💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway

[Patrik Söderström]

When do you think the install and build instructions will come up? :) Will this work with a B-model? (bought 2013)

[hek]

I'm not sure, @marceloaqno will finish the page when he feels the configuration options is stable enough.

[breimann]

Yes, can I use my Rasp Pi as a GW/Controller all in one? I have setup Domoticz on my Rasp Pi so could i do this and add an NRF??

[alexsh1]

RFM69 will work on RPi.
@marceloaqno PR works fine more me on my RPi3 so it will work on RPi2 or below, but this is still beta and has not been merged into development branch yet.
yes, it is possible to have 3-in-1 (nrf24l01+ RPi and Domoticz or any other combination).

[frencho]

I just saw that the PR537 was merged
@marceloaqno great job, do you now plan to write some build instructions ? I've had a look at the file, but I don't want to mess it all up

[marceloaqno]

@frencho I hope to write something this weekend, at least a draft.

[GertSanders]

@marceloaqno
looking forward to upgrading my gateway to v2 :-)

[frencho]

@marceloaqno just wondering because I could figure it out looking at your code : does it work with nrf24 And rfm69 or just nrf24?!

Regardless of your answer you did a great job, that awesome thanks

[marceloaqno]

@frencho thanks. Sorry no support for rfm69 yet. I order some rfm69 modules from ebay to play with but they haven't arrived. So I'm waiting to finish some tests.

[hawk_2050]

@marceloaqno I second @frencho's comment, excellent job on getting mainline support for the Raspberry Pi into the MySensors codebase. Thank you for your efforts.

[jerseyguy1996]

Hello, I just installed @marceloaqno wonderful port of the mySensors 2.0 to the raspberry pi MyGatewaySerial. Thank you very much for that! I'm very glad to be using my boards that connect my radio directly to my Raspi! The installation went very smoothly.

I am having an issue with a few of my messages from my sensor node. My sensor node sends 6 messages. 3 are V-STATUS, 1 is V-TEMP, 1 is V-VAR1, and one is the battery voltage level. The V-TEMP and the 3 V-STATUS messages go through perfectly but the V-VAR1 and the Battery voltage are not reaching the Raspi. This is the output of the node:

Starting sensor (RNNNA-, 2.0.0)
TSM:INIT
TSM:RADIO:OK
TSP:ASSIGNID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
TSP:MSG:FPAR RES (ID=0, dist=0)
TSP:MSG:PAR OK (ID=0, dist=1)
TSM:FPAR:OK
TSM:ID
TSM:CHKID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:UPL
TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0)
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
TSP:MSG:PONG RECV (hops=1)
TSP:CHKUPL:OK
TSM:UPL:OK
TSM:READY
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0100
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:2.0.0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:Sensor Node
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1.0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
Request registration...
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:2
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
Node registration=1
Init complete, id=3, parent=0, distance=1, registration=1
  Data = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  CRC=0
  Temperature = 0.00 Celsius, 32.00 Fahrenheit
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:32.00
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=1,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:44
No SensorTSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=1,st=ok:0.00
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=1,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:60

Notice the failed messages on the "s=2" and "s=255" lines.

This is what the Raspi receives:

mysGateway: TSF:MSG:BC
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=3
mysGateway: TSF:PNG:SEND,TO=0
mysGateway: TSF:CKU:OK
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-3-3,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:PINGED,ID=3,HP=1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-3-3,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-3-3,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0:2.0.0
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0:Sensor Node
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.0
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=2,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=3,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=4,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=5,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:2
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-3-3,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:32.00
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:0.00
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysGateway: TSF:MSG:READ,3-3-0,s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1

This is the code running on the sensor node:

// Enable debug prints to serial monitor
#define MY_DEBUG 

// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
#define MY_NODE_ID 3
#define MY_RF24_CE_PIN 9
#define MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL RF24_PA_HIGH


#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>
#include <prescaler.h>
#include <OneWire.h>

#define SKETCH_NAME "Sensor Node"
#define SKETCH_MAJOR_VER "1"
#define SKETCH_MINOR_VER "0"

