Yeah, I dug through the .h files and found the right spellings and got it to finally work...

Thanks...

@martinhjelmare I think you might be on to something, as I have noticed that other microcontroller modules point the antenna away from the PCB, where as the Sensebender and RF module are overlapping.

I will investigate by adding jumper wires from the SenseBender and the RF module to add some separation.

Thanks...

@tomkxy No signing on my modules...

Distance from a few feet to 20, 50, 100 ft. All yield the same result.

@mfalkvidd The bypass caps are already installed on the PCB.
The SenseBender Micro runs off 2 AA batteries and there is no extra cap on it (that was the design).

@sundberg84 The Sensebender does not have a capacitor, other than bypass.
Not a range issue either, close or further away does not make a difference.

It's pretty consistent with the st=fail debug output.

@mfalkvidd The gateway works fine as other sensors are being received.

Since I am using battery power on the Sensebender Micro, there is no capacitor as that would drain the battery.

What else could be the issue?

I am trying to troubleshoot the debug output below.
Any suggestions?

Sensebender Micro FW 1.3send: 44-44-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=2,l=2,sg=0,st=fail:0
send: 44-44-0-0 s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,st=fail:1.5.4
send: 44-44-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,st=fail:0
sensor started, id=44, parent=0, distance=1

• Online!
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=17,sg=0,st=fail:Sensebender Micro
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,st=fail:1.3
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=7,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
  find parent
  send: 44-44-255-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=bc:
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=8,c=0,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=199,c=0,t=13,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,st=fail:
  isMetric: 0
  TempDiff :180.00
  HumDiff :144.00
  T: 75.15
  H: 44
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=7,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,st=fail:75.2
  Battery: 4871
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=199,c=1,t=38,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,st=fail:4871
  TempDiff :4.85
  HumDiff :0.00
  T: 75.18
  H: 44
  send: 44-44-0-0 s=7,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,st=fail:75.2

So on the bus it is disabled with D8 high?

I need to disable the SPI Flash chip on the Sensebender Micro in order to troubleshoot an issue with the NRF24 module.

Is there a way to disable the flash chip in code to prevent it from communication on the SPI bus?

Thanks,
Tony

@Jokgi Hi Jokgi, do you think you can have a rep from Nordic send out some sample authentic modules to the MySensors community to those that can help solve the deficiency between the fake and authentic modules? I think that might help.

If there are community members that might want to work with the authentic module maybe reply here if interested.

@Jokgi So then why would these companies not use the authentic Nordic chips if there are distributors in China? Seems like a lot of trouble to go and produce fake chips when the real chips are readily available there already?