@sundberg84 Yes you are right I meant to say ProMini not Nano - I have 18 of these PCB - not so happy I have to solder directly to the Arduino - that's exactly what I was avoiding in the first place. Do you have a good relay block sketch that works? Much appreciated if you can help.
One last thing, I am trying to run a node off a 12Volts battery, can you explain this image below again?
Hello All...
I am having a problem with sending a 4 relay block code to Domoticz Gateway … sometimes the relays switch without any problem, but other times, it breaks out to an "Error sending switch command".
I saw an earlier post at https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/4658/solved-error-sending-switch-command with the same issue. The solution proffered there didn't have much impart. One second it's working fine and the next its breaking into errors.
I couldn't find a .1uf Capacitor, so I used an electrolytic 1uf instead. Worked fine in another Nfr+ radio Project, but I don't know if that's the problem here. My sketch is a follows:-
// Example sketch showing how to control physical relays.
// This example will remember relay state even after power failure.
// Enable debug prints
#define MY_DEBUG
// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
#define MY_NODE_ID 6 // Set this to fix your Radio ID or use AUTO or 1
#define MY_REGISTRATION_FEATURE // Forece registration
#define MY_REGISTRATION_RETRIES 5
#include <Wire.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>
#include <LCD.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
// For Debug
#ifdef DEBUG_ON
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x) Serial.print(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x) Serial.println(x)
#else
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x)
#define SERIAL_START(x)
#endif
#define RELAY_PIN 2 // Arduino Digital I/O pin number for first relay (second on pin+1 etc)
#define NUMBER_OF_RELAYS 4 // Total number of attached relays
#define RELAY_ON 0 // GPIO value to write to turn on attached relay
#define RELAY_OFF 1 // GPIO value to write to turn off attached relay
#define SKETCH_NAME "Swimming Pool Node"
#define SKETCH_VERSION "0.1.4"
#define CHILD_ID 0
MyMessage msg(1,V_LIGHT);
unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 5000; // Sleep time inbetween reads in milliseconds
void setup()
{
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Then set relay pins in output mode
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
// Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
// digitalWrite(pin, loadState(sensor)?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF); // to remember last state
digitalWrite(pin, loadState? 0 : 0); // Keep everything off after power failure
}
}
void presentation() {
sendSketchInfo(SKETCH_NAME, SKETCH_VERSION);
// Fetch relay status
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
present(sensor, S_BINARY);
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT); // Then set relay pins in output mode
// boolean savedState = loadState(sensor); // Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
// digitalWrite(pin, savedState?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
// send(msg.set(savedState? 0 : 1));
}
DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Sensor Presentation Complete"));
}
void loop()
{
// Alway process incoming messages whenever possible
// Sleep until interrupt comes in on motion sensor. Send update every two minute.
// sleep(digitalPinToInterrupt(msg.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN), CHANGE, SLEEP_TIME);
wait(SLEEP_TIME);
}
void receive(const MyMessage &message){
// Change relay state if message is receieved
if (message.type == V_STATUS){
digitalWrite(message.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN, message.getBool()?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
// Store state in eeprom
saveState(message.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN, message.getBool());
// Write some debug info
Serial.print("Incoming change for sensor ID: ");
Serial.print(message.sensor);
Serial.print(", New status: ");
Serial.println(message.getBool());
}
}
I hear tagging this trio solves problems, so here goes... @tekka, @kk02067 and @hek to help me with this one. So sorry guys.
@Sunberg84 I bought them off Ebay via this very site... The Packing List reads Shipped by Abdera's Sundberg Ostra Gransgatan 2, Lonsboda, Sverige 28070, SE. I believe that's you.
Well I am forced to solder directly to the Nano pins, and so far so good. I think you should help with a 4 relay sketch that works. My appears to be a hit and run, works in the morning and fails after a while. but I am learning as I go.
Hello @TheoL I am having the same problem with a slightly similar sketch. the delay didn't have much impart. One second its working fine and the next its breaking into errors. I couldn't find a .1uf Capacitor, so I used electrolytic 1uf instead. Worked fine in the Sprinkler Project, but I don't know if that's the problem here. My sketch is a follows:-
// Example sketch showing how to control physical relays.