#define TEMPERATURE_SENSOR 1
#define STATUS 2
#define HIGH_SWITCH 3
#define FILL_SWITCH 4
#define LOW_SWITCH 5

const byte EN = 17; //turns on the boost converter to get 3.3v
const byte PER = 14; //peripherals (DS18B20, nRF24L01)
const byte High_sw = 5;
const byte Fill_sw = 6;
const byte Low_sw = 7;
const byte Wake_pin = 2;  //wake from sleep mode powerdown
OneWire  ds(9);  // on pin 10 (a 4.7K resistor is necessary)
unsigned int node_status = 0;
// Change to V_LIGHT if you use S_LIGHT in presentation below
MyMessage msg(TEMPERATURE_SENSOR, V_TEMP);
MyMessage msg2(STATUS, V_VAR1);
MyMessage msg3(HIGH_SWITCH, V_STATUS);
MyMessage msg4(FILL_SWITCH, V_STATUS);
MyMessage msg5(LOW_SWITCH, V_STATUS);


void before(){

  pinMode(EN,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(EN,LOW);  //give us 3.3v
  
  pinMode(PER, OUTPUT);   //for turning on peripherals
  digitalWrite(PER,LOW);  //peripherals on - P Chan FET
  
  digitalWrite (Wake_pin, HIGH);  //will wake with falling edge
  
}
void setup()  
{  
  
}

void presentation() {
  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  sendSketchInfo(SKETCH_NAME, SKETCH_MAJOR_VER "." SKETCH_MINOR_VER);

  // Register binary input sensor to sensor_node (they will be created as child devices)
  // You can use S_DOOR, S_MOTION or S_LIGHT here depending on your usage. 
  // If S_LIGHT is used, remember to update variable type you send in. See "msg" above.
  present(TEMPERATURE_SENSOR, S_TEMP);
  present(STATUS, S_TEMP);
  present(HIGH_SWITCH, S_BINARY);
  present(FILL_SWITCH, S_BINARY);
  present(LOW_SWITCH, S_BINARY);  
 
}

// Loop will iterate on changes on the BUTTON_PINs
void loop() 
{     
      send(msg.set(get_temperature(),2));
      send(msg2.set(node_status));
      send(msg3.set(switch_status(High_sw)));
      send(msg4.set(switch_status(Fill_sw)));
      send(msg5.set(switch_status(Low_sw)));
      sendBatteryLevel(get_battery());
      
      //this worked when I was using the SerialGateway on the Raspi but 
      //isn't working using the MySerialGateway (mysgateway)
      if(isTransportOK()){
        sleep(30000);  // transport is OK, node can sleep
      } 
      else {
        Serial.println("Fixing Transport Layer");
        node_status+=1;
        wait(5000); // transport is not operational, allow the transport layer to fix this
      }
      //sleep(60000);  //interrupt on pin 2
    


} 

bool switch_status(int digitalPin){
  bool stat = 1;
  pinMode(digitalPin,INPUT);
  digitalWrite(digitalPin,HIGH);  //enable pullup
  sleep(5); //not sure if we need to wait for the line to settle
  stat = digitalRead(digitalPin);
  digitalWrite(digitalPin,LOW);  //save power when off
  return stat;
}

float get_temperature(){

  byte i;
  byte ds_present = 0;
  byte type_s = 0;
  byte data[12];
  byte addr[8];
  float celsius, fahrenheit;
  
  
  if (!ds.reset())
  {
    Serial.print("No Sensor");
    return (0);
    }
  ds.skip();
  ds.write(0x44, 1);        // start conversion, with parasite power on at the end
  
  sleep(1000);     // maybe 750ms is enough, maybe not
  // we might do a ds.depower() here, but the reset will take care of it.
  
  ds_present = ds.reset();
  ds.skip();    
  ds.write(0xBE);         // Read Scratchpad

