Pymate: Understanding Virtual and Terminal Pins

[Frida]

Pymate for Android downloaded.
In Setup Wizard:
Please select your router (2.4Ghz):

Nothing hapens, what next?

[LoneTech]

Someone forgot the first step in the app. It demands a login to some unspecified account.

[Frida]

I am logget in, and I can se my router and my Wipy2 from my PC, so nothing wrong there. But Pymate can't se anything, it is just scanning the network.

[LoneTech]

Sorry for the confusion, Frida. I didn't mean to imply that was your mistake; what I mean is, when I load this app, all it does is demand a login to an account. It doesn't say where that account is, or what happens if I sign up. It doesn't say a single word about what the app is for, for that matter. On top of that, the signup form is actively fighting back when you try to use it; on my tablet, it draws things on top of each other, and on my phone it covers fields with the on-screen keyboard and disables scrolling so you can't reach the lower fields. I haven't gotten as far as you.

[Roberto]

Hi @LoneTech,

I'm sorry that you are having problems with the Login on Pymate.
To answer your questions:

1. The account is created in our server.
2. The only information stored in our servers as for now is:
   a. User Account Details
   b. Device List (Name and DeviceID)
   c. Widgets (Types, positions, color, names and pins)
3. User profile (if you provide one after you log into the app

To solve your problem of overlapping object on the login please provide the following information

1. Device Type: iOS / Android
2. Device Model: (Ex. Samsung Galaxy Note 4 / iPad mini)
3. Operative system: (Ex. Android 6.0 / iOS 10)
4. Do you have the latest version of the app? (Yes / No)
5. Please provide any other information / Screen you think might be relevant for fixing the issue.

Best,
Roberto

[Roberto]

Hello @Frida

Really sorry that you are not able to connect to your device.
To help you i will require the following information

1. Device Type (Android/iOS):
2. Device Model (Samsung Galaxy Note 4 / iPad Mini)
3. OS Version (Ex. Android 6.0 / iOS 10)
4. The device Type you are trying to use (WiPy / WiPy 2.0 / LoPy)
5. Any other information that you think might be important

As per your post i can tell you that after the setup process you should not be able to see the device anymore from your computer since it should be connected to your router and will no longer appear as an Access Point.
Please answer the questions above so we can check in our side and provide you with further feedback. For now, please retry the device setup process since it seems that some files where not uploaded properly or you introduced the wrong Router/Password. Please notice that the router should be a 2.4Ghz router.

One last note: We are aware of an issue with the setup in the Android Demo of the Pymate app, we are working hard on a fix and will let you know as soon as one is available.

Best,
Roberto

[Frida]

1. Device Type (Android/iOS):
2. Device Model (Samsung Galaxy Note 4 / iPad Mini)
3. OS Version (Ex. Android 6.0 / iOS 10)
4. The device Type you are trying to use (WiPy / WiPy 2.0 / LoPy)
5. Any other information that you think might be important

Phone:

1. Android
2. Motorola Moto G(2. generation) with 4G LTE
3. Android 6.0
4. Wipy 2.0

In my Mororola.
In Setup Wizard:
Please select your router (2.4Ghz):
In the right side there is a little round ring running, but I can't see any AP.

Phone: older

1. Android
2. LG
3. Android 4.1.2
4. Wipy 2.0

In my older LG.
In Setup Wizard:
Please select your router (2.4Ghz):
I can choose AP, and set my password, but when I press next my network disappear and it say's Could not connect to the specified network.

I tried

[Roberto]

@Frida,

Thank you very much for your reply. As for now Pymate Android is in Beta stage, we are still polishing a few bugs, specially related to the Setup Stage.

We have uploaded a new version of the app. I'm not 100% sure that it might help you with your current issue since it SSID lookup was not addressed in that update, but some other bugs with the setup stage where.

We also detected that for devices using 6.0 + you will need to turn off your Network before going trough the setup stage. This is a problem caused by the fact that when Android detects that a Wifi has no internet connection (cant ping goole) it drops the Wifi connection ( ! or x mark on the wifi).

Please download the new Beta version and try setting up your device. I will check with the device models you told me to make sure that there are no other problems going on. As for now we support around more that 11.000 different android devices, so stabilising the app to get it production ready takes a little bit of time.

Thank you for your support during this Beta stage.

Best,
Roberto

[Roberto]

@Frida,
Its also important that you accepted the right permissions for the app (specially in 6.0+) to check this go to your phone settings and check under apps the pymate app. Location permissions are required by google to be able to scan for wifi networks.

[Frida]

Thank you very much Roberto.

It is on.
In Settings Personal Location, It also have to be on, while I setup a new device.
Then I can put it off again.
Now I'm on.

