BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Simonr — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:18:57 GMT

Okay, thank you for the update. How are you flashing this project onto your Dongle? The Dongle uses a different bootloader from the nRF Mesh bootloader, which may cause issues if you are flashing a project onto the Dongle using the bootloader.

Can you try flashing the project onto the Dongle using the debugger on one of your DKs to see if that helps? If this is also unsuccessful, I would like a picture of how you've set up the Dongle on your end (with breadboard and all).

Best regards,

Simon

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:34:38 GMT

hi simonr,

project compiles correctly

led on dongle works ok.

as the on board button on pca100059 is on PORT 1.x ,

I did not want to change the interrupt routines . so assign buttons to same PORT 0.x but different io lines

I did follow the dongle programming guide.

I modified the example mesh provisioner to use pca10059 board header file pca10059.h file ,

Added the project define for pca10059 board to common preprocessor section.

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BOARD_PCA10059

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I have also added the 10059 board to simple_hal.h file (/** Boards with user buttons */) define.

If you need remote access to the development PC(teamviewer/anydesk) ,

Please message me in private to schedule accordingly !

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Simonr — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:01:29 GMT

Have you edited your project to use the pca10059.h project file and not pca10056.h? Please take a look at our Dongle programming tutorial to see how you edit a project for the PCA10059 board.

Best regards,

Simon

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:59:26 GMT

hi simonor,

Thanks for the effort to look into the issue.

as for as Dk this is the real issue as memory chip is connected.

What about the same code when run on PCA10059 , which does not have the external memory connected .

on checking the board header files of PCA10056/59 , yes the said pins are used for external memory for QSPI .

PCA10056 board file has these

#define BSP_QSPI_SCK_PIN 19
#define BSP_QSPI_CSN_PIN 17
#define BSP_QSPI_IO0_PIN 20
#define BSP_QSPI_IO1_PIN 21
#define BSP_QSPI_IO2_PIN 22
#define BSP_QSPI_IO3_PIN 23

and thes are not defined in PCA10059 board file !,

this should have generated a warning or error as undefined but the example does compile ok !.

I did searched the BSP_QSPI_CSN_PIN references in the provisioner example code could not find any files in the project .

can u quickly tell me where to look and disable them in the sdk/mesh-sdk so that we can quickly evaluate the

mesh sensor-client/server on dk with dongle as provisioner. ( ordering another DK for us will take more time).

Thanks and regards.

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Simonr — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:22:53 GMT

On the DK, pins P0.17 and P0.19-P0.23 are by default connected to the external memory, which is why you're not able to use these pins as buttons on the DK. Please see the DK user guide to see how these can be used as regular GPIOs. Have you checked if the example you're using have defined these pins as external memory pins as well? A conflict with multiple defines for these pins might be why you're not able to use them as buttons in your Dongle either, and would explain why only P0.24 is working as a button for you. You can test with a logic analyzer to see if there is any activity on pins P0.17, 20, and 22 at all.

Best regards,

Simon

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:55:45 GMT

hi Mttrinh,

It is the same sample example ( provisioner ) for the mesh sdk 4.2.0, only buttons are changed to different port lines.

all Mesh examples can be operated by in board buttons or through inputs from RTT interface when the debugger is connected.

I had connected DK board debugger to the dongle to check the provisioner code and it works from RTT inputs only the button dont work .

as the button could not work , I tried the inputs (1,2,3,4) from the RTT interface.

I once more request you to check the provisioner example code on DK or dongle h/w with buttons on the GPIO mentioned in the header files .

Thanks and regards

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Mttrinh — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:03:30 GMT

Hi,

Can you provide me with a project that reproduces this issue on a DK?

[quote user=""]if i use RTT for inputs the provisioner work ok !. ( not possible to connect all Dongles to DK during testing )[/quote]

What do you mean by this? Can you elaborate?

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:50:15 GMT

hi ,

as poster and mentioned in the post earlier

added the board define to BUTTON_BOARD in simple hal

#define BUTTON_BOARD (defined(BOARD_PCA10040) || defined(BOARD_PCA10028) || defined(BOARD_PCA10056) || defined(BOARD_PCA10100) || defined(BOARD_PCA10059))

for ur info attaching the simple_hal files also.

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../simple_5F00_hal.h

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../simple_5F00_hal.c

I hope have tried the scenario on the actual dongle board , you could use a short jumper wire instead if a button .

thanks and

Have a nice day

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Mttrinh — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:34:50 GMT

Have you done any modifications to the simple_hal.c file?

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:25:54 GMT

hi ,

attached files as requested

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../pca10059.h

thanks

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Mttrinh — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:56:24 GMT

Hi,

Have you added:

#define BUTTONS_LIST { BUTTON_1, BUTTON_2, BUTTON_3, BUTTON_4 }

#define BSP_BUTTON_0   BUTTON_1
#define BSP_BUTTON_1   BUTTON_2
#define BSP_BUTTON_2   BUTTON_3
#define BSP_BUTTON_3   BUTTON_4

to the pca10059.h file?

If it doesn't work, could you provide me with the pca10059.h file?

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

AtomicDev — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:06:13 GMT

hi Mittrinh,

referred post is using different Port (P1) all together for buttons ,

where as I had issue with same Port (P0) but different pins !.

somewhere in hal logic its getting missed !,

Still trying to get some thing to work as quick as possible for my team to check out he examples with 2 dk and 3 dongles only at our disposal.

Thanks and Have a nice day !

RE: BLE Mesh examples on PCA10059 , buttons cant work !

Mttrinh — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:48:44 GMT

Hi,

In regards to the button on the PCA10059, this post might be helpful.