Node to Node communication



  • Hello

    Is it possible for two nodes to directly talk to each other?

    If so can someone point me to an example of how to do this if it exists?

    I am have just a few sensors that I have manually assigned sensor ids to and I would like to have them talk to each other without necessarily needing a controller.

    Thanks


  • Admin

    Yes, messages follow this routing:

    network.png

    Just use setDestination on the MyMessage before sending.

    On the receiving node you have to add a callback method for incoming messages and call gw.process() in loop().



  • @hek
    But you'd always need a gateway, correct?

    boozz


  • Admin

    Gateway or Repeater node (in a two sensor setup).

    In the picture above two leaf sensors (in the same "leaf") can talk to each other just via the repeater node.



  • @hek

    Ok, thanks!. For some reason I thought that always an gateway had to be involved. Good to know.



  • @hek does it mean that the radio in repeater side has to be always in awake position?


  • Admin

    @funky81
    Yes, that is probably best. ๐Ÿ™‚



  • @hek noted... Thanks



  • I made a sketch that sends a V_VAR1 from node 7 to node 8

    send sketch

    int cval_use, cval_gen;#define CHILD_ID_WATT 0
    MyMessage msgVar1(CHILD_ID_WATT,V_VAR1);
    MyMessage msgVar2(CHILD_ID_WATT,V_VAR2);

    .......

    gw.send(msgVar1.setDestination(8).set(cval_use) );
    gw.send(msgVar2.setDestination(8).set(cval_gen) );

    receive sketch

    void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message)
    {
    // We only expect one type of message from controller. But we better check anyway.
    if (message.isAck())
    {
    Serial.println("This is an ack from gateway");
    }
    //read: 7-0-8 s=1,c=1,t=25,pt=2,l=2:486
    if (message.type==V_VAR1)
    {
    int Var1;
    Var1= atoi(message.data);
    Serial.println("#########V_VAR1#########");
    Serial.println("Var1");
    Serial.println(Var1);
    Serial.println("##########V_VAR1########");
    }
    if (message.type==V_VAR2)
    {
    int Var2;
    Var2 = atoi(message.data);
    Serial.println("########V_VAR2##########");
    Serial.println("Var2");
    Serial.println(Var2);
    Serial.println("########V_VAR2##########");
    }

    My problem:

    Var1 and var2 ia alway 0.

    send sketch serial
    send: 7-7-0-8 s=1,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2,st=ok:580
    send: 7-7-0-8 s=1,c=1,t=25,pt=2,l=2,st=ok:0

    receiver sketch
    ########V_VAR2##########
    read: 7-0-8 s=1,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2:580
    #########V_VAR1#########
    Var1: 0
    ##########V_VAR1########
    read: 7-0-8 s=1,c=1,t=25,pt=2,l=2:0
    ########V_VAR2##########
    Var2: 0
    ########V_VAR2##########


  • Admin

    You'll probably have to use message.getInt() in the receiving node (because this data is transmitted in binary format).



  • Earlier today, I was fiddling with using setDestination() and always got st=fail showing up on the gateway, and the message never got to the node I wanted it to... And all the nodes were in my office at the time. I was running trunk for all libs.

    Any ideas what to look at? The gateway's error led never flashed, either.


  • Admin

    @krayola

    How did your network topology look like?
    Possible to show the debug log on gateway/repeater node (that should relay message)?



  • It seems #define DEBUG is on by default in master ๐Ÿ™‚

    https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/blob/9192da3a7d99171c2f42436a0a4ab8c72463119d/libraries/MySensors/MyConfig.h

    My topology seems to be flat right now. I only have 3 nodes + gateway at present.
    I did try having combination repeater+sensor nodes, but they were using sleep() which may have been part of the problem.

    When I use gw.request() I'm able to get messages from the gateway to the node in question (with appropriate controller logic).

    Here's the code on the test sensor:
    gw.send(msg.setSensor(i).set(temperature, 2).setDestination(1));

    Here's the sensor connecting and trying to send a message to node 1 (which is
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;send: 0-0-2-2 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=1,st=fail:M
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=18:Temperature Sensor
    <- 2;255;3;0;11;Temperature Sensor
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3:1.0
    <- 2;255;3;0;12;1.0
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=0,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=5:1.4.1
    <- 2;0;0;0;6;1.4.1
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-1 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5:24.00
    <- 0;0;3;0;9;send: 2-0-1-1 s=0,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,st=fail:24.00

    Node 1 was initialized:
    gw.begin(incomingMessage, AUTO, false);
    and uses
    gw.sleep(SLEEP_TIME);

    I thought I'd mention that having a request in the code makes it so i can reliably receives up to 2 messages from the gw (via the controller). Any more than that get lost.
    gw.request(outdoorTempSensorId, V_TEMP, outdoorTempNodeId);

    I clearly need to go read all the code ๐Ÿ™‚ There's not that much of it.


  • Admin

    If your node expects messages you cannot sleep it. It must call gw.process() as often as possible.



  • I figured that out from the other thread ๐Ÿ™‚

    I added this little helper to my copy of MySensors.cpp:

        void MySensor::wait(unsigned long ms) {
                bool slept_enough = false;
                unsigned long start = millis();
                unsigned long now;
    
                // Let serial prints finish (debug, log etc)
                Serial.flush();
    
                while (!slept_enough) {
                        MySensor::process();
                        now = millis();
                        if (now - start > ms) {
                                slept_enough = true;
                        }
                }
        }
    

    In theory it'll handle the millis() rollover, but I haven't verified yet.

    I'm now able to send messages between nodes with and without being in repeater mode. I have yet to test repeater mode, as i haven't convinced a sensor it can't see the gw yet ๐Ÿ™‚


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