💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway

[Richard van der Plas]

Ok, i am standig on a crossroad it seems, i have to build a new gateway but i am also interested in the MQTT option, this is between mysensors & HomeASSistant i presume? i have some ESP's lying around unused, but i have 0 knowledge of mqtt (i dont think my hass has it running by default)

[gohan]

Just go with ethernet first that is easier, get used to it then take your time to learn MQTT. Of course MQTT is more advanced has authentication and encryption but it adds complexity to initial setup.

[Richard van der Plas]

Damn, just connected as in manual, but gives an error : mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
Double checked the GPIO pins (except 15 cannot find that one) but seems ok

[Richard van der Plas]

NM, used GPIO numbers instead of Pin numbers RTFM :)

[A Former User]

I always have a mysgw: accept: Bad file descriptor error when I launch a new ./bin/mysgw -d Exact problem is the following:

mysgw: bind: Address already in use
mysgw: Failed to bind!

And I always need to kill the process first. Is this normal ? (I'm in LAN GW)

Thanks!

[gohan]

If you already installed mysgw as service to start at boot, it is normal that you can not run another process in debug mode and it conflicts

[A Former User]

@gohan said in 💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway:

lready installed mysgw as service to start at boot, it is normal that you can not run another process in debug mode and it conflicts

Oh, Ok. Thanks.
Another thing is that when i close PuTTY, the gateway doesn't retrieve anymore the data...

[gohan]

You need to install it as service so it always runs in background

[A Former User]

Is it this process :

1421 ?        Rs    40:25 /usr/local/bin/mysgw

Seems it runs for 40 minutes, but no the gateway sees no data...

[gohan]

what gateway did you compile? What option in ./configure did you use?

[A Former User]

First of all : thanks for helping !

I compiled an Ethernet gateway
The options are the following:

./configure --my-gateway=ethernet --my-port=5003 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15 --my-transport=nrf24

The only way I make the GW working is through the debug mode (by switching off the service process)

[A Former User]

Hello, it seems I found the problem: Complete newbie thing: :beginner:
sudo ./bin/mysgw -h worked, but /usr/local/bin/mysgw didn't
I just gave the right to the folder, and now it's working.
Thanks for taking time to help beginners !

[sillicius]

@Richard van der Plas : i was have the same error with my raspberry zero. I have succed with the devellopement branch version...

[gdekeijzer]

Trying to setup a Rpi1, as i got one lying around here.

All work untill i want to 'make'

Generates an error:

pi@mysgw:~/MySensors $ ./configure --my-gateway=ethernet --my-port=5003 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
  [OK] machine detected: SoC=BCM2835, Type=rpi1, CPU=armv6l.
[SECTION] Detecting SPI driver.
  [OK] SPI driver detected:BCM.
[SECTION] Detecting init system.
  [OK] init system detected: systemd.
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
[OK] Finished.
pi@mysgw:~/MySensors $ make
gcc -MT build/drivers/Linux/log.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/log.c -o build/drivers/Linux/log.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/noniso.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/noniso.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/noniso.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/GPIO.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/GPIO.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/GPIO.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SPIDEV.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/SPIDEV.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SPIDEV.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/Print.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/Print.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/Print.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/compatibility.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/compatibility.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/compatibility.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/SerialPort.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/Stream.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/Stream.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/Stream.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/IPAddress.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/interrupt.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/interrupt.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/interrupt.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SerialSimulator.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/SerialSimulator.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SerialSimulator.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o
g++ -MT build/examples_linux/mysgw.o -MMD -MP -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DRPI_TYPE=\"rpi1\" -DMY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE -DMY_RF24_IRQ_PIN=15 -DMY_PORT=5003  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -I./drivers/BCM -c examples_linux/mysgw.cpp -o build/examples_linux/mysgw.o
In file included from ./MySensors.h:109:0,
                 from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:83:
./hal/architecture/MyHwLinuxGeneric.cpp: In function ‘ssize_t hwGetentropy(void*, size_t)’:
./hal/architecture/MyHwLinuxGeneric.cpp:79:17: error: ‘SYS_getrandom’ was not declared in this scope
  return syscall(SYS_getrandom, __buffer, __length, GRND_NONBLOCK);
                 ^
./hal/architecture/MyHwLinuxGeneric.cpp:79:52: error: ‘GRND_NONBLOCK’ was not declared in this scope
  return syscall(SYS_getrandom, __buffer, __length, GRND_NONBLOCK);
                                                    ^
./hal/architecture/MyHwLinuxGeneric.cpp:80:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
 }
 ^
Makefile:98: recipe for target 'build/examples_linux/mysgw.o' failed
make: *** [build/examples_linux/mysgw.o] Error 1
pi@mysgw:~/MySensors $

Has this to do with a limitation of Rpi being v1?

Regards

Gerwin

[marceloaqno]

@gdekeijzer There was a recent update on the random number generator for the RPi port, but unfortunately not all linux versions support the new method. @d00616 is working on a solution to this problem #856. Please use the master branch for the time being.

[gdekeijzer]

Ah great. Thanx for the response. I'll go try that for now.

[gdekeijzer]

Installed master branche. That did the job. Thanx.

[Luc3as]

Hello, did anyone tried gateway on pi with RS485 wired network ? It looks like node with ID set is looking for parrent and gateway does not respond to the node and therefore there is no succesfull presentation.
example from GW mysgw:

TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
mysgw: TSF:PNG:SEND,TO=0
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
mysgw: TSF:MSG:BC
mysgw: TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
mysgw: TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
mysgw: TSF:MSG:GWL OK
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0

and from node :

0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RSNNA--,VER=2.1.1
3 TSM:INIT
4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
5 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
7 TSM:INIT:STATID=5
9 TSF:SID:OK,ID=5
10 TSM:FPAR
27 TSF:MSG:SEND,5-5-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2035 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
2037 TSM:FPAR
2055 TSF:MSG:SEND,5-5-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4063 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
4065 TSM:FPAR
4082 TSF:MSG:SEND,5-5-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
6090 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
6092 TSM:FPAR
6110 TSF:MSG:SEND,5-5-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
8118 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
8119 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1

[Luc3as]

@Luc3as Okay, Again I found answer while after asking, I used dev branch of mysensors and it is working like a charm.

[zavracky]

I am a novice, trying to get the raspberry pi gateway to work. I did get it to work on one pi, but while installing it on the second, it produces the following error:

In file included from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:74:0:
./MySensors.h:254:2: error: #error No support for nRF24 radio on this platform
#error No support for nRF24 radio on this platform
^
In file included from ./drivers/RF24/RF24.cpp:23:0,
from ./MySensors.h:290,
from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:74:
./drivers/RF24/RF24.h:52:17: fatal error: SPI.h: No such file or directory
#include <SPI.h>

I can see that the SPI.h library is among the files downloaded.

Any ideas?

Paul