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OSI Layer 7 Mesh Networking for RF24Network & nrf24L01+ & nrf52x devices
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Mesh examples fail, RF24Mesh_Example.ino fails to mesh.begin() #198

Closed otmezger closed 2 years ago

otmezger commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I'm having some trouble runnign the examples.

Setup: Nano 1 running RF24Mesh_Example_Master.ino. Nano 2 running RF24Mesh_Example.ino

On the Master, I get the Assigned Addresses correctly like this:

********Assigned Addresses********
NodeID: 1 RF24Network Address: 05
**********************************

However, on the node, mesh.begin(channel) returns 0 on the setup, and after a few random amount of Renewing Address it starts sending the millis. It then breaks again after a random amount of time and is stuck in Renewing Address.

I'm setting #define channel 97 // The radio channel (1-127) default:97 on both Master and Node.

Please note that I tested with the example StreamingData.ino from the RF24 library, and it worked correctly with the same hardware.

Could this be a power problem? I noticed that the StreamingData.ino has the following lines:

radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_LOW); // RF24_PA_MAX is default

However, if I set this in the Node in setup, the program is stuck there and never continues. I never get the Done message printed. 

void setup() {

  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.print("attemptng to set PALevel: ");
  radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_LOW); // RF24_PA_MAX is default
  Serial.print(" Done");
  //printf_begin();
  // Set the nodeID manually
  mesh.setNodeID(nodeID);
  // Connect to the mesh
  Serial.println(F("Connecting to the mesh..."));
  //   bool meshBegin = mesh.begin(channel, data_rate, timeout);
  bool meshBegin = mesh.begin(channel);
  Serial.println(meshBegin);  

}

What would be the proper way to debug this? How can I set the safe power mode using Mesh?

thanks

Avamander commented 3 years ago

Start with diagnosing the lower layers first. Try the RF24's examples, such as pingpair_dyn or transfer.

otmezger commented 3 years ago

Thanks @Avamander for your quick answer. As mentioned, I tried the example StreamingData.ino from the RF24 library and it worked perfectly.

will try the other you mentioned and see if I find something.

otmezger commented 3 years ago

Dear @Avamander I just tried the pingpair_dyn example and it worked perfectly out of the box. Here is the output I got on the pig setting:

RF24/examples/pingpair_dyn/
ROLE: Ping out
SPI Speedz  = 10 Mhz
STATUS      = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1    = 0xf0f0f0f0e1 0xf0f0f0f0d2
RX_ADDR_P2-5    = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
TX_ADDR     = 0xf0f0f0f0e1
RX_PW_P0-6  = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20
EN_AA       = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR   = 0x02
RF_CH       = 0x4c
RF_SETUP    = 0x07
CONFIG      = 0x0f
DYNPD/FEATURE   = 0x3f 0x04
Data Rate   = 1 MBPS
Model       = nRF24L01+
CRC Length  = 16 bits
PA Power    = PA_MAX
ARC     = 0
Now sending length 4
Got response size=4 value=ABCD
Now sending length 5
Got response size=5 value=ABCDE
Now sending length 6
Got response size=6 value=ABCDEF
Now sending length 7
Got response size=7 value=ABCDEFG
Now sending length 8
Got response size=8 value=ABCDEFGH
Now sending length 9
Got response size=9 value=ABCDEFGHI
Now sending length 10
Got response size=10 value=ABCDEFGHIJ
Now sending length 11
Got response size=11 value=ABCDEFGHIJK
Now sending length 12
Got response size=12 value=ABCDEFGHIJKL
Now sending length 13
Got response size=13 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLM
Now sending length 14
Got response size=14 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
Now sending length 15
Got response size=15 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
Now sending length 16
Got response size=16 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
Now sending length 17
Got response size=17 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
Now sending length 18
Got response size=18 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
Now sending length 19
Got response size=19 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
Now sending length 20
Got response size=20 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
Now sending length 21
Got response size=21 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
Now sending length 22
Got response size=22 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
Now sending length 23
Got response size=23 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
Now sending length 24
Got response size=24 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
Now sending length 25
Got response size=25 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
Now sending length 26
Got response size=26 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Now sending length 27
Got response size=27 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7
Now sending length 28
Got response size=28 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78
Now sending length 29
Got response size=29 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789
Now sending length 30
Got response size=30 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7890
Now sending length 31
Got response size=31 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78901
Now sending length 32
Got response size=32 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789012
Now sending length 4
Got response size=4 value=ABCD
Now sending length 5
Got response size=5 value=ABCDE
Now sending length 6
Got response size=6 value=ABCDEF
Now sending length 7
Got response size=7 value=ABCDEFG
Now sending length 8
Got response size=8 value=ABCDEFGH
Now sending length 9
Got response size=9 value=ABCDEFGHI
Now sending length 10
Got response size=10 value=ABCDEFGHIJ
Now sending length 11
Got response size=11 value=ABCDEFGHIJK
Now sending length 12
Got response size=12 value=ABCDEFGHIJKL
Now sending length 13
Got response size=13 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLM
Now sending length 14
Got response size=14 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
Now sending length 15
Got response size=15 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
Now sending length 16
Got response size=16 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
Now sending length 17
Got response size=17 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
Now sending length 18
Got response size=18 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
Now sending length 19
Got response size=19 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
Now sending length 20
Got response size=20 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
Now sending length 21
Got response size=21 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
Now sending length 22
Got response size=22 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
Now sending length 23
Got response size=23 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
Now sending length 24
Got response size=24 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
Now sending length 25
Got response size=25 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
Now sending length 26
Got response size=26 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Now sending length 27
Got response size=27 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7
Now sending length 28
Got response size=28 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78
Now sending length 29
Got response size=29 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789
Now sending length 30
Got response size=30 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7890
Now sending length 31
Got response size=31 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78901
Now sending length 32
Got response size=32 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789012

