NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors

[user2684]

@gohan said in NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors:

if it reports "no motion" it is not a false alarm. The important thing is it must report when there is "motion"

Agree with what @gohan says. But I'll look into this anyway @mar-conte, reporting no motion when waking up should not happen even if it is a minor issue (https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/71). What should not happen at all is reporting motion (payload 1) but as far as I've understood this is the case.
Thanks

[mar.conte]

@user2684
So with version 1.5 do I solve my problem too?

[mar.conte]

I noticed that the battery report if set to one hour does not happen every hour ...

[user2684]

@mar.conte said in NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors:

So with version 1.5 do I solve my problem too?

I'll look into it by then. Feel free to follow the github issue to see how it will evolve. Thanks!

[user2684]

@mar.conte said in NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors:

I noticed that the battery report if set to one hour does not happen every hour ...

More details please :-) Does not happen at all, it is not regular, happens every other hour, etc. what is the case?
Thanks!

[mar.conte]

@user2684
It happens even if i put 6 hours or every 3 hours so in the specified hours it is not regular the report sometimes jumps some report

[user2684]

@mar.conte said in NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors:

It happens even if i put 6 hours or every 3 hours so in the specified hours it is not regular the report sometimes jumps some report

Ok, I'd probably need both MySensors and NodeManagers's logs to troubleshoot this, just to ensure there is no failure in sending out the messages as I've seen in the other logs you have previously shared.

Thanks!

[mar.conte]

@user2684
Ok Tanks

[mar.conte]

Then solved the problem of the accuracy of the battery report: basically I did not realize that the sleep wait time started from the last pir movement then if i put an hour of sleep and during this active time the pir time resumes; The communication problems I solved them by letting antenna from rfm69 so every hour the battery report does not even send pir moviment
....Very strange my rfm69 modules communicate better without an antenna even at a distance of 10 meters with a wall

[gohan]

There is a risk of damaging the radio module if you don't use an antenna. Also a wrong tuned antenna will make transmitting more difficult.

[mar.conte]

@gohan
Ok Tanks, but the 86 mm wire for 868 what is Ideal diameter and thread type for simple antenna no dipole e non ground ant?

[gohan]

Found in another forum

433 1/4 wave = 164.7mm
433 1/2 wave = 329.4mm
433 full wave = 692.7mm

868 1/4 wave = 82.2mm
868 1/2 wave = 164.3mm
868 full wave = 345.5mm

915 1/4 wave = 77.9mm
915 1/2 wave = 155.9mm
915 full wave = 327.8mm

Try shortening a little bit. What kind of wire are you using?

[mar.conte]

@gohan
Wery good Tanks gohan

[mar.conte]

@gohan
Normal wire electric 1 mm diameter

[gohan]

Single core or threaded?

[mar.conte]

@gohan
Threaded

[gohan]

You need to use single core, that's why it is not working well

[mar.conte]

@gohan
Should it be isolated or even without a sheath?

[gohan]

I think you can leave insulation on; there are some guides on how to make antennas for rfm69,just Google it. In addition there are also spring single wire antennas for different frequencies you can buy.

[user2684]

@mar.conte said in NodeManager: plugin for a rapid development of battery-powered sensors:

I did not realize that the sleep wait time started from the last pir movement then if i put an hour of sleep and during this active time the pir time resumes

Yes, when the pir wakes the node up, the sleep is aborted and when going back to sleep, it starts from scratch without resuming it. If this is not creating an issue, I'll keep the current behavior. Regarding the antenna, I'm using the small antennas from the store for my RFM69 and have a decent range without big issues.