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.