rfm69 and atc

frencho

@Fleischtorte would you accept to share the work ? I started to play with the RFM69, but didn't get to the ATC part yet. It could save me a couple of hours, and debug ^^

BenCranston

@lafleur @Fleischtorte @frencho I think I'm a bit dense today. I don't understand where the code currently sits in terms of something that could be tested. I see that PR440 was closed and referenced to go back to PR437 or open a new PR? I'd love to give ATC code a go on my RFM69HW's. Is it being integrated into the development branch? How would I go about testing at this time? I did a quick look at the codebase in git and there is no mention of ATC in the MySensors dev branch... A quick diff of the RFM69.cpp code from Felix and MySensors shows a few differences, so they are not 100% in sync. Alas, I'm at a loss on how to apply the work already done to test.. I can "git clone" like a banshee, but beyond that I'm lost with Jenkins. Sorry, again, dense today...

Any advice on how I can help is appreciated. I can test pretty easily. All of my nodes are Moteino's with RFM69HW radios.

Thanks again for everyone's efforts and work to make ATC a reality in the MySensors codebase!

Fleischtorte

@frencho @BenCranston
This is my implementation of PR440

first download new RFM69 driver from LowPowerLab https://github.com/LowPowerLab/RFM69/archive/master.zip
Replace the files from libraries\MySensors\drivers\RFM69 (copy all and replace)

Change in file RFM69.cpp line 31-32

#include <RFM69.h>
#include <RFM69registers.h>

to

#include "RFM69.h"
#include "RFM69registers.h"

in RFM69_ATC.cpp line 32-34

#include <RFM69_ATC.h>
#include <RFM69.h>   // include the RFM69 library files as well
#include <RFM69registers.h>

to

#include "RFM69_ATC.h"
#include "RFM69.h"   // include the RFM69 library files as well
#include "RFM69registers.h"

i think this was the driver..

next was mysensors

in file libraries/MySensors/MySensor.h line 268

#include "drivers/RFM69/RFM69_ATC.cpp"

in file libraries/MySensors/core/MyTransportRFM69.cpp
first in line 24

#include "drivers/RFM69/RFM69_ATC.h"

line 25-26

RFM69 _radio(MY_RF69_SPI_CS, MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN, MY_RFM69HW, MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM);
uint8_t _address;

to

#ifdef MY_RFM69_Enable_ATC
   RFM69_ATC 	_radio(MY_RF69_SPI_CS, MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN, MY_RFM69HW, MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM);
#else
   RFM69 		_radio(MY_RF69_SPI_CS, MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN, MY_RFM69HW, MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM);	
#endif
uint8_t _address;

and line 53 idk if this is necessary

return _radio.sendWithRetry(to,data,len);

to

	return _radio.sendWithRetry(to,data,len,5);

btw i use not the dev version

https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/pull/440 see comment from trlafleur

there is my testing node (molgan PIR )

/**
 * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
 * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
 * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
 * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
 * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
 *
 * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
 * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
 *
 * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
 * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *******************************
 *
 * REVISION HISTORY
 * Version 1.0 - Henrik Ekblad
 * 
 * DESCRIPTION
 * Motion Sensor example using HC-SR501 
 * http://www.mysensors.org/build/motion
 *
 */

// Enable debug prints
#define MY_DEBUG

// Enable and select radio type attached

#define MY_NODE_ID 4
#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
#define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY RF69_868MHZ
#define MY_RFM69_NETWORKID 121
#define MY_RFM69_ENABLE_ENCRYPTION
#define MY_RFM69_Enable_ATC
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>

unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 120000; // Sleep time between reports (in milliseconds)
#define DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR 3   // The digital input you attached your motion sensor.  (Only 2 and 3 generates interrupt!)
#define CHILD_ID 1   // Id of the sensor child
#define CHILD_ID_RSSI 7 // Id for RSSI Value

// Initialize motion message
MyMessage msg(CHILD_ID, V_TRIPPED);
// Initialize RSSI message
MyMessage rssiMsg(CHILD_ID_RSSI,V_TEXT);
void setup()  
{  
  
  
  #ifdef MY_RFM69_Enable_ATC
    _radio.enableAutoPower(-70);
    Serial.println("ATC Aktiviert");
  #endif
  
  pinMode(DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR, INPUT);      // sets the motion sensor digital pin as input
}

void presentation()  {
  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  sendSketchInfo("Molgan-PIR", "1.0");

  // Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
  present(CHILD_ID, S_DOOR);
  present(CHILD_ID_RSSI, S_INFO);
}

void loop()     
{     
  // Read digital motion value
  boolean tripped = digitalRead(DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR) == HIGH; 
        
  Serial.println(tripped);
  send(msg.set(tripped?"1":"0"));  // Send tripped value to gw 
  
  int var1 = _radio.RSSI;
  send(rssiMsg.set(var1));  // Send RSSI value to gw

  // Sleep until interrupt comes in on motion sensor. Send update every two minute.
  sleep(digitalPinToInterrupt(DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR), CHANGE, SLEEP_TIME);
}

i hope this helps :) im just learing mysensors & co :expressionless:

david

BenCranston

@Fleischtorte Sweet!! This I can do. I'll make the changes and start testing tonight. thanks for the explicit help.

-Ben

frencho

@Fleischtorte
thanks for the details, I'll look into it, as soon as I have my RFM69 GW talking to my RFM69 node

frencho

@Fleischtorte is your code example working ? I mean do you see the RSSI going down to -70 ?
Cause on this page https://lowpowerlab.com/2015/11/11/rfm69_atc-automatic-transmission-control/ Felix says we must use a radio.sendwithretry ?!
I'm a little confused it not working so I'm digging

frencho

@BenCranston did you get it to work ?

Fleischtorte

@Frencho radio.sendwithretry is used (see line 53 in libraries/MySensors/core/MyTransportRFM69.cpp) and ATC must be enabled on GW/Node (use _radio.enableAutoPower(-70); only on the node side).
It seems you need continous traffic to see the effect of ATC (i use a simple relay sketch which reports the rssi with every switch command).

nagelc

How is the ATC working out? I think it is a neat feature, but am reluctant to mess with the core MySensors libraries.

Fleischtorte

hi ,

it works but not very stable... after a while the sensors become offline so i revert to the stable version of MySensors.

cablesky

how is the status now?? Works the ATC now?

scalz

@cablesky
it is not included in Mysensors yet as it breaks compatibility with current packet protocol.
It's planned in an upcoming release, and working well ;)

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