But I have to reset the Wipy2 several times, until it gets stable.

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "boot.py", line 39, in <module>
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_basic.py", line 13, in <module>
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_library.py", line 402, in run
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_library.py", line 377, in _close
 File "/flash/lib/simple.py", line 109, in disconnect
OSError: 128
MicroPython v1.8.6-13-ge1a0670 on 2016-11-18; WiPy with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0x00
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:QIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff9010,len:8
load:0x3fff9018,len:312
load:0x40078000,len:2348
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x4009f000,len:1364
entry 0x4009f2f8
rtc v112 Sep 26 2016 22:32:10
XTAL 40M
frc2_timer_task_hdl:3ffd9bd8, prio:22, stack:2048
tcpip_task_hdlxxx : 3ffde3a4, prio:18,stack:2048
phy_version: 123, Sep 13 2016, 20:01:58, 0
pp_task_hdl : 3ffdfbf0, prio:23, stack:8192
mode : softAP(24:0a:c4:00:70:c5)
dhcp server start:(ip: 192.168.4.1, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.4.1)
dhcp server start:(ip: 192.168.4.1, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.4.1)
mode : sta(24:0a:c4:00:70:c4)
n:13 0, o:6 0, ap:255 255, sta:13 0, prof:6
state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
state: 2 -> 3 (0)
state: 3 -> 5 (10)
add 0

connected with Propeller, channel 13
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "boot.py", line 39, in <module>
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_basic.py", line 13, in <module>
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_library.py", line 402, in run
 File "/flash/lib/pymate_library.py", line 377, in _close
 File "/flash/lib/simple.py", line 109, in disconnect
OSError: 128
MicroPython v1.8.6-13-ge1a0670 on 2016-11-18; WiPy with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
ets Jun  8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0x00
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:QIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff9010,len:8
load:0x3fff9018,len:312
load:0x40078000,len:2348
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x4009f000,len:1364
entry 0x4009f2f8
rtc v112 Sep 26 2016 22:32:10
XTAL 40M
frc2_timer_task_hdl:3ffd9bd8, prio:22, stack:2048
tcpip_task_hdlxxx : 3ffde3a4, prio:18,stack:2048
phy_version: 123, Sep 13 2016, 20:01:58, 0
pp_task_hdl : 3ffdfbf0, prio:23, stack:8192
mode : softAP(24:0a:c4:00:70:c5)
dhcp server start:(ip: 192.168.4.1, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.4.1)
dhcp server start:(ip: 192.168.4.1, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.4.1)
mode : sta(24:0a:c4:00:70:c4)
n:13 0, o:6 0, ap:255 255, sta:13 0, prof:6
state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
state: 2 -> 3 (0)
state: 3 -> 5 (10)
add 0

connected with Propeller, channel 13

Then after some time, I lose the connection to my phone, and get the promt on the console. I then have to reset several times again, before I can connect.

Keep up the good work.

Happy Beta tester.

[crankshaft]

Hi;

I am testing wipy2 with the latest firmware and the latest version of pymate.

Using the slider / rgbled example, I am experiencing high latency and then crash / disconnect.

This is the error message, although I have seen other types than 57 & 70 but don't recall what they were.

Error: unknown message type 57, connection closed
Error: unknown message type 70, connection closed

I am printing out the values received and there are intermittent pauses of 10 seconds or more when no data is received and then it all comes in and most times it will then crash.

I have 1 1GB Fibre network connection with excellent connectivity, and I have tried this on 2 different networks with the same result.

I have tried to ping mqtt.pycom.io to see if there was any latency in the connection but pings are understandably blocked by this server.

Any suggestions on the cause / solution ??

[troy salt]

I'm struggling to get this to work.

After following the instructions seemingly exactly with a wipy2.0 running 1.18.2.r4, I run into an error:
"Warning: Virtual write to unregistered pin 1"

All I did was download the code from wipy2 after setting up pymate, and add:

import pycom
def set_led_color(params):
    val = int(params[0])
    if (val < 256):
        val = val & 0xFF
    elif (val > 255 and val < 512):
        val = (val << 8) & 0xFF00
    elif (val > 511):
        val = (val << 16) & 0xFF0000
    pycom.rgbled(val)

pymate_library.add_virtual_pin(1,None, set_led_color) 

right under where it says "# Initialize Virtual Pins and Terminal Pins Here" in the Pymate_basic.py file in the lib.

I can't seem to figure out why this doesn't work since I am following this guide exactly.

Is the only way to upload code through FTP? I seem to be able to download, edit, and re-upload the code through REPL when booted in safe mode. Is this a no-no?

Please HELP!
thanks