NRF24L01 can't manage to send information

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/*
 Copyright (C) 2011 James Coliz, Jr. <maniacbug@ymail.com>
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 */

/**
 * Full test on single RF pair
 *
 * This sketches uses as many RF24 methods as possible in a single test.
 *
 * To operate:
 *  Upload this sketch on two nodes, each with IRQ -> pin 2
 *  One node needs pin 7 -> GND, the other NC.  That's the receiving node
 *  Monitor the sending node's serial output
 *  Look for "+OK PASS" or "+OK FAIL"
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include "nRF24L01.h"
#include "RF24.h"
#include "printf.h"

//
// Hardware configuration
//

// Set up nRF24L01 radio on SPI bus plus pins 8 & 9

RF24 radio(7, 8);

// sets the role of this unit in hardware.  Connect to GND to be the 'pong' receiver
// Leave open to be the 'ping' transmitter
const short role_pin = 5;

//
// Topology
//

// Single radio pipe address for the 2 nodes to communicate.
const uint64_t pipe = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL;

//
// Role management
//
// Set up role.  This sketch uses the same software for all the nodes in this
// system.  Doing so greatly simplifies testing.  The hardware itself specifies
// which node it is.
//
// This is done through the role_pin
//

// The various roles supported by this sketch
typedef enum {
    role_sender = 1,
    role_receiver
} role_e;

// The debug-friendly names of those roles
const char* role_friendly_name[] = {"invalid", "Sender", "Receiver"};

// The role of the current running sketch
role_e role;

// Interrupt handler, check the radio because we got an IRQ
void check_radio(void);

//
// Payload
//

const int min_payload_size = 4;
const int max_payload_size = 32;
int payload_size_increments_by = 2;
int next_payload_size = min_payload_size;

char receive_payload[max_payload_size + 1]; // +1 to allow room for a terminating NULL char

//
// Test state
//

bool done; //*< Are we done with the test? */
bool passed; //*< Have we passed the test? */
bool notified; //*< Have we notified the user we're done? */
const int num_needed = 10; //*< How many success/failures until we're done? */
int receives_remaining = num_needed; //*< How many ack packets until we declare victory? */
int failures_remaining = num_needed; //*< How many more failed sends until we declare failure? */
const int interval = 100; //*< ms to wait between sends */

char configuration = '1'; //*< Configuration key, one char sent in by the test framework to tell us how to configure, this is the default */

uint8_t pipe_number = 1; // Which pipe to send on.

void one_ok(void)
{
    // Have we received enough yet?
    if (!--receives_remaining) {
        done = true;
        passed = true;
    }
}

void one_failed(void)
{
    // Have we failed enough yet?
    if (!--failures_remaining) {
        done = true;
        passed = false;
    }
}

//
// Setup
//

void setup(void)
{
    //
    // Role
    //

    // set up the role pin
    pinMode(role_pin, INPUT);
    digitalWrite(role_pin, HIGH);
    delay(20); // Just to get a solid reading on the role pin

    // read the address pin, establish our role
    if (digitalRead(role_pin)) {
        role = role_sender;
    } else {
        role = role_receiver;
    }

    //
    // Print preamble
    //

    Serial.begin(115200);
    printf_begin();
    printf("\n\rRF24/tests/pingpair_test/\n\r");
    printf("ROLE: %s\n\r", role_friendly_name[role]);

    //
    // Read configuration from serial
    //
    // It would be a much better test if this program could accept configuration
    // from the serial port.  Then it would be possible to run the same test under
    // lots of different circumstances.
    //
    // The idea is that we will print "+READY" at this point.  The python script
    // will wait for it, and then send down a configuration script that we
    // execute here and then run with.
    //
    // The test controller will need to configure the receiver first, then go run
    // the test on the sender.
    //

    printf("+READY press any key to start\n\r\n\r");

    while (!Serial.available()) {
    }
    configuration = Serial.read();
    printf("Configuration\t = %c\n\r", configuration);

    //
    // Setup and configure rf radio
    //

    radio.begin();

    // We will be using the Ack Payload feature, so please enable it
    radio.enableAckPayload();
    radio.enableDynamicPayloads();  // needed for using ACK payloads

    // Config 2 is special radio config
    if (configuration == '2'){
        radio.setCRCLength(RF24_CRC_8);
        radio.setDataRate(RF24_250KBPS);
        radio.setChannel(10);
    }else{
        //Otherwise, default radio config

        // Optional: Increase CRC length for improved reliability
        radio.setCRCLength(RF24_CRC_16);

        // Optional: Decrease data rate for improved reliability
        radio.setDataRate(RF24_1MBPS);

        // Optional: Pick a high channel
        radio.setChannel(90);
    }

    // Config 3 is static payloads only
    if (configuration == '3'){
        next_payload_size = 16;
        payload_size_increments_by = 0;
        radio.setPayloadSize(next_payload_size);
    }else{
        // enable dynamic payloads
        radio.enableDynamicPayloads();
    }

