MySensors Ethernet Gateway goes to OFFLINE state

[Jic]

I didn't see in your node log an ip assignament. Are your sketch configured to Ethernet Gateway?

I think you should use some parameters:

// Enable MY_IP_ADDRESS here if you want a static ip address (no DHCP)
#define MY_IP_ADDRESS 192,168,178,87

// If using static ip you need to define Gateway and Subnet address as well
#define MY_IP_GATEWAY_ADDRESS 192,168,178,1
#define MY_IP_SUBNET_ADDRESS 255,255,255,0

// MQTT broker ip address or url. Define one or the other.
//#define MY_CONTROLLER_URL_ADDRESS "m20.cloudmqtt.com"
#define MY_CONTROLLER_IP_ADDRESS 192, 168, 178, 68

I am not sure how to use Ethernet Gateway, perhaps this example help you

https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/blob/development/examples/GatewayW5100MQTTClient/GatewayW5100MQTTClient.ino

[pentti12]

I am not using the MQTT gateway, I am using standard GatewayW5100.ino, which has correct IP-settings:

#define MY_IP_ADDRESS 192,168,1,201 // If this is disabled, DHCP is used to retrieve address
// Renewal period if using DHCP
//#define MY_IP_RENEWAL_INTERVAL 60000
// The port to keep open on node server mode / or port to contact in client mode
#define MY_PORT 5003

// Controller ip address. Enables client mode (default is "server" mode).
// Also enable this if MY_USE_UDP is used and you want sensor data sent somewhere.
#define MY_CONTROLLER_IP_ADDRESS 192, 168, 1, 185

// The MAC address can be anything you want but should be unique on your network.
// Newer boards have a MAC address printed on the underside of the PCB, which you can (optionally) use.
// Note that most of the Ardunio examples use "DEAD BEEF FEED" for the MAC address.
#define MY_MAC_ADDRESS 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED

And MySensors Ethernet Gateway is detected by Advanced IP Scanner and I can ping it and so on..

[jogant]

@pentti12

the gateway is the server. You should succeed with telnet <ip_of_mysensors_gw> 5003

[Jic]

@pentti12

Can you start manually your gateway with -d option to see the log?

You should see there if your gateway its receiving messages. If you are receiving message then, the problem should be in the OH2

[jogant]

@Jic
what do you mean with "start gateway manually -d option"? My gateway is a standalone device, ethernet connector on one side, nrf24 on the other, arduino in the middle connecting the other two parts.

[pentti12]

Wait a minute! I think that from the original GatewayW5100 sketch there were missing the IP Gateway and subnet addresses!

So I will recompile sketch and test again.

[jogant]

@pentti12

slowly my image gets complete. Online/Offline status is resolved by OH2 binding via polling during initialization. Value updates are sent spontaneous by the gateway via callback, afair. So the gateway needs to know the address and mask of the controller to send values.

[pentti12]

No help after new sketch loaded into GatewayW5100. OH2 log informs the same result:

14:49:09.484 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Bridge is connected, connection skipped

I will take a break - to be continued on next day...

[jogant]

@pentti12
"connection skipped" message occurs frequently, usually every 10 seconds. That is normal and ok. But you should see messages from the gateway everytime the sensor nodes send updates, except the value is the same as before.

[pentti12]

I connected my laptop into Ethernet Gateway. Here is a sample of monitoring listing:

0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.4
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=11,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:21.9
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.5
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=11,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:22.0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=11,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:21.9
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.6
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.4
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.5
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.4
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.5
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.5
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.6
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.7
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.7
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=11,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:21.8
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 9-9-0 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:30.8

So I think that this is OK, when I have only one sensor node alive.

But still, how I shall modify my Arduino Gateway sketch in order to get OH2 server show temperature and humidity values?

[Jic]

@pentti12

Could be permission problem?
Can you connect your gateway on rpi and execute

ls -l /dev/tty*

I think you are using a ethernet gateway skecth, normaly it's should be mounted in /dev/ttyACM0

Have you already execute

sudo usermod -a -G dialout openhab

Be sure that you have the las binding
https://github.com/tobof/openhab2-addons/blob/MySensors/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.mysensors/target/org.openhab.binding.mysensors-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
and your openhab2 is updated.

[pentti12]

I am running the Ethernet GatewayW5100 software on Arduino UNO. I don't have rpi, I have installed OH2 on Pine64. It is running debian Jessie and it is uptodate. Also the latest mysensors binding is in use. So what to next?

[Jic]

@pentti12 I am confused.

Don't you need to connect your Ethernet GatewayW5100 by USB into your pine64?

[pentti12]

OK, now Gateway is connected via USB into Pine64 and it is shown as /dev/ttyUSB0.

[Jic]

@pentti12 said:

/dev/ttyUSB0

Now, you need to configure your binding in your OH2?
https://github.com/tobof/openhab2-addons/wiki/Configuration

[pentti12]

I added into demo.things following line:

Bridge mysensors:bridge-ser:gateway [ serialPort="dev/ttyUSB0", sendDelay=200 ] {

In OH2 MySensor Serial Gateway stays OFFLINE state now. And also the Philips HUE things went OFFLINE state even if they have their own Bridge.

Looks bad!

[Jic]

@pentti12 This configuration is for a Serial Gateway connected to GPIO, I think.

You should use this one

Bridge mysensors:bridge-eth:gateway [ ipAddress="127.0.0.1", tcpPort=5003, sendDelay=200 ] {
     /** define things connected to that bridge here */
  }

But at this point I am really confused, I don't know how Ethernet Gateway works. I am not sure when I can help you.

Do you need configure you ESSID and password of your WIFI in your sketch? or the ethernet Gateway geneate their own network?

[pentti12]

Now I am confused, why I should bridge Ethernet Gateway, if I have USB-connection to MySensors Gateway only?

I tried to use Ethernet Gateway connected into my local IP-network without success, so I think that I will end this work to this point. There seems no good instructions available what is missing or wrong on the MySensors openhab binding..

[Jic]

@pentti12

Ok, sorry, I think I was wrong.
Here has a similar example
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/diy-smart-home-sensors-arduino-mysensors-openhab/
Could you try connecting it again separately, and configure in your OH2 and ethernet binding with the ip from your gatweay?

[pentti12]

Can someone explain, why I cannot get real values from MySensors node, which has only temperature and humidity sensors?

I can get the MySensors Ethernet Gateway into ONLINE STATE. I can get humidity and Temperature Sensors ONLINE STATE, but I cannot get real values from the node.

What I see from OpenHAB2 log side is:

09:31:45.356 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsWriter] - Sending to MySensors: 0;0;3;0;2;
09:31:45.375 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Bridge is connected, connection skipped
09:31:48.356 [WARN ] [otocol.MySensorsNetworkSanityChecker] - I_VERSION message response is not arrived. Remained attempts before disconnection 1
09:31:55.377 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Bridge is connected, connection skipped
09:32:05.380 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Bridge is connected, connection skipped

I think that there must be some error in MySensors Binding at the moment, because for example the Philips HUE bridge is working corretly via Openhab2 in the same Pine64 controller.