retry attempt

Inc/msg_queue.h

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern MQueue usb_inq;
 
+void mq_reset(MQueue *mq);
+
 void mq_init(MQueue *mq);
 
 bool mq_can_post(MQueue *mq);

Inc/nrf.h

@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ uint8_t NRF_IsModeTX(void);
  */
 uint8_t NRF_IsModeRx(void);
 
+/**
+ * Flush Rx fifo
+ */
+void NRF_FlushRx(void);
+
+/**
+ * Flush Tx fifo
+ */
+void NRF_FlushTx(void);
+
 /**
  * Add a pipe to the next free slot
  *

Src/gex_gateway.c

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ void start_slave_cmd(uint8_t slave_addr, uint16_t frame_len, uint8_t cksum)
     txmsg_cksum = cksum;
 }
 
+#define MAX_RETRY 20
+
 void handle_txframe_chunk(const uint8_t *buffer, uint16_t size)
 {
     uint32_t wanted = MIN(txmsg_len - txmsg_collected, size);
@@ -98,11 +100,34 @@ void handle_txframe_chunk(const uint8_t *buffer, uint16_t size)
                 uint32_t remain = txmsg_len;
                 for (int i = 0; i <= txmsg_len/32; i++) {
                     uint8_t chunk = (uint8_t) MIN(remain, 32);
-                    bool suc = NRF_SendPacket(pipe, &txmsg_payload[i*32], chunk);
+
+                    bool suc = false;
+                    uint16_t delay = 1;
+
+                    // repeated tx attempts
+                    for (int j = 0; j < MAX_RETRY; j++) {
+                        suc = NRF_SendPacket(pipe, &txmsg_payload[i*32], chunk); // use the pipe to retrieve the address
+                        if (!suc) {
+                            dbg_nrf("Retry");
+                            LL_mDelay(delay);
+                            delay += 2; // longer delay next time
+                        } else {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    } // TODO it sometimes gets through after a retry but the communication stalls??
+                    if(delay != 1 && suc) {
+                        dbg_nrf("  Succ after retry");
+                    }
+
                     remain -= chunk;
 
                     if (!suc) {
                         dbg("Sending failed, discard rest");
+
+                        NRF_PowerDown();
+                        NRF_FlushRx();
+                        NRF_FlushTx();
+                        NRF_ModeRX();
                         break; // skip rest of the frame
                     }
                 }
@@ -179,7 +204,15 @@ void gw_handle_usb_out(uint8_t *buffer)
 
 void handle_cmd_reset(void)
 {
+//    mq_reset(&usb_inq);
+    // TODO this may be causing problems??
+
     NRF_ResetPipes();
+
+    NRF_PowerDown();
+    NRF_FlushRx();
+    NRF_FlushTx();
+    NRF_ModeRX();
 }
 
 void handle_cmd_addnodes(PayloadParser *pp)

Src/msg_queue.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <msg_queue.h>
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "msg_queue.h"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ MQueue usb_inq;
 
 void mq_init(MQueue *mq)
 {
+    mq->nw = 0;
     mq->lr = MQ_LEN-1;
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +23,12 @@ bool mq_can_post(MQueue *mq)
     return mq->nw != mq->lr;
 }
 
+void mq_reset(MQueue *mq)
+{
+    mq_init(mq);
+    memset(mq->slots, 0, sizeof(mq->slots));
+}
+
 bool mq_post(MQueue *mq, const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t len)
 {
     if (!mq_can_post(mq)) {

Src/nrf.c

@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ uint8_t NRF_ReceivePacket(uint8_t *Packet, uint8_t *PipeNum)
     }
 
     if (pw > 32) {
-        CHIPSELECT {
+        NRF_FlushRx();
-            spi(CMD_FLUSH_RX);
-        }
         pw = 0;
     } else {
         // Read the reception pipe number
@@ -430,9 +428,7 @@ bool NRF_SendPacket(uint8_t PipeNum, const uint8_t *Packet, uint8_t Length)
     NRF_ModeTX();        // Make sure in TX mode
     NRF_SetTxAddress(nrf_pipe_addr[PipeNum]); // this sets the Tx addr and also pipe 0 addr for ACK
 
-    CHIPSELECT {
+    NRF_FlushTx();
-        spi(CMD_FLUSH_TX);
-    };
 
     CHIPSELECT {
         spi(CMD_WR_TX_PLD);
@@ -468,7 +464,7 @@ bool NRF_SendPacket(uint8_t PipeNum, const uint8_t *Packet, uint8_t Length)
 
 void NRF_ResetPipes(void)
 {
-    NRF_WriteRegister(RG_EN_RXADDR, 0); // disable all pipes
+    NRF_WriteRegister(RG_EN_RXADDR, 1); // disable all pipes
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
         nrf_pipe_addr[i] = 0;
@@ -476,6 +472,20 @@ void NRF_ResetPipes(void)
     }
 }
 
+void NRF_FlushRx(void)
+{
+    CHIPSELECT {
+        spi(CMD_FLUSH_RX);
+    }
+}
+
+void NRF_FlushTx(void)
+{
+    CHIPSELECT {
+        spi(CMD_FLUSH_TX);
+    }
+}
+
 void NRF_Init(uint8_t pSpeed)
 {
     // Set the required output pins
@@ -491,14 +501,14 @@ void NRF_Init(uint8_t pSpeed)
 
     // clear flags etc
     NRF_PowerDown();
-    CHIPSELECT { spi(CMD_FLUSH_RX); }
+    NRF_FlushRx();
-    CHIPSELECT { spi(CMD_FLUSH_TX); }
+    NRF_FlushTx();
     NRF_WriteRegister(RG_STATUS, 0x70);
 
     NRF_WriteRegister(RG_CONFIG, ModeBits);
     NRF_WriteRegister(RG_SETUP_AW, 0b11);             // 5 byte addresses
 
-    NRF_WriteRegister(RG_EN_RXADDR, 0x00); // disable all
+    NRF_WriteRegister(RG_EN_RXADDR, 0x01); // disable all except 1 which we'll assign later
 
     NRF_WriteRegister(RG_SETUP_RETR, 0x18);        // 8 retries, 500 ms
     NRF_WriteRegister(RG_RF_CH, 7);                // channel 2 NO HIGHER THAN 83 in USA!