Meshlium converts from upper to lower case

[FunWithLibelium]

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With the following code in our DigiMesh Waspmotes

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void loop(){

  RawValue = analogRead(ANALOG4);  // add analog read
  Voltage = floatmap (RawValue, 0, 1024, 0, 3.3);  // convert to voltage
  Utils.float2String (Voltage, aux2, 7);
  sprintf(aux,"Volts: %s!!!%c%c", aux2, '\r', '\n');
  XBee.println (aux);
  
  paq_sent=(packetXBee*) calloc(1,sizeof(packetXBee)); 
  paq_sent->mode=UNICAST; // was BROADCAST
  paq_sent->MY_known=0; 
  paq_sent->packetID=0x52; 
  paq_sent->opt=0; 
  xbeeDM.hops=0; 
  xbeeDM.setOriginParams(paq_sent,MAC_TYPE); 
  xbeeDM.setDestinationParams(paq_sent, direccion, aux, MAC_TYPE, DATA_ABSOLUTE);
  xbeeDM.sendXBee(paq_sent); 
  free(paq_sent);
  paq_sent = NULL;
  
  delay(1000);
}

we see this output on the serial monitor



Using this modified storer on Meshlium

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void getFrame() {
   char c;
   int j = 0;

   //Get frame char by char untill '\n'
   while (1)
   {
      read(sd,&c,1);
      if((c=='\0') || (c=='\r'))
      {
         //Strange chars will be modified
         aux[j]='_';
      }
      else
      {
         aux[j]=c;
         j++;
      }

      if((c=='\n') || (j==(MAX-1)))
      {
         aux[j]='\0';
	 fprintf (stderr, "aux is: %s\n", aux);
         break;
      }
   }
}


/*
 * parseFrame function:
 *  - take the string that returns getFrame function
 *  - separate each values from each frame into diferents variables
 *  - example frame: [HEADER] -mac:0013a20040307f9c -x:27,y:23,z:1023 -temp:28 -bat:97%
 * THIS FUNTION MAY BE CHANGED BY THE USER
 */
void parseFrame(struct xbee_frame_test *p_frame) {
   
   int error = 0;
   char *aux2;
   aux2 = strstr(aux, "Volts: "); // was strpbrk
   if (aux2 == NULL) error = 1;
   fprintf (stderr, "error is %d, aux2 is %s\n", error, aux2);

  

   //Get voltage value
   if (!error){
        strncpy(p_frame->temp, aux2, 30);  
        p_frame->temp[17] = '\0';
   }

     
   if (error){
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR - Unable to parse received frame: %s\n",aux);
     exit(-1);
   }
}

we see this on our puTTy terminal




Somewhere between the Waspmote send and the Storer read, the capital "V" is being changed to a lower case "v" and causing the Storer (parseFrame) to fail. Why?


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[libelium-dev]

The quickest solution to work would be to change "volts" to "volts", however we will review our code to make sure everything works well.

[FunWithLibelium]

Thanks.

I've already implemented the workaround. This particular case is not serious, but I'm sure neither of us wants lower level software altering packets automagically!

Please post here when it's resolved.

[dirkdepauw]

I'm having exactly the same problem with my Zigbee Waspmotes. All strings from the Meshlium serial port are lower case (although the data on the Waspmote is upper case). What could be causing this?