// This example will remember relay state even after power failure.
// Enable debug prints
#define MY_DEBUG
// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
#define MY_NODE_ID 6 // Set this to fix your Radio ID or use AUTO or 1
#define MY_REGISTRATION_FEATURE // Forece registration
#define MY_REGISTRATION_RETRIES 5
#include <Wire.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>
#include <LCD.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
// For Debug
#ifdef DEBUG_ON
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x) Serial.print(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x) Serial.println(x)
#else
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x)
#define SERIAL_START(x)
#endif
#define RELAY_PIN 2 // Arduino Digital I/O pin number for first relay (second on pin+1 etc)
#define NUMBER_OF_RELAYS 4 // Total number of attached relays
#define RELAY_ON 0 // GPIO value to write to turn on attached relay
#define RELAY_OFF 1 // GPIO value to write to turn off attached relay
#define SKETCH_NAME "Swimming Pool Node"
#define SKETCH_VERSION "0.1.4"
#define CHILD_ID 0
MyMessage msg(1,V_LIGHT);
unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 5000; // Sleep time inbetween reads in milliseconds
void setup()
{
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Then set relay pins in output mode
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
// Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
// digitalWrite(pin, loadState(sensor)?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF); // to remember last state
digitalWrite(pin, loadState? 0 : 0); // Keep everything off after power failure
}
}
void presentation() {
sendSketchInfo(SKETCH_NAME, SKETCH_VERSION);
// Fetch relay status
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
present(sensor, S_BINARY);
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT); // Then set relay pins in output mode
// boolean savedState = loadState(sensor); // Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
// digitalWrite(pin, savedState?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
// send(msg.set(savedState? 0 : 1));
}
DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Sensor Presentation Complete"));
}
void loop()
{
// Alway process incoming messages whenever possible
// Sleep until interrupt comes in on motion sensor. Send update every two minute.
// sleep(digitalPinToInterrupt(msg.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN), CHANGE, SLEEP_TIME);
wait(SLEEP_TIME);
}
void receive(const MyMessage &message){
// Change relay state if message is receieved
if (message.type == V_STATUS){
digitalWrite(message.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN, message.getBool()?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
// Store state in eeprom
saveState(message.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN, message.getBool());
// Write some debug info
Serial.print("Incoming change for sensor ID: ");
Serial.print(message.sensor);
Serial.print(", New status: ");
Serial.println(message.getBool());
}
}
I eventually got it to work. I am not using the EasyNewbie to power the load (its for 24volts swimming pool light). Couldn't get the 4th relay to work - not sure why its not responding to the controller. but I noticed some bug with my batch of 16 PCB -
Okay I think I have seen some bugs... my batch of EasyNewbie Rev 10 has some hardware issues - The provisions to attach sensors are not correctly marked. D6 doesn't actually connect to D6 pin on the Arduino (must have failed a via somewhere). I am not sure how many pins are used for the radio and other components, but if you intend to use this for a small project, I will avoid D8 - D13 as they appears to be taken. D1 and D2 are used for the TX & RX so you only have D2 - D6 to play with (more than enough pins for a newbie if you ask me).
@sundberg84 I have the Domoticz log below. but just incase it doesn't reveal much, do you have a working sketch for EasyNewbie and a 4-relay module block?