  Serial.print("  Data = ");
  Serial.print(ds_present, HEX);
  Serial.print(" ");
  for ( i = 0; i < 9; i++) {           // we need 9 bytes
    data[i] = ds.read();
    Serial.print(data[i], HEX);
    Serial.print(" ");
  }
  Serial.print(" CRC=");
  Serial.print(OneWire::crc8(data, 8), HEX);
  Serial.println();

  // Convert the data to actual temperature
  // because the result is a 16 bit signed integer, it should
  // be stored to an "int16_t" type, which is always 16 bits
  // even when compiled on a 32 bit processor.
  int16_t raw = (data[1] << 8) | data[0];
  if (type_s) {
    raw = raw << 3; // 9 bit resolution default
    if (data[7] == 0x10) {
      // "count remain" gives full 12 bit resolution
      raw = (raw & 0xFFF0) + 12 - data[6];
    }
  } else {
    byte cfg = (data[4] & 0x60);
    // at lower res, the low bits are undefined, so let's zero them
    if (cfg == 0x00) raw = raw & ~7;  // 9 bit resolution, 93.75 ms
    else if (cfg == 0x20) raw = raw & ~3; // 10 bit res, 187.5 ms
    else if (cfg == 0x40) raw = raw & ~1; // 11 bit res, 375 ms
    //// default is 12 bit resolution, 750 ms conversion time
  }
  celsius = (float)raw / 16.0;
  fahrenheit = celsius * 1.8 + 32.0;
  Serial.print("  Temperature = ");
  Serial.print(celsius);
  Serial.print(" Celsius, ");
  Serial.print(fahrenheit);
  Serial.println(" Fahrenheit");
  return(fahrenheit);
}
//battery empty at .8v so 1.5 - .8 = .7
//(465-battery)/248
//.0032226562
float get_battery(){
  unsigned int battery = analogRead(A1);
  //float volts = 3.3/1024.0*(float)battery;
  float percent = (217.0-(465.0-(float)battery))/217.0;
  return(max(0,min(100,(percent * 100))));
}

Can you see anything that may be causing my issue?

[annegerben]

I've connected the radio using gpio pinnumbers to my rpi using this schema:

but when I run it gives the following errors:

what did I do wrong?

mysGateway: Starting gateway...
mysGateway: Protocol version - 2.0.1-beta
mysGateway: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG--Q,VER=2.0.1-beta
mysGateway: TSF:LRT:OK
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=2
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=3
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=4
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=5
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=6
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=7
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:PDT
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysGateway: TSM:INIT
mysGateway: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysGateway: TSM:FAIL:CNT=7

make output:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors$ make
Makefile:12: Makefile.inc: Bestand of map bestaat niet
[Running configure]
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
[OK] machine detected: SoC=BCM2835, Type=RPi, CPU=armv6l, REV=0010.
[OK] init system detected: systemd
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[OK] Finished.
cc  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/log.o drivers/Linux/log.c
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/noniso.o drivers/Linux/noniso.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/Print.o drivers/Linux/Print.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o drivers/Linux/SerialPort.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/Stream.o drivers/Linux/Stream.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o drivers/Linux/IPAddress.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/compatibility.o drivers/Linux/compatibility.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o examples_linux/mysGateway.o examples_linux/mysGateway.cpp
cc  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/RPi/piHiPri.o drivers/RPi/piHiPri.c
cc  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/RPi/bcm2835.o drivers/RPi/bcm2835.c
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/RPi/rpi_util.o drivers/RPi/rpi_util.cpp
g++ -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra -D__RPI_BPLUS -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/RPi -MMD -c -o drivers/RPi/SPI.o drivers/RPi/SPI.cpp
g++ -pthread  -o examples_linux/mysGateway drivers/Linux/log.o drivers/Linux/noniso.o drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o drivers/Linux/Stream.o drivers/Linux/Print.o drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o drivers/Linux/compatibility.o drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o examples_linux/mysGateway.o drivers/RPi/piHiPri.o drivers/RPi/bcm2835.o drivers/RPi/rpi_util.o drivers/RPi/SPI.o

[marceloaqno]

@hawk_2050 same for you guys who helped, thank you for all the feedback.

