Guru Meditation Error

I got my ESP Now Receiver working, trying to fire up the sender.
Using WeMos D1 Mini/ESP32.

I’m getting this error (seen it before, but the script was working when I put it away):

Rebooting...
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SGP30 test
Guru Meditation Error: Core  1 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
Core 1 register dump:
PC      : 0x40081065  PS      : 0x00060330  A0      : 0x800d092c  A1      : 0x3ffb1f30
A2      : 0x00000007  A3      : 0x00000001  A4      : 0x00000001  A5      : 0x00000020
A6      : 0x00000003  A7      : 0x00000000  A8      : 0x3f4016ac  A9      : 0xffffffff
A10     : 0xffffffff  A11     : 0x00000064  A12     : 0x08000000  A13     : 0x3ffb1f2e
A14     : 0xffffffff  A15     : 0x3ffb1ef0  SAR     : 0x0000001a  EXCCAUSE: 0x0000001c
EXCVADDR: 0xffffffff  LBEG    : 0x4000c2e0  LEND    : 0x4000c2f6  LCOUNT  : 0x00000000

ELF file SHA256: 0000000000000000

Backtrace: 0x40081065:0x3ffb1f30 0x400d0929:0x3ffb1f50 0x400d559e:0x3ffb1fb0 0x4008a0f6:0x3ffb1fd0

LoadProhibited- what does that mean?

One sensor is 5V, but it isn’t I2C. Output is analog.
BME 680 and SGP30 are 3V.

Code:

#include <Arduino.h>
/*
  Rui Santos
  Complete project details at https://RandomNerdTutorials.com/esp32-esp-now-wi-fi-web-server/
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files.
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*/

#include <esp_now.h>
#include <esp_wifi.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include "Adafruit_BME680.h"
#include "Adafruit_SGP30.h"

#define SEALEVELPRESSURE_HPA (1013.25)

Adafruit_SGP30 sgp;

Adafruit_BME680 bme; // I2C

// Set your Board ID (ESP32 Sender #1 = BOARD_ID 1, ESP32 Sender #2 = BOARD_ID 2, etc)
#define BOARD_ID 1

//MAC Address of the receiver
uint8_t broadcastAddress[] = {0xFC, 0xF5, 0xC4, 0x2F, 0xA1, 0x04};

//Structure example to send data
//Must match the receiver structure
typedef struct struct_message
{
  int id;
  float temperature;
  float humidity;
  float pressure;
  float altitude;
  float LPG;
  float UV;
  float CO;
  float CO2;
  float NH3;
  float NO2;
  float VOC;
  float TVOC;
  float H2;
  float EtOH;
  int readingId;
} struct_message;

//Create a struct_message called myData
struct_message myData;

unsigned long previousMillis = 0; // Stores last time temperature was published
const long interval = 10000;      // Interval at which to publish sensor readings

unsigned int readingId = 0;

// Insert your SSID
constexpr char WIFI_SSID[] = "TP-Link_7C28";

int32_t getWiFiChannel(const char *ssid)
{
  if (int32_t n = WiFi.scanNetworks())
  {
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
      if (!strcmp(ssid, WiFi.SSID(i).c_str()))
      {
        return WiFi.channel(i);
      }
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

// callback when data is sent
void OnDataSent(const uint8_t *mac_addr, esp_now_send_status_t status)
{
  Serial.print("\r\nLast Packet Send Status:\t");
  Serial.println(status == ESP_NOW_SEND_SUCCESS ? "Delivery Success" : "Delivery Fail");
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  //Init Serial Monitor
  while (!Serial)
    ;
  Serial.println(F("BME680 test"));

  if (!bme.begin())
  {
    Serial.println(F("BME680 not found"));
    while (1)
      ;
  }

  Serial.println("SGP30 test");

  if (!sgp.begin())
  {
    Serial.println("SGP30 not found :(");
    while (1)
      ;
  }

  pinMode(0, INPUT);
  pinMode(5, INPUT);
  pinMode(6, INPUT);
  pinMode(7, INPUT);

