Mysensors Gateway on OrangePi (Zero) (opi)

[mihai.aldea]

@Tag Use this info:
http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-tools
To export /boot/script.bin, edit the output file and enable SPI1, then compile it back and reboot your OPi with the SPI1 active.

If you haven't done this before, it's quite simple.

apt-get install sunxi-tools
cd ~
bin2fex /boot/script.bin > script.fex

Edit the script.fex file, find the [spi1] section and change spi_used = 0 to spi_used = 1. Save the file and exit.
Then

fex2bin script.fex > /boot/script.bin

Reboot, then you should have the SPI1 active.

[Reza]

@marceloaqno
i have error yet
orangepi is a good board. please work at this board and run mysensors gateway on this, i follow this topic when you can fix this on orange pi . thank you

[Tag]

@mihai.aldea

Yep already found it :) problem was the old version of the tools, it was not able to decompile the script.bin file...

[update]

• modified the script file,
• changed spi_used = 1
• compiled back and rebooted

just 1 device file in called spidev0.0 no new device files are created..... :(

dmesg output:

[    0.814287] sunxi_spi_chan_cfg()1376 - [spi-0] has no spi_regulator.
[    0.814316] sunxi_spi_chan_cfg()1376 - [spi-1] has no spi_regulator.
[    0.815569] spi spi0: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[    0.816776] spi spi1: master is unqueued, this is deprecated

Thx, will keep you posted!

[marceloaqno]

@Reza Was /sys/class/gpio/export created after modprobe gpio-sunxi?

@mihai-aldea Could you send the complete make and configure output so I can check if your system is correctly detected?

[mihai.aldea]

@marceloaqno said:

@mihai-aldea Could you send the complete make and configure output so I can check if your system is correctly detected?

Here it is

root@opi-pc-1:~/rf24opi/MySensors# ./configure --soc=H3
[OK] init system detected: systemd
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
[OK] Finished.
root@opi-pc-1:~/rf24opi/MySensors# make
gcc -MT build/drivers/Linux/log.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/log.c -o build/drivers/Linux/log.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/IPAddress.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/IPAddress.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/noniso.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/noniso.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/noniso.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/Print.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/Print.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/Print.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/EthernetClient.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/compatibility.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/compatibility.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/compatibility.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/SerialPort.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SerialPort.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/Stream.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/Stream.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/Stream.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/SoftEeprom.o
g++ -MT build/drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.cpp -o build/drivers/Linux/EthernetServer.o
g++ -MT build/examples_linux/mysgw.o -MMD -MP -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_NRF24 -DMY_GATEWAY_LINUX -DMY_DEBUG  -Ofast -g -Wall -Wextra  -I. -I./core -I./drivers/Linux -c examples_linux/mysgw.cpp -o build/examples_linux/mysgw.o
In file included from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:77:0:
./MySensors.h:258:2: 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:294,
                 from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:77:
./drivers/RF24/RF24.h:52:17: fatal error: SPI.h: No such file or directory
 #include <SPI.h>
                 ^
compilation terminated.
Makefile:98: recipe for target 'build/examples_linux/mysgw.o' failed
make: *** [build/examples_linux/mysgw.o] Error 1

[marceloaqno]

@mihai.aldea I think you're not in the right branch, could you start from scratch like this:

rm -rf marceloaqno-spidev
git clone https://github.com/marceloaqno/MySensors marceloaqno-spidev
cd marceloaqno-spidev
git checkout spidev
./configure
make

[Reza]

@marceloaqno
i have not any folder "gpio" in class folder .
what am i do ? :(
can you create a new topic with all steps after full fix on orange pi ?
thank you. i follow this topic

[mihai.aldea]

@marceloaqno You were right, I wasn't using the correct branch. Your instructions though did not work for me

root@opi-pc-1:~# git clone https://github.com/marceloaqno/MySensors/tree/spidev marceloaqno-spidev
Cloning into 'marceloaqno-spidev'...
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/marceloaqno/MySensors/tree/spidev/' not found

Anyway, I found another way:

git clone https://github.com/marceloaqno/MySensors.git marceloaqno-spidev
cd marceloaqno-spidev/
git pull origin spidev
./configure
make