@jerseyguy1996 I don't see anything wrong with your config.Try to add a small delay() after the first send() and before the sendBattery().

@annegerben This looks like a wire problem. I updated the guide, check the wire section again.

[annegerben]

@marceloaqno thanks for the updated in the guide, I've now successfully connected the radio to the RPI.

[ericvdb]

Would it be possible to connect a I2C display to display some information, and drive that display from within mysGatway.cpp ?

[marceloaqno]

@ericvdb I2C is the next thing I'll do as soon as I finished adding support for signing.

[jerseyguy1996]

@marceloaqno Amazing....adding the short delay fixed it! I'm curious why that is the case. Do you have an explanation for that?

[marceloaqno]

@jerseyguy1996 It's probaly related to this: https://www.mysensors.org/build/raspberry#improving-throughput-for-nrf24

[Patrik Söderström]

Just installed MySensors on one of my Raspberry. Works really great! :) Picks up the other node I have over NRF without trouble. Next I will try and add some sensors directly on the Raspberry.
Big thanks for this!

[jerseyguy1996]

@marceloaqno Oh that makes sense :-) I'm wondering if that is also what is causing my problem with reconnecting when the node loses contact with the gateway. The node connects perfectly when the gateway is running but if it loses the connection for any reason it can't seem to be able to reconnect and just goes into a loop of attempts. Here is the debug info from the node:

This is the initialization output

Starting sensor (RNNNA-, 2.0.0)
TSM:INIT
TSM:RADIO:OK
TSP:ASSIGNID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
TSP:MSG:FPAR RES (ID=0, dist=0)
TSP:MSG:PAR OK (ID=0, dist=1)
TSM:FPAR:OK
TSM:ID
TSM:CHKID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:UPL
TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0)
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
TSP:MSG:PONG RECV (hops=1)
TSP:CHKUPL:OK
TSM:UPL:OK
TSM:READY
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0100
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:2.0.0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:Sensor Node
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1.0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:
Request registration...
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:2
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
Node registration=1
Init complete, id=3, parent=0, distance=1, registration=1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:32.00
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:39
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:32.00
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:76

So far so good!

Next I shutdown the gateway to simulate a lost connection:

TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:32.00
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=1,st=fail:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=2,st=fail:74
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=3,st=fail:32.00
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=3,l=2,sg=0,ft=4,st=fail:0
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=5,st=fail:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=4,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=6,st=fail:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=5,c=1,t=2,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=7,st=fail:1
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=8,st=fail:72

Its still doing what I expect it to do. It begins attempting to reconnect:

!TSM:UPL FAIL, SNP
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
Fixing Transport Layer
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
Fixing Transport Layer
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
!TSM:FPAR:FAIL
!TSM:FAILURE
TSM:PDT
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR

Still working as intended. Next I start the gateway back up to see if it will reconnect. Here is where I have problems.

Fixing Transport Layer
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
TSP:MSG:FPAR RES (ID=0, dist=0)
TSP:MSG:PAR OK (ID=0, dist=1)
TSM:FPAR:OK
TSM:ID
TSM:CHKID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:UPL
TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0)
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:1
TSP:CHKUPL:FAIL (hops=255)
!TSM:UPL:FAIL
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
Fixing Transport Layer
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
TSP:MSG:READ 0-0-3 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
TSP:MSG:FPAR RES (ID=0, dist=0)
TSP:MSG:PAR OK (ID=0, dist=1)
TSM:FPAR:OK
TSM:ID
TSM:CHKID:OK (ID=3)
TSM:UPL
TSP:PING:SEND (dest=0)
!TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:1
TSP:CHKUPL:FAIL (hops=255)
!TSM:UPL:FAIL
TSM:FPAR
TSP:MSG:SEND 3-3-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=bc:
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR
!TSP:SEND:TNR

It looks like the first few messages to initialize the reconnect go through okay and then it misses everything afterwards. If I reset the node it will connect again with no problems.
What do you think might be happening here?