@Fabien I tried yesterday but it doesn't seem to work. I will try again tonight as I did the test in a rush and may have overseen something.

I just thought about something, could it be possible that the RFM69 doesn't get enough power ? I will try with a separate power source tonight to rule out this.

Thx

@scalz I use 868 Mhz, I soldered antenna (82 mm), trust me there is no dumb question

I get what you say, it should work but I cannot figure out what is wrong

@maman Switching to NRF24 worked like a charm first time. node and gateway are communicating and everything is visible in Domoticz.

I will run range test tonight, if Range is ok I will keep the NRF24 as I am loosing the will to live with RFM69 (I'll still try again when I receive my new modules.)

Thanks

@maman Switching to NRF24 worked like a charm first time. node and gateway are communicating and everything is visible in Domoticz.

I will run range test tonight, if Range is ok I will keep the NRF24 as I am loosing the will to live with RFM69 (I'll still try again when I receive my new modules.)

Thanks

@scalz I use 868 Mhz, I soldered antenna (82 mm), trust me there is no dumb question

I get what you say, it should work but I cannot figure out what is wrong

@maman I agree, but I am trying to get my project starting to be fair I do not live in a Mansion and my further sensor will be the one in the Garden for the weather station and the Watering system. So maybe the NRF24L01+ will be ok.

I will keep working in parallel on the RFM69, but right now I feel that I am just wasting time and getting nothing achieved.

I have new RFM69 on Order (RFM69HW instead of the RFM69CW I currently have) I am quite hoping that getting to a differet version of the RFM69 will solve the problem...

I am trying a different approach, I order NRF24L01+ to try tonight and see if I am getting better success with different modules...

What I just realized is that neither on the Gateway Debug nor the Node Debug I see the following message :

TSM:RADIO:OK

how do I know that the Arduino or the ESP is communicating or seeing the RFM module ?

OK I tried again, recheck the wiring, move DI0 to GPIO5 and added the following in the sketch of the Gateway

#define MY_RF69_IRQ_PIN 4  // GPIO 4
#define MY_RF69_IRQ_NUM 4
#define MY_RF69_SPI_CS  5  // GPIO 5

Put the RFM69 in a separate power source, added a 100uF capacitor for the radio.

And still the same result.....

I am litteraly loosing my mind, cannot figure out what else to do...

@Fabien I tried yesterday but it doesn't seem to work. I will try again tonight as I did the test in a rush and may have overseen something.

I just thought about something, could it be possible that the RFM69 doesn't get enough power ? I will try with a separate power source tonight to rule out this.

Thx

Hi,

Following @Fabien idea, I tried with a different RF69M module I had spare with a Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V, I also added a Capacitor of 10uF between the 3.3V of Radio and GND. And I still get the same message.... Arrrgggggg

@Fabien understand your point and I may have fried it with the UNO, but I doubt it is the cause as I had exactly the same output with my first build with a Pro mini 3.3v, every pin were 3.3V and the debug looked exactly the same. I tried with the UNO after countless attempts with 3.3V boards. But taking your point I will try again with a different radio module and a 3.3V.

Any other ideas?

@Fabien This is the pinout of my board

I just double check the output from the 3.3V pinout to be sure and I get 3.28V.

Just to say, I was getting the exact same result with a standalone power supply @3.3V.

Thanks