This time it compiled successfuly, but when I fired up mysgw all I got was:

mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta

with no other output.
Just to be sure we're on the same note, what is the wiring schematic I should use? When I first started to tinker with RF24 on OPi I found at least two wiring schematics.
For reference here's the gpio readall on my OPi PC:

 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+---+------+---------+-----+--+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   |  1 || 2  |   |      | 5v       |     |     |
 |  12 |   8 |    SDA.0 | ALT5 | 0 |  3 || 4  |   |      | 5V       |     |     |
 |  11 |   9 |    SCL.0 | ALT5 | 0 |  5 || 6  |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   6 |   7 |   GPIO.7 | ALT3 | 0 |  7 || 8  | 0 | ALT4 | TxD3     | 15  | 13  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   |  9 || 10 | 0 | ALT4 | RxD3     | 16  | 14  |
 |   1 |   0 |     RxD2 | ALT5 | 0 | 11 || 12 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.1   | 1   | 110 |
 |   0 |   2 |     TxD2 | ALT5 | 1 | 13 || 14 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   3 |   3 |     CTS2 | ALT5 | 0 | 15 || 16 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.4   | 4   | 68  |
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   | 17 || 18 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.5   | 5   | 71  |
 |  64 |  12 |     MOSI | ALT4 | 0 | 19 || 20 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  65 |  13 |     MISO | ALT4 | 0 | 21 || 22 | 0 | ALT5 | RTS2     | 6   | 2   |
 |  66 |  14 |     SCLK | ALT4 | 0 | 23 || 24 | 0 | ALT4 | CE0      | 10  | 67  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 25 || 26 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.11  | 11  | 21  |
 |  19 |  30 |    SDA.1 | ALT4 | 0 | 27 || 28 | 0 | ALT4 | SCL.1    | 31  | 18  |
 |   7 |  21 |  GPIO.21 | ALT3 | 0 | 29 || 30 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   8 |  22 |  GPIO.22 | ALT3 | 0 | 31 || 32 | 0 | ALT5 | RTS1     | 26  | 200 |
 |   9 |  23 |  GPIO.23 |  OUT | 0 | 33 || 34 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  10 |  24 |  GPIO.24 |  OUT | 1 | 35 || 36 | 0 | ALT5 | CTS1     | 27  | 201 |
 |  20 |  25 |  GPIO.25 | ALT3 | 0 | 37 || 38 | 0 | ALT5 | TxD1     | 28  | 198 |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 39 || 40 | 0 | ALT5 | RxD1     | 29  | 199 |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+------+----------+-----+-----+

[Tag]

@mihai.aldea

Just a question the command "gpio readall" does that does show the actual status of the system, or is it just a fixed table that is printed on screen....

Look at mine:

root@orangepizero:~# gpio readall
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+---+------+---------+-----+--+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   |  1 || 2  |   |      | 5v       |     |     |
 |  12 |   8 |    SDA.0 | ALT5 | 0 |  3 || 4  |   |      | 5V       |     |     |
 |  11 |   9 |    SCL.0 | ALT5 | 0 |  5 || 6  |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   6 |   7 |   GPIO.7 | ALT3 | 0 |  7 || 8  | 1 | OUT  | TxD3     | 15  | 13  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   |  9 || 10 | 0 | ALT5 | RxD3     | 16  | 14  |
 |   1 |   0 |     RxD2 | ALT5 | 0 | 11 || 12 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.1   | 1   | 110 |
 |   0 |   2 |     TxD2 | ALT5 | 0 | 13 || 14 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   3 |   3 |     CTS2 | ALT3 | 0 | 15 || 16 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.4   | 4   | 68  |
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   | 17 || 18 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.5   | 5   | 71  |
 |  64 |  12 |     MOSI | ALT4 | 0 | 19 || 20 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  65 |  13 |     MISO | ALT4 | 0 | 21 || 22 | 0 | OUT  | RTS2     | 6   | 2   |
 |  66 |  14 |     SCLK | ALT4 | 0 | 23 || 24 | 0 | ALT4 | CE0      | 10  | 67  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 25 || 26 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.11  | 11  | 21  |
 |  19 |  30 |    SDA.1 | ALT4 | 0 | 27 || 28 | 0 | ALT4 | SCL.1    | 31  | 18  |
 |   7 |  21 |  GPIO.21 | ALT3 | 0 | 29 || 30 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   8 |  22 |  GPIO.22 | ALT3 | 0 | 31 || 32 | 0 | ALT3 | RTS1     | 26  | 200 |
 |   9 |  23 |  GPIO.23 |  OUT | 0 | 33 || 34 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  10 |  24 |  GPIO.24 |  OUT | 1 | 35 || 36 | 0 | ALT3 | CTS1     | 27  | 201 |
 |  20 |  25 |  GPIO.25 |  OUT | 1 | 37 || 38 | 0 | ALT5 | TxD1     | 28  | 198 |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 39 || 40 | 0 | ALT5 | RxD1     | 29  | 199 |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+------+----------+-----+-----+

