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๐Ÿ’ฌ Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway

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  • jirmJ jirm

    @marceloaqno

    Iยดm really happy ear that !

    RFM69 is one of best RF transceivers in these days for IoT.
    So good news I believe for Mysensors community.

    You know if are any hope that RFM69 will be added too to OPI boards support mysgw development ?

    Congratulations for that great work !

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    @jirm Support for RFM69 also applies to the OrangePi :wink:

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      @jirm Support for RFM69 also applies to the OrangePi :wink:

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      #424

      @marceloaqno

      Awesome !!!
      Thank you so much.

      Best regards

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        When I configure "MY_RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM" in MyConfig.h, compiling fails.
        Perhaps you should change the code in ./drivers/RFM69/new/RFM69_new.h from:

        #define RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM MY_RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM //!< MY_RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM

        to:

        #define RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM ((rfm69_powerlevel_t)MY_RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM) //!< MY_RFM69_MAX_POWER_LEVEL_DBM

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          I cannot get the RFM69(HW) working. When I start myswg in debug mode (-d), I see:

          mysgw: Starting gateway...
          mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
          mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RPNG----,VER=2.2.0-beta
          mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
          mysgw: TSM:INIT
          mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
          mysgw: RFM69:INIT
          mysgw: RFM69:INIT:PIN,CS=24,IQP=22,IQN=22
          mysgw: RFM69:PTX:LEVEL=5 dBm
          mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
          mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
          mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
          mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
          mysgw: Listening for connections on 0.0.0.0:5003
          mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
          mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
          

          But I can see ('hear' with a radio on 868.000 MHz) no transmission of the RFM69. When I power up a node, the node does not connect to the gateway: "NO REPLY":+1:

          0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RRNNA--,VER=2.1.1
          4 TSM:INIT
          4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
          8 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
          10 TSM:INIT:STATID=4
          12 TSF:SID:OK,ID=4
          14 TSM:FPAR
          274 TSF:MSG:SEND,4-4-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
          2281 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
          2283 TSM:FPAR
          2562 TSF:MSG:SEND,4-4-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
          4569 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
          4571 TSM:FPAR
          4831 TSF:MSG:SEND,4-4-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
          6838 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
          6840 TSM:FPAR
          7100 TSF:MSG:SEND,4-4-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
          9107 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
          9109 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
          9111 TSM:FAIL:PDT
          

          Is there any 'check' I can do to perform basic RFM69HW testing on my RPI?

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            gohan
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            #427

            Was it working before on a normal Arduino gateway? How did you wire everything up?

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              I'm pretty sure I wired up the RFM69 correctly.
              However, I'm debugging. It seems we are stuck in "core/MyGatewayTransport.cpp":

              inline void gatewayTransportProcess(void)
              {
              
                if (gatewayTransportAvailable()) {
                  // NEVER REACHED
              

              I never seem to get pass gatewayTransportAvailable. I will continue debugging.
              Disclaimer: I'm relatively new to MySensors and not really 'up to speed' with the source code :-).

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                I'm pretty sure I wired up the RFM69 correctly.
                However, I'm debugging. It seems we are stuck in "core/MyGatewayTransport.cpp":

                inline void gatewayTransportProcess(void)
                {
                
                  if (gatewayTransportAvailable()) {
                    // NEVER REACHED
                

                I never seem to get pass gatewayTransportAvailable. I will continue debugging.
                Disclaimer: I'm relatively new to MySensors and not really 'up to speed' with the source code :-).

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                @ftw64 Ok, this has to do with connecting an Ethernet client. When a client connects, this code works...
                Any idea where to start debugging for incoming RFM69 messages?

