zip?dl=0

@tekka maybe you could share the code somewhere? Maybe someone else could make a use of it or develop it further?

[iguaan]

Anyone else experiencing crashing of the application after about 10seconds?

[tplet]

@iguaan The same applies to me. The application crashes after a few seconds after launching (Windows 10). No problem before on the same system, so I suspect a Windows update but I don't know which one.

[Mac65]

Hi all,
I think I have found the problem, the program at startup makes a connection (probably to look for an update) to the following address 162.55.0.134 (port 80) but it fails, this blocks the program for several minutes, unfortunately without the sources it is not possible solve the problem.
BR
Angelo

[iguaan]

There's another somewhat way around:

you just need to open prog and then close when it gets stuck and then clik try to restore or wait button few times:
https://pasteboard.co/GQTHDnaQsawY.png
then you should get this screen at some point and then press ok/ignore and it works
(https://pasteboard.co/9iuz1LC7kgWC.png

needs several tries.