It is the same... and shows 40 pins while the OPI Zero only has 26.......
There are some small differences between our tables in the naming column... so i guess it really reads the status / names of the pins.. Anyhow still strange that 40 pins are shown instead of 26 for the zero..

[pansen]

@marceloaqno: are you planning to create a pull request? also, like @Reza suggested i think it would be smart to gather all information somehwhere, unfortunately mysensors does not seem to have a wiki. can we write an article somehow? i could take care of that.

[marceloaqno]

@mihai.aldea sorry about the github link mistake.

@pansen Yes, I will.

Is the orientation of the pins correct in the image?

[Tag]

@marceloaqno

Nope pinout is reversed!,

The link below shows the correct one!
https://oshlab.com/orange-pi-zero-pinout/

[marceloaqno]

@Tag Oops, did I get it right this time (I reuploaded the image)?

[Tag]

@marceloaqno

Build the RF24 lib, without erros on the OPI Zero. and am now able to start the tools and radio seems to be recognised!. (was a faulty breadboard wire.... :( )

Used the follwing to for the radio:

RF24 radio(2,0);

Output from gettingstarted:

root@orangepizero:~/rf24libs/RF24/examples_linux# ./gettingstarted
RF24/examples/GettingStarted/
STATUS           = 0x00 RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=0 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1     = 0x0000000000 0xff00000000
RX_ADDR_P2-5     = 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff
TX_ADDR          = 0xffffffffff
RX_PW_P0-6       = 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff
EN_AA            = 0xff
EN_RXADDR        = 0xff
RF_CH            = 0xbc
RF_SETUP         = 0xff
CONFIG           = 0xff
DYNPD/FEATURE    = 0xff 0xff
Data Rate        = 1MBPS
Model            = nRF24L01
CRC Length       = 16 bits
PA Power         = PA_MAX

 ************ Role Setup ***********
Choose a role: Enter 0 for pong_back, 1 for ping_out (CTRL+C to exit) 
>

[marceloaqno]

@Tag Could you fill this table with your current setup?

nRF24L01 | OrangePi  | OrangePi
         | phyPin    | GPIO
_________|_______________________
VCC      | 3V3-PWR   | 3V3-PWR
GND      | GND       | GND
CSN      |           |
CE       |           |
MOSI     | 19        | 15
SCK      | 23        | 14
MISO     | 21        | 16

[Tag]

@marceloaqno

Sure here it is,

nRF24L01 | OrangePi  | OrangePi
         | phyPin    | GPIO
_________|_______________________
VCC      | 3V3-PWR   | 3V3-PWR
GND      | GND       | GND
CSN      | 24        | 13
CE       | 22        | 2
MOSI     | 19        | 15
SCK      | 23        | 14
MISO     | 21        | 16

Radio seems to be recognised, still need to test data transfer...

[marceloaqno]

I created the draft for the official article: https://www.mysensors.org/build/orange

[mfalkvidd]

@marceloaqno and everyone else involved in this effort: great work! I love when people come together to solve a problem.

[jirm]

@marceloaqno
@mfalkvidd @Tag @pansen @Reza @mihai.aldea @hausinger

Wooow woow woow !!!

Only few days "off" and the problem to make work Mysensors on OPI are solved.

So many many thanks to all people here that have been involved to make that OPI good little boards can work with Mysensors.

This is the proof that when good people join can reach the most difficult achievements and all humanity can benefit.

Awesome work !

Regards

[Tag]

@marceloaqno

Great work!!! the GPIO part most probably needs some additions for OPI zero on the topic of the spidev1.0 driver and the GPIO pins, send it to you once i got everything documented.

Really many thanks for your hard work here!!