Hello,
I have a running thread network now. Yay!
I am using a BMD-341 module from a old board as a Thread Sleeping end device. Getting great results.
I've flashed the module with the mqttsn_sleepy_subscriber example from nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v4.1.0_32ce5f8.
I am running the OTBR Docker Container on a Raspberry Pi. I've hooked up a nRF21540DK with the usb interface.
For the nRF21540DK I am Currently using the ot-rcp firmware built with the https://github.com/openthread/ot-nrf528xx repo. However I am having some trouble with getting the FEM to work. I am getting -70dBm RSSI measurements with a distance of 10cm. I know this is a problem with the FEM configuration. I've also made a github issue about getting the nRF21540DK working with ot-rcp.
I tried to build RCP firmware using the CoProcessor Example in the nRF Connect SDK v1.7.1. The firmware is running but the container does not connect with the device. I am hoping someone here knows why this example does not run with the OTBR Docker Container.
nRF21540DK RTT Logs:
[00:00:00.002,868] <inf> ieee802154_nrf5: nRF5 802154 radio initialized [00:00:00.003,662] <inf> net_otPlat_uart: Waiting for host to be ready to communicate [00:00:00.007,629] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device suspended [00:00:00.304,412] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device resumed [00:00:00.304,412] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: from suspend [00:00:00.551,055] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device configured [00:00:00.002,899] <inf> ieee802154_nrf5: nRF5 802154 radio initialized [00:00:00.003,692] <inf> net_otPlat_uart: Waiting for host to be ready to communicate [00:00:00.007,659] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device suspended [00:00:00.246,307] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device resumed [00:00:00.246,307] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: from suspend [00:00:00.490,844] <inf> usb_cdc_acm: Device configured
OTBR Docker Container logs:
+ service tayga start
* Starting userspace NAT64 tayga
[ OK ]
+ dns64_start
+ with NAT64
+ local value
++ printenv NAT64
+ value=1
+ [[ -z 1 ]]
+ [[ 1 == 1 ]]
+ with DNS64
+ local value
++ printenv DNS64
+ value=1
+ [[ -z 1 ]]
+ [[ 1 == 1 ]]
++ _detect_service_name
++ dpkg -L bind9
++ grep /etc/init.d/
++ cut -d/ -f4
+ service_name=bind9
+ have systemctl
+ command -v systemctl
+ command -v service
/usr/sbin/service
+ sudo service bind9 start
* Starting domain name service... bind9
[ OK ]
+ firewall_start
+ with DOCKER
+ local value
++ printenv DOCKER
+ value=1
+ [[ -z 1 ]]
+ [[ 1 == 1 ]]
+ service otbr-firewall start
+ have systemctl
+ command -v systemctl
+ have service
+ command -v service
+ sudo service rsyslog status
* rsyslogd is not running
+ sudo service rsyslog start
* Starting enhanced syslogd rsyslogd
[ OK ]
+ sudo service dbus status
* dbus is not running
+ sudo service dbus start
* Removing stale PID file /var/run/dbus/pid.
* Starting system message bus dbus
[ OK ]
+ sudo service mdns status
Usage: /etc/init.d/mDNS {start|stop|reload|restart}
+ sudo service mdns start
Starting Apple Darwin Multicast DNS / DNS Service Discovery daemon: mdnsd.
+ sudo service avahi-daemon status
Process 212 died: No such process; trying to remove PID file. (/run/avahi-daemon//pid)
Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon is not running
+ sudo service avahi-daemon start
* Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon avahi-daemon
[ OK ]
+ sudo service otbr-agent status
* otbr-agent is not running
+ sudo service otbr-agent start
* Removing stale PID file /var/run/otbr-agent.pid.
* Starting thread border agent otbr-agent
[ OK ]
+ without WEB_GUI
+ with WEB_GUI
+ local value
++ printenv WEB_GUI
+ value=1
+ [[ -z 1 ]]
+ [[ 1 == 1 ]]
+ sudo service otbr-web status
* otbr-web is not running
+ sudo service otbr-web start
* Removing stale PID file /var/run/otbr-web.pid.
* Starting thread web interface otbr-web
[ OK ]
+ . /dev/null
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv4 with address 127.0.0.1.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: New relevant interface lo.IPv4 for mDNS.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Registering new address record for fe80::42:acff:fe11:3 on eth0.*.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Registering new address record for 172.17.0.3 on eth0.IPv4.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 101
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Dec 23 16:14:46 6f42ccb377d4 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.32.0" x-pid="141" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 avahi-daemon[212]: Server startup complete. Host name is 6f42ccb377d4.local. Local service cookie is 1282487036.
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: [INFO]-UTILS---: Running 0.3.0-72fa16e
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: [INFO]-UTILS---: Thread version: 1.2.0
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: [INFO]-UTILS---: Thread interface: wpan0
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: [INFO]-UTILS---: Backbone interface: eth0
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: [INFO]-UTILS---: Radio URL: spinel+hdlc+uart:///dev/ttyACM0
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-web[284]: [INFO]-WEB-----: Running 0.3.0-72fa16e
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-web[284]: [INFO]-WEB-----: Border router web started on wpan0
Dec 23 16:14:47 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-web[284]: [ERR ]-WEB-----: OpenThread daemon is not running.
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.427236] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 43 using dwc_otg
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.571170] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1915, idProduct=0000, bcdDevice= 2.06
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.571196] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.571211] usb 1-1.2: Product: Thread Co-Processor
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.571226] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
Dec 23 16:14:48 6f42ccb377d4 kernel: [279825.573885] cdc_acm 1-1.2:1.0: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
Dec 23 16:14:49 6f42ccb377d4 otbr-agent[248]: 52d.22:46:33.546 [CRIT]-PLAT----: HandleRcpTimeout() at ../../third_party/openthread/repo/src/lib/spinel/radio_spinel_impl.hpp:2218: RadioSpinelNoResponse
Offtopic but sharing this information because I did not see that much info about thread networks, my Power Profiler Kit current measurements and pings over Thread:
Poll rate Power consumption average over 1m41s
100ms 295uA
200ms 145uA
300ms 95uA
100 packets transmitted, 98 packets received. Packet loss = 2.0%. Round-trip min/avg/max = 52/204.724/582 ms.
400ms 73uA
100 packets transmitted, 99 packets received. Packet loss = 1.0%. Round-trip min/avg/max = 20/214.585/542 ms.
500ms 63uA
100 packets transmitted, 95 packets received. Packet loss = 5.0%. Round-trip min/avg/max = 63/320.589/818 ms.
1000ms 33uA
100 packets transmitted, 96 packets received. Packet loss = 4.0%. Round-trip min/avg/max = 109/624.541/2101 ms.
