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ESP8266 gateway + WebServer = Awesome!

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  • JapioJ Japio

    Hmm I implemented a receive function like this:

    void receive(const MyMessage &message)
    {
      Serial.println("@@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message");
      
    }
    

    And when I connect my smartmeter sensor I get the following output in the serial console of my MQTT gateway:

    0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 20-20-0 s=6,c=1,t=17,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:350
    0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/6/1/0/17
    0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 20-20-0 s=7,c=1,t=17,pt=7,l=5,sg=1: 0
    0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/7/1/0/17
    

    So I assume the receive function is not called?

    Still, as with the indication function it is fuzzy to me how it i possible that a function is called when it is implemented, but the compiler does not complain when it is not :confused:

    Is this some kind of inheritance relation?

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    #11

    @Japio said:

    Still, as with the indication function it is fuzzy to me how it i possible that a function is called when it is implemented, but the compiler does not complain when it is not

    The function is defined as weak in the library.
    This means the user can implement its own version and then the pointer to the function will be non-null, or you can leave it unimplemented and the pointer to the function becomes null. It's up to the caller (the MySensors library in this case) to test if the pointer is null before calling the function.

    http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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      Japio
      Hardware Contributor
      wrote on last edited by
      #12

      @Yveaux ok, thanks, I just have learned something ;-)

      So I can assume the receive function is not called from the library then? So which function is called, on reception of data from a node?

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      • JapioJ Japio

        @Yveaux ok, thanks, I just have learned something ;-)

        So I can assume the receive function is not called from the library then? So which function is called, on reception of data from a node?

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        wrote on last edited by Yveaux
        #13

        @Japio Looks like you hit a bug in 2.0.0 (receive() was not called for gateways), which has been fixed in development: https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/commit/24e3dfa36c711b4174ed615408994e8624a2b1f3#diff-9ff5690366e84c42d1e97f40dfe3b8a1R580

        Please try with development branch (2.0.1 beta) https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/tree/development and see if that fixes your issue.

        http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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          Japio
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          wrote on last edited by
          #14

          Yes, I see the difference. I'll try the bèta version tomorrow.

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          • JapioJ Japio

            Hi,

            I used the indications feature of MySensors 2.0 and a webserver to have the gateway provide status information through a web page:

            0_1474090614863_Gateway.JPG

            This is how I did it:

            In the global section I added this:

            #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
            #include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
            #include <WiFiClient.h>
            
            ESP8266WebServer WebServer(80);
            unsigned long startTime=millis();
            unsigned long gwMsgSent = 0;
            unsigned long gwMsgRec = 0;
            
            String WebPage = "<h1>ESP8266 MQTT client for Mysensors</h1>";
            
            void setupWebServer();
            void showRootPage();
            String readableTimestamp(unsigned long milliseconds);
            

            In the setup() Added this:

              Serial.begin(9600);
            
              setupWebServer();
            

            Defined the following functions:

            void setupWebServer()
            {
              WebServer.on("/", HTTP_GET, showRootPage);
            
            
              WebServer.begin();
              Serial.println("WebServer started...");
            
            }
            
            void indication( const indication_t ind )
            {
              switch (ind)
              {
                case INDICATION_GW_TX:
                  gwMsgSent++;
                  break;
            
                case INDICATION_GW_RX:
                  gwMsgRec++;
                  break;
            
                default:
                break;
              };
            }
            
            void showRootPage()
            {
              unsigned long runningTime = millis() - startTime;
              String page = WebPage;
              page+="<br>General information</br>";
              page+= "<style> table, th, td { border: 1px solid black;}</style>";
              page+="<table style=\"width:400\">";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<th>Item</th>";        page+=  "<th>Value</th>";                                            page+="</tr>";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>Running for</td>";               page+=  "<td>"; page += readableTimestamp(runningTime) ; page+= "</td>";                 page+="</tr>";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>Gateway messages sent</td>";     page+=  "<td>"; page += gwMsgSent; page+= "</td>";                                page+="</tr>";
              page+="</table>";
            