However, I'm still unable to reliably get the mesh to work, mesh.begin(channel) will mostly return false on the node. Any other ideas?

TMRh20 commented 3 years ago

Try starting the mesh on a different channel maybe.

On Aug 8, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Olmo Mezger @.***> wrote:

 Dear @Avamander I just tried the pingpair_dyn example and it worked perfectly out of the box. Here is the output I got on the pig setting:

RF24/examples/pingpair_dyn/ ROLE: Ping out SPI Speedz = 10 Mhz STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0 RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xf0f0f0f0e1 0xf0f0f0f0d2 RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6 TX_ADDR = 0xf0f0f0f0e1 RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 EN_AA = 0x3f EN_RXADDR = 0x02 RF_CH = 0x4c RF_SETUP = 0x07 CONFIG = 0x0f DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x3f 0x04 Data Rate = 1 MBPS Model = nRF24L01+ CRC Length = 16 bits PA Power = PA_MAX ARC = 0 Now sending length 4 Got response size=4 value=ABCD Now sending length 5 Got response size=5 value=ABCDE Now sending length 6 Got response size=6 value=ABCDEF Now sending length 7 Got response size=7 value=ABCDEFG Now sending length 8 Got response size=8 value=ABCDEFGH Now sending length 9 Got response size=9 value=ABCDEFGHI Now sending length 10 Got response size=10 value=ABCDEFGHIJ Now sending length 11 Got response size=11 value=ABCDEFGHIJK Now sending length 12 Got response size=12 value=ABCDEFGHIJKL Now sending length 13 Got response size=13 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLM Now sending length 14 Got response size=14 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMN Now sending length 15 Got response size=15 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO Now sending length 16 Got response size=16 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Now sending length 17 Got response size=17 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ Now sending length 18 Got response size=18 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR Now sending length 19 Got response size=19 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS Now sending length 20 Got response size=20 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST Now sending length 21 Got response size=21 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU Now sending length 22 Got response size=22 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV Now sending length 23 Got response size=23 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW Now sending length 24 Got response size=24 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX Now sending length 25 Got response size=25 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Now sending length 26 Got response size=26 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Now sending length 27 Got response size=27 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7 Now sending length 28 Got response size=28 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78 Now sending length 29 Got response size=29 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789 Now sending length 30 Got response size=30 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7890 Now sending length 31 Got response size=31 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78901 Now sending length 32 Got response size=32 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789012 Now sending length 4 Got response size=4 value=ABCD Now sending length 5 Got response size=5 value=ABCDE Now sending length 6 Got response size=6 value=ABCDEF Now sending length 7 Got response size=7 value=ABCDEFG Now sending length 8 Got response size=8 value=ABCDEFGH Now sending length 9 Got response size=9 value=ABCDEFGHI Now sending length 10 Got response size=10 value=ABCDEFGHIJ Now sending length 11 Got response size=11 value=ABCDEFGHIJK Now sending length 12 Got response size=12 value=ABCDEFGHIJKL Now sending length 13 Got response size=13 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLM Now sending length 14 Got response size=14 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMN Now sending length 15 Got response size=15 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO Now sending length 16 Got response size=16 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Now sending length 17 Got response size=17 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ Now sending length 18 Got response size=18 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR Now sending length 19 Got response size=19 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS Now sending length 20 Got response size=20 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST Now sending length 21 Got response size=21 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU Now sending length 22 Got response size=22 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV Now sending length 23 Got response size=23 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW Now sending length 24 Got response size=24 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX Now sending length 25 Got response size=25 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Now sending length 26 Got response size=26 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Now sending length 27 Got response size=27 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7 Now sending length 28 Got response size=28 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78 Now sending length 29 Got response size=29 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789 Now sending length 30 Got response size=30 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ7890 Now sending length 31 Got response size=31 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ78901 Now sending length 32 Got response size=32 value=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789012 However, I'm still unable to reliably get the mesh to work, mesh.begin(channel) will mostly return false on the node. Any other ideas?

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otmezger commented 3 years ago

Thanks @TMRh20, will try. I already tried with 2 channels but will try with more. maybe doing a network scan and ensure to take an empty channel helps.

otmezger commented 3 years ago

I finally had some time last weekend and found that not all (empty) channels will work as expected. It worked in the lower end of the channels. Thanks.