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196 | """
A simple example of sending data from 1 nRF24L01 transceiver to another
with Acknowledgement (ACK) payloads attached to ACK packets.
This example was written to be used on 2 devices acting as 'nodes'.
See documentation at https://nRF24.github.io/RF24
"""
import time
from RF24 import RF24, RF24_PA_LOW, RF24_DRIVER
print(__file__) # print example name
########### USER CONFIGURATION ###########
# See https://github.com/TMRh20/RF24/blob/master/pyRF24/readme.md
# Radio CE Pin, CSN Pin, SPI Speed
# CE Pin uses GPIO number with BCM and SPIDEV drivers, other platforms use
# their own pin numbering
# CS Pin addresses the SPI bus number at /dev/spidev<a>.<b>
# ie: RF24 radio(<ce_pin>, <a>*10+<b>); spidev1.0 is 10, spidev1.1 is 11 etc..
CSN_PIN = 0 # GPIO8 aka CE0 on SPI bus 0: /dev/spidev0.0
if RF24_DRIVER == "MRAA":
CE_PIN = 15 # for GPIO22
elif RF24_DRIVER == "wiringPi":
CE_PIN = 3 # for GPIO22
else:
CE_PIN = 22
radio = RF24(CE_PIN, CSN_PIN)
# initialize the nRF24L01 on the spi bus
if not radio.begin():
raise RuntimeError("radio hardware is not responding")
# For this example, we will use different addresses
# An address need to be a buffer protocol object (bytearray)
address = [b"1Node", b"2Node"]
# It is very helpful to think of an address as a path instead of as
# an identifying device destination
radio_number = bool(
int(input("Which radio is this? Enter '0' or '1'. Defaults to '0' ") or 0)
)
# ACK payloads are dynamically sized.
radio.enableDynamicPayloads() # to use ACK payloads
# to enable the custom ACK payload feature
radio.enableAckPayload()
# set the Power Amplifier level to -12 dBm since this test example is
# usually run with nRF24L01 transceivers in close proximity of each other
radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_LOW) # RF24_PA_MAX is default
# set the TX address of the RX node into the TX pipe
radio.openWritingPipe(address[radio_number]) # always uses pipe 0
# set the RX address of the TX node into a RX pipe
radio.openReadingPipe(1, address[not radio_number]) # using pipe 1
# for debugging, we have 2 options that print a large block of details
# (smaller) function that prints raw register values
# radio.printDetails()
# (larger) function that prints human readable data
# radio.printPrettyDetails()
# using the python keyword global is bad practice. Instead we'll use a
# 1 item list to store our integer number for the payloads' counter
counter = [0]
def master():
"""Transmits a message and an incrementing integer every second."""
radio.stopListening() # put radio in TX mode
failures = 0
while failures < 6:
# construct a payload to send
buffer = b"Hello \x00" + bytes(counter)
# send the payload and prompt
start_timer = time.monotonic_ns() # start timer
result = radio.write(buffer) # save the report
end_timer = time.monotonic_ns() # stop timer
if result:
# print timer results upon transmission success
decoded = buffer[:6].decode("utf-8")
print(
"Transmission successful! Time to transmit:",
f"{int((end_timer - start_timer) / 1000)} us.",
f"Sent: {decoded}{counter[0]}",
end=" ",
)
has_payload, pipe_number = radio.available_pipe()
if has_payload:
# print the received ACK that was automatically sent
length = radio.getDynamicPayloadSize()
response = radio.read(length)
decoded = bytes(response[:6]).decode("utf-8")
print(
f"Received {length} on pipe {pipe_number}:",
f"{decoded}{response[7:8][0]}",
)
# increment counter from received payload
if response[7:8][0] < 255:
counter[0] = response[7:8][0] + 1
else:
counter[0] = 0
else:
print("Received an empty ACK packet")
else:
failures += 1
print("Transmission failed or timed out")
time.sleep(1) # let the RX node prepare a new ACK payload
print(failures, "failures detected. Leaving TX role.")
def slave(timeout: int = 6):
"""Listen for any payloads and print the transaction
:param int timeout: The number of seconds to wait (with no transmission)
until exiting function.
"""
radio.startListening() # put radio in RX mode
# setup the first transmission's ACK payload
buffer = b"World \x00" + bytes(counter)
# we must set the ACK payload data and corresponding
# pipe number [0,5]
radio.writeAckPayload(1, buffer) # load ACK for first response
start_timer = time.monotonic() # start timer
while (time.monotonic() - start_timer) < timeout:
has_payload, pipe_number = radio.available_pipe()
if has_payload:
length = radio.getDynamicPayloadSize() # grab the payload length
received = radio.read(length) # fetch 1 payload from RX FIFO
# increment counter from received payload
counter[0] = received[7:8][0] + 1 if received[7:8][0] < 255 else 0
decoded = [bytes(received[:6]).decode("utf-8")]
decoded.append(buffer[:6].decode("utf-8"))
print(
f"Received {length} bytes on pipe {pipe_number}:",
f"{decoded[0]}{received[7:8][0]}",
f"Sent: {decoded[1]}{buffer[7:8][0]}",
)
buffer = b"World \x00" + bytes(counter) # build a new ACK payload
radio.writeAckPayload(1, buffer) # load ACK for next response
start_timer = time.monotonic() # reset timer
print("Nothing received in", timeout, "seconds. Leaving RX role")
# recommended behavior is to keep in TX mode while idle
radio.stopListening() # put radio in TX mode & flush unused ACK payloads
def set_role() -> bool:
"""Set the role using stdin stream. Timeout arg for slave() can be
specified using a space delimiter (e.g. 'R 10' calls `slave(10)`)
:return:
- True when role is complete & app should continue running.
- False when app should exit
"""
user_input = (
input(
"*** Enter 'R' for receiver role.\n"
"*** Enter 'T' for transmitter role.\n"
"*** Enter 'Q' to quit example.\n"
)
or "?"
)
user_input = user_input.split()
if user_input[0].upper().startswith("R"):
if len(user_input) > 1:
slave(int(user_input[1]))
else:
slave()
return True
if user_input[0].upper().startswith("T"):
master()
return True
if user_input[0].upper().startswith("Q"):
radio.powerDown()
return False
print(user_input[0], "is an unrecognized input. Please try again.")
return set_role()
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
while set_role():
pass # continue example until 'Q' is entered
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print(" Keyboard Interrupt detected. Exiting...")
radio.powerDown()
else:
print(" Run slave() on receiver\n Run master() on transmitter")
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