Build a runtime to poll the connected status of the node

fyrwatch / fyrnode

An Arduino firmware library for the ESP8266 to design, configure and deploy nodes on the FyrMesh Platform.

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Build a runtime to poll the connected status of the node #7

Closed manishmeganathan closed 3 years ago

manishmeganathan commented 3 years ago

Add a runtime to the FyrNode class to poll the status of the node's connectedness.
Keep an LED on to mark that node is currently connected to the mesh.
Use the method mesh.isConnected() from the painlessMesh library to achieve this

manishmeganathan commented 3 years ago

Further understanding of the painlessMesh libraries method for checking mesh connectedness indicated that it is intended to check if another node is currently connected to the mesh. It does not allow checking itself, which now also seems to not be a great idea, as the mesh considers itself a part of the mesh until it discovers the larger existing mesh.

manishmeganathan commented 3 years ago

The solution to the problem mentioned in the previous comment seems to be to use the CONTROLNODE value to check if the CN is currently connected to the mesh. Because of the symmetric nature of the mesh, it applies the same way (more or less). This temporary solution assumes the CONTROLNODE variable is already available to the node. The handshake runtime suggested in #6 is required to retrieve that value dynamically.