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

[user2684]

Guys, @hek has been so kind to offer a dedicated section within the forum for NodeManager so feel free to open new topics directly under https://forum.mysensors.org/category/43/nodemanager. I hope this can facilitate new users to better find the answers they are looking for and you guys to follow the discussions in a smoother way without the need to jump here and there along the same long thread.

[user2684]

Hello All,
I've just released on GitHub (https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager) a hotfix (v1.5.1) for NodeManager in order to include the memory optimization improvements already part of the development version.
This is to allow saving up to 20% of memory on a pro mini and prevent the board to crash or become unpredictable when approaching the memory limit. No new features or enhancements have been added to this hotfix.
If instead interested in testing out the development version or contribute please refer to https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/tree/development and https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/milestone/7.
Thanks

[user2684]

Hello, NodeManager's version 1.6 is almost ready. Plenty of new things and fixes are about to be available but I'd need some diverse testing before officially releasing it.

The first step would be to ensure that what was working with the current version is still working with this new release :)

All the new things are instead detailed here https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues?utf8=✓&q=milestone%3Av1.6 is%3Aclosed label%3Afixed and in the associated PRs.

The code is available at https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/tree/development.

Whoever is willing to give it a try, please report any issue directly on github whenever there is already an issue open or on https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/7266/nodemanager-v1-6-dev-comments-and-issues otherwise.

Ideally I'm targeting mid August for releasing a stable v1.6.

Many thanks!

[Getz99]

@user2684
Hello,
I'm using NM for all my projects and I really like it!
Will NodeManager support APDS-9960 RGB and Gesture Sensor in the future?

Thanks

[user2684]

@Getz99 thanks for your feedback! I've created https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/201 to track this request. Keep in mind no new features will be part of v1.6 which should be released soon so I've added this to the v1.7 backlog. Thanks

[Getz99]

@user2684 Thanks! I understand it will not be in v1.6, I'm waiting for that release!

[user2684]

Hi, kind of the the last chance to share any feedback regarding NodeManager v1.6-dev which is almost ready and should be out in a week or two.

Instructions on how to test the pre-release and report issues here: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6183/nodemanager-plugin-for-a-rapid-development-of-battery-powered-sensors/184

Thanks!

[user2684]

Hello All,

NodeManager v1.6 is finally available! Download and upgrade instructions can be found as always on https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager

First of all I want to thank everybody contributing to the project, especially those who have submitted pull requests to the repository.

In v1.6 we have 36 out-of-the-box sensors as well as a good number fixes and enhancements. The most notable are for sure the capability to customize any sensor remotely through a brand new remote API and a more flexible and effective way to configure reporting intervals and sleep cycles:

• Introduced new remote API to allow calling almost ALL NodeManager's and its sensors' functions remotely
• Reporting interval configuration is now indipendent from the sleep cycle
• Reporting interval can be customized per-sensor
• All intervals (measure/battery reports) are now time-based
• Added support for BMP280 temperature and pressure sensor
• Added support for RS485 serial transport
• Added support for TSL2561 light sensor
• Added support for DHT21 temperature/humidity sensor
• Added support for AM2320 temperature/humidity sensor
• Added support for PT100 high temperature sensor
• Added support for MH-Z19 CO2 sensor
• Added support for analog rain and soil moisture sensors
• Added support for generic dimmer sensor (PWM output)
• Added support for power and water meter pulse sensors
• Radio signal level (RSSI) is now reported automatically like the battery level
• SensorRainGauge now supports sleep mode
• SensorSwitch now supports awake mode
• SensorLatchingRealy now handles automatically both on and off commands
• SensorMQ now depends on its own module
• Added safeguard (automatic off) to SensorDigitalOutput
• Any sensor can now access all NodeManager's functions
• DHT sensor now using MySensors' DHT library

For those who have previously forked the repository, please ensure to merge the updated development branch first before submitting any new PR.

Thanks!

[betonmoewe]

@user2684

Hi,

thanks again for your great work!

As I said, I will try to include my Chirp module into 1.7 via a github branch/fork. You wrote in your explanation of "contributing to the code", that it is not allowed, to change config.h. But how should I include the lines for the chirp sensor?
And in wich way can the documentation be modified? (chirp sensor paramaters)

Best regards

Betonmoewe

[user2684]

@betonmoewe if I wrote that config.h cannot be changed, I wrote something wrong :-) You can change whatever of course, just keep changes to config.h and the main sketch to the minimum since those can only be upgraded manually and not just by replacing the files. To add a new sensor, have a look at one of the existing sensors. Documentation can be updated as well by changing the README file. Should you have any doubt or issue feel free to open a new thread on https://forum.mysensors.org/category/43/nodemanager. Thanks!

[vikasjee]

When do you plan to release V1.7 ?

[user2684]

@vikasjee realistically it will take a while unfortunately :( I'm now spending most of my little spare time on https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/pull/229 which is kind of difficult to fix. Only after I will go through the (long) list of fixes/requests queued for v1.7 :)

[user2684]

@vikasjee FYI the blocking issue which was slowing down v1.7 development has been solved now (https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6534/nodemanager/133). Still a long way to get there but at least a bit closer now :)
Thanks

[Getz99]

Hi @user2684
Is it possible to add sensor MG996R Servo in V1.7? I know the list is long for fixes but it would be nice if you could squeeze it in.

Thanks!

[user2684]

@getz99 I've added this feature request for this: https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/253

Thanks!

[Getz99]

@user2684 Thanks, Very much appreciated!

[jsiddall]

I grabbed the latest development branch tonight to try this out. I saved the NodeManager.ino as a new name and copied the NodeManagerLibrary.h and NodeManagerLibrary.ino files into the new folder. I enabled USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT and added a SensorDigitalOutput and SensorRelay child in my sketch and tried to compile. Unfortunately I got these errors:

In file included from ino:244:0:
sketch/NodeManagerLibrary.h:549:27: error: 'SR_RX_RSSI' was not declared in this scope
     int _signal_command = SR_RX_RSSI;
                           ^
/NodeManagerLibrary.ino: In member function 'virtual void SensorSignal::onLoop(Child*)':
/NodeManagerLibrary.ino:741:45: error: 'signalReport_t' was not declared in this scope
   int16_t value = transportGetSignalReport((signalReport_t)_signal_command);
                                             ^
/NodeManagerLibrary.ino:741:75: error: 'transportGetSignalReport' was not declared in this scope
   int16_t value = transportGetSignalReport((signalReport_t)_signal_command);
                                                                           ^
exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino Nano.

All seems to be related to signal reports but even if I disable signal reporting the errors still occur. Guessing I did something wrong so any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[user2684]

@jsiddall thanks for this hit, the issue seems to be related to SR_RX_RSSI which is only available with 2.2.0-beta version of the MySensors library, not 2.1.1 which I guess you are using. Something which needs to be fixed on the NodeManager's side, I've opened https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/256 for this. Thanks

[jsiddall]

@user2684 Great, thanks for the quick response.

UPDATE: Confirmed, all is good with MyS 2.2.0-rc2. Not sure what resolution you had in mind for issue #256 but a note in the installation section of this page:

https://www.mysensors.org/download/node-manager

...stating the required version of MyS for both the stable and dev versions of NodeManager would probably have been enough to keep me out of trouble!

Thanks again for NodeManager. It does everything I had been doing manually before, using pages of sketch, and shrinks it down to a few simple lines.

[user2684]

@jsiddall thanks, fixed in the development branch right now. Adding a compatibility table between NodeManager and the MySensors library version sounds like a good idea, I've added https://github.com/mysensors/NodeManager/issues/261 for this. Thanks again