Orange PI zero. Problem running the gateway

[moskovskiy82]

Have followed the instructions on creating the orange pi zero gateway.
The only difference - i am running a dietPi OS (couldn't install armbian).
Wired all as recommended and also have added the IRQ pin (GPIO10)

Strangely enough didn't have to alter the bin2fex /boot/script.bin /tmp/orange.fex as it already contained the necessary information.

Ran the config with the following options
./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev1.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=13 --my-rf24-irq-pin=10 --my-gateway=ethernet --my-port=5003

Everything compiled but upon launching got the

# sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG--Q-,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: Could not open /sys/class/gpio/gpio10/direction

Tried

#echo "10" |sudo tee /sys/class/gpio/export
10
tee: /sys/class/gpio/export: Device or resource busy

Any ideas on this would be much appreciated...

[moskovskiy82]

Tried to compile without IRQ pin. So there is no communication with the radio (tried different radio modules).
Seems some problem with GPIO pins on DietPI?

[moskovskiy82]

# 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 | ALT3 | 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+---+------+----------+-----+-----+

[gohan]

try reinstalling wiringPi if you have updated the firmware after it was installed

[moskovskiy82]

I took the plunge. And now ready to give up.

Got out another sd card. Installed fresh armbian.

Ubuntu server – legacy kernel

Did nothing else to the installation. Than followed the guide step by step. No deviations. The only part that it is not clear in the manual - about configure options. I believe some will first run
./configure --spi-spidev-device=/dev/spidev1.0 --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=2 --my-rf24-cs-pin=13

and then run
./configure --my-gateway=ethernet --my-port=5003

Won't this overwrite the first config file? So just ran the first one.

And no success.

mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG----,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysgw: TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
mysgw: TSM:FAIL:DIS
mysgw: TSF:TDI:TSL
mysgw: TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
mysgw: TSM:FAIL:CNT=2
mysgw: TSM:FAIL:DIS
mysgw: TSF:TDI:TSL
^Cmysgw: Received SIGINT

Put some more solder on the connectors of OrangePi. No success. Put a 10uF 50V capacitor on the nrf24 - no success.
Maybe something has change in the inner workings?

P.S. On fresh armbian
root@orangepizero:~/MySensors# gpio readall
-bash: gpio: command not found

[gohan]

you have to enable SPI in the dietconfig I think, the ./configure needs to be one single command and you need to add wiringPi in the dietpi-software

[moskovskiy82]

@gohan Thanks for helping out. Is SPI supposed to be enabled? Doesn't state it anywhere. Will try it out.
Yes i also believe ./configure shoul be one line - it's just that documentation is not that clear for not tech guys like me. So if maintainer of the page is reading this - it should be better done like for the Raspberry gateway page. It's more clear.

Will try the SPI - hope it helps.

P.S. Have just reconnected the radio to my RPi3... So it's not necessary problem with myself ;) Will try to update the topic with OrangePi struggle

RPI3 output

sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
mysgw: Config file /etc/mysensors.dat does not exist, creating new config file.
mysgw: Starting gateway...
mysgw: Protocol version - 2.2.0-beta
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RNNG----,VER=2.2.0-beta
mysgw: TSF:LRT:OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT
mysgw: TSF:WUR:MS=0
mysgw: TSM:INIT:TSP OK
mysgw: TSM:INIT:GW MODE
mysgw: TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
mysgw: MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
mysgw: Listening for connections on 0.0.0.0:5003
mysgw: MCO:BGN:STP
mysgw: MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1

[gohan]

Since you are using a SPI device, you need to enable SPI on the operating system, that's what I did for my rpi3 so I'm expecting the same for the orange pi

[mfalkvidd]

@moskovskiy82 said in Orange PI zero. Problem running the gateway:

Yes i also believe ./configure shoul be one line - it's just that documentation is not that clear for not tech guys like me. So if maintainer of the page is reading this - it should be better done like for the Raspberry gateway page. It's more clear.

I've updated the Orange Pi page. Thanks for catching this.