Strange behaviour

[fcaeiro]

Hi there maniacbug
i had made a mistake changing your library that i download 20/12/11 and today i downloaded the current one...
With the new version, my sensors start to act strange....

I did some testing using your sensor net example and ...

One arduino in nodeadress 0 (base) and other that i manually change the address i found that only the address 1 and 3 have success to send to base...

2,4,5 fails what happen ? how can troubleshoot more this i'm not getting why is not working ?

Regards.

this is my base:

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RF24Network/examples/sensornet/
VERSION: Unknown
ADDRESS: 0
setup_address node=00 mask=00 parent=00 pipe=00
119: NET Pipe 5 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f0c3
173: NET Pipe 4 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f0a5
226: NET Pipe 3 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f096
278: NET Pipe 2 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f069
331: NET Pipe 1 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f05a
385: NET Pipe 0 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f03c
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xf0f0f0f03c 0xf0f0f0f05a
RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0x69 0x96 0xa5 0xc3
TX_ADDR = 0xf0f0f0f096
RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20
EN_AA = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR = 0x0b
RF_CH = 0x5c
RF_SETUP = 0x27
CONFIG = 0x0f
DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x00 0x00
Data Rate = 250KBPS
Model = nRF24L01+
CRC Length = 16 bits
PA Power = PA_HIGH

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This is my sender:

VERSION: Unknown
ADDRESS: 2
setup_address node=02 mask=07 parent=00 pipe=02
119: NET Pipe 5 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d2c3
173: NET Pipe 4 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d2a5
226: NET Pipe 3 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d296
278: NET Pipe 2 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d269
331: NET Pipe 1 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d25a
385: NET Pipe 0 on node 02 has address f0f0f0d23c
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1

sending: Hello, world!
935: NET Sending id 0001 from 02 to 00 type
984: NET message 6548
1007: MAC Sending to 00 via 00 on pipe 2
1051: NET Pipe 2 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f069
1330: MAC Sent on f0f0f069 failed
1364: APP Send failed

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if i keep all other things === and only change the adress of the sender to 1 or 3 i have sucess sending

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sending: Hello, world!
935: NET Sending id 0001 from 03 to 00 type
984: NET message 6548
1007: MAC Sending to 00 via 00 on pipe 3
1051: NET Pipe 3 on node 00 has address f0f0f0f096
1107: MAC Sent on f0f0f096 ok

1138: APP Send ok

[fcaeiro]

Confirmed i found my old download from 20-12 replaced in my arduino libraries and now all address from 1 to 5 are working..
Some kind of bug in this new version...

[maniacbug]

Thanks for reporting. Very strange. I did make a bunch of changes recently, so I will have to try this out.

[basilfx]

I might have a similar issue. When using the Meshping example and hardcoded node addresses, only the following setup works (all nodes communicate):

1st node: address 0
2nd node: address 01
3th node: address 011

but not:

1st node: address 0
2nd node: address 01
3th node: address 021 or 012 (which should work http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,84135.msg631713.html#msg631713 - read the notice about the diagram)

or

1st node: address 0
2nd node: address 01
3th node: address 02

Somehow I think that when it involves pipe 2-6, it does not work anymore. However, in all situations above, the 1st node is able to communicate with the 2nd node.

I have tried to slow down the speed and decreased the transmit power because for testing, all nodes are very close to each other. However, it did not help. I reset the nodes after programming.

[maniacbug]

@basilfx found it, and submitted a patch at maniacbug/RF24#5 . This totally makes sense. Will merge it as soon as I can.

[maniacbug]

The fix has been applied to RF24, maniacbug/RF24@2c97186 . I suspect this would fix this issue, but have not yet tested it.