I figured this out. In the sketch it was getting stuck on the following line since writeEthernet is a callback and was getting called but is not initialized yet.

gw.begin(RF24_PA_LEVEL_GW, RF24_CHANNEL, RF24_DATARATE, writeEthernet);

I switched the order to initialize the Ethernet shield first and it works like a charm now

Ethernet.begin(mac, myIp);

// give the Ethernet interface a second to initialize
delay(1000);

// Initialize gateway at maximum PA level, channel 70 and callback for write operations 
gw.begin(RF24_PA_LEVEL_GW, RF24_CHANNEL, RF24_DATARATE, writeEthernet);

Hi Guys,

I got into mysensors about 1.5 year ago and have built many sensors that are working flawlessly in my house. This project and specially the community has served me well. The problem is that I went all out to buy too many raw materials - either intentionally or unintentionally at the time because of how these are sold and now have no need for them. I am looking to sell a stockpile of these these things if anyone is interested. Most are bought from china from links provided here, some from amazon because sometimes I didn't feel like waiting a month for them to get here and some casings from home depot or radio shack. Everything works 99% and majority of the stuff has not been opened and is still in sealed packaging. I am not looking to sell 1-2 items at a time but everything at once that is perfect for something who is considering mysensors and this has enough parts to build numerous sensors. This will be shipped from United States.

I have taken an inventory of all the times on the below eBay page and I am still finding more items to add to this (price will not go up).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201506632920?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

The kit also includes 1 fully functional vera controller and 3-4 fully functional sensors (relay switch, temperature, motion).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hi Guys,

I got into mysensors about 1.5 year ago and have built many sensors that are working flawlessly in my house. This project and specially the community has served me well. The problem is that I went all out to buy too many raw materials - either intentionally or unintentionally at the time because of how these are sold and now have no need for them. I am looking to sell a stockpile of these these things if anyone is interested. Most are bought from china from links provided here, some from amazon because sometimes I didn't feel like waiting a month for them to get here and some casings from home depot or radio shack. Everything works 99% and majority of the stuff has not been opened and is still in sealed packaging. I am not looking to sell 1-2 items at a time but everything at once that is perfect for something who is considering mysensors and this has enough parts to build numerous sensors. This will be shipped from United States.

I have taken an inventory of all the times on the below eBay page and I am still finding more items to add to this (price will not go up).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201506632920?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

The kit also includes 1 fully functional vera controller and 3-4 fully functional sensors (relay switch, temperature, motion).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

I figured this out. In the sketch it was getting stuck on the following line since writeEthernet is a callback and was getting called but is not initialized yet.

gw.begin(RF24_PA_LEVEL_GW, RF24_CHANNEL, RF24_DATARATE, writeEthernet);

I switched the order to initialize the Ethernet shield first and it works like a charm now

Ethernet.begin(mac, myIp);

// give the Ethernet interface a second to initialize
delay(1000);

// Initialize gateway at maximum PA level, channel 70 and callback for write operations 
gw.begin(RF24_PA_LEVEL_GW, RF24_CHANNEL, RF24_DATARATE, writeEthernet);

I bought the 4.7 uF using the link on the store here. The others I have bought from here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZG71H4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yup, that and the Ethernet.h uncommenting change in the main sketch. Unfortunately, I have read the documentation 10 times in hopes to catch something that I may have missed but can't figure this one out.

Yes, the IP address is changed in both mysensors sketch and example webserver sketch. I have not changed the MAC address. I can ping the ip on the example webserver sketch but not in the mysensors Ethernet sketch.

I have my gateway working with UNO R3 and controlling one relay switch with ENC28J60 Ethernet. I got a W5100 Ethernet shield that sits/fits on top of the UNO for a cleaner install. I reflashed the UNO with the modified gateway code as per instructions and I get a "Gateway Startup Complete" but I can't ping the W5000 shield. All the lights on the shield are lit and the light on the router port is lit showing an active link. I used the arduino stock Ethernet Webserver example sketch and can ping the shield fine and the test page showing the analog input comes up which makes me think this is not a hardware problem. I did not connect any wires for the pins to the shield since the shield directly plugs on top of UNO so does any PIN numbers need to changed in the sketch?

Anything that I have missed or I can try to troubleshoot this further?

thanks!!

I tried with several.Up to 100uf it didn't help. The next uf up I had 330uf and that worked. Well it now works 95% of the times. I don't know if that high of the capatience will cause issues but it mostly works now.

Thanks. I have ordered some higher uF capacitors and will Test with those when they arrive tomorrow and report my results.

Thanks, that helps to know that radios are not connecting to each other. I understand they are two different issues and sorry for merging them in the same thread. This all worked pretty good a couple of days ago. I will try other power supply. Come to think of it, I believe I added the capacitors later and it was working better before adding the capacitors. What other cap size I can try? - sorry I am a newbie here. Is the goal to see if the radio has a stable close to 3.3v using a multi-meter? - I am just not sure how to test if its any better (radio stability).

@m26872 said:

runtime 1-4 weeks

So this gives a runtime of 1-4 weeks? I am just starting out and wanted to confirm this. There are other posts claiming 6 months but I suspect that is in theory and the reality is 1-4 as you have experienced. Also, are any of your sensors interrupt driven that only wake up on outside feedback such as door switch? - I wonder if that will have more battery life.