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stefanbode / Sonoff-Tasmota

Provide ESP8266 based itead Sonoff with Web, MQTT and OTA firmware using Arduino IDE, enhanced with I2C options
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Device hangs, when HC-SR04 sensor is connected #26

Closed helmar74 closed 6 years ago

helmar74 commented 6 years ago

Hi,

I installed this tasmota port on a 8266 Nodemcu. I connected a HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor on 2 ports. The distance is measured well, but after a few seconds the Nodemcu get's inaccessible. The webinterface isn't reached any longer and i get ping timeouts.

After resetting the device it works again for a few seconds, before it get's down again. This also occurs if I only select that a HC-SR04 is connected to 2 GPIOs. It doesn't matter if a sensor is connected physically or not....

Thanks a lot

Helmar

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

This issue is new. Can you please recheck, if the behavior is reproduce able with a different SR04. Currently I assume a hardware defect, that causes the nodemcu wait to long for a sound reply. The behavior is known, if you disconnected the device.

helmar74 commented 6 years ago

Hi, Nodemcu is fine, I can run a lot of different sketches on it, and also "normal" tasmota firmware

It doesn't matter if a SR04 is connected or not. I only selected as Device "18-generic) and for D2 GPIO4 - 68 SNS_TRIG D1 GPIO5 - 69 SNS_ECHO image

the SR04 isn't connected. After saving the settings the device isn't reachable any longer or really slow: image

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

As mentioned a disconnected device will always behave this way. The esp is a single core CPU. Is it wait for the signal nothing else will work. The sketch will only work with a connected and well working SR04

helmar74 commented 6 years ago

OK understood. I also figured out, that the distance is not measured correctly. A 70cm Distance is show 35cm: image

whhsn commented 6 years ago

Hi Helmar,

Do you still connect the sensor as: D2 GPIO4 - 68 SNS_TRIG D1 GPIO5 - 69 SNS_ECHO

I am trying this fork but I am getting strange behavior from the sensor - distance always > 1000 cm!!!

I am connecting the sensor as: D1 GPIO5 - 68 SNS_TRIG D5 GPIO14 - 69 SNS_TRIG

Did you manage to figured it out?

Thanks,

WH tas

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

I haven’t seen this behavior on my SR04. Some of the GPIO on the wemos have 10k pull-up or Pulldown resistors. But I do not believe that this causes the issue. Do you have connected the SR04 to the 5V. This is important because the module does not work with 3.3V. My configuration also uses D5 as echo pin.

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

The reported value is the timeout value, if there is no response detected

whhsn commented 6 years ago

The module is connected to the 5V & I tried with & without a capacitor on the Vcc but same results. I noticed that the large values are obtained when the sensor is covered or facing a distant wall (I think more than 2 meters or so)

I turned on all logging & I got this:

15:57:24 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 8.80, loops: 20 15:57:24 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.62 15:57:27 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 9.12, loops: 20 15:57:27 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.52 15:57:29 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 17.69, loops: 20 15:57:29 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.42 15:57:31 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 22.23, loops: 20 15:57:31 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.32 15:57:34 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 31.06, loops: 20 15:57:34 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.22 15:57:36 HS-SR04: Avg Distance measured: 18.63, loops: 20 15:57:36 HS-SR04: New Distance: 3445.12

You see that Avg distance measured is the right distance. I'll check the code within a day or two to see what went wrong.

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

As posted in the other issue there is a limit defined about the maximum change between two values. Please take a look in the wiki here.

helmar74 commented 6 years ago

Hi @stefanbode @whhsn, connected that way: image Always get round about 22cm Distance, no matter how long it is in real ... image

Check of Power Supply doesn't helped, I have exactely 5V. Replace HC-SR04 same issue. Both HC-SR04 works with my own code...

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

Take a look at the WIKI here. There is a 0.1mm max deviation between two measurements. If you don't want to have this change the constant: MAX_DEVIATION_BETWEEN_MEASURES . You can override the value in user_config_override.ino

Otherwise, you should see on the MAIN Web page that the value will constantly change by 0.1mm. Please feedback

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

I changed the timing and now also a disconnected sensor should not cause a headache.

stefanbode commented 6 years ago

Changed CODE to main project because SR04 now supported in original project