Node not being "heard"

[n8twj]

Will give that a try right now...   Here is the output from the Node example sketch:

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RFM69_ATC Enabled (Auto Transmission Control)

 nothing...
Sending[1]: 1 nothing...
Sending[2]: 12 nothing...
Sending[3]: 123 nothing...
Sending[4]: 123  nothing...
Sending[5]: 123 A nothing...
Sending[6]: 123 AB nothing...
Sending[7]: 123 ABC nothing...
Sending[8]: 123 ABCD nothing...
Sending[9]: 123 ABCDE nothing...
Sending[10]: 123 ABCDEF nothing...
Sending[11]: 123 ABCDEFG nothing...
Sending[12]: 123 ABCDEFGH nothing...
Sending[13]: 123 ABCDEFGHI nothing...
Sending[14]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJ nothing...
Sending[15]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJK nothing...
Sending[16]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKL nothing...
Sending[17]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLM nothing...
Sending[18]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMN nothing...
Sending[19]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO nothing...
Sending[20]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP nothing...
Sending[21]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ nothing...
Sending[22]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR nothing...
Sending[23]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS nothing...
Sending[24]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST nothing...
Sending[25]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU nothing...
Sending[26]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV nothing...
Sending[27]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW nothing...
Sending[28]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX nothing...
Sending[29]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY nothing...
Sending[30]: 123 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ nothing...

[n8twj]

Well I may have found a smoking gun....   

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void txData(Payload d) {
  DEBUG("Tx message size ");
  DEBUG(sizeof(d));
  DEBUG(" message ");
  DEBUG(d.msg);
  if ( radio.sendWithRetry(GATEWAYID, (const void *)(&d), sizeof(d), 0, 40) ) {
    DEBUGln(" ACK recieved");
  } else {
    DEBUGln(" no soup for you");
  }
  delay(300);
}

The moteino locks up at the radio.sendWithRetry() call...on the second attempt to TX  (first one does generate a result on the RTL-SDR waterfall, but nothing on gateway)

Serial monitor: 

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Weather Node Boot
Tx message size 16 message 1 no soup for you
WAKEUP
Tx message size 16 message 1

I think its time to break out the SMT rework station and swap out the RFM69HW   

[perky]

canSend() has been problematical in some posts, it reads RSSI and some people find this unreliable. Try setting RF69_CSMA_LIMIT_MS to zero (that's the timeout after which it will send a frame regardless of the current RSSI level).
Mark.