💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway

MasMat

@marceloaqno Mosquitto v1.4.14.
The broker is working, at least sending & receiving command line (_sub & _pub) messages.

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@gohan

Can you provide some installation instructions for dietpi?
I will try this...

gohan

just download the image and do the same as a Raspian image. I haven't tried mqtt gateway yet, so I don't know if it may be a gateway bug or else.

otto001

@marceloaqno :
Hi, unfortunately the latest patch did not work for me.
Still the gw stops receiving, but without high cpu usage :-(
Fortunately I can restart the gw now using a button and this udp-scripts :-)

Of cource I could give dietpi a try, but I would think, that a general solution would be better (for other users as well)

cheers,
Otto

MasMat

@gohan I had another sd card and tried a ready image of DietPi with Mosquitto pre-installed.
I tried it without user/password and mosquitto accepting anonymous but:

/var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log:
1521141160: Socket error on client <unknown>, disconnecting.
1521141160: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
..keeps repeating...

...and sudo ./bin/mysgw -d:

mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGLSQX,VER=2.2.0
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
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: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
mysgw: GWT:RMQ:MQTT RECONNECT
mysgw: connected to 127.0.0.1
mysgw: GWT:RMQ:MQTT RECONNECT
mysgw: connected to 127.0.0.1
mysgw: GWT:RMQ:MQTT RECONNECT```

mvader

1st patch is still working good for me. have had no issues since applying it.

question. is it normal/correct for the gateway to ping or spam? every 10 seconds i see the gateway announce it's version.
its not doing the full restart or anything.. just giving the 2.2.0 every 10 seconds.

gohan

@masmat have you tried with ethernet gateway? If I have time I'll try the mqtt this weekend

@mvader I never noticed that.... is it the mqtt GW?

MasMat

@gohan How would I interface the rest of my HA without MQTT...that's at the center of my plan really :(

gohan

I think OH should support it, but I was just asking to make a test.

MasMat

@gohan I configured:
./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-gateway=ethernet --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15 --my-leds-err-pin=12 --my-leds-rx-pin=16 --my-leds-tx-pin=18 --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ

./bin/mysgw -d:

mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGLSQX,VER=2.2.0
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
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: connect: Connection refused
mysgw: failed to connect
mysgw: GWT:TIN:ETH OK
mysgw: connect: Connection refused
mysgw: failed to connect
mysgw: GWT:TPS:ETH OK
mysgw: connect: Connection refused
mysgw: failed to connect
mysgw: GWT:TPS:ETH OK

The controller doesn't exist on the DietPi card yet but I'm not sure if that's causing the problem.

gohan

@masmat said in 💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway:

--my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1

remove that parameter as it is not needed for ethernet

marceloaqno

@masmat I did a test with the following configuration:

Raspberry Pi 1 with Raspbian (2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch-lite)

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description:    Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.1 (stretch)
Release:        9.1
Codename:       stretch

MySensors master branch - Protocol version - 2.2.0

./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-gateway=mqtt --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=mysensors-out --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=mysensors-in --my-mqtt-client-id=m ygateway1 --my-mqtt-user=rpi --my-mqtt-password=password

Mosquitto version 1.4.10 (build date Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:19:25 +0000) [installed from apt-get]

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ cat /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
# Place your local configuration in /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/
#
# A full description of the configuration file is at
# /usr/share/doc/mosquitto/examples/mosquitto.conf.example

pid_file /var/run/mosquitto.pid

persistence true
persistence_location /var/lib/mosquitto/

log_dest file /var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log

allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/passwordfile

include_dir /etc/mosquitto/conf.d

Added the mosquitto user (user=rpi, password=password) with:

sudo mosquitto_passwd -c /etc/mosquitto/passwordfile rpi

It didn't show any error to connect to the MQTT broker:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGL---,VER=2.2.0
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
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: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
mysgw: GWT:RMQ:MQTT RECONNECT
mysgw: connected to 127.0.0.1
mysgw: GWT:RMQ:MQTT CONNECTED
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/0/255/0/0/18,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
mysgw: TSF:MSG:PINGED,ID=5,HP=1
mysgw: TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=32,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:500
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/32,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=33,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:4951
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/33,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=1,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:36053
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/1/1/0/37,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=32,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:500
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/32,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=33,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:5000
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/33,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=1,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:36055
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/1/1/0/37,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=32,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:500
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/32,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=255,c=3,t=33,pt=5,l=4,sg=0:5000
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/255/3/0/33,MSG SENT
mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-0,s=1,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:36055
mysgw: GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mysensors-out/5/1/1/0/37,MSG SENT

mvader

@gohan said in 💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway:

@masmat have you tried with ethernet gateway? If I have time I'll try the mqtt this weekend

@mvader I never noticed that.... is it the mqtt GW?

I'm not using mqtt.
for debug purposes i use MYSController
every 10 seconds on the dot. it shows me the version of the gateway.

201	3/15/2018 20:47:15	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0
202	3/15/2018 20:47:25	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0
203	3/15/2018 20:47:35	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0
204	3/15/2018 20:47:45	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0
205	3/15/2018 20:47:55	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0
206	3/15/2018 20:48:05	RX	0 - Gateway	INTERNAL	C_INTERNAL	NO	I_VERSION	2.2.0

@marceloaqno any ideas about that?

gohan

@mvader oh, that's normal. I though you meant something else

otto001

Yesterday I cloned the latest version on a recent raspbian (9.3) and I applied the first patch of @marceloaqno .
We will see. So long there were no problems. I will send an update in a few days...
As a last help I could switch to mqtt and do a restart after a defined amount of time (if no events are received)....

Cheers,
Otto

gohan

@marceloaqno I got my gw rfm69 gateway suddenly stopped communicating with nodes. I tried everything to reinstall it but without luck. I was able to have it running on my test rpi with a complete OS reinstall. Is there anything else I need need to clean up from my install to reset every settings? (besides the mysensors folder and mysensors.dat file I already deleted)

romeo01

How can I monitor the traffic data between the raspberry and RF module (NRF24L01) on a Ethernet gateway ??

My gateway is built for Ethernet. I start the gateway with "service mysgw start"
Now, I would like to get the same data output than output debug (./bin/mysgw -d) but without stop mysgw service.
I need to use MYSController as Ethernet client at the same time.

Thanks

mfalkvidd

@romeo01 see instructions at https://www.mysensors.org/build/raspberry#troubleshooting

MasMat · Raspberry Pi 1 with Raspbian (2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch-lite)

@marceloaqno What does your mosquitto.log show?
I did a fresh install of DietPi (stretch), Mosquitto and MySensors --branch master. I left out everything and pretty much did the configure command as you did. I get the same result, but mosuiqtto log shows:

1521584708: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
1521584708: New client connected from 127.0.0.1 as mygateway1 (c1, k15, u'masi').
1521584733: Socket error on client mygateway1, disconnecting.
1521584778: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.

So is this normal?
I have one sensors built that's not connecting (its log shows it just trying and trying..). I would like to user simple password and the LEDs, I will build one extra sensors just to help testing.

otto001

@MasMat : what does your mysgw.log show?

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