2019-04-05 22:28:20.172 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:28:21.229 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:28:22.169 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:28:55.333 Status: MySensors: Node: 3, Sketch Name: Base Relay Node
2019-04-05 22:28:56.459 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:29:00.141 Status: LUA: All based event fired
2019-04-05 22:29:53.736 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (29/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:29:54.297 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:29:57.701 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (29/Light/Off)
2019-04-05 22:29:58.206 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:00.533 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (28/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:30:00.534 Status: LUA: All based event fired
2019-04-05 22:30:01.729 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:07.427 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:07.095 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (27/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:30:13.674 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (29/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:30:15.706 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:19.773 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (26/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:30:20.138 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:55.858 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:55.427 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (26/Light/Off)
2019-04-05 22:30:59.611 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:30:59.256 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (29/Light/Off)
2019-04-05 22:31:00.280 Status: LUA: All based event fired
2019-04-05 22:31:02.813 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (27/Light/Off)
2019-04-05 22:31:03.242 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:31:06.944 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (28/Light/Off)
2019-04-05 22:31:07.393 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:31:22.892 (My Sensors Gateway) Light/Switch (Light)
2019-04-05 22:31:22.527 Status: User: Eme initiated a switch command (26/Light/On)
2019-04-05 22:32:00.351 Status: LUA: All based event fired ```Hello Sundberg84 et al,
I purchased Easy Newbie PCB (Rev 10) with the hope of jumping into the IoT rave... I tried to create the Gateway - and it works perfectly. I also found and created an advanced Water Sprinkler MyS project by Pete and Co!... that also worked perfectly.
However, I cant seem to get simpler beginner sketches to work with EasyNewbie. I have soldered the need components (the regulated version). I plan to connect to a 4 relay module, but for now, I am simulating the relay with a simple LED attached to D2. I have uploaded the following sketch which was originally written for version 1.0 MySensors - but have been corrected using guidelines I found for converting 1.0 - 2.0 version. but still no cheese - the controller (Domoticz) displays the Node, but not the complete child nodes, - the LED connected to pin D2 (or D3, D5..) on the Easy Newbie doesn't light up even when I toggle the switches and devices on controller. Don't know what I might be doing wrong, please help.
// Example sketch showing how to control physical relays.
// This example will remember relay state even after power failure.
// Enable debug prints
#define MY_DEBUG
// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_NRF24
#define MY_NODE_ID 4 // Set this to fix your Radio ID or use AUTO or 1
#define MY_REGISTRATION_FEATURE // Forece registration
#define MY_REGISTRATION_RETRIES 5
#include <Wire.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensors.h>
#include <LCD.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
// For Debug
#ifdef DEBUG_ON
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x) Serial.print(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x) Serial.println(x)
#else
#define DEBUG_PRINT(x)
#define DEBUG_PRINTLN(x)
#define SERIAL_START(x)
#endif
//#define RELAY_1 2 // Arduino Digital I/O pin number for first relay (second on pin+1 etc)
#define RELAY_PIN 3
#define NUMBER_OF_RELAYS 4 // Total number of attached relays
#define RELAY_ON 0 // GPIO value to write to turn on attached relay
#define RELAY_OFF 1 // GPIO value to write to turn off attached relay
#define SKETCH_NAME "Base Relay Node"
#define SKETCH_VERSION "0.1.2"
#define CHILD_ID 0
MyMessage msg(1,V_LIGHT);
//void before()
void setup()
{
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Then set relay pins in output mode
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
// Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
digitalWrite(pin, loadState(sensor)?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
}
}
void presentation() {
sendSketchInfo(SKETCH_NAME, SKETCH_VERSION);
// Fetch relay status
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
// present(sensor, S_BINARY);
present(sensor, S_LIGHT);
// Then set relay pins in output mode
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
// Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
boolean savedState = loadState(sensor);
digitalWrite(pin, savedState?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
send(msg.set(savedState? 1 : 0));
}
DEBUG_PRINTLN(F("Sensor Presentation Complete"));
}
void loop()
{
// Alway process incoming messages whenever possible
// Sleep until interrupt comes in on motion sensor. Send update every two minute.
// sleep(digitalPinToInterrupt(DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR), CHANGE, SLEEP_TIME);
// update Relays;
for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_PIN; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
// Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
// present(sensor, S_BINARY);
send(msg.set(sensor).set(false), false);
wait(50);
}
}
void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message)
{
// We only expect one type of message from controller. But we better check anyway.
if (msg.type==V_STATUS) {
// Change relay state
digitalWrite(msg.sensor-1+RELAY_PIN, msg.getBool()?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
// Store state in eeprom
saveState(msg.sensor, msg.getBool());
// Write some debug info
Serial.print("Incoming change for sensor:");
Serial.print(msg.sensor);
Serial.print(", New status: ");
Serial.println(msg.getBool());
}
}
@floris can you post the final sketch you used? I am having the same issue.