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  • jerseyguy1996J Offline
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    @marceloaqno Amazing....adding the short delay fixed it! I'm curious why that is the case. Do you have an explanation for that?

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

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

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        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!

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

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          #25

          @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?

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            #26

            A tiny hint for the users of domoticz :
            ./configure --my-gateway=serial --my-serial-is-pty --my-serial-pty=/dev/ttyUSB20
            make
            sudo ./examples_linux/mysGateway -d

            :) i hope this helps
            then in the hardware setup
            MySensors Gateway USB
            serial port: /dev/ttyUSB20

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              I'm a bit confused about gateway and controller. Can I use a Pi as both gateway and controller?

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                @gvorster said:

                I'm a bit confused about gateway and controller. Can I use a Pi as both gateway and controller?

                Yes!

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                  #29

                  I'm using the virtual serial port option and one of the things that I notice is that the port gets created where the tty group only has write access.

                  pi@raspberrypi:/dev/pts $ ls -l
                  total 0
                  crw--w---- 1 root tty  136, 0 Oct 10 18:49 0
                  

                  I can change it manually but if I reboot the raspberry pi it goes back to write access only. How do I get it to be created with 'rw' access?

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                    Nevermind....When I set "--my-serial-groupname=tty" in ./configure it works.

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                      #31

                      Where do I put the security stuff for the signing?

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                        Where do I put the security stuff for the signing?

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                        #32

                        @NiklasO

                        Signing is not yet supported in the current Raspi Gateway.

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                          @NiklasO

                          Signing is not yet supported in the current Raspi Gateway.

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                          #33

                          @GertSanders said:

                          @NiklasO

                          Signing is not yet supported in the current Raspi Gateway.

                          Ok, thanks.
                          I now see that in this thread. Did not see the earlier discussion in the comments on the main page. Hope to see support soon.

                          I have disabled signing for the time being but I want it on ofc. ;)

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                            #34

                            what's about RS485 transport on raspberry pi? especially from wired RS485 mysensors network to MQTT

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                              Can you use the RP as gateway and also as controller?

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                                Can you use the RP as gateway and also as controller?

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                                #36

                                @raulandresmoch
                                Sure. I use this with Domoticz on my Pi.
                                "MySensors Gateway with LAN interface" as hardware pointing to 127.0.0.1:5003
                                Also, I can connect with other controller software like MYSController from my other computers to my Pi-IP at port 5003.

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                                  what's about RS485 transport on raspberry pi? especially from wired RS485 mysensors network to MQTT

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                                  @b0rmann I could add support for RS485, but I'll need your help to test because I don't have the hardware.

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                                    The line above
                                    ./examples_linux/mysGatewaymsyGateway -h
                                    needs to be corrected to
                                    ./examples_linux/mysGateway -h
                                    Thanks for all the hard work! Awesome!

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                                    • DrJeffD DrJeff

                                      The line above
                                      ./examples_linux/mysGatewaymsyGateway -h
                                      needs to be corrected to
                                      ./examples_linux/mysGateway -h
                                      Thanks for all the hard work! Awesome!

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                                      @DrJeff Thanks for noticing. It should be fixed now.

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                                        @b0rmann I could add support for RS485, but I'll need your help to test because I don't have the hardware.

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                                        @marceloaqno

                                        i am ready. after compiled and upload example node sketch i have on rs485 to usb convertor (/dev/ttyUSB0) output nice mysensors data:

                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        01 FF 00 58 07 02 FF FF - FF 02 03 07 FF 03 66 04
                                        

                                        testing playground photo: 0_1476563966730_playground.jpg

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                                          #41

                                          I noticed the "improve rf24" section was added. and it mentioned high cpu.
                                          i set mine up a few weeks ago and am not using an interrupt on my radio.
                                          my cpu is only 2-3%
                                          I'm curious if the high cpu problem is seen by many?

                                          also a 2nd question.
                                          if i were to add an interrupt. how can i "re-configure" my setup to include that new -switch
                                          or do i have to remove everything and re-clone from git hub and start over?

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