    // Config 4 tests out a higher pipe ##
    if (configuration == '4' && role == role_sender){
        // Set top 4 bytes of the address in pipe 1
        radio.openReadingPipe(1, pipe & 0xFFFFFFFF00ULL);

        // indicate the pipe to use
        pipe_number = 5;
    }else if (role == role_sender){
        radio.openReadingPipe(5, 0);
    }

    //
    // Open pipes to other nodes for communication
    //

    // This simple sketch opens a single pipe for these two nodes to communicate
    // back and forth.  One listens on it, the other talks to it.

    if (role == role_sender){
        radio.openWritingPipe(pipe);
    }else{
        radio.openReadingPipe(pipe_number, pipe);
    }

    //
    // Start listening
    //

    if (role == role_receiver){
        radio.startListening();
    }

    //
    // Dump the configuration of the rf unit for debugging
    //

    radio.printDetails();

    //
    // Attach interrupt handler to interrupt #0 (using pin 2)
    // on BOTH the sender and receiver
    //

    attachInterrupt(0, check_radio, FALLING);
    delay(50);
    if (role == role_receiver){
        printf("\n\r+OK ");
    }
}

//
// Print buffer
//
// Printing from the interrupt handler is a bad idea, so we print from there
// to this intermediate buffer
//

char prbuf[1000];
char* prbuf_end = prbuf + sizeof(prbuf);
char* prbuf_in = prbuf;
char* prbuf_out = prbuf;

//
// Loop
//

static uint32_t message_count = 0;
static uint32_t last_message_count = 0;

void loop(void){
    //
    // Sender role.  Repeatedly send the current time
    //

    if (role == role_sender && !done){
        // The payload will always be the same, what will change is how much of it we send.
        static char send_payload[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ789012";

        // First, stop listening so we can talk.
        radio.stopListening();

        // Send it.  This will block until complete
        printf("\n\rNow sending length %i...", next_payload_size);
        radio.startWrite(send_payload, next_payload_size, 0);

        // Update size for next time.
        next_payload_size += payload_size_increments_by;
        if (next_payload_size > max_payload_size){
            next_payload_size = min_payload_size;
        }

        // Try again soon
        delay(interval);

        // Timeout if we have not received anything back ever
        if (!last_message_count && millis() > interval * 100){
            printf("No responses received.  Are interrupts connected??\n\r");
            done = true;
        }
    }

    //
    // Receiver role: Does nothing!  All the work is in IRQ
    //

    //
    // Spew print buffer
    //

    size_t write_length = prbuf_in - prbuf_out;
    if (write_length){
        Serial.write(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(prbuf_out), write_length);
        prbuf_out += write_length;
    }

    //
    // Stop the test if we're done and report results
    //
    if (done && !notified){
        notified = true;

        printf("\n\r+OK ");
        if (passed){
            printf("PASS\n\r\n\r");
        }else{
            printf("FAIL\n\r\n\r");
        }
    }
}

void check_radio(void)
{
    // What happened?
    bool tx, fail, rx;
    radio.whatHappened(tx, fail, rx);

    // Have we successfully transmitted?
    if (tx){
        if (role == role_sender){
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Send:OK ");
        }

        if (role == role_receiver){
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Ack Payload:Sent\n\r");
        }
    }

    // Have we failed to transmit?
    if (fail){
        if (role == role_sender){
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Send:Failed ");

            // log status of this line
            one_failed();
        }

        if (role == role_receiver){
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Ack Payload:Failed\n\r");
        }
    }

    // Not powering down since radio is in standby mode
    //if (( tx || fail ) && ( role == role_sender )){ radio.powerDown(); }

    // Did we receive a message?
    if (rx){
        // If we're the sender, we've received an ack payload
        if (role == role_sender){
            radio.read(&message_count, sizeof(message_count));
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Ack:%lu ", message_count);

            // is this ack what we were expecting?  to account
            // for failures, we simply want to make sure we get a
            // DIFFERENT ack every time.
            if ((message_count != last_message_count) || (configuration == '3' && message_count == 16)){
                prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "OK ");
                one_ok();
            }else{
                prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "FAILED ");
                one_failed();
            }
            last_message_count = message_count;
        }

        // If we're the receiver, we've received a time message
        if (role == role_receiver){
            // Get this payload and dump it
            size_t len = max_payload_size;
            memset(receive_payload, 0, max_payload_size);

            if (configuration == '3'){
                len = next_payload_size;
            }else{
                len = radio.getDynamicPayloadSize();
            }

            radio.read(receive_payload, len);

            // Put a zero at the end for easy printing
            receive_payload[len] = 0;

            // Spew it
            prbuf_in += sprintf(prbuf_in, "Recv size=%i val=%s len=%u\n\r", len, receive_payload, strlen(receive_payload));

            // Add an ack packet for the next time around.
            // Here we will report back how many bytes we got this time.
            radio.writeAckPayload(pipe_number, &len, sizeof(len));

            ++message_count;
        }
    }
}