💬 Building a Serial Gateway

[zboblamont]

@sineverba You are not powering the gateway from the Pi's data pins, you are tapping off the 3v3 power on the Pi's power supply.
On the Pi3 (same as the Pi2), the 3v3, gnd, tx, and rx are grouped on the outside row making it all neat.

[zboblamont]

@sineverba I forgot to add, this gateway has a RFM69, so powers it no problem.
If I remember correctly the input was selected on the Pi in Domoticz as ttyS0...

[sineverba]

@zboblamont ok. I did not know cause I have a PI1. Btw, what about serial port name and out of the box working? Or need some edit on PI config?

Edit: I did read your answer late ;-)

[skywatch]

Is MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE auto enabled for a gw using serial or do I need to add #define MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE in the sketch before uploading?
I have looked this page + https://www.mysensors.org/build/connect_radio + https://www.mysensors.org/download/sensor_api_20#configuration and still not sure.....Anyone know?

[mfalkvidd]

@skywatch it is not enabled by default.
https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs-beta/group__RF24SettingGrpPub.html#gafe2f4565dfa8473846dfc82d417c8147

The default value is in parenthesis after the name, if there is a default value. Example:

means that the default value for MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL is RF24_PA_HIGH

There is nothing after

which means it is not set by default.

[skywatch]

Thanks for reply. Maybe I wasn't too clear, so here is more info.
Today I made a serial gw with a pro mini as the nrf24 attached to pi directly is suspected of problems with MyController.
In the wiring diagram on the build page it shows the IRQ from the nrf24 to the promini as connected. But this is not enabled by default in the MYSGW code.
So, to make the NRF24 IRQ work, I need to add #define MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE and #define MY_RF24_IRQ_PIN.......Or is it #define MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE(ENABLED) #define MY_RF24_IRQ_PIN(D2) ???
I just want to enable the irq from the nrf24 to help with message flow.

[mfalkvidd]

@skywatch thanks for clarifying.

Use

#define 	MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE

to enable the RX buffer feature

Use

#define MY_RF24_IRQ_PIN 2

to set the irq pin to pin 2.

[skywatch]

Perfect - Just what I needed to know! :)

Thanks!

[mntlvr]

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[mfalkvidd]

@mntlvr you have now posted variants of the same questions in three places. This means efforts to help you will be split into three places. People will waste time helping you in one thread, not knowing the discissions in the other threads. This will waste people's time. Please only post your question in one place.

[mntlvr]

@mfalkvidd
Well I thought since you wrote this you could answer the question
I have searched entire site for answer and can not find one and since you posted the build last year you would be the one who could answer it

[mfalkvidd]

@mntlvr sorry, I have no experience with Vera.

[tismoj]

Hi I'm new to MySensors, I've installed openHAB as my controller and installed the Add-on MySensors to it. But now that I have uploaded GatewaySerial.ino to a Nano with an nRF24L01+, I've noticed that there was no code to drive the setup and loop functions. And how do I verify that it is working? from the Karaf console?...

[tismoj]

Please disregard my question, I got it working, turn out there was no need to have some code in the setup and loop functions, suprisingly.

[wahid]

Hello,
im kind of lost, i need to install a distance sensor buried in a well of water, and will need a lot of tweaking and reprogramming until i get the desired correct measurements.
so i need OTA, extremely low power (battery powered, sleeps most of time), so i went to ultrasonic sensor HC04 which is even powered through GPIO of pro mini, and an nrf24l01+. the main problem is OTA. My concerns are:

1. should i burn MYSBOOTLOADER on sensor and Serial GW ?
2. if bootlader burnt, any sketch can do the OTA?
3. should I use only MySensors GW SW, or can i have my own sketch.
   Any ideas are welcome.
   Thanks a lot

[siouxme]

Is there a way to make a serial2mqtt gateway (e.g. a NodeMCU is getting MySensor data on the serial interface and should just bridge that to MQTT)?

[Yveaux]

@siouxme there is a direct mqtt gateway that you can build, so you don't need the serial step inbetween. See the list of gateways.

[alowhum]

Is it possible to get a list of all attached nodes? I'd like to attach a TFT screen to the gateway that shows all the connected devices.

[mfalkvidd]

@alowhum there is no such thing as an attachment in a MySensors network.

Nodes send messages whenever they like. The nodes may go to sleep at any time, which would make them unavailable.

The gateway does not store information about when a node last communicated, nor about which child sensors have been presented.

[alowhum]

@mfalkvidd Thanks. Would it be possible to generate that list somehow? Perhaps by listening to what nodes connect to it?

It doesn't matter if they are offline or not, it doesn't have to be perfect.