  // Set device as a Wi-Fi Station and set channel
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);

  int32_t channel = getWiFiChannel(WIFI_SSID);

  WiFi.printDiag(Serial); // Uncomment to verify channel number before
  esp_wifi_set_promiscuous(true);
  esp_wifi_set_channel(channel, WIFI_SECOND_CHAN_NONE);
  esp_wifi_set_promiscuous(false);
  WiFi.printDiag(Serial); // Uncomment to verify channel change after

  //Init ESP-NOW
  if (esp_now_init() != ESP_OK)
  {
    Serial.println("Error initializing ESP-NOW");
    return;
  }

  // Once ESPNow is successfully Init, we will register for Send CB to
  // get the status of Trasnmitted packet
  esp_now_register_send_cb(OnDataSent);

  //Register peer
  esp_now_peer_info_t peerInfo;
  memcpy(peerInfo.peer_addr, broadcastAddress, 6);
  peerInfo.encrypt = false;

  //Add peer
  if (esp_now_add_peer(&peerInfo) != ESP_OK)
  {
    Serial.println("Failed to add peer");
    return;
  }
 // Set up oversampling and filter initialization
  bme.setTemperatureOversampling(BME680_OS_8X);
  bme.setHumidityOversampling(BME680_OS_2X);
  bme.setPressureOversampling(BME680_OS_4X);
  bme.setIIRFilterSize(BME680_FILTER_SIZE_3);
  bme.setGasHeater(320, 150); // 320*C for 150 ms                                        
  }

void loop()
{ float LPG = analogRead(35);
  float NH3 = analogRead(34);
  float NO2 = analogRead(36);
  float CO = analogRead(39);
  float CO2 = sgp.eCO2;
  float VOC = bme.gas_resistance/10000;
  float TVOC = sgp.TVOC;
  float H2 = sgp.rawH2;
  float EtOH = sgp.rawEthanol;
  float altitude = bme.readAltitude(SEALEVELPRESSURE_HPA);
  float pressure = (bme.pressure / 3386);
  float UV = 0;

  Serial.print(F("Temperature = "));
  Serial.print(bme.temperature, 0);
  Serial.println(F(" *C"));
  Serial.print(F("Humidity = "));
  Serial.print(bme.humidity, 0);
  Serial.println(F(" %"));
  Serial.println("Yes, it's working.");

  //Set values to send
  myData.id = BOARD_ID;
  myData.temperature = bme.temperature;
  myData.humidity = bme.humidity;
  myData.pressure = pressure;
  myData.altitude = altitude;
  myData.LPG = 1 / LPG;
  myData.CO = CO;
  myData.UV = 0;
  myData.CO2 = CO2;
  myData.NH3 = NH3;
  myData.NO2 = NO2;
  myData.VOC = VOC;
  myData.TVOC = TVOC;
  myData.H2 = H2;
  myData.EtOH = EtOH;
  myData.readingId = readingId++;

  //Send message via ESP-NOW
  esp_err_t result = esp_now_send(broadcastAddress, (uint8_t *)&myData, sizeof(myData));
  if (result == ESP_OK)
  {
    Serial.println("Sent with success");
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.println("Error sending the data");
    }
  
  delay(5000);
}

Maybe there’s a regression in the Adafruit_SGP30 library ot it requires a new core which PlatformIO does not yet support.

As a first step, you should be activating backtrace information to know where the crash exactly happened. Add

monitor_filters  = esp32_exception_decoder
build_type = debug

into the platformio.ini and “Upload and Monitor” again to hopefully see a traceback.

Thank you.
Here’s the new error- and it’s faster.