              page+="<br>MySensors gateway information</br>";
              page+= "<style> table, th, td { border: 1px solid black;}</style>";
              page+="<table style=\"width:400\">";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<th>Item</th>";        page+=  "<th>Value</th>";                                            page+="</tr>";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>Gateway messages received</td>";     page+=  "<td>"; page += gwMsgRec; page+= "</td>";                                page+="</tr>";
              page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>Gateway messages sent</td>";     page+=  "<td>"; page += gwMsgSent; page+= "</td>";                                page+="</tr>";
              page+="</table>";
            
              Serial.println("WS: Send root webpage");
              WebServer.send(200, "text/html", page);
            }
            
            String readableTimestamp(unsigned long milliseconds)
            {
              int days = milliseconds / 86400000;
            
              milliseconds=milliseconds % 86400000;
              int hours = milliseconds / 3600000;
              milliseconds = milliseconds %3600000;
            
               int minutes = milliseconds / 60000;
               milliseconds = milliseconds % 60000;
            
               int seconds = milliseconds / 1000;
               milliseconds = milliseconds % 1000;
            
                String timeStamp;
                timeStamp = days; timeStamp += " days, ";
                timeStamp += hours; timeStamp += ":";
                timeStamp += minutes ; timeStamp +=  ":";
                timeStamp +=seconds; timeStamp += ".";
                timeStamp +=milliseconds;
                Serial.println(timeStamp);
                return timeStamp;
            }
            

            And in loop() added the following:

              WebServer.handleClient();
            

            If you have any more idaes on what to add to this page (I am thinking about maintaining a list of registered nodes and sensors) just post a reply!

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            chrille
            wrote on last edited by
            #15

            @Japio Very nice idea - I just tested it on my ESP8266/RFM69 gateway. However the counters doesn't seem to increment (always shows 0) - is there anything special I need to make sure the indication() handler is called?

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              Japio
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              wrote on last edited by
              #16

              No, it worked right out of the box, something that surprised me as well.

              You do need Mysensors 2.0 for this.

              You can check if you have a myindication.h file in the source tree of the Mysensors library. That file also contains the indications sent.

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              • JapioJ Japio

                No, it worked right out of the box, something that surprised me as well.

                You do need Mysensors 2.0 for this.

                You can check if you have a myindication.h file in the source tree of the Mysensors library. That file also contains the indications sent.

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                chrille
                wrote on last edited by
                #17

                @Japio I am using the latest beta from github - it must be something else

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                • chrilleC chrille

                  @Japio I am using the latest beta from github - it must be something else

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #18

                  @chrille said:

                  I am using the latest beta from github - it must be something else

                  It works on my NRF24 gateway, but not on the RFM69 gateway... Odd...
                  I'm curious if someone else with a RFM69 based gateway could this this

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                  • JapioJ Japio

                    No, it worked right out of the box, something that surprised me as well.

                    You do need Mysensors 2.0 for this.

                    You can check if you have a myindication.h file in the source tree of the Mysensors library. That file also contains the indications sent.

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                    chrille
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #19

                    @Japio It's very easy to get information about available memory and wifi signal - just add

                    page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>Free memory:</td>";               page+=  "<td>"; page += ESP.getFreeHeap() ; page+= " bytes</td>";                 page+="</tr>";
                      page+="<tr>"; page+=  "<td>WIFI signal:</td>";               page+=  "<td>"; page += WiFi.RSSI(); ; page+= " dBm</td>";                 page+="</tr>";
                    
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                      Japio
                      Hardware Contributor
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #20

                      Great! This will be added.

                      I am going to continue with the node and sensor status tomorrow.

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                      • Mark SwiftM Offline
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                        wrote on last edited by Mark Swift
                        #21

                        Love this, subscribed. It's s such a shame I always has issues with my ESP gateway and had to revert to standard ethernet. The ESP always used to fail upon large amounts of traffic :(

                        I believe this was down to blocking code, is this resolved? (off topic).

