Windows GUI/Controller for MySensors

[Anduril]

Hey guys,
maybe anyone can help. I tried to debug my sensors, but didn't got MYSController to talk with my gateway.
I have the NRF24L01+ directly connected to my rPi and can use the Gateway with Pimatic plugin. Then I tried different ways to give MYSController access:

1. redirecting the serial gateway to tcp port (tried ser2net and socat) to use ethernet option, but didn't got this to work.
2. creating a new gateway using a spare nano with NRF24L01+ at my PC. This one worked, but the gateway didn't noticed my nodes. Are they somehow coded to only talk with the gateway they know? I waited serveral minuters (sensors reporting each minute), but didn't got any readings. I assume this programm has an auto update to show now nodes, right?

Hope someone can help, I would realy love the option to debug using my windows PC and in future upload new sketches OTA (with new bootloader).

Regards,
Anduril

[allysmith]

I have followed the procedure listed and that mentioned in post 77. Pro Mini 3.3v 8mhz Arduino.

I keep getting the following message in the debug window every few minutes. Have repeated the process in post 77 several times however get the same results.

[2015-09-01 18:09:17.276 Info] DEBUG Undefined firmware/type for node=2
[2015-09-01 18:09:17.323 Info] INFO BL version=257
[2015-09-01 18:09:17.354 Info] INFO Send FW info to node 2: type=A, version=1, blocks=0x0048, CRC=0xD098
[2015-09-01 18:09:17.386 Info] TX 2;0;4;0;1;0A000100480098D0
[2015-09-01 18:09:17.417 Info] RX 2;255;4;0;0;FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0101

Any pointers??

[tekka]

@allysmith please provide more information about the setup and upload the MYSController log for further troubleshooting

[ericvdb]

@tekka What kind of SPI flash is needed for this OTA stuff? Can you provide part numbers?

[tekka]

@ericvdb MYSBootloader works without external flash, in contrary to the sensebender board and dualoptiboot bootloader

[allysmith]

@tekka Thanks for getting back to me. This is my my first go at this bootloader. Hope I am not doing something daft!

I have Arduino IDE 1.6.5, MySensors 1.5, MYSBootloader 1.1, MYSController_0_1_2_282 running on Windows 8, USBasp to urn bootloader.

Arduino Pro Mini 3.3v 8mhz board. I am using the standard settings in your write up for the boards.txt

Log file hopefully attached.

MySensors_20150901-185920.log

[tekka]

@allysmith Try clearing EEPROM via MYSBootloader command, assign blink FW and upload the entire log again....

[allysmith]

@tekka As requested, cleared EEPROM via MYSBootloader, assigned blink FW.
Attached is the log.
Device shows up in the nodes window as Booting: 65535:65535 (BL1.1)

MySensors_20150902-055736.log

[allysmith]

@tekka Have made a change to how I was powering the NRF and now straight from battery.

Looks like it was a power issue. Sufficient for transmit from the node ut not for receiving the updates.

See attached log.

Now got a different issue when I tried to reassign the FW from link to Timereporter.

I think I am moving in the right direction now.

Thanks for your help so far.

Keep up this great work.Deug.txt

[ericvdb]

WOOOHOOO, i got OTA working :dancers:
This is awesome guys

BTW, I guess OTA will not work if there's a repeater in the middle?

[tekka]

@ericvdb said:

WOOOHOOO, i got OTA working :dancers:
This is awesome guys

BTW, I guess OTA will not work if there's a repeater in the middle?

congrats! :)
OTA updates will also work with repeating nodes in between...

[ericvdb]

@tekka i guess OTA is not available when using a MQTT gateway?

I would like to switch my whole setup to MQTT, but don't wanna loose the super fantastic OTA feature.

[tekka]

@ericvdb in theory possible, but AFAIK not supported by any controller...at the moment :)

[ericvdb]

@tekka would you mind describing in detail the process (on the controller side) how the OTA works?

[cdr]

Can somebody explain to me how the "Reassing ID" function works in MYScontroller? I haven't been able to change a ID remotely.

ID's keep the same after reboots or power cycles, with or without the AutoID option on.

[Sparkman]

@cdr IDs are assigned the first time the node starts up and then stored in the Arduino EEPROM. To get a new ID, you would have to clear (that portion of) the EEPROM, or you can upload a copy of the sketch with the ID hard-coded.

Cheers
Al

[Fabien]

It's possible to reassign ID if you use MYSBootloader.

[cdr]

I use MYSbootloader, but can neither get "reassign ID", nor "clear eeprom" functions to work.

I guess I could make a cleareeprom hex, but that feels like a workaround.

[Fabien]

I just try (never before) and it doens't work for me too.

[mvader]

quite a few post. so apologies if this has been asked before.
I'm trying to upload a sketch(hex) to one of my nano's
it's going but froze at 70%
i had to reboot the gateway.
this time it got to 87% and seems froze again.
any thoughts/suggestions on why the gateway is freezing up?

edit: i can't seem to get a sketch to upload. it gets to some random % and then the gateway freezes.
a push of the gateway reset button seems to start it over. but then freezes at random.

edit 2: must have been a distance thing.. i put the bridge right next to the gateway and the code uploaded quickly without freezing.
however, i still am curious as to why the gateway fails to respond/freezes if the firmware is not able to be uploaded.