MySensors 2.2.0 released

[mfalkvidd]

• Bug fixes - thanks to everyone who contributed in troubleshooting and tracking down problems
• Improved documentation, available at https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/index.html
• NRF5 improvements
• A lot more, the changelog is looong For full list, see https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/releases/tag/2.2.0 and https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/compare/2.1.1…2.2.0

Big thanks to the following people who contributed to the release (151 commits in total):

      1 bilbolodz
     17 d00616
      2 Dustin
      3 Yveaux
      1 FotoFieber
      1 Frank Holtz
      1 Frédéric FRANCE
      1 freynder
      1 Krister W
      1 Lee Nelson
     20 Marcelo Aquino
     12 Mikael Falkvidd
     16 Patrick Fallberg
      1 per1234
      3 Rainer Clasen
      1 rejoe2
      1 Soef
     67 tekka
      1 Thomas Mørch

Mixing different 2.x versions in the same MySensors network is OK, so you can start deploying new nodes with 2.2.0 without re-flashing your existing nodes, and you can upgrade your gateway without upgrading the nodes.

The new version should be available in the Arduino IDE within a few days now.

[zboblamont]

@mfalkvidd Does this version incorporate the rssi resolution ?

[mfalkvidd]

@zboblamont I have no idea. What does the rssi solution do? Who has been working on it?

[zboblamont]

@mfalkvidd Sorry if I did not explain properly, signal strength reporting of nodes, it was I seem to recall intended for Rev 2.2.....

[mfalkvidd]

@zboblamont thanks for explaining. Looks like this is what you want?

#define 	MY_SIGNAL_REPORT_ENABLED

https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/group__RoutingNodeSettingGrpPub.html#gab64e3f4e06183b5e35e9cd0748c0fa8c

It is included.

[dbemowsk]

My guess is that out would be best to update my 2.0 gateway to 2.2.0 and move out from there. Correct?

[CrankyCoder]

is this release still compatible with other 2.0 gateways? or do we need to upgrade gateways? Just wondering if i have to reflash everything lol

[mickecarlsson]

On a Raspberry Pi 3 I get this warning when compiling 2.2.0

In file included from ./MySensors.h:343:0,
                 from examples_linux/mysgw.cpp:83:
./drivers/RFM69/new/RFM69_new.cpp:663:12: warning: ‘void RFM69_ATCmode(bool, int16_t)’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
 LOCAL void RFM69_ATCmode(const bool onOff, const int16_t targetRSSI)
            ^

pi@mysensors-gw:~/MySensors $ lsb_release -da
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
Release: 8.0
Codename: jessie
Edit: Forgot the configure line:
./configure --my-transport=rfm69 --my-is-rfm69hw --my-rfm69-frequency=868

[tekka]

@mickecarlsson Thansk for reporting, issue created: https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues/1044

tekka007 created this issue in mysensors/MySensors

closed RFM69 gateway - unused function warning #1044

[gohan]

I think I reported this warning few months ago

[tekka]

@gohan ok. Did you also open an issue on github back then?

[gohan]

I think @mfalkvidd did something at the time

[mfalkvidd]

This is the thread gohan is referring to: https://forum.mysensors.org/post/75635

Looks like it was mentioned in https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6526/raspberry-pi3-b-dragino-hat-rf95-rfm95-rf24_nop-error as well.

[Ian Bishop]

Thanks for all the hard work!

FYI, the version published to PlatformIO reports as 2.2.0-rc.2, doesn't look like there are any changes between the two revisions other than the version number.

I have tried updating the library and uninstalling/reinstalling and can't get it to bring down 2.2.0.

[Anticimex]

Users of security features (signing/encryption) need to do this to use these features from 2.2 onwards if upgrading from a previous official release.

[flopp]

Thank you very much. I donated USD 10 as a small thank you for all your work. I hope more people do the same.

Very nice text when you start a node, I have only tried 2.2 on my GW and it looks like some of my sending errors disappeared.

