Hi,
I have my Serial Gateway on a RasPi with Pimatic operational for >2 years now.
Since a few days I notice all drie leds (rx, tx, error) are flashing simultaneously every second.
I can recall it didn't behave like that when I setup the system.
All is working correct, I see all sensors sending/receiving data in a correct way.
What can be wrong here?
I think it is logical to have sensors try indefinitely since this is the concept of sensors in a network.
Otherwise you would not know (when not debugging) all is ok in your network.
A network sensor not being one in an usual way, just for convenience (like my BBQ-temp sensor), has to be defined otherwise.
@GertSanders The define was sufficient in my case:
#define MY_TRANSPORT_WAIT_READY_MS 2000
The sketch continues on startup when not able to connect (my BBQ-temp node is working stand alone) but will keep on trying to connect. When the gateway is found it will connect and the data is available on iPhone.
Thanks!
@gertsanders Can you show your script on this with the define MY_TRANSPORT_WAIT_READY_MS to get a "timeout" and using the TransportReady() ?
I would like to do the same with my BBQ-temp node since it has it's own display (node is for convenience to check temps on iPhone but not always needed).
@gohan A capacitor is used in al my sensors, I did not shield it. Also my gateway has no shielding and is working fine.
Wat should ne shielded? All the electronics of the radio, so everything except the antenna?
@etxmsol I think you might be right about to strong signal.
I just tried changing the MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL from RF24_PA_MAX down to RF24_PA_LOW and RF24_PA_MIN. With RF24_PA_MIN it worked. 
I will try again with increasing distance and increasing the level when needed for my purpose.
@gohan That's what I did as mentioned in my post (radio power module) using a separate 5V power supply as well.
@sundberg84 I powered it directly from the Arduino Nano, also tried with separate power supply. No change, same results.
My gateway works fine with the same type of radio directly from the Nano.
What else to consider.
Hi,
I'm trying to replace a NRF24L01+ radio with a NRF24L01 + PA + LNA radio (with the antenna) to achieve a better range.
The node is working with the NRF24L01+ without any problem.
I now have tried 3 different NRF24L01+ PA +LNA and still end up with the same issue:
0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RNNNA--,VER=2.1.1
3 TSM:INIT
4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
11 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
13 TSF:SID:OK,ID=10
14 TSM:FPAR
51 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2058 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
2060 TSM:FPAR
2096 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4104 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
4106 TSM:FPAR
4142 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
6150 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
6152 TSM:FPAR
6188 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
8196 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
8197 TSM:FAIL:CNT=1
8199 TSM:FAIL:PDT
18202 TSM:FAIL:RE-INIT
18204 TSM:INIT
18211 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
18213 TSF:SID:OK,ID=10
18215 TSM:FPAR
18252 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
20259 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
20261 TSM:FPAR
20298 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
22305 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
22307 TSM:FPAR
22344 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
24351 !TSM:FPAR:NO REPLY
24353 TSM:FPAR
24390 TSF:MSG:SEND,10-10-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
26397 !TSM:FPAR:FAIL
26398 TSM:FAIL:CNT=2
26400 TSM:FAIL:PDT
It doesn't want to connect.
I also tried to use the radio power module but with no luck.
My serial gateway is also using the same NRF24L01+ PA +LNA and works for over a year ok.
What can I do to get it working?
@gohan I know it is suggested only when experiencing bad reception issues:
Connecting a Decoupling-Capacitor
If you experience bad reception or if transmitted data never reaches destination, try adding a decoupling capacitor of 4.7µ - >47µF (the exact size usually doesn't matter) across the radio's 3.3V and GND.
But I didn't have issues, only when using the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor and only with this specific node.
Until now I only had one in the Gateway radio. All other nodes work without except for the Weather Station node because this is running on a solar cel with rechargeable battery on a larger distance. In this one I also extended the NRF24L01 radio antenna.
Problem seems solved. Thanks for helping out.