RF42Node_MsgProto

Quick Start

• Install a MQTT broker - mosquitto or rabbitmq-server

  • Mosquitto

      sudo apt-get install mosquitto mosquitto-clients
    

  • RabbitMQ + MQTT Plugin

      sudo echo "deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/ testing main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list          
      wget https://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
      sudo apt-key add rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
      rm rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server
      sudo rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_mqtt
    

• Install libssl-dev and libc-ares-dev as needed for the MQTT client

      sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libc-ares-dev
  

• Clone this repository and compile

      git clone https://github.com/mannkind/RF24Node_MsgProto.git
      cd RF24Node_MsgProto
      git submodule update --init --recursive
  

• Compile RF24Node_MsgProto

      make
  

• Enable SPI via raspi-config

      sudo raspi-config
  

  • Select: 8 - Advanced Options

  • Select: A6 - SPI

    • Answer: Yes
    • Answer: Yes

  • Select: Finish

  • Load SPI module

      sudo modprobe spi-bcm2708
    

• Start RF24Node_MsgProto

    sudo ~/RF24Node_MsgProto/RF24Node_MsgProto
  

  Options include...

  --verbose, -v : defaults to false  
  --node, -n : defaults to 0  
  --datarate, -d : defaults to RF24_250KBPS   
  --palevel, -p : defaults to RF24_PA_MAX  
  --channel, -c : defaults to 0x4c  
  --key, -k : defaults to "0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x07 0x08 0x09 0x0a 0x0b 0x0c 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f"  
  --msgproto_type: "MQTT" or "AMQP"; defaults to "MQTT"
  --mqtt_host: defaults to "localhost"
  --mqtt_port: defaults to 1883
  --tls_ca_file: File containing certificates for CA verification (MQTT only)
  --tls_insecure_mode: Don't attempt to verify CA certificate
  --tls_cert_file: TLS certificate file (MQTT only)
  --tls_key_file: TLS private key (MQTT only)
  --amqp_connstr: defaults to "localhost"
  

Notice - Unmaintained

Unmaintained; I discovered MySensors and was able to replace RF24Node_MsgProto by utilizing a MySensors ESP8266/MQTT Gateway.