Success! In all my testing and trying new settings, I missed that I had commented out on the gateway the frequency setting. It was noobie mistake and I want to thank all of you for your help. I ended up using @FarmerEd's sketches to get my gateway and sensor to work.
Thanks again.
It the 868-915 version. I am in the US so I thought I should use 915. 915 works using the Heltec example sketches.
I am using the Heltec LoRa32 V2 of the board. IRQ number is set to 26 and IRQ pin is also 26. I don’t understand why the code is reporting no acknowledgement from the radio. I see ?TSF and ?TSM in the log. Is that normal for you?
I have now tried a sensor node based on the same Heltec chip and it is stuck in a Find Parent loop. I have the gateway setup matching @FarmerEd post.
The serial output is below
67 TSM:INIT
68 TSF:WUR:MS=0
69 RFM95:INIT
76 RFM95:INIT:PIN,CS=18,IQP=26,IQN=26,RST=14
92 RFM95:PTX:LEVEL=13
94 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
96 TSM:FPAR
97 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
149 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2157 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
2159 TSM:FPAR
2160 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=1,RETRY=0
2212 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4220 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
4222 TSM:FPAR
4223 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=2,RETRY=0
4275 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
6283 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
6285 TSM:FPAR
6286 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=3,RETRY=0
6338 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
8346 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
8347 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
8349 TSM:FAIL:DIS
8351 TSF:TDI:TSL
8352 RFM95:RSL
18354 TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
18356 TSM:INIT
18357 RFM95:INIT
18364 RFM95:INIT:PIN,CS=18,IQP=26,IQN=26,RST=14
18379 RFM95:PTX:LEVEL=13
18381 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
18383 TSM:FPAR
18384 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
18437 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
20444 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
20446 TSM:FPAR
20447 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=1,RETRY=0
20500 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
22507 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
22509 TSM:FPAR
22510 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=2,RETRY=0
22563 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
24570 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
24572 TSM:FPAR
24573 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=3,RETRY=0
24626 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,255-255-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
26633 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
26634 TSM:FAIL:CNT=2
It seems that the chip is not transmitting. I have been using Home Assistant for 3 years but just now I am trying MySensors. I have added the integration in HA and connected it the gateway.
I did try to set a Parent but it just continues in another endless loop. I don't know where to go from here.
@FarmerEd Thanks for the information. Sorry I was traveling and just saw your posts. I did try a node but I think I was still in my setup confusion so it may not have been transmitting correctly. I will check and set one up. It is also a Heltec device but is not sleeping right now.
@toigo Thanks for the information on no sleep yet. I was going to use it with batteries so now I will need to rethink this.
I have been trying for days now to get this chip to work as a gateway. I have two of the same chip and have tested the Lora with the Heltec example sketches and both will send and receive so the hardware works.
I have also done extensive searches on the forum and I did find settings that are stated to work but don't seem to work for me.
One posting that looked promising is https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/10654/my-sensors-with-heltec-v2?_=1642102471786&lang=en-US
I continue to get this output:
34 MCO:BGN:INIT GW,CP=RLNGF---,FQ=240,REL=255,VER=2.3.2
40 TSF:LRT:OK
41 TSM:INIT
42 TSF:WUR:MS=0
43 RFM95:INIT
50 RFM95:INIT:PIN,CS=18,IQP=26,IQN=26,RST=14
65 RFM95:PTX:LEVEL=13
67 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
69 TSM:INIT:GW MODE
70 TSM:READY:ID=0,PAR=0,DIS=0
73 MCO:REG:NOT NEEDED
1204 GWT:TIN:CONNECTING...
2207 GWT:TIN:CONNECTING...
3210 GWT:TIN:CONNECTING...
3212 GWT:TIN:IP: 192.168.3.62
3217 MCO:BGN:STP
3689 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
3691 TSM:READY:NWD REQ
3693 RFM95:SWR:SEND,TO=255,SEQ=0,RETRY=0
3746 ?TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
900043 TSF:SAN:OK
I think the problem is the 3746 line which shows no acknowledgement from the local radio. It does not appear to be transmitting.
My settings are:
#include <Arduino.h>
#include "secrets.h"
// ******************** HELTEC Lora32 Defines ****************************
#include "heltec.h"
#define HELTEC
#define BAND 915E6 //you can set band here directly,e.g. 868E6,915E6
String networkIP(IPAddress ip);
// ************************* Display Defines *****************************
#include "display_oled.h"
using namespace display_OLED;
displayOLED display;
// ************************ MySensors Defines ****************************
#define MY_DEBUG //!< Enable debug prints to serial monitor
// Enable and select radio type attached
//#define MY_RADIO_RF24 //!< nRF24L01 radio driver
//#define MY_RADIO_NRF5_ESB //!< nRF5 radio driver (RF24 compatible)
//#define MY_RADIO_RFM69 //!< RFM69 radio driver
#define MY_RADIO_RFM95 //!< RFM95 radio driver
#define MY_DEBUG_VERBOSE_RFM95
#define MY_RFM95_RST_PIN 14
#define MY_RFM95_CS_PIN 18
#define MY_RFM95_IRQ_PIN 26
#define MY_RFM95_IRQ_NUM MY_RFM95_IRQ_PIN
//#define MY_RFM95_IRQ_NUM digitalPinToInterrupt(26)
//#define MY_SOFT_SPI_MOSO_PIN 19
#define MY_SOFT_SPI_MOSI_PIN 27
#define MY_SOFT_SPI_SCK_PIN 5
#define MY_RFM95_FREQUENCY (RFM95_915MHZ)
#define MY_TRANSPORT_STATE_TIMEOUT_MS (3*1000ul)
#define RFM95_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS (3000ul)
#define MY_RFM95_MODEM_CONFIGURATION RFM95_BW125CR45SF128
#define MY_GATEWAY_ESP32
#define MY_WIFI_SSID SECRET_SSID
#define MY_WIFI_PASSWORD SECRET_PASS
// Set the hostname for the WiFi Client. This is the hostname
// it will pass to the DHCP server if not static.
#define MY_HOSTNAME "LoRa32_Gateway"
// Enable MY_IP_ADDRESS here if you want a static ip address (no DHCP)
//#define MY_IP_ADDRESS 192,168,1,100
// If using static ip you can define Gateway and Subnet address as well
//#define MY_IP_GATEWAY_ADDRESS 192,168,1,1
//#define MY_IP_SUBNET_ADDRESS 255,255,255,0
// The port to keep open on node server mode
#define MY_PORT 5003
// How many clients should be able to connect to this gateway (default 1)
#define MY_GATEWAY_MAX_CLIENTS 2
#include <MySensors.h>
void setup()
{
Heltec.begin(true /DisplayEnable Enable/, false /LoRa Enable/, true /Serial Enable/);
// Setup screen
display.init();
display.displayPrint("Gateway", 0, 0, 2);
display.displayPrint(networkIP(WiFi.localIP()), 128, 16, 2, TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT);
}
void loop()
{
display.updateDisplay();
}
String networkIP(IPAddress ip)
{
String LocalIP;
//IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
LocalIP += i ? "." + String(ip[i]) : String(ip[i]);
delay(10);
}
return LocalIP;
}
Does anyone have setting that work and what do you get at least initially at startup to see if it is working?
Thanks