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                  Download myscontroller and connect it to the gateway, you can now see all messages from ethernet controller

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                  • gohanG gohan

                    Download myscontroller and connect it to the gateway, you can now see all messages from ethernet controller

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                    @gohan said in ๐Ÿ’ฌ Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway:

                    myscontroller

                    I just did. When I also have a Domoticz controller connected to the gateway:

                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	INFO	Connected to 192.168.10.24:5003
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	CHILD	New child discovered, node id=0, child id=internal
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	RX	0;255;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	DEBUG	Update child id=255, type=ARDUINO_RELAY
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	RX	0;255;0;0;18;2.2.0-beta
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	RX	0;255;3;0;22;208103
                    2017-04-23 11:18:33	RX	0;255;3;0;2;2.2.0-beta
                    2017-04-23 11:18:43	RX	0;255;3;0;22;218106
                    2017-04-23 11:18:53	RX	0;255;3;0;22;228110
                    2017-04-23 11:19:03	RX	0;255;3;0;22;238101
                    2017-04-23 11:19:13	RX	0;255;3;0;22;248104
                    2017-04-23 11:19:23	RX	0;255;3;0;22;258110
                    2017-04-23 11:19:33	RX	0;255;3;0;22;268107
                    2017-04-23 11:19:43	RX	0;255;3;0;22;278106
                    2017-04-23 11:19:53	RX	0;255;3;0;22;288110
                    2017-04-23 11:20:03	RX	0;255;3;0;22;298116
                    

                    However, I found out that the DI00 (=IRQ) on the RFM69 never gives a rising edge...
                    I'm suspecting that the RFM69 is not being initialised properly... I added some debugging in the RFM69 code to see what registers are being written and read:

                    mysgw: Starting gateway...
                    mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
                    mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RPNG----,VER=2.2.0-beta
                    mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
                    mysgw: TSM:INIT
                    mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
                    mysgw: RFM69:INIT
                    mysgw: RFM69:INIT:PIN,CS=24,IQP=22,IQN=22
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x01, value=4
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x02, value=0
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x03, value=2
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x04, value=64
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x05, value=3
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x06, value=51
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x18, value=136
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x19, value=66
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x26, value=7
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x28, value=16
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x29, value=220
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x2c, value=0
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x2d, value=3
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x2e, value=136
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x2f, value=45
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x30, value=101
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x37, value=212
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x38, value=66
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x39, value=255
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x3a, value=255
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x3c, value=5
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x3d, value=16
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x6f, value=48
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x07, value=217
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x08, value=0
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x09, value=0
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x01, value=4
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x27, value=128
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x3d, value=16
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x3d, value=16
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x11, value=87
                    mysgw: RFM69:PTX:LEVEL=5 dBm
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x02, value=0
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x03, value=2
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x04, value=64
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x05, value=3
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x06, value=51
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x30, value=101
                    mysgw: FTW attachInterrupt: gpioPin=25 mode=3
                    mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
                    mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x39, value=0
                    mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
                    mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x25, value=64
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x13, value=26
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x5a, value=85
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x5c, value=112
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:read register, reg=0x3d, value=16
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x3d, value=20
                    mysgw: FtW:RFM69:write register, reg=0x01, value=16
                    mysgw: Listening for connections on 0.0.0.0:5003
                    mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
                    mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
                    mysgw: New connection from 127.0.0.1
                    mysgw: Client 0 connected
                    mysgw: Client 0: 0;0;3;0;2;
                    mysgw: gatewayTransportAvailable
                    mysgw: Client 0: 0;0;3;0;2;Get Version
                    mysgw: gatewayTransportAvailable
                    mysgw: Client 0: 0;0;3;0;18;PING
                    mysgw: gatewayTransportAvailable
                    mysgw: Client 0: 0;0;3;0;18;PING
                    mysgw: gatewayTransportAvailable
                    mysgw: Client 0: 0;0;3;0;18;PING
                    
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                      Can't get the RFM69HW to work on RPI. I tried the following:

                      1. I installed on an old RPI1 (clean Rasbian install). Same results as on my Domoticz RPI-3.
                      2. Setup the original RPI3 as a node, using the 2.2.0-beta code. I verified that in this case the RFM69HW actually transmits (I can hear it burst on 868.000 MHz). However, it is unable to connect to an existing Arduino 2.1.1 gateway.
                      3. I built an Arduino 2.2.0-beta serial gateway. Even then, the RPI as a node fails to connect to the 2.2.0-beta serial gateway.
                      4. I built an Arduino 2.2.0-beta node. This node is able to connect to the above gateway.

                      There seems to be something different in the radio network between the RFM69HW on the RPI and the RFM69HW on the Arduino. But I'm unable to find out what the difference is :-(.