This is what you see when you start a node

__  __       ____
|  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
| |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
| |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \  _  | |  \__ \
|_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
       |___/                      2.2.0

Why not add two | in the "o" then i will look like this

 __  __       ____
|  \/  |_   _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___  _ __ ___
| |\/| | | | \___ \ / _ \ `_ \/ __|/ _ \| `__/ __|
| |  | | |_| |___| |  __/ | | \__ \ |_| | |  \__ \
|_|  |_|\__, |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___/|_|  |___/
        |___/                      2.2.0

[user1306]

thank you very much for the hard work
i'm very interested in #define MY_SIGNAL_REPORT_ENABLED
So apologies for the stupid question but do i need to just enable this on the Node side or also the Gateway, or Config.h (because i saw it was commented out)?
Do you know if this is supported by Domoticz?

thanks in advance

[flopp]

@user1306
I couldn't find any Signal value in Domoticz
What I did was to send that information as a seperate Child
use variable transportGetSignalReport(SR_TX_RSSI) to get the value

send(RSSIMsg.set(transportGetSignalReport(SR_TX_RSSI)));

[zboblamont]

@flopp There was always a RF signal level column under Devices in Domoticz, never did try to find out how it was used....

[flopp]

@zboblamont
It is still there, but I don't think DZ has implemented MYS RF signal, yet

[user1306]

Thanks all for the help
@flopp i added the line like you mentioned.
i added it as S_SOUND, V_LEVEL seem to be working fine, thanks. Lets hope Domoticz will include it soon.

[user1306]

i have another simple question regarding the RF24_PA level.
in the config file i see that its default to RF24_PA_MAX. does this mean that if i dont include anything in my sketch the node will default to MAX?
i read somewhere that this could cause the node to fail sometimes if there's not enough current going through, since most of my nodes are run on battery i would like to know if its necessary to modify this?

Thanks

[flopp]

@user1306
Correct, if you don't define RF24_PA LEVEL in your sketch it will use default values from Config, which in your case seems to be MAX

[user1306]

Really appreciate your help thanks @flopp
just wondering for normal nrf24l01+ not the PA LNA one, what level are you using? (no sure if mine are original since i bought them from Aliexpress i have my doubts).

[flopp]

@user1306
I am using LOW and HIGH. LOW should be enough. I was testing HIGH with some nodes but I dont know if that helped.

I also using nRF from AliE.

I think most of MYS users are using nRF from China, i don't know how to see if it is real or fake.

[ZwaZo]

Hello,

I have a Strange problem appearing since I have started to upgrade my network from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0

I am using a Domoticz v.3.8153 / Raspbian + a serial GW on NRF.
Some of the devices are communicating to the GW through a repeater node equipped with a nrf24l01 PA LNA since they are just too far from the GW.

Not all of the nodes are upgraded to 2.2.0, some are still running 2.1.1

• the battery level reporting disappeared from all of the connected node (but one is still working : a senserblender micro with the original TempHum sketch)

• The repeater node sometime stopped relaying the connection to the GW (on random time ?). Only thing I found is to restart this node)

Any ideas ?

Thanks a lot.

Jef

[maghac]

Hi,
I've noticed that since the upgrade to 2.2.0 my nodes are now sending some new internal messages every now and then. I'm using a MQTT gateway and sometimes I see these messages coming through:

mysensors-out/1/255/3/0/33 600000
mysensors-out/1/255/3/0/32 500

What are internal messages types 32 and 33? Can't find them in the list on https://www.mysensors.org/download/serial_api_20#internal

[Anticimex]

@maghac Hi,
documentation is best found here: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/
It is always covering the latest release. Specifically, for message types: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/group__MyMessagegrp.html

[clio75]

Hi,
Thanx for 2.2.0
But I have a new feature that I did not have before.
I'm using VERA edge and my plugin reports that i don't have any connection to the Gateway.

Please advice

[korttoma]

@clio75 please try setting the "CommFailure" Variable to 0 under "Advanced" for your MySensors Plugin Device in Vera to see it the message disappears.

[clio75]

@korttoma
Hi,
I switch "CommFailure" to 0 And reloaded engine. and error measure disappear.

But is this a new feature that you have implemented ?

[jjk]

@anticimex said in MySensors 2.2.0 released:

@maghac Hi,
documentation is best found here: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/
It is always covering the latest release. Specifically, for message types: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/group__MyMessagegrp.html

Is there a way to disable these messages?

[Anticimex]

@jjk yes, by avoiding to use smartSleep: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/group__MySensorsCoregrp.html#gab5f84c4227e3478af4b6600d5e8d8b15