[SOLVED] Radio communication from USB Dongle to Remote

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Hi,
I’m testing USB Dongle with remote unit (Core + LCD modules - powered by usb).

I flashed bcf-usb-dongle fw into USB Dongle. What fw I need flash to Remote to allow radio control - switch LED on remote on/off, write text on remote? I’ve tried bcf-generic-node-battery-standard, but it does not work. It looks like, it should work with the POWER_MODULE enabled FW, but it does not work as well.

I can see sensor values in mqtt-spy, but I’m not able to sent any command. There are no examples in https://github.com/bigclownlabs/bcf-usb-dongle but I think commands from https://github.com/bigclownlabs/bcf-usb-gateway should works on Dongle as well. Or I’m wrong?

Received messages:

node/836d19820e43/hygrometer/0:4/relative-humidity 62.6
node/836d19820e43/push-button/-/event-count 9
node/836d19820e43/push-button/lcd:right/event-count 9
node/836d19820e43/lux-meter/0:0/illuminance 75.2
node/836d19820e43/hygrometer/0:4/relative-humidity 65.5
node/836d19820e43/push-button/-/event-count 10
node/836d19820e43/push-button/lcd:right/event-count 10

What I tried to sent:

$ mosquitto_pub -t 'node/836d19820e43/led/-/state/set' -m '{"state": true}'
$ mosquitto_pub -t "node/836d19820e43/lcd/-/text/set" -m '{"x": 5, "y": 10, "text": "BigClown"}'

It was published, but probably not received by Remote:

$ mosquitto_sub -v -t '#'
…
node/836d19820e43/hygrometer/0:4/relative-humidity 67.2
node/836d19820e43/lcd/-/text/set {"x": 5, "y": 10, "text": "BigClown"}
node/836d19820e43/hygrometer/0:4/relative-humidity 66.1
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Yes, commands for dongle it same as commands for usb-gateway.
It is also written there:
Commands can be sent only to nodes powered by the power module, or usb-gateway.

bcf-generic-node-battery-* send only data, does not accept commands for now.

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Ok, but I also flashed POWER_MODULE fw (bcf-generic-node-power-module-xxx) and i did not work. But I don’t know, if it should work without power module.

I also tried move radio related code outside POWER_MODULE parts, but did not work as well. And I’m not sure, where I did the mistake.

4

Ok,
in sdk there was a bug with an eeprom, it did not have to heal to pair in both directions, I recommend downloading the current firmware or git pull and make update. This also applies to dongle.
Remove node and pair again.

not necessary power module

5

Great. Will check evening. Thanks

EDIT: just to be sure, what is exact pairing process? Maybe I did it wrong.

6

So tested and It works now. I can (with power module fw) control LED and text on LCD. Thanks for help.