                        BTW, is it possible to somehow record any failures?

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                          Hardware Contributor
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #22

                          Yes, this works!

                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:0
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-20-20,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0:1.5.3
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/0/0/17
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/6
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=10,sg=0:Smartmeter
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/11
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:0.1
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/12
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=1,c=0,t=13,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/1/0/0/13
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=2,c=0,t=13,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                          0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/2/0/0/13
                          @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                          0;255;3;0;9;TSF:SANCHK:OK
                          

                          The @@@@###@@@ Message is printed in my receive() function!

                          Awesome. :smile:

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                          • JapioJ Japio

                            Yes, this works!

                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:0
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-20-20,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0:1.5.3
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/0/0/17
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/6
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=10,sg=0:Smartmeter
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/11
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:0.1
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/255/3/0/12
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=1,c=0,t=13,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/1/0/0/13
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-0,s=2,c=0,t=13,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
                            0;255;3;0;9;Sending message on topic: mygateway1-out/20/2/0/0/13
                            @@@@@@@#####@@@@@Message
                            0;255;3;0;9;TSF:SANCHK:OK
                            

                            The @@@@###@@@ Message is printed in my receive() function!

                            Awesome. :smile:

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                            korttoma
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #23

                            Nice work @Japio

                            I'm working on a ESP8266 RFM69 Gateway myself and will definitely try this also.

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                              Nice work @Japio

                              I'm working on a ESP8266 RFM69 Gateway myself and will definitely try this also.

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                              #24

                              @korttoma I'm looking forward to hear your results, as I couldn't get it to work with RFM69. However, there doesn't seem to be transport specific code for indication(), so I really don't understand why it works with NRF and not RFM

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                                #25

                                ESP8266+RFM69 discussion forked to https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/4889/esp8266-rfm69-gateway/

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                                • chrilleC chrille

                                  @chrille said:

                                  I am using the latest beta from github - it must be something else

                                  It works on my NRF24 gateway, but not on the RFM69 gateway... Odd...
                                  I'm curious if someone else with a RFM69 based gateway could this this

                                  • Jan
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                                  #26

                                  @chrille said:

                                  It works on my NRF24 gateway, but not on the RFM69 gateway... Odd...
                                  I'm curious if someone else with a RFM69 based gateway could this this

                                  I created an issue for this, but I'm still interested in hearing from other RFM69 users

                                  https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues/584

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                                  • chrilleC chrille

                                    @chrille said:

                                    It works on my NRF24 gateway, but not on the RFM69 gateway... Odd...
                                    I'm curious if someone else with a RFM69 based gateway could this this

                                    I created an issue for this, but I'm still interested in hearing from other RFM69 users

                                    https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues/584

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                                    #27

                                    @chrille Please see my comment on github

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                                      Would it be possible to add information about if a controller is connected to the GW WebHMI?

                                      0_1474432417379_GW_WebHMI.jpg

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                                        Is this still under development?

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                                          Hardware Contributor
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                                          Yes, it actually is.

                                          Current features:

                                          • Stores wifi and mqtt broker configuration in flash. When no configuration is found, or the flash button of the ESP is pressed for 10 seconds, released, and then the reset button is pressed, it will restart in access point mode, allowing configuration to be done.
                                          • Status page shows all nodes and sensors connected and the last sensors data and presentation time.
                                          • Status indications on the box itself using a neopixel stick of 8 leds:
                                            • Gateway status (operation or access point mode)
                                            • Wifi strength
                                            • Mqtt connection status
                                            • Transmit error
                                            • Receive indication.

                                          I designed a board to nicely fit in a standard Aliexpress housing.

                                          Main problem still is the instability of the ESP, it resets often, and I tried to work around it by maikng sure it resets quickly.

                                          I am planning to make a more elaborate topic, including board designs soon.

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