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UNSTABLE NERWORK

In past I try to solve this problem:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/51249/state-chaneged-flags

Now I have new informations about this problem.

Using hardware:

Testing on hardware moduls ebyte e73-2g4m08s1c and fanstel bt-840 which contains NRF-52840.

this moduls have onboard or external antenna 

Tested using SDK:[1]

-nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v3.2.0

-nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v3.1.0

Project examples:[2]

-simple coap client

-simple coap server

-dfu client + iot coap

Size of network:[3]

2 - 8 nodes

verifyed through thread topology monitor

nodes are in one room, two furthest distance is 1-6 meters

Count of nodes which is unstable[4]

                    count of unstable  /  size of network

sometimes                          [2 / 2]

sometimes                          [1 / 2]

sometimes                          [1 / 3]

sometimes                          [4 / 5]

sometimes                          [2-3 / 8]

OT DEVICE ROLES:[5]

role                                                   number of role

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_DISABLED     0

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_DETACHED   1

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_CHILD            2

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_ROUTER       3

OT_DEVICE_ROLE_LEADER       4

Time to go UNSTABE[6]

sometimes 1min, sometimes 5min, sometimes more...

1-30 min

Desctiption of behaviour:

-I create THREAD network using some example[1] from SDK [2]

-nodes create THREAD mesh network [3]

-after time[6] some nodes[4] go from ROLE 2 or 3 or 4  to ROLE 1 [5]

-sometimes one of nodes in ROLE 1 go to ROLE 4 and pbobably create separate THREAD mesh network and others join 

-normally nodes which is unstable stay in ROLE 1 unless is device restarted

Other informations:

-is used DRV TIMER 2

-is used UART 2

-set Transmit Power to +8dBm

-thread CLI init is not call becouse need use these pins for my UART

- I use COAP protocol to comunicate with NCP

-NCP never have this problem

Parents Reply
  • Hi Fran,

    Sorry for the late reply here. As far as I understand, the problem does not happen when using the nRF52840 DK? It only happens when using your custom board with the fanstel module? Can you attach your schematics and gerber files of your custom board to this ticket? If the problem is not in software then a hardware review will be the next logical step in this case.

    František said:
    It possible that modules lost communication with others becouse they are on work desk close to each other and they have too strong tx power?

    I don't think this is very likely. How close are they to each other?

    Another question: what are you doing to recover the devices that go out of the network? Do you need to reset them to attach them to the network again or do they reattach to the network by themselves?

    Best regards,

    Marjeris

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