BME680 test
SGP30 test
Guru Meditation Error: Core  1 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
Core 1 register dump:
PC      : 0x40081065  PS      : 0x00060330  A0      : 0x800d0970  A1      : 0x3ffb1f30
A2      : 0x00000007  A3      : 0x00000001  A4      : 0x00000001  A5      : 0x00000022
A6      : 0x00000003  A7      : 0x00000000  A8      : 0x3f40175c  A9      : 0xffaf0000
A10     : 0xffffffff  A11     : 0x00000064  A12     : 0x08000000  A13     : 0x3ffb1ee0
A14     : 0xffffffff  A15     : 0x3ffb1ef0  SAR     : 0x0000001a  EXCCAUSE: 0x0000001c
EXCVADDR: 0xffffffff  LBEG    : 0x4000c2e0  LEND    : 0x4000c2f6  LCOUNT  : 0x00000000

ELF file SHA256: 0000000000000000

Backtrace: 0x40081065:0x3ffb1f30 0x400d096d:0x3ffb1f50 0x400d5be6:0x3ffb1fb0 0x4008a0f6:0x3ffb1fd0
  #0  0x40081065:0x3ffb1f30 in __pinMode at C:\Users\joema\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\cores\esp32/esp32-hal-gpio.c:115
  #1  0x400d096d:0x3ffb1f50 in setup() at src/main.cpp:114
  #2  0x400d5be6:0x3ffb1fb0 in loopTask(void*) at C:\Users\joema\.platformio\packages\framework-arduinoespressif32\cores\esp32/main.cpp:18
  #3  0x4008a0f6:0x3ffb1fd0 in vPortTaskWrapper at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/port.c:355 
(discriminator 1)

If the above file is the full file then it crashes at

  pinMode(7, INPUT);

can you comment out that line to verify that that’s true?

I commemted out line 114, and it has less error:

Rebooting...
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SGP30 test
Guru Meditation Error: Core  1 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
Core 1 register dump:
PC      : 0x40081065  PS      : 0x00060330  A0      : 0x800d0970  A1      : 0x3ffb1f30
A2      : 0x00000007  A3      : 0x00000001  A4      : 0x00000001  A5      : 0x00000022
A6      : 0x00000003  A7      : 0x00000000  A8      : 0x3f40175c  A9      : 0xffaf0000
A10     : 0xffffffff  A11     : 0x00000064  A12     : 0x08000000  A13     : 0x3ffb1ee0
A14     : 0xffffffff  A15     : 0x3ffb1ef0  SAR     : 0x0000001a  EXCCAUSE: 0x0000001c  
EXCVADDR: 0xffffffff  LBEG    : 0x4000c2e0  LEND    : 0x4000c2f6  LCOUNT  : 0x00000000  

ELF file SHA256: 0000000000000000

Backtrace: 0x40081065:0x3ffb1f30 0x400d096d:0x3ffb1f50 0x400d5be6:0x3ffb1fb0 0x4008a0f6:0x3ffb1fd0

Rebooting...

Does it not give you a stacktrace decode anymore?

That’s the whole thing.

Line 114- “pinMode(7, INPUT);”
D7 is not plugged. The whole line is useless.
There is no input.

No I mean, it does not give you any backtrace decoding unlike the previous post?

No. I saw line 114 was mentioned in that list, so I killed it to see what would happen.
The only thing that happened is the list disappeared. That’s the whole thing up there.

Can you comment these out too?

The error is gone. Sender is functioning correctly.
But receiver is not receiving…

But I want to use that sensor. Only two of the three analytes matter to me.
What’s going on?

What is your receiver code?

/*
  Rui Santos
  Complete project details at https://RandomNerdTutorials.com/esp32-esp-now-wi-fi-web-server/
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files.
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <esp_now.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include "ESPAsyncWebServer.h"
#include <Arduino_JSON.h>
#include "Adafruit_GFX.h"
#include "Fonts/FreeSansBold9pt7b.h"
#include "Fonts/Org_01.h"
#include "Fonts/Picopixel.h"
#include "Adafruit_SSD1306.h"
#include <NTPClient.h>
#include <WiFiUdp.h>

#define NTP_OFFSET -18000       // In seconds
#define NTP_INTERVAL 60 * 1000 // In miliseconds
#define NTP_ADDRESS "pool.ntp.org"

WiFiUDP ntpUDP;
NTPClient timeClient(ntpUDP, NTP_ADDRESS, NTP_OFFSET, NTP_INTERVAL);

