So I have been following along with the following tutorial: https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pi-mi-light/
The tutorial has you cloning an older repo, so I swapped that for the newer repo and at at this point I am just trying to get the communication to work between my RF24L01+ module and my RPi original model B.
Heres what I have tried so far:
-I installed the TMRh20/RF24 repo, then installed MySensors, wired it up according to the schematic located at: https://www.mysensors.org/build/raspberry, and ran sudo ./bin/mysgw -d
--->mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
-Same steps as above only ran a config file with --my-transport=nrf24 and reran the make/make install files..
--->mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
-Reinstall everything from scrach, redo the wiring, retest both of the above... same
-Attempt a new wiring by placing the CE on pin 15 (a common config, so it seems) and ran: ./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-ce-pin=15 --my-rf24-cs-pin=24
make/make install
--->mysgw: !TSM:INIT:TSP FAIL
So... I've exhausted the hardware troubleshooting I can think of. I rewired multiple times and swapped the chip out for my spare.
The chips are definitely fakes. I purchased these exact ones :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2Pcs-Wireless-Transceiver-Module-NRF24L01-2-4GHz-Antenna-For-Arduino-USship-N37/401096007415?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Do the fake chips just not work at all? Has anyone gotten these chips to work or had similar problems?
Thank you. I am driving myself crazy trying to get these things to even register.