emonTx V3 node not showing

Submitted by cseeling on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 09:59

I have had my emonTX V3 running but after I experimented with reloading a sketch the node no longer shows up on cms.

The other three TH node still work fine.

Also checking the serial port I get the emon TX V3 starting up, reporting the right frequency (433) , network id (210) and node id'.

But I don't see the node on the CMS inputs screen.

Is there a way to check if there is a hardware issue with the RF transmitter?

chris

Re: emonTx V3 node not showing

Submitted by pb66 on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 11:11.

Also checking the serial port I get the emon TX V3 starting up, reporting the right frequency (433) , network id (210) and node id'.

And are there any values at this point?

What node id are you using?

emoncms.org or local?

what software are you using? If using emonhub, have you checked the log (set loglevel=debug in emonhub.conf) ?

Which sketch did you load?

Is there a way to check if there is a hardware issue with the RF transmitter?

there are test's but if you can see the emontx starting at the serial port, the transmitter must be working, no ?

Paul.

Re: emonTx V3 node not showing

Submitted by Robert Wall on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 11:51.

Which version of emonTx V3 do you have, and which sketch did you load? The V3(.2) and the V3.4 are not compatible in the radio department and require different sketches.

Re: emonTx V3 node not showing

Submitted by cseeling on Mon, 09/02/2015 - 10:33.

I am using emonTX version 3.2.1 (the RF board on it says v1.3)

The sketch I am using is: emonTxV3_4 output attached

emoncms is local but not showing node 10, other nodes showing fine (three TH nodes)

chned emonhub log level to DEBUG , see ouyput below

1970-01-01 00:00:38,164 INFO EmonHub Pre-Release Development Version (rc1.0)
1970-01-01 00:00:38,166 INFO Opening hub...
1970-01-01 00:00:41,209 WARNING 1 Discarded RX frame 'non-numerical content' : ['>\x00', '4b']
1970-01-01 00:00:41,626 WARNING 3 Discard RX frame 'information' : ['>', '210g']
1970-01-01 00:00:42,033 WARNING 5 Discard RX frame 'information' : ['>', '15i']
2015-02-09 10:27:42,691 INFO EmonHub Pre-Release Development Version (rc1.0)
2015-02-09 10:27:42,693 INFO Opening hub...
2015-02-09 10:27:45,727 WARNING 1 Discard RX frame 'information' : ['>', '4b']
2015-02-09 10:27:46,133 WARNING 3 Discard RX frame 'information' : ['>', '210g']
2015-02-09 10:27:46,540 WARNING 5 Discard RX frame 'information' : ['>', '15i']

I am not sure what I cen check next.

Re: emonTx V3 node not showing

Submitted by pb66 on Mon, 09/02/2015 - 10:51.

As Robert has said the emonTx v3.4 is different to the v3.x, The sketch you are using is specifically for the later v3.4 so you should use the v3 version emonTxV3_RFM12B_DiscreteSampling

I also see by your log you have had a "1970" issue and suggest you install ntp-backup to avoid reoccurrence if you haven't already,

rpi-rw
git clone https://github.com/emonhub/ntp-backup.git ~/ntp-backup && ~/ntp-backup/install

Paul

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