                      The RPI RFM69HW will not communicate with the Arduino RFM69HW. When the RPI is a gateway, the RFM69HW will not physically interrupt when another node is trying to connect. When the RPI is a node, the RFM69HW on the ARduino does not interrupt either.

                      Did anyone get the RFM69HW working on the RPI? I'd really like to get this beautiful piece of code working!

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                        I have to ask a stupid question : did you use a logic converter between rpi and rfm69 radio?

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                          I have to ask a stupid question : did you use a logic converter between rpi and rfm69 radio?

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                          @gohan There are no stupid questions, right :-)? But perhaps a stupid answer: no, I did not use any logic convertors. The RFM69 is 3.3V and as far as I know, so are the GPIO pins on the RPI. But I might be mistaken, of course... Should I use logic convertors?

                          At the moment I have no idea where it fails. Perhaps I need to give it a rest for a couple of days to think it over...

                          I followed the steps as given on the web site (git branch development). Connected the RFM radio (7 wires: Vcc, GND, MOSI, MISO, SCK, NSS, DI00). Only modified MyConfig.h with regard to the NETWORKID (100 --> 101; my 'production' MySensors runs at 100) and enabling "MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM69". I configured with:

                          % ./configure --my-debug=enable --my-config-file=/usr/local/etc/mysensors.dat --my-gateway=ethernet --my-transport=rfm69 --my-rfm69-frequency=868 --my-is-rfm69hw
                          % make -j 4
                          % sudo bin/mysgw -d
                          
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                            The gpio pins on raspberry pi are 3.3V. https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/3209/what-are-the-min-max-voltage-current-values-the-gpio-pins-can-handle

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                              @gohan There are no stupid questions, right :-)? But perhaps a stupid answer: no, I did not use any logic convertors. The RFM69 is 3.3V and as far as I know, so are the GPIO pins on the RPI. But I might be mistaken, of course... Should I use logic convertors?

                              At the moment I have no idea where it fails. Perhaps I need to give it a rest for a couple of days to think it over...

                              I followed the steps as given on the web site (git branch development). Connected the RFM radio (7 wires: Vcc, GND, MOSI, MISO, SCK, NSS, DI00). Only modified MyConfig.h with regard to the NETWORKID (100 --> 101; my 'production' MySensors runs at 100) and enabling "MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM69". I configured with:

                              % ./configure --my-debug=enable --my-config-file=/usr/local/etc/mysensors.dat --my-gateway=ethernet --my-transport=rfm69 --my-rfm69-frequency=868 --my-is-rfm69hw
                              % make -j 4
                              % sudo bin/mysgw -d
                              
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                              #436

                              @ftw64 that configure command looks like an ethernet gateway. Could you post the configure command for your "RPI as a node" as well?

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                                I forgot to mention in the guide:
                                To communicate with the RPi using the RFM69 radio, all of your nodes need to use the new RFM69 driver available in the development branch.
                                To make the change, add the following line to the node sketch:

                                #define MY_RFM69_NEW_DRIVER
                                
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                                  I forgot to mention in the guide:
                                  To communicate with the RPi using the RFM69 radio, all of your nodes need to use the new RFM69 driver available in the development branch.
                                  To make the change, add the following line to the node sketch:

                                  #define MY_RFM69_NEW_DRIVER
                                  
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                                  @marceloaqno you forgot just a little little insignificant detail ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                                    @marceloaqno you forgot just a little little insignificant detail ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                                    @gohan @ftw64 sorry for all the trouble

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                                      It's OK, don't worry. We need to update the guide with the new instructions ๐Ÿ˜€

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                                        It's OK, don't worry. We need to update the guide with the new instructions ๐Ÿ˜€

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                                        @gohan Done!

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                                          @marceloaqno Thanks! That indeed does the trick! And no worries, it is my own decision to play with beta(!) code (and it was a fun weekend troubleshooting it - I learned a lot about the structure of the MySensors code)!

                                          Only 'bad' thing is that 2.2.0 is not compatible with my existing nodes :-).

                                          I appreciate all the work that has been put into MySensors.

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