Still not going well for me.
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Ok, so the new hardware has finally arrived and I have been pulling my hair out trying to get it working. It appears like there is something wrong in the way the node and the gateway are setting up. I didn't have this problem a couple of weeks ago but since I have upgraded to v2.1.1 the problem has manifested. I have seen that there are a number of posts that appear to have similar issues but not exactly the same. Perhaps somebody can shed some light.
The setup is still exactly the same as I have described earlier in this post. I have a Mega and a Nano both with NRF24L01, I have a 10uf Cap across the power supplies of both radios, and I am 100% sure that the radios and the Arduinos are all working because I have built a NON Mysensor test sketch to prove this is all fine. Aside from that you can also see from the log transcript below that the units are actually talking. They just don’t seem to be able to complete the negotiation.
So here is what I am seeing. in the log transcript below you can see that the two devices are talking to each other. the Bold text are the messages being sent from the gateway and the normal text is the messages being sent from the Node.
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNGA--,VER=2.1.1
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:INIT
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:WUR:MS=0
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:INIT:TSP OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:INIT:GW MODE
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
0;255;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
0;255;0;0;18;2.1.1
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:BGN:STP
0;255;3;0;9;MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=10 MCO:BGN:INIT REPEATER,CP=RNNRA--,VER=2.1.1
3 MCO:BGN:BFR
5 TSM:INIT
6 TSF:WUR:MS=0
12 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
14 TSM:FPAR
16 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:BC
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=255
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:GWL OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:089 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-255,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
94 TSF:MSG:FPAR OK,ID=0,D=1
2023 TSM:FPAR:OK
2024 TSM:ID
2025 TSM:ID:REQ
2027 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
255;255;3;0;3;4035 TSM:ID
4036 TSM:ID:REQ
4038 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
255;255;3;0;3;4035 TSM:ID
4036 TSM:ID:REQ
4038 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
255;255;3;0;3;4035 TSM:ID
4036 TSM:ID:REQ
4038 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
255;255;3;0;3;10066 !TSM:ID:FAIL
10067 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
10070 TSM:FAIL:PDTWhat you can clearly see here is that the initial node setup takes place, the request from the node to the gateway is received by the gateway and it reply’s. the node receives the reply and then it sends its reply, the Gateway receives the reply and then try to send an acknowledgment, but the node never gets the message. I suspect this is because the message being sent from the gateway is incomplete for some reason.
For example the Node sends
4038 TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
The gateway responds with
0;255;3;0;9;TSF:MSG:READ,255-255-0,s=255,c=3,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:Which in and of its self doesn’t look exactly right to me, but as I am not the expert in this I am probably wrong.
The gateway then prints 255;255;3;0;3; with nothing else in the line, this looks to me like its trying to send something but the message is empty.
What are your thoughts? @mfalkvidd and @petewill I am hoping you guys can shed some light here.
Thanks in advance.
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@Coffeesnob I didn't look at your logs in too much detail (I still don't have the codes memorized) but like @hek is noticing you may not be getting a node id back. You could also try assigning a static node ID like this:
#define MY_NODE_ID 1Also, try adding a 40uF or 100uF capacitor to the radio. The new 2.1.1 library is much more efficient and can use more power in shorter periods (because it can transmit faster).
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