@NeverDie The person behind 'Chirp' actually left a comment in your last link (zerocharactersleft). He posts an interesting link back to his own studies too : https://wemakethings.net/2012/09/26/capacitance_measurement/

Hmm, I wasn't clear on what the mysgw software did, I don't need to run that at all do I!

It seems there's still an issue with the EEPROM test routine though?

My setup is :

• Raspberry Pi Zero2 running 'mysgw 2.3.2' connected via USB serial to
• Sensebender Gateway running 'MySensors core version : 2.3.2' and a default sketch customised for an RFM69HW.

When I view the Arduino Serial Monitor on init, with the Sensebender gateway hooked directly to laptop USB, everything looks OK :

09:27:09.544 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1150 MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RRNGS---,FQ=48,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1179 TSF:LRT:OK
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1179 TSM:INIT
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1180 TSF:WUR:MS=0
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1182 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1182 TSM:INIT:GW MODE
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1182 TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1182 MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;0;0;18;2.3.2
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1183 MCO:BGN:STP
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1183 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1183 TSM:READY:NWD REQ
09:27:09.578 -> 0;255;3;0;9;1187 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:

But if I short SWC2, it appears there's an EEPROM problem?

09:28:00.951 -> Sensebender GateWay test routine
09:28:00.951 -> MySensors core version : 2.3.2
09:28:00.951 -> GateWay sketch version : 0.3trcm
09:28:00.951 -> ----------------------------------
09:28:00.951 -> 
09:28:00.951 -> - > SHA204 Ok (serial : 01234DAE97196D83EE)
09:28:01.021 -> - > SD CARD SD Card initialized correct! - type detected : SDHC
09:28:01.125 ->  -> EEPROM 
... hangs here indefinitely ...

And if I connect the Sensebender Gateway to the Pi Zero with mysgw, it looks like the radio then fails to init? :

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ ./configure --my-gateway=serial --my-serial-port=/dev/ttyACM0 --my-transport=rfm69 --my-rfm69-frequency=433 --my-serial-is-pty --my-is-rfm69hw
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
  [OK] machine detected: SoC=BCM2837, Type=rpi3, CPU=armv7l.
[SECTION] Detecting SPI driver.
  [OK] SPI driver detected:BCM.
[SECTION] Gateway configuration.
  [OK] Type: serial.
  [OK] Transport: rfm69.
  [OK] Signing: Disabled.
  [OK] Encryption: Disabled.
  [OK] CPPFLAGS: -march=armv8-a+crc -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard -DMY_RADIO_RFM69 -DMY_RFM69_NEW_DRIVER -DMY_GATEWAY_SERIAL -DMY_DEBUG -DLINUX_SPI_BCM -DLINUX_ARCH_RASPBERRYPI -DMY_IS_RFM69HW -DMY_LINUX_SERIAL_IS_PTY -DMY_RFM69_FREQUENCY=RFM69_433MHZ -DMY_LINUX_SERIAL_PORT="/dev/ttyACM0"
  [OK] CXXFLAGS:  -std=c++11
[SECTION] Detecting init system.
  [OK] Init system detected: systemd.
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
  [OK] Saved.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
  [OK] Finished.
pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ make && sudo make install

And then...

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mysgw
May 30 09:40:45 INFO  Starting gateway...
May 30 09:40:45 INFO  Protocol version - 2.3.2
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG Serial port /dev/ttyACM0 (115200 baud) created
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RPNGL---,FQ=NA,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSF:LRT:OK
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSM:INIT
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSF:WUR:MS=0
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSM:FAIL:DIS
May 30 09:40:45 DEBUG TSF:TDI:TSL
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG TSM:INIT
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG TSM:FAIL:CNT=2
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG TSM:FAIL:DIS
May 30 09:40:55 DEBUG TSF:TDI:TSL
^CMay 30 09:40:58 NOTICE Received SIGINT

Though serial output seems to show TSM (this is the radio portion?) inits OK :

pi@raspberrypi:~/MySensors $ cat /dev/ttyACM0
0;255;3;0;9;7573 MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RRNGS---,FQ=48,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
0;255;3;0;9;7602 TSF:LRT:OK
0;255;3;0;9;7602 TSM:INIT
0;255;3;0;9;7603 TSF:WUR:MS=0
0;255;3;0;9;7604 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
0;255;3;0;9;7605 TSM:INIT:GW MODE
0;255;3;0;9;7605 TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
0;255;3;0;9;7605 MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
0;255;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
0;255;0;0;18;2.3.2
0;255;3;0;9;7606 MCO:BGN:STP
0;255;3;0;9;7606 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
0;255;3;0;9;7606 TSM:READY:NWD REQ
0;255;3;0;9;7610 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:

What am I not understanding here, have I specified the options incorrectly in the ./configure step ?
Is something wrong with the EEPROM ?

@scalz said in My other PIR multisensor, on coin cell:

http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2951/my-mysx-multisensors-board

@scalz How did your testing / calibration go for the PIR ?
I would love to pay a fab house to put one of these amazing boards together as I'm sure would many other folk watching your work!

@NeverDie The person behind 'Chirp' actually left a comment in your last link (zerocharactersleft). He posts an interesting link back to his own studies too : https://wemakethings.net/2012/09/26/capacitance_measurement/

@NeverDie Something like https://8f26945f-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/drxzcl/capsensor.brd ?

@mfalkvidd Thats great, many thanks!
Still much to learn and finding important snippets of information here and there.

I feel like both the options 'MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY RF69_433MHZ' and 'MY_IS_RFM69HW' should probably be mentioned in the SensebenderGatewaySerial.ino configuration file example lines.

For an RFM69HW, is anything other than '#define MY_RADIO_RFM69' required to make use of the higher tx power?

@NeverDie Wow, that digikey solar cell is tiny at 7mm x 22mm! I'd love to see one of these worked into the plant monitor, as really that only needs to transmit a few times during the day at most and would be fantastic without need of batteries.

Could this be used with a capacitative soil sensor to avoid corrosion of the sensor over time ?

I've ordered a Sensebender GW from ITEAD, and was just trying to prepare my laptop (MacOS) with the Arduino IDE...

1. Downloaded Arduino IDE 1.8.2.
2. Added "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mysensors/ArduinoBoards/master/package_mysensors.org_index.json" to the board manager.
3. Installed 'MySensors SAMD Boards' version 1.0.5 from the board manager.

But if I now try to select Sensebender Gateway as a board, Arduino complains "The current selected board needs the core 'arduino:arduino' that is not installed".

Would someone tell me what I've done wrong please?