//Adafruit_SSD1306 display(128, 64, &Wire, 8); //Declaring the display name (display)
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(0x3c, 5, 4);

// Replace with your network credentials (STATION)
const char *ssid = "TP-Link_7C28";
const char *password = "64411811";

// Structure example to receive data
// Must match the sender structure
typedef struct struct_message
{
  int id;
  float temperature;
  float humidity;
  float pressure;
  float altitude;
  float LPG;
  float UV;
  float CO;
  float CO2;
  float NH3;
  float NO2;
  float VOC;
  float TVOC;
  float H2;
  float EtOH;
  int readingId;
} struct_message;

struct_message incomingReadings;

JSONVar board;

AsyncWebServer server(80);
AsyncEventSource events("/events");

// callback function that will be executed when data is received
void OnDataRecv(const uint8_t *mac_addr, const uint8_t *incomingData, int len)
{
  // Copies the sender mac address to a string
  char macStr[18];
  Serial.print("Packet received from: ");
  snprintf(macStr, sizeof(macStr), "8C:AA:B5:86:1C:94",
           mac_addr[0], mac_addr[1], mac_addr[2], mac_addr[3], mac_addr[4], mac_addr[5]);
  Serial.println(macStr);
  memcpy(&incomingReadings, incomingData, sizeof(incomingReadings));

  board["id"] = incomingReadings.id, len;
  board["temperature"] = incomingReadings.temperature;
  board["humidity"] = incomingReadings.humidity;
  board["pressure"] = incomingReadings.pressure;
  board["altitude"] = incomingReadings.altitude;
  board["LPG"] = incomingReadings.LPG;
  board["UV"] = incomingReadings.UV;
  board["CO"] = incomingReadings.CO;
  board["CO2"] = incomingReadings.CO2;
  board["NH3"] = incomingReadings.NH3;
  board["NO2"] = incomingReadings.NO2;
  board["VOC"] = incomingReadings.VOC;
  board["TVOC"] = incomingReadings.TVOC;
  board["H2"] = incomingReadings.H2;
  board["EtOH"] = incomingReadings.EtOH;

  board["readingId"] = String(incomingReadings.readingId);
  String jsonString = JSON.stringify(board);
  
  events.send(jsonString.c_str(), "new_readings", millis());


}

const char index_html[] PROGMEM = R"rawliteral(
<!DOCTYPE HTML><html>
<head>
  <title>Monster Laboratories Smart Home</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.7.2/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-fnmOCqbTlWIlj8LyTjo7mOUStjsKC4pOpQbqyi7RrhN7udi9RwhKkMHpvLbHG9Sr" crossorigin="anonymous">
  <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
  <style>
    html {font-family: Arial; display: inline-block; text-align: center;}
    p {  font-size: 1.2rem;}
    body {  margin: 0;}
    .topnav { overflow: hidden; background-color: #2f4468; color: white; font-size: 1.7rem; }
    .content { padding: 20px; }
    .card { background-color: white; box-shadow: 2px 2px 12px 1px rgba(140,140,140,.5); }
    .cards { max-width: 3500px; margin: 0 auto; display: grid; grid-gap: 2rem; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); }
    .reading { font-size: 2.8rem; }
    .packet { color: #bebebe; }
    .card.temperature { color: #fd7e14; }
    .card.humidity { color: #1b78e2; }
    .card.pressure { color: #17b8e2; }
    .card.UV { color: #17b8e2; }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <div class="topnav">
    <h3>Monster Laboratories SmartHome</h3>
  </div>



<p>Page opened: <span id="datetime"></span></p>
<script>
var dt = new Date();
document.getElementById('datetime').innerHTML=dt;
</script>



  <div class="content">
    <div class="cards">
      
      <div class="card temperature">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-thermometer-half"></i> BOARD #1 - TEMPERATURE</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="t1"></span> &deg;C</span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="rt1"></span></p>
      </div>

       <div class="card temperature">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-thermometer-half"></i> BOARD #2 - TEMPERATURE</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="t2"></span> &deg;C</span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="rt2"></span></p>
      </div>

       <div class="card temperature">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-thermometer-half"></i> BOARD #3 - TEMPERATURE</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="t3"></span> &deg;C</span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="rt3"></span></p>
      </div>
      
      <div class="card humidity">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-tint"></i> BOARD #1 - HUMIDITY</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="h1"></span> &percnt;</span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="rh1"></span></p>
      </div>     

      <div class="card pressure">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-tint"></i> BOARD #1 - PRESSURE</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="p1"></span> "Hg</span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="rp1"></span></p>
      </div>

      <div class="card UV">
        <h4><i class="fas fa-tint"></i> BOARD #2 - UV</h4>
        <p><span class="reading"><span id="u2"></span> ... </span></p>
        <p class="packet">Reading ID: <span id="ru2"></span></p>
      </div>

    </div>
  </div>
<script>
if (!!window.EventSource) {
 var source = new EventSource('/events');
 
 source.addEventListener('open', function(e) {
  console.log("Events Connected");
 }, false);
 source.addEventListener('error', function(e) {
  if (e.target.readyState != EventSource.OPEN) {
    console.log("Events Disconnected");
  }
 }, false);
 
 source.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
  console.log("message", e.data);
 }, false);
 
 source.addEventListener('new_readings', function(e) {
  console.log("new_readings", e.data);
  var obj = JSON.parse(e.data);

  document.getElementById("t"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.temperature.toFixed(1);
  document.getElementById("h"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.humidity.toFixed(0);
  document.getElementById("p"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.pressure.toFixed(1);
  document.getElementById("u"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.UV.toFixed(0);

  document.getElementById("rt"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.readingId;
  document.getElementById("rh"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.readingId;
  document.getElementById("rp"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.readingId;
  document.getElementById("ru"+obj.id).innerHTML = obj.readingId;
  console.log(obj.readingId);

 }, false);
}
</script>
 
</body>
</html>)rawliteral";

void setup()
{
  // Initialize Serial Monitor
  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Set the device as a Station and Soft Access Point simultaneously
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);

  // Set device as a Wi-Fi Station
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    delay(1000);
    Serial.println("Setting as a Wi-Fi Station..");
  }
  Serial.print("Station IP Address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.print("Wi-Fi Channel: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.channel());

  timeClient.begin();

  Wire.begin();
  display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C); //Start the OLED display

  display.setTextColor(WHITE);
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setCursor(2, 5);
  display.print("MonsterLaboratories"); //Show the name, you can remove it or replace it
  display.setCursor(32, 17);
  display.setTextSize(2);
  display.println("Smart");
  display.setCursor(32, 31);
  display.println("Home");
  display.display();
  delay(3000);
 
  // Init ESP-NOW
  if (esp_now_init() != ESP_OK)
  {
    Serial.println("Error initializing ESP-NOW");
    return;
  }

  // Once ESPNow is successfully Init, we will register for recv CB to
  // get recv packer info
  esp_now_register_recv_cb(OnDataRecv);

  server.on("/", HTTP_GET, [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
    request->send_P(200, "text/html", index_html);
  });

  events.onConnect([](AsyncEventSourceClient *client) {
    if (client->lastId())
    {
      Serial.printf("Client reconnected! Last message ID that it got is: %u\n", client->lastId());
    }
    // send event with message "hello!", id current millis
    // and set reconnect delay to 1 second
    client->send("hello!", NULL, millis(), 10000);
  });
  server.addHandler(&events);
  server.begin();
}



void loop()
{  
  static unsigned long lastEventTime = millis();
  static const unsigned long EVENT_INTERVAL_MS = 5000;
  if ((millis() - lastEventTime) > EVENT_INTERVAL_MS)
  {
    events.send("ping", NULL, millis());
    lastEventTime = millis();
  }
  timeClient.update();
  String formattedTime = timeClient.getFormattedTime();

  display.setTextColor(WHITE);
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setCursor(1, 7);
  display.print("Station IP : ");
  display.println(WiFi.localIP());
  display.setFont(&Org_01);
  display.print("Time (-12 h): ");
  display.println(formattedTime);
  display.setCursor(1, 20);
  display.print("Board ID: ");
  display.println(incomingReadings.id);
  display.print("Temp:    "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.temperature, 1);
  display.print("Hum:     "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.humidity, 0);
  display.print("Press:   "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.pressure, 0);
  display.print("Alt:     "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.altitude, 0);
  display.print("Uv:      "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.UV, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 20);
  display.print("CO:     "),
  display.print(incomingReadings.CO, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 27);
  display.print("CO2:    "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.CO2, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 34);
  display.print("VOC:    "),
  display.println(1/incomingReadings.VOC, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 41);
  display.print("TVOC:   "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.TVOC, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 48);
  display.print("H2:     ");
  display.println(incomingReadings.H2, 0);
  display.setCursor(64, 55);
  display.print("EtOH:   "),
  display.println(incomingReadings.EtOH, 0);
  display.setCursor(1, 62);
  display.print("readingID: ");
  display.println(incomingReadings.readingId, 0);
  display.display();

  Serial.print("Time : ");
  Serial.println(formattedTime);
  Serial.print("Board ID: ");
  Serial.println(incomingReadings.id);
  Serial.print("Temp:    "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.temperature, 1);
  Serial.print("Hum:     "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.humidity, 0);
  Serial.print("Press:   "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.pressure, 0);
  Serial.print("Alt:     "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.altitude, 0);
  Serial.print("Uv:      "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.UV, 0);
  Serial.print("CO:     "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.CO, 0);
  Serial.print("CO2:    "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.CO2, 0);
  Serial.print("VOC:    "),
      Serial.println(1 / incomingReadings.VOC, 0);
  Serial.print("TVOC:   "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.TVOC, 0);
  Serial.print("H2:     ");
  Serial.println(incomingReadings.H2, 0);
  Serial.print("EtOH:   "),
      Serial.println(incomingReadings.EtOH, 0);
  Serial.print("readingID: ");
  Serial.println(incomingReadings.readingId, 0);
  delay(5000);
}

Is this the correct MAC address of the receiver board? Did you run


#include "WiFi.h"
 
void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_MODE_STA);
  Serial.println(WiFi.macAddress());
}
 
void loop(){

}

on the reciever board to verify that?

This may or may not be relevant but some time ago I discovered that the Espressif BLE code had a race condition if you tried to connect to a Bluetooth peripheral while still actively scanning for advertisement packets. (You had to stop the advertising scan and then connect, rather than get the peripheral you were after, connect and grab the data, disconnect and then continue the advertising scan.)
The issue was that one of the lower level functions was returning a NULL pointer but the code assumed that a valid pointer was always supplied.
Looking at the EXCVADDR value is a good clue that something like this could be happening here, In my case the value of 0x00000004 as it was trying to access an element that was offset from the start of a structure.
When you do determine exactly where the fault is raised, check if there is a reference to a pointer that has an invalid value.
Susan

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BAH! I forgot about MAC address.
ESP Now is promiscuous. Any receiver could receive any ESP Now, although the content of the transmission would be useless without the struct. I added the MAC address in anticipation that I’d have other paired devices. I didn’t want anything maybe causing interference. It is a different sender.

MAC address is displayed during upload in PIO.
Thank you

Thanks Susan, but I don’t like BLE. Too much infrastructure.

So the error is resolved after correcting the MAC?

BLE was not really my point. It was more that my experience with Espressif code is that it is written to assume that everything always worked (almost no defensive programming, very few internal error checks etc.) and that you always use their libraries exactly as they don’t document (I hate the Doxygen generated files in general as they tell you only about the specific function (or whatever) and only as well as the in-line comments). Examples are very basic and sketchy at best in my opinion.
Therefore it was more a case of pointing out something to look for in the Espressif code when the traceback soows the point of failure.
Susan

I got kinda code-congested, coming back after a year and jumping in, so I haven’t actually done it yet. I assume it’s fixed, because you’ve fixed everything else.
Thank you for your help.